Barry Cowen started off by saying very nice things about Paschal. Then moved on to say even nicer things
Despite his leader’s request, Barry insisted he would make no further comment as he was entitled to due process and he wanted to await the outcome of a Garda Ombudsman inquiry into this alleged incident.
Having given his definitive account to the Dáil on Wednesday evening and declared the matter closed until a SIPO inquiry was complete, the Minister did a complete U-turn on Thursday, discovered he has more issues to address and would be issuing another statement.This can only indicate that he did not give the full story on Wednesday.
Nope. Deputy Cowen remained calm and reasonable. It is not a case of Donohoe being too big to fail, it is because he does not deserve to fail over these particular issues. His first guest of 2023 talking all things cultural was the Minister for Higher Education and Stand-in Minister for Justice, Simon Harris. This was quite the coup for young Cooper as the taciturn Harris is notoriously private. It was nice to see him come out of his shell.Unsurprisingly, the Minister and TD for Wicklow, who is never stuck for a word proved an engaging interviewee.
And on the opening night, Farrell was in the audience with then artistic director of the Abbey, Ben Barnes.Party time
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