Comments on: Those guidelines cited for the Golden Handshake

By: Revisiting Rody Molloy’s golden handshake – The Story

Revisiting Rody Molloy’s golden handshake – The Story — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:41:14 +0000

[...] were the first to question whether Mr Molloy’s pension did in fact fall within the guidelines cited… when we published them in full on this website. It wasn’t until two weeks later that the [...]

By: Mark Coughlan

Mark Coughlan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:10:58 +0000

Cheers, updated the post.

By: SerialComplainer

SerialComplainer — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:16:06 +0000

Just a point of detail – The IPA is NOT a public body. It receives about 20% of its income from the Govt, and the rest is raised commercially.

By: steve white

steve white — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:27:09 +0000

so they couldn’t fire with him without paying unless he did something wrong, which they weren’t willing to officially admit, i think they think still media hatchet job as do the rest of the board, is it?

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:39:31 +0000

This controversy has done nothing but highlight the fact that Mary Coughlan is unsuitable for her position. If the threat of legal action (which she has acknowledged was only ‘implicit’ in negotiations with Molloy) was on the table, why not counter this? Could he really expect any court in the country to find in his favour were he to claim wrongful dismissal? Most likely not. He probably would have settled out of court for a sum far inferior to his increased pension. Instead, Coughlan panics and pays off. An immature reaction which may well contribute to the fall of this government.

By: cymorg

cymorg — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:53:42 +0000

b…b…b… banana republic. If the No to Lisbon crew are correct we could end up with a federal Europe in a few weeks time. Federation could possibly mean we end up being governed by Don Vito Corleone. I would welcome this as a positive departure from our current gov. The Don understood respect – our guys and gals keep kicking us in the teeth and blaming others for the situation they have created and are entirely responsible for.

By: jakobyte

jakobyte — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:26:58 +0000

If a tax in children’s shoes brought down Bruton’s Government, then this debacle has Cowen right in the cross-hairs.

If he had the guts to hang Coughlan out to dry, he could probably weather the NAMA and Budget challenges, but without scapegoating her and drawing a line in the sand, his goose is cooked.

It’s somehow delicious that it’s the golden circle (cabinet buddies included) which he holds so dear, will be the thing to bring him down. But seriously, if you can’t even play by your own crooked rules, that your skivvies cobbled together for you, you’re clearly too stupid to retain power.

By: Daniel Sullivan

Daniel Sullivan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:13:55 +0000

I think you mean the end of section 3, not section 4.