Monthly Archives: September 2012

FINE GAEL and Labour Ministers have closed ranks behind Minister for Health James Reilly following the latest damaging row with his Labour Minister of State, Róisín Shortall.

As Dr Reilly defended his decision to add two locations in his constituency to a priority list for primary care centres, Ms Shortall publicly called on him to explain his rationale. Three times when questioned by reporters yesterday, she declined to express confidence in the Minister.

In a barbed response, Dr Reilly pointed out that his junior minister had voted for him in the Dáil no confidence vote on Wednesday, adding that “actions speak louder than words”.

There were no contacts between the two politicians yesterday.

*medium popcorn, bitter lemon, sour grapes*

Coalition Ministers close ranks behind Reilly in Shortall row (Paul Cullen/Martin Wall, Irish Times)

(Mark Stedman/EamonnFarrell/Photocall Ireland)

The pub that said NO.

Yvonne writes:

I received a message this morning from the manager of The Parnell, via a journalist who had contacted him about yesterday’s post on broadsheet, saying that he couldn’t believe it when he saw the piece and believes the pub’s Facebook page was hacked and ‘someone is acting the fool’. Their official response is:
“Under no circumstances would I or anyone here @ the Parnell Heritage pub would even dream of putting up a response like that…if we didn’t have availability, it would have stated that & I would have asked her to call in, in person to discuss further. We are a new business in the area & have some great offers on (see Dealrush for current offer) & strive to exceed our customers expectations as you can see from reviews on Tripadvisor.”
They have offered us a complimentary bottle of prosecco & finger food for our inconvenience. My faith in common decency has been restored.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv8rrLGnu-0

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