Image via Wikipedia So now Trevor Sargent is accused of acting improperly in a criminal case. The Minister of State is the latest in a long line of accusations to have hit the Government. The latest of course being the resignation of Willie O’Dea. While many would have assumed the Green Party were above all this type of stuff but it turns out, being in Government with Fianna Fail may have taught them some bad habits. If Sargent was...
Well a meeting of the PD Parliamentary Party (all four of them) ended recently and have decided according to the Party Leader, Senator Ciaran Cannon said: “It is the opinion of the parliamentary party that the Progressive Democrats is no longer politically viable.” Source (Breakingnews.ie) It is sad in one way that the party that tried to break the mold in Irish Politics when it was established by Des O’Malley back in 1985 (the party is as old as...
RTÉ news have put together a good subsite on the Lisbon treaty here. Some interesting links including links to the text of treaty and all the headlines! Check it out.
I was genuinely saddened to read that Brian Wilde, Foggy in “Last of the Summer Wines” died yesterday. I think he was a great actor. As a young’un I regularly watched that show with my dad. BBC Story Secondly, I’m moving back top Ireland sooner then I thought. I moving back to the Republic at the end of May instead of the start of July as originally hoped. I’m going to miss Germany, but I’m looking forward to going...
Yesterday one of the BBC’s top stories was of a report from the University of Hull researchers the popular brands of Anti-depressents (Prozac and Seroxat, among the four studied) are no better then “dummy pills” or placebos. Now in the past (until November 2007) I was taken an anti depressents for an associated condition (panic attacks). When I first went to my doctor I was but on Seroxat, which I personally hated. It allows feel nothing normally, and when...
Well i read an interesting Article in the Guardian today (or was it yesterday.. whatever) about a case between a website (Quakometer) and the Society of Homeopaths The article is really interesting and really opens your eyes on how homeopathetic medicine is regulated
Well i fucked up before xmas and buggered my laptop installing wireless. So im finally back online on my new pc in my room! which i got in PC World Today! Well last week i went to Movies vs Music for their Big Gay Xmas Party in the the Everyman Palace Theater what a laugh! Excellent night with Santa and Frank Twomey (remember Bosco) in appearance!! I also on Saturday went to The Other Place for Colleens House Party...
Via Al Jazeera France 24 has been launched and will be accessible in Europe, Africa and the Middle East in Frence, English and Arabic. France 24 joins an already crowded international news arena with CNN, BBC World and Al Jazeer. “In the symphony of the free press, there is now a French voice,” he said. “We’re late, and we’re trying to catch up.” A French International Station was called for back in 1991 by the French President, due to...
Via Al Jazeera A Danish Artist as been offering poor Ugandans a way out of poverty by offering them animals in exchange for them changing their name to Hornselth. Kristian von Hornsleth … is offering villagers of Buteyongera aid in the form of a pig or goat if they take on his name, is a commentary on the hypocrisies of society. The Scheme is not a favourite of the Ugandan Government though. Officials such as James Buturo, the ethics...
Morning Breifing, December 12th
Morning all, Decided to to this every morning im awake for with a bit of a round up of International News and News from the Bloggersphere, after yesterdays ‘Interesting Stuff post‘ RTÉ.ie and BreakingNews.ie have reports from the American Geophysical Union that the Artic will be ice free by 2040. A lot of news agencies are reporting on Ehud Olmert blab on Israeli Nuclear Weapons which I covered last night A follow on from yesterday’s post on France 24,...
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