John O'Donoghue and his travel spending spree

DirksDiggler · 13-10-2009 3:02pm

I'm stunned. What an unutterable c*nt :mad:

And theres the round of applause from all sides.

Hope the bollox is hit by a bus on the way out.

niffle · 13-10-2009 3:05pm

well thats typical we applaude those who rape us !!

Spiritoftheseventies · 13-10-2009 3:07pm

is there such a word as reasonableness?

kincsem · 13-10-2009 3:15pm

The commentator on RTE said Beverly Cooper-Flynn stood up to applaud trying to get a standing ovation going.
"Birds of a feather flock together" :pac:

Liam Byrne · 13-10-2009 3:18pm

Back in a while.....currently wiping puke off my keyboard and screen :mad: :mad: :mad:

DirksDiggler · 13-10-2009 3:19pm

Said it before and I'll say it again, we have the most rotten government in the developed world.

I wonder if the red faced twat is on his way (limo driven no doubt) to cash his €112k cheque yet?

bonzos · 13-10-2009 3:20pm

Such BS!he was given 3 months to explain himself..."i came in here a proud man and i leave a proud man"what a w*nker!nice to see he reminded the people of south kerry how good he was to them...i only used the gov jet 14 times in 5 years ,what about all the 1st class flights he made from the south of france to kerry in the space of a week...cheeky bastard

Spiritoftheseventies · 13-10-2009 3:21pm

All this nonsense about protocol. Howlin to be fair said that he asked NOT to be ferried between terminals as he was uncomfortable with the whole situation.
Its time for our politicians to show a bit of leadership here. It is not necessary to get chauffeured and use the governemnt jet ALL the time.

bonzos · 13-10-2009 3:22pm

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Back in a while.....currently wiping puke off my keyboard and screen :mad: :mad: :mad:

+1. fair play to who ever forgot to turn off their mobile:Dit pissed him off several times

thebman · 13-10-2009 3:24pm

Could RTÉ be any more ridiculous in this coverage. It seems very biased to me.

Glad he's gone. Cowen praising his arse now.

Reg'stoy · 13-10-2009 3:25pm

He no longer to be known as the 'bull' rather he should be known as john 'I was only following orders' o'donoghue. Christ on a bike do any of them ever admit to been wrong, they think that feeding greedily from the trough is ok because like everest it's there.

bonzos · 13-10-2009 3:27pm

all he has done is opened the flood gates on himself.if he was wronged as he claims why didnt he follow up on the legal threats he made to the tribune.....i hope they unload on him now he deserves it

thebman · 13-10-2009 3:31pm

bonzos wrote: »

all he has done is opened the flood gates on himself.if he was wronged as he claims why didnt he follow up on the legal threats he made to the tribune.....i hope they unload on him now he deserves it

I don't, I hope they move on to the next chancer.

bonzos · 13-10-2009 3:31pm

kincsem wrote: »

The commentator on RTE said Beverly Cooper-Flynn stood up to applaud trying to get a standing ovation going.
"Birds of a feather flock together" :pac:

another great example of FF principles

Hootanany · 13-10-2009 3:32pm

Its the Fat Chick now i smell blood

bonzos · 13-10-2009 3:36pm

thebman wrote: »

I don't, I hope they move on to the next chancer.

Will kenny still be looking for him the repay some of the money or is ok now just because he jacked.....not once did he directy say sorry to the irish people for his behavour ....insulting!he is not happy with gilmore for pulling the rug from under him

thebman · 13-10-2009 3:36pm

Hootanany wrote: »

Its the Fat Chick now i smell blood

Maybe that's where she put all the money

In fairness if she has been charging expenses to the health service when cutting vaccines because we don't have the money, she is going to fall hard and fast.

oscarBravo · 13-10-2009 3:40pm

Hootanany wrote: »

Its the Fat Chick now i smell blood

This isn't After Hours. If you've nothing of value to contribute, don't post.

That goes across the board, by the way.

gazzer · 13-10-2009 3:43pm

What was that crap JOD was spouting about taxi fares in the states having the tips built into the fare??? Anytime I was in the states I always gave a tip on top of the fare asked.

Our man in Havana · 13-10-2009 3:44pm

I certainly think The Sunday Tribune is not going to stop here. As said they do have Mary Harney in their sights.

Beruthiel · 13-10-2009 3:47pm

funkyflea wrote: »

Did not deserve that clapping, I can't believe this he's going out as some kind of martyr! :mad:

I am utterly appalled by the way this has gone down.

