Didnāt know until now she was doing that well with the bookies.
Iām not sure what weight you can place on it really.
I think itāll be her or Moran that gets it tbh.
I have to say I lolād at that,whatās the story there.Is he a Jason Bourne type character?
Heās a spoofer like all these big time CEOās. But sure who better to be a Mayor than someone who understands the other spoofers.
The Mayor wonāt have any actual power, so really itās just someone to go and talk to the yanks when they bring over their cash.
At least he is a spoofer who has actually achieved some stuff
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You need someone who can get things done, not some idealogue spouting on about Guatamala etc. Moran was one of the triumvirate of West Limerick men along with his namesake Derek, and Noonan, who saved this country.
The Global Head of Zurich Financial Services is dangerously under qualified compared to a civil service lifer who never worked in the real world?
Iāve no doubt Moran is a bit of a dose and loves himself, but I donāt want the Mayor to be my friend and call out for a pint on a Sunday evening. Youād rather someone with a good mix of real world and civil service experience who has a bit of go about him. What exactly the powers of the Mayor will be arenāt very clear, but I feel heād be far more effective at getting things done than a local county councilor.
That Phoniex article is a lot of bluster too. This bit made me laugh
More recently, RHH lobbied the council, again on Moranās own behalf, seeking improvements that would lead to āa better public realm in the Georgian quarter for safety of residentsā. By that stage, Moran had acquired a second Georgian pile ā on Pery Square, again a stoneās throw from OāConnell Street.
Heās investing in Limerick City and renovating Georgian houses that had been let to fall down. They make that seem like a bad thing for a potential Mayor to be doing.
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Quinlivan, Daly and Leddin wonāt get the rural votes in Limerick.
The main party aligned candidates are pretty weak and again wonāt have any traction outside the city.
Moran had no posters up until this weekend, but seems to have plenty out now. Heād do well to play up his up west Limerick roots over the next few weeks.
Whereās he from exactly? Heās not one of the Moranās from Athea is he? I see a good few posters now of him in the west. Hard to believe he is even money favourite with the bookmakers but is not party affiliated and is not among the seven contenders Katie Hannon is putting on the televised debate. That will damage his chances. I would say heās head and shoulders the best option but thatās not to say heāll get it, most apes wonāt know his credentials and he needs a majority of them to vote for him. Iād guess this could go to the likes of Quinlivan unfortunately with the SF pull factor.
They got Butler to record a ādown with the kidsā promo where heās in the car listening to Denise Chaila and Hermitage Green.
Despite West Limerick having maintained a fairly strong IRA presence in the 80ās & 90ās a Sinn Fein candidate has never made a dent there. Although one looper nearly snuck in the last time with transfers.
He definitely has family in Athea but not sure of the exact connections.
Thereafter, I entered the legal field, passed the New York Bar and spent three formative years as one of the youngest lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell on Wall Street, a leading global legal advisor to corporates and national governments. Following a detour to Italy for a World Cup in 1990, I returned to join Tony Ryanās GPA on Shannonside. I qualified as an Irish solicitor and an associate of the Institute of Taxation of Ireland while working and travelling globally.
I next took charge of the New York office of Irish lawfirm McCann Fitzgerald, advising US clients setting up operations in Ireland, managing aviation finance deals, and assisting CIE with a US financing of rolling stock. During the next ten years working for Zurich Financial Services I established and lead Zurich Bank in Dublin before being promoted to oversee the companyās Asian operations from Sydney and later the multi-billion dollar global ZCM operations in New York.
In 2004, during a much-needed career-break in France, I attended the Cordon Bleu culinary school and took French lessons at La Sorbonne in Paris. These valuable skills helped when I opened a juice bar and restaurant in rural France near Toulouse.
Juice bar in France
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He made a rate my crib style video also.
Is the blond one the only FF candidate? She seems lightweight and I doubt they will leap frog FG and SF anyway. Butler for FG is a big price 10/1 not that Iām bothered to have a bet on it.
Itās actually like a James Bond film.
The financial titan, who hung up his keyboard and retired to run a juice bar in the South of France, answered the call of his country and returned to save it from financial ruin.
I can imagine the scene as he serves an early morning cappucino to an elderly man who is immersed in the Financial Times. As he lays the coffee on the table, the newspaper slowly drops to reveal Michael Noonan.
Moran sensing whatās coming, opens first āNo way Michael, Iām gone from that gameā
āJohn, your country needs youā
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OāDonnell will probably take a fair bit of Butlerās FG vote.
Morans home place is on the way to the Well, just after the caher road.
Three āFine Gaelā candidates surely mess up the votes.
Youād see the Deemobile flying around town a good bit and the posters are everywhere. The FF machine in Limerick isnāt what it was but they are making an effort
Another prick of a man.
At least he was. But maybe heās āgrownā since.
Iām giving Moran no.1
I didnāt see any posters for Moran on my way through East Limerick on Sunday. Plenty for Ryan. They got a nice photo of her.