SDLP leader name to be revealed

bbc 07-FEB-10

Robinson back as first minister

bbc 03-FEB-10

Cowen: No wish to inflict more public service cuts

examiner 03-FEB-10

Brown to leave NI without a deal

bbc 27-JAN-10

Support for FF edges up despite turmoil

examiner 22-JAN-10

Cowen happy to face public hearing

belfasttelegraph 20-JAN-10

Parishes told of abuse 'distress'

bbc 29-NOV-09

Abuse cover-up 'shocking' - Cowen

bbc 28-NOV-09

FG €18bn plan for green energy

examiner 28-NOV-09

Irish Catholic church ‘concealed abuse'

channel4news 27-NOV-09

Cabinet unwilling to breach bank salary guideline

irishtimes 18-NOV-09

Foreign nationals not shaping jobs figures

irishtimes 07-NOV-09

O'Keeffe explains Protestant decision

RTERadio 22-OCT-09

Kenny defends Seanad plan

irishtimes 19-OCT-09

Outgoing Ceann Comhairle to address Dáil on expenses

irishtimes 13-OCT-09

Parties call for Ceann Comhairle to resign immediately

irishtimes 07-OCT-09

Labour seeks O'Donoghue no confidence motion

RTERadio 06-OCT-09

Ireland OKs European Union overhaul

latimes 05-OCT-09

O'Donoghue expenses unacceptable - Gilmore

RTERadio 05-OCT-09

Czechs hold key to Lisbon treaty

ft 03-OCT-09

Irish EU treaty referendum closes

bbc 02-OCT-09

Czechs hold key to Lisbon treaty

ft 30-SEP-09

Hopes of yes vote on Lisbon Treaty

channel4news 29-SEP-09

Ryanair gets behind Lisbon Treaty

euronews 28-SEP-09

Coughlan contacts AG over Molloy pension

irishtimes 26-SEP-09

Tánaiste to review Molloy pension

RTERadio 25-SEP-09

Expectations rise of Irish Yes vote on Lisbon

ft 24-SEP-09

McDowell shows support for Yes vote

RTERadio 20-SEP-09

BoI may issue new shares to raise funds

RTERadio 17-SEP-09

NAMA to pay €54bn for €77bn worth of loans

RTERadio 16-SEP-09

Olympic medal-winning boxer found hanged in south London flat

24dash 15-SEP-09

Green Party ‘all over the place’ on NAMA

examiner 15-SEP-09

Irish opinion poll bad for Cowen

ft 04-SEP-09

Fine Gael launches Lisbon Yes campaign

RTERadio 03-SEP-09

Cowen asks party chiefs to unite for Yes vote

irishtimes 02-SEP-09

Opposition parties keep up attacks on Nama Bill

irishtimes 29-AUG-09

US Senator Ted Kennedy dies of brain cancer

RTERadio 26-AUG-09

Nama based on best international advice, says Taoiseach

irishtimes 22-AUG-09

Mortgage rate rises likely as Lenihan refuses to act

irishtimes 25-JUL-09

Cowen defends economic record in Dáil debate

irishtimes 03-JUL-09

IBM to create 100 jobs with €25m investment

irishtimes 25-JUN-09

New Lisbon referendum in October as EU gives guarantees

irishtimes 20-JUN-09

EU close to deal on Irish Lisbon guarantees

ft 15-JUN-09

Cowen defends Anglo funding

irishtimes 10-JUN-09

Cowen to discuss outcome of elections

RTERadio 09-JUN-09

Sinn Fein lose Dublin-based MEP

bbc 08-JUN-09

Kelly takes final seat in South

irishtimes 08-JUN-09

Count under way in Irish EU poll

bbc 07-JUN-09

Lee takes Dublin South bye-election

RTERadio 06-JUN-09

Kenny denies Sinn Féin approach

RTERadio 03-JUN-09

Kenny denies any plans for Sinn Féin deal

RTERadio 31-MAY-09

Poll shows FF set for big losses

RTERadio 29-MAY-09

Orders to offer more to abused

bbc 27-MAY-09

Govt criticised for not setting Lisbon date

RTERadio 24-MAY-09

Dublin Lord Mayor to open book for abused

irishtimes 23-MAY-09

FG & Labour rule out govt with FF

RTERadio 22-MAY-09

Rethink needed on Green/FF agreement, Boyle

RTERadio 16-MAY-09

Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael could lose MEP - poll

RTERadio 15-MAY-09

