Search Results for 'Margaret Thatcher'
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Does Lucinda’s Renua actually stand for anything?
An electorate fatigued by years of unrelenting economic bad news and grinding austerity; disenchanted with the Government’s failure to tackle the failings of the political system and engage in meaningful reform; the lack of a coherent alternative from an Opposition that has, at its heart, a party still tainted by its role in the economic crash and still toxic for many; a surge in support for ‘Others’ manifesting itself in both opinion polls and local election results.
Little John Nee’s The Galway Years
FOLLOWING THE sell-out success of The Galway Years in October, Little John Nee revives the show in the Town Hall Thetre studio from Monday February 2 to Saturday 7.
Hoax bomb call case heard in Castlebar District Court
A 49-year-old woman came before Castlebar District Court this week accused of making a hoax bomb warning about a device ‘primed and ready to go off’ at Downing Street around the time of Margaret Thatcher’s death in April 2013.
‘This Government resembles a substitute teacher who cannot control the class’
In a famous speech in 1992 Britain’s Queen Elizabeth referred to having just endured ‘an annus horribilis’. Well at Christmas 2014 any member of the Irish Government could make the very same statement.
Will Walsh or Kyne survive the 2016 General Election?
It was not the bank collapse of 2008, the implosion of the economy, the unforgivable bank guarantee, nor four years of harsh austerity measures which forced the Irish people on to the streets in protest.
The long road of live touring with Lee Mack
Lee Mack is known for his explosive energy on stage, well-crafted jokes, and a natural gift for delivering a tall tale.
Politicians must not be above the law says Higgins
Archaic laws protecting Oireachtas members from being punished for certain offences, such as for speeding or arrest when going to, or returning from, Leinster House, must be abolished.
The man who almost sent Monty to his doom
On the eve of taking up a world prestigious position no one had such a baptism of fire as Lord Michael Killanin in September 1972. He was to succeed the autocratic Avery Brundage as president of the International Olympic Committee, and was regarded as a breath of fresh air.
Will President Higgins speak for the people or the establishment?
Tomorrow will see former Galway Mayor and Galway West TD Michael D Higgins become the ninth president of Ireland. It will be a proud day for everyone from the city and county he has called home for the last 50 years.
Will President Higgins speak for the people or the establishment?
Tomorrow will see former Galway Mayor and Galway West TD Michael D Higgins become the ninth president of Ireland. It will be a proud day for everyone from the city and county he has called home for the last 50 years.
