Ireland's Prominent Economic Crisis Watchdog Blogger Quits
Region: IrelandThe anonymous blogger behind Namawinelake [1], a prominent watchdog blog that chronicled Ireland's efforts to deal with its economic crisis, has stopped publishing, triggering a wave of speculation as to the blogger's identity and his or her reason for quitting. Namawinelake was launched in January 2010 after the financial crisis hit the country and the government was forced to request a bailout plan... more
Views: 237Recognition Awards 2012 | The Truth About Debt: A Close Look at Ireland and Greece
Region: Ireland
This article was chosen as one of the best published so far in 2012 on Ground Report. The winners received a prize of $60, which comes from an anonymous donor. The Truth About Debt: A Close Look at Ireland and Greece by J Iddhis Bing Of Odious Debt & Other Monstrosities: As Greece Goes, So Goes Ireland, Too INTERVIEW WITH TONY PHILLIPS Defeat is the battle that isn't waged. - Alex Tsipras Iddhis ... more
Views: 1059The Truth About Debt: A Close Look at Ireland and Greece
Region: Ireland
Of Odious Debt & Other Monstrosities: As Greece Goes, So Goes Ireland, Too INTERVIEW WITH TONY PHILLIPS Defeat is the battle that isn't waged. - Alex Tsipras Iddhis Bing Tony Phillips is an Irish journalist and political economist, editor of the online magazine DensidadRegional.org He contributed to the newly published What If Ireland Defaults? (Orpen Press, 2012). The book pres... more
Views: 2522On This Day: Birth of the Irish Republic Declared in Easter Rising
Region: Ireland
On April 24, 1916, Irish nationalists proclaimed the formation of the Irish Republic in a doomed uprising that would galvanize the republican movement. Nationalists Read Proclamation of the Irish Republic In 1914, after years of campaigning by moderate Irish leader John Redmond, British Parliament passed the Irish Home Rule bill, granting self-government to Ireland. However, the implementation of the bill was dela... more
Views: 1527Paying toilets onboard in Ryan airlines, just to lower the flight fares
Region: Ireland
Dublin: The top European budget air carrier, Ryan airlines chief suggested that the future passengers might be obliged to insert a British pound coin for access to the lavatory to get some in-flight relief. He said that installing pay toilets would lower ticket costs make flying, somehow, easier for all. It seems a bit strange when the nature calls at 30, 000 feet, and a wee price is 1 Bri... more
Views: 2694Will India Internationalize Sri Lakan Tamil Case?
Region: IrelandThe Forum for Welfare and Rights of Lankan Tamils is a new initiative taken up by the ruling DMK government in Tamil Nadu to ensure an honorable settlement of Tamil question in Sri Lanka. The Forum for Welfare and Rights of Lankan Tamils comprises several parties, including the ruling DMK's main ally the Congress. This forum’s aim is to pressurize the Union government to internationalize the sufferings of the ... more
Views: 1422UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson Preveiw
Region: Ireland
On January 17, 2009 live from O2 arena in Ireland the UFC will present UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson. The card include several former world champions looking to get back on track and attempting to get a title shot against the new light heavy champion Rashad Evens. This card also includes on the return of a UFC hall of fame Inductees Mark Coleman. Franklin vs. Henderson Rich “Ace” Fr... more
Views: 1712Irish Preschools Fight Back Against Copyright Bill
Region: Ireland
In what many agree to be a bad public relations move, the Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC) in Ireland has tried to charge 2,500 preschools for licenses to show cartoons and movies to toddlers. The MPLC sells licenses for the movie industry to users who want to screen a movie beyond a family setting. Without such a license, it would be generally illegal for individuals or businesses to show a movie publicly w... more
Views: 1152Dom Mee Little Murka Wreckage Video
Region: Ireland
Video footage of one man's struggle aboard a small kite boat, the Little Murka, during a hurricane has surfaced in Ireland. Sailor Dom Mee attempted to sail the Little Murka from Canada to England in the summer of 2005 and ran into what was one of the worst hurricanes recorded in the North Atlantic. His 14 foot boat capsized a number of times and the cabin filled with water. Dom Mee survived the ordeal... more
Views: 10606Hillary Annexes the Holy Land (of Ireland)
Region: Ireland
The Lefties are in love with not only their own reflections in the water, but with their own fairy tale renderings of history. This has been made clear in countless ways throughout what the rest of us call factual history. For instance, the Lefty Fascists now insist—and insist adamantly—that fascism is the domain of the Right. Just as they have long insisted—and this was before the coming to power... more
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