IMF Dublin Diary: Dermot stopped by. He hardly spends any time in the Dáil. “It’s so depressing,” he says. “They actually eat in that awful canteen.”
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IMF Dublin Diary
Diary of an anonymous IMF official working in the Department of Finance in Dublin with Dermot Mulhearn – former top civil servant, now a TD but planning on becoming President of Ireland because of his deep attachment to fine dining and red carpets. Of course.
Dermot willing to learn to make bombs to become President
An unpleasant experience in the toilets for our IMF diarist
IMF Dublin Diary: I had an unsettling experience in the toilets today as I washed my hands at the sink.
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A private conversation with Minister Howlin in his toilet
IMF Dublin Diary: Mr Howlin just called me in to the Minister’s toilet for a private conversation.
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Taoiseach dissuaded from wearing ‘I own the Pope’ t-shirt to summit
IMF Dublin Diary: I travelled to Brussels with the Taoiseach for this morning’s emergency Euro zone summit.
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Impressive resolve as staff boycott newspaper they don’t read
IMF Diary: There will be even less work than usual carried out in the Finance Department today. No one has time for anything but Twitter as they boycott a newspaper they’ve never bought.
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Heart-warming Independence Day party in Finance Dept
IMF Dublin Diary: I have been very moved this morning to find that the Department of Finance arranged a surprise Independence Day party for me.
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Second bailout review hears unusual banking strategy
IMF Diary: My IMF colleagues are coming back for the second quarterly review of the bailout. A small part of me still entertains the faint hope that they will take me with them when they leave.
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Another farce with the French as Kenny refuses to ‘faire la bise’
IMF Diary: Another farce with the French in Brussels last night. I doubt now that the bailout interest rate will ever be reduced.
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Finance officials fly to Athens to wave IMF money at Greeks
IMF Diary: There is a celebratory atmosphere in the Department of Finance again this morning. I cannot figure out why but clerical officers in beachwear are high-fiving each other and drinking cocktails.
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Giant’s Causeway to be offered to EU for lower interest rate
IMF Diary: Department of Finance staff have given Finance Minister Michael Noonan a list of State assets to be offered up to the EU in exchange for a lowering of the interest rate on the bailout loan.
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