Category: Irish Politics
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More on Brian McSweeney
Griffith College Law lecturer Fiona de Londras will be on the Right Hook on Newstalk 106, it’s on now. The subject will be the McSweeney PhD controversy. Fiona was also quoted in today’s Examiner in a story by Michael O’Farrell.
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Top science adviser faces fresh claims over doctorate
This story featured in the Irish Times last week, and as it fell during a hiatus, I did not write about it. I did however intend to come back to it. As some readers may know one of the major incidents to happen with this blog in its 3 years plus existence was the entire…
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Travellers?
I can see someone complaining about Frank McDonald’s quoting of a source here: Minister for Transport Martin Cullen promised the company an extra 20 buses “immediately”, even though it needs at least 180 – primarily to provide a frequent service on quality bus corridors (QBCs), such as those installed recently on Merrion Road and Fonthill…
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The rogue money printers of Pyongyang
By asking for the extradition of Sean Garland, has the US government blown the lid off what looks like the biggest money laundering schemes in history? In the IHT, John Cooley writes that for the first time the US government has acknowledged that North Korea prints ‘superdollars’ to support its economy. The Federal Warrant charges:…
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Magdalen Laundries
Anthony has posted a transcript of the interview Vincent Browne did with Kathy O’Beirne. It makes for harrowing disturbing reading, read it, but be prepared.
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Britain and Ireland
Just attended a seminar in Croke Park on a new website just launched, britainandireland.org. It is a very interesting idea and I will certainly be keeping an eye on it. The launch got some coverage on Newstalk 106 this morning and on Ireland.com. Mick Fealty from Slugger, and co-guest with me on de telly, is…
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Solicitor corruption
I just can’t understand the muted response in the media. Sunday morning radio shows barely mentioned it, Gerry Ryan mentioned in passing this morning. Indeed the Sunday papers I had a chance to look at yesterday barely figured it as part of their news or analysis agendas. The only person to have realised what has…
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Irish solicitors
Words can’t desribe. I should really go into a rant about the goings on with Irish solicitors and their clients, but I am so angry I can’t articulate my position right now. I can’t understand why this is not figuring more prominently on Irish blogs or in the media. Outright fraud, theft, whatever you want…
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Irish solicitors up to no good?
I will have more on this over at Irishcorruption.com, but the allegations made on yesterday’s liveline were pretty damn serious. It gets coverage in today’s IT: The Law Society is also establishing a complaints helpline and placing advertisements in the media urging people who were unfairly charged solicitors’ fees to come forward. The move follows…
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Fact checking Willie O'Dea
Well the question was bound to come up on Questions and Answers, and it took a good bit of waffle before we could down to the meat of the question. Enter random audience person with very specific question (18th minute): …last week the Taioseach, when he was accused of rip off and mismanagement, stated and…