Incredibly, 3 Irish government ministers have cancelled interviews with us at the last minute today, for 3 separate stories. Slainte, dudes.
— Ari Shapiro (@arishapiro) November 18, 2014
Though to be fair, one didn’t officially cancel; he just failed to show up and his press officer didn’t answer the phone. So there’s that. — Ari Shapiro (@arishapiro) November 18, 2014
America’s National Public Radio’s international correspondent there.
Probably a socialist.
Name those ministers anyone?
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Presumably they were busy getting their heads knocked together in cabinet meetings?
Very bad form though, whatever the reason.
Well it won’t be Enda – he doesn’t do interviews.
Those pesky journalists have a habit of exposing you when you’re in way out of your depth and just winging it..
Please suggest a currently sitting TD better equipped to run the country.
Now that’s just mean.
I can see why they’d be put out but their reactions (see Shapiro and his colleague’s twitter profiles) are churlish and childish at best.
Govt ministers may occasionally find themselves with urgent items on their respective agendas, more important than chatting with NPR’s two London-based journals.
I think the IT confirmed there were two ‘special meetings’ of the cabinet yesterday to try to sort out Irish Water. Still, you’d think someone could have gotten the word out.
This
He’s just another unreasonable dissident. Ignore him. He probably has the latest phone technology too, the lid clanger.
You what?
Whats in it for them?
“slainte dudes”.would he be so disrespectful to an American senator? sounds like a pwick
Maybe they were stuck in their cars?
Shouldn’t have laughed. : )
Lol, comment carnage again….
Dudes need a placeholder for deleted comments.
Maybe its a Rastaf-Ari thing
*/grabs bong, slowly makes way across room*
Clearly this man is part of a sinister fringe.
maybe he has a sinister fringe.
Samantha Davis Jr?
His producer’s comments are even more telling
https://twitter.com/RichPreston/status/534835263294689281
https://twitter.com/RichPreston/status/534827271052607488
I like the Slits reference. Which is very apt given this journalist is a trumped up c€&t.