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Category: Irish Politics

  • PJ Mara and Norman Turner

    What’s the connection? The Irish Times reports: It is not clear why Turner, a British national whose mother was from Cork, wants to have an Irish passport. Turner was a director of a number of Irish companies, and took up residence here during the 1990s when he was seeking to promote a hotel, conference centre…

  • Ahern helped with passport

    RTE are leading with this story and it looks like this will set the news agenda for tomorrow. Ahern is due back before the Tribunal on February 21 and 22. It has been confirmed tonight that Bertie Ahern assisted Manchester businessman Norman Turner in receiving a passport in 1994. Mr Turner – who donated money…

  • Padraig Flynn on the Late Late Show, January 1999 video

    Finally guys, the video you have been waiting for. Pee Flynn destroying his political career in one interview. Love it. Forgive the quality, it is a nine year old VHS recording.

  • Fairytales

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  • Tribunal test podcast

    Myself and my friend John Dennehy have put together a test version of a Mahon Tribunal podcast. It’s about 30 mins long and weighs in at 39mb and represents Q1 – Q159, up to the yellow hair comments on Bertie Ahern’s controversial first day of evidence in December. We shaved about 10 minutes off the…

  • Facebook momentum

    The Resign, Mr Ahern group continues to grow. Newstalk 106 have been in touch and asked if I could go on the Declan Carty show at around 11.15pm tonight. I should be on, subject to time slot changes. 1,073 members, and counting.

  • Happy new year

    … to all out there in the blogosphere, to all my readers, and to everyone really. 1,000 strong against Ahern is now the official figure, what a great new year’s gift!

  • Immigration to Ireland

    BBC Radio 4 did a special report on the influx of immigrants to Ireland, and the affect it’s having on the country. Worth a listen.

  • Is Bertie Ahern just a dumbass?

    In an interview with the paper that published stories relating to a leak from the Tribunal, Ahern has this to say: “I find it all more bemusing than anything else. Mr Gilmartin has made a series of completely bizarre allegations and what he has said has nothing to do with me or my friends helping…

  • Mahon Tribunal transcripts

    I have a workaround for copying Mahon Tribunal transcripts. I will be gradually adding DRM-free transcripts to the Mahon Tribunal wiki. The transcripts will then be locked to prevent changes or vandalism. If the Tribunal is unhappy with this, my email is in the about section. UPDATE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE UPDATE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE AVAILABLE…