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1. #ASSAULT: Two men are due in court this morning in connection with yesterday morning’s attack on a Romanian man on Dublin’s North Circular Road, in which the man’s arm was almost totally severed at the shoulder. The man remains in hospital.
2. #TERRORISM: A 33-year-old man is due in court in Dungannon, meanwhile, after being arrested yesterday in connection with the investigation into the death of PSNI constable Ronan Kerr. The man, from Omagh, has been charged with possession of explosives and firearms. Three others have been arrested as part of an investigation into dissident republicanism in South Armagh, and PSNI officers have asked for vigilance over the weekend.
3. #BAILOUT: Former finance minister Brian Lenihan has told the Irish Times that Ireland was forced into accepting its bailout by the European Central Bank – and that the Frankfurt bank “betrayed” Ireland in briefing against it.
4. #PENSIONS: Some of the most senior figures involved in the Irish banking collapse are earning hundreds of thousands in pensions – with the Irish Independent reporting that former governor of the Central Bank Patrick Neary, whose institution was condemned in the Nyberg Report, receiving €630,000 every year.
5. #OIL: Ireland is about to begin an obsession with a new black stuff, the Irish Examiner reports: this summer exploration companies will begin a drive to recover up to $1 trillion (that’s €690bn) worth of oil off our shores.
6. #NOT SO INNOCENT: The Vatican is relocating the remains of Pope Innocent XI from a chapel at the entrance to St Peter’s Basilica, to make room for the soon-to-be-beatified Pope John Paul II. Some Italian scholars believe it’s because Innocent was apparently complicit in William of Orange taking the throne – ending Catholic rule in Ireland and Britain.
7. #GERRY RYAN: The last person to see the late broadcaster Gerry Ryan alive says he’s experienced enough to know when someone has been taking drugs – and is adamant in today’s Irish Daily Mail that Ryan was not “on anything” the night before he died.
8. #WESTSTRIFE: Westlife’s Kian Egan has claimed his Twitter account was hacked – after apparently revealing on the microblogging site that he was leaving the band to concentrate on managing the band of his wife, Jodi Albert. Albert tweeted to retract Egan’s “statement” – after which Egan’s account, hitherto legitimate, was deleted.
9. #LILO LAYING LOW: Lindsay Lohan has been sentenced to 120 days in prison for violating the terms of her probation following a drink-driving conviction in 2007. She remains free on bail, however, pending an appeal.
“Paul Ryan’s grandfather arrived in US in 1851″ (166 years ago) Paul Ryan’s mother must have been very old having him. Leprechaun maths.
Paul Ryan’s grandfather arrived from Kilkenny in 1851. Seems unlikely. Maybe a great grandfather?
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“The executive order bans entry visas from six Muslim-majority countries”. They’re also war-torn countries and contain some seriously dangerous people who want to destroy the US. There’s no ban on many other Muslim-majority companies. Talk about biased journalism.
Oops, *countries, not companies. I’m far from being a Trump supporter but I’d like journalists to be as neutral as possible unless they state otherwise.
Exactly, what also isn’t mentioned is that individuals from said countries have gone on something of a crime spree here in Europe. Some 400,000 crimes recorded in Germany alone since the migrant crisis began that can be attributed to migrants who are primarily from the banned countries.
@Jason Culligan – source?
@Mark Thompson:
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7470/germany-migrants-crime
@Jason Culligan: Those individuals from those countries,were they vetted the same way that the Americans carry out their vetting? Also..let’s take Iran for an example :What improvements do you believe that the conman can make in the space of a few months?
Gatestone? Really? An alt right think tank is your source? OK, anybody seen this yet? https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.rawstory.com/2017/03/fired-us-attorney-bharara-was-pursuing-multiple-investigations-against-fox-news/amp/
Also Jason, your own source called the 400,000 a guess . from your source “Migrants committed 208,344 crimes in 2015″
Every Friday the Iranian Ayatollah yells “Death to America”, and then wants America to roll out the Welcome mat
You understand that he is not every person in Iran right?
Typical Kelly-Anne Culligan, post a lie and disappear
@Rosa Parks: But America already had the ‘welcome mat’ out to the many hundreds of thousands of students,doctors,,engineers & business people..Did you not know about this ?
The fact Pence is apparently a born again Christian is the most worrying thing I’ve read in some time. There’s a fair chance this guy will be president. Or maybe he just used it as an excuse.
And why was Kenny “widely criticised” for a tweet saying he spoke with Pence and Pence was well aware of the domestic issues in Ireland? Sounds like more hysteria for the sake of it.
