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Martco writes:

Pat Kenny interviewing Labour TD Ciaran Lynch this morning about the statement at the weekend from FG that the Cyprus solution proposed was a great Deal etc.

Gets interesting from approx 4.40 as PK gets ever more worried (about
his own cash as well no doubt) and the Labour eejit tries to fluster his way past PK’s attentions…

Unbelievably though Pat nails him at 09.20 and you can hear Kenny sweating as yer man basically says how he’s alright with the concept of someone with a large deposit to be raided for funds….

Transcript to follow.

(Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

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Tuesday’s spin Irish Times.

In which the following appeared:

The Irish Government welcomed the agreement, describing it as a “positive development for Cyprus, the euro zone as a whole, and Ireland ”.
“The Cypriot case is a complex and difficult case and it was a significant achievement to reach an agreement between all parties,” a Department of Finance spokesman said yesterday. “This agreement provides a sustainable solution, which deals with Cyprus’s financial system and its funding requirements.”

This would be the same Department of Finance….

Yes.

Ireland Welcomes Bailout Deal As Positive (Irish Times, March 18)

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Will Cork County Council compensate for damage caused by potholes?

In their holes they will.

Well it depends….

Roisin Burke writing in the Cork Independent details one motorists claim for reimbursement for damage caused to his car by a pothole.

Kevin Walsh’s car suffered two punctures as well as damage to the rack end tie rods and car tracking, costing him €266.13.

In reply to his claim, the council informed him they would not be reimbursing him because the pothole had been caused by “natural wear and tear”.

The general rule is the Cork County Council do not compensate for ‘natural’ potholes; only in situations where the council has repaired the pothole and it has reappeared

For example, the pothole that damaged Kevin’s car has since been filled in so if it falls into disrepair again. the next person will be compensated.

Hope the councillors realise that there’s no votes in not fixing the roads.

Any excuse.

Out of pocket: Council Refuses To Pay Up For ‘Wrong Kind’ Of Pothole (Roisin Burke, Cork Independent)

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Under no circumstances will deposits in Irish banks be targeted for a Cypriot-style tax, the Government has insisted.

Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney stressed he was being “clear as crystal” that Irish savings were safe. He made the comments during heated exchanges in the Dáil on the bailout deal for Cyprus, rejected by its parliament but supported by the Irish Government and other euro zone member states.

Ah.

Not good for the gander, then.

Irish deposits ‘will not be targeted’ for Cypriot-style tax (Marie O’Halloran, Michael O’Regan, Irish Times)

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

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Labour MEP Nessa Childers has called for EU economics commissioner Olli Rehn to resign over the Cypriot bailout.

She described as a “terrible mistake” the €10bn deal which includes small Cypriot depositors with less than € 100,000 in the levy on bank accounts.

Ms Childers has written to Europe an Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso asking for Mr Rehn’s resignation over the “fiasco”.

“It is simply unfair, undemocratic and could even lead to a bank run in other parts of Europe,” she said in a statement today.

The decision to impose losses on small depositors “crossed an extremely important red line in the crisis” and “must be reversed immediately”, she said.

Ms Childers says while the ECB, IMF, Cyprian government and all finance ministers involved share the blame, the blunder by Mr Rehn come after “years of failed austerity policy” presided over by him.

Childers seeks Rehn resignation over Cyprus (Genevieve Carberry, Irish Times)

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

 

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Denis O’Brien: “So a thorn in my side just emigrated to warmer climes…”

Usain Bolt: “Jamaica?

DO’B: “No. She left of her own accord.”

Previously: Usain This?

(Hat tip: Andrew Mullan and thanks MPW7)

sirenSiren, the feminist magazine that took issue (and they weren’t alone) with an especially strident and misleading Youth Defence poster last Summer, launched an online edition today.

Sirenette Fiona Hyde writes:

On the site at the moment, we have: an article by Darragh McCausland on being stalked for a decade by a stranger called The Intensity of Her Stare, an article by Michael Garvey on growing up gay in Ireland called Playing House, a piece from our print edition by Megan Nolan on friendship after a big relationship called Looks Like We Made It, and two photo essays by Cait Fahey, one called That’s Mine on her relationship with her brother, and one titled A Vision in Purple on women standing against domestic violence in the Irish Islamic Cultural Centre.

Crikey.

You may allow it to lure you onto the rocks here.

Previously: Have You Got A Minute?

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TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has insisted that being in power is not about “short-term popularity” as a new poll showed almost three-quarters of people are unhappy with the Government.

The results of the [Sunday independent/Millward Brown] opinion poll show that the Anglo debt deal and the more recent agreement to extend the repayment of our bailout loans has had little impact on the ratings of the coalition parties.

Around 74pc of voters say they are dissatisfied with the Government, with only 20pc satisfied and 7pc in the “don’t know” category.

The Government’s ratings have slipped dramatically since the Budget, which included the property tax and the €10 cut to child benefit. But Mr Kenny insisted he had no interest in opinion polls.

Well, that’s handy.

Kenny plays down poll as he focuses on ‘hard decisions’ (Michael Brennan, Fionnan Sheahan, Independent.ie)

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

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Today marks the two-year anniversary of the start of the civil war in
Syria.

Jane-Ann McKenna, Of MSF Ireland writes:

The Syrian population is faced with a conflict of extremeviolence and a humanitarian situation of catastrophic proportions: the health system has collapsed; food shortages are commonplace, and waterand electricity supply is disrupted; Medical aid is being targeted,hospitals destroyed and medical personnel have been captured.
The short video above, taken behind the lines in opposition held areas of Syria, demonstrates the suffering many women, children and elderly continue to endure. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has launched a Syria Emergency Appeal today and we would really appreciate your support to publicise it.

MSF.ie