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Enough of Harney picking over the nation’s carcass! via Cllr Joe Ryan's Blog, Mar 11th, 2010 at 23:58

image Few Ministers have presided for as long as Mary Harney in the history of the state. She’s spent 12 years in office continuously and add to that the period that she spent as a successful Junior Minister at Environment where she pioneered smokeless fuel. Her senior at the time was Padraig Flynn and the pair were nickname Smog n’ Smug!When Harney transferred to Health in 2004 she told us that she’d bring her business like approach to health and shorten waiting lists, improve services and give us a first class health service. After the latest scandal at Tallaght Hospital she’s no nearer her goal than she was over 5 years ago when she took up the job. In 2005 she said she wanted a 7 year stint to complete her job. Her optimism is groundless, she’s brought us no nearer a better... Similar posts
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All hail the Scrappage Scheme for huge jump in new car sales? via The No Nonsense blog 20th Jul


Hi folks, alas it has been a while since we’ve been chatting, but at least on returning it’s to discuss some news of the more positive variety; namely the huge increase in volumes... more...

Even Hitler is against the 30km Dublin speed limit via The No Nonsense blog 10th Feb


There’s lots of nonsense going around at the moment in relation to the recently introduced 30km speed limit in Dublin, however our favourite is this video created by David Rochford:... more...

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Irish Twitter "Early Adopters"    Jul 18


Today's Twitterers stats show who first twigged to the whole scene. You may say, "hang on a minute, @Blaine isn't Irish". Well although he's from BC, Canada and has lived recently... more...

Age profile of Irish Twitterers from v. small sample    Jul 18


Ok, so it is a pretty poor sample of 32 Twitterers and it may be skewed in all sorts of ways (e.g. by the group who heard about it, by people trying to be the oldest or youngest etc.),... more...

Twitter uptake statistics - explosive growth in 2009    Jul 18


So we've identified 7,939 Irish twitter users, through various methodologies. Obviously the term "Irish" can be subjective; in general we have included first generation Irish-born... more...
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Energy Awards For Northern Ireland Buildings    Today


Building professionals including architects, engineers, builders and developers, across Ireland are being urged to submit entries to the Isover Energy Efficiency Awards (EEA), which... more...

Green Awards Scheme For Irish Buildings    Today


Building professionals including architects, engineers, builders and developers, across Ireland are being urged to submit entries to the Isover Energy Efficiency Awards (EEA), which... more...

Minister Killeen Visits Gormanston Camp    Today


On arrival at Gormanston Camp, the Minister was greeted by the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Sean McCann, General Officer Commanding the 2nd Eastern Brigade, Brigadier General... more...
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