hmmmmm

"Miranda : O brave new world, that has such people in't
Prospero : 'Tis new to thee."

Silly season kicks off.

Interesting piece, and perhaps the first indication of the PDs abandonning the idea of "unity" in favour of "partnership". If so, it would be a very welcome dose of reality from one of the most pragmatic and grounded of Ireland's current crop of politicians.

There are shades of Hume's "post nationalist" Ireland here.

mc dowell not being the most imaginative of blokes--I recon the word PARTNER entered his head due to the new scandal involving Bertie Ahern alias Captain Corruption,Bertie gave celia Larkin his former moll,a place on the board of the National Consumer Agency---she doesn't have any qualifications for this position apart from being able too keep her mouth shut and loyalty to Fianna Fraud----Has the south gonE completly Americanised ---this appointment reminds me of the American Cynics who believe the way you succeed in life only depends on ---WHO YOU KNOW,OR WHO YOU B**w.

"who believe the way you succeed in life only depends on ---WHO YOU KNOW,OR WHO YOU B**w."

Sure it's always been this way in Ireland (at least during my lifetime)

Michael is just going in a different direction because Bertie has told him that Shinner bashing isn't allowed any more. Its great looking at McDowell talking about the North now. You can see he's just dyin to break into Shinner bashing, but he's not allowed. Maybe if Grandad didn't fcuk up the Boundary Commission, things would have been a lot different

Grandad didn't fcuk up the boundary commission, he was simply outvoted. The supposedly neutral South African agreed with the Unionist interpretation of the commission's remit i.e that it make only minor adjustments to the border.

As for MMD, he's starting to learn Bertiespeak where statements can mean absolutely anything depending on what you want to hear.

MMds grandfather played his part in boundary commission up---he was completly unasertive and more interested in sight seeing at the time--he also ed up 1916 with his countermanding order,does michael mc Dowell condemN His grandpapies efforts to run guns into Ireland and to threaten a low intensity guerilla war even before 1916 rising, if Home rule was not granted ---granda had no electoral mandate from the Irish people= was he a criminal in MMD' S EYES

fu taken out of above posts should read grandad fcud up 1916 and boundary commission