Tag Archives: Ireland
Intriguing Words – 28th September 2010
Feeling bored? While away a few minutes / hours pondering these types of government by number and decide which type describes best the one we have in Ireland? Arithmocracy – rule of the numerical majority: Democracy – government by the people as a whole: Isocracy – polity where all have equal power Continue reading
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Petition To Save Foinse – The Last Irish Language Weekly Newspaper
It has come to my attention today that the Irish language weekly newspaper Foinse may only be in publication for two more editions – on the 21st and the 28th of this month, due to a lack of funding. Some … Continue reading
Filed under Language, The Politic Body
Irish & Proud & Troubled Enough… Don’t Represent Me!
Ireland has trouble enough, dealing with its share of the global credit crunch, but in good auld timely fashion there are always those who would come along to drag us further down into the quagmire. I have always been very … Continue reading
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Recession Ireland: The Twice-Done Country
So we all know what’s going on in the world with economics and who wants to mention the dreaded R-word again !It’s not enough either that everyone is feeling hard-done-by and World leaders have quite nicely managed to cough … Continue reading
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Blackout Ireland Launch
Have a look at this extract from Blackoutireland.com Blog regarding today’s important launch of Blackoutireland.com First, if you have no idea what is going on, you NEED to check out two places. Firstly, BlackOutIreland.com, which should hopefully be online tomorrow. … Continue reading
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Battlestar Galactica… Sky Date – April 15th
Previousily, I posted about the new Battlestar… and I’ve just heard that it’s screening for an Irish audience on Skyone on April 15th… If you’re anything like me and are finding it hard to wait check out the Battlestar Galactica … Continue reading
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International Women’s Day 2008 (IWD) – 8th March
Saturday 8th March is International Women’s Day. “IWD” is the global day connecting all women around the world and has been observed since 1908, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world when 15,000 women marched through … Continue reading
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Tara destruction… Government on road to ruin
This week an Irish Post poll showed more than 80 per cent of respondents were in favour of halting all construction of new roads around the historic site. In one of the largest responses ever received more than 3,000 people … Continue reading
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