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By: Is Bertie finally on the way out? « RichardMacKinnon.net

Is Bertie finally on the way out? « RichardMacKinnon.net — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:33:13 +0000

[...] of two of Bertie’s government coalition partners, the Greens and the Progressive Democrats, wondered publicly if it wouldn’t be a good idea if Bertie could explain the inconsistencies between his [...]

By: Will the Irish tail wag the Lisbon dog? | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | European Opinion

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:02:51 +0000

[...] and has faced no calls from his Cabinet to do so, his coalition partners confining themselves to requests for public statements from him to clarify the apparent contradictions — with a further [...]

By: Irish Election » Bertie Does a U-Turn and will Give Dail Statement

Irish Election » Bertie Does a U-Turn and will Give Dail Statement — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:14:55 +0000

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By: Irish Election » Noel Ahern Suggests Gormley only Following Harney

Irish Election » Noel Ahern Suggests Gormley only Following Harney — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:00:46 +0000

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By: Green Ink

Green Ink — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:00:35 +0000

Plus ça change.

By: Cian

Cian — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:36:01 +0000

Your right Green and listening to Noel Ahern on the radio this morning, the government seem keen to remind the Greens of their relative position. Talking of GOrmley being ‘stampeded’ into it is an attempt to minimise the importance of their utterances.

However, no statement from Ahern before May’s evidence, no statment before he visits Congress and the High Court next week.

By: Green Ink

Green Ink — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:26:52 +0000

The ethics issue was always going to be a problem for the Greens but no-one expected it to manifest like this. If Gormley had been smart he’d have pounced, or at least weakly clawed, after O’Malley.

By: Keith Gaughan

Keith Gaughan — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:33:31 +0000

“Rumours”: that’s rather a coy way of putting things, isn’t it?

By: Cian

Cian — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:20:37 +0000

Green is right, there is little or now way to avoid that perception. I know there is talk of this coming from a PP meeting last night but today’s paper (linked above) has the same old line trotted out yesterday of waiting for the tribunal report.

Green has a good point, however if Harney is trying ot keep her hands from getting dirty and prompting internal action – she may have to wait. The opposition are doing their best to pin as much of this on Cowen as they can and there will be little appetite in FF to appear to be dictated to by the opposition. Its harder to ignore two-thirds of the coaltion partners though.

The Green idea was critical engagement and in appearing to follow the PDs rather than lead the way (and consistently drawing a line between the ethics of different government parties when it might not always have been necessary) there is damage done.

By: Irish Election » John Gormley Calls For Statement Of Clarity

Irish Election » John Gormley Calls For Statement Of Clarity — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:56:45 +0000

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