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Questions and Answers April 20 2009

By Maman Poulet ⋅ April 20, 2009 ⋅

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4:10 PM: Suzy Byrne Twitter tag is #qa7 btw…
6:07 PM: Alexia Golez Bets that tonight’s show will be popular in the Blogopolis?
7:00 PM: Simon McGarr If @damienmulley ‘s on from the Internet and Dermot Ahern from FF, then Privacy Bill and #picturegate can’t be far behind. #qa7
10:07 PM: christinebohan @daverooney #qa7. Also liveblog here: tinyurl.com
10:19 PM: damienmulley This is my first Twitter message, from RTE, former Comms Minister delighted to see explosion in Twitter
10:20 PM: Squid Limerick Rich people building one off houses. at least I know I have the right channel anyway
10:20 PM: Simon McGarr @damienmulley he does know there isn’t a Twitter DG you can ring to complain about stuff you don’t like?
10:23 PM: robreid Damien Mulley is on Questions & Answers tonight. Facebook privacy included in the audience agenda. RTE One @ 22:30
10:24 PM: Simon McGarr Facebook Privacy! Say it ain’t so!
10:25 PM: chrismehigan If Tweetie lives up to the Questions and answers challenge I’ll buy the licence! #qa7 #tweetie
10:26 PM: TrustTommy Hey folks. My homework is done, so I’m live blogging Q&A!
10:26 PM: daverooney hoping the #qa7 comments will be as good as the dragons den #ddire ones
10:27 PM: Squid Limerick can one of the mods enable images ?
10:28 PM: elfinamsterdam Attempting to stay awake to watch and live blog a bit…. boy im getting old!
10:28 PM: Alexia Golez Anyone have suggestions for songs tonight? Suggestions welcome during the show!
10:28 PM: icedcoffee Hey folks
10:29 PM: Suzy Byrne @squid images are ok as far as I can see – there is an upload image button on page – you can embed html etc also.
10:30 PM: Alexia Golez For those of you in Internetland, you can watch live on www.rte.ie Might work in the Blogopolis too!
10:31 PM: elfinamsterdam I miss Irish Tv, rubbish and all as it is….
10:31 PM: Suzy Byrne It’s a tie!
10:31 PM: redmum woo hoo, looking good Damien M
10:32 PM: Alexia Golez @suzybie It’s not pink!
10:32 PM: TrustTommy woo! Damien looks so ridiculously serious. He’s in big boy clothes!
10:32 PM: Suzy Byrne Karen is offering tie tying services as a good butch should…
10:33 PM: Squid Limerick I only have a green comment button
10:33 PM: redmum @trusttommy will you tell herself to get her homework done and get ready for bed – she might listen to you
10:33 PM: icedcoffee Has it started? not showing online yet…
10:34 PM: colmbracken Gash. There’s a serious lag between t’Internet streaming and the telly I’m guessing #qa7
10:34 PM: Alexia Golez @icedcoffee just a teaser
10:34 PM: krayZpaving @damienmulley pull your tie up properly! #qa7
10:34 PM: TrustTommy RT: @mneylon: @damienmulley you’re going on national tv not a funeral
10:34 PM: Squid Limerick test
10:34 PM: alancostello Go on de Mulley! #qa7
10:34 PM: endac Is that Calibri in that Galway ad? #qa7
10:34 PM: jonathangrimes Can we get #qa7 trending?
10:35 PM: elfinamsterdam is it still on the ads?… im getting black screen too
10:35 PM: TrustTommy @redmum she’s on now! watch yourself!!
10:35 PM: Squid Limerick
10:35 PM: icedcoffee Damn im getting network errors on the website… hopefully it wont happen when it actually starts
10:36 PM: Alexia Golez @suzy New avatar!
10:36 PM: Mark_Coughlan The Irish blogoshpere/twittersphere is like a bunch of mammies watching their eldest son debut for the local under 8s right now. #qa7
10:36 PM: johnpeavoy Wot no twitter feed for questions? #qa7
10:36 PM: TrustTommy No less serious second time round..!
10:37 PM: Simon McGarr If I was in Fine Gael, I’d never, never wear a blue shirt on the telly.
10:37 PM: Alexia Golez The question is if politicians are overpaid?
10:37 PM: wendylimerick The man who asked the question scarey
10:37 PM: twentymajor Evening …
10:38 PM: swhelband Watching @damienmulley on Questions and Answers #qa7
10:38 PM: endac So who’s calling in? Complain about twitter jumping the shark.. #qa7
10:38 PM: Suzy Byrne Fergus is giving up money – to charidee…
10:38 PM: Squid Limerick Give a little … helps a lot. why not give the bonus to the taxpayer instead
10:39 PM: Simon McGarr Draining the public purse in favour of his own choice of spending priorities. Classic FG circling a square.
10:39 PM: TrustTommy wonder if we’ll get onto the topic of ‘do we need the seanad?’
10:39 PM: christinebohan My god, that’s an aggressive choice of tie by Dermot Ahern.
