Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Flying economy
This post by Steve reminds me of the recent debacle here in Ireland. For those who were unaware, the chief of the Irish State employment agency FAS, Rody Molloy, resigned after it emerged he had been on very expensive junkets courtesy of the Irish taxpayer. When he came on radio to defend his extravagance, he…
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Lisbon II
What you have to ask is, what is ever in doubt that we would have another referendum? Of course not. It was clear that as soon as the result was announced that another referendum would be held. The only thing that surprises me is how some people thought there was any doubt about it.
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Puds update
Mr Puds has been enjoying the recent poor weather by lazing around the house doing not very much (a bit like me). This is one of his favoured sleeping positions. It actually looks like he’s trying to avoid the flash (celebrity blog cat that he is) but he tends to cover his eyes just to…
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Graduating
Today I officially finished my time as an undergraduate at University College Cork. I was conferred with a Joint Honours Degree in Politics and History. Starting university in 2005 coincided naturally with a decline in my output both in print and here on the blog. Perhaps now I will find my mojo again! 🙂 I…
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That Bush connection
Josh Keating over on FP gives us the top 10 stories you might have missed in 2008. I particularly like this one: So why was $176 million of the aid money earmarked for loans to businesses—including $30 million to a real estate developer for a luxury hotel: the 127,000-square-meter Park Hyatt in downtown Tbilisi, an…
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Morning papers
Irish Examiner Ryanair vows to recognise unions at Aer Lingus Ryanair has said it won’t sell the Heathrow slots Beamish brewery to close with loss of 120 jobs Beamish to close, move to Heineken Fás spent €750k on luxury flights in five years Not just Florida Parents face higher cervical vaccine cost as relief is…
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Ganley to sue RTE
RTE reports that RTE is to be sued by Declan Ganley, over last week’s awful PrimeTime investigates. The head of Libertas said the programme “was actionable”. Was it a slanderous programme? I guess a court will decide, unless RTE settles out of court first.
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Beamish & Crawford brewery to close
Heineken Ireland said: “The high costs of operating two breweries in the city, difficulties associated with expansion at the Beamish & Crawford facility and excess brewing capacity at Heineken Ireland, makes the future of the Beamish & Crawford plant unsustainable.” It’s a sad day really. Cork had two breweries in the city centre, not it…
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PAC inquiry witnesses
Will Molloy turn up? Witnesses for Meeting of 4 December Committee Room 1 Leinster House 10.00 a.m. FÁS Mr. Peter McLoone, Chairman of the Board Mr Christy Cooney – Assistant Director General, Human Resources/Organisation Development/Public Affairs Mr Donal Sands – Assistant Director General, Finance & Information Technology Mr Patrick Kivlehan- Director -Internal Audit Mr. Niall…
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Cervical cancer Facebook groups hits 10,000 members
The original target for membership has been met (just about). The Facebook group now has 10,000 members after just over two weeks of existence. Membership contribution has been significant, with 164 wall posts, posted videos and dozens of links to newspaper stories. The group has been covered, or mentioned by, TV3, the Irish Times, the…
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