Bertie Ahern and his new-found green buddies are back in Leinster House today, and according to RTE News Dick Roche is gone from the cabinet. I’m sure the people of Galway are delighted at that, given that they STILL don’t have a clean water supply!
Much to my dismay, Fianna Fáil appear to be romping home to a possible overall majority this evening, but on the up side the PD’s have been all but destroyed. Michael McDowell lost his seat a few minutes ago, and the only one currently elected is Mary Harney, and from what I can tell from RTE’s coverage, there only exists the possibility of them winning one more seat, in Galway.
Its finally here, May 24th - polling day! Get out and vote. Now! If you don’t you have no right to whinge and moan when the next government fuck things up!
AT LAST. Watching the media coverage this morning is delightful - maybe there’s some hope left for this country after all. McDowell has demanded a statement from Bertie Ahern about his hilarious financial affairs (Minister for Finance with no bank account? Only in Ireland!). Bertie is due to have a press conference at 15.00 today. The talking heads on TV and radio are really lapping it up.
Tom Parlon (PD) was on RTE news a few minutes ago and really made himself look like a gobshite.
Extensive discussion on boards.ie (one two) and politics.ie.
Media coverage:
RTE news
BreakingNews.ie
Irish Examiner
Irish Times
Plenty more.
I saw this in someone’s signature on boards.ie today, and felt it to be a very accurate description:
“Politicians are like nappies - They need changing often and largely for the same reason.”
Bertie Ahern went to Áras an Uachtaráin at 8 this morning to ask the president to dissolve the Dáil. The election will take place on May 24th - a Thursday. Apparently election posters were erected all over the place within minutes.
I’m sure I won’t be the first to say “LOL!“.
The RTE report says he was arrested “under suspicion” of drink driving, and a sample has been sent for analysis which will determine whether or not he will be prosecuted.
Ferris’s wikipedia entry has already been updated to include this information, along with stuff about his IRA past (he spent 10 years in prison for his involvement in importing weapons and explosives for the IRA in the 1980s).
Update 10 May 2007: RTE News says lab results show that Ferris was not in fact over the limit.
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