Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is welcome that the Tánaiste treated the issue with the seriousness it deserves and based on the economic criteria I have set out.

It seems that there is something of a disconnect between the Tánaiste and her backbenchers. Clearly, the members of her party sought to ensure she was elected. If Garth Brooks is tuning in on the web, as I understood he did to some of Dublin City Council's deliberations, he would be somewhat confused by the Tánaiste's response and her request to him to finish up his world tour here in Dublin at a time when there seems to be no co-ordination-----

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