The McCreevy diaries, no surprise ?

[cricket]

FoI by whom ? Childers ? SIPTU ? Released to whom ? There's a half decent story in there somewhere but you wouldn't guess it from a dry-as-dust press release like this.

I think just putting the bare facts out there is a sufficient first step. This image that McCreevy tried to portray, that of a bit of an innocent ould eejit doing his best for the little people in the big bad financial world, is deconstructed when you see who he knocked around with. Wasn't there a story there of his late inclusion of private nursing home construction costs being given tax relief in the budget when he was MOF, against departmental advice ? Just happened some buddy in Kildare was doing that at that time.

[hammer]

FF wont be lobbied for a long long time to come.

2026 at the very least.

[Spanner Island]

Cosy arrangements and stitch ups? That's a bit rich coming from SIPTU given how they were de facto members of McCreevy's government

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SIPTU were one of the key vested interests during the Ahern/Cowen years... and everyone apart from the thickest eejits in Ireland know it.