New Cabinet facing unusual lobbying 08/05/2008 - 19:26:35
They are barely in the job 24 hours, but the new Government Cabinet are already getting lobbied to deal with pressing global issues.
Finance Minister Brian Lenihan had a tonne of coal dumped on the doorstep of his new office today by campaigners for action on climate change.
New Taoiseach Brian Cowen will be back in the office this evening facing into 3,000 postcards from schoolchildren around Ireland pressuring the government to push China to tackle their human rights record.
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They are barely in the job 24 hours, but the new Government Cabinet are already getting lobbied to deal with pressing global issues.
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