Irish Eagle
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Thank you Donald for causing Florence to weaken

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Yesterday a Washington Post editorial on Hurricane Florence said Pres Trump was "complicit" in the storm's threat. That was b...
Monday, February 26, 2018

Dear God! Common sense on Irish immigrants?

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"Giving the 10,500 US citizens living in Ireland a special deal on residency could unlock a remedy for the tens of thousands of Irish ...
Wednesday, February 07, 2018

Ireland's "best performing schools" - would be great if someone knew how to measure such things

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This sort of thing drives me nuts – " Revealed: Ireland's best-performing schools - including those with 100pc record of sending st...
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Irish Examiner is in irrational, full-on panic mode over Brexit

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Sometimes I try to imagine what Ireland would be like if it was in Europe or even on planet Earth. It's a little mind game that the edit...
Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Last straw? Will unpaid bar bills finally end the Dáil Bar?

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The Dáil Bar is still open, still a disgrace, still as clear an indication as any that the people we elect to represent us enjoy a sense of ...
Monday, March 27, 2017

License fees on iPads & laptops is chock full of stupid

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So the Irish government is going to redefine what a "television" is which will allow them to say that anyone who has a laptop or ...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Water regulator sees the light on water metering

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Simply unreal. The water regulator (aka the Commission for Energy Regulation) says metering should stop so that there is money to repair th...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Children should not be allowed to vote

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James Doorley of the National Youth Council says that 16 & 17 year-olds should be allowed to vote . That's utter nonsense. They'...
Friday, August 05, 2016

No gain for Hillary digging into the Trumps of the 90s

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In the past few days I've seen articles about pictures Melania Trump posed for back in the 1990s - before she was married - and stories ...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Cameron bows out a failure, but with honor

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© Daily Express I don't get the logic that says the Brexit referendum has left the UK divided . Well, maybe it has, but wasn't i...
Wednesday, April 06, 2016

Hillary's "home state" is not New York

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I was listening to "Morning Edition" on NPR this morning and during their discussion of the Democrats' battle they referred to...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Polish people should be thankful for the "miracle of Solidarity" & Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa is one of the great heroes of the 20th century. That some in Poland - including the current government, it seems - see fit to la...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

UK would be wrong to test immigrants' progress in English

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Demanding that immigrants learn English, testing them on their progress, is too much. No, you can't do that. Not everyone can learn a n...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

"Keep an eye on Chris Christie"

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George Will argues that Chris Christie is not finished by a long shot. His path to the nomination isn't as difficult as the Trump vs Cr...
Friday, December 11, 2015

Irish said NO to extradition to the US, will the Spanish? #JihadJane

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Back in May Ali Charaf Damache walked out of court a free man when an Irish judge refused an American extradition application. Damache is wa...
Wednesday, December 09, 2015

Stop the fossil fuel subsidies! Let the poor freeze!

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That's the logic of this little tidbit . Friends of the Earth estimates that the fossil fuel industry here benefits from about €386 mi...
Monday, December 07, 2015

Was confusing visa waiver program with fiancé visa deliberate?

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Tonight the President of the United States confused the visa waiver program – which tens of millions of Europeans & Japanese and Aust...
Tuesday, November 03, 2015

Only classy commercialization of the Easter Rising, if you please

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Fianna Fáil's Malcolm Byrne says the state should stop (ban/outlaw?) '"inappropriate" commercialisation' of the Easte...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Why do politicians act like civil servants don't know about the four seasons?

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The SDLP's Mark H Durkan issued a statement letting all and sundry know that he has "contacted Transport NI asking them to make th...
Tuesday, October 06, 2015

#MLB doesn't care about children or families or the future of the game

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At first I was annoyed that the Mets playoff game on Friday doesn't start until 9:45, but then I thought about it: why should I be annoy...
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