Category Archives: politics

Eamon Ryan Green party leader

Posted on 5/30/2011 by nils

Eamon ryan was elected leader of the green party on the 27 May 2011, succeeding John Gormley. The competition was from Malcom Noonan and Phil Kearney. To be honest Malcom should have got the job as Eamon Ryan was a … Continue reading →

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Irish political corruption

Posted on 3/31/2011 by nils

It would seem that Irish politicians  are immune to Prosecution. John O’Donoghue or Ivor Callely have yet to be fine or prosecuted for their illegal expense claims. In england: Ex-Labour MP Jim Devine sentenced to 16 months in prison for expenses fraud. Why can we not send … Continue reading →

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Resign Brian Cowen!

Posted on 11/25/2010 by nils

I stood outside the townhall in Kilkenny from 3pm to 6pm on Tuesday. I collected 100 signatures for this petition, what was really strange to me is that only about 1 in  4 people who I asked signed the petition … Continue reading →

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Irish Politics

Posted on 10/7/2010 by nils

Having emailed a few politicians  lately about different thing I have not got a response from any of them. It is a sad state of affairs. The 2 recent politicians I email ;  Eamon Ryan and Pat Rabbit, and   … Continue reading →

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Robert Fisk

Posted on 8/8/2010 by nils

I had the chance to see Robert Fisk at the Kilkenny arts festival, I must say Robert is a wealth of information and say one of the very few people who have a rare in-depth knowledge of Middle east politics. … Continue reading →

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