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national / consumer issues Friday October 29, 2004 - 12:09 by Michael Hennigan
'The Irish poet Brendan Kennelly once described Bewley's Café in Grafton Street as the 'heart and the hearth of Dublin'. Dublin, he said, would not be Dublin without Bewley's. These sentiments have been echoed by generations of Irish people since Joshua Bewley first introduced tea to the Irish public in 1835. Bewley's is a name synonymous in the history of Dublin and more recently of Ireland as a whole. Bewley's itself has a rich history of growth and survival which has proved it to be one of the last bastions of tradition in a changing Ireland.' ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous Thursday October 28, 2004 - 00:37 by never trust the rich
For as long as time immemorial, the greedy rich, have been waging war against the poor/working class/peasants, all over the world. From the shanty towns of africa, to the slums of brazil and sprawling run down council estates of the developed world. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Wednesday October 27, 2004 - 23:51 by Michael Hennigan
Some years ago, when I worked in a Swedish multinational, it issued a communication from HQ which read: 'Mr. X has asked to be relieved of his position as President of Y Division (the biggest in the group)..We wish Mr. X well in his future career.' Mr. X of course go a pay-off to keep his trap shut and agree to a 2 yr non-compete clause. He was soon forgotten and the usual self-serving tripe about 'Group culture' continued to be peddled as if nothing had happened. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday October 23, 2004 - 16:44 by Michael Hennigan
More than a decade ago, Leona Helmsley*, New York’s ‘Queen of Mean’ famously said that ‘only the little people pay taxes.’ She could have been talking about Ireland and yesterday’s announcement that 11 millionaires paid zero tax legally, can only add to the perception of inequity in our society. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday October 23, 2004 - 02:57 by Keith Martin
Cllr Keith Martin, an Independent Cllr on Westport Town council says it is time to "get real" about industrial jobs in the town. ... read full story / add a comment |
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