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  1. 10th December 2008, 09:36 AM #1
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    Ciaran Cuffe and the Electric Bicycles

    The Green Party has welcomed an amendment to the Finance Bill permitting electric bicycles to avail of the new Cycle to Work scheme. Under the scheme commuters can claim tax relief on bicycles worth up to €1,000 every five years. Following representations to Green Party Leader John Gormley and the Minister for Finance, electric bicycles, which use battery power to help cyclists pedal uphill or against wind, will be added to the scheme.

    Green Party Transport spokesperson Ciaran Cuffe TD said: “This is a sensible change that will allow electric bicycles that do not require road tax or insurance to be eligible for the scheme. I am confident that this will allow more commuters to utilise the scheme.

    This is a Green Party member testing the electric bicycle,

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVzY6MtAAkQ]YouTube - Monkey Riding Mini Bike[/ame]
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  3. 10th December 2008, 09:40 AM #2
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    hilarious. What's even funnier is that the policies of the ar5eholes we elect has caused total transoprt chaos and p1ssed on the quality of life for tens of thousands of Irish people. Yet the Greens get slagged off... genius
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  4. 10th December 2008, 10:23 AM #3
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    Now if only they could be paid peanuts...
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  5. 10th December 2008, 10:37 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by alonso View Post
    hilarious. What's even funnier is that the policies of the ar5eholes we elect has caused total transoprt chaos and p1ssed on the quality of life for tens of thousands of Irish people. Yet the Greens get slagged off... genius
    Not as funny as going in to government with those ar5eholes...
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  6. 10th December 2008, 10:43 AM #5
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    Sure there are no hills on the N7 or the N4, two of the roads that most people use to get home, due to them being priced out of their own city. Can they also have a man with a red flag walking behind them, just so they do not get squashed by trucks ?.
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  7. 10th December 2008, 12:28 PM #6
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    The hilarity of it all!

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  8. 10th December 2008, 12:34 PM #7
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    Sounds like a pop band.
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  9. 10th December 2008, 12:36 PM #8
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    Be a great name for a band


    Ciaran Cuffe and the Electric Bicycles
    Its only a chat, we ain't the world council.
    In 2000 the Women's Institute in Britain gave Tony Blair the slow hand clap to demonstrate their contempt.
    [COLOR="Red"]It was dignified, restrained and effective.[/COLOR]Doesn't Bertie deserve the same scorn. No shouting, no abuse, no agression just a relentless slow clap whenever he speaks in public would be enough to end that man's presidential fantasy.
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  10. 10th December 2008, 01:08 PM #9
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    I've been googling "monkeys screwdrivers television Mcdowell maastrict" but only found this

    Some of the ones who hate Sinn Fein the most, or spout the same old rubbish about Sinn Fein any time SF are mentioned are the ones who either completely avoid the economic threads, or, when they wonder into them, display the ignorance of a monkey with a screwdriver looking into the back of a television set ...
    http://www.politics.ie/sinn-fein/324...ml#post1118835

    Different small party, small puerile treatment.

    Speaking of tools, why wasn't it posted in 'Humour' ?

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  11. 10th December 2008, 02:24 PM #10
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    Seems like a positive initiative.
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