Tomás Ó Flatharta

Looking at Things from the Left

Pearse Doherty TD Sinn Féin – A Lifer?

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Full marks to the Socialist Party irritant Mark P for winkling out important information –

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This came to our notice via a Cedar Lounge Revolution discussion :

“Pearse Doherty was unusually up front in expounding SF’s pro-life position on abortion:

Sinn Féin – Senator Pearse Doherty has given a written personal commitment to oppose any legislation that would make abortion available in Ireland and supports a law to protect the human embryo from deliberate destruction”

http://prolifecampaign.ie/?page_id=520

Note also the statement by independent left Thomas Pringle. Read the rest of this entry »

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Dec 1, 2010 at 7:20 pm

“Right-Wing Think Tank Praised Ireland’s ‘Economic Freedom’ … and Then Its Economy Crashed”

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“Right-Wing
Think Tank Praised Ireland’s ‘Economic Freedom’ … and Then Its Economy
Crashed”

http://www.alternet.org/economy/148993/right-wing_think_tank_praised_ireland%27s_%27economic_freedom%27_…_and_then_its_economy_crashed/

Written by tomasoflatharta

Nov 29, 2010 at 5:13 pm

Brilliant Steve Bell Cartoon on the International Monetary Fund / European Central Bank War Against irish Workers http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cartoon/2010/nov/23/ireland-bailout-ireland

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Nov 29, 2010 at 4:42 pm