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Dream cabinet Dail 2010

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  • 10-11-2009 9:00am
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    efb
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    Please merge if this has been done.

    Taoiseach: Micheal Martin
    Finance: Richard Bruton
    Tainiste & Education: Mary Hanifin
    Forgien Affairs: Brian Lenihen
    Justice: Dermot Ahern
    Social & Family Affairs: Joan Burton
    Health; Liz McManus
    Transport: Eamonn Ryan
    Enterprise: George Lee
    Defence: Charlie Flanagan
    Sport & Arts: Simon Covney
    Gaeltacht: Eamonn O'Cuiv
    Environment: Noel Dempsey
    Communications: Owlyn Enright
    Agriculture: Brian Cowen


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    #2
    cavedave
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    Taoiseach: Yul Brynner
    Finance: Steve McQueen
    Tainiste & Education:Robert Vaughn
    Forgien Affairs: James Coburn
    Justice: Charles Bronson
    Health; Sean Mcgowen
    Transport: Micheal O'Leary
    Enterprise: John Delorian
    Defence: Clint Eastwood
    Sport & Arts: Brian Cody
    Gaeltacht: Kevin Myers


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    #3
    bijapos
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    Taoiseach: Al Capone
    Tanaiste: Mr Blobby
    Finance: Ronnie Biggs
    Foreign Affairs: Kim Il Sung
    Justice: Father Jack
    Health: Mary Harney
    Education: Big Bird
    Transport: Wanderley Wagon
    Enterprise: Cpt. James T. Kirk
    Defence: John Rambo
    Sport & Arts: Homer J. Simpson
    Environment: Royal Dutch Shell
    Social & Family: Goebbels
    Gaeltacht: Beaker from the Muppet Show


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    bmaxi
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    The Cabinet should be left exactly as it is so that when the revolution comes..........:cool:


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    Zynks
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    bmaxi wrote: »
    The Cabinet should be left exactly as it is so that when the revolution comes..........:cool:

    Funny, but talk is cheap. Irish people are mostly in hibernation...


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    Mad_Max
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    efb wrote: »
    Taoiseach: Micheal Martin

    Dear God you want another FF'er in charge????!


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    That_Guy
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    Taoiseach:Gary Breen
    Finance: Gary Breen
    Tainiste & Education:Gary Breen
    Forgien Affairs: Gary Breen
    Justice: Gary Breen
    Health; Gary Breen
    Transport: Gary Breen
    Enterprise: Gary Breen
    Defence: Gary Breen
    Sport & Arts: Gary Breen
    Gaeltacht: Gary Breen


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    dan719
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    That_Guy wrote: »
    Taoiseach:Gary Breen
    Finance: Gary Breen
    Tainiste & Education:Gary Breen
    Forgien Affairs: Gary Breen
    Justice: Gary Breen
    Health; Gary Breen
    Transport: Gary Breen
    Enterprise: Gary Breen
    Defence: Gary Breen
    Sport & Arts: Gary Breen
    Gaeltacht: Gary Breen

    Now's that a political team we could only dream of.


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    Sizzler
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    efb wrote: »
    Please merge if this has been done.

    Taoiseach: Micheal Martin
    Finance: Richard Bruton
    Tainiste & Education: Mary Hanifin
    Forgien Affairs: Brian Lenihen
    Justice: Dermot Ahern
    Social & Family Affairs: Joan Burton
    Health; Liz McManus
    Transport: Eamonn Ryan
    Enterprise: George Lee
    Defence: Charlie Flanagan
    Sport & Arts: Simon Covney
    Gaeltacht: Eamonn O'Cuiv
    Environment: Noel Dempsey
    Please tell me your choice for taoiseach is a wind up?


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    ateam
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    efb wrote: »
    Please merge if this has been done.

    Taoiseach: Micheal Martin
    Finance: Richard Bruton
    Tainiste & Education: Mary Hanifin
    Forgien Affairs: Brian Lenihen
    Justice: Dermot Ahern
    Social & Family Affairs: Joan Burton
    Health; Liz McManus
    Transport: Eamonn Ryan
    Enterprise: George Lee
    Defence: Charlie Flanagan
    Sport & Arts: Simon Covney
    Gaeltacht: Eamonn O'Cuiv
    Environment: Noel Dempsey


    Is this all a joke?


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    efb
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    Whats your alternative.
    No I am serious, except for the spelling, written on an iPhone this morning.


