Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Text of Noel Dempsey's speech to Ard Fheis 2009
Sorry I didn’t get the video. But you can’t win ’em all… Noel Dempsey, T.D., Minister for Transport Friends, tonight is one of the most important nights in Fianna Fáil’s history. Each one of us here knows why. Each and every one of us knows the human truth of the collapse of the global economy.…
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Liveblogging the Fianna Fail Ard Fheis
Made it to City West… very quick drive up. Myself and Suzie are here in one of the press rooms. I will try and update this post as I go, as well as update on Twitter. You can follow everyone who is either here, or commenting on the Ard Fheis, at Scibble Live. Just recorded…
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Book feature
My combined book review of Shirky and Harkin (as mentioned earlier) is in today’s Irish Examiner Weekend supplement.
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Fianna Fail Ard Fheis (a convention of sorts)
I hope to get up to Citywest early tomorrow and spend the day at the FF Ard Fheis. Other bloggers will be in attendance, and the tag on Twitter will be #ffaf.
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Fianna Fail website relaunches
Just in time for the Ard Fheis. It is Obamaified. They are also on Flickr (no photos up yet), Twitter, YouTube (three videos?) and Facebook. I guess we all have to start somewhere. Somehow, though, it all just feels empty. Or maybe a better word would be devoid of something. Ah. That’s what it was.…
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Anne Heraty
Anne Heraty, formerly of the Anglo board, has resigned from the boards of Bord na Mona and Forfas. She has already resigned from the board of the Irish Stock Exchange.
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Obama: Hitler or Anti-Christ?
Hehehe. The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c Unusual Suspect Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things With Demetri Martin Funny Political NewsJoke of the Day Love the Usual Suspects bit.
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Gerry Gannon
Gerry Gannon has been a builder/property developer since the 1980s. (Not to be confused with the anti-divorce lawyer of the same name) As far back as 1986, Mr Gannon – through the firm Structural Developments Ltd – was building at Castle Village in Celbridge. In 1988, Gannon, through another firm – Noteworthy Limited – with…
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Ansbacher and Anglo
Anthony draws some valid comparisons between the Ansbacher scandal and the Anglo scandal in a mega post. He is right, we are getting the same guff as we got in 2002 before Ansbacher was published, and we are getting the same guff now.
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Gary McGann resigns from DAA
Former Anglo director Gary McGann has resigned as chairman of the Dublin Airport Authority. Gary McGann was among five non-executive directors who resigned from Anglo on January 19 — just before the Government took steps to nationalise it. In the 1980s Mr McGann worked in the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General before joining…
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