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Fine Gael has taken a lead over Fianna Fáil, according to the latest Sunday Business Post/Red C poll, which shows the main Opposition party has reached its highest ever level of support.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
THE IDEA of imposing prescription charges on medical card holders was widely supported at yesterday’s Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting, which was addressed by Minister for Health Mary Harney.
Notes On The Front (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
One could despair. All the major political parties are supporting another round of fiscal contraction, though they may differ on the balance of tax increases and public spending cuts. In this respect, Fianna Fail has won that particular battle, we...
Open Democracy (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A new history of the Workers' Party inspires Robin Wilson to reflect on a movement that helped to change the face of modern Ireland Ever since the Easter Rising of 1916 and the subsequent war of independence, progressive politics in Ireland has been bedevilled by the dominance of the ethnicised version of republicanism which was then first enshrined in martyrdom and later became the official ideology...
Counago & Spaves (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A very interesting article here by Michael Burke on the current shambles that is the Irish economy and the government's rescue plans (although the term "shambles" obscures the fact that the government knows exactly what it's doing): The crisis of the economy and of the banking sector, as well as a potentially looming crisis in the balance of payments all have the same primary source. Bank...
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
on The Last Word tonight, with regard to The Financial Times naming the Irish Minister for Finance as the "worst finance minister in europe," ...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Former Fianna Fáil minister Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has been nominated by the Government to the incoming European Commission.
A view from the west (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Today (16th November 2009) the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is apologising to adult care leavers in Australia for past abuse that they experienced in care as children. These governments have given a lead. Jersey needs to follow their example and begin to restore its reputation by showing that it cares about the past victims of abuse and wants to make amends for past wrongs. The Jersey Care...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
ÓGRA FIANNA FÁIL CONFERENCE:TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has declined to be drawn on whether the old age pension will be among the social welfare cuts in next month’s budget.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The Taoiseach told Fianna Fáil's national youth conference last night that the public finances will have to be cut and called for "coherent proposals" from the Opposition.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
The Taoiseach has today told Fianna Fáil's national youth conference the public finances will have to be cut and called for "coherent proposals" from the Opposition.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Fianna Fáil is causing division and conflict by forcing through controversial budget plans slashing public spending, the Labour Party claimed today.
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Video of Arthur Scargill's recent talk in Unite, Dublin As workers fight Fianna fail and the Green partyy's neoliberal attacks, now is a good time to learn from the fightback against Thatcherism in the 1980s with this video of Arthur Scargill discussing the Miners Strike. http://www.vimeo.com/7589961
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Did not know whether to post this in the comedy section or not. This is very funny. No blame for FF at all. Well worth watching. YouTube- Noel...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
A FORMER Fianna Fáil chairman of Cavan County Council charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in a hotel bedroom in Killarney two years ago changed his plea in court yesterday to guilty.
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