‘Horrifying’ drinking went on at FF meeting

A barman on duty at the Fianna Fáil conference which led to Brian Cowen’s infamous “Garglegate” interview has told of the “horrifying” level of drinking he witnessed at it.

In an article in the latest edition of Hot Press magazine, the barman, Ivan Murray, recounts his memories of senior politicians getting “royally tanked” at the 2010 conference.

“As a mere member of the proletariat, doing his job ladling out the drink, it was genuinely horrifying to witness the men and women who were at that moment considered to be the cream of our political classes getting — with honourable exceptions it has to be said — royally tanked to the extent that dignity and good sense went completely out the window in the middle of the biggest crisis this country has faced since the Great Famine.”