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		<title>FF to invoke Wrath of Three Seans in fury at  Callely&#8217;s &#8216;paltry&#8217; claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Such is the fury within the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party over the paltry nature of Senator Ivor Callely&#8217;s travel allowance claims that Taoiseach Brian Cowen has invoked the Wrath of the Three Seans to deal with the problem.
&#8220;There is a strong feeling that Ivor has let the side, and the country down,&#8221; a Fianna Fáil source said. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mire reflects on a pig&#8217;s mickey of a year &#8211; twisted and crooked</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a year that began with a visit from several British MPs to Dail Eireann to study the mystifying way in which our TDs resisted resigning.
Then there was the shocking news that the Celtic Tiger was caused by inappropriate alcoholism.
There was good news when the HSE announced that Ryanair would take over the running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A third of new roads go nowhere, others are completely lost</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/a-third-of-new-roads-go-nowhere-others-are-lost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister for Transport  Noel Dempsey has called for urgent action after it emerged that up to a third of the roads built during the Celtic Tiger period are missing and a further third don&#8217;t appear to lead anywhere.
According to research carried out by officials in Mr Dempsey&#8217;s department some local authorities are unable to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU to reinstate Celtic Tiger for Lisbon Yes vote</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/eu-to-reinstate-celtic-tiger-for-lisbon-yes-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/eu-to-reinstate-celtic-tiger-for-lisbon-yes-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to seek EU support to cancel the recession if Mireland votes yes to Lisbon in the referendum on October 2nd. The Mire understands that Mr Cowen has now accepted that the Mirish people will not vote for the Lisbon Treaty in sufficient numbers unless the Celtic Tiger is reinstated in all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bono gets Madonna, Jolie to adopt Celtic Tiger cubs</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/bono-gets-madonna-jolie-to-adopt-celtic-tiger-cubs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Croke Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Mullen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U2&#8217;s preparations for the last of their Croke Park gigs have been marred by a tiff between frontman Bono and drummer Larry Mullen over Bono&#8217;s latest humanitarian mission &#8211; getting his celebrity friends to adopt Mirish children devastated by the economic meltdown.
Bono, often criticised for grand-standing on international issues while ignoring problems at home, has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inappropriate alcoholism caused Celtic Tiger</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/inappropriate-alcoholism-behind-all-our-woes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/inappropriate-alcoholism-behind-all-our-woes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic Tiger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new report from a high profile government think tank suggests that the many problems facing Mireland have got nothing to do with economic matters and are, in fact, entirely caused by inappropriate alcoholism.

According to the top secret report, which The Mire has seen,  Mireland is completely beset by alcoholics who don&#8217;t know how [...]]]></description>
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