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Perhaps out of worry that the High Court will not find in his favour after tomorrow’s case or perhaps out of that deep-seated predisposition to change his mind more often than the weather, Ahern is widely reported as considering only giving sparse detail to the Dail tomorrow. I am not sure we would have known [...]
So he was for turning after all. I didn’t take long for Ahern to turn ‘I will not be making a statement’ into ‘I will in fact, ah, be making a statement’. The Indo reports this morning that he will make use of Dail time on Wednesday to make a speech which will attempt to [...]
According to many pundits and politicos, the panel debate held on The Late Late Show just before the last general election marked a turn in public opinion back towards Bertie Ahern and Fianna Fáil - carrying them to victory in May’s poll.
If this theory can be taken as fact and the logic of it carried [...]
Noel Ahern doesn’t give much weight to John Gormley’s worries aired yesterday and captured here by Green Ink. He reckons that Gormley was only following Harney and anyway he is Minister with responsibility for tribunals so should be keeping counsel. Well it is only “small money” we are talking about here so perhaps the partners [...]
Michael Smith’s Blog
Remeber Michael Smith? he is back, and he is blogging about corruption and politics in Ireland. Have a read.
All Smoke and Mirrors: Johnny Gormless
JL gives his response to yesterday’s political machinations. Nice bit of cartoon-photoshopping.
Blogging in the third person
As an example of politicians blogging - talking of oneself in the third person is not a great idea.
Irish Election: The dog barks?
Greens join calls for Ahern statement
With Fiona O’Malley and now Mary Harney coming out questioning Bertie Ahern handling of his affairs.
Minister for Health Mary Harney has called on Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to break his silence over evidence given at the Mahon tribunal last week.
Speaking to reporters in Dublin this morning, the former Progressive Democrats leader said the Taoiseach was the [...]
I posted before about the pitfalls of Nuclear power. The FT highlights the largest. The cost of storage of waste.
Energy companies cannot be charged a fully commercial price by the government for disposing of nuclear waste without “killing the prospect” of a new generation of reactors, a government adviser will warn today.
Feeling oddly discomforted, as I am sure you will soon, I read the preview to the ‘hot’, ’saucy’ and ’steamy’ Eoghan Harris (!) interview in Hot Press. The though of Senator Harris holding forth on eroticism - among other topics - isn’t exactly making me run out to purchase but it is good to see [...]
The following is a synopsis of an article that appears on Irish Left Review.
When Eamon Gilmore, TD launched his leadership bid back in August he laid out his primary objective:
‘Labour should break free of, and reject, the “half party” limit which others impose on us - and which, sometimes, we inflict on ourselves.’
Full [...]
Bertie Ahern’s brother Noel Ahern –
Fifteen thousand is no big deal. There might be a very simple explanation. I understand he may have given the wrong details for a wrong lodgement … There’s nothing special about the amount…
He’s referring to the £15,500 Sterling.  In early 1994, a punt bought about 96p Sterling so that’s [...]
The Irish Independent revealed today that the Taoiseach will tell the Mahon tribunal that he converted his salary cheques into sterling, and then back into punts, before lodging them into the three accounts he kept at the Permanent TSB branch in Drumcondra. This is in response to Grainne Carruth’s devastating evidence to the Mahon [...]
Junior Minister John McGuinness gave an interview on Newstalk’s Lunchtime Show regarding this week’s proceedings at the Mahon Tribunal this afternoon - Newstalk have press released the interview with quotes after the jump. The overall tone of the interview was less than convincing in it’s endorsement of the Taoiseach.
From RTE
The Taoiseach’s former secretary, Grainne Carruth, broke down at the Mahon Tribunal today after saying she now accepts she lodged sterling on his behalf.
But when Ms Carruth insisted she did not remember making the lodgements for Bertie Ahern she was warned that it is a criminal offence to lie to the tribunal.
The Mahon Tribunal [...]
Republicans Crossing Over to Democrats in Primaries
Intersting to note that almost 10% of Primary voters for the Dems are Republican voters. Where those votes go at election time will be crucial in deciding the race.
Gavin’s Blog · Bertie Ahern addressing Congress
Gavin gives his take on Bertie Ahern’s final address as a statesman and the legacy he leaves behind. You won’t be surprised to note that Gavin is not unhappy to see the back of El Berto
Indymedia has a very interesting piece on Anti-Lisbon Treaty group Libertas, and their principal backers, Declan Ganley and Ulick McEvaddy. Well worth a read.
“Only one country in the world has eliminated the shortage of transplant kidneys. Only one country in the world has legalized financial payments to kidney donors. That country is”… Interesting piece from the Marginal Revolution. Hat tip to the Foreign Policy blog.
Hopefully they won’t burn themselves out. The Irish Pirate Review is only a few hours old, but is producing excellent stuff - their take on the de Rossa story is hilarious.
