Taoiseach Brian Cowen has added his voice to calls for leopards to change their spots but has cautioned that this may be a long drawn out process. Welcoming a leading leopard’s statement that leopards who had yet to change their spots might still do so, Mr Cowen said he expected “strong and continuous participation”...
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Cowen says stones will bleed
Govt try to put Enda Kenny off Lisbon
The Government is preparing a highly contentious strategy to convince the Mirish people to vote yes to Lisbon in a referendum which will most likely be held in October. Having failed to secure a yes vote the last time out the Taoiseach, Mr Brian Cowen, warned of dire consequences. He was immediately proved right...
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Lenihan determined to change leopards’ spots
The Government has announced that leopards will be legally obliged to change their spots after the next general election. Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan last night said legislation to give effect to the new law will pass all stages in the Oireachtas, before the Dáil and Seanad rise for the summer recess.
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NAMA left with nothing as Kenny squats ‘everywhere’
Senior Governmnent figures were locked in crisis talks with National Asset Management Agency executives (NAMA) and heads of all of the country’s financial institutions this evening after it emerged that former Late Late Show host Pat Kenny is claiming squatters’ rights over all of the land assets that NAMA was planning to manage.
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Sarkozy is the light at the end of the tunnel
After all the gloom, Mireland finally sees a light at the end of the tunnel. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he is prepared to take over the running of Anglo Irish Bank and to head NAMA. Mr Sarkozy said there would be no conflict of interest in his holding both roles.
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Fine Gael devastated despite success
Fine Gael’s jubilation at its excellent performance in the various elections on June 5th has been crushed by the devastating realisation that Enda Kenny is still party leader and, unless something can be done, will lead the party into the next general election.
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Some stories we don’t have to make up
The Mire salutes Meath councillors who may vote today on rezoning lands in the county even though some of them were not successful in Friday’s elections. Mandates? Accountability? Who needs ‘em?
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Media candidates offer hope
The Mire has been inundated with calls, emails and texts from people expressing hope and optimism for the first time in many months. The cause of this outburst of positive thinking? The prospect that more media professionals might enter politics and put the country back on track.
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MPs studying Dail
A group of Labour Party MPs from Britain’s House of Commons is visiting Mireland today to see if there are Mirish parliamentary procedures they could adopt to enhance the functionality of British democracy.
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Not Fianna Fail fall out
Fine Gael and Labour are at loggerheads over a new election strategy for the next general election which is designed to capitalise on the plumetting popularity of the Government and Fianna Fail in particular.
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