Naugblog (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
My goodness, Gov. Ted Strickland is in a tough spot. On one hand, he doesn’t want to be like like Gov. John Gilligan who lost his election to his predecessor, Gov. Jim Rhodes, as Gilligan was responsible for the creation of the Ohio income tax and the state lottery. But the leftists who run the editorial [...]
Latest press releases (Free subscription) | 23/06/2009
John Gilligan writes a collection of essays on what makes America great and what one can do to keep it great in the self-published book, The Soul of America: Essays on the 4th of July.
The Limerick Blogger (Free subscription) | 22/06/2009
... will be taken into consideration when he does retire from the City Council. Link . In the City, John Gilligan appears to have had a change of heart after signing a pact with the eight Fine Gael councillors, ensuring the next five Mayors were from the party. After withdrawing from the pact, Fine Gael were forced to call upon their old mate Pat Kennedy, who in return for his suppport,...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/06/2009
... in INLA and IRA activities.In the mid-1990s he was a member of the major drugs gang led by John Gilligan. Gardaí investigating the murder of Veronica Guerin in June 1996 came into intelligence from within the Gilligan gang that Holland carried out the murder. Holland fled the Republic for Amsterdam and London after the journalist’s killing but returned to Dublin less than a...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 16/06/2009
Outgoing Mayor of Limerick City Cllr John Gilligan presents the chains of office to the new Mayor of Limerick Cllr Kevin Kiely who was elected following a meeting at City Hall last night. Photographs: Aidan Crawley, Joe O'Shaughnessy, Daragh Mac Sweeney/Provision, Don Moloney/Press 22
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/06/2009
... and other bomb- making equipment to the IRA.While in jail, he met members of what would become the John Gilligan drugs gang. On his release in 1994 he began working for them. Separately, he was also suspected of being a gun for hire.He was one of a number of suspects for the murder of Patrick Shanahan who was shot in Crumlin, Dublin, in October 1994.He was also once suspected of the...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 19/06/2009
... murder. However, he was convicted of drugs offences relating to the activities of the gang led by John Gilligan. Holland was sentenced to 20 years which was later reduced to 12 on appeal.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 15/06/2009
Regional News »Fine Gael's Kiely set for top jobKATHRYN HAYESFINE GAEL Councillor Kevin Kiely looks set to be elected the 813th mayor of Limerick at tonight’s mayoral elections.The chairman of Limerick’s joint policing committee lost out on the post last year by a single vote, when Independent councillor John Gilligan was elected after a pact between Labour and Fine Gael fell through.No...
The Limerick Blogger (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... Byrne 2011-2012 Jim Long 2012-2013 Cormac Hurley 2013-2014 Denis McCarthy Independent councillor John Gilligan has put asside his left wing leanings in exchange for a chairmanship of the Council’s environmental committee. He is understood to have signed the agreement ensuring the majority required for there to be an all Fine Gael Mayoralty Maybe, just maybe, John Gormley might...
The Limerick Blogger (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
BREAKING Fine Gael to take control of Limerick County Council 1800 hrs: While counting is completed in the City, two recounts in the county have truncated counting. Firstly, here is your city councillors list Maria Byrne (Fine Gael), Ger Fahy (Fine Gael), John Gilligan (Independent), Michael Hourigan (Fine Gael), Cormac Hurley (Fine Gael), Pat Kennedy (Independent), Kieran Kiely [...]...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 29/05/2009
... the document vesting rights to the use of the arms in the city council, to Mayor of Limerick John Gilligan to the sound of trumpet fanfare.“The original coat of arms for the city, which has been used since at least the 17th century, was unregistered and so unprotected from unofficial use,” Mr Gilligan said.“We applied to the Chief Herald to confirm the council in its right...
