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March/April 2022 29Recently, the Irish Times(of 22 January) reported the entry of a major American company called ‘Maximus’ into the Irish market ostensibly to “get the country back to work”. The report stated: “A large US government contractor has made moves to expand to Ireland and is understood to be considering bidding to run State […]
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28March/April 2022EnRight, twicelanguage”. Content andtone. And also found that “Mr Enright did not act in good faith”.Nevertheless by 30 in favour and 1 abstention [Councillor Pat Barden] the Councillors voted to “note [SIPO’s] Report and to take no further action in the matter”. Director of Services Eamonn Hore then made a statement on behalf of […]
24March/April 2022ON 7 April 2009, the Minister for Finance, the late Fianna Fáil TD Brian Lenihan, introduced the National Assets Management Agency, a “bad bank”.In response to the Ministerial announce–ment, Bank of Ireland assembled an internal ‘Specialist Property Group’ with the task of identify–ing what they could sell to Nama.By that September, this Group collated […]
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March/April 2022 23Ifrst reported in Villagethat Leo Varadkar had improperly passed a draft contract to a friend Maitiú O Tuathail. The article was published on 31 October 2020.The story was headlined “Leo always delivers’, the cover was ‘Leo Law Breaker’. The cover of the following edition was ‘It’s a Crime’. Under cover of Dáil privilege […]
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March/April 2022 21Kerrane replied that “Despite attempts to endow a rather mundane committee with wide-ranging powers, the reality is that this is an administrative sub-committee, with no policy role and subject to the Ard Comhairle on all matters”.In fact most real power doeslie with the Coiste Seasta of eight. Five are Northern based. Only Assembly […]
20March/April 2022A SINN FÉIN First Minister is by no means certain after the Northern Assembly election in May. It is most probable Sinn Féin will be the largest party in terms of votes. In the last Assembly election, it was only 1,000 behind the DUP. However, there is a precedent for the largest party in […]
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March/April 2022 19scheme is purely for rental and does not meet the need for local residents and their community for housing which is integrated and provides for people of mixed incomes as well as appropriate social housing. The scheme includes provision for the required 10 per cent social and 10 per cent afordable housing.Rory Hearne […]