Irish General Election

[jean]

Feb 27, 2011 12:53:27 GMT Weyland said:

Feb 27, 2011 12:20:13 GMT jean said:

It's crawling with expert economists.

Oxymoron of the Century!

I know.

But look at the confidence with which they put forward their half-baked notions!

I think it's a man thing.

[Weyland]

Feb 27, 2011 13:06:53 GMT jean said:

I know.

But look at the confidence with which they put forward their half-baked notions!

I think it's a man thing.

Feminazi!

[jean]

Come outside & say that.

[aubrey]

The toad will say it's a feminist conspiracy. But he will do it in an unparagraphed block of about 1000 words, and will be much more offensive.

I shouldn't talk about him. He likes Momus.

[trubble]

Don't talk to me about feminism. In a newly elected Dail, with relatively few women TDs and not much to pick from when it comes to cabinet posts, this lady is - SADLY! - the front runner thanks to her ability for photo opportunities.

www.independent.ie/national-news/elections/comment-analysis/lise-hand-mary-steps-into-the-spotlight-on-dawn-of-the-ming-dynasty-2563679.html


Thursday March 03 2011

THE red coupe was heading toward the exit, out through the big gate on to Kildare Street.

Around the car park it went, and then promptly turned onto the wide sloping ramp which leads onto the plinth of Leinster House -- that's the pedestrian bit with the benches and flowerpots and the short set of steep steps at the far end.

Good grief -- where was the driver going? Surely there would be a quick and sheepish reverse once the steps hove into view?

But no, Mary Mitchell O'Connor simply channelled her inner Daisy Mae Duke and proceeded to navigate down the steps regardless. Bump, bumpity, bump, bump.

Oh dear. Nor had the newly elected Fine Gael deputy even the forlorn hope that she could make her getaway undetected.

For outside the gate, the large posse of busily snapping photographers had the task of identifying the Dail daredevil made immeasurably easier by the fact that her election photo was emblazoned on the bonnet and sides of the car.

Talk about making an exit, and no doubt sparking off a whole round of women driver jokes (coincidentally on the very day when insurance companies have been instructed to desist from offering cheaper car insurance to women drivers).

[riotgrrl]

Trubs, she rocks. She should be made PM (I know it's not PM, but I can't spell Tsaoisoch).

[ladylinda]

Mar 3, 2011 10:24:28 GMT @riotgrrl said:

Trubs, she rocks. She should be made PM (I know it's not PM, but I can't spell Tsaoisoch).

Taoiseach (with a Dad from Ulster I know these things!)

[trubble]

Correct. But I usually can't remeember. And it's pronounced Tea Shock. And it means chieftain, and there's a Scottich Gaelic (can't spell that) equivalent that looks nearly the same and Alex Salmond (not sure that's the write (sic - but typo!) spelling) should really be called that.

And the plural is Taoisigh but that spelling may not be correct and that's pronounced Tea Shig. Or Tea Shee. Depending on whether you're an Ulsterman or Corkman etc.

And don't ask me how to spell the Irish equivalent of mayor, I can't even pronounce it. It's something like Cee-ow Core-lah Ceamh Caolrti.. oh I give up.

If I knew all this I'd be PM myself. I have the driving skills.

[riotgrrl]

Mar 4, 2011 6:30:59 GMT trubble said:

Correct. But I usually can't remeember. And it's pronounced Tea Shock. And it means chieftain, and there's a Scottich Gaelic (can't spell that) equivalent that looks nearly the same and Alex Salmond (not sure that's the write (sic - but typo!) spelling) should really be called that.

And the plural is Taoisigh but that spelling may not be correct and that's pronounced Tea Shig. Or Tea Shee. Depending on whether you're an Ulsterman or Corkman etc.

And don't ask me how to spell the Irish equivalent of mayor, I can't even pronounce it. It's something like Cee-ow Core-lah Ceamh Caolrti.. oh I give up.

If I knew all this I'd be PM myself. I have the driving skills.

Why should Alex Salmond be called some Gaelic name? Gaelic was a tribal language used by some of Scotland's ancient tribes. Alex is a lowlander, not a Gael.

(I'm not into all this preserving the Gaelic nonsense. After the Irish revolution/war of independence/whatever we're calling it apparently all the street signs in Dublin (where English had long been spoken) were changed to the Gaelic version and some urbane and weary Dubliner made some joke about how they'd managed to find where they were going for all those years . . . yeah, I'm with him.)