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    Dannyboy83
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    The Penguin: Brian Cowen
    Catwoman: Mary Harney
    The Riddler: Bertie Ahern
    TwoFace: Michael Martin
    Bane: Brian Lenihan
    The Mad Hatter: Willie O Dea
    TheJoker: Enda Kenny
    Poison Ivy: Mary Hannafin
    Harley Quinn: Mary Coughlan
    Tweedledum and Tweedledee: Eamon Gilmore & Pat Rabbite
    Mr.Freeze: Eamon Ryan
    Lex Luthor: Charlie Haughey
    The Scarecrow: Shane Ross

    The Batman: Michael O'Leary
    Robin: Eddie Hobbs


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    Sleepy
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    Taoiseach: DeVore
    Finance: nesf
    Tainiste & Education: Cloud
    Foreign Affairs: Terry
    Justice: The Corinthian
    Social & Family Affairs: Beruthiel
    Health; Thaedydal
    Transport: Victor
    Enterprise: basquille
    Defence: Makikomi
    Sport & Arts: Terry
    Gaeltacht: simu
    Environment: taconnel
    Communications: monkeyfudge
    Agriculture: smcarrick


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    Pride Fighter
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    Taoiseach: Eamon Gilmore
    Tainiste & Finance: Joan Burton
    Education: Ruairi Quinn
    Foreign Affairs: Joe Higgins
    Justice: Pat Rabbite
    Social & Family Affairs:
    Health: Jan O'Sullivan
    Transport: Tommy Broughan
    Enterprise: Joe Costello
    Defence: Jack Wall
    Sport & Arts: Mary Upton
    Gaeltacht: Michael D. Higgins
    Environment: Roisin Shorthall
    Communications: Emmet Stagg
    Agriculture: Sean Sherlock


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    efb
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    Who's at S&FA Pride Fighter?


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    irish_bob
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    Pride Fighter wrote: »
    Taoiseach: Eamon Gilmore
    Tainiste & Finance: Joan Burton
    Education: Ruairi Quinn
    Foreign Affairs: Joe Higgins
    Justice: Pat Rabbite
    Social & Family Affairs:
    Health: Jan O'Sullivan
    Transport: Tommy Broughan
    Enterprise: Joe Costello
    Defence: Jack Wall
    Sport & Arts: Mary Upton
    Gaeltacht: Michael D. Higgins
    Environment: Roisin Shorthall
    Communications: Emmet Stagg
    Agriculture: Sean Sherlock



    i rather the IMF took over full time


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    Sizzler
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    Pride Fighter wrote: »
    Taoiseach: Eamon Gilmore
    Tainiste & Finance: Joan Burton
    Education: Ruairi Quinn
    Foreign Affairs: Joe Higgins
    Justice: Pat Rabbite
    Social & Family Affairs:
    Health: Jan O'Sullivan
    Transport: Tommy Broughan
    Enterprise: Joe Costello
    Defence: Jack Wall
    Sport & Arts: Mary Upton
    Gaeltacht: Michael D. Higgins
    Environment: Roisin Shorthall
    Communications: Emmet Stagg
    Agriculture: Sean Sherlock
    The only reason Gilmore is top of the leaders poll is because his rivals are so poor, don't be fooled.

    If you think we are in trouble now we would be even more f**ked with him at the helm, the social partnership deals Ahern sold out to would be in the halfpenny place compared to what Labour would impose!


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    Daithinski
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    Is there any way we can subcontract the running of the country to some competent people?

    Like the Canadians or something? It would probably be for the best if we took Irish politicians away from the controls before they make things any worse.


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    Rantan
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    Daithinski wrote: »
    Is there any way we can subcontract the running of the country to some competent people?

    Like the Canadians or something? It would probably be for the best if we took Irish politicians away from the controls before they make things any worse.

    Probably for the best actually.....Canadians are nice people if not a little dry, solid though - maybe we should just send a letter and ask them...anyone have the address??


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    DrumSteve
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    Taoiseach: Bret Hart
    Tainiste & Finance: The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase
    Education: Yokozuna
    Foreign Affairs: Jake The Snake Roberts
    Justice: Stone Cold Steve Austin
    Social & Family Affairs: The Undertaker
    Health: Dr.Death Steve Williams
    Transport: Tugboat and/or Earthquake
    Enterprise: Razor Ramon
    Defence: Diesel
    Sport & Arts: 123 Kid
    Gaeltacht: Giant Haystacks
    Environment: Brin Pillman
    Communications: King Kong Bundy
    Agriculture: Shawn Michaels


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    Zynks
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    Sizzler wrote: »
    The only reason Gilmore is top of the leaders poll is because his rivals are so poor, don't be fooled

    So even if you don't like him that much you are saying he is the best of the bunch, right? :D


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    Sizzler
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    Daithinski wrote: »
    Is there any way we can subcontract the running of the country to some competent people?
    Even better, get competent professionals in to run the country, experts in their field. The country is littered with talented people but yet we are stuck with mouthpieces like Biffo / Lenihan / Coughlan who need to get advice on how to write their name. Get some professionals stuck in to the running of the country quickly and let the elected politicians convey the policies that will get us out of this shyte instead of them pretending to know what they are talking about.
    Zynks wrote: »
    So even if you don't like him that much you are saying he is the best of the bunch, right? :D
    No! Jesus no! Can we not do something along the lines of Wife Swap and do leader swap where Biffo can have a crack at Ryanair for a week and O'Leary can come in and do his worst for a week :D


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    Funglegunk
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    efb wrote: »
    Please merge if this has been done.

