Iām expecting the producers of the Clare Byrne show to pull out all the stops tonight when discussing Leo the leak
Iām hopeful for a cold war type movie scene where Clare (wearing a disguise) walks over a fog shrouded bridge to pass an envelope to a guest (some hack from the Indo) explaining your us all how leaking / giving docs you shouldnāt to others really works
Or some auld lad from Fair City doing a skit.
Iād say people are wary of taking on Leo, he is a ruthless cunt. If I was the lad that leaked it, Iād worry as Varadkar will bury him.
Wonder if Simonās brother has approved the questions that will be put to him?
Tomorrow will be great fun.
Twill, was it Village that broke it? Id say it wonāt be too hard for him to work it out. Iād always get the sense with him that he is a happy warrior.
Donāt mean this in a bad way, but its a great advantage to him on this stuff that he is a gay man without kids.
Simon not being very convincing here, youād think that heād have something to gain from Leo getting the bullet
Some waste of Coveneyās time.
Should they not have had Coveney and LOR debate each other on it rather than allowing both free rein to talk?
When they need someone to be wheeled out to peddle the party line/sit there repeating the same lines itās normally Colm Brophy
The face that Coveny was out tonight, signify how worried FG are?
Coveney doesnāt strike me as a great negotiator. No wonder Frau Ursula told him where he could shove it
Rod Rod Rod
He was brutal, why didnāt Byrne ask him if he was a mindreader? Coveney should really have had to face a debater of my calibre there.
I notice that RTE have been very careful in keeping the Gov reps well away from the opposition to challenge them in this, very poor form from the free state broadcaster.
Bit of relevant info
https://about.rte.ie/inside-rte/rte-executive-board/rory-coveney/
Is Paul Murphy due to get questioning on Varadkar tomorrow?
Ooofffttt. Thatās the money shot. That blows the argument that neither FG as an organisation or Varadkar personally had anything to gain from leaking the confidential state document out of the water. It gives me no pleasure whatsoever but I think heās looking at a serious stretch in prison here.
Hopefully he gets his chance to have a Road To Damascus moment like yourself and he advocates why laws need obeying.
This story has just not captured the publicās imagination. Iād hope for a vote of no confidence and an election before Christmas.
Paul Murphy is Robin Hood.
Leo Varadkar is The Sherriff of Nottingham.