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Money for Nothing? Lobbyist Frank Dunlop told the Planning Tribunal in Ireland that his phone would “walk off the desk” with calls from candidates seeking money as soon as a general election was called. There are analogies with Australia. For years the heavy reliance of both major Australian political parties on developer donations has been […]
The recent multitude of events commemorating the centenary of the 1916 rising has provided ample opportunity to reconsider and admire the original wording of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic. “The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness […]
Old masters – of bad practice. Christies is the agent for the export and proposed sale by auction of nine paintings and a drawing – including paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, David Teniers II and Francesco Guardi – from the Alfred Beit Foundation’s collection, mostly based in Russborough House, Co Wicklow. Scandalously, and in breach […]
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The UN’s global compact is compromised by corrupt members and dodgy directors
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Czech national temperament fluctuates between ancient national prejudices and slavish foreign imitation
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A quarrelsome group on the Left, Right and Centre in Britain takes on the pan-European establishment
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A joint of meat is more damaging to the climate than a long-haul flight
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Hansen believeswe are looking atmulti-metresea-level risesin the coming decades, not centuries.