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The EU and Ireland - the importance of being close to Boston and Brussels (IrishCentral)

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:45:25 PDT

During the tremulous time following the 1992 general election, the embattled Taoiseach Albert Reynolds was handed a lifeline With his grasp on power hanging in the balance, Reynolds went to an EU summit in Edinburgh at the end of that year and secured £8billion in European structural funds Even his most optimistic supporters were expecting something closer to six Emboldened, Reynolds told his press secretary, “Now watch me put a government together” READ MORE

Gaybo: ‘mad people’ run Brussels. Could throwaway comment dent hopes for office? (IrishCentral)

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:00:17 PDT

fNot even a week after tentative rumours of his possible run for the Irish presidency first began circulating, Gay Byrne has added a minor blotch to his record by claiming that ‘mad people’ in Brussels run the European Union“I think there is no backing out now [of the bid for office],” Gaybo claimed in an impromptu media comment after a dinner function, “but it is a mad, mad world and we are being run by mad people in Brussels"Unfortunately for Byrne, a veteran broadcaster and formerly one of Ireland’s leading television personalities, the slip-up has already been picked up on by over 100 news sources in Ireland and the UK, and been splashed over national news, radio, and tabloids, leading to a very early blip in a bid that seems to have been met with almost universal goodwill across the countryAlthough, Byrne (77) has already secured the crucial backing of pop-duo Jedward ("If we were allowed to contest the election we would totally win,” one of the twins also claimed in their comment to the Belfast Telegraph), the anti-EU ‘rant’, as an Irish website characterized it, adds to a long litany of anti-EU views expressed by Byrne throughout his broadcasting years READ MORE

Presidential front runner Gay Byrne says Ireland being run ‘by mad people in Brussels’ (IrishCentral)

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:59:09 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Potential Presidential candidate Gay Byrne has caused his first political storm – after claiming that Ireland is being run by ‘mad people in Brussels’.

Thanksgiving dinner veggies: Sweet and spicy Brussels sprouts (IrishCentral)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:37:06 PST

By: CHEF MICHAEL GILLIGAN

Looking for a veggie side dish for this year's Thanksgiving dinner? How about spicing up some delicious Brussells sprouts!