Tagged: Politics
Du.. Du.. Dubonnet!
Our plaintiffs, Catherine Murphy and Finian McGrath failed in their challenge to defend democratic principles; Pearse Doherty has not.
Neutered Persian cats
By Irish standards this last point is hard to take. After all, we have the leader of our Executive addicted to the phrase, “…going forward”. His predecessor’s mode of expression was sufficiently eccentric, closed and personal as to be representative of a type; Bertiespeak.
Fundamental Laws
Sean Fitzpatrick’s business model for Anglo Irish Bank plc (when it was revealed to the public) had a familiar ring about it.
It expressed a belief in a perpetual motion device.
Access to Justice?
Maybe there’s a necessary correlation between shocking bumbling incompetence (as in the case of sometime EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy) and a prediliction to patronise. Whatever the case, we see it in the EU Commission plan to “give” a class-action procedural right to EU citizens. Mr. Almunia is in charge of this. He says, confusingly, that; “…only state bodies and certified non-profit organisations would be allowed to bring actions, and that any damages awarded would go entirely to victims and not […]
NAMA, once again
So, the real repository of information on the cost of the bank Bailout is the Government, through its proxy, NAMA.
3rd Parties and Insurance Cover
Will Bill mention this to Mathew Elderfield and Professor Holohan? Will they write a letter to the Taoiseach seeking urgent legislation to remedy the situation? Will the Taoiseach act? Will he, feck!
In search of Dublin’s Water Policy
This post could be entitled “water”. It is prompted by the proposal of Michael Phillips the Dublin City Engineer, that water be piped from the river Shannon to Dublin city. I have not heard the reason why this “solution” is necessary. What, in fact, is the problem? Let’s start with an Irish Times report seen HERE. We should also refer to a paper by Mr. Phillips himself, seen HERE. The Irish Times report is of value; it has some figures […]
The Financial Services Ombudsman
Bill Prasifka, the new Financial Services Ombudsman has started well, if we can properly understand recent newspaper reports. He seems to have issued some form of Press Release but it’s not on his website yet. The reports credit him with underlining that he is limited in the amount of compensation he may award against the anonymous “regulated” financial services bodies (banks) he polices. (He does’nt really; he reacts to complaints). Consequently, Bill awarded the maximum, €250,000, to a farming couple […]
Contests
If the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico happened in Irish waters who would be held responsible? The question is intentionally ambiguous. It seems to refer to a functioning “administration” which would search out culprits and assign blame and punishment. It seems also to refer to the principles by which blame and perhaps punishment would be assigned. The first aspect might lead to a rant and should be avoided; it is the second aspect to which I refer, […]