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Fine Gael TD and Minister for Employment and Small Business Pat Breen, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Fine Gael TD and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor and Independent TD John Halligan

This morning.

At the launch of the Action Plan for Jobs 2017 – in which the Government aims to “support the creation by business, in all sectors and regions, of an additional 45,000 jobs”.

Sarah Bardon tweetz:

Action Plan for Jobs – 1 hour of speeches and we are told no questions from press.

Oh.

Previously: ‘Put In Something About Jobs, Enterprise And Innovation’

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Then Fine Gael Communications Minister Michael Lowry and Denis O’Brien in 1997

Elaine Loughlin, in The Irish Examiner, reports:

The National Union of Journalists have written to the Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Environment asking that Mr Lowry “recuse himself” from all discussions around the acquisition of the Celtic Media Group of local newspapers by Independent News and Media.

The committee met in private yesterday to discuss this letter, but they were told that they do not have the power to ask him to step aside.

…Committee members received legal advice during the meeting and were told that Mr Lowry cannot be asked to excuse himself.

It is understood TDs and senators were told while Mr Lowry could recuse himself if he believed there was a conflict of interest, members do not have the power to demand or even ask he step aside during the hearings.

Call for Michael Lowry to step aside from INM hearings (Irish Examiner)

Previously: Zero Sum Game

#Moriarty: A Phone Book. In More Ways Than One

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Thursday Feb 2: TLMT 3: Slow Riot, Beach & Montauk Hotel @ The Sound House, Eden Quay Dublin 1 (Free)

Nialler9 writes:

Irish music blog The Last Mixed Tape celebrates three years of hanging around and writing about Irish music with a FREE SHOW of Irish bands featuring Limerick post-punks Slow Riot, Dublin psych-experimentalists Beach and the early ’80s indie vibe of Montauk Hotel (top and  streaming above with ‘Black Dress’).

Nialler9’s Gig Guide January 31-February 6 (Nialler9)

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Just now.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the Dáil.

In response to questions put to him about his forthcoming St Patrick’s Day trip to Washington to meet US president Donald Trump.

Previously: Trump Marred

‘I Will Work Very Closely With The US President-Elect’