Topic: Why did Communism fail?
Panel: Constantin Gurdgiev (TCD), Kieran Allen (UCD) and John O'Brennan (NUIM). Niamh Lyons (Daily Mail) and Barry Whelan (NUIM).
why ar dweling in d past when der are so many serious issues to b discusd at present. Francis mollaghan, commerce student at ucd.
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Topic: Rememberance day and wearing the poppy
Guests: Historian Eunan O'Halpin, Frank Callanan, author Pat Walsh and Sean Murphy of the British Legion.
A selection of texts and emails follow:
I am very annoyed to listen to Fr Purcell acting so flippant on your show tonight. How dare he treat such
a serious subject so coolly and with such jest. That is the subject of the Portmarnock Golf Club not allowing women
member to their golf club.
He has just showed up what the church in Ireland are really about. No wonder they are in such trouble. His arrogance was diluted by his so called jest.... Sorry Father some of us saw well beyond that,
it should be exposed that public servants earning in excess of 70k generally have travelling allowances (tax free) of on average 8k per annum which are not included in any figures which are published, this figure can in a lot of instances rise to 28k
mick.cork
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Is your information regading effective tax rates not out of date as it refers to 2003 before property reliefs etc were abolished? http://www.finance.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=5019 Liam Booth
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Topics: Abuse of children buy swimming coaches, The homecoming of Sharon Commins, the use of the government jet to bring her back from Sudan, Enda Kenny and the abolition of the Senate.
Participants: Justine McCarthy, Gary O’Toole, Ellen O’Malley Dunlop, Catharine Halloran and John Glennon
I went to a priest house. He said to me would you go to bed with me? I didn’t tell anyone. I said you’re a sick man. I was only 11year old. He give me sweets or money
Topics: NAMA, Brendan Drumm’s bonus
Participants: Robbie Kelleher, Peter Mathews, Paul Somerville and Fiona Looney.
Could it now be said that we live in a ' Banama Republic ? Ronan Gallagher, Lough Rinn, Mohill, Co Leitrim
Topics: Proposed wage cuts and Brendan Drumm’s €70,000 bonus
Participants: Jack O’Connor of SIPTU, John FitzGerald of ESRI; Jill Kirby and Aine Kerr.
We got over 300 text messages, plus emails. Here is a selection
You are correct all professions have taken substantial reduction except the medical profession income me solicitors architects engineers all reduced sub
Topics: John O’Donoghue’s resignation as Ceann Comhairle; ministerial expenses; Brendan Drum’s bonus; Pat Kenny’s salary at RTE.
Participants: Leo Varadkar, Ciaran Lynch, Ken Foxe and Elaine Byrne.
We got over 600 texts messages. Here is a short selection of them.
Topic: Greens and Programme for Government.
Participants: Fionan Sheehan, Harry McGee, Alan Ruddock, Sarah Carey and Sinead O’Driscoll.
The state is so corrupt .its impossible to put a start and a finish to it. Transparency and accountability is a joke. all or at least nearly all state. Public bodies are corrupt and rotten to the core .also they are covered by their own P'R . And government P R lies. And spin ..