By Dominic Hyde

You might have been wondering why I didn’t take part in the TV3 documentary on my old friend Gerry Ryan.

Because we have to let Gerry rest in peace. We have to!

This is a circus that’s gone on for too long.

Sure, we need time to reflect on the real Gerry. In the quiet moments. Even I do.

Often, I find myself taking down my book, Gerry: The Tony Montana of Montrose (Hyde Press, €7.99), and I sit down and have a right old laugh. It’s what he would have wanted.

Yes. I wasn’t actually invited to appear on the show, but that’s hardly the point. I know Gerry is looking down and (cont. p64)

We wanted to give this a plug a couple of weeks ago because the writer Alexander O’Hara (otherwise known as Darragh McManus) often brings the funny in his newspaper work.

But we thought we would do something radical instead.

We’d actually read the thing.

And…it’s completely hilarious.

We literally laughed out loud on public transport.

Which is not easy on a bicycle.

It’s an e-book so you’ll need a Kindle whastit.

Cold! Steel! Justice!!! (Amazon)

Alexander O’Hara (Crime Always Pays)

If you weren’t scared watching Vincent Browne last night you may have had the sound down.

It was, of course, Apocalypse Now with Vincent as Kurtz and lots of burning napalm.

A few thoughts, though:

We enjoy watching Paul Sommerville, the fast-blinking stock broker/analyst, even though Chompsky nurses many reservations about his faith in the Market.

But if his job is working off the teensiest sliver of margins from the tiniest murmur of share activity, is it proper he be allowed to cast scary, doom-laden predictions on a late night show which, we are told, is watched by representatives of trading firms, hedge-fund managers, etc., in London and New York?

Anyhoo, Constance Gurglekiev and Margaret E Ward.

If life was high-school, these two would like totally be dating.

He’s out of ‘quarantine’ and he’s got a new job.

Yay.

FORMER finance minister Charlie McCreevy has been appointed as a director of Dublin-based Bank of New York Mellon Clearing International (BNY Mellon Clearing), a unit of the global banking group.

The appointment comes just months after he was forced to resign as director of a UK bank by an EU ethics committee.

The new appointment is understood to have been made on February 18, just weeks after the end of the 12-month ‘quarantine’ period when the former EU Commissioner was blocked from taking up private-sector jobs that could entail a conflict of interests with his former role.

McCreevy Joins Board Of BNY Mellon’s Dublin Unit (Irish Independent)

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Cough. Splutter.

Earlier: TD Who Wanted His Salary Cut Employs Half His family

The Taoiseach has said he cannot give an exact date as to when the cut in the minimum wage will be reversed.

In the Dáil today, Enda Kenny said that legislation may be required to bring in the change and said the move would need approval under the European Union/International Monetary Fund deal.

The rate was cut by €1 to €7.65 per hour by the last Government.

Mr Kenny said ‘obviously this is an important issue for those who are locked into it’.

No Date For Minimum Wage Cut Reversal (RTE)

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We’ve had an email from Grainne Gilmore headlined, Defamation, Bullying, Harassment

To which, Chompsky’s dog walker replied that “it would help if you could identify the exact comments which you found defamatory”

To which Grainne responded: “Given the inaccuracy of the original article, my contention is that the entire thread is defamatory.”

To which we wanted to scream: “GRAINNE! IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU!” It’s about the job offer and why it was made. But by that stage Chompsky was off his food and there was a lot of tension in the office.

The advice we need.

1) Is it defamatory to say someone’s been appointed when they turn down an offer of the appointment?

2) Is ‘inveracity’ a real word?

The candidate we’re looking for:

Fit, energetic and must have own wig. We prefer applicants who are undertaking a 12-step programme.

Good luck.

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AN ORGANISATION representing property investors and developers is to take a class action in the High Court against the Government, the Financial Regulator and the banks over their roles in the collapse of the property market.

The Irish Property Council (IPC) is to outline its plans today for the court proceedings which will set out to apportion responsibility for the collapse.

It says the ruination of the property market has been caused “by the reckless lending of our banks, lack of regulation by our Government and the disregard of prudent advice on fiscal policy by the Government in power”.

The council is to invite developers, house purchasers or investors who are now “total casualties of the collapse” to put forward their names for the court action and a claim for compensation.

The IPC was set up last year to provide support for small builders, developers and investors who have run into financial difficulties following the bursting of the property bubble.

“Property owners are being ruthlessly scapegoated by Government and the banks through the court without any responsibility in this catastrophe.

Property Council To Sue State, Banks Over Collapse (Irish Times)