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In the spirit of the season, Vincent Browne delves into his sack and delivers a present to all political correspondents.
Oh, wow, it’s a splatter bomb, lobbed right into the middle of the pol corrs room.
You can read Vincent Brownes ‘s column here.
The Moriarty Tribunal, so the rumour goes, is due to issue its second report soon after 12 years in existence.
We have seen the full gamut of clever debating techniques employed by politicians and unions in the past couple of weeks.
There is deflection:
Such as: “People are missing the real scandal here. The Government is bailing out the banks while squeezing public services.”
Was it just me or have comments from the various unions and ICTU over the past 24 hours suggest that they are now prepared to seek a deal rather than return to the streets, because they are worried that their mass protests will be shorn of the mass bit? (more…)
