Category: Irish Politics
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Gayle Killelea on journos
In an article about Irish print journalists not applauding Ahern’s speech to Congress, Gayle Killilea noted the following: “Even worse, there is a growing tendency not to bother contacting the subject of the story at all, which goes against basic, rudimentary, journalistic ethics.” Unfortunately, before writing her diatribe, it seems she did not bother to…
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Bertie Ahern addressing Congress
And so we reach the end of the Ahern administration. It took 20 months of scandal to get him out of office, but he finally succumbed once his back was against the wall. Some might argue I should wish the man well in his future endeavours, or allow him the grace of a peaceful exit…
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Ahern on Sky
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Pee Flynn's crazy story
It sounds even more crazy than Ahern’s tales. He was at the Tribunal today. And just to repeat it for everyone, here is the video of his appearance on the Late Late in 1999. And it seems, contrary to the views of FF, that readers of the RTE news website find this tribunal very interesting…
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Ahern responds
We knew it was coming. Ahern meets with the editor of the Sindo and responds to his own resignation. But even I was shocked by what he said during the interview. In my humble opinion what Ahern suggests is almost treasonous. He also somehow does not understand the evidence of Grainne Carruth. Ahern says: I…
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Chronology of Ahern's resignation
Here is how Mr Ahern’s resignation unfolded. Mr Ahern’s gross salary when he was Finance Minister was £63,184.63 per annum. (Day 804 Q357). This is a combination of a TD’s and a Minister’s salary. October 15, 2004 Mr Ahern is put on notice that the Tribunal will be making an order for discovery. November 24,…
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Mahon Tribunal traffic
As a result of Ahern’s announcement, traffic to the Mahon Tribunal wiki has surged. I guess I should welcome colleagues from the BBC, Associated Newspapers, The Guardian, News International (Times), Sky News and the The Washington Post. PS. I should ask Sadie Gray to perhaps contact me to clear up a number factual inaccuracies in…
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Two questions…
On Friday’s Late Late show, Eamon Dunphy repeatedly pointed to an article by Gene Kerrigan in the Sunday Independent of March 23 . (It was, incidentally, a very good article). 1. Why can I not find this article on the Independent’s website? 2. Why did Eoghan Harris replace Gene Kerrigan on the back page of…
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Politics.ie gets a takedown notice
Politics.ie looks like it will be subject of legal action on the part of Mr Ahern’s solictors. Update: P O’Neill informs me that the site has moved its hosting to the US.
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The Beresford deal
Ah. It is refreshing to see someone joining the dots. I’ll cut to the chase here. The IT hints at something I have been digging up for the last couple of weeks, thanks mostly to some archived posts on Politics.ie. You see, I only found out recently that Michael Wall withdrew £50,000 in cash from…