Mick Clifford would be getting a pullitzer if this was happening in US. Clearly one of the few people McCabe trusted. How the fuck McCabe could trust anyone with this shit storm going on in donāt know
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He knew he couldnāt go near INM anyway, lucky Clifford persevered with it too, wasnāt getting a lot of traction for a long time.
Examiner stuck with it too. Probably in face of pressure from all angles
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BREAK: @MaryLouMcDonald says there needs to be a clear and comprehensive statement from @FitzgeraldFrncs or her resignation
MaryLouMcDonald accuses @FitzgeraldFrncs of misleading the Dail yesterday
Katie Hannon said last night that the rumour āwas so widespreadā (emphasis hers).
Technically Williams would have been within his rights to publish the story given the contents of the TUSLA file, as it was only corrected in May 2014 ? āFact checkingā would have said there was a case.
Isnāt that the point of conspiracy - create āalternative factsā - ie falsehoods that have a whiff of plausibility.
Williams is a mouthpiece for the Garda hierarchy so would have had no qualms about publishing, especially knowing who the person at the centre of the false allegation was.
Maybe Iām naive in believing this, but maybe most reputable journalists who had heard the false allegation about McCabe had a good idea what was really going on so decided against publishing?
Niall Collins the cunt on The Last Word now. Heās been spouting ānothing to see hereā for months now. Trying to deflect away from the GardaĆ again. Heās flapping like the proverbial seal having a wank.
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What is he hiding?
He comes across as a complete shill for the Gardai, the political version of Paul Williams.
Last May, he said āthe public want to move on and draw a line under this whole thingā.
Most likely, but also part of why it wasnāt being widely covered.
Iād take journalistic protestations like Hannonās with a pinch of salt - they all knew about Haugheyās lifestyle, they all knew about Anglo-Irish junkets, they all knew about the Galway tent etc. Always after the deluge mind you.
One of the biggest cunts in the Dail - and thatās saying something.
More concerned with writing to judges to appeal for leniency on behalf of a convicted drug dealer because there might be a few votes in it for him.
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This country needs a dictatorship and Iām the right man for it.
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Weāve tried being ruled by foreigners already thanks 
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It was already overwhelming public opinion (at least amongst those who cared) during the first months of 2014 that there was a concerted smear campaign by the Gardai against whistleblowers - most obviously symbolised by the ādisgustingā comments by Callinan in January 2014.
Even then you wouldnāt have put anything past them in their attempts at smearing.
False plausibility and plausible deniability runs through all this.
You need a dictatorship, Iām a man who will hold people accountable for what theyāve done, an unerring, unflappable giant who acts with a moral code.
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Frances tries to cover herself and zapper
Fails miserably
Contradictory much? Itās somewhat irrelevant anyway. As said earlier, tracing the connection between the counsellor, the complainant and her father and local Garda management should explain a lot. The political collateral damage will work itself out now.
The Romans never had the balls to invade Ireland.
For what, the alcoholic, spud munching natives?
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They would have got the shit knocked out of them, your lot are only good for running chippers.
Conveniently the staple of the Oirish diet.
Rule the spud market and youāll rule the Oirish.
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We didnāt get the spud til the 16th century, the Romans were yesterdayās men by then.