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Brian Mahon retweeted
The night before the sod-turning of Ireland’s new national cricket centre, Patrick O’Donovan was threatening not to show up
The problem was that Jack Chambers had also been invited...
"How the coalition lost patience with Patrick O'Donovan"
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Political parties and politicians of all hues (but apparently particularly on the left) need to learn that dodging press conferences doesn't make a story go away.
Whether it is Eoin Hayes dodging yet another Soc Dem think-in or Labour dodging the weekly press conference during the Ogbu controversy, all it does it highlight the story for the media, who in turn cover the absence as a story itself.
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In other words, a vital piece of transport infrastructure that will last well over 100 years and transform the capital’s economy and people’s lives, will cost the same as running the health service for around 9 months. Just f*cking build it. It’s not gonna get any cheaper.
MetroLink could cost up to €19bn, say senior Coalition figures irishtimes.com/transport/202…
Volunteers thrown under the bus, Bacik running from questions, Trumpian attacks on the Press. The summer recess might quell the Ogbu saga but it will haunt Labour
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The delivery from Eamon, the timing and pitch of response from Bill is just perfect. I'm sure they discussed it before hand, but to do it live is just perfection.
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All very well to have a laff about tea bags and sandals and clapping on planes - but only when you also subject yourself to proper scrutiny. A bit more of that, please!
The Labour party has consistently declined to answer serious questions about who knew what and when in relation to this saga. But sure, attack the media again. That's always a smart strategy.
Labour TD @ConorSheehan93 labels the recent discourse surrounding the year Helen Ogbu arrived in Ireland as 'an obession over an arbitrary timeline'.
#RTETWIP repeats at 23:30 tonight on @rteone
Our latest on Ogbu below.
'Their explanations are being drawn up on the back of a matchbox'... Galway Mayor first shared the false claim that she came to Ireland after husband's assassination a month before botched website went online... raising fresh questions for Ivana Bacik trib.al/9dqs6Mi
Brian Mahon retweeted
The @labour party is struggling to get its story straight.
Instead, they focused on attacking the media.
Last night they issued a contradictory statement that leaves more questions than answers...
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It wasn't just Ivana repeating this falsehood. It was in the party newsletter, TD Ciaran Ahern repeated it and Helen herself shared a newsreport from a Niergian news channel which reported the false version of events.
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The Labour party tried to intimidate me by issuing a highly personalised attack on me prior to the first story being published on Monday. That only made it worse.
Don't shoot the messenger.
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The row between solicitors and dept justice stepped up a notch yesterday when justice officials confirmed they were 'actively investigating' solicitors charging on the double under the criminal legal aid system.
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