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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Irish Planning Corruption Tribunal and Land Rezoning

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Dublin Castle, the location of public corruption tribunals -Politicians were revealed to have sold their integrity for as low as €3,000. Th...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Ireland and Climate Change - Where is the Plan?

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The logo has the slogan - - Ireland's plan of action on climate change - - There was no plan last month at the high-profile launch of a ...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Low Irish interest in Science makes Goal of Ireland as a World Class Knowledge Economy an Expensive Pipedream

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From the Eurobarometer survey - answer to a survey question on interest in scientific research coverage in the news This week, the European...
Sunday, December 02, 2007

Irish Politics, Bipartisanship and the 460 people advising Minister Harney on health policy

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Mary Harney TD, Minister for Health and Children Two Government ministers provided a vivid illustration of the paralysis at the heart of Iri...
Sunday, November 25, 2007

Green Irish Greens in the Soup

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Our part-time parliament, which is shuttered for about six months of the year, can resemble a theatre in the rare times that it is in sessio...
Sunday, November 18, 2007

Irish Public Sector Biggest and most Powerful Consumer for Private Sector

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Dr. John Crown Self-censorship has been in the news in recent times when it was disclosed that a senior manager in Ireland's public broa...
Sunday, November 11, 2007

Irish Politics, Brass Necks and Donkeys

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An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern canvassing in Dublin South Central in May 2007 I recall as a youth reading a number of American journalist John Gu...
Wednesday, November 07, 2007

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques meets the Pope

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The meeting in Rome on Tuesday between Pope Benedict XVI and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah was a surprise given that it is illegal to publicl...
Saturday, November 03, 2007

Remarkable Decades of Change in World but Irish System of Governance Immutable to Reform

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On June 12, 1987, US President Ronald Reagan delivered a historic speech by the then Berlin Wall, with the Brandenburg Gate in the backgrou...
Friday, October 26, 2007

Pests and the European Parliament

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European Parliament building, Strasbourg, France This week European Parliament MEPs proposed that spraying pesticides near schools or hospi...
Saturday, October 20, 2007

False Panaceas for Fools on Biofuels and Organic Food

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Conventional wisdom is dangerous when it comes to climate change remedies and with politicians likely to follow the crowd, it's well to ...
Saturday, October 13, 2007

Ozone Man's Vindication

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Al Gore's award as co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, is a worthy vindication for a man who has promoted environmental issues from...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

The Hidden Ireland and the Vested Interests with the Grip on the Public Megaphone

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Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Brian Cowen TD - - After the last sham benchmarking, it is "likely" that the Benchmarking Body w...
Saturday, October 06, 2007

Happy 10th Birthday Irish Planning Corruption Tribunal; Land Rezoning Reform: ZERO

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Dublin Castle, the location of public corruption tribunals -Politicians were revealed to have sold their integrity for as low as €3,000. Th...