Posted in Bankrupt ireland on Oct 30th, 2010 24 Comments »
Just a quick post to highlight the Shell to Sea factsheet, that there is €420 billion worth of natural gas of the coast of Ireland - all of which has been given for free to Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil, Exxon Mobil.
Ministers Ray Burke and Bertie Ahern changed Irish law in 1987 & 1992 so […]
Posted in Irish Marxism, Irish social history, Irish Working Class, Irish Labour History on Oct 28th, 2010 2 Comments »
Sam Nolan at 80 from conormccabe on Vimeo.
This is an eighteen-minute video which was made for the occasion of Sam Nolan’s birthday celebration in the Mansion House, which was held on Friday 8 October 2010.
The video is drawn from over eleven hours of Sam in conversation with Mick O’Reilly, former Irish secretary of the ATGWU […]
Posted in Irish social history on Oct 27th, 2010 2 Comments »
Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Irish Times, Irish Economy on Oct 27th, 2010 4 Comments »
This is what the Irish times had to say today:
Irish bond yields spiked today as the collapse of Portugal’s budget discussions and Greece’s tax revenue shortfalls reignited concerns that peripheral European countries may struggle to cut their deficits.
The yield on Ireland’s ten-year bonds closed at 668 basis points today, the highest level in almost a […]
Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Fianna Fáil, Irish Economy, Ireland on Oct 27th, 2010 No Comments »
Posted in Death of a Tiger, Comedy on Oct 26th, 2010 6 Comments »
Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Irish property bubble, Fianna Fáil on Oct 26th, 2010 No Comments »
We have learned hard lessons and have taken difficult decisions. Our economy is now emerging from recession and Ireland is strongly fighting back. If we continue on this road, we will emerge from these tough times with a renewed unity of purpose and with a nation poised to regain the momentum that we knew not […]
Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Fianna Fáil, Irish Economy on Oct 26th, 2010 No Comments »
Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Irish property bubble, Fianna Fáil on Oct 26th, 2010 1 Comment »
A budgetary adjustment of €15 billion will be required over the next four years to reduce the State’s deficit to 3 per cent by 2014, the Government said today.”
Posted in History of Electronic Music on Oct 26th, 2010 No Comments »
Giorgio Moroder and the early electronic elements of Disco.
Warning: Contains many examples of gratuitous use of disco synths and funky dance licks.
It’s entertaining nonetheless.
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