President McAleese recently described Fatima Mansions as the “best place to grow up in Ireland”. The media will sell you after decades of high unemployment and serious levels of drug abuse the regeneration of the area has been completed. As if the Dublin City Council’s work is done. That the “lucky” kids from Fatima now benefit from… [Read more…]
November 7, 2009
My apologies..I have not been blogging recently as I have been researching my new book. “Tales from the mansions” …. Due out summer 2011 Yesterday, public sector workers and supporters marched in opposition, to the impending cuts forecasted in Brian Lenihan’s December budget. I support these 1.3 billions worth of cuts in the public sector pay and pensions bills. We… [Read more…]
October 13, 2009
The Ryan Report told us of some of the horrors many of our poor brothers and sisters suffered at the hands of the men in black. Men of God. When I say poor, I mean that literally. When they say God, I dont know what they mean. For it was the inner city kids and… [Read more…]
October 2, 2009
Taxi drivers and their union reps do not care about the public. The blockade on O’Connell Street yesterday proved that. They only care about money and the ability to make more of it. They charge ridiculous rates, they are not competitive and in this recession, the ordinary Dub cannot afford them anymore. That is the… [Read more…]
September 15, 2009
Brian Cowen last night admitted that any decision he makes he puts his party first. Speaking at a Fianna Fail parilamentary meeting in Athlone he said that ”loyalty to his party was his guiding principle. The reality of that statement is for every decision, every levy, every cut in expenditure, every medical card, every referendum,… [Read more…]
November 14, 2009
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