10:39 PM: Suzy Byrne Like the ministers weren’t forced to take cut.. ah yes Dermot!
10:39 PM: Suzy Byrne Tonight`s panel Dermot Ahern Minister for Justice, Fergus O’Dowd – FG TD, Diarmuid McDermott Ireland International News Agency, Marie Sherlock SIPTU Economist, Damien Mulley – Blogger and Mulley Communications.
10:39 PM: Mark_Coughlan Dermot Ahern COULD be party-political… wait… Dermot Ahern just WAS party-political
10:39 PM: anthonymcg This FG guy is all over the place #qa7
10:39 PM: TheChrisD @icedcoffee The Windows Media stream is working fine for me right now. #qa7
10:39 PM: ccrossan Watching @damienmulley on Questions and Answers #qa7
10:39 PM: icedcoffee This is being recorded, right? cos it aint working online… (mac/realplayer)
10:40 PM: Squid Limerick
10:40 PM: JimDHunt DA is known for his eclectic choice of ties!
10:40 PM: twentymajor It’s custardly brilliant…
10:40 PM: Suzy Byrne Iced Coffee – entire show will be available online in a few hours.
10:40 PM: christinebohan Surely the answer to Dermot Ahern is that Principal Officers *should* be taking the same pay cuts that politicians are.
10:40 PM: icedcoffee got it working now
10:41 PM: elfinamsterdam @icedcoffee might be your connection/setup mate its working grand here
10:41 PM: Simon McGarr I once won an equality case showing that time based opportunities in the Civil Service is based on questionable logic.
10:41 PM: TrustTommy Damien’s being awful quiet… preparing his monologue….?
10:41 PM: Simon McGarr I bet those two FF TDs who didn’t have a job were livid.
10:42 PM: ann_donnelly @antgalvin Hubby said, “My god, he’s blogged himself onto Questions and Answers!” #qa7
10:42 PM: achgohairithe twitpic.com
10:43 PM: twentymajor 5 of her 7 children, serves her right for having so many children…
10:43 PM: Squid Limerick
10:43 PM: TrustTommy would’ve liked to get tix to this, actually
10:43 PM: wendylimerick Wonder if Fergus and Dermot shared a spin down to Dublin?
10:43 PM: christinebohan I don’t know how it’s possible but Dermot Ahern is winning this argument about politicians not taking pay cuts.
10:43 PM: wendylimerick Messing
10:43 PM: Alexia Golez where is Dilli?
10:43 PM: Alexia Golez Answers on the back of a postcard to Dermot
10:44 PM: EmilyAM Just flicked over, who is the lady in red?
10:44 PM: jonathangrimes Ahern in command, O’Dowd needs to come across more minesterial
10:44 PM: Simon McGarr All is lost. Stuffed (Blue)Shirt from Fine Gael letting Dermot Ahern ramble on about his personal courage.
10:44 PM: christinebohan @EmilyAM She’s Marie Sherlock, she’s an economist with SIPTU
10:44 PM: twentymajor How did he survive without a hot shower? Truly a hero for our times.
10:44 PM: elfinamsterdam O’Dowd looks and acts like a clown, dunno how its possible but he’s making me respect Ahern
10:44 PM: Squid Limerick Dilli, somewhere in deepest darkest africa
10:45 PM: Mark_Coughlan God bless Ahern… I’m sure he ASKED to stay in those shitholes… there was surely a Hilton down the road, but Ahern was saying “nope”…
10:45 PM: lilinator How has this strayed so far from original question
10:45 PM: wendylimerick Economist looks about 12
10:45 PM: Simon McGarr Part of the Labour Sherlock family.
10:45 PM: Alexia Golez Dermot Ahern does boobie hands way better than Bertie even could
10:45 PM: Simon McGarr Topic boring. Nobody wants to stick to it.
10:45 PM: TrustTommy like yer woman. Is gonna say her piece no matter what colour shirt interupts her
10:45 PM: mneylon @ann_donnelly aww poor ickle td #qa7
10:45 PM: daverooney lol aaaaaw no hot water for the FF jacuzi #qa7
10:46 PM: twentymajor Brothers ‘noshit’ and ‘Jason’
10:47 PM: Simon McGarr Is the desk a little higher than usual? Dermot Ahern giving off a strange Primary School vibe.
10:47 PM: TheChrisD Wake me when we get to the good bits. #qa7
10:47 PM: keithbelfast she’s a bit fiesty #qa7
10:47 PM: Mark_Coughlan How the fuck is Ahern coming across as the good guy. This is mindwarping.
10:47 PM: Squid Limerick Wasn’t it his former leader that suggested that those pesimistic about the economy should top themselves?
10:47 PM: BrianGreene revolution soon #qa7
10:47 PM: Squid Limerick and now he says RTE caught up with the government
10:48 PM: elfinamsterdam Ahern is losing ground, and the world rights itself…..
10:48 PM: Simon McGarr Boggling. No, I’m sorry, I’m going to have to flail my limbs for a few moments.
