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| JoanneVIP | Aug 2 2007, 12:11 PM Post #1 |
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THE Taoiseach finally cleared his debts yesterday. After all his calculations (he did the sums in front of me), he even found himself ahead by a short nose. "I've cleared all my losses from yesterday and I'm up about €10," he said happily. It was Bertie's second and final day at the Galway Races and his disposition was, like the weather in Ballybrit yesterday, a little overcast in the morning but grew increasingly sunny as the day progressed. He couldn't pick a winner to save his life on Tuesday evening and it looked like he didn't hold out much hope for his luck on Day Two, throwing about mordant quips like they were junior ministerial posts. "I might trying picking horses today by name or colour," he sighed. What's more, he then had to endure watching the winning streak of his daughter Cecelia's boyfriend David Keoghan continue unabated. Having scooped a fat fistful of euros on his maiden run-out at the races on Tuesday, David was winning money on almost every race again. "It's incredible," said Cecelia. "He even picked a winner for me," showing her slip for The Ethiopian which won the sixth race. But Bertie's bacon was saved by 12-1 outsider Sir Frederick, owned by West Cork syndicate Seven Heads, and The Tent was no longer a Teepee of Torment for the Taoiseach. Anyone counting the number of Fianna Fail ministers in the tent yesterday would've been hard put to come up with seven heads. Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan dropped in, dressed quite sedately which was a disappointment after her blingtastic ensemble of the day before. Willie O'Dea also made a return visit, while Junior Minister Conor Lenihan popped in with his wife Denise. The one Minister who didn't loiter within was the new Minister for Horses, Football and Other Fun Stuff, Seamus Brennan, who has been a bit of a neigh-sayer about fundraising at the horses, describing the tent this week as "a lightning rod" for controversy. One would have expected Seamus to be cock-of-the-walk at Ballybrit as the new Minister for Sports, but he wasn't in the mood to pick a fight with Bertie. "The tent is very transparent and open and the media can photograph everyone coming in and out," he said, indulging in another sport, the art of rowing backwards, adding that he only meant the tent should be reviewed as a fundraising activity. Nor had the Minister much luck with the nags yesterday, despite being a veteran of thistrack. "I started off here selling race cards and working with the Order of Malta patching up jockeys," he explained. "I'm not particularly expert at the horses - I think the one I picked for the Plate is still out there running around with its lights on." Seamus did a spot of fancy verbal dressage himself when asked if he intended to pop into the tent and say hello to the Boss. "I was speaking to the Taoiseach a few minutes ago and I'll be talking to him again before the end of the day," he said, before disappearing at a canter. Bertie probably didn't mind, as he had plenty of pals to keep him company. The Bailey brothers, Michael and Tom, slipped in quietly during the afternoon as did Sean Mulryan and the charming American Ambassador to Ireland, Michael Foley (a real Action Man - he and his son are off to the Alps to climb the Matterhorn next week). Bertie also had a long chat with Sunderland club chairman Niall Quinn and his wife Gillian (sadly, despite rumours of his attendance, there was no sign of steely hero Roy Keane, the Premiership's new Jose Mourinho). So did this chumminess with Niall mean that the Manchester United-loving Taoiseach was being tempted to transfer his affections to Sunderland? He couldn't have looked more horrified had I suggested he was joining the Blueshirts. "No. Absolutely not. Though I hope to get to see them play in Old Trafford in September." Today Bertie makes his annual pilgrimage to Kerry to recharge the batteries in Parknasilla with Cecelia, Georgina and Nicky, plus new arrivals Rocco and Jay. "I suspect I'll be doing a lot of babysitting," he laughed. So he'll spend his time dodging tantrums and listening to incomprehensible babble. Sounds like his average day in the Dail. Source Irish Independent |
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| MrsMaryByrne | Aug 2 2007, 05:17 PM Post #2 |
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Mary
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thanks for posting hun.. |
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| jlovenicky | Aug 2 2007, 06:13 PM Post #3 |
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Jacqueline
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Thanks hunnie bunnie :D |
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| JoanneVIP | Aug 2 2007, 06:17 PM Post #4 |
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THE BOSS
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welcome Jaq.... hes having a couple of days |
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| jlovenicky | Aug 2 2007, 06:19 PM Post #5 |
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Jacqueline
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Okidokie ;) |
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| Nicky's Angel | Aug 3 2007, 02:42 PM Post #6 |
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Sara
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Thanks for posting Jo |
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| Filan's Zulma | Aug 5 2007, 05:47 PM Post #7 |
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Happy now i have the Apple's iPod Nano yeh!193 dollars
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Thanks :P |
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| JoanneVIP | Aug 5 2007, 05:47 PM Post #8 |
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THE BOSS
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welcome |
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| Louise4Shane | Aug 7 2007, 07:34 PM Post #9 |
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Louise
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Thank you posting it Jo. |
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