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EVERY DAY, TheJournal.iebrings you nine things you need to know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #COWEN: Former Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said that there was no plan B for the economic crash as the government did not believe skeptics who warned them about it. In an interview for TG4′s Comhra, due to be broadcast next month, Cowen said he accepted responsibility but accused the opposition of “rewriting history”, the Irish Independent reports.
2. #SEANAD REFERENDUM: Deputy Directer of Fine Gael’s Seanad abolition campaign Regina Doherty used parliamentary questions to find out information about the effectiveness of the Seanad, but has been told by ministers in her own party to find out for herself.
3. #CLARE: Three men were arrested and one man was hospitalised after a brawl in a cemetery near Ennis, Co Clare yesterday evening. A number of weapons were also seized by gardaí and the Irish Independent reports that four vehicles were damaged in the fight.
4. #PAIN: Some 203 patients who were on a waiting list for a chronic pain clinic at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda have been referred back to their GPs due to the closure of the clinic. The HSE said it could no longer provide the service because it could not recruit a consultant, the Irish Times reports.
5. #DANGEROUS DRIVING: An Irish man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of two people in Perth, Australia six years ago, Herald Sun reports. Eamonn Driver was extradited from Ireland, having returned home in 2007 before any charges were laid.
6. #SYRIA: US forces are getting ready to ‘punish’ Syria over an alleged chemical attack on civilians with Joe Biden saying there is ‘no doubt’ that the regime is responsible. Meanwhile the UN weapons inspections teams are also preparing for their second visit to the site of the alleged attack.
7. PERU: The solicitor of Tyrone woman Michaella McCollum Connolly has said that she and her travelling companion Melissa Reid have now begun to realise just how serious the situation is. The Peruvian system, Madden said, is geared towards getting prisoners to plead guilty which in the Irish woman’s case, could see her face two years in prison.
8. #CHINA: A six-year-old boy in China has had his eyes gouged out after being lured into a field by a woman, The Guardian reports. It had been thought that the boy’s corneas were removed for sale because of a donor shortage but they were found at the scene.
9. #I HAVE A DREAM: Today marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s most famous and rousing ‘I have a dream’ speech. The speech, which is Martin McGuinness’s favourite, inspired generations of Americans to stand up and demand equality for the black population. If you’ve never read it, here it is in full.
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Not in the least bit surprised about Cowan. As minister for finance in the lead up to it he has absolutely no excuse. Not believing the “skeptics” and having a plan B is unforgivable when any idiot could see that property prices were highly inflated.
This is why everyone should revolt against the way this country is run, even now, without him. Stand up to these fools. After this happened and the sheer level of stupidity, the number one priority should have been to have a good long look at those running the place, the requirements to be put in such a position, pull apart the boys clubs, cut through all the bs and get some people with a decent amount of intelligence and balls to run the country.
After all, just because the last few years have been kind of crap who’s to say that there’s not another crisis around the corner, that some other lazy “politician” is just ignoring.
Well said
So if Cowen has said he accepts responsibility does that mean I can finally get my life back? And the money i have lost?
NO! sorry Enda owns it now.
Eyes gouged out. Jesus Christ!
China is gone to the dogs altogether.
number 1. what a man ?? ther is still a few of his mates sitting around the table. Martin . O;Dea is there still another 1.????
I hear horrific stories on a regular basis where Chinese children are the victims of adults neglect! They are not human in my opinion, never have I know a race that last empathy so much!
Yes, 1 billion Chinese people are not human because in their society there is some horrific violence. Of course by that logic all Austrians lock people in basements, all Americans shoot kids in schools, all Germans are efficient mass murderers and we’re all demented predatory paedophiles in clerical collars.
Thanks for sharing your stupid opinion Zara..
Plus this case and the high profile ones that you refer to would go a bit beyond ‘neglect’.
True. But from the other hand, look from that environment these people come from, its wayy overclowded out there so value of human life is substantially lower than anywhere else.
Zara You obviously know nothing about china. The chinese are cast in the media in exactly the same way as the english protrayed the Irish in the past.
Cowan must be the only person in the country who didn’t see the crash coming. Just look what we replaced him with, be afraid, be very afraid.
Same old same old with cowen. He acted ‘ responsibly ‘ lmao what planet is he on. He didn’t even drink ‘responsibly’ .
there was no plan B he is right but there was no plan either
two days in a row we see old faces, first Bertie now this man? anyone sniff trouble? also is there a Plan B or C now?
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