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From a reliable source at the count.
Just on Tv, its true. Our twitter folk heard it first. Sign up.
Oh and Gormley is elected.
The fallout has been blogged at crooked timber (thanks for linking guys!) by McDowell’s nephew and blogger at crooked timber, Henry. Check it out for their take.
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What happens in Dublin doesn’t stay in Dublin. For example, the weakness in IFSC-based Depfa bank affects a bridge in Vancouver.
Dominique Moisi in the FT: The gold medal for selfishness may once more be given to the Irish, who have followed the ingratitude of their No vote on the Lisbon treaty with absolute contempt towards the search for a collective solution to the financial crisis. The European spirit is low and a “European political will” is lacking.
Cathal Coleman out at my alma mater emailed the details of his adult education course on Democracy this morning. The course is called The Worst Form of Government: Democracy from Plato to Marx and full details are in the pdf.
Bertie at the Tribunal - The Money Trail | Keith @ Granite Shavings
Keith has a great post tying together the threads of Bertie's evidence at the Mahon Tribunal
Obama takes the gloves off and the US Election gets dirtier. Take a gander at his new ad attacking McCain's dirty campaign.
Is this the first time that a Tánaiste hasn’t been returned to the Dáil?
Jesus, this is sweet. I didn’t think it would be this good. But it is. In fact, it’s better. I’m going to go get myself a nice big drink to celebrate:)
I know where I was at 20.30 on 25 May!!! Ireland’s Portillo Moment!
Lol!
It’s bloody good, but it’s really not quite Portillo-good.
And please $deity let Ireland never have it so bad for two decades that it eventually gets the unbridled ecstasy that Portillo’s decapitation freed.
Now, can we get his bills rescinded?
THE COUNTRY WILL BE A BETTER PLACE WITHOUT HIM
Yaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!
I was dancing in the corridor at home with my cat Cleo as I heard the news.
John Gormley more famous than Jesus…
Bye Mick! You won’t forget shooting down the Civil Union Bill in a hurry will you? If you’d been inclusive on this, you might be still there with your utterly irrelevant party.
Let’s do a victory dance for that alone!!
YIPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I am soooooooo glad to see the back of you Herr McDowell !!
Great day for democracy, every vote does count, hopefully other politicians will take notice and respect the public and value our opinion more in future.
Is this the first time that a Tánaiste hasn’t been returned to the Dáil?
I have a very vague memory of it happening to Labour in one of the FG-Lab coalitions but can’t pin it down.
Hardly Portilloish - McDowell’s seat has never been safe. Portillo’s loss was the sign of a collapse in one of Britain’s two major parties.
It’s almost as good as when Conor Cruise O’Brien got walloped in ‘77. But Bertie lads, how could you give him a third term? Say by by with Tony, I say.
Michael McDowell has served Ireland for over 20 years. He is a fantastic politician and legislator. As Minister for Justice he has undertaken the most comprehensive reform of Irish legislation ever. His parties policies have created the wealth the ireland now enjoys, and lifted thousands out of poverty. While he may sometimes come as aggressive or unlikable, he is not asking people to socialise with him, people shouldn’t vote for a candidate on the basis of hoe likable they are. If you want to analyse his charcter look at his intelligence, integrity and perseverance in politics. The party he co-founded has changed Irish politics by giving a real alternative to Irish voters: a progressive economic and social agenda. He is a great loss to Irish politics. That some revel in his misfortune reflects a petty, childish interest in politics as a soap opera. I wish him the best in the future.
Frank Cluskey, Labour, lost his seat in the eighties and he may have been Tanaiste at the time, not sure.
First it was Hawkeye that was given the credit for the Celtic Tiger, then Charlie Mc, now it’s McDowell. If you want to know when the foundations of the current success were laid you might want to go back to Noel Browne in the 60s (social policy on health and education, and Garrent Firzgerald and Alan Dukes for having the courage to balance the budget in the early 80s after which the Bond markets took our little banana republic serious. Above all, it is the hard working Irish who did, and still are, make the country something to be proud of.
Would AG be considered as being in public life?