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Fran has fuck all to be at
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I note strong exchequer returns announced yesterday for the month of August
FFG has the economy purring
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Lahinch had a bumper August. Fair play to the Limerick folk coming in their droves to the current home of Liam McCarthy and spending their dosh.
Iâve met Mick a few times, heâs a very decent man and as generous with his time as any youâll find. He really shouldnât have to be begging for a few bob off the govt though.
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The government seem to be alright sorts in fairness to them. Itâs these self governing civil service that need sorting out evidently.
Has there been any explanation of the price of the bike shed?
Did he fall out with RTE?
It will be easily explained Iâm sure. A new extension on the back of some senior civil servants house perhaps?
How many approvals did this purchase order go through before sign off???
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Iâm unaware of that.
Thereâll be an investigation thatâll cost another 330k with no actual findings.LESSONS WILL BE LEARNED going forward etc
I ask everyone to think of the Celtic and vote Fianna FĂĄil in the next election
I think RTE have replaced most of the older sports pundits at this stage.
The Flanagan dynasty is officially over after last nights Fine Gael Convention. Charlie will be replaced by Portlaoise man Willie Aird who held off the challenge of young whipper snapper Conor Bergin.
Thereâs an election in the air.
Very nice man. His son is my young fellas soccer coach. Decent skins
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Philly McMahon approached by Labour to run in the GEâŚName recognition far outstripping policy in deciding candidates for parties it seems
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Labour fails to land high-profile candidates to join partyâs general election ticket
Former Dublin footballer Philly McMahon and Dr Rhona Mahony among those contacted
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Labour made informal approaches to Rhona Mahony, Philly McMahon and Averil Power. Illustration: Paul Scott
Sat Sep 07 2024 - 06:00
The Labour Party has failed to land a number of high-profile individuals from the worlds of sport, medicine and politics that it had targeted for its general election ticket.
With an election widely expected to take place before the end of the year, The Irish Times has learned that Labour made an informal approach sounding out eight time All-Ireland winning former Dublin footballer Philly McMahon about whether he would be interested in running for the DĂĄil.
A similar approach is understood to have been made to Dr Rhona Mahony, the former master of the National Maternity Hospital.
Former Fianna FĂĄil and Independent senator Averil Power, now chief executive of the Irish Cancer Society, confirmed she had been approached by the party.
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âI was approached out of the blue by the Labour Party and said no. I told them I appreciated the offer but have no intention of going back into politics,â Ms Power said.
Mr McMahon and Dr Mahony said they had no comment when contacted.
Party sources said the expectation was that if any of the high-profile individuals were agreeable, they would have been chosen to run in Dublin Bay North. Labour will be seeking to retain a seat in the constituency vacated as a result of AodhĂĄn Ă RĂordĂĄinâs election to the European Parliament earlier this year.
It is understood that talks did not progress, the individuals approached did not seriously consider entering politics and that things were never formalised to the extent that meetings were held with Labour leader Ivana Bacik TD.
The party held seven DĂĄil seats going into the local and European elections. However, with Mr Ă RĂordĂĄin now an MEP and former leader and Wexford TD Brendan Howlin and Cork East TD SeĂĄn Sherlock opting not to run for the DĂĄil again, Labour will be defending almost half of its seats without the benefit of having an incumbent candidate.
Speaking this week at a party meeting held before the beginning of the DĂĄil term, Ms Bacik said 16 candidates had already been selected to run for the party, which she said had been buoyed by the results of the local and European elections in June.
However, she did not put a figure on how many seats Labour expected to win in a general election, other than to say she wanted to return with more than it has.
Party sources said last week that Labour expected to be in the running in about a dozen constituencies, although others believe the party could struggle to retain its current level of representation in the DĂĄil.
Ms Bacik said Labour would not be involved in a vote-transfer agreement with any other party before the general election, but that it would be open to engaging afterwards with parties and individual TDs âwho share our vision, our centre-left and social democratic valuesâ.
A spokeswoman for the Labour Party said: âLike any political party, Labour has been seeking to recruit and select candidates for the upcoming general election and will be making announcements in the coming weeks
Bacik and Philly McMahon would be some odd couple on the campaign trail
Champagne socialist types are like that.