Being bumped from a prominent speaking slot at the EPP conference at the last minute to accommodate Bono is not an ideal way to round off the week, but political life is cut throat and in hindsight An Taoiseach probably made the right decision. In the days since my barnstorming speech at the Fine Gael… Read more »
[follow id=”Secret_Minister” size=”large” count=”true” ]The annual Ard Fheis is where Fine Gael party legends are made. The man who says he doesn’t remember the speech made at the 1977 Ard Fheis given by a young whippersnapper called Enda Kenny is a liar. The great and the good of the party assembled in the RDS… Read more »
Gay marriage? Whistleblowers? Mortgage forgiveness? Health reform? Other problems Irish society probably has? The list of causes I can exploit for my own reasonable political gain are near endless. An Taoiseach knows battles must be picked, ministers must be backed and on occasion you must say as little as possible of any substance to ensure… Read more »
ENVIRONMENTALIST, activist and TV presenter Duncan Stewart exclusively open up to the Waterford Whispers News this week about his personal heating habits, revealing he is not quite the squeaky clean tree-hugger he is made out to be in the media. I met Duncan on his wind farm in Tipperary where he was attending to a… Read more »
Starting today, every Sunday will see WWN bring you the thoughts of the World’s leading figures on the big issues of today. This Sunday Jedward tackle Ireland’s economy and all that comes with it: Oh my God! Hi everybody. It’s me John and Edward! Which one of us is, like, doing the writing? Ha, nice… Read more »
BEING the butt of any joke can be humiliating, and unfortunately for one farmyard-bird it became a lot more than that. In this one off special interview with WWN, we delve into the world of one Charlotte Jane Chicken, who, in 1961, crossed a road which changed her life forever. I rang Chicken on the… Read more »
█████████████████████████ but still our freedom of information bill has come under a lot scrutiny from sections of the biased media due to last minute additions. ████████████████████████████████████ couldn’t be further from the truth. To suggest that the public will be somewhat disenfranchised and ████ by the last minute changes is hogwash the Government has endevoured █████████████████████████████████████████… Read more »
I don’t know if it was the being assaulted by pensioners live on national TV outside Leinster House or the encouraging Young Fine Gael to attack the US Embassy in response to spying allegations but I think An Taoiseach may be questioning my abilities as a government minister. The chief whip had called to inform… Read more »
With great power comes great responsibility or so the famous saying goes. With the greatest power in the Western world comes a vast array of spying capabilities – this is not a famous saying as I’ve just said it now for the first time but feel free to repeat it, giving me appropriate credit. Despite… Read more »
I know you, the voting public, have forgotten all about the budget and moved on with your mostly mundane lives, but it is not so easy for a government minister. My post-budget routine is much like that of a celebrity who has had the misfortune of their sex tape being leaked ‘online’ (for those of… Read more »