Cowen determined to sacrifice economy for Lisbon

[FutureTaoiseach]

Hopefully someone on here will leak it.

[jpc]

'White lies' are informing the partnership discussions - Irish, Business - Independent.ie

Apparently a lot of the figures trotted out by ICTU are based on 'white' lies according to the above.
Drip feeding of the Report over the summer will lead to a massive public disgust with FF for delay.

Bluster your way out of that folks.
The jobs leaving the country have confirmed this fact in a far starker manner.
Regardless of all the guff about our great export performance.
We are priced out of Europe let alone the rest of the world.

[DCon]

If this is true the goverment is abdicating its responsibility to govern on our behalf and should resign immediately.
This indicates they are making decisions to stay in power, not govern with all the consequences implied when you undertake that responsibility.
If any people in the current goverment have any integrity or self respect left,if they remember what they decideded to run for office for.
They should move to the opposition benches.
They are elected to serve thepeople not the party they are in.
That fact has been overlooked by many in politics for a considerable time.
You swore to serve the people.
Not your craven self serving needs.

To have any left they would have needed to have some in the first place

[ibis]

I love these sorts of claims. They require no evidence except the fact that the report hasn't yet been released, and if the report is then released before the claimed date, that can then be represented as the government buckling under public pressure from those who made the claim, whether the release was actually planned or not. A very Libertas tactic!

[He3]

You implying Ursula is a mouthpiece for Libertas? Or a fool?

Not even close.

[Digout]

Whats the bets Clowen will need to setup a sub cabinet task force/committee to examine the report?

[DCon]

Whats the bets Clowen will need to setup a sub cabinet task force/committee to examine the report?

there is a host of carefully selected relatives of FF ministers currently being considered for the tough task.

[ibis]

You implying Ursula is a mouthpiece for Libertas? Or a fool?

Not even close.

Neither - she may well believe what she says (although afaik, the original claim is by someone else). I'm referring, of course, to those who have picked up this particular ball and are running for dear life with it.

[He3]

Neither - she may well believe what she says (although afaik, the original claim is by someone else). I'm referring, of course, to those who have picked up this particular ball and are running for dear life with it.

So the reporter is to be forgiven, but no one should comment on their report. Quite an interesting position.

[jpc]

Given the direness of the situation.
How long before any cuts are made?
Is this more of the commission a report or set up a taskforce mentality?
Throw the right shapes, but drag events on and hope things will change.
The only thing that will change is the size of the borrowing requirement.