Irish Eagle
Monday, September 29, 2008

We are the center of the universe or Copernicus overturned

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Wow. The things you get in an e-mail. This article was sent to me by my brother. Not only is the world economy falling apart, but now there...

Going after Ganley

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I liked Matt Cooper's column on Declan Ganley and the campaign against him. Cooper sums up why what's being done to Ganley is wron...
Sunday, September 28, 2008

HAVE TO WIN

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I know that for many people this makes no sense. I know they're right. But, I could really care less what happens between Obama & Mc...
Friday, September 26, 2008

Your license fee at work

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I love how RTE takes time to pat itself on the back today: "RTÉ.ie is Ireland's top media website". You know, I bet I could h...

Bailout

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Now, as to the bailout, well … Who knows? I've spent hours each evening reading up on this as much as I can and tuning into the Bloomber...

New Visas

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It wasn't quite what I expected , but the Irish government will be issuing 5,000 visas to Americans who want to come to Ireland to work...

Not a conservative

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I hope this bank bailout plan puts paid to the widespread misrepresentation of President Bush as a conservative. Bush is not a conservative....
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Tough times in Brussels for the Irish

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Life is uncomfortable for Irish diplomats and journalists thanks to our 'No' to Lisbon says Jamie Smyth . Many EU governments and th...

Crisis of confidence

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You think investors are jittery? You think there's unease in banking circles? You sense a little political uncertainty about the economy...
Monday, September 22, 2008

Not "the house that Ruth built"

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This is really annoying me. If you own an old manor house and you tear it down and rebuild it around the same basement and garden is it the ...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Here's the quid. Now for the quo?

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From the new year 20,000 one-year working visas will be made available to Irish people who want to work in America. This strikes me as bein...

The Bogeyman

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I admire Declan Ganley, but it's clear that large sections of the Irish media don't like or trust him. He's a devout Catholic te...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Newstalkin'

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I forgot to mention that I was on the Wide Angle on Newstalk on Sunday. It was a pretty quick segment - about 8 minutes or so - so I don...

Change the name on the shirt

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Now that the AIG has a majority shareholder maybe the new owners will insist on a change in the initials on Manchester United's shirts ....

"Too big to fail"

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I wish I had a dollar for each time I heard the phrase that phrase recently. Well, if a bank (or now an insurance company) is "too big ...

It's "unfair"

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Fr. Sean Healy, Director of the Conference of Religious in Ireland, says that it's profoundly unfair that a person on a lower income ha...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

€1bn for meters

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Is this really good value for money? The government is going to install new electricity meters in every household in the country. This whol...
Saturday, September 13, 2008

Dirty politics

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There's no doubt that Presidential elections are dirty and that dirty politics can pay dividends. So far the McCain campaign is outplayi...
Friday, September 12, 2008

Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea waves crashing

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It seems like we'll all hear Galveston's sea waves crashing this weekend. Brendan Loy says that Galveston could be in for a very r...

Palin on ABC

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I watched as much of ABC's interview with Sarah Palin as I could find . From the clips I saw I'm not overly impressed nor overly wor...
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