Fidelma Healy Eames' train ticket scandal

Baggy Trousers

mikom wrote: »

Just fraping someone on Facebook #sexualorientation

I had not seen that, very good Panti!

nuac

Played the fraping on Facebook piece again

Full marks to Rabbitte for keeping a straight face

Ash.J.Williams

Where?

nuac

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Where?

I was looking at a Panti version on this thread, but it seemed close to the original version of the Senator's remarks in SÉ on this.

The shots of Pat Rabbitte were the same in both clips.

I recall at the time wondering how he could keep a straight face as he listened to Sen FDE

Baggy Trousers

Did she join Lucinda's new party i.e. will she be a candidate for Galway West?

Ash.J.Williams

Baggy Trousers wrote: »

Did she join Lucinda's new party i.e. will she be a candidate for Galway West?

i'd say she would automatically assume so but lucinda might be cringing at the idea!

Baggy Trousers

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

i'd say she would automatically assume so but lucinda might be cringing at the idea!

Agreed. I wouldn't give Eames a hope of winning a seat.

tipptom

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

i'd say she would automatically assume so but lucinda might be cringing at the idea!

Lucinda has a failed timeshare salesman fronting the party so FDE shouldn't be a problem.

Robbo

Good news, she's running as an Independent next time out so all those wasted electoral expenses will come straight from her pocket. I'm trying to think of a candidate in Galway who's ran unsuccessfully in General Elections four times in a row and the only one that springs to mind is one of the "local eccentrics" who end up with 12 first preferences or so.

I suppose as a non-party candidate, she could be lacking #politicalorientation

snubbleste

She was atrocious on local radio this morning.
Could not answer a question properly and referred to her 'good friend' Ambassador of Croatia

joeKel73

Lucinda Creighton breathes a sigh of relief...

Robbo

snubbleste wrote: »

She was atrocious on local radio this morning.
Could not answer a question properly and referred to her 'good friend' Ambassador of Croatia

Has she met the ambassador or is it just some lad who sent her emails offering to fund the campaign in return for an upfront "arrangement fee"?

snubbleste

Robbo wrote: »

Has she met the ambassador or is it just some lad who sent her emails offering to fund the campaign in return for an upfront "arrangement fee"?

I assume they both have high tea together on a regular basis, discussing culture, by the way she was harping on

Robbo

snubbleste wrote: »

I assume they both have high tea together on a regular basis, discussing culture, by the way she was harping on

Was there talk of Ferrero Rocher? Only way to tell if he's on the level.

tayto lover

snubbleste wrote: »

I assume they both have high tea together on a regular basis, discussing culture, by the way she was harping on

And we all know which one is paying :pac:

Baggy Trousers

J o e wrote: »

Lucinda Creighton breathes a sigh of relief...

Bigtime. I will go to the next count just to watch Eames' face. She was a howl when Kyne took "her seat" in 2011!

FrPhelimYoung

She's done it again!!!


http://www.thejournal.ie/ban-mothers-day-senator-fidelma-healy-eames-1993275-Mar2015/

wp_rathead

https://twitter.com/senhealyeames/status/577077279651704832?s=09

Two examples of "states"= 1 private school in New York and 1 school in Canada

I believe the school in Canada banned it by kids themselves as act of solidarity with a pupil who's mother died (nothing to do with SSM)

She really is an embarrassment

ronnie3585

http://www.broadsheet.ie/2015/03/15/keeping-mum/

Ha ha ha, what a clown!

#justsaying

todders

She has done a lot for Galway.

Baggy Trousers

FrPhelimYoung wrote: »

She's done it again!!!


http://www.thejournal.ie/ban-mothers-day-senator-fidelma-healy-eames-1993275-Mar2015/

FHE represents everything that is wrong with Irish politics. Clueless.

Unrealistic

todders wrote: »

She has done a lot for Galway.

Indeed she has. She has made Galway look good in comparison with the type of constituency which is willing to elect a Healy-Rae or Michael Lowry. She has developed a national profile for being one of the most gaffe prone politicians in the country but we in Galway can proudly say "don't look at us, we didn't elect her". :rolleyes:

dr.bollocko

Wow that latest one has legs. It's all over Twitter and reddit. A laughing stock.

