Yearly Archives: 2014

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In Waterford, Richie Halpin tweetz:

County council’s new technology dealing with potholes.

Via Will Hanafin

Meanwhile…

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Blackpool, Co Cork this morning.

David Dunne writes:

, “How many People does it take to dig a hole? 8, 1 to dig it and 7 to supervise…”

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[Former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan]

The Irish Times is reporting this morning that the Government is to ask Justice Nial Fennelly’s Commission of Inquiry, into the Garda Tapes and recorded conversations between prisoners and their solicitors, to investigate the events relating to the resignation of former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan.

The inquiry’s terms of reference will be settled tomorrow while the work of the inquiry is expected to take a year.

The Irish Times adds:

In addition, the terms of reference will leave it open to the Government to bring any other covert recording system within the scope of the inquiry. While a source said the Government did not know of other recordings, Ministers do not want to run the risk of having to establish a separate inquiry in the event of any further unexpected disclosures.

Commission to examine lead-up to Callinan resignation (Irish Times)

Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland

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[From left: Minister of State for Training and Skills, Ciaran Cannon pictured with environmentalist and former RTE presenter Duncan Stewart in the Aviva Stadium in 2011]

Duncan Stewart went on Newstalk Breakfast this morning to talk to host Shane Coleman about the media’s coverage of climate change.

However, Mr Stewart became annoyed with Mr Coleman just minutes after the interview began.

Independent.ie are reporting Mr Stewart said:

“How much time have I got? Tell me how much time I’ve got. Do you want me to talk here? Then tell me how much time I’ve got.

“I want to know, I’ve a lot to say here. I can walk out of this studio this minute if you wish, unless you tell me how much time I’ve got. Do I have to go to another radio station to say it?”

‘Give me ten minutes or I’m leaving’ – Duncan Stewart has meltdown on live radio (Independent.ie)

Listen back to full interview here

Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland

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[Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson and Queen Elizabeth at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast in 2012]

“I am conscious that this decision is significant and involves political and symbolic challenges for Irish republicans. However, my presence alongside Peter Robinson brings an all-island dimension to this historic event which, it is worth noting, has taken all of 93 years to happen.
There have been huge and positive political changes in recent years. There is now a clear process of transition ongoing within the island of Ireland and between Ireland, including the north and Britain.I firmly believe that my attendance marks another significant step.It is not an end to the process of building a new relationship based upon equality but is an important part of that journey. We are not just involved in a peace process but a reconciliation process – a change process.”

Northern Ireland deputy first minister Martin McGuinness.

FIGHT!

Windsor state banquet ‘will challenge Irish republicans’ (Irish News)

(Paul Faith/PA)