Cowen to address the nation

Kensington

You could always complain: info@rte.ie
Or on the blower: 01 208 3111

ScumLord

BrianJD wrote: »

Why did they cut off? Because Tv3 asking the tough questions or because the government was being roasted??

Probably because they're all given a certain amount of time to ask questions and it was someone elses turn to ask a question.

marcsignal

vincent brown butchered cowen on sky, jeez he went at him like a rabid hyena

Monty Burnz

copacetic wrote: »

Vincent making a fool of himself now, he's just a heckler shouting abuse rather than ask a pertinent question.

edit - and he gets the press conference closed down.

Wrong - he was asking why there was no political accountability for what had happened. The banks boards were sacked, the regulator was retired, the central bank head was retired - but not a single politician quit.

Why has not a single politician quit?

because they are Fianna Failure and they don't give a toss about you or me

ascanbe

Hardly anyone probably bothered to watch the thing as it was timed to coincide with the announcment of the X-Factor results.

Mister men

Am i right in saying RTE cut off when TV3 guy started asking the hard questions? Jesus it's like North Korea in this country.

The Pontiac

BERBA wrote: »

biffo says he takes his share of blame

reality check: Mr Cowen your fully to blame for this.

No, mostly Bertie actually. But Cowen should take a lot of it as he was minister for finance for a lot of time.

Kiith

MikeySligo wrote: »

When are they sending out the lube for the ass fcuking?

You don't lube for this kind of ass ****.

jayok

Guten Nacht - Welkommen to die Nine O'Clock News...

Dozen Wicked Words

Overheal wrote: »

"I'm not the Bogeyman you're looking for" :rolleyes:

I think there is a bit of a resemblance.

Papa_Bear

I hearby declare this day to be BLACK SUNDAY

ascanbe

Mister men wrote: »

Am i right in saying RTE cut off when TV3 guy started asking the hard questions? Jesus it's like North Korea in this country.

You're right. That's exactly what happened.

eljono

Could someone tell me what channel was this on and long did it last?

partyatmygaff

fluorescence wrote: »

What a useless press conference. No new information conveyed there at all, really.

Anyone else feel kind of sorry for Brian Lenihan? He seems like a decent sort, and at least he answers the questions put to him coherently without waffling in circles to avoid them.

Lenihan should have been made Taoiseach, not Cowen.

bnt

Sofiztikated wrote: »

A liability! Jesus, Vincent isn't pulling any punches!

There's asking questions, and then there's grandstanding for the cameras, and I have to say he crossed the line a bit there. We'll surely be hearing more from him in Politico.ie later, but in the mean time, here's some more sober analysis from the BBC's Robert Peston earlier today:

The total value of these loans - or more properly of these lending facilities - is expected to be less than €100bn (£85bn), although the definitive amount won't be fixed for a few days, until a team of experts from the IMF, European Commission and European Central Bank has finished their evaluation of the "hole" in the finances of Ireland's big banks.
The lending facility for Ireland is expected to have a life of three or four years, long enough (in theory) for Ireland to restore the health of its banks and to reduce the deficit in its public finances from 12 per cent of GDP (excluding taxpayers' financial support for banks) to a target of 3 per cent.
It is hoped that would be long enough for Ireland to restore its reputation as a creditworthy nation among commercial lenders and investors.

I have current, credit card and deposit accounts with AIB: not a lot of money in there, but you can bet I'll be keeping an eye on them. I can't see the likes of Santander or Deutsche Bank showing any interest without additional incentives.

WallyGUFC

What a night of TV! Suzanne Doyle gets caught the tramp and Beavis and Butthead address us and suck up to Europe. It's nights like these the TV licence was made for!!

efb

Das News iz gud, ya?

bhovaspack

I would suggest making a formal complaint to RTÉ for cutting off live coverage of the most important press conference in decades. A disgrace.

mike65

Smcgie wrote: »

What was that day?

Wild guess 9/11

Doubt it, there were hardly 13,000 boards members in 2001 or internet conections!

Absurdum

ascanbe wrote: »

Hardly anyone probably bothered to watch the thing as it was timed to coincide with the announcment of the X-Factor results.

I wouldn't put it past them you know.

Monty Burnz

fluorescence wrote: »

What a useless press conference. No new information conveyed there at all, really.

Anyone else feel kind of sorry for Brian Lenihan? He seems like a decent sort, and at least he answers the questions put to him coherently without waffling in circles to avoid them.

No. Lenihan is the best politician I have ever seen in Ireland, better than Bertie Ahern even. He makes people like him, he sounds plausible, he makes sentences.

That just makes him very, very dangerous. A buffoon like Cowen can lead the country into oblivion. Can you imagine the damage his silver-tongued lieutenant could do? He's the guy who told us NAMA would fix the banks. He's the guy who guaranteed the banks - the guarantee that has sunk us.They have not been acting for the Irish people for at least the last 5 years, and now we have arrived where we deserve to be - in the ****ter. We put them in power, didn't we?

alex73

The Sparrow wrote: »

It's utterly disgraceful that RTE cut it off when Vincent Browne was in the middle of asking the hard questions.

