‘If we decide to wallow in sea of doubt don’t be suprised if we remain in the turbulent waters we are in today…’ Brian Cowen, Dublin February 5 2009 What you mean you missed it again? Don’t worry you are not a completely incompetent media consumer – An Taoiseach Brian Cowen spoke without a script […]
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You did? Me too! I was watching the RTE news at 6-1. But RTE’s Political staff David Davin Power and David McCullagh told us on the 9 pm news tonight that the press conference which was shown in part on 6-1 news was actually a State of Nation address! Actually government press officers and FF […]
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The sound is a teeny bit out but if you want to catch our sombre/edgy Taoiseach’s statement on Expenditure Control and Economic Strategy I had a go at uploading the file I was sent today. (Next step will be recording live output online, never did I think I’d be interested but in the national interest […]
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Yesterday Brian Cowen told (shouted at actually) Dáil Eireann that he’ll be leading the country his way. Which of course led me and a few others to be thinking of Frank Sinatra and our dear leader singing a long a Frank. This led me to watch Leaders Questions this morning in the Dáil waiting for […]
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Ivan Yates in case you have possibly missed him is a former Fine Gael minister and former country’s youngest TD turned bookie, stand in presenter on Newstalk and rent a mouth and paid guest speaker. (Really interesting site that – a speaker agency with mouths for hire.) The rent a mouth part has reached epidemic proportions […]