Every week Roisin Peddle takes a look at ten stories making the headlines here at Studenty.me. One of the silliest ads around at the moment is the one where the skydive instructor tells his bewildered skydivers to pull on the sheep clock which release their rubber duck and he’ll see them on the cupcake. In this spirit, I present a wide, diverse and even disparate group of articles for your edification this Sunday. (Can they tell I’ve ran out of ideas yet? Well, not if you don’t tell them- Ed). 1. [...]
Tag Archives | politics
State of the Nation: The weekly address from T-Shock Edna Kenny
This week: Pressing the flesh, Testosterone at cabinet-level, re-introduction of fees and a student levy on alcohol and hand rolling tobacco for the under 25’s…
What the hell is a ‘fiscal compact’?
Nearly two weeks ago, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced the date for the upcoming referendum on the EU fiscal compact treaty. It’ll be May 31, a Thursday, always an inconvenient day for students. It’s fair to say that most of the talk around the referendum is like double-dutch to those of us without degrees in economics. So what exactly are we voting on next month? What is a ‘fiscal compact’? Good question. The fiscal compact is basically a name for the treaty which was signed by all EU nations apart [...]
Mad Irish!
The Irish people – they’re mad! This ole recession has nothing to do with crazy developers, Anglo or due to the fact that our Financial Regulator was asleep in his office for 12 years, no. Enda puts us straight. This animation has been produced by our friends at Cutbacks.ie
Studenty Sunday: Life Lessons Edition
Every Sunday Roisin Peddle takes a look at the top ten stories that made the headlines this week on Studenty. 2012 might be ancient at this stage but it doesn’t mean that we here in Studenty have forgotten about New Year self-improvement. Among our top ten stories are nuggets of golden, crispy wisdom… 1. The actress Maria Doyle Kennedy and Kevin Kennedy recently played a gig in Kinsale. Tom McCarthy found it an almost religious experience… 2. Ireland lost one of its most impassioned campaigners recently with the death of [...]
Michael D’s Fiscal Compact
Michael D. Higgins, reassures the people of Ireland that the fiscal compact will not effect Irish lives in any way. We can rely on our ever trusted government negotiators to “cut through the shite”. Do you agree with your President? This animation has been produced by our friends at Cutbacks.ie
Phil Hogan Fracking
Phil Hogan TD, Minister for sneaky taxes and avoiding the bin collection debate, addresses the nation in his trademark honest-to-goodness style. This speech reveals the one conclusive way to save the economy and bring Ireland back to its winning ways, and includes a stern word for any objectors. After all, if it worked for Azerbaijan, then surely it can work for us. This animation has been produced by Cutbacks.ie.
30th Amendment is just like those terms and conditions you never read….
GEORGE Orwell would have been proud at some of the sentiments expressed over the 30th Amendment. Just like in his laureate novel 1984, the proposal to give oireachtas powers of enquiry was met with concerns and utterances of concern toward proposals of a big brother nature. As a nation we have been rightly irate and disgusted at the state of proceeding relating to a number of individuals who we considered to have engaged in questionable behaviour whether in relation to finances or otherwise. As such, many expected that this referendum [...]
Michael Noonan Says Something Instantly Forgettable
Michael Noonan, alleged Minister for Finance, today welcomed what he called the initiative by the leaders of France and Germany to implement a lightning response to the most serious recession in living memory, only four years after it started. French President Sarkozy responded, “Michelle who?” The French President and German Chancellor are proposing yet another layer of Eurozone bureaucracy, consisting of a twice yearly ‘jolly’ for heads of stateand led by European Council President, Herman Van Rompuy, an avid Elvis fan. Despite exhaustive investigations not a single achievement of note [...]
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