Bertie and Dubai via Gavin's Blog
Bertie Ahern – just commit suicide lads via Gavin's Blog
Off with her head via Gavin's Blog
Bertie Ahern’s wiki via Gavin's Blog
I didn’t do it.... What Brian Lenihan Will NOT Say on Tuesday via Of Laws and Men
The following excerpt from the Minister for Finance's Budget speech has inexplicably been torn from the draft and "leaked" to Of Laws and Men.At the outset of my speech, I referred to the fact that our overheads - the costs not directly related to output - have gotten out of proportion with the realities of our income position, both for the economy as a whole and for the public sector in particular. I have already outlined measures for dealing with this in the various departments of government and for encouraging adjustments in the private sector.Sadly, I must say to you, my colleagues here in the Dail, that the extent of the mess that an-Iar-Thaoiseach agus a Thanaiste have left us, means that the cost of running this House must also be subject to scrutiny on the same basis.In our...
Ahern’s last day via Gavin's Blog
Endeth the grilling. For now.... The B/T account via Gavin's Blog
More Enjoyable Handball via Of Laws and Men
Joe Higginsfamously compared questioning Bertie Ahern to playing handball against a haystack. A major reason for Ahern's success is that eventually the Opposition more or less gave up the attempt to pin him down.Against this background, Wednesday's ruckus in the Dail and the various mutterings about our new Taoiseach's dictatorial tendencies look to me to be good news for the Opposition. Cowen leads with his chin - often in a most obnoxious fashion - in a way that is refreshing after 10 years of Bertie-speak, but which risks being caught with a clever upper-cut. Opposing politicians are a bit out of practice, but sooner or later they will re-discover the art of traditional debate.It is gratifying to again have a lawyer heading our government, but I reserve judgement on Mr Cowen. He is...
Bertie’s New Job ? via Of Laws and Men
Is it just me, or does the man photographed on this page look like Bertie sans make-up(and a few kilogrammes) ?"
Can't be" responds a colleague (who has to remain anonymous, due to his reliance on work from the State),"Trapattoni's making an effort to speak comprehensible...
Song for Giscard d’Estaing via Of Laws and Men
I sat into the car this morning and, for the umpteenth time - a pleasure on each occasion - was greeted with the Amy Winehouse version of "Valerie"(I would credit the writer if I could find out who it was). And I looked across the land and thought of all the things that it could mean and in my head I got a picture of .... Valery Giscard d'Estaing.Asked by the EC to head an effort to "bring Europe closer to its People" in line with the Laeken Declaration, Giscard arguably achieved the opposite with his (some say) onomatopoeiac Constitution project "EUC" for which no-one had asked and which in turn has led to the even yukkier (all agree) Lisbon Treaty.So, as one does, I avoided Aine Lawlor (always a good idea) and wondered how the song should be altered to meet the requirements of the...
The legacy of Bertie Ahern via In Photos dot org
The legacy of Bertie Ahern
Bertie Ahern, who recently announced his resignation as Taoiseach or Prime Minister of Ireland was well known for opening all sorts of events and buildings.
Plaques with his name dot the country.
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Tags: Bantry, Bertie Ahern, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Photos, plaque, politicians, politics, Signs, Urban... Some Contributions from the Third Day of Debate on the Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill via My Opinion
The Dáil resumed its Debate on the second reading of the Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008. Some selected contributions.Deputy John Perry (Fine Gael):In resuming the debate on Second Stage of the Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008 I reiterate my support for the provisions in the Lisbon reform treaty aimed at reinforcing the national parliamentary dimension in the European Union. In recognition of the growing importance of EU legislation and the need to hold the Government accountable for the negotiation of this legislation, the Oireachtas established the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny, the central task of which is to act as a watchdog, scrutinising all proposed EU legislation which, on average, amounts to more than 500 documents annually. It...
