Alan Ahearne sends email asking colleagues for NAMA support

[carlovian]

Anyhow...A r-tweety-e bird tells me that Alan Ahearne and Brian Lucy will be on morning Ireland tomorrow, but not together. Tune in folks....

fight,fight,fight,fight,fight,fight

My moneys on Lucey with a low blow in the 5th

[draiocht23]

Anyhow...A r-tweety-e bird tells me that Alan Ahearne and Brian Lucy will be on morning Ireland tomorrow, but not together. Tune in folks....

This time, it's personal...

[islands]

Shame they're not on at the same time. I wonder who refused to share the airwaves? I can guess mind you!

[draiocht23]

Shame they're not on at the same time. I wonder who refused to share the airwaves? I can guess mind you!

These economists are getting a bit too big for their boots - they're like stroppy rock stars or something. Next thing they'll be asking the Morning Ireland team for a rider before they deign to appear...

As an aside, Iggy Pop once asked for seven dwarves...just throwing it out there.

[islands]

As an aside, Iggy Pop once asked for seven dwarves...just throwing it out there.

Was he hoping to feel happy?

[cyberianpan]

I think its pretty prissy on your part too. What Constantin should have said was that he wasn't an independent academic anymore, but the point still stands.

He is on a sabbatical and it is not like he magically lost his economic prowess once he became a ministerial adviser.

You failed to address the point that the SB Post added anything new to the discussion (the boo hoo comment). I think that point is perhaps the most valid, he sent this email asking to hold off until he published an article which subsequently added nothing new. I think that is a very substantive one.

And the people who recieved the email were perfectly entitled to view it as an invitation to dialogue with Alan Ahearne on the issue

On this one Gurdgiev is a petulant , prissy grandstander - Ahearne left him off the email and he's all huffy

cYp

[just4now]

I recall Ahearn displaying true republican (US not the lot who blow people up) feelings on Q&A when supporting the introduction of 3rd level fees. His economics are closer to Boston than Berlin and this I suppose is consistent with NAMA rather than European nationalisation of banks prior to debt acquisition.

[Hal]

You clearly demonstrate all of the obnoxious, pomposity and belief in thier own self importance bullcrap of the typical FF supporter with that statement.

You are an obnoxious little turd yourself and very brave behind your keyboard, like all of your kind.

[lostexpectation]

Lucey emailed most economics/finance academics in the country asking for support. I'd have hoped he would have got more than 45, but August isn't the best time, I suppose.

how many economist do we have?

[Hal]

how many economist do we have?

He sent it to 250, he got 46.