Cowen and Kenny clash over changes to tax system

irishtimes 05-APR-09

Fine Gael to set out economic plans at ardfheis

irishtimes 04-APR-09

Ceann Comhairle rules out questions on RTE apology

belfasttelegraph 26-MAR-09

Unions set to enter economy talks

irishtimes 25-MAR-09

Cowen hints at possible increased borrowing

irishtimes 25-MAR-09

Presidential salute as Bernard Dunne is crowned world champion

irishtimes 23-MAR-09

Grand Slam winners return to heroes' welcome

irishtimes 22-MAR-09

Protestants and Catholics unite at funeral of police officer murdered by dissident IRA terrorists

dailymail 13-MAR-09

Police officer dies in Northern Ireland shooting

cnn 10-MAR-09

Opposition parties submit ideas for budget

irishtimes 04-MAR-09

Irish anger over the economy

euronews 22-FEB-09

Fresh resignation for Irish banking

channel4news 20-FEB-09

Cabinet had 'no knowledge' of Anglo dealings - O'Dea

irishtimes 19-FEB-09

Taoiseach pressed on key details over €300m Anglo loans

irishtimes 18-FEB-09

Financial Regulator denies knowledge of Anglo Irish secret share deal

examiner 16-FEB-09

Anglo hid IL&P money as deposits

examiner 12-FEB-09

IL&P deposited funds with Anglo-Irish

ft 11-FEB-09

IL&P executives will not get bonuses

RTERadio 09-FEB-09

'Tough talking' needed on recapitalisation plan - Lenihan

irishtimes 08-FEB-09

Bank recapitalisation finalised soon - Cowen

RTERadio 07-FEB-09

House unites in tribute to the late Tony Gregory

irishtimes 05-FEB-09

Anglo Irish nationalisation to be debated

RTERadio 20-JAN-09

Five directors resign from Anglo Irish board

RTERadio 19-JAN-09

Hundreds attend Tony Gregory funeral

RTERadio 07-JAN-09

Community-rooted politician who did deal with Haughey

irishtimes 03-JAN-09

'No Irish' builders sought on Polish sites

irishtimes 02-JAN-09

Under siege

bbc 28-DEC-08

Conor Cruise O'Brien dies aged 91

telegraph 19-DEC-08

EU leaders back Irish deal

timesofmalta 12-DEC-08

Irish PM on ideas tour of Europe

euronews 04-DEC-08

Cowen attacked in rowdy Dáil over economy

irishtimes 03-DEC-08

More cuts to spending on way as tax shortfall hits €7.5bn

irishtimes 03-DEC-08

Harney played role in Molloy's rise to the top

irish 27-NOV-08

Molloy's resignation 'inevitable'

RTERadio 26-NOV-08

Siptu president criticises FG call for pay deal suspension

irishtimes 23-NOV-08

Record turnout of 136m expected in US vote

irishtimes 04-NOV-08

390 new jobs for Carlow and Cork

RTERadio 03-NOV-08

Kenny says 2009 election possible

RTERadio 03-NOV-08

Kenny says 2009 election a 'very real prospect'

irishtimes 02-NOV-08

Opposition condemns Budget 'social vandalism'

irishtimes 29-OCT-08

Ahern: Govt cannot avoid difficult decisions

RTERadio 26-OCT-08

Protests ahead of medical card vote

RTERadio 22-OCT-08

Ex Health Minister urges card rethink

RTERadio 19-OCT-08

Cowen offers compromise in effort to defuse FF medical card revolt

irishtimes 18-OCT-08

FG health spokesman defends position on medical card

irishtimes 18-OCT-08

Limited medical card changes discussed - Harney

irishtimes 16-OCT-08

Lenihan prepares to deliver toughest Budget in decades

irishtimes 14-OCT-08

Ireland looks good enough to eat

theirishworld 14-OCT-08

India chase 299 to win first Test

cnn 13-OCT-08

EC approves Irish bank scheme

channel4news 13-OCT-08

Cowen praises his predecessor's legacy on Northern peace process

irishtimes 13-OCT-08

100 militants reported killed in Afghanistan

CBC 12-OCT-08

McCain in 'hatred' war of words

bbc 12-OCT-08

Haider 'was double speed limit'

