Fine Gael Leader’s Presidential Address - Speech by Enda Kenny TD - March 20th 2010

[Baron von Biffo]

Who's the RTE voice?

[David Cochrane]

Speech finished earlier than planned, and now the voiceover is undermining the speech just a little with editorial comment. *tuts*

[Baron von Biffo]

Cowen will sleep a little easier tonight.

[tonic]

Well we haven't been in government for 13 years, and only for 3 of the last 23 years. But I think most people are already aware of that.

Go back as far as you like, it's still an argument you'll lose.

This is just plain dishonest, he's promising things he must know he has very little or indeed no chance of being able to deliver.

[hiding behind a poster]

But when Bruton ditches him, I don't think he will be reciprocating this offer -In all fairness economics is not Enda's strong point.

You mean like Bruton would be ditching him last year, the year before, the year before, the year before, the year before and the year before?

Change the record, for God's sake.

[Proposition Joe]

And when there's not enough consultants or radiologists?

Pay them less and employ more of them.

150k should do them nicely. That'll allow the numbers to be ramped up at no extra cost.

[Sailor]

I don't see the link between the two.

Very simple - Tallaght's Radiology Dept is understaffed but he's going to withold pay from those who are struggling to provide a service. The Passport Office won't hand you a passport across the counter but he won't condemn the action. Why isn't he calling for the government to deal with them?

[CookieMonster]

That was truly awful.

[Proposition Joe]

Who's the RTE voice?

Sounded a bit like Ryle Nuget

Double-jobbing after the fiasco in Croker, no doubt.

[kerrynorth]

I thought it was poor overall. His presentation indicates that the 'handlers' have him under their control again - he was very staid and boring quite frankly. Nothing new in the content either. And the audience looked positively bored and underwhelmed. Overall it looked as if her was playing it safe as possible and not make any grave mistakes no matter what, a bit like the front runner at Cheltenham coming to last with the finishing post and victory in sight steading up into the last praying not to fall.