10:48 PM: TrustTommy you get the feeling that the political suits are trying to make themselves look good, while the woman wants to get a point across
10:48 PM: elfinamsterdam Dont have the increments? but you DO have the perks and a lot of them!
10:49 PM: Mark_Coughlan Background on baldy? Anyone?
10:49 PM: Suzy Byrne Diarmuid McDermott – Ireland International Agency – news agency…
10:49 PM: Alexia Golez @simon Now, now… There’s no O’Dea!
10:49 PM: ann_donnelly Is that what @damienmulley will look like in 30 years? #qa7 (guy on right)
10:49 PM: daverooney mulley looking very bored – get off the increment topic #qa7
10:49 PM: alancostello Ask Mulley a question already! #qa7
10:49 PM: twentymajor Shut up Ahern, let the Mullinator speak…
10:49 PM: endac Anyone ever heard ‘Johnson’ call into ‘Radio Roy’? (Gift Grub) – I wanna do that to Mulley! #qa7
10:50 PM: smemon loads of talk but it’s going round in circles – politicians are the only people who can talk their way out of pay cuts
10:50 PM: TrustTommy Damien comes in. Grinning like a cheshire cat
10:50 PM: Mark_Coughlan Thanks Suzy… here comes Damo.
10:50 PM: TrustTommy byebye Cork accent!
10:50 PM: Suzy Byrne Mulley Bingo – FOI
10:50 PM: christinebohan Damn good point by Damien. Politicians should just cop the fuck on, take the cut and get on with the business of governing.
10:51 PM: redmum @mcgivney and best tie, sounding very calm and reasonable,
10:51 PM: jkeyes Did I just hear hullaballo? I think I did. LOL #qa7
10:51 PM: Alexia Golez @suzy Ding! Also the use of ‘noise’
10:51 PM: Suzy Byrne Don’t put money on pint says audience man…
10:51 PM: trjh @Mark_Coughlan and now we know you are first & foremost a sportswriter #qa7
10:51 PM: TheChrisD About fucking time to hear something a little more relevant to the average man! #qa7
10:51 PM: redmum Bowman needs to stop ahern cutting across everyone, he is bullyish
10:51 PM: TrustTommy guy in the audience has a bee in his bonnet. @jkeyes, I WIN!
10:52 PM: Mark_Coughlan Cringe moment number one.
10:52 PM: wendylimerick Oh 10p on a pint
10:52 PM: Simon McGarr 10p says audience man is a publican.
10:52 PM: jonathangrimes When’s the question on twitter/facebook coming up??
10:52 PM: Simon McGarr Wait a minute, I’ve seen this audience before.
10:52 PM: Squid Limerick The thing is, they didn’t put 10p on the pint.
10:52 PM: ann_donnelly Good to have someone like @damienmulley on to break through the battling between politicians #qa7
10:52 PM: johnpeavoy RT @topgold: @EvertB The first topic on Q&A tonight is old hat, rewarmed, predictable sparring. #qa7
10:52 PM: Suzy Byrne Lollipop for first person to spot @cianflah…
10:53 PM: twentymajor “Everybody has to take the hit” – shut up, I don’t have to do anything you say, studentgirl.
10:53 PM: reverbstudios So thats what Mulley looks and sounds like!
10:53 PM: wendylimerick I hate FF Plants
10:53 PM: wendylimerick Oh FF hack in the crowd young d4 woman
10:53 PM: Simon McGarr Strange atmosphere from my telly. Like I’m watching an uncomfortable family dinner between cousins that haven’t met before.
10:54 PM: Alexia Golez Squeaky pixie gurl alert!
10:54 PM: Simon McGarr Someone’s been reading their TJ McIntyre!
10:54 PM: Suzy Byrne WIll the new criminal law surveillance bill effect everyone and not just gang member? Question 2
10:54 PM: twentymajor “The Wire”, Irish style
10:54 PM: Mark_Coughlan LOL! Best questioner ever!
10:54 PM: wendylimerick This is a weird q&a
10:54 PM: Mark_Coughlan LOL! Best questioner ever!
10:54 PM: elfinamsterdam @wendylimerick she was a FF Cheese Plant…. a real whiff of fed lines off her
10:54 PM: TrustTommy A good politician should be more interested in helping the flipping country, not expanding their pockets
10:55 PM: Simon McGarr Bill was produced last November in Heads form. Limerick business provided great cover.
10:55 PM: Suzy Byrne Mulley as the person who has made most of us watch the wire will be very specially versed in this topic – add that to FOI’s privacy law and general shitstirring and he’ll be better versed that many on panel.
