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Brian Cowen emerged on Morning Ireland this morning, along the lines that he is supporting the Taoiseach. Circling the wagons in time for Tuesday.
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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.
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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
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Sounded more to me like the Chairman of a football club coming out and saying “we’re 100% behind the manager”. Behind him holding the knife, that is.
He certainly took his time, didn’t he?
Did you see Cowan on the six one? He linked the Manchester money to Bertie’s marital problems. When Dobson ran it back to him, Cowan knew he had dug the hole deeper and looked away from the camera at someone looking on.
He also said that Bertie was “not incorrect” to take the Manchester money.