#ge11 and other Slim Links, February 13, 2011 

What has happened in Rossport is a travesty and tragedy. The Pipe, The Film website Update: the video has been removed from YouTube for copyright reasons #ge11 is the Twitter tag for the Republic of Ireland’s general election 2011 Boards.ie 2011 General Election Poll Brilliant take on the ballot paper, allowing you to make a [...]

Alternative Party.ie Part I 

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Thirtysomethings do not relate to ruling generation writes Elaine Byrne in the Irish Times. (Tuesday, May 5, 2009) Some 2.8 million of us, two thirds of the Irish population, are younger than 44 years of age. Our politicians, civil servants, bankers, business men and women, decision makers and media commentators are predominantly over 40. As [...]

If US can do it in 10, we can do it in 5 

This is Al Gore’s speech exhorting Americans to change to a carbon-free economy in ten years. The United States is a very large country. Ireland is a small one. If the United States can do it in ten years, we can do it in five. Al Gore’s speech apologies, I’ve had to remove the actual [...]