10:55 PM: Suzy Byrne Criminals are not America’s Dumbest Criminals…
10:55 PM: elfinamsterdam Sorry for dumb question but my connection timed out at the begining… Lady in Red is ?? (and no not the Chris De Burgh song)
10:55 PM: wendylimerick elfinamsterdam The Cumann will award her well she will be the chief HANG Sambo Maker
10:55 PM: jonathangrimes A real representative audience tonight…
10:55 PM: Squid Limerick you can buy a bug detector in maplin for 25 quid ffs
10:56 PM: johnpeavoy Only for twitter, I’d be totally wasting my evening…. Apart from listening to our man @damienmulley #qa7
10:56 PM: endac Does he have to apply technology to all of his answers? #qa7
10:56 PM: christinebohan @elf It’s Marie Sherlock from SIPTU. She’s in Labour as well.
10:57 PM: christinebohan Fergus O’Dowd: “I’m not concerned about civil liberties”. Um, lol?
10:57 PM: elfinamsterdam @christinebohan cheers dear
10:57 PM: TrustTommy Smart and technologically advanced criminals should be combatted by smart and technologically advanced police forces. Right..? :S
10:57 PM: Simon McGarr A PO from Revenue! I’m going to have to use one of my limited little store of them
AGOG!
10:57 PM: redmum MMm I find it appalling that someone says they dont care about civil liberties
10:57 PM: redmum @mcgivney and best tie, sounding very calm and reasonable,
10:57 PM: Simon McGarr Nobody from FG has ever been concerned about civil liberties. They’re not convinced there is such a thing.
10:58 PM: topgold @reverbstudios No, that’s what Mulley looks like in a tie and make-up.
10:58 PM: Suzy Byrne There are 17 other bills that the Minister and his colleagues were to publish by April 9th….
10:58 PM: TrustTommy 98something
10:58 PM: TrustTommy only caught start of number: 1850 584
10:59 PM: Suzy Byrne Fergus O’Dowd’s constituency
predecessor was Brendan McGahon – who was in favour of hanging and flogging etc. (Didn’t like buggery at all either)
10:59 PM: elfinamsterdam Bring it in very quickly… yep.. before anyone gets a chance to look at it properly, screw anyones privacy….
10:59 PM: Alexia Golez Dermot Ahern is a lip-licker.. Just watch him
11:00 PM: Simon McGarr www.tjmcintyre.com TJ McIntyre’s of DRI gives his thoughts on this Bill.
11:00 PM: Alexia Golez OOoo.. Mulley drinks. Bet his rider specified Cork water. Tepid. Beige towels too!
11:01 PM: Simon McGarr This murder was much worse than those other murders.
11:01 PM: icedcoffee the hashtag: QA7 why 7?
11:01 PM: icedcoffee @keithbelfast i wouldn’t say that, though he is there as a technologist and blogger (from what i’ve gathered) #qa7
11:01 PM: elfinamsterdam I bet the balance will be about as right as the balance on both budgets…..
11:01 PM: Suzy Byrne Iced Coffee – we live blog q&a each week – this 7th time we’ve got organised to incorporate live tweets
11:01 PM: redmum In case people wish to email in at any stage its qanda@rte.ie cant find the text number, will be along the screen shortly
11:02 PM: wendylimerick This has turned into the Dermot Ahern Show
11:02 PM: Squid Limerick No fair! the ni crowd get a free phone number while we, the licence payers have to pay. bloody RTE
11:02 PM: Mark_Coughlan Ahern is getting a ridiculous amount of airtime…
11:02 PM: smemon somebody stop dermot ahern – he’s going on a home run here – unchalleneged
11:03 PM: twentymajor Diarmaid knows stuff …
11:03 PM: elfinamsterdam @wendylimerick I’m glad you said that… yes it is…
11:03 PM: TrustTommy less Ahern, more Mulley
11:03 PM: EmilyAM Diarmaid knows guff
11:03 PM: nmcgivney I have just died a little bit more over the last 20 mins than normal. Any doctors on here?
11:03 PM: Simon McGarr It would take a stronger panel to talk over the Minister. He will just plough on unless stomped on.
11:04 PM: icedcoffee @suzy ah ok, i would think dropping the 7 (maybe in place of soemthing else) could help others to use hashtag without knowing the official one. but anyway.
11:04 PM: redmum Come on Bowman, do your job and shut him up.
11:05 PM: icedcoffee there is too much from these politicians only ‘cos being politicians they know how to spout shit constantly.
11:05 PM: redmum Sorry Im still watching two mins behind, I paused the auld NTL box to get phone numbers
11:05 PM: Alexia Golez I feel like the baldies are killing us with their IP
11:05 PM: Simon McGarr I once visited the Garda Forensics Lab. It looked just like my old school science lab, yellow taps and Belfasts sinks and all.
11:06 PM: lilinator Damien looks so calm and relaxed when the camera catches him
11:06 PM: Alexia Golez It’s hair envy
11:06 PM: wendylimerick Bring Pat Kenny in
11:06 PM: TrustTommy @lilinator Never off duty, eh?
11:07 PM: nmcgivney I’ve had a vision of the future. There were pitchforks on Kildare Street.
11:07 PM: wendylimerick I never thought i would say this but this format is shot
11:07 PM: Mark_Coughlan Far to much blocks of opinion, not enough debate.
