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To burn bondholders or not to burn them – is there a third option?
Is it any wonder there is so much confusion about what to do with the bank bondholders? Less than twelve months ago (February 10th to…
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Thus leaving Gay Mitchell as the last man standing…..
And then there was one. It is just over two and a half years since we elected Gay Mitchell, Proinsias de Rossa and Joe Higgins…
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Joan Burton’s Second Law of Inverse Stability
Hadn’t posted on here in a few weeks – catching up on missed items today. This is the most current of the three blogs posted…
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Are US Troops Qualified to Work on Peace Support or Policy Operations?
This was written for last Friday’s Evening Herald (January 13th) but, unluckily, did not make the cut. What is it with some American troops? Why,…
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Taxes won’t make us quit fags. We’ll just smuggle them
A copy of my Evening Herald column from December 28th 2011 I suspect most of us will be glad to see the back of 2011.…
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FF’s Sean Fleming quickly adds up the damage
My review of Minister Brendan Howlin’s day 1 budget speech. http://www.herald.ie/news/ffs-fleming-quickly-adds-up-the-damage-2954736.html This is the first budget since Ruairi Quinn’s 1996 one where Fianna Fail have…
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Enda’s State of the Nation fails to Inspire
An Taoiseach’s national address was well intentioned but badly executed. To his credit; from the moment he became Taoiseach, Enda Kenny has shown that he…
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The system employed by a one man band does not suit the RTE symphony orchestra.
My take on the recent spate of resignations from the board of the development aid charity, Goal, from toady’s Evening Herald When well known and…
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Barrack Closures a Mistake on All Fronts
This article appeared in the Irish Examiner on Thursday November 17th 2011 Resigning as a Minister is not something to be done lightly. You must…
