I still think he is a good politician and an honourable man but…..
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28 Jun, 2010
First interviews with new Dublin Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor.
Posted by: Steve In: Fine Gael|Local Government|Political Interviews|Politics
At tonight’s meeting of Dublin City Council Fine Gael’s Cllr. Gerry Breen was elected as Lord Mayor of Dublin. Cllr. Edie Wynne became Deputy Lord Mayor. Both the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor sat down with me in the Mansion House and talked about their objectives while in office and the challenges they believe [...]
09 Jun, 2010
Protest against Civil Partnership Bill outside Lenister House today.
Posted by: Steve In: LGBT Rights|Politics|Religion
Here are some of the photos I took at today’s protest. Organisations represented were: Campaign for Conscience Christian Solidarity Party Private individuals Coír (depending on who you believe, and I chose to believe my eyes and Dave Cochrane) Those attending on several occasions denied that Coir had anything to do with the protest even though [...]
01 Jun, 2010
Richard Boyd Barrett on Israel.
Posted by: Steve In: International Affairs|Political Interviews|Politics
Spokesperson for the People Before Profit Alliance and the Irish Anti-war Movement, Richard Boyd Barrett gave me a short interview today on Israel’s actions against the Peace flotilla. You can listen to the full interview here. The protest will take place on Thursday 3 June – assembling 6pm, at the Central Bank plaza, Dame St. [...]
Deputy Leo Varadkar, one of Fine Gael’s up and coming pups put his foot in it in glorious fashion in the Dail. His (justified) attack on former Taoiseach and Fine Gael hero Garret FitzGerald. I was sitting watching the repeat of the Oireachtas Report – I had heard all the curfuffle surrounding something Leo had [...]
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- LGBT Noise doing the marriage equality campaign no favours.
- Dublin Pride – telling them as it is.
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- Leading the way in online education with a post-grad in Digital Marketing.
- First interviews with new Dublin Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor.
- Dublin Pride 2010 – Ceremony of Love and Remembrance.
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- Interview with Chairperson of Dublin Pride over potential Cóir protest.
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- Steve: This comment was received by me from Seaney: In the interest of balance I post it: @Paul -> change in stance – The evolution of language is the dem
- Steve: Hi Con, many thanks again for your positive contribution, and of course too others who have made a positive contribution to this post. It was actual
- Con: The press release link to above is fairly benign and I certainly can't see any quotes from Noise admonishing those who want to get civil partnerships
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