bbc 12-OCT-08

Cowen heading to Paris for financial summit

irishtimes 12-OCT-08

Mixed response in Fine Gael to Kenny’s pay cut example

irishtimes 11-OCT-08

Minister tells banks to come clean on debts

sbpost 05-OCT-08

Irish parliament passes bank bill

bbc 02-OCT-08

UK banks fight pledge to savers

channel4news 01-OCT-08

Govt 'guarantee' debated in Dáil

RTERadio 01-OCT-08

Huge tailbacks reported at ploughing championships

irishtimes 23-SEP-08

Kenny rules out return to Tallaght Strategy

RTERadio 07-SEP-08

Obama picks Biden as running mate

channel4news 23-AUG-08

Ousting Pervez Musharraf may not save Pakistan

telegraph 23-AUG-08

Civilian deaths prompt Afghan protests

RTERadio 23-AUG-08

Bodies litter Somali port seized by insurgents

irishtimes 23-AUG-08

'Stolen' Indian children adopted in Australia

irishtimes 23-AUG-08

Thousands mourn President Mwanawasa in Zambia

dawn 23-AUG-08

NI coastguard staff set to join strike action

irishtimes 23-AUG-08

Three injured after Dublin fire

RTERadio 17-AUG-08

Kenny in recession broadside on Cowen's 100th day

irishtimes 14-AUG-08

Nicolas Sarkozy faces anti-EU protests in Ireland

telegraph 22-JUL-08

Sarkozy's tricky EU mission in Ireland

euronews 21-JUL-08

Irish 'No' vote architect plans Europe-wide 'referendum' on Lisbon Treaty

telegraph 20-JUL-08

SF to tell Sarkozy there can be no repeat vote

irishtimes 19-JUL-08

Lisbon campaigns to meet Sarkozy

RTERadio 18-JUL-08

House calls in Dublin murder inquiry

RTERadio 09-JUL-08

EU treaty is not dead, insists Brown in wake of Irish 'no' vote

dailymail 18-JUN-08

Ireland faces up to realities of rejection

ft 17-JUN-08

Ireland under pressure as EU foreign ministers pick up the pieces of Lisbon Treaty

thetimes 16-JUN-08

Europe urged to scrap Lisbon Treaty

channel4news 14-JUN-08

Irish EU vote lost, officials say

bbc 13-JUN-08

Spain extradites alleged arms dealer to U.S.

cnn 13-JUN-08

Irish to Decide on EU Reform Treaty

ert 12-JUN-08

Ireland faces knife-edge poll as EU holds breath (AFP)

news 10-JUN-08

Ireland's future depends on EU treaty, says PM

ft 09-JUN-08

New poll on Irish EU referendum puts 'yes' camp ahead -- just (AFP)

news 07-JUN-08

Irish in spotlight

bbc 04-JUN-08

BBC Parliament

bbc 03-JUN-08

Govt failing to debate Lisbon - Sinn Féin

irishtimes 01-JUN-08

New Irish PM Cowen apologises for use of "F" word

themirror 22-MAY-08

Fine Gael launches Lisbon Treaty Campaign

belfasttelegraph 18-MAY-08

Ireland to make China aid donation

irishtimes 15-MAY-08

Lisbon Treaty 'not impenetrable': Cowen

RTERadio 12-MAY-08

Sutherland: Voting yes in nation’s interest

examiner 10-MAY-08

Ahern tenders resignation as Taoiseach

RTERadio 06-MAY-08

What surprises has Cowen got in store?

sbpost 04-MAY-08

Ahern to make final Dáil appearance as Taoiseach

irishtimes 23-APR-08

FF members disclose bulk of political donations

irishtimes 22-APR-08

No explosives in Dublin city device

RTERadio 16-APR-08

Cowen delivers Hillery graveside oration

RTERadio 16-APR-08

Hillery to lie in State in Dublin's Pro Cathedral

irishtimes 15-APR-08

Merkel to address National Forum on treaty

irishtimes 14-APR-08

Condolence book to open for Hillery

RTERadio 13-APR-08

Visit hospital to see plight of elderly, Kenny urges Ahern

irishtimes 10-APR-08

Cowen excited but daunted by new post

RTERadio 09-APR-08

Cowen to succeed Ahern

bbc 06-APR-08

Race on to find Ahern successor

bbc 03-APR-08

[said:]: The challenge now for the parties is to work together to deliver on implementing the remaining elements of the Good Friday Agreement so that the people... can be convinced that the political process can deliver real improvements to their lives.

