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    That’s more than you get on radio or TV, because of the interrogative nature and the set number of minutes a subject gets.” Prof Michael O’Keefe, consultant ophthalmologist at the Mater, was anticipating some witty, entertaining insights into how the angry men sourced their stories, "and, for example, how Anglo Irish got in with the Dublin Docklands Authority and how Bertie Ahern managed to neuter the unions by putting them on State boards" But above all, he reckoned, people wanted to be entertained. Full Article at Irish Times
    and, for example, how Anglo Irish got in with the Dublin Docklands Authority and how Bertie Ahern managed to neuter the unions by putting them on State boards
    SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago
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Four angry men join forces
  1. We have a RIGHT to be angry. But you cannot let that tip over into despair. We’ve got to confront the powerful, make them accountable for what they’ve done and find a way out of this
    SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago
  2. underwhelmed. . . I was hoping to hear specific examples, not a political diatribe. There were some good people among the developers and entrepreneurs. They are needed; to lump them all together is dangerous. . . I’d also have liked more wit and humour. There is a huge sense of desperation in society, I...
    SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago
  3. I don’t think the trade unions should get a free pass either
    SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago
  4. These boys have been monitoring this for years. They were speaking out when times were good – I think they knew instinctively that things were flawed
    SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago
  5. The same people are going to be able to do all this again
    SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago
  6. The whole thing is a reflection on the other theatre across the way
    SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago
  7. an institution/power centre as well
    SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago
  8. Not as much as you’re thinking, not at all. I’d never want to be an impresario. . . We’ll have a good meal out for a dozen people, that’s it
    SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago
  9. well worth the money, even just to see there are people who do care
    SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago
  10. real need to engage with the underlying cause. . . We are not going to get out of this without refounding Irish democracy. Anger is not a policy but it’s a very good starting point for a policy
    SOURCE: Irish Times 3 weeks ago

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