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Phil Collins’s “You Can’t Hurry Love” performed by comedian David Armand for BBC2’s Fast and Loose.
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Taken literally this morning.
Eamon Gilmore kickstarts Labour’s ‘One Ireland’ campaign at the Gravity Bar at the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin, and, across town, Michael Martin unveils Fianna Fail’s ‘Real Plan, Better Future’ whatsit at party HQ in Mount Street. Meanwhile, Enda Kenny at Fine Gael’s HQ in Fitzwilliam Hall, Dublin, launches his party’s ‘Let’s Get Ireland Working’ thingy.
On a clear day you can see the voter’s indifference.
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Well, they did promise revenge:
Last fall, after a sumptuous reception given by his party members, Cowen had a radio interview. His speech was slurred, and the listeners could not understand the meaning of the words spoken. The rumors immediately emerged in the country that the Prime Minister was very drunk. “He was in some intermediate state between intoxication and hangover and he was absolutely indifferent.” commented a representative of the local opposition.
Cowen denied the allegations. However, an investigation was started within the party. As a result, Cowen retired from his position as the head of Fianna Fail, but now he is quitting as the Prime Minister. The story of Brian Cowen may become one of the most unfortunate not only in Irish history, but also in the history of the entire European Union.
Something strange has been happening in the land of the proud Celtic.
Couldn’t have put it better ourselves.
John Boyne, author ‘The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas’
Sarah Webb, bestselling author of teenage fiction.
Paul Murray, author ‘Skippy Dies’
They all worked in Waterstone’s in Dawson Street.
Waterstone’s To Close Two Stores (Irish Times)
Russian deputy foreign minister Vladimir Titov was quoted by Interfax news agency today as saying Moscow would retaliate. “This groundless and unfriendly act will not go without a corresponding reaction,” he said.
Titov?
Is this some kind of joke?
If our name was Titov we‘d forge a new passport.
Well, Sky Sports do have a vacancy, Pat.
Rabbitte’s Remarks On FF Women ‘Sexist’ (Irish Times)
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MAY 7, 2008. Brian Cowen receives his Seal of Office.
TODAY: Brian Cowen dissolves the Dail.
Even Brian wore a new suit.
(Photocall Ireland)
Oh Dear
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Taken this afternoon in Dublin.
No sign of McDowell.
Or, indeed, voters.
(Photocall Ireland)
The Guardian has learned that the National Asset Management Agency, the toxic bank set up to cleanse the banks of all property and land loans, has a plan of action for non-performing hotels. It is going to close them down and board them up.
It will mean another blot on the landscape in rural Ireland where hotels – often poorly designed – cropped up like a rash in towns previously not associated with tourism.
NAMA is responsible for the loans on 82 hotels in Ireland and 35 in the UK, many of them developer-led.
There was speculation that hotels could be turned into retirement or nursing homes. Sources say that NAMA has now concluded this is not possible. “Hotel corridors aren’t wide enough and there are enough nursing homes in the market.”
“They will heat them, insure them and bring in security to guard the buildings,” said the source. “They will mothball them, close the hotel but secure it. NAMA don’t have the expertise to run hotels.”
The buildings could remain like this for years.
Lisa O’Carroll, Irish Business Blog (Guardian)