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		<title>Nude calendar in aid of economy to feature Taoiseach and Cabinet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education Minister Mary Coughlan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans are at an advanced stage for the Taoiseach and members of the Cabinet to pose nude for a fund-raising calendar in aid of the economy.
In a desparate attempt to generate income for the Government, Taoiseach Brian Cowen and his colleagues will adopt &#8220;mildly provocative&#8221; poses in the Dail chamber and other locations in government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardai warn constituents not to approach TDs empty-handed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As TDs return to their constituencies for the summer break Gardai have urged communities to operate nightly curfews, leaving the desolate streets to the elected representatives.
&#8220;Whenever the Dáil rises we can expect anxious times in the constituencies,&#8221; a Garda spokesman said. &#8220;TDs tend to hunt in packs and they can be quite intimidating.&#8221;
&#8220;Whatever you do, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red faces as Fine Gael finds it has enough TDs for Dáil majority</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian Cowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enda Kenny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership contest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[overall majority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Bruton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fine Gael members were united in disbelief this morning after the counting of supporters for the leadership contest revealed that the party actually has an overall Dáil majority and could have been in Government for the last three years.
In what may be the ultimate irony Richard Bruton&#8217;s leadership challenge to Enda Kenny has forced the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Govt denies Dáil&#8217;s anti-suicide nets linked to publication of expenses</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/govt-denies-dails-anti-suicide-nets-linked-to-publication-of-expenses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/govt-denies-dails-anti-suicide-nets-linked-to-publication-of-expenses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anti-suicide nets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artists' exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leinster House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians' expenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TDs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Government has insisted that the anti-suicide nets around Leinster House are best industry practice and do not reflect plummeting morale among TDs who now have to publish their expenses accounts.
&#8220;Anti-suicide nets are very common,&#8221; a spokesman said. &#8220;Apple are even doing it in China.&#8221;
Meanwhile, a bidding war has broken out between publishing industry heavyweights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BP welcomes advice from Dáil&#8217;s emergency response committee</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/bp-welcomes-advice-from-dails-emergency-response-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/bp-welcomes-advice-from-dails-emergency-response-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 07:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Energy giant BP has welcomed advice from the Dáil&#8217;s Emergency Response Committee on how to deal with the flow of oil from a ruptured well that threatens environmental disaster off the coast of Louisiana.
&#8220;This advice has been invaluable,&#8221; a BP spokesman said. &#8220;Lurching from one disaster to the next has really paid off for you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minister for Health position may be discontinued if Harney resigns</title>
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		<comments>http://www.themire.net/minister-for-health-position-may-be-discontinued-if-harney-resigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian Lenihan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[council of state]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emmett Stagg]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minister for Health Mary Harney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Mary McAleese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taoiseach Brian Cowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taoiseach in waiting Enda Kenny]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fears that Mary Harney may resign as Minister for Health have prompted panic on all sides of Leinster House where no one wants to succeed her.
Taoiseach in waiting Enda Kenny has called on pretend Taoiseach Brian Cowen and real Taoiseach Brian Lenihan to ask President Mary McAleese to convene a Council of State to deal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fuck you is fine, Gogarty&#8217;s error was to say &#8220;sincerity&#8221; in Dail</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/fuck-you-is-fine-gogartys-error-was-to-say-sincerity-in-dail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/fuck-you-is-fine-gogartys-error-was-to-say-sincerity-in-dail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceann Comhairle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deputy Emmet Stagg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fuck you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Party TD Paul Gogarty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oireachtas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Gogarty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seamus Kirk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unparliamentary language]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The office of the Ceann Comhairle Seamus Kirk has revealed that there was a complete misunderstanding over the use of unparliamentary language in the Dail by Green Party TD Paul Gogarty last week.
&#8220;It appears people thought Mr Gogarty was criticised for using the words &#8216;fuck you&#8217; in addressing Deputy Emmet Stagg. This is clearly nonsense. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enda Kenny to abolish Dail, Fine Gael and himself</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/enda-kenny-to-abolish-dail-fine-gael-and-himself/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/enda-kenny-to-abolish-dail-fine-gael-and-himself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enda Kenny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fianna Fail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a radical move that has sent shockwaves through the political system Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach in waiting Enda Kenny has said that he will abolish the Dail and the office of Taoiseach when he becomes Taoiseach.
&#8220;I have come to the conclusion that the Dail can no longer be justified,&#8221; he said. Mr Kenny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our opposition to NAMA &#8216;a hissy fit&#8217;, Fine Gael source</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/our-opposition-to-nama-a-hissy-fit-fine-gael-source/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/our-opposition-to-nama-a-hissy-fit-fine-gael-source/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enda Kenny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarkozy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Fine Gael source has revealed that the party&#8217;s opposition to the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) is not about NAMA and is in fact part of an ongoing “hissy fit” by party leader Enda Kenny over the fact that party strategists want him to campaign for a No Vote in the Lisbon referendum.
As revealed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPs studying Dail</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/mps-studying-dail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resign]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A  group of Labour Party MPs from Britain&#8217;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.
The Mother of Parliaments has been rocked by ongoing scandals over dubious expenses claims and has seen a number of high profile [...]]]></description>
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