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Niall O'Brochlain a senator

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  • 14-12-2009 1:04pm
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    bijapos
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    Seems he was elected to one of the vacant senate seats on the first count. Probably part of the programme for government, it was rumored at the time but I never saw it anywhere.

    Source: somebody who is at the count.


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    #2
    Zuiderzee
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    Good, decent straight up sound out guy


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    imme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    it'll be a friend for Dan Boyle and Deirdre de Búrca. Only FG & Labour candidates were mentioned on rte news as other candidates for the seat of Alan Kelly (who became an MEP which necessitated a bye election). Did FF not bother.


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    Het-Field
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    imme wrote: »
    it'll be a friend for Dan Boyle and Deirdre de Búrca. Only FG & Labour candidates were mentioned on rte news as other candidates for the seat of Alan Kelly (who became an MEP which necessitated a bye election). Did FF not bother.

    No they didnt. Mainly due to the fact that they are about to announce a Cowen croney as the replacement for the final available seat tomorrow.

    All they have done with the seats is seek to win an extra seat in Louth, appease the Greens, and deal with boundary redrawings.


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    imme
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    Het-Field wrote: »
    No they didnt. Mainly due to the fact that they are about to announce a Cowen croney as the replacement for the final available seat tomorrow.

    All they have done with the seats is seek to win an extra seat in Louth, appease the Greens, and deal with boundary redrawings.
    They have the Ceann Comhaoirle guaranteed in Louth, so only have to win Dermot Ahern's seat, surely they can manage that, even if it is Dermot Ahern:(. There are 2 seats vacant in the Seanad. The seats of Tony Kett and Peter Callanan.


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    Bosco boy
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    hes been rejected again and again by the electorate of Galway and didnt even make the council last time and here he is now sitting in the senate with all the trappings, its typical jobs for the boys, He is the cause of gridlock in Galway and as mayor opposed the airshow which was supported by 100,000 spectators each year, he'll be good for the economy alright. Another reason to scrap the senate which is full of similar type electoral rejects!!


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    imme
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    Bosco boy wrote: »
    hes been rejected again and again by the electorate of Galway and didnt even make the council last time and here he is now sitting in the senate with all the trappings, its typical jobs for the boys, He is the cause of gridlock in Galway and as mayor opposed the airshow which was supported by 100,000 spectators each year, he'll be good for the economy alright. Another reason to scrap the senate which is full of similar type electoral rejects!!
    there are plenty of other 'failed' Dáil candidates in the Seanad, look at his colleagues on the Green Party, Boyle (Cork South Central) and de Búrca (Wicklow). Is transport policy in Galway not an issue that streches back for years and years and years. O'Brolchain was championing a luas-style transport system for Galway.
    He was elected, how do you see this a 'jobs for the boys'?
    I believe O'Brolchain's objection to the Salthill airshow were on political/military lines.


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    skelliser
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    rejected by the electorate, rewarded with a senate seat!
    typical....

    the airshow was brilliant, it brought 100,000 people to salthill, it was good for the economy


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    skelliser
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    Rejected by the electorate at the local elections, rewarded with a 70 grand a year job plus expenses!

    typical....


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    Lockstep
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    I'm about as anti-Green as you can get at the moment but I have the utmost respect for the man.
    He genuinely believes in green issues and that they are for the benefit of the commnity (helps out with tours of Barna woods, allotments, championing of the Gluas etc) and did surprisingly well in the West Ward (reknowned for how terribly FF/Greens were received)

    Would be happy enough to see him go for Senate seat.


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    Het-Field
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    imme wrote: »
    They have the Ceann Comhaoirle guaranteed in Louth, so only have to win Dermot Ahern's seat, surely they can manage that, even if it is Dermot Ahern:(. There are 2 seats vacant in the Seanad. The seats of Tony Kett and Peter Callanan.

    With Alan Kelly there is three.

    Your man from Louth filled Kett's, while O Brochlain is filling Kelly's. The paper are reporting Michael Smith Jnr as the likely candidate to fill Callanan's seat before Christmas.


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    imme
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    skelliser wrote: »
    rejected by the electorate, rewarded with a senate seat!
    typical....

    the airshow was brilliant, it brought 100,000 people to salthill, it was good for the economy

    well he wasn't rejected by the electorate that elected him to the Seanad.:D


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    imme
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    Het-Field wrote: »
    With Alan Kelly there is three.

    Your man from Louth filled Kett's, while O Brochlain is filling Kelly's. The paper are reporting Michael Smith Jnr as the likely candidate to fill Callanan's seat before Christmas.
    who is your man from Louth?