RTE = STATE OWNED = STATE CENSORED.

Spunge

Wow, what did RTE actually cut to ?

Kev_ps3

So were borrowing tens of billions more to bail out private banks, great.

x in the city

they are showing the all ireland got talent results maybe

very important stuff that

ejmaztec

Boards cannae take it Captain, she's breakin up.:eek:

kev9100

I would so go gay for Vincent Browne right now.

naughto

did any one see the two fellas walking behind the news reporter with the pig masks on??

shebango

The whole thing reminds me of this tbh.

Chuchoter

The MP on BBC right now doesn't seem too happy with lending to us...

Absurdum

protesters outside the Dáil - thinking of joining them - we must be heard

Nevyn

Spunge wrote: »

Wow, what did RTE actually cut to ?

Some talking head who was on stand by in the studio.

So what was the announcement? This thread is too long to read through. Are we screwed? - er - are we more screwed than we were?

Dero123

yeah it was biffo and lenihan making a quick getaway

Monty Burnz

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Lenihan should have been made Taoiseach, not Cowen.

That would be the Brian Lenihan who blew tens of billions on NAMA, and the same Brian Lenihan who made the debts of the banks the debts of the Irish people?

I disagree - I think he should be on trial for treason.

Fukuyama

What did Ursala do... I missed it

Chuchoter

Deleted User wrote: »

So what was the announcement? This thread is too long to read through. Are we screwed? - er - are we more screwed than we were?

We are taking the bailout and its nobody's fault.
We are royally screwed, to say the least.

Revolution9

Lenihan is just as much to blame as Cowen.
He is just as sly, and just as incompetent.

Nevyn

If you want to complain about RTE cutting away from the press conference
complaints@rte.ie

Monty Burnz

Deleted User wrote: »

So what was the announcement? This thread is too long to read through. Are we screwed? - er - are we more screwed than we were?

We are the same screwed as we were since Lenihan guaranteed the banks: totally screwed.

This is not the last of this crisis folks. This has YEARS left to play out.

Cheap Thrills!

See how quick RTE cut short the intervew outside LH as soon as the protesters chanting 'OUT, OUT, OUT' started getting louder.

Pathetic :rolleyes:

Nevyn

Dean0088 wrote: »

What did Ursala do... I missed it

Asked Cowen if he was ashamed and if he'd be stepping down and he had the balls to say it was a national matrer and not a political one and he's looking forward to leading FF into the next general election.

Revolution9

I started a thread earlier in the Politics forum wondering why Lenihan is so popular despite being so incompetent.


http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056096423

bloopy

Bombard Duffy tomorrow with complaints. cutting the damn feed just as it was gettin interesting

Fluorescence

Monty Burnz wrote: »

No. Lenihan is the best politician I have ever seen in Ireland, better than Bertie Ahern even. He makes people like him, he sounds plausible, he makes sentences.

That just makes him very, very dangerous. A buffoon like Cowen can lead the country into oblivion. Can you imagine the damage his silver-tongued lieutenant could do? He's the guy who told us NAMA would fix the banks. He's the guy who guaranteed the banks - the guarantee that has sunk us.They have not been acting for the Irish people for at least the last 5 years, and now we have arrived where we deserve to be - in the ****ter. We put them in power, didn't we?

Fair point. I'd still rather have him as Taoiseach than Cowen though

I didn't put them in power though. I only got the vote last year :P. Even though each party is as bad as the other IMO, I still think Cowen should be calling for a General Election right now. Is he gonna? No. He still thinks that he can remain in office. Where was he this weekend while the IMF were examining the state of our country? Canvassing in Donegal for votes he'll never win :rolleyes:

SEPT 23 1989

This FF/Green sham government cannot go on for much longer

Captain Pillowcase

Deleted User wrote: »

So what was the announcement? This thread is too long to read through. Are we screwed? - er - are we more screwed than we were?

Early figures on how screwed we are stood about the 70 - 80 billion ways region. A source on Sky News has now put this figure at around 100 billion ways. Clowen would not confirm this figure. :P

amdublin

BERBA wrote: »

biffo says he takes his share of blame

reality check: Mr Cowen your fully to blame for this.

Eh don't forget bertie the snake ahern

Duiske

I have zero time for Brian Cowan, but I think he will do the right thing and go on the 8th December. Brian Lenihan will then take over until the Greens pull the plug in Febuary, and we have an election beginning of April

Speaking of the Greens, them ****ers are fairly keeping their heads down this past week, ain't they ?

lmaopml

I thought Vincent was an ass tbh. He wants the Taoiseach and the Government that are in the middle of some of the biggest talks we've ever needed to 'go right' - to resign straight away - and announces it all over the global stage, cause that's going to really help the national interest at this point in time, and contribute to our bargaining power with Europe and the IMF.

He couldn't hold his mouth, he actually shamed us with that barrage on this day of all days.....He could do that anywhere and regularly does, but knew that every single country is looking on tonight.


Dope.

They haven't released any details as of yet, because quite obviously they are still barganing Vincent you bloody ass, nice undermining for the sake of another 15 mins of fame - Shees President? No thanks...