The Queen of Drumcondra

thebaz

Apparently Bertie has now been crowned the "Queen of Drumcondra" , for his weekly makeup allowance of 480 euros . Seems execessive , I know we want our leader looking good -- but for a man of the people 480 on makeup is a bit poncy IMO.

He deserves every cent. The bikini wax is torture...:eek:

Hugh Hefner

Where are you getting this from?

thebaz

its up on Ireland.com - breaking news .

Ruu_Old

Must be a slow news day again then

Mossy Monk

what doees that compare to other leaders?

seems very excessive

I guess noone will ever match Gerhard Schroeder and the hair dye case.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1992700.stm

takola

That actually makes me sick!! That's more than 2 single mothers get on social welfare but he can waste it on his makeup!!!

Not even i would need that!!! :rolleyes:

Zebra3

Good aul' Bertie.

Man, I mean, woman of the people.

Stench Blossoms

God people will believe anything these days.

YeatsCounty

Maybe I'm really ahead of the times but I remember a lot of talk about Bertie's excessive make-up bill a few years ago......

YeatsCounty

orla wrote:

God people will believe anything these days.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/2006/05/24/story260240.html

Stench Blossoms

YeatsCounty wrote:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/2006/05/24/story260240.html

Yes i have read that. What people don't realise is "make-up" in this case it not just foundation etc.

All people on TV wear make up, and since he appears on tv more than most he wears more. Most of the cost of it is for the people who actually apply the makeup and their wages are set my the union (siptu) and he has no control over that.

Pigman II

In fairness you get what you pay for and Bertie's looking sh-h-h-arp these days :cool:

You wouldn't be very proud if our leader started cutting corners and ended up looking less than his best
http://www.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/misc/5222-main.jpg

YeatsCounty

orla wrote:

Yes i have read that. What people don't realise is "make-up" in this case it not just foundation etc.

All people on TV wear make up, and since he appears on tv more than most he wears more. Most of the cost of it is for the people who actually apply the makeup and their wages are set my the union (siptu) and he has no control over that.

Ah, I didn't know whether you had actually seen the story or not. I thought you were dismissing the entire thing out of hand. I'm not too worried at all about the 'make-up money', most of it goes to the staff who apply it on Bertie, as you said.

Pigman II wrote:

In fairness you get what you pay for and Bertie's looking sh-h-h-arp these days :cool:

You wouldn't be very proud if our leader started cutting corners and ended up looking less than his best
http://www.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/misc/5222-main.jpg

This was his sharpest look ever.

gandalf

Pigman II wrote:

In fairness you get what you pay for and Bertie's looking sh-h-h-arp these days :cool:

You wouldn't be very proud if our leader started cutting corners and ended up looking less than his best
http://www.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/misc/5222-main.jpg

Hmm you never know he could decide to ride the Lordi wave to popularity

(Can you just see Bertie in those Monster Rock platforms!)