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		<title>New slipway for Fountainstown beach</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than a decade ago a very bad storm washed away the slipway that allowed access over all the stones down onto Fountainstown beach. Since then I along with others have been fighting for funding to re-instate it. This beach is very popular yet for all that time anyone less than fully able bodied was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pdesmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7407982&amp;post=301&amp;subd=pdesmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gaming arcade appeal date</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An application for a gaming arcade in Carrigaline town centre was recently rejected by the district court. However the appeal by the applicants will be heard next Tuesday 4th Oct, so if you&#8217;re interested in this issue, do go along<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pdesmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7407982&amp;post=295&amp;subd=pdesmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Draft pay parking proposals for Carrigaline</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Draft bye-laws for park parking along the main street and adjacent streets has now been published for Carrigaline town. Council hopes to bring this back before the councillors for voting by November so it will be very important that residents and businesses take the time to read these proposals and to comment on them before [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pdesmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7407982&amp;post=292&amp;subd=pdesmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Additional funding for winter salt supplies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I very much welcome the Government&#8217;s announcement today that increased funding will be available to Cork County Council this winter to help prepare for the expected harsh weather. Salt supplies are of course an essential element in trying to make road conditions safer and while the Council has already set up a community salt depot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pdesmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7407982&amp;post=289&amp;subd=pdesmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Carrigaline Tidy Towns success</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hearty congratulations to the Carrigaline Tidy Towns committee who achieved a bronze medal in this year&#8217;s awards. Its the towns first ever award and all the more impressive when one considers the caliber of the competitors. The hard work and determination of this small group is second to none and we all benefit from their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pdesmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7407982&amp;post=288&amp;subd=pdesmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Robbing posters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most normal people will be amazed that some strange folk actually rob election posters in order to re-erect them after the election, thereby hoping fines of €150 per poster will be imposed on the candidate. One of mine has already been re-erected illegally by someone who had to bring a ladder to the location to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pdesmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7407982&amp;post=285&amp;subd=pdesmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you</title>
		<link>http://pdesmond.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/thank-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May I thank the people of Cork South Central who honoured me with their vote in this election, and who ensured that although we didn&#8217;t win the second seat we did comfortably retain one seat. May I also sincerely thank the team of election workers who campaigned by my side for so many weeks in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pdesmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7407982&amp;post=282&amp;subd=pdesmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FF has still learnt nothing!</title>
		<link>http://pdesmond.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/ff-has-still-learnt-nothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The spin doctors are still in control as a FF TD announces in the first week of the election that suddenly €1.5m has been found for the Carrigaline relief road project! I believe this road project is vital for the town and have fought for years despite some local objections to secure funding for it. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pdesmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7407982&amp;post=279&amp;subd=pdesmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland needs more women in politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Far too few women are contesting this election and this is being raised with me on the canvass. People are questioning the ability of our political system to accurately reflect the needs of society when 86% of the population were under- represented. Only 14% of the last Dail were women. If 86% of all our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pdesmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7407982&amp;post=275&amp;subd=pdesmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reduction in minimum wage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a shameful last act on the last day of a shameful government, today FF has cut the minimum wage. This was announced in their budget last December and is being brought into effect today although they know that Labour has declared that if in government in 3 weeks times it will be re-instated. Even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pdesmond.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7407982&amp;post=273&amp;subd=pdesmond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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