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 […]
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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 […]
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(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 […]
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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 […]
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