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Views from the Emerald Isle

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Personal thoughts, opinions and comments of an independent consultant, political analyst and historian, who lives in Ireland but is aware of the whole world.

Added on: Mar 5th, 2008
Country: Ireland
Language: English

Author: The Emerald Islander
Listed in: Politics Personal
Tags: politics news Opinion media Ireland current affairs

Recent Posts

O'Donoghue defends his Expenses as Minister

Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 06:52 in art, sport, lifestyle, tourism, scandal, expenses, enda kenny, fianna fáil, john o'donoghue, dáil, ceann comhairle, roisin shortall

John O'Donoghue (photo), the Ceann Comhairle (Speaker or Chairman of the Dáil, the lower House of Parliament) has made his first public comments on the expenses controversy surrounding his time as government minister.O'Donoghue defends his record as...
New communal Bicycle Scheme for Dublin

Posted on Sunday September 13th, 2009 at 15:32 in money, europe, Netherlands, Ireland, bicycles, credit cards, dublin, belgium, transport, trust, deposit, dublin city council

A new communal Bicycle Scheme has been launched in Dublin today.Its aim is to encourage more people - Dubliners as well as visitors - to cycle in Ireland's capital city instead of using their cars or public transport.The initiative is organised by Du...
FÁS Board Members will resign

Posted on Sunday September 13th, 2009 at 08:16 in training, employment, Ireland, impact, shane ross, comptroller and auditor general, mary coughlan, rtÉ radio 1, peter mcloone, john buckley, fÁs, tánaiste

The chairman of Ireland's national training and employment agency FÁS has said that all its board members will resign in the wake of a report which showed a massive waste of taxpayer money.Speaking earlier today on the This Week programme on RTÉ Ra...
Sharing a Bed is bad for your Health

Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 13:06 in science, lifestyle, bedroom, sleep, houses, couples, sleeping, bed, university of surrey, somnology, british science festival, dr. robert meadows

I have always known it, and said it to many people for decades: Sharing a bed is bad for your health.Now, after all those years when people looked at me strangely, laughed at me or even thought I had problems with my sex life, renowned British scient...
Massive Waste of Taxpayers' Money in FÁS

Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 08:58 in budget, training, employment, Ireland, waste, advertisement, investigation, scandal, comptroller and auditor general, john buckley, fÁs, inefficency

Ireland's national training and employment agency FÁS (Foras Áiseanna Saothair) has wasted vast amounts of taxpayers' money and exceeded its budgets regularly. A new report by Ireland's Comptroller & Auditor General John Buckley, which is the r...
Ryanair increases Baggage Fees again

Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 04:55 in europe, Ireland, air travel, baggage, fees, prices, ryanair, michael o'leary, lisbon treaty, rip-off society, october 1st

The Irish 'low fares' airline Ryanair has announced a further increase in its fees for checked-in baggage from next month. According to the airline, it is "part of a change in company policy".In order to keep people confused at all times, the amount ...