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May 17, 2006 11:48

Did anyone else see Prime Time last night? I thought it was quite hard-hitting, and will hopefully fan the flames of the decentralisation debate which as of yet is not nearly heated enough for my liking. Tom Parlon's performance was an insult, although highly indicitave of the fact that the government has so far made a complete hash of ( Read more... )

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hkim May 17 2006, 12:24:38 UTC

Raging that I missed this :/

Plus ça change.... stesallthat May 17 2006, 12:58:40 UTC

Do you remember the rira agus ruaille buaille that accompanied the announcement on Budget Day? As George Lee rightly pointed out at the time, it was an extremely bizarre announcement to make on Budget Day, and was entirely designed to distract from what was, in the economic circumstances of the day, a mediocre budget at best. I also recall laughing heartily at the amount of civil servants they were relocating to small towns in Mayo (being the ones I knew best) and wondering how the good civil servants of each department would take to being torn away from the relative metropolis of Dublin to the glittering light (singular) of Knock?! Sure, they won't have any cinemas, or theatres, or public transport of speak of... but there's loads of churches and stalls selling religious paraphanalia - that's the same thing, right ( ... )

Re: Plus ça change.... stesallthat May 17 2006, 13:01:22 UTC

Ah, I'd forgotten that Parlon is a PD. It makes even more sense now. Enda Kenny makes me squirm.

Re: Plus ça change.... orange_foam May 17 2006, 13:02:32 UTC

That was me, btw.

Re: Plus ça change.... stesallthat May 17 2006, 13:05:51 UTC

Yeah, he tried to feel up one of the girls I work with when she was interviewing him. Tried to pass it off as a friendly rub on the shoulder, after he'd led her into a doorway to do the interview. They say he's a big sleaze.

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innocent_abroad May 17 2006, 13:48:00 UTC

I have no idea what it's all about, but I'm annoyed because it takes a few really cool 3rd Sec jobs in development out of Dublin. It's ridiculous, with all the embassies in Dublin, to relocate part of your foreign service.
RIDICULOUS!

gateway May 17 2006, 14:18:22 UTC

Yeah i saw they were moving the devlopment jobs (ie the most socially responsible ones) to bleedin f*ing Limerick. Even i wouldnt move there for that, no way. Not that I'd get thru to being a 3rd secretary either, but still.

One other element of the debacle you missed, dear Jacques, is that from and environmental and planning point of view the plan is a disaster. Theyre talking about moving hundreds, nay thousands of people out of dublin and into tiny dinky little towns virtually over night. The local infrastructure wont be able to cope, locals will get immensely pissed off at the strain on their schools, shops, etc and the workers will have to drive huge distances instead of getting public transport. DISASTER. The whole thing is just ridiculous.

autosuggested May 17 2006, 22:01:07 UTC

Can't see it going through... Bertie's no Thatcherite unionbreaker.