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It’s been quite a while since I last blogged. A number of reasons but mostly because my research and lecturing has essentially taken over my life. At the weekend I was encouraged to take up blogging so here’s my re-entrance onto the online stage… Yesterday I received a suggested link on Facebook:   I found [...]

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So here it is, loads of people have been asking for it and I have finally got round to it. This is the Defence Trail Brief filed June 2, 2008 in the case of HEART BEAT RECORDS, INC., Plaintiff v. DS MUSIC PRODUCTIONS, LLC, ROSEMARY SCALLON A/K/A DANA,AND DAMIEN SCALLON, (Defendants). Read the full script [...]

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The proposal to introduce a dress code for Dáil Eireann (Irish parliament, lower house) has now, according to The Irish Times, been shelved. According to the article the spectacle of Irish parliamentarians being hauled out kicking and screaming in protest, clad in their finest denim jeans and pink shirts, would become a media circus and detract from the work of the Dáil. [...]

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US President Barack Obama will be conducting a State visit on Monday to Ireland. Queen Elizabeth II just concluded a State visit to Ireland which was the largest security operation undertaken by the Irish police force and Defence Forces in light of the dissident republican threat.   Although the threat to Obama is far less [...]

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Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin TD has written (via email) to the party’s supporters seeking suggestions on the direction of Fianna Fail. See full text here. Thoughts? Doing a bit of a Tory / Fine Gael job here, but hell it worked for them…. A chara, This week marked the 85th Anniversary of the founding [...]

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