Did You Know - Lobbying Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - by Jerry Summers
It is the season for well-paid public minded advocates for all types of self-centered causes such as pharmaceutical companies, insurance conglomerates, trial lawyers and bar associations, municipalities, etc. to their retained representatives to Nashville, Washington, and each state legislature. Their purpose is to educate the duly elected legislative representative of their public minded interests in either enacting or defeating proposed laws that may affect their employers.
The origin of the public-minded term came from the earliest days of the British Parliament.
The physical layout of said building involves a large corridor between the two branches of British government, the House of Commons and the Chamber of Lords.
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Mon 26 Jul 2021, 4:08 AM 999b. Public open day at Roches Point Lighthouse, 4 June 2017 – celebrating 200 years since its construction. The event was organised by the Cork Harbour Heritage Alliance in association with the Commissioners of Irish Lights. (picture: Kieran McCarthy)
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My new book ‘The Little book of Cork Harbour’ has recently been published by The History Press. Following on from last week, below is another snippet from the book– focussing on some aspects of Roches Point Lighthouse and Daunt Rock lightship in the harbour.
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Around 1640-1650 AD, the Roche family purchased the Fitzgerald estate (approx. 1,500 acres) from Edmund Fitzgerald of Ballymaloe and lived for many centuries at Trabolgan. Roches Point at the mouth of Cork Harbour is named after this family. In post medieval
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