The "Coughlan dossier" - p.ie collective effort

[cyberianpan]

Mary Coughlan is under attack, many of us instinctively dislike her based upon a few stories. Arising from this post and reply I think it is a good idea to create a solid list of examples of why Mary Coughlan is not fit for her job. These examples can then be used by the media & Opposition to go for Coughlan.

I'm inviting all p.ie contributors to aid here - to create the "Coughlan Dossier". Many of you are in positions where you "hear things" , also there's thousands of records in the public domain to trawl(Dáil records, press stories , etc). Let's put the collective wisdom of p.ie to good work !

Please post your examples and I'll edit this top post daily to include the best of them


Template: To aid me could you please copy the below template and use it to fill out the detail?


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[SIZE=4]Title of incident[/SIZE]

Fool[COLOR=White]________[/COLOR]: 1=foolish but we could all do it, 2=not cabinet material, 3=not Dáil material
Bully[COLOR=White]_____[SIZE=4]_[/SIZE]_[/COLOR]:1=not the nicest , 2=pretty nasty, 3=nasty
Importance[COLOR=White]__[/COLOR]:1=anorak's interest only, 2=pretty wide interest, 3=Of massive importance
Proof[COLOR=White]_______[/COLOR]: 1=sounds sorta true, 2=good MSM source, 3=public record

Original contributor: who first posted this item on this thread
Notable mentions: who added important detail

Short description : description of item, including source(s)



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[SIZE=4]Swearing like a trooper at the Dell church minister[/SIZE]

Fool[COLOR=White]________[/COLOR]: 2
Bully[COLOR=White]_____[SIZE=4]_[/SIZE]_[/COLOR]: 2
Importance[COLOR=White]__[/COLOR]: 2
Proof[COLOR=White]_______[/COLOR]: 2

Original contributor: Marlowe
Notable mentions: tbd

Short description : Mary Coughlan goes to America to save Dell jobs but instead swears and curses , this behaviour is not tolerated in America, least of all by the ordained church minister who is in the room. Source: Mail on Sunday, 26/Apr/2009.




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[SIZE=4]Threatening the opposition because she can't grasp the exchequer figures detail[/SIZE]

Fool[COLOR=White]________[/COLOR]: 2
Bully[COLOR=White]_____[SIZE=4]_[/SIZE]_[/COLOR]: 3
Importance[COLOR=White]__[/COLOR]: 2
Proof[COLOR=White]_______[/COLOR]: 2

Original contributor: advertismo
Notable mentions: tbd

Short description : Caught out as doesn't have grip of exchequer figures facts: "You couldn't even discuss the exchequer figures yesterday, you were so unknowledgeable," accused the accountancy-savvy Burton last month. The incensed Tánaiste's retort was more school playground than Dáil chamber: "You just watch it now.". Source: Sunday Tribune, 08/Mar/2009. [COLOR=Red]Need more detail here (source is only at summary level)[/COLOR]

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[SIZE=4]Has to be corrected by Dick Roche during a press conference[/SIZE]

Fool[COLOR=White]________[/COLOR]: 2
Bully[COLOR=White]_____[SIZE=4]_[/SIZE]_[/COLOR]: 1
Importance[COLOR=White]__[/COLOR]: 2
Proof[COLOR=White]_______[/COLOR]: [COLOR=Red]1[/COLOR]

Original contributor: Question R24U
Notable mentions: tbd

Short description : "Her low point must be corrected by dick roche during a lisbon press piece on the number of commissioners the large countries have".[COLOR=Red]Need more detail and a source![/COLOR]

[COLOR=Red]Let's start the ball rolling ![/COLOR] Solid stories wanted: no snide personal attacks, this needs to be evidence based.

cYp

[cavok]

She is the Queen of the Gombeenarchy

daughter of a TD, she inherited her 'Daddy's seat'

her dad had 'the seat' because his brother crashed and killed himself

[Factorem]

Those legs were deceptively misleading on today's Sindo where she was portrayed as one of these Miriam O'Callaghan-style power women.

[cavok]

Those legs were deceptively misleading on today's Sindo where she was portrayed as one of these Miriam O'Callaghan-style power women.

ughhh the septic slug that smells of days old booze, not a clean girl

[cyberianpan]

ughhh the septic slug that smells of days old booze, not a clean girl

I'm looking for solid material that can be used in the wider public domain

Please can we have no more silly, offensive comments ?

Turn that energy towards digging out the dirt , hard evidence wanted !

cYp

[Kev408]

She is the Queen of the Gombeenarchy

daughter of a TD, she inherited her 'Daddy's seat'

her dad had 'the seat' because his brother crashed and killed himself

Extraordinarily bad taste.

[odie1kanobe]

Dumb stupid thread that Mods should kill.

[advertismo]

"You couldn't even discuss the exchequer figures yesterday, you were so unknowledgeable," accused the accountancy-savvy Burton last month. The incensed Tánaiste's retort was more school playground than Dáil chamber: "You just watch it now."-http://www.tribune.ie/article/2009/mar/08/profile-mary-coughlan-quite-contrary/

[caveman]

There is the one where she endorsed the 2009 Budget (the first one) as "a balanced and decisive response to the downturn in the global economy.

DETE - Tánaiste endorses confidence-building Budget and announces increased spending for Science, Technology and Innovation programmes

[Question R24U]

she is a woman of immense personal charm up to point of being flirty. She is also quite attractive, face to face- (although coming from me might not be a compliament). It was interesting that when cowen made his first gaffe - cursing in the dail - it was to her. Her low point must be corrected by dick roche during a lisbon press piece on the number of commissioners the large countries have. For joe behan to refer to her talking down to them after the first budget debacle specifically in his letter of resignation is also a big tell on how she is perceived by her own.
She was a social worker - which says a lot about her approach to politics - a tick the box solution to any problem but above all CYA.

junior minister material only.she has now been found out as a spoofer.
(but i see the dell cursing story in a different and funnier light after seeing the excellent In The Loop)