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Putting things into perspective
My poor son. He’s only 2 years and 4 months old but in another 60 years he will still be paying for Fianna Fáil’s failed policy of throwing cash at problems in the hopes that a solution may present itself. No doubt by now you are all fed up of hearing about NAMA, “going forward [...]
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This electricity interconnector thing
It’s a topic that pops up every now and then in the news and seems to be a pet project of Energy Minister Eamonn Ryan’s. This electricity interconnector that we are told is vital for the country. So vital infact that there is a rather swish website extolling the virtues of it and how it [...]
Apr 15th, 2009 | Filed under Observation, Politics -
Banker to banker
It was interesting listening to the news on the radio this morning while driving to college to hear that the opposition parties are not too happy at the appointment of Richie Boucher as the new head of Bank of Ireland.I imagine they are not pleased because Mr. Boucher was already a BoI employee having taken up [...]
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Fun and games in the Atlantic Ocean?
Of course I’m forever a cynic. And believe me it is worth being so at times. Even more so these days, but apparently a French and British submarine collided “somewhere in the Atlantic.” And a couple of Russian naval vessels deposited 300 tonnes of heavy fuel oil as a result of a refuelling incident just [...]