Mary Coughlan on "The Week In Politics"

[Factorem]

She's like a broken record. She just spouts out the official mantra and has nothing of any significance to say. Nothing whatsoever. And this woman is charged with Irish enterprise and employment?! It's a fupping joke!

It's all mantra and no substance. I actually think she has an IQ of about 50 and is nothing but a trained parrot who has been through at least 30 years of the FF indoctrination system.

I'm actually shouting at the screen here, so much so, my cat has left the fire and gone into the other room.

firm intention...

my aspiration...

We would hope...

At the end of the day...

I think it's important to say...

savings...

balance...

going forward...

random emphasis interspersed throughout every sentence (she must be going to the same Carr School of Communications coach as Brian Lenihan)

the people of Ireland... (in your finest Donegal accent)

smart economy...

I have to say. It is important to say...

My clear intention...

I would be very hopeful...

It would be our hope and aspiration...

I have to say. At the end of the day...

It is my preferred option...

I noticed in the clip of her walking around Donegal, how the severity of the Donegal accent increases by a factor of 10 once she's out of the Pale.

And then she tops it all off with "draconian action" being taken against northern shoppers! To happen "very very shortly". Holy fock!

[Digout]

The FFers get tons of media training, they all say the same stuff without saying anything. Watch the hand movements, in fairness, the training is excellent, its prob the only thing we pay for that they've managed to do properly.

[Factorem]

The FFers get tons of media training, they all say the same stuff without saying anything. Watch the hand movements, in fairness, the training is excellent, its prob the only thing we pay for that they've managed to do properly.

You must be having a laugh?

I wonder how much effort it takes to train this parrot.

[yehbut_nobut]

Coughlan just said that anyone who has been made redundant is entitled apply for Back to Education Allowance, yet on checking the Welfare website, it says that to qualify you must be unemployed for 12 months.

Anyone know if it has changed, and the website's just not been updated yet?
Or has Mary Coughlan just got her facts wrong (again)?

[jpc]

Well as a party they were led by the master waffler for a long time.
But god yes she is just a collection of stock phrases.
Bit of a potty mouth if the going gets tough when she was in agriculture.

[Outlander]

Mary Palin?

[one acre capitalist]

I thought she presented the govt case in a very articulate and straght talking manner. go on ya Mary ya good thing..we are with you

[carlovian]

Whoevers training her isnt doing their job.

In her very first answer, she said that government were looking for 2bn cuts in "REVENUE".

I thought i had misheard her till she repeated the same thing 2 times more.

Weve a tanaiste who doesnt know the difference between revenue and spending.

[Digout]

You must be having a laugh?

I wonder how much effort it takes to train this parrot.

When ya have seen it all ya get sick of it, but if ya just arrived in the country and watched any of the speak on telly ya would think they knew what they are on about and even think they are telling the truth.

[mollox]

Whoevers training her isnt doing their job.

In her very first answer, she said that government were looking for 2bn cuts in "REVENUE".

I thought i had misheard her till she repeated the same thing 2 times more.

Weve a tanaiste who doesnt know the difference between revenue and spending.

No surprise there.
We've had Governments for the past 10 years that didn't seem to know the difference.