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    skelliser
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    imme wrote: »
    well he wasn't rejected by the electorate that elected him to the Seanad.:D

    lol, and who elected them! or rejected them!
    the seanad, what a joke!


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    imme
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    skelliser wrote: »
    lol, and who elected them! or rejected them!
    the seanad, what a joke!
    sure why not start a thread on it, it might distract some away from the PS bashing.:cool:


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    Bosco boy
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    imme wrote: »
    there are plenty of other 'failed' Dáil candidates in the Seanad, look at his colleagues on the Green Party, Boyle (Cork South Central) and de Búrca (Wicklow). Is transport policy in Galway not an issue that streches back for years and years and years. O'Brolchain was championing a luas-style transport system for Galway.
    He was elected, how do you see this a 'jobs for the boys'?
    I believe O'Brolchain's objection to the Salthill airshow were on political/military lines.

    he objected to the outer bypass which is essential to galway especially now that the M6 is about to open. There should be no oireachtas position for anyone in this country who is not elected by the people, it is simply a job for one of the lads brokered by the greens with fianna fail. same **** different day!


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    imme
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    Bosco boy wrote: »
    he objected to the outer bypass which is essential to galway especially now that the M6 is about to open. There should be no oireachtas position for anyone in this country who is not elected by the people, it is simply a job for one of the lads brokered by the greens with fianna fail. same **** different day!
    so you want to do away with the in-directly elected Seanad, why not send a letter to someone?:rolleyes:


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    ronnie3585
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    Centra?


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    Bosco boy
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    Do we need any further proof that the senate is a joke and should be scrapped, it was a creche for spoilt children upset at not getting elected to the dail, we cannot afford the childcare these days


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    ninty9er
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    imme wrote: »
    who is your man from Louth?
    James Carroll, 25, elected on the first count in the Drogheda East LEA in June.

    An ultimately capable and upstanding individual who I've had the pleasure of meeting with at numerous social functions and also seen him take losses extremely gracefully at elections within the party.

    I have no doubt but that he will make a great parliamentarian.


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    mrsdewinter
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    Can't find this story on RTE... Was there a vacancy in the Senate?


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    PomBear
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    He's an absolute waster! and a green, ffs. Just when you think things can't get worse


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    PomBear
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    skelliser wrote: »
    Rejected by the electorate at the local elections, rewarded with a 70 grand a year job plus expenses!

    typical....

    So thats about €200,000-€500,000 then


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    Bosco boy
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    imme wrote: »
    so you want to do away with the in-directly elected Seanad, why not send a letter to someone?:rolleyes:

    wouldnt waste the stamp! enough money wasted in the senate, thanks for the idea, its one of your better ones! hope neil dosent employ u as an advisor


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    View
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    skelliser wrote: »
    lol, and who elected them! or rejected them!
    the seanad, what a joke!

    When a vacancy occurs in the Seanad, is the vacancy not filled by a by-election with the appropriate panel of the Seanad voting in it? Or is that dispensed with in favour of direct election by existing Senators?


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    sceptre
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    Little less tetchiness please, imme and Bosco boy.


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    #27
    biko
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    Nothing on the website http://www.niallobrolchain.ie/main/latest-news/
    (haven't been updated in a while).

    Galway City -> Politics.


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    skelliser
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    it was on the rte 6 o clock news and i dont see why this thread has to be moved here, he was the mayor of galway city after all.


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    #29
    Lockstep
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    It's also on his Facebook page.
    Apparently he's being sworn in today.


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    bijapos
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    View wrote: »
    When a vacancy occurs in the Seanad, is the vacancy not filled by a by-election with the appropriate panel of the Seanad voting in it? Or is that dispensed with in favour of direct election by existing Senators?

    Only TD's and Senators are allowed to vote in by-elections, so its about 226 votes or so.


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    ?Cee?view
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    Magnus wrote: »
    Nothing on the website http://www.niallobrolchain.ie/main/latest-news/
    (haven't been updated in a while).

    Galway City -> Politics.


    Why? He's been an extremely negative influence on Galway and Galway people, and has had a disastrous effect on the development of Galway's infrastructure.

    His appointment to the Senate is a direct affront to the people of Galway who made their views on him and his policies very clear by rejecting him and removing his mandate.

    This is not some esoteric political discussion, but one which affects daily lives of Galway people in a very tangible way, which will be even more clear when the gridlock ensues on Friday at Doughiska when the Motorway is opened.

    By the way....I'm not having a go at you Magnus, just raising a question. I'm not being personal (against you) in any way.


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