That's fair enough, your comments did come out of left field. But still, you're justification of this spend (I will resist calling it a massive overspend) are akin to political spin and I'm afraid to say that I don't buy it at all. Just sayin' is all.Originally Posted by Malbekh
Good put down! Sorry, but there's family involved here*, and in those circumstances I just see red....
*on an altruistic, non-paying basis.
The answer is "none" - if your going to make a fool of yourself throwing around allegations will you have the good sense to wait until they commit the foull deed. Not so much a case of my being asleep as you, perhaps, needing some sleep
Good points. Image is everything. This story will damage Ireland's FDI prospects in Canada.
Yeah giving FF the benefit of the doubt has already destroyed the economy so why start been judgmental now.The answer is "none" - if your going to make a fool of yourself throwing around allegations will you have the good sense to wait until they commit the foull deed. Not so much a case of my being asleep as you, perhaps, needing some sleep
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Frankly it looks ridiculous that a country on the economic brink is spending... outspending even the host nation's own Prime Minister for a new home for it's ambassador. Even if we were still economic high-flyers it wouldn't make sense, but now it's embarrassing!
How is economic mismanagement evidence that they are planning to make an ambassadorial appointment from outside the ranks of the career diplomatic corps?Yeah giving FF the benefit of the doubt has already destroyed the economy so why start been judgmental now.
No, you're entitled to your point of view. There is potential overspend here, no doubt about it, and possibly down to interference from the 'residents'. Nonetheless, my source informs me it has a very strong potential to be money well spent, as it has had the right impact on the right people.
Quite often I've been corrected on this website because I was making assumptions or stating facts that turned out to be incorrect. In such circumstances I've always been prepared to take such corrections with good grace.
I knew about this 4 weeks ago, it wasn't something to make an issue of because said publicity would only damage the embassy and the purpose for the massive spend.
Now thanks to FG, it may be money down the drain. This is what is known as 'the big picture'
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Another problem with all of this is that next week we'll have Fitzgerald's column in the IT telling us what a great job the Dept Foreign Affairs does, their role in our modernisation, non-political, etc etc. ....zzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Just as Whelan does when FF take a hit.
It was not 'economic mismanagement' it was criminal corruption. You still not have acknowledged that there is no legal barrier to stop the government from appointing someone "from outside the ranks of the career diplomatic corps".How is economic mismanagement evidence that they are planning to make an ambassadorial appointment from outside the ranks of the career diplomatic corps?
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And your proof of this is what ?
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