Archive for October 1st, 2007
Mahon Tribunal is Bertie Ahern’s Monica Lewinsky
When Michael Wall gave Bertie Ahern financial relief in his office, neither of them noticed the stain they left on Ahern’s political legacy. Around the same time, Monica Lewinsky gave Bill Clinton a different kind of relief, but with a similar outcome. Here are five ways that the two affairs are alike: >>> (more…)
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Monday Quiz 15 - Irish Flower Beds, Inciting Hatred
On this week last year (October 1 to October 7, 2006):
- Why did two Unionist politicians complain that a flower-bed in Craigavon was flaunting Irishness and wiping out Britishness?
- Why did Seanad Leader Mary O’Rourke accuse PJ Stone, General Secretary of the Garda Representative Association, of incitement to hatred?
- The lobbyist Frank Dunlop told the Mahon tribunal that he had bribed politicians on how many occasions?
- The Criminal Assets Bureau announced its biggest ever settlement. How much did Dylan Creavan, a 31-year-old Clare businessman, give them?
- What Irish politician was conferred with an honorary Doctorate of Laws in a ceremony at Dublin Castle, just across the courtyard from the Tribunals?
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