As promised earlier this week and I know it’s old news now but posterity and all that! The infamous interview that Senator Eoghan Harris gave on the Last Word on Wednesday when Bertie fell on his sword – and Harris’s spat with Michael Clifford. (I’ve also learnt how to cut and edit audio files tonight [...]
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I’m trying to get audio on the full interview given by John McGuinness on Newstalk‘s Lunchtime Show this afternoon – but have a transcript of the important bits from a press release they’ve just issued. Will update the post later. ‘Minister McGuinness told Lunchtime with Eamon Keane on Newstalk 106-108fm that he didn’t think Bertie [...]
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Senator Eoghan Harris on the Last Word (he always saves his best for Today Fm!) yesterday talking about women, childbirth and misogyny (I kid you not!) “…A lot of women who leave jobs for marriage and for children do not really recollect instantly what happened 13 years ago, 13 years ago…. Certainly I don’t have [...]
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The man from the building society says that B/T account meant Bertie/Tim to him back in 1994 – I still prefer Bartholomue’s Treasury!! But that may not be too far off the mark! And then there’s Grainne Carruth – whom I never heard about until today – and who will be someone we’ll be hearing [...]
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As the axis of power this week allegedly moved up the road from Government Buildings to the Department of Finance (maybe that’s what the party was about!) Gavin from Gavin’s Blog and diligently and excellently all things Mahon Tribunal drew my attention to this. Click here – (glitch on IE seemingly at moment!) Ah our [...]
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So the Drumcondra Mafia account whoops I mean the St. Lukes expenditure trust account recently renamed Building Trust – but previously called the BT account. Bertie’s T?????? It’s intriguing me something rotten now – we know it stood for something else…but what?? Your efforts in the comments….
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There are editorials and then there are editorials… Today’s Irish Times Trials and tribulations The Taoiseach would have the public believe he is anxious to answer all and every question from the Mahon tribunal concerning his unorthodox financial affairs while minister for finance, as well as deal comprehensively with a series of statements he made [...]
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He’s going to court to stop the Mahon Tribunal asking him about things he said in the Dail because they think he’s been telling porkies about what he gave them, did, said, didn’t do!? So things he said in the Dail are different to things he was telling the Tribunal?? He’s defending his constitutional right [...]
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I’m listening to the re-enactments of the Mahon Tribunal today and in particular to the statement of the Taoiseach’s lawyer. He called Tom Gilmartin a puppet and said his statements were mendacious. Off I trotted to the dictionary! Ah such a posh word for calling someone a liar. Well we’ll see who’s giving mendacious statements [...]
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