Tony Gregory TD .RIP

therewillbe · 02-01-2009 3:16pm #1

Just heard that Tony Gregory has passed away.A pretty decent man and TD for Dublin's Inner City.

Julesie · 02-01-2009 3:18pm

Link?

mike65 · 02-01-2009 3:19pm

:eek:

God thats a shock to me, was he ill?

Nodin · 02-01-2009 3:20pm

therewillbe wrote: »

Just heard that Tony Gregory has passed away.A pretty decent man and TD for Dublin's Inner City.

A decent man. Shame there wasn't more like him.

Johnnio13 · 02-01-2009 3:21pm

The missus was looking after him before Christmas - she will be upset.
Do you have a link?
I can't find any news on it.

sink · 02-01-2009 3:22pm

I can't see anything about it on the news sites. I wasn't even aware he was ill.

mike65 · 02-01-2009 3:23pm

Its on P.ie, might not have been made public yet.

Tannylan · 02-01-2009 3:26pm

R.I.P Tony:( true Dub

Nodin · 02-01-2009 3:26pm

Julesie wrote: »

Link?

Only thing I've seen is that his date of death has been put on his wiki page...no news source or the like...

CiaranC · 02-01-2009 3:27pm

mike65 wrote: »

Its on P.ie, might not have been made public yet.

Whats P.ie?

Scootay · 02-01-2009 3:27pm

It's been mentioned on Newstalk but the websites seem to be slow as usual.

RIP Tony. He'll be sadly missed.

mike65 · 02-01-2009 3:36pm

CiaranC wrote: »

Whats P.ie?

www.politics.ie

FatherTed · 02-01-2009 3:40pm

http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/independent-td-tony-gregory-dies-1590790.html

Friday January 02 2009

The Independent TD Tony Gregory has died after a long illness.

He has been a TD for Dublin Central since 1982 and achieved national prominence when he supported Charles Haughey in what became known as "Gregory's Deal".

Tony Gregory was born in Dublin in 1947 and worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming involved in politics.

He joined Dublin City Council in 1979, and was a former member of Official Sinn Fein and the Irish Republican Socialist Party.

In 1982 he was elected to the Dail as an Independent TD.

It was in that year that he achieved national prominence through what became known as the "Gregory Deal" - he agreed to support Fianna Fail leader Charles Haughey in exchange for a cash injection to his deprived inner city Dublin constituency.

He was also a keen campaigner on local issues including drugs and social justice.

Although he never held a Cabinet position, Deputy Gregory has long been one of the most recognised members of Dail Eireann.

road_high · 02-01-2009 3:45pm

Forgive my morbidity but what did he die of? Was it cancer?
Second TD to die recently, Seamas Brennan RIP

Johnnio13 · 02-01-2009 3:46pm

Cancer. Been sick for ages.

Darragh29 · 02-01-2009 3:48pm

http://www.breakingnews.ie/

jank · 02-01-2009 3:48pm

God this is a shock.
A true work horse for dublin's inner city community. Very sadly missed as there are few like him in the dail.

kenco · 02-01-2009 3:50pm

RIP

While I did not agree with a lot of his politics his heart was in the right place and he served his constituency well.

He is a loss that wont easily be replaced...

sdanseo · 02-01-2009 3:51pm

Never knew the poor fella was sick.

He was one of those TD's that commanded most respect out of the lot of them from me when seeing him on TV or the like. RIP.

Darragh29 · 02-01-2009 3:53pm

I didn't even know he was sick.

gandalf · 02-01-2009 3:56pm

Like Kenco wouldn't have agreed with all of his politics but he was an unselfish politician which is a rarity. He was a TD for the benefit of society and the community he came from. A real loss to the Dail that is bereft of standards and honesty.

RIP Mr. Gregory.

Gary ITR · 02-01-2009 4:00pm

I'm not just saying this because he has died, but Tony Gregory was one of the good ones. Stood up for what he believed in and always did what was best for his constituency. A legend of a man, RIP

mike65 · 02-01-2009 4:02pm

He did set a bad precedent with "the Gregory Deal" it must be said.

cjmcork · 02-01-2009 4:07pm

Onkle wrote: »

I'm not just saying this because he has died, but Tony Gregory was one of the good ones. Stood up for what he believed in and always did what was best for his constituency. A legend of a man, RIP

I second that - I'm in Cork and unless it's a minister, we wouldn't generally hear about independents...........but my parents really admired him - he had, oh, what do you call it - rare amongst politicans now..........oh yes, principles..............a great loss to the Dail and the country

Draupnir · 02-01-2009 4:10pm

mike65 wrote: »

He did set a bad precedent with "the Gregory Deal" it must be said.

How so? I personally feel that Tony Gregory did about the most genuine and honest thing that could be expected of a politician in that situation, and that was to maintain his commitment to his locality and community which had elected him.

jhegarty · 02-01-2009 4:10pm

mike65 wrote: »

He did set a bad precedent with "the Gregory Deal" it must be said.

He wasn't there to set a precedent , he was there to represent the people who elected him.

And while I did'nt agree with some of his politics he was doing exactly what the people elected him wanted, while all around him where lining their own pockets.

RIP

mike65 · 02-01-2009 4:14pm

Draupnir wrote: »

How so? I personally feel that Tony Gregory did about the most genuine and honest thing that could be expected of a politician in that situation, and that was to maintain his commitment to his locality and community which had elected him.

Bad cos every cute hoore "independent" (so called) could write a shopping list and present it as terms for voting to keep various minority/narrow margin administrations in power.

Draupnir · 02-01-2009 4:18pm

mike65 wrote: »

Bad cos every cute hoore "independent" (so called) could write a shopping list and present it as terms for voting to keep various minority/narrow margin administrations in power.

I don't think it is fair to use Gregory as the example or precedent for this kind of situation, since that type of situation existed long before the "Gregory Deal" and really, Tony Gregory never went in search of that situation in the same way that the "cute hoore independents" you are talking about do.

RIP to the best TD that the Northside of Dublin has every seen.

murphaph · 02-01-2009 4:22pm

If the political parties were full of Tony Gregorys we'd live in a utopian society. Great shame indeed.

jacool · 02-01-2009 4:45pm

he served the locals who elected him to the best of his abilities, and even if he had to row in with Charlie, what he got inner city Dublin could not have been achieved by anyone else. the only miniscule black mark against him in my book is that he remained one of the politicians who was an ex-muinteoir who kept his position open, even though he was in An Dáil since 1982.

Otherwise he was the kind of politician you would hope to be looking after your interests.

R.I.P.

lostexpectation · 02-01-2009 5:11pm

Draupnir wrote: »

I don't think it is fair to use Gregory as the example or precedent for this kind of situation, since that type of situation existed long before the "Gregory Deal" and really, Tony Gregory never went in search of that situation in the same way that the "cute hoore independents" you are talking about do.

RIP to the best TD that the Northside of Dublin has every seen.

no practical difference he helped keep haughey in power.

Tony Gregory TD .RIP

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