irish 06-FEB-10

[added that:]: as leader of the opposition – and if the people so decide in due course that we should be in government – then that will still be the same priority

irishtimes 28-JAN-10

[said:]: We have a Naval Service vessel that is a fully equipped hospital ship.

irishtimes 22-JAN-10

[ said]: In view of the leverage and the authority that Government have now in respect of the Irish banks, both Anglo Irish and the other two big banks, the directors of these banks themselves have said they will be willing to cooperate with any investigation or inquiry that takes place. So I hope they honour their word and will attend,

examiner 15-JAN-10

[ said]: I am also writing to all the other party leaders seeking their support for these terms of reference, which would be published as a private members’ motion and voted on by the Dáil,

irishtimes 15-JAN-10

[ said]: We can never allow greedy bankers, reckless developers and light-touch regulation cripple our economy again. That is why an inquiry into our banking crisis is critical to both our international reputation and our understanding of the political and regulatory actions or inaction that contributed to the collapse of this vital sector of our economy. That is why I am publishing the terms of reference of Fine Gael’s Dirt-style Dáil-based inquiry,

irishtimes 15-JAN-10

[ said]: The inquiry that Fine Gael has in mind will inquire into the factors, domestic and global, which have led to the banking crisis that has engulfed the Irish economy,

irishtimes 15-JAN-10

[ said]: We have to ensure that the kind of crisis that crippled our banking system and economy can never happen again and that those in positions of authority in the lead into the crisis are held to account,

irish 10-JAN-10

[ said]: Cardinal Daly and his Christian colleagues strove tirelessly for peace and sanity in the midst of great turmoil in the North,

irish 02-JAN-10

[said:]: He played a central role in resolving the Northern Ireland conflict. Cardinal Daly and his Christian colleagues strove tirelessly for peace and sanity in the midst of great turmoil in the north.

guardian 01-JAN-10

[-also said]: We are in an economic crisis and we should not be adjourning until January 19th. At the very least, the House should be back on the date originally agreed, which was January 13th.

irishtimes 18-DEC-09

[ said]: You’re Government has taken out the political gun to the most vulnerable — the blind, the carers and the disabled,

irishtimes 15-DEC-09

[said:]: the problem is that the golden circle is still complete. People are in jail in America but we still have no evidence of any prosecution pending here.

irishtimes 10-DEC-09

[said:]: This is not a separate issue. The monies being pumped into Anglo Irish Bank, €4,000 million this year, is real money from real taxpayers from their pockets.

irishtimes 10-DEC-09

[said:]: His death really does mark the end of an era. Liam’s contribution to Irish music and culture was simply outstanding.

examiner 05-DEC-09

[said:]: I have mothers writing to me from all over the country saying get them out, provide training places for them, provide jobs for them. What we would see under a Fine Gael proposal would be the opportunity to create those training places, to create those jobs. And for those who would refuse to accept those jobs or those training places I would see a cut of €50 after six months if they didn’t do it.

examiner 30-NOV-09

[ said]: This plan will invest €18bn in making our broadband network among the top five in the world, in turning us into a net energy exporter by 2030, with 50% of our energy coming from renewable sources by 2020, and in overhauling our water networks and infrastructure so that we have a system that is fit for the 21st century, not the 19th,

examiner 28-NOV-09

[replied:]: Yes

RTERadio 27-NOV-09

[-said]: were on the board of the authority

irishtimes 26-NOV-09

[ said]: I know that visits by potential investors are ultimately determined by the potential investor. However, while the IDA do an excellent job and while I understand the visit structure, there are questions that need to be addressed about the method and extent of promoting locations like those available in Mayo,

westernpeople 25-NOV-09

[has said:]: mistakes were made

irishtimes 18-NOV-09

[ said]: you have no moral authority, you have lost credibility, and you are losing integrity and we will do what we like . . .

