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international / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Thursday January 20, 2005 15:08 by James R
 18 comments (last - wednesday april 12, 2006 04:11)
The latest McDonalds’ ad is telling. A man rushes to the counter and proceeds to push a microphone into the face of some bewildered kid bedecked in a green smock. “So what’s in your burgers?” he asks, in pursuit of the sort of anti-corporate expose that has fuelled Fast Food Nation and Super Size Me. Pressed, the kid blurts “100% Irish Beef.” read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Sunday January 02, 2005 06:38 by Ross Getman
3 comments (last - sunday january 02, 2005 22:54)
Soda should be eliminated from public schools. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 22, 2004 12:00 by i remember
3 comments (last - thursday december 23, 2004 23:09)
As I watched the annual Televised lottery numbers taken from the drum this morning by little orphan children, and the first prize awarded to a ticket whic had been bought in the Catalan Town of "Sort" which translates to the english "Luck", I thought about the concept of luck as one of the other writers of the collective in the last days as wondered about "Belief". read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / other press Monday December 20, 2004 15:19 by redjade
3 comments (last - tuesday january 11, 2005 14:13)
you know you're paranoid when the US Government agrees with you.... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / other press Monday December 13, 2004 22:08 by io
all those years of careful economic management, the UNION with Europe, the cetlic tiger, the equal pay for men and women, the great education opportunities, the Piggies back of Ansbacher, the glory of the outer Blaskets, the death of Veronica, the epitaph. read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 07, 2004 15:07 by Commuter NOT Customer
11 comments (last - monday january 24, 2005 22:15)
As a regular commuter from Celbridge it has become apparent that the level of service has gradually deteriorated over the past month. After a series of 1 hour waits at the bus stop I phoned the controller for the 67 route this morning. He informed me that the service is getting progressively worse but there is nothing that can be done about it. Previously when a bus was running so late as to miss its departure time, another bus was sent from the garage to cover it. This is no longer possible, as an application has to be made to the Department of Transport, because running extra buses can be construed as anti-competition. Effectively then, any attempt by Dublin Bus to stick to its timetable is deemed as unfair to private operators! A similar thing happened on No Car Day, when Dublin Bus tried to lay on extra buses. Can it be merely coincidence that this downgrading of the 67 coincides with plans by Mortons (Circle Line) to introduce a "full" service from Celbridge in the New year? read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / other press Tuesday December 07, 2004 14:27 by pat c
The Brazilian government has "threatened" to break the patents on as many as five of the 15 antiretroviral drugs it provides to patients through its National STD/AIDS Programme in order to produce less-expensive generic medicines. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Monday November 29, 2004 11:53 by Ross Getman
New York State government is widely known to be dysfunctional. State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer seems determined to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem. If principles of good government are followed, many positive things -- such as good nutrition in our schools -- will follow. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / other press Friday November 26, 2004 19:24 by Michael Hennigan
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>An artist makes €10 million and doesn't pay a cent in income tax >Other millionaires also pay no income tax legally > Income tax by income levels > Jobs breakdown of earners in excess of €200,000 >Tax as percentage of retail price of select products for Irish consumers >Tax as a percentage of GDP in OECD countries read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Monday November 22, 2004 20:14 by Sean Crudden
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Is corporal punishment for children resurrecting itself in a new form? What are the aims and objectives of child and adolescent psychiatry anyway? read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues / event notice Monday November 22, 2004 16:20 by Campaign to Save Our Bewleys
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The public launch of the Campaign to Save Our Bewleys Wednesday 11am-1pm Bewleys Grafton Street read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues / event notice Wednesday November 17, 2004 23:46 by pc
FNB meeting 4:45 Sunday 21st the Unawhare house (ex Spacekraft) Strandville Road, North Strand At the coner with the large yellow Costtello Doors sign and its the large gate at the first arch. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Saturday November 13, 2004 19:34 by john mcdermott
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Minister Martin O,Donoghue denounces those who promulgate Ireland as a rip off country-or Fianna Fail as a rip-off government.. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / other press Friday November 05, 2004 12:50 by H2O activist
national / consumer issues / event notice Friday November 05, 2004 12:21 by Al
Members of the Armagh and Down local of Organise! will be leafletting outside Tescos in Portadown between 2 and 3pm, this Saturday. All help welcome. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / news report Friday October 29, 2004 14:55 by Lasc
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The IUF which has been to the forefront in attacking Sinaltrainal and the boycott is to testify on behalf of Del Monte in Guatemala against its own affiliates. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Friday October 29, 2004 12:09 by Michael Hennigan
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'The Irish poet Brendan Kennelly once described Bewley's Café in Grafton Street as the 'heart and the hearth of Dublin'. Dublin, he said, would not be Dublin without Bewley's. These sentiments have been echoed by generations of Irish people since Joshua Bewley first introduced tea to the Irish public in 1835. Bewley's is a name synonymous in the history of Dublin and more recently of Ireland as a whole. Bewley's itself has a rich history of growth and survival which has proved it to be one of the last bastions of tradition in a changing Ireland.' read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / event notice Sunday October 03, 2004 16:43 by Lasc
Sinaltrianal will be in Dublin to thank the students who voted to boycott Coke and also to meet with trade unionists. read full story / add a comment
mayo / consumer issues / press release Saturday October 02, 2004 02:14 by Cllr Keith Martin
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Independent Westport Town Councillor Keith Martin has called on Westport Leisure Centre, which is owned by the local authority, to provide a discount to the unwaged and to provide a lift for the disabled into the swimming pool. read full story / add a comment
louth / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Saturday September 18, 2004 18:21 by Sean Crudden
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Will the Church transform itself or will it decay and allow a phoenix to arise from the ashes? read full story / add a comment |
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