Monthly Archives: February 2011

That Morning Ireland Exit Poll:

Fine Gael: 36.1% – the party’s best result since November 1982, but some way short of what it would need for an overall majority.

Labour: 20.5%, which would be its best ever share of the vote. The party is ahead of Fine Gael in Dublin.

Fianna Fáil : 15.1%, by far its worst ever General Election result, and signalling an electoral wipeout.

Sinn Féin: 10.1%, again a record.

Green Party: 2.7%, which could see the party save some seats.

Independents and Others: 15.5% – a very high figure, though it may be spread quite thinly given the number of candidates, and where those votes transfer could be crucial to the final outcome.

RTE News

This morning we carried a post sourced to the Irish Times to the effect that David Drumm had paid no income tax while he was working at Anglo Irish Bank.

The Irish Times removed its item this afternoon, stating that it had “reported incorrectly that he [Mr Drumm] had paid almost no income tax during the period.” Adding: “The report was based on a misinterpretation of a Revenue document filed in a Boston court.”

We too have removed our posting.

We would like to apologise unreservedly to Mr Drumm and his family for any distress our report may have caused them.

As a mark of contrition, we have donated a sizable amount of money to be put behind the bar of O’Donoghue’s on Merrion Row, Dublin 2.

And we hope later this evening, if possible, to have a number of beverages in honour of the greedy, bald prick.

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