Posted in Ex Members of Fall, capitalism, fuckwits, Fianna Fáil, Banks, Economy, Greens on Feb 11th, 2009 2 Comments »
Oh baby. I’m sitting here watching the news and laughing my ass off at the latest shenanigans involving Ireland’s best and beautiful. You know the ones who have fucking FLEECED this country and will continue to do so for many a year to come. These people are monkey dung, and yet, if I remember correctly, […]
Posted in Economy, Fianna Fáil, Irish journalism, fuckwits, Banks, Irish Economy, Fine Gael, PDs, Greens, Politics on Nov 18th, 2008 3 Comments »
That was then…
Ireland’s decision to guarantee Irish banks’ deposits and debts for two years to calm investor concern could be followed by other countries. This may be a template for rescues elsewhere if Irish banks can replenish their capital base,” Harvinder Sian, a fixed-income strategist at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc in London said […]
Posted in Economy, Fianna Fáil, Irish journalism, Irish Society, Irish Economy, Ireland, Greens, Irish housing, Politics on Oct 3rd, 2008 8 Comments »
The Fianna Fáil plan to fix the systematic problems within the Irish banking system is… to mortgage the entire country in order to keep the system running the same way as before.
The contradiction inherent to that decision - to fix a broken system by ensuring it runs the same way as before - is […]
Posted in Fianna Fáil, Irish Economy, Irish housing, Government, Greens on Sep 16th, 2008 6 Comments »
In 1972 Rosita Sweetman wrote the following in her book, On Our Knees: Ireland 1972:
You may wonder why the Fianna Fail government doesn’t do something about controlling the price of land, the building of houses and general accommodation problems in a city bursting at the seams…If you are still sceptical, you might take a trip […]
Posted in Fianna Fáil, Greens, politics/Ireland on Mar 2nd, 2008 2 Comments »
Martin Horgan is an ambitious chap. A Green party representative, he has this to say about corruption in Irish politics.
Ireland is a modern western nation with a strong economy built by the hard work and educational standard of its people and the talent of its business profession and entrepreneurs.
This economic progression has been fuelled […]
Posted in Fianna Fáil, Government, Greens on Feb 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
Thanks to Simon of Irish Election for this one.
The Irish Green party has finally bit the bullet and has taken its first major stand on corruption since coming to power in June. It has decided to give its full support to anti-corruption activists - not in Ireland, mind, but in Columbia.
In a statement released on […]
Posted in muppets, Government, Greens, Politics on Dec 10th, 2007 12 Comments »
God bless YouTube.
I found these through a link from the Eoghan Harris clip. The first one is from October 2006, and it’s John Gormley warning us that Poolbeg is in danger of being built- despite Michael McDowell’s assurances that, if elected, he would use his cabinet seat to stop it from going ahead.
Now, […]
Posted in Greens, Government, Irish History, Irish Labour History, History, Ireland on Jun 15th, 2007 5 Comments »
I had immense plans.”
Kurtz. Heart of Darkness.
So. The Greens have formed a coalition with Fianna Fáil and at a stroke have turned themselves into the most right-wing environmentalists in the world. How long will this contradiction last? Will the Irish electorate accept such a contradiction? Who knows…
The Irish electorate is willing to accept a […]
Posted in Government, Greens, politics/Ireland on Jun 13th, 2007 4 Comments »
Having heard Dan Boyle of the Green Party on Newstalk this lunchtime, talking up the agreement they’ve hammered out with Fianna Fail over the formation of the next government, I had to laugh.
The Greens have been convinced by the wily Fianna Fail negotiators that nothing can be done to stop policies already in motion, […]
