The “Black Friday” sign was obscured by the broken window being taken out by the glaziers at the Asics store. “Black Thursday” will be remembered for some time on O’Connell Street. Dublin’s main thoroughfare has been the site of many significant events, from rebellions to celebrations, but this is one for the annals of recent times.
The “Black Friday” sign was obscured by the broken window being taken out by the glaziers at the Asics store. “Black Thursday” will be remembered for some time on O’Connell Street. Dublin’s main thoroughfare has been the site of many significant events, from rebellions to celebrations, but this is one for the annals of recent times.
Paschal Donohoe was selectively opining over the weekend that Fine Gael hasn’t lost support to Sinn Féin, but rather to the Independents. The thesis is part of the party’s narrative that Sinn Féin is a far-left party that can’t be trusted and only Fine Gael can stop them getting into power.
A routine sentence under item No 9 “Committees” of the March meeting of the RTÉ board was the first sign of trouble – but you really had to go looking for it. It said: “There was a private meeting with Deloitte in relation to finance with no material changes to the audit but they were clarifying a couple of invoices.”
The director general’s corner office on the top floor of the mid-century modernist RTÉ administration building overlooks the comings and goings at the newish entrance on to the Donnybrook campus.