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Time to legislate for life-saving abortion – 20th Anniversary of the Infamous X Case, February 1992

Time to legislate for life-saving abortion

By Therese Caherty

Today – February 6 2012 – marks the date in 1992 when the parents of a pregnant 14-year-old took their daughter to England for an abortion. She had been raped by a friend of the family. That same day in the High Court, Mr Justice Declan Costello issued a temporary injunction to prevent the abortion. Only hours after they had left, the family returned to Ireland. This became known as the X Case.

Now finally, in 2012, a group of TDs including Joan Collins, Clare Daly and Mick Wallace are preparing to force the Coalition Government to introduce legislation on life-saving abortions. This move is to be welcomed and supported.

Irish State Tries to Intern a 14 Year Old Raped Suicidal Girl Seeking An Abortion

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Written by tomasoflatharta

Feb 5, 2012 at 7:31 pm

Posted in 31st Dáil Elected 25.2.2011, Abortion, Clare Daly TD, February 1992, Feminism, Fine Gael, General Election 2011, Ireland, Labour Party (Ireland), Mick Wallace TD, X Case

Was Liam Cosgrave’s 1973-77 Fine Gael-Labour Coalition the worst-ever Dublin Government?

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On many occasions Gene Kerrigan has argued that the Bertie Ahern coalition elected in 2002 was the worst-ever Dublin Government.

Back in January 2006, this column argued in some detail that the then government, headed by Bertie Ahern, was the worst in the history of the State

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/gene-kerrigan/gene-kerrigan-they-just-never-tire-of-getting-it-wrong-2660584.html

Surely the Liam Cosgrave-led 1973-77 Coalition deserves this honour –

https://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/left-archive-the-bottom-dog-the-working-class-paper-of-north-munster-august-6th-1976/

Liam Cosgrave Shoots to Kill

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Written by tomasoflatharta

Dec 28, 2011 at 6:17 pm

Posted in Censorship, Dublin Governments, Fine Gael, Ireland, Labour Party (Ireland), Six County State

Gene Kerrigan: Austerity doesn’t work? No problem… – A superb article

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http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/gene-kerrigan/gene-kerrigan-austerity-doesnt-work-no-problem-2966900.html

Required Reading

Written by tomasoflatharta

Dec 19, 2011 at 12:34 pm

Posted in Black Humour, Double Standards, Fianna Fáil, Financial Crisis (September 2008 onwards), Fine Gael, General Election 2011, International Political Analysis, Ireland, Labour Party (Ireland)

Joe Higgins Warns Enda Kenny – Mass Boycott of New Household Tax in 2012

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKdjUMB1JGA&feature=player_embedded

Enda Kenny, the Mayo Deputy, the New Captain Boycott?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott

A flavour of Irish Resistance in Mayo during the Nineteenth Century : Read the rest of this entry »

Written by tomasoflatharta

Dec 14, 2011 at 1:10 pm

Posted in Financial Crisis (September 2008 onwards), Fine Gael, General Election 2011, Household Tax 2012, Ireland, Labour Party (Ireland), United Left Alliance, Water Charges

A Nest of Fine Gael Labour Highly Paid Neo Liberals

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Pay and Conditions Slashed for Little People – Government Handlers on Big Money

News : http://feeds.examiner.ie/~r/ietopstories/~3/GgYih_Sxfgo/

A little more detail from a Cedar Lounge Discussion :

Must admit I had never heard of Mark Garrett before following these comments – he gets a significant mention here :

https://namawinelake.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/time-for-a-technocratic-government-in-ireland/ Read the rest of this entry »

Written by tomasoflatharta

Dec 10, 2011 at 10:48 am

Posted in Double Standards, Fine Gael, Labour Party (Ireland), Low Pay

Budget 2012 – Round-Up of the Real Left Response – “Death By a Thousand Cuts”

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Joe Higgins Speaking in the Dáil :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ggu-mbY-xxI

The Spectacle of Defiance Inspires on the Streets of Dublin -“Arise Ye Risen People” :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58wZmRadHwk&feature=share

Death By a Thousand Cuts – Joan Collins Speaks :

http://joan-collins.org/2011/12/06/budget-2012-death-by-a-thousand-cuts/

The Dublin West Labour TD, Patrick Nulty, winner of the October 27 by-election, voted against the budget, managing to stay within his organisation’s parliamentary party a mere 6 weeks – prompting me to observe on the Cedar Lounge Blog : Read the rest of this entry »

Written by tomasoflatharta

Dec 7, 2011 at 7:11 pm

Posted in European Union, Fianna Fáil, Financial Crisis (September 2008 onwards), Fine Gael, General Election 2011, International Political Analysis, Ireland, Labour Party (Ireland), Socialist Party, United Left Alliance