Inhaltswarnung: An Irish political anecdote featuring John Bruton, Data Protection law, and precisely zero kittens
It is the run up to the last general election. I'm staying over in my childhood home, which is in Richard Bruton's constituency.
It's a Saturday morning. Canvassers are afoot in the area, door stepping people for Richard. And they have brought some start power along - his brother, former Taoiseach and EU Ambassador to USA, John...
Inhaltswarnung: An Irish political anecdote featuring John Bruton, Data Protection law, and precisely zero kittens
I've been ranting to my family (brothers & mother) over dinner the previous evening about how there was a dearth of awareness building around #GDPR for SMEs by Enterprise Ireland, with tenders I'd put in for training that pitched GDPR stuff being rejected.
Then the FG machine rolls on to the street. And John knocks on the door. Mother answers, and suggests I might want to talk...
Inhaltswarnung: An Irish political anecdote featuring John Bruton, Data Protection law, and precisely zero kittens
I really want to talk to Richard as he is Enterprise Minister. But I'll take anyone. And a former EU Ambassador is as good as anyone.
John is directed into the good room at the front of the house (every Irish house has one of these). The partioning doors to the back of the house closed over. John sits down on the sofa. Facing the only other door to the room. I sit facing him. And begin to talk.
Daragh Ó Briain •
Inhaltswarnung: An Irish political anecdote featuring John Bruton, Data Protection law, and precisely zero kittens
Then the FG machine rolls on to the street. And John knocks on the door. Mother answers, and suggests I might want to talk...
Daragh Ó Briain •
Inhaltswarnung: An Irish political anecdote featuring John Bruton, Data Protection law, and precisely zero kittens
John is directed into the good room at the front of the house (every Irish house has one of these). The partioning doors to the back of the house closed over. John sits down on the sofa. Facing the only other door to the room. I sit facing him. And begin to talk.
Daragh Ó Briain •
Inhaltswarnung: An Irish political anecdote featuring John Bruton, Data Protection law, and precisely zero kittens