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Culch.ie
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Not sure who to catch at the Picnic, and who to leave to the ants? Never fear! The intrepid, well-travelled, and extremely attractive Culch.ie music team are here to guide you gently into making the right choice, no matter your creed.
Seán Recommend...
Cllr Dermot Lacey
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The proposed amendments to the Draft Dublin City Development Plan 2011 – 2017 will be on public display from 18th August 2010 to 15 September 2010 at the following locations in the South East Area during normal office opening hours:
Civic Offices,...
The Punishment of Sloth
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Still plenty of ifs and buts in determining final cost to taxpayer – The Irish Times – Wed, Sep 01, 2010
The meter on the bailout has reached €22.88 billion. Some €18.88 billion has come through promissory notes, or State IOUs, which, th...
THE IRISH OBSERVER
18:53
The resignation of Monica Mc Williams as Chief Human Rights Commissioner in Northern Ireland, is no loss to those of us who value the rights of all people. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission is funded and directed by the British State, it ...
Thoughts on Communication...
17:46
I am surprised that the launch of Microsofts Kinect, the long expected arrival of internet TVs by year end and the never ending expansion of cloud based services has not generated more debate about the potential impact on PR and social media.
In the...
CheapEats.ie
12:30
I’ve been watching Jamie Oliver’s New European Series - so far I’ve seen him in Morocco, Spain and, most recently, Greece. This episode was all about simple ingredients simply put together. He went spear fishing, met up with some bee kee...
shanemcdonald.org
13:57
I was at the Guns N’ Roses concert at the O2 in Dublin, and I was appauled at the behaviour of so called fans when Guns N’ Roses eventually took to the stage at around 10:30pm. The support act were late finishing and for 1h 30 minutes th...
Meath Fine Gael
09:52
30th August 2010
PRESS RELEASE
Murphy Calls For Changes to Repeat Leaving Cert System
Fine Gael Councillor, Maria Murphy has called on the Minister for Education & Skills, Mary Coughlan TD to give our Leaving Certificate students a break.
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The Tara Poetry Blog
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A Turn at Tara.On a windswept but sunny day a large crowd turned out for a celebration of poetry and song at Tara today, though given that some of Ireland's best known poets were in attendance it was only to be expected. Or if you're coming next yea...
Montana Gael
08:28
They're burying Mick Lally in Dublin today, and the world's the poorer for it. At age 64, Lally rolled and rumbled when he spoke, his timbre recalling a rough plane of soft pine. He showed a kind character to match the grain. He was an actor's actor...
The Jackanory
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Director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuss) sets himself a difficult task with his latest project. In an age where comic book adaptations adorn our screens at every turn, the honeymoon period is quickly coming to an end. Kick-Ass tried t...
Emerging Writer
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Prizes: 1st £1000, 2nd £500, 3rd £250
& 20 prizes of £20 each
Deadline: Friday 15th oct 2010
Judges: Gwyneth Lewis, Maurice Riordan
Both judges will read all poems submitted.
Rules: Poems must be in English, must each be no longer than 45 l...
Pursued by a Bear
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Arcade Fire – the mere mention of these words lately seems to bring out bloggers and commentators in a rash of hastily-slung insults and rabidly constructed defences. First, there was their by-all-accounts limp Oxegen performance; then they h...
WhoseView.ie Blog
18:46
In September we would like to giveaway up to €1,000 in One4all Vouchers in packs of €20 each. That’s 50 vouchers to give away until September 21st.
To get your hands on on a €20 Voucher, simply post 25 reviews, which will give you at least 1,...
The Dublin Community Blog
18:05
For those of you now suffering from post-summer hang over, taking part in sporting events is probably the last thing on your minds. If, on the other hand, some of you out there have an interest in observing the extremities of differ...
Jason O Mahony
06:55
One of the more disturbing things I’ve come across recently is this poll figure from the US saying that 18% of people polled believe that President Obama is a Muslim. What’s particularly worrying, indeed surreal, is that the number of p...
gaelick
12:05
Tonight is the big night for American telly. The Emmys, those Oscars of the small screen are on tonight. Actually, I should specify, The Emmys are so big now that they are split into two groups: The Daytime Emmy Awards that Ellen owns and the The Pr...
Joe Higgins.eu | MEP for ...
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Press release: Councillor Matt Waine (Socialist Party) Minister and politicians celebrate M50 upgrade today while ignoring scandal of wilful destruction of small Irish firm on the project Two former unemployed steel fixers from Tallaght bankrupted b...