11:07 PM: twentymajor The FG reminds me of a timid talking panda
11:07 PM: Simon McGarr Genius! We should pass laws that only apply to criminals.
11:07 PM: wendylimerick that woman who asked the question has a voice of a ten year old
11:07 PM: christinebohan The men with just 20% of the combined hair total are doing 80% of the talking
11:07 PM: jonathangrimes Ahern has obviously slipped something into the rest of the panel’s water – no serious challenge being put up
11:08 PM: Squid Limerick yer man looks like a local politician
11:08 PM: Simon McGarr Law student doom.
11:08 PM: twentymajor Johnny Generally on now …
11:08 PM: Squid Limerick big square head on him
11:08 PM: nmcgivney @wendylimerick Format shot to shit long time ago. No spontaneity. No debate. No blood.
11:08 PM: TrustTommy @lilinator He never lets his professional side down. Don’t think he has another side, TBH
11:08 PM: Mark_Coughlan “Hi guys”… brilliant.
11:08 PM: christinebohan I fucking hate the way so much of Q&A’s audience is made up of students who haven’t thought through what they want to say and can hardly string a sentence together.
11:09 PM: Alexia Golez Token tech Q!
11:09 PM: Simon McGarr Facebook privacy is the ‘just before the ad’ subject.
11:09 PM: Mark_Coughlan NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
11:09 PM: Suzy Byrne Do you think facebook users who’ve made personal details readily available waived their rights to privacy?
11:09 PM: wendylimerick A feckin question about FACEBOOK?
11:09 PM: TrustTommy Ahh, onto Facebook. I think she’s right
11:09 PM: twentymajor When I was in college we went to a filming of Q&A and one of the lads puked red wine on the steps.
11:09 PM: Mark_Coughlan Shit question.
11:09 PM: elfinamsterdam @mark coughlan… its was more Hi Goys
11:09 PM: wendylimerick Token question for Damien
11:09 PM: EmilyAM Does JB know what Facebook is/does?
11:09 PM: jonathangrimes familiar terriorty now
11:10 PM: Alexia Golez what’s on Bowman’s page?
11:10 PM: Simon McGarr He’s a hardcore Bebo.
11:10 PM: wendylimerick Grown up and you quit facebook by JB
11:10 PM: TrustTommy You waive that right too. They even say that, right?
11:10 PM: daverooney hehehe Gardai + technology = fail #qa7
11:10 PM: TheChrisD Commercial break soon, thank fuck! #qa7
11:10 PM: PeterTanham Now’s your time to shine Mulley! #qa7
11:10 PM: twentymajor JB has a gangsta rap MySpace page, he’s a stone-cold Nigga….
11:11 PM: EmilyAM Dermot Ahern is down with the kids.
11:11 PM: Simon McGarr Wait, Dermot, are you suggesting Facebook ought to comply with Data Protection law? Startling.
11:11 PM: Alexia Golez Dermot is thinking of the children so we don’t have to
11:11 PM: Simon McGarr Here comes the Twitter ref.
11:11 PM: TrustTommy No no no Ahern, you tool. “I want to put personal stuff, but no one’s allowed see it”. Wha…?
11:11 PM: Suzy Byrne And Dermot gets a chance to roll out privacy stuff….
11:11 PM: ann_donnelly The panel aren’t going to take the Facebook issue seriously #qa7
11:11 PM: TheChrisD Well, well, well a question that’s actually relevant to both Damien and most of us! #qa7
11:11 PM: Mark_Coughlan … yeah, I think they have that already Dermot. Its called a public or private profile.
11:11 PM: elfinamsterdam oh god, its like having a conversation in japanese in a dutch pub…. they havent a clue
11:11 PM: daverooney facebook case in point – that dude who was shot in Bolivia *all* the papers got his pics and bio from it and bebo #qa7
11:11 PM: ann_donnelly What is this the Dermot Ahern show? #qa7
11:11 PM: Squid Limerick He labour lady, there is an age bar is there not
11:11 PM: alancostello His daughter’s bebo’s are gonna be searched soo much and will be in The Daily Mail tomorrow morning #qa7
11:11 PM: endac heh. If you don’t want something shared on facebook – don’t upload it! #qa7
11:12 PM: icedcoffee Soon enough people will learn that when they put anything on the internet it is no longer personal.
11:12 PM: christinebohan John Bowman tries to cut off Dermot Ahern saying “We have a question on banks coming up so….”. Dude has his priorities.
11:12 PM: Alexia Golez Sherlock girl is intense. How many Red Bulls did she have in the green room?
11:12 PM: Suzy Byrne Swedish not swiss Diarmuid…
11:12 PM: jonathangrimes waffle, waffle, waffle
11:12 PM: TrustTommy @icedcoffee Exactly, it’s a hazard
11:12 PM: twentymajor The internet is like sex. Haha.
