Daily Archives: July 17, 2009

List: Irish MEPs and their Committees

July 17, 2009
By Stephen
List: Irish MEPs and their Committees

If your like me, you will want to know what committees in the European Parliament the Irish MEPs have been assigned to. I have gleaned this information off the europarl website and some of ye might find it interesting. Committee on Development Gay Mitchell (FG/EPP – Dublin) Committee on International Trade Joe Higgins (SOC/GUE-NGL – Dublin) Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Proinsias De Rossa (Lab/S&D – Dublin) Marian Harkin (Ind/ALDE – North West) Committee on the Environment, Public...

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Lisbon Round Up: Gen Yes, UKIP and Abortion

July 17, 2009
By Stephen
Lisbon Round Up: Gen Yes, UKIP and Abortion

Image via Wikipedia So last night I attended the Generation Yes Event in Cork on Lisbon in Light of the Guarantees. It was a really interesting event and their will be videos, pictures and audio going up on the Generation Yes Website in the next few days. I will be getting involved in Generation Yes in Cork, so I’ll keep ye informed of goings on. Without Libertas this time round, there is talk that the UK Independence Party might...

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An Bord Snip

July 17, 2009
By Stephen
An Bord Snip

Image via Wikipedia Okay so an Board Snip has been published and its recommending some serious cuts in various sections of Government. Some are good ideas, others are savage. I agree with most of the mergers but not with some of the cuts. There is one thing we must remember with the report. It is only recommendations. We now know what the Government have been recommended to do, so if we think soething shouldn’t be done we need to...

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