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Politics.ie is reporting that a Cabinet meeting has been called for this evening, and that the Government is on the verge of collapsing.
Wagger can confirm hearing some of the same rumous in Leinster House. PDs to walk is the word.
Edit by Simon: More sources have said something is afoot.
(2)  Politics.ie now saying that nothing [...]

Government Chief Whip Tom Kitt was seen being hustled into a meeting by very angry officials from the Department of An Taoiseach after he agreed to consider a debate on “Bertiegate”.
The Government have now been forced to concede to a 35 minute round of “statements” on Tuesday next, although the Opposition are still insisting on [...]

Mary Raftery, writing in today’s Irish Times (subscription required), has come up with a string of quotes appropriate to An Taoiseach’s current position. Unfortunately for Mr Ahern, he was the one who originally made all of them.

During today’s Leader’s Questions in Dáil Éireann, Pat Rabbitte touched upon the claim that An Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, claimed that he had no bank accounts between 1987 and 1994. During this time he was Minister for Finance, among other things.

Originally posted at Wagging The Dog.
Rumour abounds in Leinster House (apparently sourced from Radio Kerry, although nothing on their website about it for now) that Fine Gael will be releasing their polling results for all 43 consituencies at lunchtime today.
Presumably this means that they have polls showing a clear lead for the “Alternative Government”, and [...]

Originally posted at Wagging the Dog.
Following the last Boundary Review, several constituencies were redrawn or lost seats. Dublin North Central was one of those dropped from four seats to three.
With two sitting Fianna Fáil TDs, one Fine Gael TD and an Independent, it’s not quite representative of Dublin as a whole (missing, as it is, [...]

Originally posted at Wagging the Dog.
Agriculture’s share of GNP has been declining continuously for the last decade (ESRI). Is there still a case for a full Government Department for Agriculture?

Wag’s first post on Irish Election. Originally posted on Wagging the Dog.
Sunday’s RedC poll in the Sunday Business Post (with first-glance analysis in that same paper from Pat Leahy and Richard Colwell) makes for interesting reading. Fianna Fáil, who have generally fared best in the polls during Dáil recesses, have failed to make [...]