11:12 PM: daverooney lol “the internet” #qa7
11:13 PM: TrustTommy Aha, Ahern is cool, because he said a naughty word…. :/ @Byrne, epicfail
11:13 PM: icedcoffee the internet is like sex
11:13 PM: Simon McGarr The internet is exactly unlike sex.
11:13 PM: twentymajor “you just have to stick it in there and hope for the best”
11:13 PM: Alexia Golez @twentymajor durty!
11:13 PM: EmilyAM “People don’t seem to realise” smacks of “I never realised till today”…
11:13 PM: trjh wait, i lost all my privacy when i went on the internet? you people can see my underwear? damn.
11:13 PM: Mark_Coughlan Yeah. Hold on there Fergus, thats an ethical issue for the newspaper nothing to do with the availability of the actual photo on Facebook.
11:13 PM: achgohairithe The internet is a series of tubes…..
11:13 PM: TrustTommy @lilinator Never off duty, eh?
11:13 PM: Simon McGarr There are illegal adults! Wait, I get to revoke some people’s adult status? This is info I’ve needed for years.
11:13 PM: Alexia Golez Trinity paranoia boy?
11:14 PM: icedcoffee but all that info is only there when they put it there!
11:14 PM: johnpeavoy Good discussion…. finally …. #qa7
11:14 PM: Squid Limerick whats the bets theres a view question from Dan Sullivan
11:14 PM: TrustTommy Audience girl is a tool. If you pretend to be adult, you’re gonna have problems. Duh
11:14 PM: BrianGreene fazebuck.com am i safe, should I have an opt out ? this is fecking soundbyte TV #qa7
11:14 PM: daverooney grrr fine gael reading my tweets #qa7
11:14 PM: Alexia Golez Part one was like gorging on organic ricecakes.. Unsatisfied but farting
11:14 PM: Simon McGarr @lexia and A pain in the gut.
11:15 PM: Suzy Byrne There were so many other interesting (to the general public and not just tech/internet heads) that could have been asked tonight!
11:15 PM: elfinamsterdam ok lovelies…. i am beat… thanks for allowing me to join in but its an hour on here which means my alarm clock is an hour closer to ringing that yours is! Later.
11:15 PM: EmilyAM @lexia Ha! And stomach making noisy groans too.
11:15 PM: Mark_Coughlan @Squid. Dan Sullivan is there?
11:16 PM: savagepaul what’s the deal with the chairs on #qa7 ? @damienmulley ‘s one doesn’t seem to be as good as Bowman’s
11:16 PM: BrianGreene @johnpeavoy good topic, no depth, no time. #qa7
11:16 PM: Squid Limerick one of the guests on vincent browne looks like him exactly but with different colour hair
11:16 PM: TheChrisD Part one is 45 minutes long? And part two is… 15-20 minutes? #qa7
11:17 PM: keithdkennedy @michadaly Thanking you Micha. Looks like Twitter is semi quiet tonight as all the Mulley’ites watch their savior.
11:17 PM: patphelan That MAC foundation doesnt suit Mr Mulley
11:17 PM: christinebohan Just switched on Vinnie Browne to see what he’s talking about during the Q&A break. Banking crisis. There’s a guy from the Financial Times with Gladwellian hair. Awesome.
11:17 PM: Simon McGarr Gladwellian Hair on TV3? I can’t resist.
11:18 PM: Simon McGarr Gah! Misread. Got Gladwell mixed up with Gladstone. I abandon them again.
11:18 PM: trjh facebook debate surprisingly not v. stupid. mark’s right — papers need ethics; also, teens need privacy discussion in SHPE #qa7
11:18 PM: Squid Limerick maNAMA nah … do dooo de doo do
11:18 PM: wendylimerick we are back
11:18 PM: TrustTommy Thinking of ringing the numbe
11:19 PM: Squid Limerick whoever values the banks will shaft us.
11:19 PM: christinebohan Lol! I don’t even know what Gladstone hair would look like.
11:19 PM: smemon we need more fire and bite – this is where you miss an eamon dunphy type figure in the engine room of a debate
11:19 PM: EmilyAM Like, ohmigod, the market is in a state of flux.
11:20 PM: Simon McGarr Krugman to Ireland: You’re fucked. www.nytimes.com
11:20 PM: Alexia Golez My God, she could fit 3 watermelons in her mouth and juggle them
11:20 PM: trjh EVERYONE asked about valuation just says it’s scary because of being overly generous or overly strict. Nobody has an answer, they nceed to start just admitting that.
11:20 PM: icedcoffee “transperiancy”?
11:20 PM: TrustTommy Getting an engaged tone. Fail. What’s their text number, if they have one?
11:21 PM: michadaly Holy shit…I needed #qa7 to explain the t-internet for me! Ahern seems uneasy discussing modern items such as Facebook.
11:21 PM: finkeegan Mulley, as #rte #qa7 booking producers shld have guessed, is out of his depth. Amusing online, he’s an intellectual void on TV.