If this was any private company you'd be given 5 mins to clean out your desk.
You'd probably be asked to pay the money back or be taken to court.
Yet here we are, a politician robs us blind and he gets a clap on the back for it.
We are being taxed left, right and centre and this is where our money is going.
It sickens me to the core.

Liam Byrne · 13-10-2009 3:55pm

DirksDiggler wrote: »

And theres the round of applause from all sides.

This is what sickens me; you'd expect it from FF, but all the others too ?

Did Gilmore undo the good that he did by bringing this to a head by clapping, too ?

I think we should email all TDs and ask them if they clapped, and why....

And in addition, remind me; this scumbag is stepping down ONLY as CC ? He's still going to be a TD until we get this corrupt shower of scumbags out of office ?

*....and even then, the blinkered/deluded ones will vote him back in while still complaining that they don't have some local facility that could have been paid for by, say, €63,000 :rolleyes:

Biggins · 13-10-2009 4:00pm

Partly why they are clapping is that if they don't, they will be seen to be hypocritical of a system that a lot of them on all sides are abusing also!
You don't bite the hand that feeds you! Sickening stuff.

Liam Byrne · 13-10-2009 4:04pm

OK, can a few people watch the various news clips of this later and pick out

1) Anyone speaking weasel words in praise of this con-man (such as the bull**** that I'm currently hearing in the background - "unfairly portrayed in the media" :rolleyes:
2) Anyone clapping

We'll compile a full list and then we'll (a) name and shame them here on boards and (b) try to organise an email to all of them to ask them what the f**k they were thinking

And let's also see - and highlight and praise - anyone who didn't clap. I've a horrible suspicion that that would be a very short list, but you never know.

murphaph · 13-10-2009 4:07pm

Liam Byrne wrote: »

OK, can a few people watch the various news clips of this later and pick out

1) Anyone speaking weasel words in praise of this con-man (such as the bull**** that I'm currently hearing in the background - "unfairly portrayed in the media" :rolleyes:
2) Anyone clapping

We'll compile a full list and then we'll (a) name and shame them here on boards and (b) try to organise an email to all of them to ask them what the f**k they were thinking

And let's also see - and highlight and praise - anyone who didn't clap. I've a horrible suspicion that that would be a very short list, but you never know.

Excellent idea. Simple question: "Why did you clap for a man resigning over an abuse of taxpayers' money?"

Trotter · 13-10-2009 4:12pm

Is anyone else completely bemused and disgusted by this woman's 2 fingered standing ovation for JOD? It just goes to confirm how rotten our government and Dáil is. I've sent all the emails to TDs, and given out about it all, but ya know what? It doesnt change. Its a system designed to remove the top echelon away from the plebs and her little ovation was a salute to the great and the good who attend race meetings, living a life of opulence, all on the back of the taxpayers pocket.

I give up. They'll do what they want because 90% of Irish people couldnt care less.

Let them eat cake.

Beruthiel · 13-10-2009 4:13pm

There is another question to be asked btw.

I work in the accounts department of a company.
When people hand in their monthly expense sheets, we go through them and if something looks odd or out of place we ask questions.

Where exactly do his expense sheets go and how come the accountant taking them and posting them up to his accounts system is not asking any questions?
I'd really love to get an answer to that one, because it's one of two things, he's either getting a back hander or he has the threat of being moved to outter mongolia if he squeals.
Either way, this is rife through the system.

Our man in Havana · 13-10-2009 4:22pm

His expense claims went to the Clerk of the Daíl.

Liam Byrne · 13-10-2009 4:25pm

Beruthiel wrote: »

I'd really love to get an answer to that one, because it's one of two things, he's either getting a back hander or he has the threat of being moved to outter mongolia if he squeals.
Either way, this is rife through the system.

Remember that we are talking about a system in which the then Minister for Finance (a later Taoiseach) saw nothing wrong with signing blank cheques for €25,000 which later ended up in the then Taoiseach's account.

As I've said elsewhere, you'd forgive a local treasurer doing that for a few €50 cheques, or a book-keeper in a small company, but a Minister for Finance ?

And the same character is heralded today and suggested for President. :rolleyes:

So I wouldn't hold my breath on any reform - or even genuine will to reform - and correct the corruption any time soon.

kincsem · 13-10-2009 4:43pm

It is time for a boards candidate in the next general election.

John O'Donoghue and his travel spending spree

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