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		<title>Would the Real Taoiseach Please Stand Up!</title>
		<link>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2010/11/19/would-the-real-taoiseach-please-stand-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Honohan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia I have to say, I&#8217;m really amazed that there isn&#8217;t a much bigger reaction to the latest admission from An Taoiseach Brian Cowen. Mr. Cowen finally admitted today that the efforts to save the economy had failed and the government were in fact in talks with the IMF and the ECB about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Outbreak of Peace &#8211; Join the Cause</title>
		<link>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/12/11/the-outbreak-of-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francie Conway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerry Adams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Paisley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irish singer/songwriter (and good friend), Francie Conway, has launched his new single &#8220;Outbreak of Peace&#8221; just in time for Christmas. Rather than waste an opportunity to promote his believe in World Peace, Francie posted Christmas Cards, with a CD of his song attached to the Worlds major leaders.Some of the people that have received this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last post on Lisbon Treaty II</title>
		<link>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/09/29/last-post-on-lisbon-treaty-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/09/29/last-post-on-lisbon-treaty-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Doyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia I know I&#8217;m posting this a little early since the voting doesn&#8217;t start until Saturday Friday. But I&#8217;m already sick of Lisbon II. I&#8217;m not sure what annoys me most, the lies from both sides of the debate or the blatant disregard for what the treaty really means to those who are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ivan Yates vs Declan Ganley on the Lisbon Treaty Version 2</title>
		<link>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/09/14/ivan-yates-vs-declan-ganley-on-the-lisbon-treaty-version-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/09/14/ivan-yates-vs-declan-ganley-on-the-lisbon-treaty-version-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Doyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Declan Ganley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivan Yates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisbon Treaty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newstalk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/?p=1381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia This morning&#8217;s Breakfast show on NewsTalk 106, had promised to feature &#8220;No To Lisbon&#8221; campaigner Declan Ganley voice his opinion on the Lisbon Treaty version 2. It was hoped that he would also explain his reasons in detail, why he had to decided to run his &#8220;No To Lisbon&#8221; campaign again, even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Church in Ireland</title>
		<link>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/05/26/catholic-church-in-ireland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/05/26/catholic-church-in-ireland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Doyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Damien Mulley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roman Catholicism in Ireland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think everyone at this stage is aware of the report on physical, sexual and mental abuse in our residential institutions in Ireland. These institutions were primarily run by the Catholic Church in Ireland. Damien Mulley believes that every time someone searches Google for &#8220;Catholic Church in Ireland&#8221; that the abuse report itself should be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hazardous election posters</title>
		<link>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/05/13/hazardous-election-posters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 09:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Doyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poster]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/?p=1166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The canvassing for the local and European elections are well and truly underway. At the weekend, politicians worker bees were out in force, feverishly looking for the best vantage spot to shove the big ugly pictures of politicians on any vertically standing object. Let&#8217;s face it, when was the last politician you saw on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Car Testing Service (NCT) closed for now&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/04/16/national-car-testing-service-nct-closed-for-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/04/16/national-car-testing-service-nct-closed-for-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Doyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving & Cycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Car Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Car Test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/?p=1121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it just me or is this country getting more ridiculous by the day?? I hate bringing up old stories, but in a country with a competent government we surely wouldn&#8217;t be making the same mistakes more than once, would we??? You just have to look at the new learner driver laws that were introduced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fianna Fail website developed abroad (again)? While we should do our patriotic duty!</title>
		<link>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/02/26/fianna-fail-website-developed-abroad-again-while-we-should-do-our-patriotic-duty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/02/26/fianna-fail-website-developed-abroad-again-while-we-should-do-our-patriotic-duty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Doyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rantings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/?p=1013</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia &#8220;Fianna Fail confusing leadership with unpopularity&#8221; were the words of Independent TD Joe Behan and I think he hit the nail on the head. The government, that we elected it must be added, show their leadership by being so hypocritical and not taking their own advice on board. When we complain, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Gaeilge less important than Polski on the new Fianna Fail website</title>
		<link>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/02/25/as-gaeilge-less-important-than-polski-on-the-new-fianna-fail-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/02/25/as-gaeilge-less-important-than-polski-on-the-new-fianna-fail-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Doyle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia I&#8217;m hoping it&#8217;s just a technical glitch &#8211; but at the moment the new Fianna Fail website caters for it&#8217;s Polish audience with a large &#8220;Polski&#8221; button (bigger than the As Gaeilge one) and even has a page translated in Polish. Yet&#8230;. our Government seems to think that &#8220;As Gaeilge&#8221; isn&#8217;t as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Hypocritical Government Shops Abroad</title>
		<link>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/01/27/our-hypocritical-government-shops-abroad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2009/01/27/our-hypocritical-government-shops-abroad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Doyle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/?p=898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia As the recession deepens and our government continues to peddle the &#8220;don&#8217;t shop up North, it&#8217;s unpatriotic&#8221; message, it seems are government is doing the exact opposite. I just happened to take a look at the eTender notices I receive by email this morning and there was one web project that I [...]]]></description>
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