Every election everywhere on earth now is open to being abused by foreign interference chaos candidates. In previous elections it was naively assumed by the political class none of the âother candidatesâ would turn out to be headbangers with massive foreign funded astro-turf social media campaigns behind them.
Gemma OâDoherty was already known to be such a person in 2018 which is why she didnât get a nomination.
The game changed when Peter Casey decided to go full racist because he felt humiliated being on 1% in the polls.
Gareth Sheridan didnât get a nomination because there was a strong suspicion he would be the candidate of the international fascist tech bros.
Michael Flatley didnât get a nomination i) because he was probably never serious about getting one and ii) because he has shown enough to strongly suspect heâd have turned into a far right demagogue with much more ability to successfully carry it off than Casey had.
Declan Ganley, Conor McGregor and Maria Steen were known headbangers out to cause chaos.
We didnât even have a presidential election in 2004 and I remember fuck all comment about that.
The media outlets still producing quality, and holding a reputation for objectivity are slim. Radio na Gaeltachta and TG4 might be the final bastions of hope.
But in the real world thatâs not true. Thereâs loads of good journalism and RTE produces plenty of it and in the world outside of people who have gone down the pit of ultra-cynicism (and a personâs critical faculties canât survive in such a pit) it remains a reputable and credible and trusted outlet.
MICK WALLACE who was found guilty at Dublin District Court for withholding employersâ pension contributions of employees in one of his building firms. I think the sums in question were circa 50k
Yeah, Mick another great Irish socialist, he appropriated the wealth of his workers.
not that it makes much odds, but when his company was wound up, the pension funds were fully paid for years 2010 and 2011, it was pension funds in 2009 that were not paid in full. He was fined and the pension funds were paid in full. He wasnt the first builder/developer to lose out on investments and ended up leaving people short. Doesnt excuse him in any shape or form, but specifically on the pensions, none of his employees were left short, but payment into the accounts were late.
not necessarily, I would disagree with a lot of what Mick has said and done, I think he was wrong in how he did a lot of his building creditors when it all went tits up, he tried milk as much as he could out of it. Iâd know Mick though and know his family well, so was just pointing out that he did pay into the pension fund that was brought up there.
I remember Miriam O Callaghanâs treatment of Martin McGuinness, as well as Vincent Browneâs although that could well have been TV3, as well as Gaybo with Adams. Nostalgia for RTE because we sat at the feet of our parents whilst they watched the tripe they produce, doesnât make it quality viewing. Ireland and âgood journalismâ died a bit of a death in the post Veronica Guerin era.
