Comments on: Bertie Ahern is resigning – Tuesday 6th of May he’s gone! http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: tipster http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/comment-page-1/#comment-698979 tipster Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:32:43 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/#comment-698979 Correction: how could I have forgotten that non-entity Martin-which-party-am-I-in-this-week Cullen in front of Gormley? He was also in shot for the RTÉ presentation. Correction: how could I have forgotten that non-entity Martin-which-party-am-I-in-this-week Cullen in front of Gormley? He was also in shot for the RTÉ presentation.

]]> By: tipster http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/comment-page-1/#comment-698965 tipster Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:26:07 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/#comment-698965 It was interesting watching the people surrounding him, on the television. First, he was flanked by Noel Dempsey and Brian Cowen, but RTÉ set their camera so that of those two only Cowen on our right was in the frame. That meant that in addition to the Taoiseach, Gormley, Lenihan and Cowen were in shot for most of it. Only Lenihan had the grace to look steadily without making any faces during the speech. Gormley was distracted at one stage, and given the strong "Uachtaráin Fhianna Fáil" element of the speech, I wondered whether he really should have been there in the first place. And when the speech was fninished and it was time to walk back up, Willie O'Dea strips the dignity by waving a paper at somebody down the left hand corridor and has a quick chat before dragging them up the stairs. No sense of show, that man. It was a nice stroke for him to announce his resignation surrounded by cabinet colleagues -- no lonely walk down the steps and back up for the populist Bertie. It was interesting watching the people surrounding him, on the television. First, he was flanked by Noel Dempsey and Brian Cowen, but RTÉ set their camera so that of those two only Cowen on our right was in the frame.

That meant that in addition to the Taoiseach, Gormley, Lenihan and Cowen were in shot for most of it. Only Lenihan had the grace to look steadily without making any faces during the speech. Gormley was distracted at one stage, and given the strong “Uachtaráin Fhianna Fáil” element of the speech, I wondered whether he really should have been there in the first place.

And when the speech was fninished and it was time to walk back up, Willie O’Dea strips the dignity by waving a paper at somebody down the left hand corridor and has a quick chat before dragging them up the stairs. No sense of show, that man.

It was a nice stroke for him to announce his resignation surrounded by cabinet colleagues — no lonely walk down the steps and back up for the populist Bertie.

]]> By: 73man http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/comment-page-1/#comment-698670 73man Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:45:55 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/#comment-698670 Anyone need a new job? http://www.recruitireland.com/job/?jobID=10012942&num=25&Company=IRELAND+INC. Anyone need a new job?

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]]> By: stretchneil http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/comment-page-1/#comment-698197 stretchneil Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:39:43 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/#comment-698197 At long last it's over. Still, now we have to look at Biffo's mug on the telly every day :-( At long last it’s over. Still, now we have to look at Biffo’s mug on the telly every day :-(

]]> By: Damian Beresford http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/comment-page-1/#comment-698053 Damian Beresford Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:52:52 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/#comment-698053 RTE came out with the 'News Special: Correspondent Joe O'Brien looks back at the life and career of Bertie Ahern' a bit quick didn't they? Bit like the BBC preparing the Queen Mums obituary for 10 years before it happened! Also poor web mastery on RTE's part, check out http://rte.ie (no www) RTE came out with the ‘News Special: Correspondent Joe O’Brien looks back at the life and career of Bertie Ahern’ a bit quick didn’t they? Bit like the BBC preparing the Queen Mums obituary for 10 years before it happened!

Also poor web mastery on RTE’s part, check out http://rte.ie (no www)

]]> By: Niall O'K http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/comment-page-1/#comment-698030 Niall O'K Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:41:26 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/#comment-698030 "date that was in it" I mean. I'll shut up now. :) “date that was in it” I mean.

I’ll shut up now. :)

]]> By: Niall O'K http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/comment-page-1/#comment-698029 Niall O'K Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:40:32 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/#comment-698029 BTW,... just as well he didn't announce this yesterday, giving the date thin it... BTW,… just as well he didn’t announce this yesterday, giving the date thin it…

]]> By: Niall O'K http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/comment-page-1/#comment-698022 Niall O'K Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:37:40 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/#comment-698022 Ah, Michael Kennedy made that comment. Smart man, that. He also just said: "Most of this problem was driven by the media, [...] the ordinary person on the ground [...] knows that Bertie Ahern is not a corrupt person". Ah, Michael Kennedy made that comment. Smart man, that.

He also just said: “Most of this problem was driven by the media, [...] the ordinary person on the ground [...] knows that Bertie Ahern is not a corrupt person”.

]]> By: Niall O'K http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/comment-page-1/#comment-698011 Niall O'K Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:32:17 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/#comment-698011 A Dublin-based Fianna Fáil TD (Michael something) just said on RTÉ news: "We have 2 million people employed now where, when he came into office, we had 2 million people on the dole." ... er, what??? A Dublin-based Fianna Fáil TD (Michael something) just said on RTÉ news: “We have 2 million people employed now where, when he came into office, we had 2 million people on the dole.”

… er, what???

]]> By: Damien http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/comment-page-1/#comment-698005 Damien Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:29:32 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-is-resigning/#comment-698005 Could have made a drinking game out of it. Could have made a drinking game out of it.

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