Yearly Archives: 2016

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From top: Smári McCarthy’ William Campbell

This may shiver your timbers.

Last Sunday’s Icelandic election saw the Pirate Party sharply increase their representation in the Althingi, the Icelandic parliament.

In the latest Here’s How current affairs podcast journalist William Campbell chats with newly-elected MP for the Pirate Party, the Irish-Icelandic writer and programmer Smári McCarthy. a founder member of the party that campaigns for freedom online and offline.

Listen here

Here’s How

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Every week we give away a voucher worth in the neighbourhood of TWENTY FIVE euros to spend wantonly at any of the 13 Golden Discs stores nationwide.

All we ask from you is a tune we can play TODAY.

This week’s theme: Radiohead

Did you get cheated out of a ticket to see the spacily melodic miserabilists?

To enter, please complete this sentence

‘Having failed to get a Radiohead ticket, would you ever, for pity’s sake, play me______________________________________’

Lines MUST close at 1.15pm

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Earlier: No Surprises

 

There you go now.

Meanwhile…

But if Radiohead have their way, those touts will be ticketless this Friday. For the Dublin show, the name of the purchaser will be on each ticket and his/her photo identification will be checked at the entrance to the venue to make sure it matches the name on the ticket.

Radiohead take an anti-tout stance with Dublin show tickets (Jim Carroll, Irish Times, November1)

Previously: Slave To The Rip Off

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From top: NamaLeaks: Mick Wallace

Mick Wallce TD, a founder of the whistlebowing website,  writes:

NAMAleaks.com has received a large variety of communications and documents in relation to NAMA, two in particular relate to –

1. Details of events in Northern Ireland, pre 2013, regarding the sale of the Northern Ireland Loan Portfolio, referencing individuals who have been arrested in Northern Ireland

2. Information on the procedures within NAMA regarding the Freedom of Information process, and deliberate attempts to conceal certain information.

Clearly, the information that has come in has reinforced our conviction that all is not well within the National Assets Management Agency.”

It is imperative that the Government immediately set up an arm of the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, with extra powers and resources, to investigate NAMA, and that there is full anonymity given to whistleblowers

I plan to raise both of these issues in more detail, in the Dáil Chamber, in the coming weeks and months.”

If you have witnessed poor practice within NAMA, contact us securely and anonymously, at link below….

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Previously: Nama Wine Leak

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In a statement this afternoon, the AGSI said that its negotiators have left the Labour Court and are now meeting its National Executive “to discuss issues raised during this morning’s meeting which began at 10am.

“This includes discussing a possible ballot of our members.”

The AGSI said that it is due to return to the Labour Court at 5pm.

Earlier the GRA asked 18 units, including organised crime and immigration, not to join their garda colleagues in tomorrow’s strike action.

It said this will ensure a skeletal service to protect the security of the State, prevent and detect serious crime and preserve vital evidence.

With less than 24 hours to go, tomorrow’s garda strike is still set to proceed.

More as we get it.

GRA and Dept of Justice officials summoned to Labour Court (RTÉ)

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