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Thread: Coughlan and O'Dea's trip to Texas cost €164k: Examiner

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    Coughlan and O'Dea's trip to Texas cost €164k: Examiner

    According to tomorrow's Examiner Mary Coughlans' and Willie O'Dea's fruitles strip to Austin, Texas, to meet Michael Dell cost the taxpayer €164k. They flew on the government Jet for the trip.

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    Costs a lot more than that.

    How much does it cost to train two Aer Corps officers? A million a pop?

    The Aer Corp Lear Jets sit idle 99% of the time.

    A complete waste -- what's wrong with NetJets.com? x100 cheaper and you could get a better model (i.e. one you can stand up in and one with a jacks on board).

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    Government spent 164,000 sending Coughlan and O'Dea to Dell Headquarters

    Maybe it might have been worth it if they left them there

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marlowe View Post
    Maybe it might have been worth it if they left them there
    Can you source that, and elaborate a wee bit?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Factorem View Post
    A complete waste -- what's wrong with NetJets.com? x100 cheaper and you could get a better model (i.e. one you can stand up in and one with a jacks on board).
    Surely IRL1 has a jacks
    Woop Woop

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    Quote Originally Posted by fiannafuddy View Post
    Surely IRL1 has a jacks
    One of them has a jacks, the other one doesn't.

    Wouldn't like to be on board with Biffo.

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    There's the source and elaboration I was looking for! Ta.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kev408 View Post
    Can you source that, and elaborate a wee bit?
    Front page of tomorrows Examiner

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    Quote Originally Posted by kerrynorth View Post
    According to tomorrow's Examiner Mary Coughlans' and Willie O'Dea's fruitles strip to Austin, Texas, to meet Michael Dell cost the taxpayer €164k. They flew on the government Jet for the trip.
    Yep - €8k per hour on that jet.
    We are "they"

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    Quote Originally Posted by kerrynorth View Post
    According to tomorrow's Examiner Mary Coughlans' and Willie O'Dea's fruitles strip to Austin, Texas, to meet Michael Dell cost the taxpayer €164k. They flew on the government Jet for the trip.
    Corporal Willie and Calamity Coughlan. Dell probably decided to close for sure after listening to the two of them.
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