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Former Minister's Asian Money

  • 02-05-2016 2:06pm
    #1
    roscommmon1980
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭


    Sunday Times 01/05/16
    'Fahey college used Cowen to lure Chinese'

    A NEWLY formed language school is advertising Brian Cowen as its chairman in promotional material aimed at the Chinese market — even though the school’s founder denies the former taoiseach has been given that role.

    In a flyer for Ulysses College, written in Mandarin and handed out at the Meitheal Irish travel and trade fair at the RDS last month, it was claimed the school’s “chairman” is Brian Cowen, “the former Irish prime minister”.

    The flyer named Frank Fahey and Phelim O’Neill, a solicitor and former Ogra Fianna Fail vice-chairman, as founders and directors of the school.......................


    thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/article1691255.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2016_04_30

    There has been many problems with so called language schools over the last few years.
    Foreign students have lost money which gives Ireland a terrible image and now we have some 'unusual' behaviour here before the school has even opened.
    This has nothing to do with party politics FF/FG/SF etc, it doesn't matter. What does matter is Ireland's image and the potential for dubious behaviour


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  • #2
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    From the forum charter:
    Topics should not be verbatim quotes from some article without comment from the thread starter. Add a comment before or after the post, offering your opinion and/or analysis on the subject.

    Could you add an opinion on the article please.

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  • #3
    roscommmon1980
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭roscommmon1980


    Changes made


  • #4
    roscommmon1980
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭roscommmon1980


    Of course there was actually 2 ex ministers
    independent.ie/irish-news/okeeffe-language-school-loses-state-accreditation-30038047.html

    It just seems to be very reckless and giving Ireland such a bad image abroad from people who should know better


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