Song: I Will Resign via My Opinion
To The Tune Of "I Will Survive"Lyrics:First I was afraidI was petrifiedKept thinking Mahon would find outAbout my takings on the sideAnd I spent so many nightsThinking how I got it wrongBut I grew strongWhen I learned how to play alongBut then the banksThose fecking guysThey went and showed the jaysis courtThat I got cash from the UKI shouldn’t have lodged that bloody sterlingI could’ve spent it on me holidaysIf I had known for just one secondAll the questions it would raiseSo off I go, I’ll walk out the doorI’ll go to ground now‘Cause I’m not welcome anymoreWeren’t you the ones who said it’s time to say goodbye?Health service crumbledProperty market diedOh no! Now II will resignNow the shit has hit the fanAnd the country’s in declineI’ve done my share of theftAnd no...
FAIL via Holy Shmoly!
A conspiracy of silence
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It didn’t take long. Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister, announced his resignation yesterday and already the joke emails are pouring in. (Thanks Brian and Louise!)
My own contributions:
Sunday Times, December 23rd 2007.
The Bertie score card above is from Bifsniff.com (but created by Brendan O’Connell), anyone want to claim credit for the others? Unfortunately email forwarders don’t usually give credit ..
Gavin, who has blogged the Mahon Tribunal for so long has given his own reaction as well as a chronology of events leading to the resignation yesterday. It’s scary how long the Teflon Taoiseach managed to survive in politics. Nothing stuck to him.
Edit: Green Ink created Bertie 300. Thanks for commenting!
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It's got nothing to do with Mr Ahern's retirement, my doubts about Mr Cowen, my "grizzles" about the Lisbon Treaty or indeed my irreverence in regard to the BES.It was human error (mine), plain and simple, that resulted in the loss, since just before 6 a.m. this morning of all the material on Economics, the Lisbon Treaty and Civilisation & its Discontents (including Weekly Wit and Weekly Wisdom) which until then was gently blooming on this site.I am heartbroken but not yet despairing: it is not the end of the world, or even of Civilisation as we know it (well .. it may come close). It may be possible to recover the lost data, but it will be some hours yet before I know. If I cannot, the pages will be...
Bertie Ahern Jokes via Holy Shmoly!
It didn’t take long. Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister, announced his resignation yesterday and already the joke emails are pouring in. (Thanks Brian and Louise!)
My own contributions:
Sunday Times, December 23rd 2007.
The Bertie score card above is from Bifsniff.com, anyone want to claim credit for the others? Unfortunately email forwarders don’t usually give credit ..
Gavin, who has blogged the Mahon Tribunal for so long has given his own reaction as well as a chronology of events leading to the resignation yesterday. It’s scary how long the Teflon Taoiseach managed to survive in politics. Nothing stuck to him.
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Going Overboard
Bertie’s going overboard today, hopefully. As I write this Bertie Ahern is speaking and it sounds like a resignation speech. I haven’t heard an apology for lying under oath and deceiving the public yet however.
Unfortunately we’re all going to forget this by the next election. Hopefully the other parties will make hay while the sun shines.
Posting this today as Miriam’s photo of the same sign reminded me I had shot this at Allihies Beach in Co. Cork.
It’s appropriate too.
Edit - he’s out. Bertie Ahern will resign on May 6th 2008.
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Contempt via Of Laws and Men
Picture it: A man in his 80s - I will refer to him for a bit hereinafter as "CC" - is in the witness box at an inquiry. His conduct is an issue. He is asked a question and from the content of the question, he correctly deduces that information which he had thought was confidential has been shared, or is about to be, with those hostile to him without his prior consent. The material disclosed, he says, includes personally sensitive information imparted to him, and recorded by him, on the basis that it was to be strictly "between them only", as well as legal advice on his own position.He consults his lawyers who tell him that what has been done is legally suspect at least, and they are possibly more emphatic than that. On their advice, he institutes proceedings in the High Court to vindicate...
Bertie’s yellow hair and pierced nose via Holy Shmoly!
The Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, Sunday Times, Dec. 23 2007
I really would love to know how the Minister for Finance survived so many years without a bank account.
Linkies ..
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Terms of service come under the spotlight. I received a Spock invite from Ken a few days ago, sorry, too many social networks, not enough socialising.
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Tom never read my Subscribe To Comments post and sent me comments from several other posts. Bold boy!
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“I sold one print... Far too much Bertie via Holy Shmoly!
Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister received a pay increase of €38,000 a few weeks ago. Not many people are happy about that. To express your disapproval, send an email to FARTOOMUCHBERTIE@gmail.com and you’ll be sent a “Far too much Bertie” sticker. 200,000 stickers have been printed so there are plenty to go around!
Via Indymedia and Kevin Cotter on the Ray D’Arcy Show.
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Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of redundency...Enjoy a beautiful boat ride along the river Suir, locally known as the river of death. Enjoy the views of a heap-of-shit cider brewry in Clonmel and a broken down Crystal factory in Waterford. This is Ireland, welcome to the best economy in the world!Waterford Crystal did the old "hack and slash" with 500 of their employees a while back, and now Bulmers are "smokin' the bitches" today, we can be sure that this year is going to be a "Merry Christmas" for Irish Industry. And what better way to enjoy the festive season than to slurp back the finest of Clonmel cider within a piece of Waterford Crystal.Go raibh maith agat, Do chara Bertie (buachaill deas le Eireann).[I was working on this post for the... Pay-Back Time for Willie O’Dea ? via Of Laws and Men
When the first-count results, and the extent of Willie's ego-trip, for Limerick East began to become clear at about 4 in the afternoon on May 25, an interesting episode was observable on RTE television. Our hero was at de the count centre, while in the studio were FF director of elections P.J. Mara and Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern. As is conventional on these occasions, even the neutrals on the panel made their congratulations to Willie, who was ecstatic, albeit in a restrained way. What was remarkable was the coldness of the formal congratulations from his party colleagues, who must have known that the real story was the throwing away of a seat (as described here). So, less than three months later, Willie, in desperate need of help with the Aer Lingus Shannon-Heathrow crisis, is being...
Bertie Ahern On Suicide via Riemann's Cut
'Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning is a lost opportunity. I don't know how people who engage in that don't commit suicide because frankly the only thing that motivates me is being able to actively change something,'Bertie Ahern 04/07/04Irish Prime Minister... 
Winning and Losing via Of Laws and Men
At one time, a certain English rugby team (Gloucester, if my memory serves me well) had a very supportive local newspaper. Everything the team did was portrayed in the most positive way possible. Even when they lost heavily, some silver-lining to the cloud would be found. The best example of this occurred after Gloucester lost by 71 points to 5 one sorry weekend. Nothing daunted, the newspaper headline read "Gloucester in 76-point Thriller !"The motivation is, I believe, different, but I am always reminded of that rugby team when people say that Dick Spring's Labour Party "won" the 1992 election, and again when they say that Enda Kenny's Fine Gael "won" the 2007 one.Certainly, both were fine performances, but, to switch to a soccer analogy, it is the team with the highest score, not the...
Clarification re Willie and De Bert via Of Laws and Men
My "cut" last night at De Bert was a mite unfair. Three seats for FF in his constituency was very tall order indeed.However, just possibly, an even distribution of the FF first preferences might have brought it off if the other votes had been distributed differently e.g if, say, Gregory had polled a bit better, Costello a little worse.Meanwhile, in Willie O'Dea's Limerick East, a 5-seater,FF and PD had 55%, FG/Lab 36%. (Greens had 3%).Guess which combination got 3 seats ? FG/Lab.With a more even spread of FF votes, the result would almost certainly have been different. Even without the PD, they had 48.7%,very nearly 3 quotas. Whatever about De Bert, Willie let his side down. I suspect that others may
also have similar questions to answer, not just in FF....