Ireland politics (Part 1)

[Sidney]

@TreatyStones

“I knew I was being set up…I lured her into my trap,” he told the Joe Finnegan show on Northern Sound radio this morning.

"It was dirty tricks on behalf of somebody."He said he decided to play along with it because otherwise there “would be no show”.“And I wouldn’t have the opportunity of showing RTE up, our State broadcaster, for what they are,” he said on the radio show.

Cllr McElvaney last night denied any wrongdoing, claiming he knew it was a “sting” but went along with it, as he wanted to expose what he described as an RTÉ “dirty tricks campaign” against him.“I had to make it as juicy as possible or there would be no show and I had to make it quite sexy so I answered all her questions to make her interested,” he told the Irish Independent. “It takes nerves of steel to do this. I have certainly incriminated myself but I had to do this to expose RTÉ. That’s the type of man I am. Everyone knows I would never take a bribe.”

[balbec]

Alright sort of the year material right there.

[Julio_Geordio]

@TreatyStones

@Fagan_ODowd

Sure Hughie was featured on a show about rezoning about 5 years ago, and was as brazen as you like and nothing was done about him. Coincidentally of course, last week a method was found to ease him out of the party over the Sean Conlan matter.

He mugged off RTE apparently

“I knew I was being set up…I lured her into my trap,” he told the Joe Finnegan show on Northern Sound radio this morning.

“It was dirty tricks on behalf of somebody.”
He said he decided to play along with it because otherwise there “would be no show”.
“And I wouldn’t have the opportunity of showing RTE up, our State broadcaster, for what they are,” he said on the radio show.

Cllr McElvaney last night denied any wrongdoing, claiming he knew it was a “sting” but went along with it, as he wanted to expose what he described as an RTÉ “dirty tricks campaign” against him.
“I had to make it as juicy as possible or there would be no show and I had to make it quite sexy so I answered all her questions to make her interested,” he told the Irish Independent.
"It takes nerves of steel to do this. I have certainly incriminated myself but I had to do this to expose RTÉ. That’s the type of man I am. Everyone knows I would never take a bribe."

That is top notch stuff there in fairness.

[Bandage]

You have to say that’s magnificent.

[TreatyStones]

@Bandage

You have to say that’s magnificent.

There were a few other bits as well, he’s caught RTE red handed:

McElvaney told Northen Sound FM that he has “caught them (RTÉ) red handed”, although he accepts that people may find it hard to believe that he was only acting.

“They’ll find it incredible, as I say, I put PJ Gallagher and Mike Murphy in the shade. I don’t require any bribes or any corruption,” he said, agreeing ‘he’s not short of a few bob’.

“It was a piss pull, it was what we call ‘taking the piss’ out of RTÉ and I proved it,” he said.

[Sidney]

Reminds me of when Big Pussy claimed he was giving disinformation and stringing the FBI along after Tony found his wire.

Get the weights.

[Fagan_ODowd]

That’s Fine Gael for you. The same as Fianna Fáil, really, only they didn’t used to get into power as much.

[Sidney]

The larcenous nature of corruption, its habit of breaking in on us when we are least prepared and stealing the irreplaceable, has seldom been more sickeningly experienced than on Northern Sound Radio on Monday morning.

[Funtime]

nice to hear you voice an opinion on matters that dont directly affect holroodhouse ray.

[Funtime]

i dont think it was a particularly callous murder @the_mixer_walsh . the aim of the operation wasnt to shoot the cop, it was to rob the bank. it was more a case of wrong time, wrong place than a callous act.
a regrettable incident for all concerned, however as @anon98850436 has often reminded me ‘nobody has a monopoly on suffering’.
i felt she acquitted herself well and i find it admirable that she didnt get drawn into the politics of condemnation and i feel this will resonate with the electorate.

[corner_back]

Where is she standing for election?

[balbec]

@Funtime

a regrettable incident for all concerned,

A bit of an understatement.

[Bandage]

@TreatyStones

There were a few other bits as well, he’s caught RTE red handed:

McElvaney told Northen Sound FM that he has “caught them (RTÉ) red handed”, although he accepts that people may find it hard to believe that he was only acting.

“They’ll find it incredible, as I say, I put PJ Gallagher and Mike Murphy in the shade. I don’t require any bribes or any corruption,” he said, agreeing ‘he’s not short of a few bob’.

“It was a piss pull, it was what we call ‘taking the piss’ out of RTÉ and I proved it,” he said.

Full audio of McElvaney’s appearance on local radio this morning.

It’s absolutely golden.

[Fagan_ODowd]

Fintan O'Toole (fotoole)

[the_mixer_walsh]

Hughie has pulled off an unbelievable reverse ballhop

[TreatyStones]

@the_mixer_walsh

Hughie has pulled off an unbelievable reverse ballhop

First the “Mission to Prey” scandal and now they have been badly exposed by a cunning county councillor. This could be final nail in the coffin of RTE investigative reporting.

[Funtime]

To be honest I have a lot of sympathy for those who shot McCabe, more so than the family of McCabe who seem to have ‘cashed in’ emotionally. There would appear to be a cult of victimhood at play where southern victims and their sympathisers expect the families of their shot in the north to build a bridge and get over it but when a guard is shot the fall out becomes bigger than the peace process. I have a lot of sympathy for those who shot the guard in the course of doing their (unpaid) duty and have served time and suffered much abuse as a result. Some of their personal lives have been drastically affected as we have seen in recent weeks. All in all it is a regrettable chapter in an ugly war and it would be nice to see all sides appreciate each other’s suffering and get over it. I think the mccabes are the more entrenched party at this time.

[balbec]

whataboutery alert!

[iron_mike]

@the_mixer_walsh

Hughie has pulled off an unbelievable reverse ballhop

If the idiots in RTE had thought about it logically, they would have called his bluff and landed the 10k on his desk. We might have a different story then

[Rocko]

What? Idiots in RTÉ? They exposed him just fine. He’s added some comedy after the event but I think RTÉ satisfied their exposure mission. I’m concerned for the mental state of anyone who thinks there’s any relevance at all in his preposterous defence.