irishtimes 18-NOV-09

[-added]: centrally involved in lending practices in an institution which was centrally and partly responsible for the debacle we now find ourselves in

irishtimes 18-NOV-09

[-said]: My view was clear from the beginning. I always said the Corrib field should be harvested, with due regard to the highest standards of safety and the environment,

MayoNews 17-NOV-09

[-added]: Six years ago I did say put the pipe up the bay (Sruwaddacon),

MayoNews 17-NOV-09

[ said]: I disagreed fundamentally with the Mayor of Limerick; it was a most unfortunate statement,

irishtimes 14-NOV-09

[added:]: The minister did not go on a major television programme to muse aloud in what has amounted to a cruel exploitation of hundreds of thousands of families who do not now know where they stand in relation to child benefit.

irish 10-NOV-09

[said:]: The Seanad has lost of its focus and its original vocation and was now seen as a step down from the Dáil.

irishtimes 08-NOV-09

[said:]: in the year to April, more than 18,000 Irish nationals emigrated

irishtimes 05-NOV-09

[said:]: putting people in programmes and placements here and there is only camouflage for the real problem

irishtimes 05-NOV-09

[said:]: I don’t believe you can have a solution to this by increasing taxes . . . You will not tax your way back to prosperity.

irishtimes 04-NOV-09

[has said:]: frontline

irishtimes 04-NOV-09

[said:]: It is a testament to her life and career that, despite her illness, she put pen to paper and completed her political memoir, Nuala Fennell: Political Woman – A Memoir , just a few weeks before she passed away.

irishtimes 21-OCT-09

[ said]: In these tough times, Government needs to lead by example . . . I will start with the political system itself,

irishtimes 20-OCT-09

[said:]: I have come to the conclusion that a second house of the Oireachtas can no longer be justified. In abolishing Seanad Éireann, I have examined the outcome of similar decisions in countries such as Sweden, Denmark and New Zealand.

irishtimes 17-OCT-09

[said yesterday:]: Regrettably this hasn’t happened.

examiner 14-OCT-09

[asked:]: Who is going to pay for the extra 500 teachers that you mention over three years? Are they to be appointed to the detriment of the appointment of nurses, guards and other frontline public services that people so desperately need?

examiner 14-OCT-09

[ said]: This policy of paying over market value for distressed assets was described by Nobel prize winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, as ‘criminal’. As a result of the decision today by the Green Party, it is the Irish taxpayer who is going to be the victim of this ‘criminal’ policy,

irishtimes 12-OCT-09

[said that:]: nobody seems to know what will happen this weekend,

euractiv 08-OCT-09

[ said]: I think I’m a fair-minded person and in any circumstances I believe in giving people the opportunity to have their say. As the Ceann Comhairle is the chair of the Oireachtas Commission, I felt it fair that he should have the opportunity to go before that commission and live up to the recommendations I had made in saying that he would have to consider his position otherwise. Circumstances have changed dramatically since,

examiner 07-OCT-09

[said:]: You would get thousands of people to line up for a speedy departure if you gave them a million euro golden handshake on top of their pension.

irishtimes 07-OCT-09

[ said]: To avoid a clear politicisation of this office, and to avoid inter-party wrangling over the office of the Ceann Comhairle, I now believe it is incumbent on John O’Donoghue to resign to avoid that situation,

irishtimes 07-OCT-09

[added:]: In the interests of the independence of the office of Ceann Comhairle, John O’Donoghue should resign forthwith.

irish 06-OCT-09

[ said]: There’s no need for the Ceann Comhairle of the Irish Dáil to have a [special] adviser,

irishtimes 06-OCT-09

[ said]: This is about a culture that has grown here over the past 12 years where there is neither responsibility nor accountability for anything,

examiner 06-OCT-09

[ said]: If these are not addressed directly by the Ceann Comhairle and the Oireachtas Commission, the Ceann Comhairle should consider his position,

irishtimes 05-OCT-09

[-told]: What is clear is that industry and people who employ workers in this country have said - if you send out the wrong message on Friday – it’s a message that might lead to other investors in our country investing in different countries,

radiofranceinternationale 01-OCT-09

[ said]: I'm blue in the face explaining to people to hold their fire,

euobserver 01-OCT-09

[said:]: It would certainly cause serious problems from that point of view.

