Tag Archives: brian cowen

Why is Michael Martin fighting a battle he reckons he can’t win?

Posted on January 18, 2011 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia People are looking at the talk around the FF confidence motion and wondering why is Michael Martin doing this now, and why is it him that is leading it? The main reason I suspect is that the … Continue reading →

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What changed in FF in the last week?

Posted on January 17, 2011 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia People are asking what changed in FF to prompt the challenge to Brian Cowen, was it Anglo was it his answers in the Dail, was it the new info about who else was there? It wasn’t. It … Continue reading →

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Decent, honest and honourable – it isn’t enough.

Posted on January 14, 2011 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia In recent days I’ve read on p.ie and elsewhere and heard on the airwaves about people who are decent, honest and honourable and for this set of reasons should be public representatives or hold high office. One … Continue reading →

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The upcoming bloodbath of Mount St

Posted on January 5, 2011 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia As the prospect of securing a return to government recedes and the race for the succession gathers pace, the role of the Mount st insiders and where their loyalties lie could lead to a chaotic situation in … Continue reading →

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FF’s strategy for salvation

Posted on September 20, 2010 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia For a good while now, I’ve thought that FF would use the next budget as a platform for the election. They would fight the election campaign on the basis of the detail of the budget and force … Continue reading →

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“I take full responsibility” Brian Cowen

Posted on June 11, 2010 by dsullivan

Image by The CBI via Flickr So on foot of the banking reports, An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen says that he takes full responsibility but what does that mean? Is he going to resign, is he going to decline to lead … Continue reading →

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Err in haste, repent at leisure – Brian Cowen and the DDDA

Posted on February 24, 2010 by dsullivan

Image by RedAgenda.com via Flickr It’s a matter which got lost in the hubbub yesterday evening but according to a thread on p.ie Phil Hogan has seen “The Minutes of DDDA Board meetings show that, in October 2006, it took … Continue reading →

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The Rules of the Inquiry into the Banks

Posted on January 21, 2010 by dsullivan

#1 The first rule of the inquiry, is you do not enquire about the inquiry! #2 The second rule of the inquiry, is you DO NOT enquire about the inquiry! #3 – If someone says stop, feels peckish, goes to … Continue reading →

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Budget 2010 – where do we go from here?

Posted on December 10, 2009 by dsullivan

I think the core belief for the minister for Finance is that earnings in the private sector are already down and that the public sector earnings which are paid for from taxes levied on those private sector earnings had to … Continue reading →

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The longest petition for political divorce in Irish history

Posted on October 1, 2009 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia The Greens have leaked or had stolen from their HQ some of their policy ideas for the new Program for Government. Engaging in some verbal theft of my own from Gerald Kaufman MP, who said of the … Continue reading →

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