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national / miscellaneous Thursday April 23, 2009 16:14 by J
Shell's illegal Glengad compound was dismantled last night and Goldman winner, Willie Corduff was assaulted by masked Shell security during truck protest.
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limerick / miscellaneous Thursday March 26, 2009 11:09 by UL F.E.E. Campaign
Today (Thursday) there is a vote of students in UL on fees. It arose from a proposal by the chairperson of UL Fianna Fail to make students vote on what kind of fees we want – which would have assisted the Student's Union to 'lobby' for that specific type of fees, instead of fighting to defeat all forms of fees. Student opposition, including from the UL branch of F.E.E. succeeded in getting a ‘no fees’ option 4 included, which reads: “I am opposed to alternatives to exchequer-funded third level tuition fees”,
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national / miscellaneous Wednesday March 11, 2009 11:59 by Sean Matthews
An anarchist response to the attack on the British Army Barracks in Antrim
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national / miscellaneous Sunday March 08, 2009 12:41 by caveman
Address by An Taoiseach and Uachtarán Fianna Fáil to the 72nd Ard-Fheis: Part 1
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"Good evening delegates, and to all of you watching and listening at home. I realise tonight as I talk to you that many of you here in this hall and around the country have worries for yourselves, your families and your future. I have no such worries because I am one of the highest paid politicians in the world in spite of the fact that I am head of a very small country with a comparatively small GDP.
national / miscellaneous Wednesday March 04, 2009 14:48 by Eanna Dowling
A new report based on 2 and a half years of academic study has found that Ireland suffers high levels of “legal corruption”. The Transparency International (TI) report found that: “While no laws may be broken, personal relationships, patronage and political donations are believed to influence political decisions and policy to a considerable degree in Ireland.”
Related Links: Although the report is light on banking, it does shed some light on the Galway Races Tent culture when it states that “Business is seen as particularly close to political life in Ireland.” The Galway Races is an annual horse racing social gathering at which the leading political party Fianna Fail had a notorious fundraising tent up until last year. TI do draw attention to the ease at which political donations can be secured. There is no requirement to declare donations under €5,078.98 to a party or under €635 to an individual. |
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