The Noises In Our Heads
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Scottish rockers Twin Atlantic played a blistering set in The O2 Dublin in support of headliners Blink 182. They played to a packed and eager Blink 182 audience for about 45 minutes and it's safe to say they won them over by the time they finished w...
Michael Farry
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Michael - Can you send an email address to editor@irishdigest.com which is located in the north west up here, regarding the book you are writing on the Civil war etec in......
blaubushka
10:21
I've been a big fan of Dahlia's for a long time now and I'm very excited about the newest collection; tapping into all things fiercely floral and sweetly sixties mixed up with a vintage hunter feel and quirky wild child attitude. Blau's picks...Baby...
An Irish Town Planner's B...
08:03
THE CONSTRUCTION of the controversial new national children’s hospital on the Mater site in central Dublin is to be fast-tracked through the planning process, it has emerged.The change in approach means the project will not be scrutinised by Dublin ...
Alan in Belfast
16:55
Wondering why there was a flood of hits on the blog coming from Iain Dale's blog, I discovered that - unbeknownst to me - Alan in Belfast had been entered into Total Politics vote for Top Northern Ireland Blog, and made it into the top 20.For what i...
Shopping in Meath
14:46
Mr Blair's book, A Journey, reveals the extent of the rift between two men who dominated British politics from the moment New Labour stormed to power in 1997 to its capitulation at the polls in May.The former PM says he was put under "relentless per...
belfaststories
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1969 - I was five years old when I first fell in love. Her name was Diane and I used to walk home from Nettlefield Primary School with her. When we would get to her house I would give her a puckered-lip kiss and say goodbye. Diane lived at number 32...
No Ordinary Fool
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Arcade Fire – Ready to Start
From the album The Suburbs (Merge Records; 2010)
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Of Montreal – Coquet Coquette
From the impending album False Priest (Polyvinyl)
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Male Bonding – Weird Feeling
From the album Nothing ...
THE IRISH OBSERVER
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Energy Regulator to discuss electricity price hike and disconnection of customers with Committee on Economic Regulatory AffairsAugust 31 2010 Energy regulator Michael Tutty will appear before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Economic Regulatory Aff...
State Magazine
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With their second album The Body of Christ and the Legs of Tina Turner garnering widespread critical acclaim in advance of its nationwide release, it is safe to say that there was a strong air of anticipation surrounding this special album launch.
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From Irish ElectionBrian Lenihan’s credibility takes a further dent as he comes bottom of the pile in this year’s ranking of top EU finance ministers by the Financial TimesAh a finance minister to be proud of!...
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AIB announces new managing director is to be:
a) appointed from within despite a search for an outside candidate that apparently found nobody suitable for the job
b) to be paid more than the €500,000 per annum cap Minister Lenihan put on bakers salaries.
There is uproar on the airwaves and in the Dail. “Bankers are back to being bankers after they get their bail-out”, and so forth.
Today, it is announced that Colm Doherty will wear his €500,000 salary cap and assume the role of ‘managing director’ of the bank, taking over from Chief Executive Eugene Sheehy. Crisis averted, pandemonium over. Then there’s this from the Irish Times:
The bank plans to appoint current chairman Dan O’Connor as executive chairman encompassing the two roles of chairman and...
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If media reports are accurate of new appointments and pay arrangements at the top of Allied Irish Banks, then it represents game, set and match for the old guard in Irish banking and total capitulation on the part of Minister for Finance.
The plan by Allied Irish Bank, apparently with the agreement of the government, to appoint Mr. Dan O’Connor as an Executive Chairman on an interim basis, will send out a message of ‘no change’ in the banks and would be contrary to the principles of good corporate governance.
“It appears that this is being done to facilitate the later appointment to the position of CEO of the board’s preferred internal candidate, Mr. Colm Doherty, who will meantime become Managing Director. And to add insult to injury it appears that the government is willing...
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The Labour Party Spokesperson on Finance, Deputy Joan Burton, has expressed surprise at media reports of a plan by Allied Irish Bank to appoint an Executive Chairman on an interim basis, saying the move would send out a message of ‘no change’ in the banks and would be contrary to the principles of good corporate governance.
“I am also very surprised that the same reports indicate that the government was likely to agree to this move. Having provided more than €3bn of taxpayers’ money to recapitalise AIB, the government should continue to insist on the appointment of an outsider to the position of Chief Executive.
“The appointment to the position of Executive Chairman of Mr. O’Connor, who has been a member of the Board of AIB since 2007, would make mockery of all of the...
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