Ok so it’s unasked for advice but here goes anyway. You may have heard that Brian Cowen is interested in blogging and twittering. On Saturday last while speaking to Marian Finucane about Twitter I had hoped to be able to deal with the matter of the Taoiseach and Twitter but alas there was only so [...]
Tags:Brian Cowen·Online Communities·Social Networking·Taoiseach·Twitter
I’m waiting on the publication of the Oireachtas Register of Members interests by the Standards in Public Office Commission (they were on industrial action today so no phones answered!) RTE has information on the disclosures made by Bertie Ahern amongst others. Regular readers will recognise the Bertie Earner and how last year our Iar-Taoiseach went [...]
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‘The Pefect Storm’ Remember last year where Cowen made his non state of the nation address and only Harry McGee was in the room? Well tonight An Taoiseach was back talking off the cuff tonight at the Dublin Chamber of Commerce AGM. (Sean Whelan in RTE reporting on the Nine O’Clock news said Cowen was [...]
Tags:Brian Cowen·Dublin Chamber of Commerce·Perfect Storm·Taoiseach
Re-reading the Report of An Bord Snip Nua last week I noted the recommendations to remove several areas of the Equality brief from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to the Department of Enterprise and Employment. Included in the report are the following:- Reallocate the statutory employment and occupational benefits responsibilities of the [...]
Tags:Bord Snip·Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform·Dermot Ahern·John Gormley·Mary Coughlan·Taoiseach
Marian Finucane stumbled over the B word a few weeks ago in reference to tomorrow’s Emergency Budget and Bludget seems most apt in terms of the fear that exists in some quarters. Over the weekend there was some downplaying saying it was not going to be as bad as feared – this even after the [...]
From this mornings Irish Times – I paraphrase. Cowen didn’t ask for complaint to be made (or was consulted about it) regarding the piece on the Nine O’Clock News. Instead it was a Government Press Officer performing a solo run (oops that nearly came out as knicker twister ala Miriam Lord). But RTE say that their [...]
Miriam Lord, Queen Bee of parliamentary sketch writing, on Portraitgate/Cowengate in today’s Irish Times. The Taoiseach’s mobile phone rings twice while he is on his feet during Leaders’ Question. He doesn’t take the call. It’s probably from one of the knicker-twisters, getting in touch to tell Brian that the Garda Emergency Response Unit can be [...]
Tags:#cowengate·Miriam Lord·Parliamentary Sketch·picturegate·Taoiseach
It’s now a constant occupation of Government Press Officers to stop any criticism of Brian Cowen or his government. This includes reporting on the hanging of paintings in galleries or on their potential value or how they got to be hung in the galleries in the first place. Tonight RTE apologised for offence caused to [...]
Tags:Arts Council·Banana Republic·Brian Cowen·picturegate·Prime Time·Questions and Answers·Radio Telefís Éireann·Taoiseach
(See updates at end of post for latest on this saga..) The nude pictures of Brian Cowen which appeared in the National Gallery over the weekend have been widely covered online. (Yes I know I can hear you groaning.) From RTE Website ‘Mr Cowen’s Closeup – The painting, though well-hung, was quickly taken down’ Last [...]
Tags:Arts and Entertainment·Brian Cowen·Ireland·National Gallery·Nob Nation·Radio Telefís Éireann·Taoiseach
Several times on Saturday at the Ard Fheis I wondered aloud and online about the absence of news. Ok so there’s no money available to announce anything new but that shouldn’t stop a bit of “makey uppey re-announcing previous new news” if you understand me. I did hear that everything was being put into the [...]
Tags:#ffaf·Ardfheis·Economy·Ireland·Mary Hanafin·Minister for Social and Family Affairs·Taoiseach·Tax
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