Hands up if you remember the arrival of the IMF people in Dublin? It seems an age ago but when they first came, a weird version of the Emperor’s new clothes began. Everybody knew they were in town, everybody knew a bail-out was about to happen, but Brian Lenihan and Fianna Fail stayed blank-faced and […]
Author Jude Collins
Fine Gael and Labour: do their bums look big?
Hands up if you remember the arrival of the IMF people in Dublin? It seems an age ago but when they first came, a weird version of the Emperor’s new clothes began. Everybody knew they were in town, everybody knew a bail-out was about to happen, but Brian Lenihan and Fianna Fail stayed blank-faced and […]
Labour and the sweet smell of a Merc
It’s not always what you say so much as how memorably you say it. On RTÉ’s ‘The Frontline’ last night, Sean Sherlock of Labour, a pleasant-looking lad, was trying to explain why Labour, who are opposed to the Finance Bill, are going to be voting FOR the same Finance Bill in the Dail later this […]
Labour and the sweet smell of a Merc
It’s not always what you say so much as how memorably you say it. On RTÉ’s ‘The Frontline’ last night, Sean Sherlock of Labour, a pleasant-looking lad, was trying to explain why Labour, who are opposed to the Finance Bill, are going to be voting FOR the same Finance Bill in the Dail later this […]
We’re all agreed (well, nearly all…)
A number of men called at my door on Saturday afternoon. They said my house, their houses, all the houses in the neighbourhood were in danger of burning down, and the only way to avoid the danger was to write a blank cheque and give it to them. At first I resisted but then I […]
We’re all agreed (well, nearly all…)
A number of men called at my door on Saturday afternoon. They said my house, their houses, all the houses in the neighbourhood were in danger of burning down, and the only way to avoid the danger was to write a blank cheque and give it to them. At first I resisted but then I […]
Brian bows out
Having just watched Brian Cowen resign as leader of Fianna Fáil, I’m tempted to say “Nothing in life/Became him like the leaving it”, but of course he’s not leaving political life, he’s going to be Taoiseach for the next seven weeks. Will he run for re-election in Laois/Offaly? It’s hard to say. Probably he will […]
Brian bows out
Having just watched Brian Cowen resign as leader of Fianna Fáil, I’m tempted to say “Nothing in life/Became him like the leaving it”, but of course he’s not leaving political life, he’s going to be Taoiseach for the next seven weeks. Will he run for re-election in Laois/Offaly? It’s hard to say. Probably he will […]
Slip sliding away
Look, anyone can make a mistake. We all do it. But some mistakes are a bit more revealing than others, like the man who had a limited knowledge of psychology. When a friend explained to him that a Freudian slip was when you mean to say one thing but say another, he was impressed. A […]
Slip sliding away
Look, anyone can make a mistake. We all do it. But some mistakes are a bit more revealing than others, like the man who had a limited knowledge of psychology. When a friend explained to him that a Freudian slip was when you mean to say one thing but say another, he was impressed. A […]