Keep up the good work, girl.

“I think my mother has a clips tape too. Her least favourite is probably me appear to lead off the Paddy’s Day parade in Tokyo in ‘93 with a jacket full of litre cans of Asahi and an open one in my hand.

Colm Connolly’s comment about there being a more salubrious affair that night at the Emerald Ball caps it nicely. ”

I was referring to my own mother’s clips tape of me, and that would be the Emerald Ball, ’93 in Tokyo. Nothing to do with Q&A…or anything really other than the secret pleasure of watching yourself make a scene on d’telly.

two key things I think would help pensions uptake:

1) guarantee that pensions annuities under a certain amount will not affect total amount state will pay as old age pension. At the moment I have the awful feeling that the €1000 a month or so that I end up with will simply be ‘swapped’ for the state pension. a serious deterrent.

2) PRSAs and other schemes should be properly transferable. they always SAY they are, but whenever you want to DO it they tell you it isn’t sensible. for this reason I now have three pensions at the age of 33! ridiculous.

As an erstwhile, waiter-politician, someone between offices or whatever people who run for office, don’t get elected and intend running again are supposed to be call themselves, it can be annoying that a strange group of opinions formers exists to which membership appears to be accorded by association. I say this irrspective of the quality of the contributions.

Surely, that’s what we have the Seanad for.

I think my mother has a clips tape too. Her least favourite is probably me appear to lead off the Paddy’s Day parade in Tokyo in ’93 with a jacket full of litre cans of Asahi and an open one in my hand.

Colm Connolly’s comment about there being a more salubrious affair that night at the Emerald Ball caps it nicely.