If you want to read something sickening, then go to the report on child abuse.  These are some of the most sickening extracts that I have been able to stomach reading.  It is only from Artane school.  Any Irish person that goes to a catholic church or follows this organisation has some serious questions to […]

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1. You feel under less pressure to spend loads - you can explain your frugality honestly and you don’t have to pretend.
2.  Prices are coming down - particularly food and clothes.
3. Interest rates have almost halved in less than a year.  If you are on a variable rate mortgage this is probably a huge benefit.
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The Irish Times are reporting that the Gardaí have confiscated a load of fake viagra in a house in Monaghan.
Furthermore, the house was rigged with 16 extensions (phone extensions, sillies).
These hardened criminals sicken me.
I hope they get stiff penalties.
You can read more here:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0515/breaking58.htm

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I just read the the Samuel Beckett bridge will arrive in Dublin today.  The plan is to bring it up the river at high tide tonight.  It strikes me that high tide is about 1am tonight/tomorrow morning (http://www.pol.ac.uk/ntslf/tides/?port=0072).  Was thinking of going along for a look - might make a good photee.

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I have identified three areas where there is need for structural reform in order for Ireland to prosper in the future - electoral reform, educational reform and entrepreneurial reform.  These are my thoughts on these issues. 

1. Reform the system of election.  There should be at least 10% of the elected officials (Senate and Dail) without […]

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