A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » We have had fourteen Taoisigh, and all of them were men. That is a highly abnormal sex distribution. It is stupid to regard this as normal or acceptable.
Brendan Bendar wrote: » Is it? Britain? How many female US ? How many France ? How many? Russia? How many? And many more........ How is that comparison “highly abnormal” Seems to this poster to be in line with most other nations.
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » You're talking about something called "normative", Brendan. I'm saying that 14 male Taoisigh are not "normal", which is to say, this is not statistically expected. It cannot be explained unless there is some inherent sexism at play.
Brendan Bendar wrote: » Uhmmm...are you suggesting there is some illegality there. What exactly is “inherent sexism” . Like to get a good definition of what exactly that is.
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » Obviously nothing illegal, it just reflects an historic bias against women, does it not? How can you explain it? If it were pure chance, you'd expect we'd have had half-a-dozen female Taoisigh by now.
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » I know this isn't really the right thread, but sure look, it's close enough. Were any of you listening to the politics podcast last night hosted by Maggie Doyle (she's really good, isn't she?) which featured Paul Cunningham and Micheal Lehane. Anyway this Lehane guy made it very clear that he thinks Steven Donnelly really hasn't put in much work despite the "really high opinion he has of himself", "he has a lot of regard for himself" (murmurings of Ouch! from his co-panelists), when Lehane offered the half-hearted praise that "he's a really good communicator" -- that means he's good at self-publicity, I think, I think this is quite interesting, it was a long day in the office for these guys, and maybe they let their guard down a bit. An interesting insight into some of the new Government, Lehane was similarly withering about Daragh O'Brien, who is our new minister for housing. I can't find a link outside of social media, so you might need to be logged into facebook to see this, but the relevant clip begins off after 4 minutes (actually, the whole podcast is worth listening to).https://www.facebook.com/rtenews/videos/694816731368700
Brendan Bendar wrote: » Well done Ty, for bringing up these kind of threads. I would have not put Lehane into that category, sounds much more like Lenihan for me. Regarding Donnelly, now is his chance to prove himself, up to now he seemed to have the answer to everything, now he’s been called onto the pitch and so has O’Brien and they get a taste of senior hurling. I wish them both well, and would not castigate them yet until I see how they perform. Jury is out on Maggie Doyle in my assessment, bit over enthusiastic and gushing for this poster. Dial down the enthusiasm meter a bit.... think Audrey Carville...:D.... there’s a professional
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » I can't find a link outside of social media
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » It's unfair to measure anyone against Audrey Carville, she's in a different league. Yes it was quite surprising from Lehane, he's usually so doggedly impartial, has an air of dispassion you'd typically see from a mid-ranking civil servant. Occasionally you catch these people when they're very tired, or have had a few pints, it can be very illuminating.
Brendan Bendar wrote: » In fairness Donnelly does seem to like ‘smelling himself’ heard him on I think news at one today. But will pass no judgement until he gets set up and bedded in. As I said I would wish him well and every success. Biggest success would be tackling the unions and vested interests. Back on topic....Ballsy in my opinion is not doing too well with this gig. I’ll leave it at that.
jippo nolan wrote: » Promoted beyond his capabilities!
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » That's evidently untrue. Never before have we had a member of Government who is a graduate of both MIT and Harvard. The man could have his choice of better-paying jobs, unlike some other members of the new Government. His intellectual capacity is not in question, but does he put it to any use? That's the question. Does he use his obvious intelligence for organisational change, or just publicity? I think the former. I think we'll see some big improvements in Health, but the pol-corrs obviously have a better insight into his character than we do.
EmmetSpiceland wrote: » Hopefully it’ll mean we won’t have to hear his analogy about ‘changing the wings of an airplane in flight’ anymore. No one can implement any “real change” in our health service because of both the unions and a lack of desire to change.
HeidiHeidi wrote: » I heard about 2 mins of her, and this was exactly what I thought. Can't bear her. Mind you, I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that the show, in Brendan's hands, just sucks the joy out of everything.
Brendan Bendar wrote: » Back on topic....Ballsy in my opinion is not doing too well with this gig. I’ll leave it at that.
Aidric wrote: » He's been anything but ballsy in the Marian slot. Quite the pivot from his soapboxing leads for the Sunday Indo. Obviously the courage of his convictions are disposable.
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » It's unfair to measure anyone against Audrey Carville, she's in a different league.
generalgerry wrote: » To pick a completely random comparison, would you say that she's in a different league to Mary Wilson? :pac:
Beechwoodspark wrote: » My word, Damien almost losing it with dr Eva there when she told him his breakfast wasn’t healthy! Calm down damo
ShamNNspace wrote: » His rankles were up caught between a rock and a hard place seeing as his wife Catherine counts being a nutrition adviser as one of her many talents.
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