Miriam Lord, Queen Bee of parliamentary sketch writing, on Portraitgate/Cowengate in today’s Irish Times. The Taoiseach’s mobile phone rings twice while he is on his feet during Leaders’ Question. He doesn’t take the call. It’s probably from one of the knicker-twisters, getting in touch to tell Brian that the Garda Emergency Response Unit can be […]
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The apology is now in text form on the RTE website (screen cap here) – still no sign of the film package going back up. RTE think it’s all over. But there is art, countless photoshops, poems, t-shirts to purchase (Proceeds to Rape Crisis Network), international reactions, analysis of online coverage, complaint letters, and so […]
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Ray Darcy is talking about it on his show this morning. The show had contact with the painter of the Cowen pictures and the Gardai want to know who he was. I don’t think Todayfm staff told any telltales. Cowengate is well and truly underway. Who complained to the Gardai about this incident and wanted […]
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It’s now a constant occupation of Government Press Officers to stop any criticism of Brian Cowen or his government. This includes reporting on the hanging of paintings in galleries or on their potential value or how they got to be hung in the galleries in the first place. Tonight RTE apologised for offence caused to […]
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Much mirth in Dáil Eireann yesterday during the committee stage of the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009 – an interesting bill with amendments being tabled on electoral expenditure limits, website costs and the like. Alan Shatter could hardly control himself as he recounted to the house his frequent visits to Youtube to view that clip of […]
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