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Meanwhile let’s consider an example of what Conor Lenihan characterised as ‘…very courageous decisions…difficult measures taken…’ January 22, 2011

Posted by WorldbyStorm in Economy, Irish Politics.
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THE GOVERNMENT has delayed plans to phase out a batch of controversial property tax reliefs following intense lobbying from a range of property and taxation interests.

Feel the courage… feel the courage…

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2. De Northside Socialist - January 22, 2011

“Now the people are waiting for a new political annunciation. As de Valera said, preparing to exit in the bleak year of 1958, “I am in no way despondent about the future of our country. I believe our sun is but risen, when others are setting.”

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/0122/1224288068195.html

Not to worry, “De Plain People of Ireland” will look into their hearts and return to the fold – see jaw dropping article from today’s IT Review section.

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WorldbyStorm - January 22, 2011

“The days will be longer by the time the election takes place; there will be more warmth in the sunlight, more warmth to make the well-kneaded dough of loyalty rise from 14 per cent to 20 or maybe 30 per cent.”

Fuck me.

Sorry.

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CMK - January 22, 2011

I haven’t read the article, but, let me guess, it’s by Noel Whelan?

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WorldbyStorm - January 22, 2011

Actually it’s worse than that. It’s ‘THOMAS McCARTHY , the poet and longtime chronicler of the Soldiers of Destiny’

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CMK - January 22, 2011

Ha! I saw that somewhere on the IT site yesterday and I thought it had to be a pisstake; obviously not!

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Worldbystorm - January 22, 2011

Check it out CMK, theres at least two
very very dubious points made

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sonofstan - January 22, 2011

Jesus that’s awful shite. Poet he says?

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CMK - January 22, 2011

God that was painful. Lismore a ‘Redmonite town since 1641′, WTF does that mean?

Who is this guy? I won’t claim to be an expert on Irish poetry but I have a nodding acquaintance with it, and I’ve never heard of him.

But, yeah, shite of the highest order.

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3. ejh - January 22, 2011

“Courageous” is worth following as a meme though. The sense in which Cowan uses it is very largely the sense in which it is most commonly used in contemporary political commentary.

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4. CMK - January 22, 2011

One other thing: in the same week as Section 23 is kicked into the long grass, the minimum wage is cut.

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