Cough cough.
Cough,cough, cough, cough, cough
Leo has handled this crisis terribly though, he should have axed Fitzgerald as soon as her position became untenable. It shows an acute lack of political nous on his behalf IMO that he has allowed this matter to mushroom.
FG are in a very precarious position, FF only need to flip a handful of seats to become the biggest party. People like Noel Rock, Kate O’Connell, Catherine Byrne etc will be sweating over the outcome of this. FG are perceived to be arrogant and aloof by a lot of the electorate and this crisis and subsequent election is entirely of their making no matter how much they try and deflect.
Where is Varadkar? Keeping a very low profile, not like him to dodge a microphone.
Coveney has been out fighting fires impressively like on Morning Ireland earlier, he’d have made a much better Taoiseach than Varadkar even though he’s not the D4 media darling like Leo is.
If an election is called and FG not returned, will Leo’s term as Taoiseach be the shortest ever?
And been back again before Christmas .
Its not apparent. The email itself is heavily redacted with important pieces of the jigsaw missing. Possibly some civil servant. In my view it is a smoking gun as it highlights that the sexual allegations against McCabe would be used to discredit him. This was a strategy for the legal counsel. It did however state that no action was necessary by justice minister Fitzgerald. By pursuing no further action, that in itself is a decision she made. She is the minister for justice and the buck stops with her. The fact that she doesnt “remember” the email which is not credible indicates that she knew the full magnitude of allegations and strategy. She also stood by and watched her good friend Noirin O Sullivan purjure herself.
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Kev can you not be such a cunt to use that term as an insult.
No fucking need for it at all.
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Listen here now fella.
Fuck off with your PC nonsense on a internet forum.
Stop taking offence for people who are not being offended.
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On the ball there. Also “no action necessary” is not the same as don’t do anything, in fact in this context it reads to me like a big fucking hint.
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FF have officially lodged their no confidence motion.
Broughan is popular in the constituency. Always see him either towing the caravan that he does his clinics in or parking up holding the clinic.
Big upset in donaghmede a possible closure of the library.
I agree with @caoimhaoin about SF. With Adams gone they go do pretty well. Always felt that he was holding them back with his poor performances in the Dail and some car crash interviews.
Iphone Joan will lose her seat. She barely got home last time and now you have the leader of FG in the same constituency. That dont bode well for her.
MM says the only way it will be withdrawn is if Tanaiste resigns. There’s a bit of jostling to take place yet, but it seems election is on the way.
This is worth bearing in mind
Here if you’re going to hold others up to high moral standards start applying the same standards to yourself and maybe don’t insult those who can’t defend themselves just because you’re on the Internet.
It’s not a question of being politically correct it being a decent person.
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Take your correction and admit you’re wrong.
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April 27, 2013: Irish Independent journalist Paul Williams speaks at the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, after which he receives a standing ovation. The Sunday Times reports:
Standing ovations are a common feature of party conferences, but usually reserved for the leader. Yesterday delegates at the Fianna Fail ard fheis got to their feet to applaud Paul Williams, a crime journalist, when he denounced two independent TDs for criticising gardai.
To sustained applause, Williams said Luke “Ming” Flanagan was “a man who I believe has undermined democracy”, adding that “people like him and Mick Wallace [another independent TD] undermine democracy”.
To the delight of Fianna Fail delegates, Williams said he would encourage gardai to distribute pictures of Flanagan in order to tell children “this is how you will turn out if you smoke cannabis”.
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I will be honest kev and say i’m offended. If you had a loved one with downs, you might take a different perspective.
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Would you ever fuck off.
There is a difference between using a word (a word used in slang where i am from for 40 years or more) and either supporting, ignoring or failing to apologise for a lad having his legs blown off.
Now seriously, go and get fucked and take your knickers with you.
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