The Taoiseach today stated thatthe European Central Bank has cleared a deal to liquidate the former Anglo Irish Bank, the IBRC. Emergency legislation was introduced last night to transfer the loans to Ireland’s “bad bank,” NAMA. The Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton stated that the Irish people can be “optimistic” the agreement reached with [...]
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A bill to legislate for so called ”living wills” allowing patients to make decisions for themselves has been agreed in the Dáil. The bill will proceed to Committee Stage and will be referred to the Oireachtas Select Sub-committee on Health for further debate. Wexford Deputy Dr Liam Twomey, who introduced the bill, said (RTE) [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
“We are all agreed in principle. The Oireachtas needs to be able to hold inquiries. The problem is this amendment – it has been too rushed and there’s been too little debate. And crucially, it goes too far. This amendment will give the politicians the power to investigate anyone for anything, and to make [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
The group, which is composed of Independent members of the Dáil Technical Group and the Seanad, while expressing its broad agreement with the spirit of the proposed amendment to empower the Oireachtas to conduct inquiries, has expressed strong concern at the rushed and ill-considered proposal. It will severely damage the current constitutional system of [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
Eight former attorneys general have warned that if the proposed amendments to the Constitution are passed in referendums on Thursday they would seriously weaken the rights of individuals to their good name and provide insufficient protection for the independence of the judiciary. Their arguments are outlined in letters published in national newspapers this morning. [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
Irish Times – “A government backbencher has accused the Minister for the Environment of “butchering the Constitution” without proper analysis in his proposals for political reform. In a sharp attack on Phil Hogan, Labour TD for Dublin Mid West Joanna Tuffy said the Houses of the Oireachtas had brought the State out of a [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
Technorati Tags: Gaza,Gaza Flotilla,Dail Eireann,Rachel Corrie Israel is to free hundreds of foreign activists who were detained during the raid on an aid flotilla heading for Gaza yesterday. Israeli sources said cabinet ministers had decided that the activists, including some they had threatened to put on trial, would be released ‘almost immediately’. Seven Irish citizens [...]
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