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AN 8-YEAR-OLD in 1984 had a real issue with RTÉ, so she did what every 8-year-old would do and wrote a letter off to the then Taoiseach of the country Garret Fitzgerald to tell him her woes.
This letter from the Taoiseach’s files were released under the 30-year state papers rule and has probably been sitting in a filing cabinet for the past few years.
RTÉ
At the time, illegal pirate radio stations were popping up all over the country and were a big headache for RTÉ and the Government.
In an attempt to block the pirate radio stations, RTÉ sent out a jamming system to block their signals, which sometimes inadvertently knocked out phone lines also. Many were angry that the illegal stations could not get licences, and they, like Marion, let the Government know all about it.
The Taoiseach did reply to Marion to explain the Government’s position on the matter:
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This feels like a co-ordinated attack, Bernie is beginning to grow in the poles
@Forest Hump: I’ve been following the ‘liberal’ US press and they have definitely ramped up the anti Sanders pro Biden rhetoric in the past few weeks. Pushing strongly for Biden/Buttigieg.
@Forest Hump: Bernie will win the whole thing. Watch this space.
@DBennie: ….and pigs will fly
@Forest Hump: You got it, man! It’s total anti-Progressive bullshit! At least someone is paying attention.
@Forest Hump:
Guess you missed this piece of investigate journalism, along with the Journal.
https://twitter.com/RedRaven1776/status/1217488312161701889?s=09
Are there any younger politicians with ability & ambition in the USA.
@MiseBean: Young Donald Trump?
@MiseBean: he might be ambitious but he has neither youth or ability going for him, he is 73.
@MiseBean: like Tulsi Gabbard?
@MiseBean: AOC?
@Al Fresco: pretty sure he meant junior
@colm connolly: that’s not what he said.
@MiseBean: tulsi gabbard. But she wasn’t included in last night’s debate
@Al Fresco: That does not matter one iota. Sorry.
This is low. Bernie is a socialist and a core concept of that is equality. No-one believes he’s a sexist based on a 30 year old sound bite. This will backfire on her.
@A2 Poster: buts it’s not for warren to gain voters it’s for Sanders to lose them so Biden can win. Sanders not a democrat so DNC don’t want him to win. Even though he’s prob the only one of Biden/Warren/Sanders that can beat Trump.
@Cormac Flanagan: how is he not a Democrat?
@A2 Poster: Dude! This is a bullshit story!
So this conversation happened some time ago and now she won’t shake hands?
She took his help and now is throwing him under the bus. Nice.
@Alan McDonald: Nah, dude this is an over-exaggerates BS story.
Why is it sexist to say a woman “couldn’t” be elected? Replace that with “shouldn’t” and it would be sexist.
Democrats will make life easier for Humpty Trumpty. Should have been Sanders last time round but I fear his age will come against him this time.
Wow! Great work buying into a bullshit, anti-Sanders story!
Nice ‘journalism!’ Who are you working for really??? CNN?!
So its men against women now. Bottom of the barrel stuff their lads, debate the real issues. Bernie is the man…uh…person. Wish we had someone like that here to vote for come February.
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