Image via Wikipedia I didn’t see this coming, but Green Senator Deirdre De Burca has resigned from the Green Party and the Seanad! This is the second high profile resignation this week. De Burca has left due to not being able to support the Government, in a statement she said: “I have written to my party leader, John Gormley, explaining to him the reasons for my resignation. I believe that we have lost our way as a party and have gradually...
Image via CrunchBase I was recently asked about official Fine Gael stuff on Facebook and twitter (I seam to be the go to person) and I must say there isn’t any that I knew of! That remineded of my FineGaelNews bot on twitter and I checked out its followers and I found three Senators and a TD who use it properly as well as a Local Election Candidate. The Senators are Senator Fidelma Healy Eames from Galway, Fine Gaels...
Yesterday in the Seanad, Senators made statements on the Treaty of Lisbon. The statements were limited to Leaders or Party Spokespersons. Selected Extracts below. Senator Eugene Regan (Fine Gael): The Cohesion Fund is a good example of the many areas in which Ireland has influenced the shape of Europe. Most of the significant changes took place after Ireland’s entry to the EEC. The Single European Act, the first change, came about as a result of work carried out by...
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