"readied up" in Irish Times

[Jimmy Mullan]

At 21:34 2/07/01 -0600, Dan Goodman wrote:
>A few days ago, in an article on a trial, the Irish Times quoted an
>anonymous source as saying that the case had been "readied up".  Would
>this actually have been "redded up"?

Possibly not, IMHO, depends on the context. If it were said by a defendant,
especially if he/she were from Dublin, I would take it to mean that "the
fix was in"; if by a prosecutor, it could mean that the case was ready to
put to trial.

>Note:  The Irish Times often refers to the Republic of Ireland as "the
>State".  I suspect this is left over from when it was the Irish Free
>State.

Possibly Yes. "The State" could refer to the "State Counsel", or
prosecutor. Additionally, the Times used be known as the "Protestant"
paper, which community weren't delighted at the creation of a Republic in
1949, so it tended to keep the older nomenclature.
HTH
Jimmy
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