When Brendan met Ray!

LDFerguson said:
So do we get declarations of the personal shareholdings of George Lee, David Murphy, Dermot Jewell, Anne Fitzgerald, the Financial Regulator, any politician before they speak?
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It depends if they're reporting facts or giving opinion/advice. Politicians do have to make an annual declaration of all their financial interests, including shareholdings.
 
Howitzer said:
It depends if they're reporting facts or giving opinion/advice.
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That's the point - regardless of what they're talking about on RTE, nobody makes a declaration of their personal shareholdings prior to speaking, regardless of whether they're reporting facts or offering advice. Whether they should or shouldn't is debatable. They just don't get the opportunity.

Howitzer said:
Politicians do have to make an annual declaration of all their financial interests, including shareholdings.
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Yes, but you don't hear them making declarations every time they speak about shares on radio or TV. Brendan's personal shareholding in AIB is also public domain information. As he has said himself, he doesn't own through nominee accounts to cloak his identity.
 

I thought from this post that you were expecting Brendan to make a declaration on the RTE television interview.
 
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