MN News Review - Sunday 4th May 2008

The Observer on pig remains being allowed to be fed to chickens
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/04/foodtech.food

Ten simple steps to beat Lisbon Treaty confusion - Sunday Tribune

(And the Tribune site is so slow as to virtually inaccessible today ... :?)

Americans ditch gas-guzzling SUVs as petrol hits $4 a gallon

Anti-Lisbon leader spins false story of Ahern hotel fire

Sunday Business Post:

Radical New Bill to CPO land cheap for public projects and to require landowners to develop zoned lands in 5 years or have it CPOd below value (in the present market they may all just as well wrap it up now and hand it over - cf)

Public Service reforms to top Cowen's agenda

Traffic ban and switch to 80% bus trips proposed for Dublin City Centre

Row over funding Waterford Crystal 39 million euro bail out.

And a good day of soccer and rugby ahead.

Anyone hear Marian Finucane's show today?
The Fire Service, the Press who were there and Dermot Aherne all confirmed there was a fire. David Cochrane says there wasn't. DC's line:-

"But my source asked the bell boy"

I heard it. I don't think it was David's finest hour. Then again he was rather bamboozled. Everyone, including the presenter, went on the attack and then they brought up his Libertas position. Which I thought was a bit rich from the Fianna Fáiler who I think was also a property developer. I doubt he'd take to kindly to someone suggesting the two were intermingled.

johnfás wrote:

I heard it. I don't think it was David's finest hour. Then again he was rather bamboozled. Everyone, including the presenter, went on the attack and then they brought up his Libertas position. Which I thought was a bit rich from the Fianna Fáiler who I think was also a property developer. I doubt he'd take to kindly to someone suggesting the two were intermingled.

But that's not to say that we shoudn't be saying it

He handled it badly but he really was under attack from all sides.

Hilarious radio though...

"Hello Dick I didn't know you were on..."

"Ah hello Dermot how are things?"

Only in Ireland.

Yes, heard that. " I wouldn't have come on if I'd known you were on Dick".

Dick was out on a canvass - at least the Nos have got the Yes's trying a bit harder.

I caught both the exchanges with Dick Roche (DC's and McGuirk's). People seem mostly to be cross to have to concede that Roche came off best in an encounter (any encounter).