EU Green Light Not a Ringing Endorsement of NAMA

The conditions applied to NAMA, as called for by Fine Gael, are welcome. The European Commission must now ensure these conditions are rigorously adhered to.

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Regan urges Cowen to answer question and not get personal- Irish Times

Regan urges Cowen to answer question and not get personal

JIMMY WALSH  Irish Times

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

SEANAD REPORT: FINE GAEL justice spokesman Eugene Regan said that having raised a legitimate question on Tuesday about the Taoiseach’s relationship with Seán FitzPatrick of Anglo Irish Bank there was no need for Mr Cowen “to get thick with me” over the matter.

Mr Regan said it would be much better if the Taoiseach addressed the question raised rather than attacking him personally. “The Taoiseach raised the borrowing limit that allowed the fiasco of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and its purchase of the Irish Glass Bottle site.

“The second issue is the private dinners that were held at a very critical time when he was taoiseach-in-waiting and the veto [by the Taoiseach on Anglo Irish Bank being excluded from the bank guarantee scheme].”

Mr Regan asked Terry Leyden (FF) to clarify his comment about him being on the next assassination list.

Mr Leyden had not meant to “imply that Senator Regan was on an assassination list but he is a political assassin. That is the difference. He took out Bertie Ahern, Willie O’Dea . . . who is next on your list, Senator?”

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Irish Times Opinion Piece: Party loyalty and political survival put before ethics

OPINION: The most damaging aspect of the O’Dea affair is the evident loss of a sense of what is right and what is not in politics writes, EUGENE REGAN 

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Morning Ireland interview

Yesterday, I spoke on RTE’s Morning Ireland radio show with Aine Lawlor about Minister for Defence Willie O’Dea’s false statement. You can download the interview here

Regan takes Patton Flyer case to Europe

Local operator being muscled out despite demand and popularity of service

Eugene with Patton Flyer operator Trevor Patton

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