If you had been born Smith you too might suffer from sneaking regardery for more exotic names.
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The Legacy of the PDs
On the last programme of the “Bertie” series on RTE there was a clip of Mary Harney claiming credit for deregulation and tax cuts – the realisation of the PD agenda. And there was another clip of Charlie McCreevy acknowledging that without the PDs in government he would never have been able to achieve the […]
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The notion that Bertie Ahern would assist a group of US venture capitalists to take a chunk of equity in the major Irish banks is as risible as it is dangerous for the economic future of the country. His role in advising Drumcondra- born Nick Corcoran of the Mallabraca consortium surfaced on the same day […]
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What a difference a decade makes! Since the opening of public hearings ten years ago, there has been a sustained effort to transform the perception of the Flood/Mahon tribunal into corruption from a role as ethical saviour of Irish politics to one of a glorious waste of public money. At the outset it was going […]
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With the collapse of hands-off capitalism in the Western World, it’s nice to live in a country where the leader has his hands on everything. That, at least, seems to be the mood in Italy, where Berlusconi’s approval rating has soared to seventy per cent as the markets have plunged. The key to understanding the […]
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n September this year I visited cemeteries along the route of the western front of the First World War, where Irish Soldiers lie among the fallen.
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Village Magazine offers a €10,000 reward for comprehensive, verifiable information about the funding of the Libertas campaign on the Lisbon Treaty communicated exclusively and before 31 Dec 2008 to Village Magazine (editor@villagemagazine.ie) for possible publication. All contact and information will be treated in strictest confidence. No imputation of illegality is asserted or intended.
