Oh! Higgins is good enough now?
No, she's using her married name now apparently.
No, she's using her married name now apparently.
Source please?
I was told by someone who works in Aras an Uachtarin.
Seeing as they haven't moved in yet, that is hardly a reliable source. In fact, it seems like a not-so-subtle attempt to denigrate a lady. If there were any such change in policy, I'd have thought that RTE would have been made aware of it;
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1103/president.html
Seeing as they haven't moved in yet, that is hardly a reliable source. In fact, it seems like a not-so-subtle attempt to denigrate a lady. If there were any such change in policy, I'd have thought that RTE would have been made aware of it;
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1103/president.html
In fact, it seems like a not-so-subtle attempt to denigrate a lady.http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1103/president.html
A 2nd-hand report what what someone working at Áras an Uachtaráin was supposedly told isn't a reliable source for me. Somebody in that Askaboutmoney.com place told me that Latrade frequently breaks wind in meetings. Reliable, or not?As you often ask for sources, just to clarify; someone who is working at Aras an Uachtarin and probably pretty actively involved with preparation for the new President and his family, isn't reliable?
Great - any chance that you could get a copy of the instructions?They have already been given instructions on how to address her.
A rather slight exaggeration, I think ?
They have already been given instructions on how to address her. Do you seriously think there is no active engagement between the Aras staff and the new President until after the inauguration??
BoxTheFox doesn't seem to think so.
A 2nd-hand report what what someone working at Áras an Uachtaráin was supposedly told isn't a reliable source for me. Somebody in that Askaboutmoney.com place told me that Latrade frequently breaks wind in meetings. Reliable, or not?
A 2nd-hand report what what someone working at Áras an Uachtaráin was supposedly told isn't a reliable source for me. Somebody in that Askaboutmoney.com place told me that Latrade frequently breaks wind in meetings. Reliable, or not?
Great - any chance that you could get a copy of the instructions?
BoxTheFox doesn't seem to think so.
don't mind him. Its the lady's own decision and nobody else's. Her choice won't in the slightest affect my opinion of her. I expect that she will become very popular in her new role as presidential spouse, just as martin mcaleese and nick robinson achieved before her.
There is no clarity that the lady has made any such decision at all, though you're probably right with the gist of your post.Don't mind him. Its the lady's own decision and nobody else's. Her choice won't in the slightest affect my opinion of her. I expect that she will become very popular in her new role as Presidential spouse, just as Martin McAleese and Nick Robinson achieved before her.
Not true. If we were to hear directly from somebody who worked in the Aras, that would be first hand. If we hear from a friend of somebody who works in the Aras, that is second hand.All sources are 2nd hand whether it be an "insider" telling a journalist or someone directly involved in a processes telling a poster here.
Maybe for the same reason that you chose to post it, and BoxTheFox chose to use it to have a dig?Why on earth would my friend make up something stupid like that?????
There is no clarity that the lady has made any such decision at all, though you're probably right with the gist of your post.
Not true. If we were to hear directly from somebody who worked in the Aras, that would be first hand. If we hear from a friend of somebody who works in the Aras, that is second hand.
Maybe for the same reason that you chose to post it, and BoxTheFox chose to use it to have a dig?
Some day when Democratic Left, sorry, Labour, get into power criticism of the Party will be banned but at the moment it's still tolerated.
Can we get back to the topic please?
Letting Off Steam > The other side of Michael D Higgins
I found the examples which shed light on Michael D as a tough adversarial combative politician very interesting and somewhat at odds with his caricature as a somewhat effete, intellectual, wimp (OP's words and not mine).
Scratch a Labour critic and you find a ...?
...person who believes in democracy and the rights of the individual?
Michael D didn't survive this long in politics without being able to fight his corner. He's a very formidable person. I just hope he puts the national interest ahead of what he's personally interested in while he is in office.
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