examiner 01-OCT-09

[ said]: There is great anger throughout the land at a person who is a director general of the State agency Fás being given a €1 million payment on his way out of the position,

irishtimes 30-SEP-09

[said:]: in view of the incompetence of the former director general of Fás, I would have sacked him and I would have allowed the law to take its course

irishtimes 28-SEP-09

[added:]: there may be other potential banana skins in there that haven’t even been acknowledged yet.

irishtimes 27-SEP-09

[said:]: in view of the incompetence of the former director general of Fas, I would have sacked him and I would have allowed the law to take its course

irishtimes 27-SEP-09

[said:]: I do not understand what the relevance of the Union Jack in the Sinn Féin posters is.

irishtimes 25-SEP-09

[said:]: Fine Gael is holding meetings in every constituency throughout Ireland to hammer home the importance of this referendum and allow people to inform themselves about the Lisbon Treaty. I invite any person who is interested on finding out more about the Lisbon Treaty to attend the upcoming public meeting. Any person who cannot attend the meeting but would like to find out more about the treaty may visit Fine Gael’s new website

MayoNews 22-SEP-09

[ said]: THIS is a remarkable book; a book of openness of mind, openness of heart, openness of spirit. It is a book of succour, of consolation and of friendship,

MayoNews 22-SEP-09

[ said]: Most of all this is a book about humanity - your humanity. The writing is superb, the structure unique. To write as you do is an act of courage in which you open your soul to the reader and to the world,

MayoNews 22-SEP-09

[said:]: I am delighted to be launching the latest phase of Fine Gael’s strong and vigorous campaign for a

irish 20-SEP-09

[said:]: On my tour of the country I detect a growing positive mood towards the Lisbon Treaty. 'More and more people are telling me they have a greater understanding of the issues involved. 'I am hopeful that our positive campaign over the next two weeks will convince people of the importance of staying at the heart of Europe.

RTERadio 20-SEP-09

[-accused]: Lech Walesa built his career on the defence of workers’ rights

irishtimes 18-SEP-09

[ said]: I think it’s a pretty serious situation that this tail is wagging a dog that was once proud but that has lost all sense of coherence as to what it should be at,

irishtimes 15-SEP-09

[ said]: When Fine Gael takes up office, these excesses will end and will be seen to end,

irishtimes 15-SEP-09

[said:]: I am not asking for his resignation. These events happened before he became Ceann Comhairle.

irishtimes 15-SEP-09

[ said]: I haven’t accused him of doing anything illegal, but he should issue a full apology to the Irish taxpayer,

irishtimes 15-SEP-09

[said:]: I'm not into doing resignations here. Fine Gael has called for a General Election for some time

irishtimes 14-SEP-09

[replied:]: A strong leader made it perfectly clear that this party is not going to be kicked around by anybody. We are perfectly entitled as the major Opposition party to have a point of view.

irishtimes 09-SEP-09

[ said]: Everybody wanted to talk on this,

irishtimes 09-SEP-09

[said:]: Former leaders or other people associated with this party are perfectly entitled to have their view. I note lists of economists making their case for and against Nama; that’s perfectly normal.

irishtimes 08-SEP-09

[replied:]: A strong leader made it perfectly clear that this party is not going to be kicked around by anybody. We are perfectly entitled as the major opposition party to have a point of view.

irishtimes 08-SEP-09

[ said]: He will be remembered particularly warmly for his unstinting support for Irish causes. His work during the conflict in Northern Ireland and the peace process was crucial in ensuring ongoing U.S. government support for a settlement,

irishecho 02-SEP-09

[ said]: His work during the conflict in Northern Ireland and the peace process was crucial in ensuring ongoing US Government support for a settlement. This proved to be a vital driving force for peace,

irishtimes 26-AUG-09

[ said]: If individual banks have failed to make real progress, particularly in their negotiations with the bondholders, a Fine Gael government would then nationalise them,

irishtimes 22-AUG-09

[said:]: the whole Nama gamble is fundamentally unfair and unwise. It transfers responsibility for dealing with toxic loans from the banks who made them, and the investors who funded them, to the Irish taxpayer. Many professional investors that fuelled the crisis by recklessly giving tens of billion of euros to the banks without proper due diligence could walk away scot-free at the expense of the taxpayer.

