Will Cowen show his face in Croker today?

Poly · 19-09-2010 11:46am #1

I noticed during the last few matches the TV coverage has been careful not to show Cowen in a shot on his own. I presume this is to prevent mass boo's and hisses from the crowd.
Will he even tear himself away from the corporate bar today?

MagicMarker · 19-09-2010 11:46am

Who cares?

biko · 19-09-2010 11:47am

I spoke to him earlier, he said he'd show but felt a bit rough after last night.

Mint Sauce · 19-09-2010 11:48am

why, offaly's not playing

ButtersSuki · 19-09-2010 11:49am

A freebie? You bet your a$$ he will. Himself and Smirky Bertie will be lording it over the peasants.

dvpower · 19-09-2010 11:50am

Yes. It's a social occasion.
He likes those.

My name is URL · 19-09-2010 11:51am

MagicMarker wrote: »

Who cares?

People need something to moan about on a Monday morning.. our tax money wasted on GAA tickets, the leader of the country has the cheek to show himself enjoying the occasion, and other such rabble

Mark200 · 19-09-2010 11:52am

It's quite depressing that the country is still preoccupied with this non-story.

Micky Dolenz · 19-09-2010 11:57am

The leader of the country will almost certainly be at the All Ireland final today. It probably is in his job description as a must go to event.

DonJose · 19-09-2010 12:01pm

Mark200 wrote: »

It's quite depressing that the country is still preoccupied with this non-story.

It's quite depressing that some people think this is a non-story that our leader is having a drunken sing a long while Ireland's 10 year bond market is at 6.3%, there are 455,000 unemployed, the country is facing bankruptcy and is closer to being taken over my the IMF than ever before!!!

MagicMarker · 19-09-2010 12:01pm

DonJose wrote: »

It's quite depressing that some people think this is a non-story that our leader is having a drunken sing a long while Ireland's 10 year bond market is at 6.3%, there are 455,000 unemployed, the country is facing bankruptcy and is closer to being taken over my the IMF than ever before!!!

So he's not allowed have a few drinks now?

SuperVeech · 19-09-2010 12:08pm

Mark200 wrote: »

It's quite depressing that the country is still preoccupied with this non-story.

Its more depressing that we still have him as leader. Unelected and unwanted, the paddy whackery of the man jumping about on a flat bed trailer in Offaly over 2 years ago is still a dirty stain in my memory bank.

This is a real story, 18 months ago the man said he would make improvements in his communication with the Irish people, has he really ? is looking like an eternally grumpy man with his hands fiddlin in his pockets an improvement ?

Guy:Incognito · 19-09-2010 12:09pm

DonJose wrote: »

It's quite depressing that some people think this is a non-story that our leader is having a drunken sing a long while Ireland's 10 year bond market is at 6.3%, there are 455,000 unemployed, the country is facing bankruptcy and is closer to being taken over my the IMF than ever before!!!

How would he becoming teetotal help fix any of that?

Hows you compnay getting on? Have they banned employees drinking on their own time?

Poly · 19-09-2010 12:10pm

Stekelly wrote: »

How would he becoming teetotal help fix any of that?

I would say yes.

Poly · 19-09-2010 12:11pm

Stekelly wrote: »

How would he becoming teetotal help fix any of that?

Hows you compnay getting on? Have they banned employees drinking on their own time?

Alot of companies do have alcohol limits and often test their employees in the morning.

MagicMarker · 19-09-2010 12:11pm

Poly wrote: »

I would say yes.

Mint Sauce · 19-09-2010 12:13pm

he's pitch side as we speak, thread closed.

mikemac · 19-09-2010 12:14pm

Poly wrote: »

Alot of companies do have alcohol limits and often test their employees in the morning.

Bit offtopic, just on that, I worked in a Dutch company in Dublin and our canteen fridge was stacked with beer.
If you're late one night around 8pm or maybe it's Friday evening or gonna break for Easter holidays, we'll all have a few beers in the office. Or several!

German companies do this too.

And when I worked in the UK, it was the done thing to go drinking Friday lunchtime.

For all the "drunken Irish" stereotype, I've never seen Irish office workers go boozing every Friday lunchtime or Irish companies serving beer in their canteen

Micky Dolenz · 19-09-2010 12:18pm

feelingstressed wrote: »

Bit offtopic, just on that, I worked in a Dutch company in Dublin and our canteen fridge was stacked with beer.
If you're late one night around 8pm or maybe it's Friday evening or gonna break for Easter holidays, we'll all have a few beers in the office. Or several!

German companies do this too.

And when I worked in the UK, it was the done thing to go drinking Friday lunchtime.

