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EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you five stories you really should check out by 5pm.
1. #UH-OH The Central Bank has lowered its expectations for Ireland’s economic growth in 2011. It predicts that the economy will expand by 0.8 per cent this year. That’s down from the 0.9 per cent it forecast three months ago.
2. #CLOYNE Catholic publication The Irish Catholic has applauded Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s speech about the Vatican, saying that he ‘captured the anger of a generation’. Meanwhile it’s reported that the Papal Nuncio Archbishop Guiseppe Leanza will personally present the Vatican’s response to the Cloyne Report and the government’s criticism. Leanza is being transferred to the Czech Republic, but will return to carry out the task.
3. #NAMA NAMA is offering to write off 20 per cent of the mortgage of people who buy property from them now, in a bid to encourage people to buy its residential property without the fear of falling into negative equity.
4. #PIEGATE The comedian who attacked Rupert Murdoch with a pie made of shaving foam has been convicted. Jonnie Marbles pleaded guilty to two charges arising from his actions during Murdoch’s attendance at the meeting of the Culture, Sport and Media committee in Westminster in relation to phone hacking.
5. #TWINUTESILENCE Right about now it’s hoped that people around the world are taking part in a ‘Twinute Silence’ as a mark of respect for those who lost their lives in the Norway attacks. Will you be taking part? Or did you take part?
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Eh McGuinness can’t vote….
He knows he’s not going to win so why bother go down and vote. He is probably not planing another bank robbery with people he doesn’t know
He is giving the other 6 a head start out of the goodness of his heart. That’s why he is not voting.
I am so dissapointed that the standard of our presidential candidates is so low !!!!! is that what we have become ??? Where is the Statesman or woman in that lot !!!!! Martin McGuinness ???? HOW COULD THE COUNTRY EVEN CONSIDER HIM AS PRESIDENT. Sean Gallagher !!! please , who does he think he is ??? a half baked go between for shady people………. and the rest, well harmless and hopeless. Our country has lost its way for sure.
MMG is not voting because he doesn’t have a vote. Like many 10′s of thousands of Irish citizens who live in the 6 counties we don’t have a vote. Ironically we can stand though !
Hopefully the forthcoming constitutional convention will right this wrong.
Yes that true it is wrong that you can stand to be the Irish President if your from a DIFFERENT COUNTRY. Hopefully that will be sorted soon.
Thought there was a moretoreum till voting closes tonight
only applies to “mandate broadcasting”…..ie Special Mary talking about her integrity and all that shite!!!
df you think to much
Or not!
I reckon they’ll all be in the toilet.
have your say