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Fergus Finlay

Plan to sell off Aer Lingus smells suspiciously like the Telecom fiasco

BEFORE we sell off Aer Lingus to the highest bidder (or even the first bidder) does anyone mind if I ask a few questions? And let me declare a few interests first.

Tue, 06 Jul, 2004

Have FF been struck dumb by McDowell’s self-serving twaddle?

I don’t want to suggest that Ireland’s EU presidency wasn’t important, or that it wasn’t a great success.

Tue, 29 Jun, 2004

Four rules that show what’s really going on in FF/PD Government

HERE are four political facts you should bear in mind when you’re reading about the current row between Fianna Fáil and the PDs.

Tue, 22 Jun, 2004

The general election starts here as parties jostle for pole position

IT’S game on, as they say. The next election starts now.

Tue, 15 Jun, 2004

We’ve had enough cynicism and arrogance — it’s time to hit back

MY esteemed colleague Terry Prone is usually right. Her analysis and insight often beats me to the punch on a Monday morning and leaves me green with envy.

Tue, 08 Jun, 2004

Don’t be swayed by Michael McDowell’s scare tactics

SO, if we had passed Michael McDowell’s referendum, we’d have stopped the little baby Chen from becoming an Irish citizen?

Tue, 25 May, 2004

Whistleblower and Charlie Bird doing the bank regulator’s job

IN a previous incarnation, I worked briefly with AIB’s managing director in Ireland, Donal Forde. He’s the man who has been taking the public flak over the latest AIB fiasco, the accidental ripping-off of their foreign exchange customers.

Tue, 18 May, 2004

We can’t undo the torture — but we can turn away its perpetrators

SO do you think we should welcome President Bush to Ireland in June?

Tue, 11 May, 2004

It was a great day — but we’re still being betrayed by this Government

THE best team at home and abroad. That was the Fianna Fáil slogan in 1989, the last time a European election was combined with an election at home — on that occasion a general election.

Tue, 04 May, 2004

The only mortal sin in FF is leaving Bertie alone with a smoking gun

IF the Brian Curtin fiasco had happened while Nora Owen was minister for justice, how do you think Fianna Fáil in opposition would have reacted? You know full well. They would have been baying for her blood.

Tue, 27 Apr, 2004