    Taoiseach: Micheal Martin
    Finance: Richard Bruton
    Tainiste & Education: Mary Hanifin
    Forgien Affairs: Brian Lenihen
    Justice: Dermot Ahern
    Social & Family Affairs: Joan Burton
    Health; Liz McManus
    Transport: Eamonn Ryan
    Enterprise: George Lee
    Defence: Charlie Flanagan
    Sport & Arts: Simon Covney
    Gaeltacht: Eamonn O'Cuiv
    Environment: Noel Dempsey
    Communications: Owlyn Enright
    Agriculture: Brian Cowen

    I think you might have got a better response if the topic was called 'Best Case Scenario' cabinet. Are you putting Micheal Martin as Taoiseach because of his performance in Foreign Affairs? That's a fairly hard portfolio to **** up tbh.


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    Rb
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    Sleepy wrote: »
    Taoiseach: DeVore
    Finance: nesf
    Tainiste & Education: Cloud
    Foreign Affairs: Terry
    Justice: The Corinthian
    Social & Family Affairs: Beruthiel
    Health; Thaedydal
    Transport: Victor
    Enterprise: basquille
    Defence: Makikomi
    Sport & Arts: Terry
    Gaeltacht: simu
    Environment: taconnel
    Communications: monkeyfudge
    Agriculture: smcarrick
    What? If you want a hobo government, just vote for People Before Profit.


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    efb
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    Funglegunk wrote: »
    I think you might have got a better response if the topic was called 'Best Case Scenario' cabinet. Are you putting Micheal Martin as Taoiseach because of his performance in Foreign Affairs? That's a fairly hard portfolio to **** up tbh.

    Martin has had stellar performaces in many of his Cabinet positions. Smoking ban was him. Anyway good to get a Corkman back in charge...


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    NewDubliner
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    Cam't understand why people list 'Gaeltacht' as part of a future government. It's just a welfare department for people who pretend to to be indigenous Irish speakers. We could just merge it with Social Welfare.

    Bord Snip thinks it's redundant.


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    Seth Brundle
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    Better than any combination of Irish TDs


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    Rebelheart
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    NewDubliner wrote: »
    Cam't understand why people list 'Gaeltacht' as part of a future government. It's just a welfare department for people who pretend to to be indigenous Irish speakers. We could just merge it with Social Welfare.

    And while we're at it we could merge the Department of Finance with Social Welfare given the billions upon billions it is giving to bail out Irish banks, property developers and other parasites of this society. In fact, let's just scrap (rename?) Finance and create a new Department of Corporate Welfare.

    The Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs receives a pittance - an absolute pittance - in comparison. But the pittance goes to ordinary people so I suppose that would be a problem for a certain type of thinking.


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    Rebelheart
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    efb wrote: »
    Please merge if this has been done.

    Taoiseach: Micheal Martin
    Finance: Richard Bruton
    Tainiste & Education: Mary Hanifin
    Forgien Affairs: Brian Lenihen
    Justice: Dermot Ahern
    Social & Family Affairs: Joan Burton
    Health; Liz McManus
    Transport: Eamonn Ryan
    Enterprise: George Lee
    Defence: Charlie Flanagan
    Sport & Arts: Simon Covney
    Gaeltacht: Eamonn O'Cuiv
    Environment: Noel Dempsey
    Communications: Owlyn Enright
    Agriculture: Brian Cowen

    That's a fairly measured and dispassionate list in fairness to you. Mícheál Martin would, I also believe, be a good Taoiseach. I still think one of the most progressive things the government of this state has done during my lifetime has been to introduce the smoking ban. He has had failures, sure, but having served in government for over ten years those failures have been relatively minor (in the wider scheme of that service). I am particularly impressed with his cultural openmindedness; he is conscious of trends beyond Britain, and that is a depressingly rare characteristic among Irish politicians. Instinctively, for this reason, I respect the man's world view.

    Ó Cuív, a born and bred Dubliner, has proved to be a surprisingly good advocate for Irish speakers and rural Ireland in the cabinet, even if his ideas on granting planning permission in rural areas are repellant to me. I also think Michael D. would be a great minister for the Gaeltacht, and it is Michael D. who takes full credit for establishing TnaG back in 1997. I have a lot of time for Michael D., especially after that former US diplomat George Dempsey told him on the Late Late Show to go away and write some more poetry and stop engaging in US foreign policy (the audience jumped in to support Michael D).

    I don't like the Brutons, but Richard looks like he'd be a much more rational and intelligent minister than his brother was Taoiseach (yes, I am alluding to the North). I'd like George Lee in government, if only to disarm him; there are far too many people making a living out of lecturing the government on what should be done, while they themselves have taken no risks and cannot therefore make mistakes. Too many people are romanticising the Opposition.

    As long as Brian Hayes, a reactionary protégé of John Bruton if ever there were one, is not in any government I'd be relatively happy.

    PS: Éamon Ryan is very impressive and innovative as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. For me, he is the surprise of the current government.


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