She wouldnât be alone in that regard as qualifying criteria for Cabinet. Thereâs quite a few there that youâd wonder what have they done to merit retention.
JCM to Dept of Health
If JCM canât sort it out - itâs fucked.
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Iâve an idea for a niche thread. Itâs along the lines of my old People You Donât Know But Suspect Are Smelly one. Working title is People Who Smile With Their Mouths Wide Open - Invariably Pains in the Hole? Iâve a couple of pictures lined up, one political related.
Good to see the Irish people reject the far right.
Wexfords own Jim lawless gets DFHEIRS
A perfect appointment for the dept of fartsniffers
Oooofffttt
Sinn FĂ©in TD Pearse Doherty tells DĂĄil he has new information in relation to Michael Lowry and Doncaster Rovers deal
In the DĂĄil chamber, Sinn FĂ©in TD Pearse Doherty said he had new information to unveil in relation to Michael Lowry and a 1998 deal which involved the purchase of Doncaster Rovers Football Club Ltd (DRFC), writes Jennifer Bray.
In his tribunal report, Mr Justice Michael Moriarty concluded that Mr Lowry was, at an early stage, involved in some way in the 1998 Doncaster Rovers transaction, despite the evidence from Lowry, businessman Denis OâBrien and others, that the deal belonged solely to OâBrien.
Mr Doherty told the DĂĄil: âTo set the record straight about his involvement in the Doncaster deal, the purchase of Doncaster football club funded by Denis OâBrien â a deal the deputy swore he had no part in and wasnât to benefit from. This was totally false. Let me put some new information onto the record. Deputy Lowry had 57 meetings in relation to the Doncaster deal â including here in the houses of the Oireachtas â with the organiser of the project and sports representatives. And in the boardroom of Doncaster football club itself.
âWill he explain also, in September and October 2001, why his accountant paid the person putting the Doncaster deal together two bank drafts of ÂŁ32,500 and ÂŁ25,000 for his fee? And when he is doing it maybe he will explain why these payments, made from an account in Gibraltar, were never disclosed to the tribunal.
âOr will he use his time to explain to this house and the public, why he, on 15 March 2001, met with other key individuals in these deals in Dublin? The outcome of that meeting was the creation of a false narrative and fake new documents. Fake documents that were given to the tribunal.
âMaybe he should explain why he and two others went to a rural farm, on August 2002, to burn the original documents pertaining to these deals. He did so to make sure that the truth would never see the light of day. This information comes directly from one of the other men present. MicheĂĄl Martin, you called on the then-Taoiseach Enda Kenny, to reopen the investigation into Michael Lowry.
âYou did this on the back of information given to me by this same individual. How do you square the circle â that far from looking for him to be investigated â you allow him to play the role of king maker?
âYou are handing him substantial influence over this incoming Government. Maybe the next time you sit down with Michael Lowry to discuss your grubby programme for government, you can ask him why he burnt those documents and why his accountant made these secret payments.
âThe public deserves better.â
I donât recall that, you mean for the last presidential election?
I think we need to run the election again at this rate
I forgot about himâŠ
Charlie McConalogue only outgoing Minister to lose out
The Fianna FĂĄil TD for Donegal, who was Minister for Agriculture, was not expected to lose his position but is not among the 15 Cabinet members confirmed by our political staff.
A learned Senior Counsel as Minister for Justice. All is right with the world again.
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Was he particularly poor when Minister or did Champ have to spread the goodies out a bit more?
A former Leinster rugby player elevated to a Senior Cabinet role. The IRFU arenât even being subtle about this
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Jim played football with Kilmacud Crokes as well. Was decent enough by all accounts but something had to give so the focus was on his legal career and rugby as the main hobby.
Whereâs this from? Seems big, why isnât it getting more pickup?
I hope Jim sends his sister a case of claret for keeping the Brian Stanley story in the spotlight before the election and paving the way for his appointment
Thatâs been known for 30 years glas.
Very little with Crokes. He went into Gonzaga and that was the end of it.
Its a complete non story.
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