Tonight With Vincent Browne Thread v3.0 (07/04/13 - 08/07/14)

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Maurice Hayes? Who?

Harry Angstrom

Vinnie played a blinder against Collins. Showed him up big time.

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I miss Dan Boyle's tweets.

Lady Chatterton

I watching Second Captains Live, what's Vinny up to?

Is it worth turning over?

JonathanAnon

Dan Boyle mustn't be touring at the moment. I heard Crystal Swing were supporting him on his last world tour.

I think Paul Murphy needs media training.. Everything he says he delivers with a condescending, belittling, almost facetious tone... And it's hard enough to listen to the words he's saying without such an off-putting delivery.

Noccy_Mondy

MrsD007 wrote: »

I watching Second Captains Live, what's Vinny up to?

Is it worth turning over?

A bit of an aul debate on the seanad. Riveting stuff!!! :P

Harry Angstrom

MrsD007 wrote: »

I watching Second Captains Live, what's Vinny up to?

Is it worth turning over?

Seanad debate, probably not, apart from when Vinnie put Collins away. We'll keep you posted if Dan Boyle decides to sing a song.

Lady Chatterton

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Seanad debate, probably not, apart from when Vinnie put Collins away. We'll keep you posted if Dan Boyle decides to sing a song.

I'll turn over if Paul Gogarty and Dan Boyle perform a duet

Realt Dearg Sec

Dan Boyle clearly quoting a half remembered Irish Times article from last week. I read it myself.

JonathanAnon

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Seanad debate, probably not, apart from when Vinnie put Collins away. We'll keep you posted if Dan Boyle decides to sing a song.

I hope that he sings the one he wrote about Merkel...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKtvRONgH0k

take everything

Come back, Eamon Ryan, all is forgiven.

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The committees are more jobs for the boys and girls.

coolhull

I think they're wasting their time debating this issue. I believe the people have decided already, and it's goodbye Seanad, Anyway, the loudest voices on the 'Dont Abolish' side of the argument are the newest of the Senators.
Funny how the older ones, who have built up a good pension, are strangely quiet, and looking forward to their nice little nest -egg

Callan57

take everything wrote: »

Come back, Eamon Ryan, all is forgiven.

He hasn't gone far - he was on Prime Time last night talking about wind (appropriately enough!)

tayto lover

Just turned over.
Just turning back now.

Harry Angstrom

Bunch of hypocrites the lot of them. Collins arguing for reform and his party have been in power for longer than any other party, and Boyle being nominated by Bertie Ahern for his Seanad seat. It didn't take them long to land on "planet Bertie".

take everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrtLjWb0Fmo

The answer Vinny was pushing yer man on the left for.

JonathanAnon

The brave teachers in the ASTI... The best paid teachers in Europe, coming back after three months holidays and they want to go on strike... It's about time they got some Air Traffic Controller treatment...

Where is the Government representative, was there "none available"?

Hitchens

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Where is the Government representative, was there "none available"?

all at the ploughing!

tayto lover

JonathanAnon wrote: »

The brave teachers in the ASTI... The best paid teachers in Europe, coming back after three months holidays and they want to go on strike... It's about time they got some Air Traffic Controller treatment...

Where is the Government representative, was there "none available"?

I don't think I heard them say they want to go on strike though.
They seem to be standing up for themselves.
How dare they.

Busted Flat.

JonathanAnon wrote: »

The brave teachers in the ASTI... The best paid teachers in Europe, coming back after three months holidays and they want to go on strike... It's about time they got some Air Traffic Controller treatment...

Where is the Government representative, was there "none available"?

No can do, who is leading the government, all teachers, someone should ask them how many were members of ASTI.

Realt Dearg Sec

The problem for me (as someone who would keep the Seanad and reform it and blah blah blah, you know yourself), is that none of the politicians have the remotest shred of credibility on these issues of parliamentary reform. Enda wanted the Seanad reformed until he was in power, then he wanted it gone, for all sorts of reasons (a stunt, centralising his own authority etc etc). Fianna Fail demand reform when they are out of power (so as to divest power from Enda etc etc) yet spent the last God knows how long in power doing nothing of the sort themselves. The overwhelming sense is that if the Seanad isn't abolished now, and (God forbid) FF get back in, there isn't a hope in hell that they will set about reforming the Seanad (or any other arm of the parliament) in a way that will hold their own government more accountable.

Which is a long way of saying "this whole thing is patently a farce, and the entire establishment has no intention of doing anything that doesn't suit their own interests". But sure you know that...

donegal_man

This is the quality of debate in Ireland? The VB show, not Boards obviously.

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JonathanAnon wrote: »

The brave teachers in the ASTI... The best paid teachers in Europe, coming back after three months holidays and they want to go on strike... It's about time they got some Air Traffic Controller treatment...

Where is the Government representative, was there "none available"?

Do you not respect the right of workers to go on strike in order to improve their working conditions/pay?

As it happens, teachers starting since 2010 have suffered a massive pay cut, down about 8k.

JonathanAnon

This is the only time that the majority of people in Ireland will actually have a say in the operation of the seanad... On that basis alone, I cant see how people could vote in favour of keeping the Seanad.. But I think some of the latest polls reckon that the electorate will vote No to the bill, just to give the Government a kicking...

vicwatson

What is that Hourican one on about eh!?

JonathanAnon

Have TV3 put in the Exposé tape by mistake?

Lady Chatterton

Sweet Jaysus, I've just turned over and I feel like turning back. She is bonkers!

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Good old Vinny looking at this woman flogging her book with much scepticism.

vicwatson

Is that plumber for real - stumpin up the 140k under McFeelys bath. Lunatic.