Archive for November, 2005

Third Level Fees

Writes simon on November 24th, 2005

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A new report has called for a reintroduction of collage fees.

One of the many arguments against free fees is that the students should pay as they will gain from it and earn more money because of this. This operates in many countries through a low interest loan scheme and many believe that this should [...]

And you thought Fox News was bad…

Writes tuathal on November 24th, 2005

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A black X flashed across the face of Dick Cheney during a CNN broadcast on Monday. The X appeared several times throughout the Vice-Presidents speech and remained on screen for roughly a 7th of a second each time. I’ve been meaning to post about this for a few days now. It was first reported by [...]

Dossing Times Polls

Writes simon on November 23rd, 2005

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Here is a list of the results of Polls that have been run here on the Dossing Times. And the posts that start the polls as they sometimes have discussion about it

Election Poll December 2005
Election Poll results December 2005

Should Religious orders be forced by the state to adhere to employment rules and not discriminate on [...]

Top 6 Friday

Writes simon on November 23rd, 2005

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As you may have noticed we here at the Dossing Times have been doing a Top 6 Friday. So here is a list of the Top 6 lists.

Blogs
The Simpsons
Movies of 2005
People of-2005
Irish People of 2005
Things I would like to see the government do
My (the Saint ) Favourite Songs of all time

Favourite Barn [...]

The Dossing Times Election Poll

Writes simon on November 22nd, 2005

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Considering that there has not been a decent election poll published recently that I have seen. That takes in the Fine Gael conference Willie O’Dea the estimates etc. We have decided to start a Dossing Times poll. It can be seen on the right side bar. We will leave it there for about 2 weeks [...]

The whole Fee-paying vs Free schools thing.

Writes simon on November 21st, 2005

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Since yesterdays Sunday Times published the figures that show that 13 of the top 20 Irish university feeder schools are fee-paying. There seems to loads of people saying that the Irish state school system is in taters. But what they all seem to fail to point out is probably the 2 most important factors in [...]

Dossing Times puts pressure on Dell

Writes simon on November 21st, 2005

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Subject to my post about Dell in Limerick. It seems that the chief executive Kevin Rollins felt the need to refute claims that Dell is going to pull out in an interview with the Sunday business Post. That or it was a merely a coincidence that he would deny it the same week as my [...]

Why McDowell can’t become PD leader

Writes simon on November 20th, 2005

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Excellent post on the subject over on Planet Potato.Well worth a read. I have to say I agree with patato. McDowell is the attack dog of Irish politics. Justice is possibly the perfect portfolio for his talents.

Next Sinn Fein Leader.

Writes simon on November 20th, 2005

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Did you ever get that DOH moment when you realise something you should have known all along. You read or hear something and suddenly it is obvious. Well I had one of those moments the other day.

So what revelation did I have. The next president of Sinn Fein will be Mary Lou McDonald. Now I [...]

Vaticans View on Intelligent design.

Writes simon on November 19th, 2005

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When it comes to authority on Christian thinking. The Vatican is probably the biggest. I have talked about intelligent design recently here. So what is the Vaticans view on Intelligent design.
Well

The Rev. George Coyne, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, said placing intelligent design theory alongside that of evolution in school programs was “wrong” [...]