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WorldbyStorm - 21:27 Thu Sep 20, 2018 …South Dublin County Council made the sensible decision not to nominate any candidate for election after the following… Words fail me as regards the account of what happened prior to that.A
guestposter - 11:20 Thu Sep 20, 2018 ?We need a moment to reconnect with working people,? he said. ?We are the Labour Party. We are not the Liberal Party.? What?s his name? Labour TD Alan Kelly has rounded on his Leinster House party colleagues by telling them their performance is ?not good enough?. And he?s been an LP elected rep since when? […]A
guestposter - 10:54 Thu Sep 20, 2018 From the LP think-in at the weekend? Others criticised some of their colleagues for airing their concerns over the party in the media, and said Sinn Féin is gathering support from former Labour voters.A
WorldbyStorm - 08:55 Thu Sep 20, 2018 That BrexitLawNI report mentioned by An Sionnach Fionn over the weekend is fascinating in the section on Brexit and the Peace Process. Check this out? The three most prominent ?dissident? groups are the Real IRA (RIRA), the Continuity IRA (CIRA) and Óglaigh na hÉireann (ONH). In addition to CIRA, RIRA and ONH, some dissident republican […]A
WorldbyStorm - 07:57 Thu Sep 20, 2018 A certain MP must be counting himself lucky this morning. Not that he wouldn’t have won the subsequent election… but nonetheless…A
WorldbyStorm - 07:55 Thu Sep 20, 2018 As The Journal reported last night: INDEPENDENT TDS AND senators have failed to agree on a presidential nominee. 21 independent members of the Oireachtas met this evening to discuss the issue. A statement issued by TD Michael Fitzmaurice and Senator Gerard Craughwell, who organised the meeting, said the group failed to reach a consensus following […]A
WorldbyStorm - 11:44 Wed Sep 19, 2018 That would be an even more right wing Brexit, as distinct from the right wing Brexit that is taking place. The text of the new trade deal has been prepared by the Initiative for Free Trade (IFT) ? a thinktank founded by the longtime Eurosceptic MEP Daniel Hannan, one of the leaders of Vote Leave […]A
WorldbyStorm - 10:45 Wed Sep 19, 2018 Found this almost entertaining in the Irish Times, a letter complaining about the use of the term ‘far right’… in it the writer complained that this encompassed those who voted for Brexit or Trump, that those words were now ‘shorthand for fascism’, that the fact a majority of under 25s voted for Marine Le Pen […]A
WorldbyStorm - 09:44 Wed Sep 19, 2018 BMW plans to shut its Mini plant for a month after the UK?s official departure from the European Union, to minimise the impact of a no-deal Brexit that it fears would cause a shortage of parts.The German carmaker said it was bringing forward annual maintenance work at the site in Cowley, Oxford ? which turns […]A
WorldbyStorm - 03:55 Wed Sep 19, 2018 As always, following on Dr. X?s suggestion, it?s all yours, ?announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose?, feel free.A |
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