For all the "drunken Irish" stereotype, I've never seen Irish office workers go boozing every Friday lunchtime or Irish companies serving beer in their canteen

I have worked all over the place and drinking was common is most countries. Not really the done thing in Ireland. There is nothing wrong with a few drinks, but when you lead a nation, your drinking habits should be better timed.

mikemac · 19-09-2010 12:20pm

He's a GAA fan and Clara is real football country
He will be there for sure

PeterIanStaker · 19-09-2010 12:23pm

Poly wrote: »

Alot of companies do have alcohol limits and often test their employees in the morning.

the Dáil isnt a company though, its more along the lines of a club that your daddy has to be in before you can qualify.

dvpower · 19-09-2010 12:24pm

feelingstressed wrote: »

Bit offtopic, just on that, I worked in a Dutch company in Dublin and our canteen fridge was stacked with beer.
If you're late one night around 8pm or maybe it's Friday evening or gonna break for Easter holidays, we'll all have a few beers in the office.

I also worked for a Dutch company in Dublin. The head office in Holland had a fridge full of beer on every floor and turned the canteen into a bar on Friday evenings.

The difference was that the Dutch employees would by and large have a couple of beers and leave it that. The Irish employees used to get pissed.

Poly · 19-09-2010 12:25pm

dvpower wrote: »

I also worked for a Dutch company in Dublin. The head office in Holland had a fridge full of beer on every floor and turned the canteen into a bar on Friday evenings.

The difference was that the Dutch employees would by and large have a couple of beers and leave it that. The Irish employees used to get pissed.

Dutch gold?

Biggins · 19-09-2010 12:50pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

...There is nothing wrong with a few drinks, but when you lead a nation, your drinking habits should be better timed.

That about sums it up nicely.

Mark200 · 19-09-2010 1:41pm

DonJose wrote: »

It's quite depressing that some people think this is a non-story that our leader is having a drunken sing a long while Ireland's 10 year bond market is at 6.3%, there are 455,000 unemployed, the country is facing bankruptcy and is closer to being taken over my the IMF than ever before!!!

So if he hadn't given that interview in the morning, and that Fine Gael member hadn't made a certain tweet, you really think there'd be as much uproar over this? No, there wouldn't. If anyone had listened to that interview live before all of this nonsense they wouldn't have given it a second thought.

SuperVeech wrote: »

Its more depressing that we still have him as leader. Unelected and unwanted, the paddy whackery of the man jumping about on a flat bed trailer in Offaly over 2 years ago is still a dirty stain in my memory bank.

This is a real story, 18 months ago the man said he would make improvements in his communication with the Irish people, has he really ? is looking like an eternally grumpy man with his hands fiddlin in his pockets an improvement ?

Unelected? Jeez I didn't realise he wasn't elected as a TD!!!!! Now that's a story.

Since when do you EVER directly elect a Taoiseach? He is elected, stop talking out of your arse.

Agricola · 19-09-2010 1:48pm

If he actually did something out of order, he might have reason to possibly not show up today. But the fact that he did an interview last week where he sounded abit more gruff than he usually does, is hardly reason to hide from the world.

Anyway, the question implies that Cowen is abit of a sensitive shrinking violet. In reality hes got a hide like a rhino. This stuff doesnt bother him in the slightest.

starlit · 19-09-2010 1:50pm

He might after a few pints. He might just hide in the commentary box! He be there or else watching somewhere else.

SuperVeech · 19-09-2010 2:04pm

Mark200 wrote: »

Since when do you EVER directly elect a Taoiseach? He is elected, stop talking out of your arse.

elected as in elected while leader of his party, a slip I apologise for, but the man did make promises and he is not really making much effort living up to them.

when the voice of popular opinion is so heavily weighed against you - see threads and forums from all sources, see media see your neighbours even ask the dog on the street, its time to accept the common denominator

I can assure you my words are communicated through my mouth, unlike yours which I accept. Tis hard to talk through sand.

ascanbe · 19-09-2010 2:06pm

Poly wrote: »

I noticed during the last few matches the TV coverage has been careful not to show Cowen in a shot on his own. I presume this is to prevent mass boo's and hisses from the crowd.
Will he even tear himself away from the corporate bar today?

Wouldn't anticipate there being much booing, really.
The majority of the crowd will be from Cork and Down; the latter are nordies and the former seem to consider themselves some kind of independent republic.
They probably won't even recognise him.

Mark200 · 19-09-2010 2:07pm

SuperVeech wrote: »

elected as in elected while leader of his party, a slip I apologise for, but the man did make promises and he is not really making much effort living up to them.

when the voice of popular opinion is so heavily weighed against you - see threads and forums from all sources, see media see your neighbours even ask the dog on the street, its time to accept the common denominator

I can assure you my words are communicated through my mouth, unlike yours which I accept. Tis hard to talk through sand.

I'm not a supporter of Brian Cowen or Fianna Fail, actually. But the uproar over the fake controversy that was his interview, and talking-points such as "he's unelected!" or "they don't have a mandate!" are idiotic at best and do nothing but damage the credibility of those who do not support him.

Also, FYI... 'popular opinion' changes all the time. It means nothing. If Governments are to be run based on opinion polls then no one would ever get anything done. It's time people just started constructive debates over what the Government needs to do to get this country back on track, to cut the deficit and debt, and to get people back into employment instead of pointing the finger at who caused this mess and playing the blame game. There'll be plenty of time for that when the election comes. Now's not the time, it's clearing getting us no where and making the Government's job harder when they actually do try to help.

Will Cowen show his face in Croker today?

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