irishtimes 22-AUG-09

[ said]: I firmly believe the Fine Gael proposal here is in the much stronger interest of Ireland as an economy and of Ireland as a people,

examiner 22-AUG-09

[said:]: We are in the slow lane because during the time of plenty, we failed to prepare for the future. The greatest of the many missed opportunities during the past 12 years has been the failure to reform during the times of plenty.

irishtimes 21-AUG-09

[added:]: Joe had a deep sense of loyalty to those with whom he served as a public representative and was always fully in tune with the needs and concerns of his constituents.

irish 10-AUG-09

[ said]: Joe was a Christian in every sense of the word and I would like to extend my sincere condolences to his wife Peggy and all his family at this sad and difficult time for them,

irish 09-AUG-09

[ added]: His contribution to parliamentary debate was both highly valued and in keeping with the realities of the day,

irish 09-AUG-09

[said:]: You can’t have a situation where banks under the guarantee are allowed to expand and extend their profits.

examiner 25-JUL-09

[said:]: I’m not looking at that now at all.

irishtimes 24-JUL-09

[replied:]: I don’t support that. I have already said this on many occasions: to attempt to reduce the minimum wage will drive more and more people into the social welfare bracket.

irishtimes 24-JUL-09

[ said]: The need for fundamental reform has been amply demonstrated by the McCarthy report. It is an absolutely damning indictment of the way that Government has been run for the last decade,

irishtimes 23-JUL-09

[suggested:]: it might have been preferable to have had an opportunity to have a real debate next week

irishtimes 11-JUL-09

[ said]: There is a hard campaign to be fought in order to explain, inform and brief people fully so they are happy in the knowledge they can vote Yes,

irishtimes 09-JUL-09

[said:]: the treaty strengthens our country’s position in Europe

irishtimes 09-JUL-09

[added:]: The current Minister for Finance has certainly got the point. No sooner was the report out, but he was popping up on the media like some latter-day Pontius Pilate.

irishtimes 04-JUL-09

[ said]: The report makes it clear that your failed policies have given Ireland the worst recession of any of the advanced economies,

irishtimes 04-JUL-09

[said:]: The

irishtimes 03-JUL-09

[repeated that:]: this is not the way to do business

irishtimes 03-JUL-09

[said that was:]: an outrageous remark

irishtimes 02-JUL-09

[ said]: >Fianna Fáil’s routing in the local and European elections, the fear on the Yes side is that voters will be tempted to deliver another crushing blow to the government ahead of the budget. The last Yes campaign was marked by political sniping and discord between Cowen and Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny about which party was doing the most campaign work on the ground. The combined forces of the No side, including the campaign by Libertas’ founder Declan Ganley and pro-life group Coir, proved too much to han

sbpost 21-JUN-09

[said:]: I would invite the Government and indeed the Labour Party to discuss the nature of the kind of campaign that parties in favour of the referendum can actually run.

irishtimes 20-JUN-09

[ said]: I gave them a run down on why the guarantees are necessary and why they should be given legal status in order to make it clear beyond doubt to the Irish people that their concerns are being addressed,

irishtimes 19-JUN-09

[ said]: Fine Gael will not play politics with this. We will put the country first and campaign strongly for a Yes vote . . . ,

irishtimes 19-JUN-09

[ said]: The Dáil debate on the NAMA legislation promised this summer will be completely redundant unless the Oireachtas is given advance information on the average discounts to be applied to different classes of loans,

examiner 18-JUN-09

[said:]: my biggest regret about this Budget is that it does not give people enough

irish 14-JUN-09

[ said]: The timing of the last referendum left a lot to be desired when you had one Taoiseach leaving and another one arriving. The Government took their eye off the ball… the campaign was not coordinated,

irishtimes 12-JUN-09

[said:]: The Report of the Ryan Commission shames us. It shames us as a state and as a society.

examiner 12-JUN-09

Noel Dempsey [replied:]: I have not heard anything as ridiculous as me beating chairpersons around the head. Did Deputy Kenny get a hit on the head?

irishtimes 28-JAN-10

Sargent [added later:]: The only way I can rationalise it is that Enda Kenny had some experience in the Ballrooms of Romance in Mayo when he asked a fellow to ask your sister ‘will she got out with me’.

irishtimes 03-JUN-09