'It’s because anybody who has worked on a farm knows commerce, and is reared in a kind of commerce,' explained one of Shrewsbury Road’s most famous residents. 'I err on the side of the culchies.'
did face the Public Accounts Committee, and we notice he was accompanied to the meeting last Tuesday by PR guru Ray Gordon. His firm, Gordon MRM, is usually associated with the financial sector, counting Permanent TSB, Nama, the National Treasury Management Agency and Glenveagh Properties among its clients. Gordon was not hired by Tubridy, however, but by Hayes Solicitors, the RTÉ presenter’s legal advisers.
All its property has now been transferred to the Office of Public Works, clearing the way for a liquidator to be appointed. Creditors have been notified and given until today to provide proof of debts and claims. Which should finally draw a line under yet another controversy involving the public finances.Oliver Loomes, CEO of Eir, is gunning for ComReg, and we’re sure this has nothing to do with the regulator recently imposing a penalty of €2.
Loomes was right, though, about a long-standing vacancy on the three-person commission. Jeremy Godfrey stepped down in December 2021 to take up a role on the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, and has since changed jobs again, becoming chairman of Coimisiún na Meán. Yet his seat remains empty.
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