I’d agree there. I know a few of them. They actually believe noahs ark was real that Abraham lived to be hundreds of years old that his wife gave birth at 100. That the world is young. That dinosaurs roamed the earth with us in a flintstones way. Crazy stuff
You don’t know Pence was a religious fundamentalist?
*didn’t
Like a drunk uncle on the dancefloor…here comes Enda to embarrass us all.
“And for the second time in a decade, Ireland has sent a prime minister who has had to quit due to CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS, but instead gets to go on this fabulous junket…” (Source: RTE, probably)
Entertain him ?
Are they doing a Punch and Judy show for him, or a song and dance routine ?
Tweedle dum and Tweedle dummer.
Dumb and dumber, dummie.
It’s more like the Benny Hill show
A very conservative and right wing Taoiseach will enjoy the company of other very conservative right wing US politicians. They will have shared values.
We don’t have any conservative parties all our politicians are centre or hard left….Read the journal on an average day none of the conservative opinions on welfare or emigration or even on the EU would even be mentioned by an Irish politician….Irish media would be horrified at such opinions….
@John003: very revealing.
Entertain Enda with a bee in a jar!!!
@Richard Deegan: three stooges reunited
Ahh tooora loorra laddeee…a tooorrah looorah lee…
Pence is only one impeachment away from the presidency…..and has the same problem as Kenny in that he has to bite his lip regarding The Donald and Trumpian Politics. Do you think Donald might try to hold Kenny’s hand if they come across a flight of stairs, ala Theresa May? Or will the Donald just be pleased that he’s able to hold on to the biggest pussy in Irish pilitics?
The set is complete. A pr!ck and a pair of bollox.
Which one were you missing Stephen?
Nothing like liberal condescension on a Monday morning.
“I’m Irish. No, really. I am. It’s something Irish person has heard said in an American accent at one time or another.”
Better said in an American accent than in a Richard Gere accent.
Or a tom cruise one
Have to say it’s wonderful to see so many Irish Catholics in the White House after 8 years of Islam.
Born again Christian, just as bad as a Islamic fundamentalist .
@lez ferguson:
Born again Christians don’t burn captives in cages on live cameras because they believe in a slightly different form of Christianity. Islamic fundamentalists, on the other hand, have no issues with such barbarity.
Nah , you’re right but Christians bury babies in septic tanks.Stay classy :)
Mike Pence tried to fund the torture of US citizens
Pence is Catholic.
Well done Rosa. He’s a born again Christian which is a form of catholicism which is a branch of Christianity
Puke
I don’t think kenny will get much attention. The irish americans weren’t a huge factor in this administration winning the election. Bit of an annoyance to Trump i’d say meeting kenny, he’s got more important things to be doing, political, business and economics things that kenny simply wouldn’t have a clue about. Same with Ryan and Pence.
ah full blown tour, milking it for all its worth. make the most of it you despicable being. says it all about this lot. how many are gone over?
The picture of 2016 is of Barack Obama and the caption says Paul Ryan. For goodness sake!
I have never supported our leaders push for amnesty for the past 30 years. I think there’s a case for those with deep roots in the US especially those who are elderly or infirm. But Irish politicians will get nowhere until they recognise that most Irish Americans these days vote Republican like White voters generally. It’s not wise to have all our eggs in the one basket. We need to build ties with the Republicans too. Otherwise forget about getting stuff passed in Congress that we want. As Speaker , Ryan decides what gets voted on in the House, and McConnell in the Senate.
I’ve never understood why people make broad sweeping statements about people’s voting habits based on race and ancestry
Help him get lost over there, they can keep him
I am so ashamed that An Taoiseach believes it is ok to meet with Mike Pence who believes that gay people can be ‘cured’ with ECT & Paul Ryan who is currently boasting about destroying access to healthcare to low income & poor people.
Hello, my name is Elizabeth, i was going through an article and found out about a man called Dr Bomoh. i have been suffering from breakup issues with different guys. i had to contact the spell caster. Steve was on the verge of leaving me for another woman. but i stayed positive and believe i could have him back and make him stay. lo and behold Dr Bomoh helped me. Steve and i are getting married soon. Dr Bomoh is such a nice man, he also helped me stop my cardiac arrest problem. Thanks to him and thanks to God for the gift given to him. If you have any problem whatsoever, contact him on this email: godbomohspirit@gmail.com
Contact him for the following and see the great work of Dr Bomoh:
(1)If you want your ex back.
{2}If you want to be very successful
(3)If you are searching for a job
(4)You want to be promoted in your office.
(5)You want women/men to run after you.
(6)If you want a child.
(7)You want to be rich.
(8)you want to get Marriage Spells
(9)Remove Sickness from your body Spells
(10)Business spell
(11)Lottery winning numbers
(12)Bring Back Lost Love
and many more….
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