“You know there has been a lot of stuff thrown around about collusion between me and my party and developers. It’s all nonsense.”
Brian Cowen: FF Will Come Back (Irish Times)
Monthly Archives: February 2011
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February 28.
1973.
Charismatic Fine Gael Leader ties the knot with old Labour lion.
Oh, how we rejoiced.
Street parties, bunting and barm brack with a sixpenny in the middle.
All in black and white.
Ma allowed us to stay up to see the look on old Mr. De Valera’s face.
It gave us nightmares for years.
Enda Kenny at the count centre in the TF Royal Theatre, Castlebar, Mayo within the last hour. Hugh Laurie on left.
The Contel
Tanaiste Mary Coughlan secured just 4,956 votes in Donegal South West (her father’s old seat) where she topped the poll last time around. Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty got 14,262 first preferences.
Mary is facing what The Donegal Daily is calling “the battle of her life”.
Good luck with that.
(Photocall Ireland)
She gave Bertie a piece of her mind on his last day in Leinster House (above) asking the former taoiseach: “Have you no shame?”
To which he replied that some people would do anything to “get on the telly.”
Now Joan Collins – who has 13% of first preferences in Dublin South Central (a five-seater) – looks like bagging a seat for the United Left Alliance.
The start of a new political dynasty?
Joan Collins.
We’ll see ourselves out.
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“Mark O’Broin from Glasheen was removed from Cork City Hall by Gardai and, he claims, Fianna Fáil party members, for what he says was a peaceful protest [attempting to bring his mocked-up posters bring into the count centre] and “a bit of craic.”
He told the Cork Independent he is protesting at people voting in the same politicians who have got the country where it is today
“The country is down the tubes and everyone is still voting in the same shower of idiots, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, that got us here.”
Cork Independent (Deirdre O’Shaughnessy, Election 2011 Blog)
Nope.
Property developer Mick Wallace announced his candidacy on Tonight with Vincent Browne On Friday, February 5.
Introduced by the host as “the only left wing property developer in the world outside of North Korea”, Wallace surprised Browne and fellow guests – including Nora Owen, Terry Prone and the Irish Daily Mail‘s Political Correspondent Senan Moloney – by declaring himself for the Wexford constituency.
Nora Owen [to Wallace]: “You’d make a great independent candidate…”
Browne: “Were you thinking of running?”
Mick Wallace: “Uh, believe it or not I’ve decided to run.”
Nora Owen: “Is this an announcement tonight?”
Mick Wallace: “I’ve been mulling over it for a few months, so. I know it’s a bit late in the day but em, it’s a bit late anyway, even if I went a month ago, because the five sitting TDs – two Fine Gael, two Fianna Fáil and Brendan Howlin from Labour – would be odd-on to get back in, and sure they’ve been canvassing since the day they were elected, so…”
Nora Owen [shakes his hand]: “Well, may I wish you good luck. I think it’s a brave thing to do.”
Terry Prone: “It’s a nutty thing to do.”
Mick Wallace: “I know that but I’ve been doing crazy things all my life so this won’t be anything much different.”
Later he is warned that a deposit of €500 will be required
Wallace [to Browne]: “Could I have a loan of that €500 off you?”
(Terry Prone then advised Mick to keep wearing his pink polo shirt during the campaign)
And this was the scene this afternoon as Pat Kenny interviewed Mick Wallace on RTE after he topped the poll in Wexford.
How did he do that?
Known for his wildly inventive designs, John Galliano struts out in an outrageous costume at the end of each runway show. That might not happen at Paris Fashion Week – the house of Dior has suspended Galliano as its creative director after he was accused of hurling an anti-Semitic insult during an alcohol-fueled spat at a Paris bar.