Tomás Ó Flatharta

Looking at Things from the Left

Remember in December “When Labour Wrestles With Its Conscience, Labour Always Wins”

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An interesting article from the Irish Examiner : http://feeds.examiner.ie/~r/ietopstories/~3/Zg1NinWii-8/

The author of that cruel jibe was ex Fianna Fail taoiseach Sean Lemass – history repeats itself first as tragedy..

Watch “Joe Higgins TD questions the Tanaiste on the illegal detention of Flotilla activists” on YouTube

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Nov 10, 2011 at 4:18 pm

Greek Auditing Commission of the Public Debt – No to the 50% haircut, no to the new Occupation. Cessation of payments and debt audit!

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Greek Auditing Commission of the Public Debt

No to the 50% haircut, no to the new Occupation. Cessation of payments and debt audi

Éric Toussaint has circulated this useful summary of the crisis in Greece and the Eurozone.

In the early hours of the 27th October, the Eurozone leaders reached a decision marking the tightening of the public debt¢s grip over the Greek people.  The proposed haircut of the public debt held by the private sector will not resolve Greece¢s debt problem, whilst instead it brings new burdens. The reasons are plenty: Read the rest of this entry »

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Nov 4, 2011 at 7:53 am

FreedomWaves Ships to Gaza – Key Information and News Items

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Emergency Demonstration – Support the #FreedomWaves ships to Gaza – End the Siege of Gaza

Friday 4th November
6pm, The Spire
O’Connell Street
Dublin 1

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNGhWzv5Tzc

Gaza flotilla interception ‘violent and dangerous’

Sunday, November 06, 2011 – 04:09 PM

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/gaza-flotilla-interception-violent-and-dangerous-527312.html#.Tra8ZEFySKA.facebook

http://www.paulmurphymep.eu/breaking-news-bad-treatment-of-crew-of-mv-saoirse-in-israeli-prison

Irish Ship To Gaza campaign – http://www.irishshiptogaza.org/

See also http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/11/201111335159309793.html

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Nov 3, 2011 at 10:27 pm

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Joe Higgins. SP/ULA, questions Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, Labour Party Leader, Purpose of His Party?

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David McWilliams: All bets are off, so why pay for costly Anglo gamble? – David McWilliams, Columnists – Independent.ie

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A mark of respect – Thu, Nov 03, 2011 – Mr Myers Writes

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Nov 3, 2011 at 10:25 am

The Billion Dollar Anglo Irish Bond – Cedar Lounge Revolution – and the Greece Referendum

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Elections Over – Fianna Fáil Still Toxic, A Government Starting to Slide

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A Fianna Fáil Resurrection in Dublin West

– or A Fine Gael  Gift?

Ed Moloney in his always stimulating Broken Elbow Blog concentrates on the Sinn Féin performance and suggests in passing:

Fianna Fail did what no-one expected and put on a convincing impression of Lazarus. The FF result in the West Dublin by-election, the creditable performance of Sean Gallagher, the ersatz Fianna Failer – despite the late-breaking brown envelope scandal.

http://thebrokenelbow.com/2011/10/31/why-provo-lies-about-the-past-are-so-dumb/#comments

I disagreed, and posted a an explanatory reply.  This article expands on the topic.

The Fianna Fáil Dublin West by-election result must be analysed in tandem with the dire Fine Gael result achieved by a very weak candidate, Eithne Loftus.

http://www.electionsireland.org/changes.cfm?election=2011B&cons=112

http://www.rte.ie/news/vote2011/dublin-west.html Read the rest of this entry »

Fairytales of Dundalk – Mr Myers,Mysterious IRA Mole-Cells, Gardai whose second-name starts with C

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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1029/1224306730026.html

Readers are encouraged to go past this unexciting headline in the Saturday October 29 2011 Irish Times – “Myers tells tribunal he will not reveal sources”.

The Smithwick Tribunal is investigating claims that IRA “moles” based in Dundalk Garda Station helped organise the killing of two Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers, Buchanan and Breen during “the troubles”. Read the rest of this entry »

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Oct 30, 2011 at 3:58 pm