On Thursday September 24th, I was delighted to take a break from FAS , Nama, the banks and the turmoil around Leinster House to act as best man at Eamon Dunphy and Jane Gogan’s wedding. Above is a photograph of a lighter moment outside the church.
Monthly Archive
for: ‘September, 2009’
Generation says Yes to Lisbon
There were just 10 days to go until Lisbon. And where was Taoiseach Brian Cowen? Out in New York at a climate change conference. All the Cowen body language from the United Nations suggests that he was bored rigid listening to the green brigade. Today there is less than one week to go until Lisbon. …
With Friends Like These, Minister
According to Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, the banks should be “grateful” for the taxpayer’s help. Do not hold your breath; they will take the Nama money and run.
Mistress of Inaction on Fas
There is nothing urgent about the overspending in Fas. It’s all in a day’s work. Ask the Tanaiste. A damning report about Fas has been sitting in Mary Coughlan’s department since June 12. She had three months to lay it in the Dail library. She just beat the deadline last Thursday. The squalid state agency …
Puffer’s paradise named Nama
WHAT happens when an able minister is boxed into a bad project — and an even worse government? We are about to find out. Last Monday, Brian Lenihan led a team of Nama zealots into a committee room in the bowels of Leinster House. TDs and senators assembled to challenge the minister on the details …