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Can we expect to see Eoin Ryan on RTE as a 'political commentator' soon?
God be with the days when a FF candidate had the party name and logo on their poster.
And FF were throwing a hissy fit about George Lee.
Does anyone remember him on with Pat Kenny the day before the last general election-post moratorum? It was the most unbalanced interview i have ever heard and i felt at the time that it violated the moratorum
eoin ryan still has the silly hairstyle ,as has"the mullet" crowley.
Quite an impressive Mullet indeed ... does it garner any votes for Brian I wonder? .... nostalgic 80s types even?Originally Posted by peader odonnell
The Pheonix is normally very reliable on internal FF matters:
From The Pheonix Annual 2009, pg 45.
On Brian Lenihan’s closest advisers:
“Another confidante is barrister and commentator Noel Whelan.”
I have just heard Noel Whelan advocate a process for the bank inquiry (on George Hook’s show) which keeps everything secret for years. If the opposition allow the government to get away with an inquiry with an initial secret scoping phase, followed by an investigating committee that conducts hearings in secret, then they might as well admit they support keeping the government in office.
If Brian Lenihan’s close advisor wants it, and given that Lenihan’s decisions at the time of the bank guarantee and since are a key part of this inquiry, then we should do the opposite.
Blanket guarantees for banks one of two big mistakes - The Irish Times - Wed, Dec 30, 2009
Set up a US Style Commission with staff, funding etc that takes evidence in private AND PUBLIC. This Irish Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission would have politicians and experts as members - FF/PD/GP/Ind and their henchmen should have decidedly minority representation only. First witness giving evidence in public for 6 hours as with Tony Blair: Brian Cowen.
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission: That 1930s show | The Economist
The FFristocracy want to keep everything secret for as long as possible. This time we shouldn’t stand for it. If the opposition are not complicit with the government they should:
- suspend pairing arrangements
- announce a motion of no confidence in the government
- launch a media offensive in advance
- begin campaign of parliamentary warfare and continue it for rest of the government’s term.
If you’re not utterly opposing this government - you’re supporting them.
PS If Britain can investigate a war in public then advocating Ireland investigates a bank collapse in private indicates that FF/PD/Inds view us as a group of contemptible native peasants and themselves as our wiser colonial overlords.
Last edited by Eamonn20Bn plus interest; 18th January 2010 at 06:41 PM.
It is ridiculous that he is regularly presented as an Independent Commenter by RTE. There is nothing wrong with having him on, but when they do, they should state that he is a Former Fianna Fail general election candidate in the same way that they would state that Garret Fitzgerald is a Former Fine Gael Taoiseach.
He is quite simply a Fianna Failer and is very bias in that direction.
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The opposition should be all over this one. FF are in disarray and they have nowhere to hide.
Why would FF not want a Bank Inquiry? Surely the state of the countries finances and the reasons behind them are worthy of investigation. What are they afraid of? What are they trying to hide?
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