The RTE Late Debate Heckle

[PaddyJoe]

Bernard Durkan FG, Catherine Murphy Ind, Tony Foley DCU, Sinead Pentony,TASC and Niamh Lyons, Daily Mail.
Mainly Euro summit.

[PaddyJoe]

Ann Cahill of the Examiner reporting from Brussels. 'Very strange atmosphere...Spain and Italy have gone on strike...refusing to agree to anything..'

[PaddyJoe]

Massive row going on behind the scenes, says Ann. Spain and Italy holding the summit hostage.

[C. Flower]

Ann Cahill of the Examiner reporting from Brussels. 'Very strange atmosphere...Spain and Italy have gone on strike...refusing to agree to anything..'

Watching the match ?

Did they not read what Monti said ?

He threatened to pull the plug on the Italian government if nothing was done to bring down Italian borrowing costs.

[PaddyJoe]

Watching the match ?

Did they not read what Monti said ?

He threatened to pull the plug on the Italian government if nothing was done to bring down Italian borrowing costs.

It could be a very long weekend. Some serious brinksmanship coming up

[PaddyJoe]

Durkan is waffling away about the thirties and the seventies because he hasn't a clue about the present. Maybe this is the new government tactic the spin merchants have come up with.
Can we expect potted history lessons everytime an FG spokesperson comes on air?

[PaddyJoe]

Back tonight at 10pm presented by Audrey Carville.
Panel: Pat Leahy, SBP, Carol Hunt, Sindo, Billy Kellher FF, Dominic Hannigan, Lab and Jane Suiter, DCU.

[PaddyJoe]

Discussion on announcement this evening re public service allowances. Only one of 1100 allowances. to be abolished and that's one for people travelling abroad for meetings
3 million euro saving instead of the 75 million that Howlin was looking for.

[PaddyJoe]

Hannigan floundering as he tries to spin what is obviously a black eye for Howliin.

[DCon]

Why would we need to buy generic drugs from South America when they are manufactured and sold in Ireland?

[MPB]

Why would we need to buy generic drugs from South America when they are manufactured and sold in Ireland?

Lack of intelligence and an abundance of corruption among our civil service and political elites.

[DCon]

Lack of intelligence and an abundance of corruption among our civil service and political elites.

I suppose trips to South America would offer better jollies for Reilly and the HSE than trips to Baldoyle (Mylan), Dundalk (Teva) or elsewhere in Ireland

[PaddyJoe]

Why would we need to buy generic drugs from South America when they are manufactured and sold in Ireland?

Probably because the big pharma companies operating in Ireland have pressurised governments over the years to keep generics out?

[Dr. FIVE]

pressured?

[MPB]

I suppose trips to South America would offer better jollies for Reilly and the HSE than trips to Baldoyle (Mylan), Dundalk (Teva) or elsewhere in Ireland

I don,t have a problem with the cost of them going to South America, I have a problem with the cost of them coming back.