What's in the Sunday Papers ?

[TotalMayhem]

No one told me anything about that. Will go read papers

They're not keeping you in the loop? Shame...

[TotalMayhem]

A truly nauseating story on the Ivan Yates UK bankruptcy in the Sindo today.

Even if I worked for another 10 years, I'd still be a serf to the bank.

Him and his ilk have no problems subjecting entire generations of their fellow countrymen to "serfdom to the banks".

[PaddyJoe]

Quantum Research has come out of hibernation

A telephone poll for the Sunday Independent/Quantum Research today has found that more than three- quarters (78 per cent) said the Croke Park deal should be revisited in light of a slew of cuts, taxes and charges now proposed by the Government.

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...s-3216960.html

[Baron von Biffo]

Quantum Research has come out of hibernation

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...s-3216960.html

Fanning contacted by seance?

They've pulled out all the stops on PS bashing today, even giving Toady two bites of the cherry. If the public health system can be broken there are potentially huge rewards for the likes of Fat Dinny and Mr. Beans so we can expect a lot more of this.

Unfortunately it will probably succeed in the end because we don't care enough to look beyond the cheap smear to get to the truth.

[Baron von Biffo]

The Sindo isn't content with hammering PS workers, people on welfare are also being set up for a kicking as well.

A respondent to a Quantum Research 'poll' said of the dole, "It shouldn't be cut but some sort of workfare schemes should be introduced so they can earn it."

That prepares the ground nicely for future articles about paying people to do nothing and spongers spending all day in the pub at our expense. Expect another 'Welfare family gets €10k a week" 'exposé' soon.

[Baron von Biffo]

Labour preparing for snap election!
I think it must be made up. No one told me anything about that. Will go read papers

It's only Keaveney having one of his moments.

"It would be wrong not to prepare for a general election given the political challenges that lay ahead in the coming year, starting with the Budget," Mr Keaveney told the Sunday Independent.

No need to dig out the campaign shoes just yet.

[Saoirse go Deo]

That's not a bit nice, at all, at all..

Who are FF to preach about not releasing the files when they had plenty of opportunity to do so?

[PaddyJoe]

Biz post says that the DAA wants the taxi spaces for a MacDs and a petrol station
[QUOTE][Dublin Airport Authority wants to move taxi drivers from disputed parking spaces to make way for a McDonald's drive-through restaurant and Topaz filling station./QUOTE]
http://www.businesspost.ie/#!cat/Home

[PaddyJoe]

John Burns of the Sunday Times:

Sunday Times news review: exclusive extract from Mary Robinson's (surprisingly) frank new memoir, including her hellish first year in the UN

Sindo splash: "We need to talk about public sector pay - Quinn". Ruairi calls for immediate renegotiation of Croke Park agreement, it says

let's just see what Ruairi actually said though *scan down*

"I would like [the unions] to put everything on the table and see what we get" Quinn says. Adds he would reject calls to tear up Croke Park

So in fact, Ruairi Quinn start negotiating a second Croke Park, and if they can speed up the transition between CP1 and 2, all well and good

In short, Quinn is not calling for an "immediate renegotiation" of Croke Park, then #nonstory

President of UCC, paid 232k a year, gives a Pee Flynn-style interview to @NiamhHoran saying he as challenged at paying bills as anyone else

Sindo p6, says @pbmathews has run foul of residents association which objects to his plan to build 7ft wall round his home in Mount Merrion

Better line in Ruairi Quinn interview on p23 Sindo: says @Colm_Keaveney comments last week naive and he has yet to grasp seriousness of role

Quinn on @Colm_Keaveney "I think he hasn't fully realised extent of his responsibilities..Colm will learn from how comments were picked up

No Anne or Eoghan Harris in Sindo tomorrow. Excuse me while I return to shop for refund #gutted

Shane Ross devotes his entire column to @Niall_Brady new book on Custom House Capital

But now the moment I've been waiting for - the Lisa Murphy interview (and pictures, oh yes there's pictures) in Sindo Life magazine

A sample: Did Gerald's big personality scare her? 'Oh it did'. Was it both terrifying and attractive? 'Oh, absolutely'

Bizz Post splash: Troika turns up heat on welfare, property tax. It wants govt to reform universal welfare payments + progress property tax

Bizz Post reports that GAA is giving over half time of hurling final to promo for The Gathering. Right. I'll be at the bar so #gaa2012

Bizz Post p5: Norah Casey has signed up with Newstalk to present the breakfast show, finally replacing Ivan Yates

[PaddyJoe]

More;

btw, Bizz Post piece on Norah Casey also reveals that she will be featuring in a new afternoon programme on RTE aimed at women

Sunday Times News: we have the Maurice Hayes report into RTE's Mission to Prey programme, and Sean Quinn's jet is sold

Sunday Times News: @colincoyle reveals the huge sums of money Irish rugby stars such as J Sexton are earning OFF the pitch

Sunday Times news: Dublin art auctioneers hopping mad after more Nama art is given to British firm to sell.

ST News: @JohnMooneyST reports from the extraordinary "show of strength" in broad daylight by Real IRA at Dublin funeral earlier today

Sunday Times news: @sob999 talks to Frances Fitzgerald who points out children's referendum will not mean kids being forcibly vaccinated

Sunday Times p1: we report on Leo Varadkar's bog snorkelling in Monaghan today. Better still: we have the pictures

We knew that Leo was good at slinging mud. Who would have thought he'd be good at swimming through it too, as @colincoyle puts it

Also on p1 of Sunday Times tomorrow: Denis O'Brien sells a property to his wife

And finally on Sunday Times page 1: Enda Kenny tells ministers precisely how much the property tax will be. It's not 1,000, it's not 500..

[PaddyJoe]

Significant that Quinn is taking a cut at Keaveny and that Shatter is calling for backbone.
There's going to be a lot of whipping the foot soldiers into shape this week.

[DCon]

Significant that Quinn is taking a cut at Keaveny and that Shatter is calling for backbone.
There's going to be a lot of whipping the foot soldiers into shape this week.

Full Ministerial Pensions are not yet secure. No dissent will be tolerated until the day after the Pension is in the back pocket

[DCon]

John Burns of the Sunday Times:

eh??

He says: "We should anticipate a successor agreement and start negotiating it now. And if during the course of the negotiation we can speed up the transition between 'agreement 1' and 'agreement 2', I wouldn't rule that out. But an agreement needs two sides, so I can't speak for the other side."

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/an...n-3223582.html


A teacher should not be Education Minister, but should be Taoiseach?

"One of the great strengths I have, if I can be objective and not be falsely praising myself, is that I don't think a teacher should become Minister for Education. And we have all done that, every party.

"This place has been populated by teachers. Niamh Bhreathnach, Gemma Hussey. Noel Dempsey. Mary Coughlan was a social worker, Mary Hanafin was an excellent teacher in Sion Hill. But I think as a teacher you are too close to see things."

[DCon]

How incompetent would one have to be to not be able to run a profitable bar on the UCD campus?

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...b-3223695.html

[Baron von Biffo]

A teacher should not be Education Minister, but should be Taoiseach?

The comment isn't disparaging teachers but refers to taking someone who'd worked in a junior/technical position within a department and making them Minister for the department.

It's not a novel idea.

http://www.politicalworld.org/showth...969#post262969