Today sees the first episode of Pat Kenny’s show (replacing Questions and Answers)- combatively titled The Frontline. We know they’ll be monitoring the Liveblog through the show so this is your chance, potentially, to go beyond just shouting at the TV. Hashtag #rtefl
Reports from, in and around the Global Irish Economic Summit in Farmleigh. Starting 2pm Friday. Photo:Davida3 Hashtag: #gief
NAMA’d out? Don’t worry, Vincent has the answer. What you need is a second special Lisbon Treaty show. You’ll soon be longing to hear about haircuts and Long Term Economic Value. Proinsias De Rossa MEP and Mary-Lou McDonald Not-MEP thrash about before Mannix Flynn joins them to look at the papers.
Even without looking I have a feeling tonights topics might just be NAMA related. *Looks* Yup. I thought so.
The Boys are back in town. The Dail returns today, with Bull O’Donoghue in the hotseat over his non-apology apology as the starter and Brian Lenihan announcing the price of NAMA as the main. Presumably, for dessert, the government will blow raspberries at the nation for 20 minutes. Hashtags for liveblog (on IrishElection.com and Liveblog.ie) #nama #jod #irpol
Longstanding Liveblog heart-throb Thomas Byrne TD joins Vincent to discuss ‘the position of Fianna Fail in the public affections’. Also, Ken Foxe from the Sun Tribune on John O’Donoghue’s expensive tastes and Alison O’Connor (Sunday Business Post), Sarah McInerney (Sunday Times). What would we do without Sunday Papers?
Ian Kehoe of the Sun Business Post, and Michael Clifford from the Sun Trib take a peep at Zoe before being joined by Edel Kennedy of the Indo and Anton Savage of no known publication.
Classic! Alan Ruddock of the Sunday Independent, Patricia Callan of the Small Firms Association, Justine McCarthy of the Sunday Times and… wait for it… Eugene McCartan of the Communist Party of Ireland. #vinb For the Win!
The Taoiseach Brian Cowen continues his charm/offensive over NAMA and Lisbon. And the Prime Time team report on children in care before having Minister Barry Andrews on to insist that despite all the evidence to the contrary, he is thinking of the children. Or, you know, doing his job.
Coming up like a freight train, its NAMARAMA! Robbie Kelleher head of research at Davy Stockbrokers and Brian Lucey of Trinity College are tonight’s NAMAs in Pyjamas.