11:21 PM: Squid Limerick Rating agencies can’t be trusted either. tonights dispatches is recommended viewing
11:22 PM: Simon McGarr He didn’t interrupt her! He’s never given anyone a chance to talk.
11:22 PM: Suzy Byrne Smackdown to the woman on his left…
11:22 PM: EmilyAM Miaow Dermot to Ms. Siptu.
11:22 PM: trjh @smemon what? dunphy will just be weepy, grumpy, or ass-kissy. none of which would further this debate.
11:22 PM: Simon McGarr He has to say it. He can’t help himself.
11:22 PM: chrismehigan Ahern is in full control now, ruling the roost
11:22 PM: Alexia Golez Dermot talking Obama. WTF?
11:22 PM: redmum HA at Dermot Ahern, he actually did interrupt her, earlier mind you, but he did, hes been doing it all night
11:22 PM: Suzy Byrne gwan Mulley point out all the SOldiers of destiny in audience!
11:22 PM: Alexia Golez Ding!
11:23 PM: christinebohan Dermot Ahern is masterfully avoiding the question
11:23 PM: BrianGreene @johnpeavoy but isn’t it all a bit newmedia looking at old media for a mention, they have the pinhead we have the long tail. goodbye TV #qa7
11:23 PM: Alexia Golez “Dermot, stop being a cunt and answer the question”
11:23 PM: vickiocall Well done @damienmulley. #qa7
11:23 PM: finkeegan @laurencetimms www.mulley.net Maybe I’m being hard on the guy, but he’s more interesting with a keyboard in his hand #qa7
11:23 PM: Suzy Byrne We all know this is part of Dermot Ahern’s FF leadership bid right?
11:23 PM: achgohairithe do do do do do NAMA NAMA do do do do do NAMA NAMA …
11:23 PM: twentymajor Haha, the banks won’t lend money? Whose fault is that?!
11:24 PM: EmilyAM Has the cat got Diarmaid, Damian and Fergus’s tongues?
11:24 PM: aarondonohoe “Hold on a second, Hold on a second now” – quick somebody suffocate that arse #qa7
11:24 PM: vickiocall She’s gonna belt dermo #qa7
11:24 PM: smemon @trjh dunphy will through a grenade on to the table and provoke a reaction from people no matter what he says
11:24 PM: TrustTommy emailed them
11:24 PM: christinebohan Marie Sherlock mentions all the economist/business-types who’ve said nationalising the banks would work.
11:24 PM: icedcoffee he just interrupted her.
11:24 PM: icedcoffee @finkeegan also difficult when faced with politicians who ensure their view is heard to the full extent, with many examples. #qa7
11:24 PM: Alexia Golez John Bowman is failing miserably at moderation tonight
11:25 PM: Mark_Coughlan Someone should bring up Sherlocks affiliations…
11:25 PM: christinebohan Dermot Ahern “Nationalising the banks would let them off the hook”. You’ve got to be fucking joking me. That would send out a bad message? Try raising taxes and cutting spending. That worked pretty well. Idiot.
11:25 PM: Squid Limerick is aherns microphone louder than the rest
11:25 PM: wendylimerick What a Crock of Crap
11:25 PM: Simon McGarr The Minister is speaking actual, clinical level, gibberish.
11:25 PM: TrustTommy keep getting ‘call failed’ from ringing Redmum’s number – should I be doing anything special?
11:26 PM: Suzy Byrne Tommy – there is only one phone line and one person answering it…
11:26 PM: Simon McGarr What do you mean assure me that the banks will take the hit. This is something you can either show with actual maths, or you can’t. I’m not taking this on trust.
11:26 PM: EmilyAM @Squid Limerick yeah, like when the volume goes up as soon as the adverts come on
11:26 PM: redmum How are the developers going to take the hit, of the shit they have put us in?
11:26 PM: lilinator Instead of it being Q&A, its The DA show
11:26 PM: redmum How are the developers going to take the hit, of the shit they have put us in?
11:26 PM: TheChrisD Someone break out the Airsoft rifle and shoot those tossers already… #qa7
11:26 PM: Simon McGarr Hugely dumb man. Demanding more houses being built.
11:26 PM: chrismehigan Ahern “Could I explain..” .. I genuinely wish you could minister #qa7
11:27 PM: BrianGreene dermot ahern cleansing the banks john the baptist style #qa7
11:27 PM: endac What a loudmouthed prick. Coasting on little more than some talking points and a horrible tie. #qa7
11:27 PM: Suzy Byrne So this is the SIPTU attack launched earlier today?
11:27 PM: trjh @smemon that’s good tv, but not good debate. i agree that Bowman isn’t sufficiently throttling FF bandwidth. he should be doing so, not that beholden to them!
11:27 PM: Alexia Golez WTF
11:27 PM: christinebohan Wait, that’s it?
11:27 PM: Squid Limerick well that was a load of crap.
11:27 PM: Simon McGarr Blast from the leftfield. Man demands that that we urgently build more houses.
11:28 PM: redmum I need a house, and theres a lot of houses, but I cannot afford any of them.
