Jobs for the boys - Gormley lives on Planet Bertie

Seth Brundle

The greens become more FF than FF by the day! Sickening display of cronyism!

Green party accused of cronyism

John Gormley, the environment minister, has been accused of “cronyism” after giving two failed Green party council candidates positions on a €25,000-a-year state board.
Gormley has appointed Vincent P Martin and Gene Feighery, who lost their seats at the local elections, to sit on the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) which adjudicates on disputes between landlords and tenants.
The minister tried to appoint Martin, from Monaghan, and Dessie Larkin, a Fianna Fail councillor, to the board in 2008 but was forced to remove them after it emerged that elected representatives are not allowed to serve. Eamon Gilmore, the Labour leader, described the removal as “incompetent cronyism”.
Martin, a Monaghan barrister, was elected to Carrickmacross town council after losing his county seat, but he resigned last November.
Feighery, from Dun Laoghaire, was co-opted onto Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown county council in 2007 but failed to retain her seat.
Board members of the PRTB receive an average of €25,000 a year in fees and expenses, whereas town or borough councillors receive a minimum of €5,000 and a maximum of €11,000.
Phil Hogan, of Fine Gael, said the “frequent lectures” from Gormley about cronyism while he was in opposition seemed a “dim and distant memory”.
A spokesman for Gormley defended the move. He said: “Vincent’s background in law and Gene’s experience in advocacy for community groups are exactly what is needed on the board.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6974111.ece

Colonel Sanders

The Greens sicken me more and more by the day.

Still can you be surprised at anything a party who sold the country NAMA in return for a ban in fur farming :rolleyes: