Kinda feels like it, doesn't it? No, my full-time job right now is to finish my MA at the University of Limerick. I waded into this discussion because I felt that the information publicly available was presenting only one side of the picture, and having worked on the Clasaċ project (on and off) for the past year, I was aware of some salient facts which should be aired.

As it happens, it would appear that we've wandered into the areas of structure and governance of Comhaltas, other subjects which are generally neither well-discussed nor understood outside the organisation. Speaking for myself, even when I was an elected member of my own branch's committee, I had only the vaguest idea of how Comhaltas was actually governed. To me this speaks mostly of Comhaltas' communications capabilities, which are not great. Of course, there are idealistic people trying to change that, over time.

I'd probably withdraw from the discussion at this point and work on my essays, except that if I did the first unanswered question would be taken as an admission of defeat. :-) Though I don't represent the ardchomhairle in any way, it does seem that mine is a lonely voice at the moment submitting that the decisions of that body are not, as a matter of firmly-held belief, both venal and self-interested.