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		<title>Gardai warn constituents not to approach TDs empty-handed</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/gardai-warn-constituents-not-to-approach-tds-empty-handed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constituencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Party TDs]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/red-faces-as-fine-gael-finds-it-has-enough-tds-for-dail-majority/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Cowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enda Kenny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minister for Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overall majority]]></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>Cowen seizes moment to rebrand Fianna Fáil as Fine Gael fail</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/fine-gael-flounders-as-cowen-radically-rebrands-fianna-fail-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backbenchers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enda Kenny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fianna Fail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taoiseach Brian Cowen has told Fianna Fáil TDs to stop  worrying  about  silly distractions like opinion polls and reality and  focus on  reimagining the Fianna Fáil brand.
In a rousing and surprising speech the Taoiseach, who was unusually  chipper, told backbenchers Fianna Fáil would change its name to the unpronounceable [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-suicide nets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artists' exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leinster House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians' expenses]]></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>TDs accuse Ryan of trying to bring politics into repute</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/tds-accuse-ryan-of-trying-to-bring-politics-into-repute/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/tds-accuse-ryan-of-trying-to-bring-politics-into-repute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Department of Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homeowners]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan has been accused of trying to bring politics into repute by saying the Government would help homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages.
A spokesman for the Department of Finance was quick to pour scorn on the suggestion saying that the Cabinet had not considered the idea.
Fine Gael, Labour Fianna Fail and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Country counts Halloween cost as politicians run amok</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/country-counts-halloween-cost-as-politicians-run-amok/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/country-counts-halloween-cost-as-politicians-run-amok/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dermot Ahern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minister for Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The country was this morning counting the cost after a weekend of savage debauchery as gangs of Government ministers, TDs and their aides ran riot.
A Garda spokesman told of scenes of public indecency, assaults on the moral fibre of the nation and bizzarre and inappropriate use of fireworks as the elected representatives drove decent people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TDs to bring toilet roll to work, but not yet ready to be toilet-trained</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/tds-to-bring-toilet-roll-to-work-not-ready-to-be-toilet-trained/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/tds-to-bring-toilet-roll-to-work-not-ready-to-be-toilet-trained/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxpayers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[toilet roll]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brutalised Taxpayers&#8217; Association (BTA) has welcomed news that TDs and Senators will bring toilet roll to work with them in future to help curb rampant costs.
The BTA  said the move was a step in the right direction but expressed disappointment that each TD and Senator will retain the services of a personal toilet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TDs to apply for jobs subsidy scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/tds-to-apply-for-jobs-subsidy-scheme/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/tds-to-apply-for-jobs-subsidy-scheme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[employment subsidy scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fianna Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government&#8217;s proposed temporary employment subsidy scheme has been warmly received by Fianna Fail and Green TDs, councillors and party workers all of whom expect to apply for the subsidy.
The scheme will allow companies to receive payments of up to €200 per employee per week provided the companies  were not in financial difficulties before [...]]]></description>
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