Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
My brother mentioned to me the other day that Mary O’Rourke hosted last week’s Tonight with Vincent Browne while Browne was on holiday. Yeah, right, said I, pull the other one. But is was true and not only that but on the first night the nation was ‘treated’ to the ordeal of watching Bertie Ahern … Continue reading “There are none so stupid as those who believe Bertie Ahern”
Presidential hopeful, Michael D Higgins, was on radio today (Friday) answering questions from listeners. Early on Mr. Higgins made his position clear regarding transparency. It’s very important in this debate we’re going to have for the Presidency that people be absolutely straight about what the President can and cannot do. These high ideals took a … Continue reading “Michael D under pressure from 'peasant'”
On the 27th January last Fianna Fail Senator Mark Daly made a series of very serious allegations on Today with Pat Kenny against the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA). The allegations are as follows: That NAMA is breaking the law by failing to hold pubic auctions or competitive tendering for the sale of public assets … Continue reading “NAMA fails to deny very serious allegations”
The Data Protection Commissioner has written to political parties to caution them about communicating with individuals using text, email or phone in the forthcoming election. The Commissioner said that his office had received numerous complaints during previous election campaigns. He said subsequent investigations revealed that contact details were obtained from sources such as sports clubs, … Continue reading “Law enforcement – Irish style”
During my adventure to Australia I took off and landed in the following airports – Abu Dhabi (twice), Sydney (three times), Uluru (Ayers Rock), Melbourne and Singapore. From the smallest to the largest all these airports were modern, well designed and efficiently run. At Dublin, traffic congestion resulted in a wait of nearly half hour … Continue reading “Home”
Apologies in advance for the use of strong language in response to an editorial in last Saturday’s Irish Independent. The piece must surely qualify as the stupidest, most ill informed editorial penned in recent years. The editorial, responding to the ‘sensational’ revelation that bankers tell lies, needs to be analysed line by line to expose … Continue reading “Idiots and the tragedy of Ireland”
Our bumbling, dishonest and undemocratic Taoiseach was all over the airwaves in the last few days. Last Friday he was interviewed on RTE (1st report) and was asked should he have met more regularly with the Financial Regulator. Absolutely not, there was a bill brought in 2003 which changed the arrangement between the Central Bank … Continue reading “Fianna Fail fools emerge from the bog”
When I awoke on Saturday morning I had no idea that I was about to be transported to another planet. But that’s exactly what happened when I tuned into the Marian Finucane Show and was whisked off to planet Duffy by the soon to retire chief executive of Bank of Scotland Ireland, Mark Duffy. First … Continue reading “Moving on – to planet Duffy”
Niamh Brennan, Professor of Management at UCD is a very confused woman. Here’s what she had to say on RTE recently (1st report, 2nd item) regarding the Anglo Irish fraud. “I’m terribly disappointed that the company did not have the high standards that I thought it had.” “The accounting standards are very explicit, transactions should … Continue reading “Confusions and bafflement at the school for Corporate Governance”
Even if Fitzpatrick deigned to appear before the Economic and Regulatory Affairs Committee it would make no difference whatsoever, the committee has no power. It was set up after the 1997 general election for the same reason that all Dail committees are set up – jobs for the boys. None of the 30 or so … Continue reading “The exposure of a corrupt state”