Leavin’ on a jet plane …
by planetparker
The release of Irish aid worker Sharon Commins after her ordeal in Darfur has been turned into a tawdry PR stunt by the government,
Like the vast majority of Irish people I was overjoyed to learn on Sunday of her liberation, but it soon became apparent that there were those intent on using the story to add some kudos to their personas. The start was the news broadcast on RTE’s radio 2 at 11 a.m. The item on Ms Commins’ release was expanded into a “words of praise” piece, worthy of North Korea, about Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin, followed by an interview with the man himself,. Indeed the release was the only item on the news.
And then there was the provision of the government jet to bring her home. Fair play to whoever in the government copped on that this would be a great way of deflecting criticism about the abusive usage to which the ‘plane has been put recently by … a certain minister. I think the Irish people have a right to know just how much was spent on air fresheners to clean the aircraft of the lingering odour of body odour and flatulence left by Minister Harney. We can rest assured that Minister Gormless made sure they didn’t contain any CFCs.
It may be carping for me to comparer the manifest efforts by the Irish government to secure Ms Commins’ release with their utter ambivalence to find out anything about the children who have disappeared from care in Ireland.
