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The quote below is taken from wilklnott.ie
“Michael O’Brien, former councillor and Mayor of Clonmel attended the RTÉ programme Questions and Answers on 25 May 2009 and, after Minister Noel Dempsey, the sponsoring minister of the Ryan Commission report in to Child Abuse allegations spoke, Mr O’Brien spoke to the minister and to the panel.”
From the […]

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[ Tony Gregory in 1986 with Moore St. Traders - from RTE Obituary Gallery ]
Tony Gregory’s death comes straight out of the blue for me - as, from down here in France, I wasn’t even aware he was ill. World by Storm over at Cedar Lounge has posted far more eloquently than I ever will […]

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This morning in work the idle chatter which usually develops in the short moments before my co-workers and I turn to our daily tasks settled inevitably on the Fás expenses debacle and Mary Harney’s controversial ‘wash and blow’ dry. I entered into the spirit of the conversation to a certain degree – I alienate […]

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That was then…

Ireland’s decision to guarantee Irish banks’ deposits and debts for two years to calm investor concern could be followed by other countries. This may be a template for rescues elsewhere if Irish banks can replenish their capital base,” Harvinder Sian, a fixed-income strategist at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc in London said […]

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Apologies to Red Mum for the delay on this, but there is still time to let you know that if you want to make your outrage at the dropping of the free provision of the cervical cancer vaccine for 12 year olds known, get yourself over to the Spire on O’Connell Street this Saturday at […]

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You see brothers and sisters, there’s not a single good reason for any worker — especially any union member — to vote against Barack Obama.
There’s only one really bad reason to vote against him: because he’s not white.
And I want to talk about that because I saw that for myself during the Pennsylvania primary.
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The Fianna Fáil plan to fix the systematic problems within the Irish banking system is… to mortgage the entire country in order to keep the system running the same way as before.
The contradiction inherent to that decision - to fix a broken system by ensuring it runs the same way as before - is […]

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Cheers to Becky for this one.
Unbelievable stuff.

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Here’ an excerpt interview Sarah Palin had with Hugh Hewitt which was broadcast on the Townhall radio show in the States yesterday:
HH: Do you think the mainstream media and the left understands your religious faith, Governor Palin?
SP: I think that there’s a lot of mocking of my personal faith, and my personal faith […]

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