Daily Archives: December 10, 2009

Budget 2010: The Good and the Bad

December 10, 2009
By Stephen
Budget 2010: The Good and the Bad

Image via Wikipedia If you are looking for indepth stuff on the budget, you wont find it here! Vists Suzy and Irish Election if you are looking for that sort of stuff! This is my reaction to the budget, which I mostly missed due to college. Hence why I wasnt tweeting. General Reaction: My first reaction is that this budget won’t make a whole load of difference to me. Things may get cheaper with VAT and Excise cuts, but...

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“no such institution as a ‘de facto’ family in Ireland”

December 10, 2009
By Stephen
“no such institution as a ‘de facto’ family in Ireland”

The above is a ruling from Justice Susan Denham of the Supreme Court on the right of access to a child of a lesbian couple. This was overruling Justice Hedigan, of the High Court, who held that ‘de facto’ families existed under the European Convention on Human Rights. This is an interesting ruling from the Supreme Court and takes a bit of an argument away from Gay Marriage Campaigners. The High Court judgement was being used an arguement in...

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