Monthly Archives: February 2012

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This short video by the Irish Family Planning Association gives straightforward and honest information on how men can best protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases.

How many times should a guy get tested?

TWICE a year!

Bonus feature: Ginger extra scratching groin.

Thanks Jack Jones

People in Ireland have mixed feelings about corruption, according to a new Eurobarometer survey carried out for the European Commission.

Just 55pc of Irish people think corruption is unavoidable and has always existed, which is the second lowest rate in Europe after the Czech Republic at 46pc, and well below the EU average of 70pc.

However, 86pc of Irish respondents believe corruption is a major problem in their country, compared with the EU average 74pc, and a one point increase since the 2009 survey.

The Eurobarometer also reveals that, with regard to politics, fewer Irish people think there is sufficient transparency and supervision in the financing of political parties. Whereas only 18pc of Irish respondents agree that transparency and supervision in the financing of political parties is sufficient, 65pc disagree (EU average 22pc to 68pc).

 

Irish Have Mixed Feelings About Corruption – Eurobarometer (Business And leadership)

Revealed: Corporate donations The Parties Didn’t Tell You About (Cormac McQuinn, Irish Independent)

THE EXTENT of the cultural shift in reporting suspected welfare fraud will be revealed today when Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton gives a breakdown of the record 17,000 anonymous tip-offs made to the authorities last year.

The increase in members of the public reporting alleged welfare cheating has seen the number of tip-offs given to officials by email, phone and letter rise from 6,429 in 2009 to 12,640 in 2010 and 16,920 last year.

Some 7,430 of the reports made to officials in 2011 were about people who, the informants claimed, were receiving unemployment benefit while continuing to work.

Huge rise in number reporting suspected social welfare fraud (Irish Times)