11:28 PM: Squid Limerick the Dermott Ahern show
11:28 PM: chrismehigan LOL housing shortage, there are empty estates all over the country #qa7
11:28 PM: icedcoffee Do they have a theme for the night? Topics that Damien can give opinions on.
11:28 PM: daverooney we need to build more houses? hur? #qa7
11:28 PM: jkeyes “Nationalising the banks would be sending the signal that the Irish banking sector failed”. Right as it looks like a raging success now.#qa7
11:28 PM: twentymajor That was shite.
11:28 PM: Simon McGarr Almost worth it for that last burst of comedy gold.
11:28 PM: Suzy Byrne Iced coffee – there was only 4 questions -topics of week sort of…
usually only 4 or 5 – but Dermot Ahern really hogged the programme…
11:28 PM: Simon McGarr Even the audience aren’t sure they ought to applaud what they’ve just been implicated in.
11:28 PM: TrustTommy failQuestionsandfailAnswers
11:28 PM: redmum Ah Bowman, that was terrible, we just watched D(&)A – (as tweeted eloquently already by someone).
11:29 PM: Alexia Golez How frustrating! I need to slam the bathroom door againt my head..
11:29 PM: EmilyAM Fin.
11:29 PM: twentymajor Oh well, night all …
11:29 PM: redmum Ah Bowman, that was terrible, we just watched D(&)A – (as tweeted eloquently already by someone).
11:29 PM: icedcoffee Feel a little sorry for Damien – too irrelevant
11:29 PM: Simon McGarr Programme followed by an ad for Holy God.
11:29 PM: christinebohan Whatever about the internet being like sex, Q&A is like really bad sex. It ends too quickly, there’s no satisfying climax and you’re left wondering what the point of it all was.
11:30 PM: Simon McGarr @christinebohan is best liveblogger of the night.
11:30 PM: icedcoffee @suzy I see – Dermot was/is a bit of a c**|
11:30 PM: TrustTommy Damien was horrendously underused. You don’t hire the best and leave him shut up all night
11:31 PM: redmum Would have liked to see the whole panel brought in (Bowman’s job) and less of D(ucks) A(rse) again Bowman’s job.
11:31 PM: smemon a bit like a lecture – loads of talk, lots seem to have happened, but nobody’s any the wiser afterwards
11:31 PM: TrustTommy Toodles all – thanks for a good live blog. Will embed this tomorrow morning early
11:31 PM: wendylimerick NN all
11:31 PM: PeterTanham After that I’m worried Damien might think that RTE are somehow “in the pocket” of the government #qa7
11:31 PM: johnpeavoy Well done @damienmulley – i just wish RTE had the vision to run a full program relevant to the new media #qa7
11:31 PM: BrianGreene @endac I smell bacon.. (francis) #qa7
11:31 PM: Squid Limerick haha v brown left his iphone on
11:31 PM: decob #qa7 jaysus what a snorefest… at least it upheld my opinion that all politicians are wankers
11:31 PM: michadaly I think the seating gives certain speakers an advantage #qa7
11:32 PM: TheChrisD Thank fuck that’s over with :/ #qa7
11:32 PM: alancostello And it’s over #qa7
11:32 PM: endac I heard bacon.. #qa7 oh no wait! We’ll have to agree to disagree. That’s how issues are sorted..
11:32 PM: TrustTommy Where’s the embed link gone? Adminny people want to email/DM it to me?
11:34 PM: redmum Well done Damien, a tough panel to debut with (can you debut when the show will soon be defunct).
11:34 PM: Alexia Golez @TrustTommy We’re all just fodder for a new post?
11:35 PM: christinebohan @Simon McGarr *blushes* It wasn’t exactly a classic episode, was it? Are people sticking around to watch Vincent Browne?
11:36 PM: Simon McGarr I’m still smarting at the lack of Gladstonian hair.
11:36 PM: ann_donnelly @PixieVonDust Think they’re saying we need surveillance to track our sex habits and put it on Facebook? #qa7
11:36 PM: christinebohan OMG, there’s Disraelian hair on Vincent Browne!!! *may not actually be accurate*
11:39 PM: finkeegan @icedcoffee That’s the game though, right? Could be Mulley needs practise on MSM, could be he doesn’t suit the medium. #qa7
11:39 PM: Simon McGarr I turn over to TV3 to have Dan Sullivan comments read to me by V. Brown.
11:44 PM: christinebohan There was a guy from the BCI on Newstalk last night saying that ratings for news programmes on TV in Ireland are shooting up. Guess Q&A is trying to buck that trend.
11:44 PM: Alexia Golez Loving this hair!
12:16 AM: christinebohan Simon Carswell looks like he could be Vincent Browne’s son.
12:17 AM: Suzy Byrne Ok everyone – we’ll close this one for posterity… see you next week if you are so inclined or into self flagellation!
12:33 AM: redmum Okay the comment line is 1850 584 984, from NI 0800 039 0085, and email is qanda@rte.ie

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