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Eoghan Harris Tells it Like it Is

Eoghan Harris Tells it Like it Is...

I’m off to commission a bust of Eoghan Harris to be mounted in every urban centre in Ireland. What a legend. By EOGHAN HARRIS Sunday June 14 2009 Last Thursday, on Newstalk 106, Eamon Keane asked me to look back at the elections. You can pick up my pearls of wisdom on Newstalk’s podcast. Today, as a member of the anti-stupidity party, I want to take the pundits to task in three areas. First, I was baffled...
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Kenny Fades in Fine GLee

Kenny Fades in Fine GLee...

Enda’s new party standing within what now appears to be the beneficiary of the Fianna Fáil backlash seems rocky and shaky tonight. Kenny’s call to put a motion of no confidence in the government before the Dáil early next week is surely salt in the wound for the already battered government parties and none more-so than the inevitable target of their fury, the Greens. As Kenny clung to George Lee in the...
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Green Collapse not Fianna Fáil’s Fault

Green Collapse not Fianna Fáil’s Fault...

The sheer meltdown of the Green vote throughout the past two days has been attributed to their links and ties within the coalition government here with Fianna Fáil. None more vocal than Niall Ó Brolcháin in Galway who this evening indicated that the Greens now seek some sort of deal from Fine Gael and Labour to allow them cross the floor in a bid to change the make-up of the Government. Ó Brolcháin is bitter at losing...
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