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Surely our worst leader ever?

  • 26-09-2010 12:16pm
    #1
    liammur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭


    From today's indo.
    ONE of Bertie Ahern's final thoughts as Taoiseach was that Irish people weren't happy enough. So he set up the Active Citizenship Taskforce to see what could be done.
    Some real heavy hitters were drafted in to join the taskforce -- and its interim steering group.
    These included former NIB boss John Trethowan, ex-Bank of Ireland director Mary Redmond, GAA president Sean Kelly, ICTU beardie David Begg, Mary Davis of the Special Olympics, former Progressive Democrat TD Bobby Molloy, secretary general of the Department of the Taoiseach Dermot McCarthy, National College of Ireland boss (and Sean FitzPatrick's sister) Joyce O'Connor, plus a stack of other charity types.
    The body cost €383,000 between 2006 and 2007. Around €15,000 was spent on official entertainment. The question of whether we are happier since this taskforce was created has yet to be answered -- but higher taxes, Seanie FitzPatrick and the horrors of Nama may weigh heavily on the answer. Following the report by An Bord Snip Nua, the taskforce was earmarked for closure in 2010.

    No wonder the country is bust, and people would still vote for this guy as president :mad:


Comments

  • #2
    Benito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭Benito


    It really wasn't worth posting this as an OP. Went down to the local shop and found many papers had supplements gone, bought the indo as that stack seemed not to have been touched. Got the other Sunday's after taking the dog for a walk. Brendan O'connor, That git from Limerick! If the dog ****s the kitchen floor again, I know what will be down before it!!

    Sunday can be a day of rest. Get depressed on an Monday, like the rest of us;)


  • #3
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Benito wrote: »
    Brendan O'connor, That git from Limerick!

    AFAIK, O'Connor is from Cork.


  • #4
    Benito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭Benito


    Mea Culpa! Should have posted 'Brendan O'Connor And that git from Limerick
    ;)


  • #5
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Benito wrote: »
    Mea Culpa! Should have posted 'Brendan O'Connor And that git from Limerick
    ;)

    Willie O'Dea ?


  • #6
    liammur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭liammur


    Benito wrote: »
    It really wasn't worth posting this as an OP.
    Sunday can be a day of rest. Get depressed on an Monday, like the rest of us;)

    Perhaps it wasn't, but we mustn't brush these things under the carpet and let ahern off on a free ride to the aras.


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  • #7
    Benito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭Benito


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Willie O'Dea ?

    You now know what the dog **** on :D


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