Iceland?It's worth enough that some scandinavian's didn't join the EU... I'm not saying it's a total break even, but it was a significant contribution made by Ireland. Now if only the Irish Navy were as hard on foreign fleets as they are on our own, maybe it wouldn't have had such an impact.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
They can throw 3 billion, 30 billion, or 300 billion of Monopoly Money, in order to buy a Yes vote off us, but my vote is not for sale. My voice is more important to me than the size of my wallet. The government is responsible for our economic crisis, it is responsible to get us out of it. Ratifying Lisbon won't.Originally Posted by bennocelt
Was down in Arklow Harbour last Autumn, where the fishermen made it very clear why they would reject the treaty, displaying their anger on blackboards at the EU's fisheries policy.Originally Posted by macy
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Pete, I don't know if it's even vaguely fair to compare, but this link gives Japan's 2003 fishing industry as outputting US$14 billion gross. That's a lotta tuna.
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Barroso was appointed as European Commission President under our last term in charge. 10 new countries were welcomed into the EU in the Phoenix Park.Originally Posted by Dodge
At the end of the Presidency, Ireland's EU Commissioner was given one of the most important EU positions, with responsibility for the Internal Market.
In February, the WCQ fixture list was arranged in Dublin, specifically because of holding the Presidency at the time, which contributed to a more favourable fixture list for us.
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Libertas and SIPO:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...243934744.html
Spotlight on Caroline Simons and Libertas
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...245071285.html
Caroline is a solicitor, and can quote random lines from the Treaty all day, but unlike Declan, isn't the best debater in the world. She'll face a difficult campaign to get elected, in the toughest constituency to get across anti-Treaty views.
Reform Libertas Executive Director defects to Yes side
IRELAND DOES not have the luxury of a second No vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum and voters should vote Yes, one of the architects of last year’s Libertas campaign has said.
Naoise Nunn, who resigned as executive director of Libertas last September said: “The circumstances have changed: internationally, economically, financially and domestically.
“We don’t have the luxury of doing anything else. I am glad that we had a referendum. We were the only member state to do so, to have a proper debate, or something like a proper debate,” Mr Nunn told The Irish Times .
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That should read "former" or "ex-" Libertas director. Come on pete, I hate Libertas as much as the next guy but you are misleading with that one.
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Apart from this case, I find that it's usually women are a lot more open to changing minds, and demanding collective "political unity" to deal with current situation, conveniently forgetting that we live in a democracy, there is a democratic process to go through, and final decisions to be made.Originally Posted by pete
The circumstances haven't changed much from June. We were in recession then, now, and after the next ref. It is temporary. If ratified, Lisbon is permanent.
No means No.
Last edited by mypost; 28/04/2009 at 1:45 PM.
Ganley's responseOriginally Posted by pete
Have we had any figures released by Libertas as to the sources of their funding - as Ganley promised?
Surely if they have nothing to hide as they said - then we'd have seen something...
Kom Igen, FCK...
...So it took seven months from the time of asking Declan Ganley to provide details of loan agreements and repayment schedules for him to provide confirmation that Libertas is indeed a one-man show. I'd say that Irish politics needs an operator like this about as much as it needs a bad dose of the clap -but I supppose one in -all in.
Anyone know how much one of them More-O'Farrell advertisement hoardings costs to rent for a given period of time? I counted SIX of them featuring Ganleys Libertas between Limerick and Ennis on the N18 last weekend.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
That Simons one that is running in Dublin has her name and face everywhere too. They seem to have an ad on every single bus in the city.
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" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
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