Borders no.2

This woman is like a bad penny and sums up all that is wrong with politics in this country. Like many politicians though she lives by the mantra that if you are utterly shameless and have a bit of front it'll bring you a fair bit of a way and you can stay aboard the gravy train.

Was really hoping renua might offer some reasonable candidates and given a political situation where its hard to make a credible argument to vote for any party I'd have given them a chance but when I heard she was one of their candidates they have lost me as a potential voter for them. She might be popular around Oranmore as I'm sure she has looked after her constituents there but thankfully we haven't stooped low enough to elect her to the Dáil.

Ash.J.Williams

something tells me she's too much of a liability even for renua, i doubt we'll see her again after the next whatever it is senators do to get in....

Redhairedguy

Borders no.2 wrote: »

you can stay aboard the gravy train.

And expect not to have a ticket... :pac:

ronnie3585

She just keeps digging...

http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/we-cant-pretend-were-all-the-same-this-equality-debate-is-losing-that-senator-fidelma-healy-eames-defends-controversial-same-sex-marriage-tweet-31069704.html

NickSantigo

She is the gift that just keeps on giving. She is up there with Dana Rosemary Scallon at this stage. I no longer live in Galway but I cringe every-time I see her in the news

Ash.J.Williams

NickSantigo wrote: »

She is the gift that just keeps on giving. She is up there with Dana Rosemary Scallon at this stage. I no longer live in Galway but I cringe every-time I see her in the news

surely worse than dana

NickSantigo

I really can't decide which is worse tbh but lets not be hasty when deciding, at the end of the day Dana has had an assassination attempt in her delusional political career or was it a flat tyre???

serfboard

ronnie3585 wrote: »

http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/we-cant-pretend-were-all-the-same-this-equality-debate-is-losing-that-senator-fidelma-healy-eames-defends-controversial-same-sex-marriage-tweet-31069704.html

According to that article FHE actually said this:

FHE wrote:

I was the acknowledgment no child can be conceived with the union of a male and a female.

WTF does that mean?

McTigs

http://galwaybayfm.ie/keith-finnegan-show-monday-16th-march/

she comes in at around 1.23

pump up the lolume!

FouxDaFaFa

McTigs wrote: »

http://galwaybayfm.ie/keith-finnegan-show-monday-16th-march/

she comes in at around 1.23

pump up the lolume!

Unfortunately I'm not laughing. She seems to be wilfully ignorant about the upcoming referendum. It's incredible.

Das Kitty

serfboard wrote: »

According to that article FHE actually said this:

WTF does that mean?

Jays, I'd say she'd write a great version of 50 shades.

ronnie3585

Covert operations.

Clown.

#justsayin

Outkast_IRE

Well she has the bones of an argument there, the speed vans are meant to be a deterrent to speeding with the vans highly visible etc , but the last 12 months or more i have started seeing more and more speed vans that are almost indistinguishable from normal vans.

One i have seen is wine red, is few years old on the reg, and the only indication it is a speed van is a sticker that is approximately the size of a bar of chocolate on the side of the van................ if thats not something designed to maximise revenue i dont know what is. Often the van is situated just inside a zone where the limit goes from 100km/hr to 50km/hr suddenly.

TerrorFirmer

It's hardly outlandish that by placing van's at locations that tend to typically surpass the limits - as those outlined by Healy Eames - would be hit by the vans in order to send a message that 'speed here, and you'll be prosecuted'.

Go Safe operate most of the vans.

Would surely defeat the purpose if everyone knew in advance that the vans would be there - the 'speeders' would simply slow down in the knowledge. This method ensures that those who tend to break the law are caught. Hardly rocket science?

ScumLord

Das Kitty wrote: »

Jays, I'd say she'd write a great version of 50 shades.

She'd probably take it literally though and write a book about grey lampshades.

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Would surely defeat the purpose if everyone knew in advance that the vans would be there - the 'speeders' would simply slow down in the knowledge. This method ensures that those who tend to break the law are caught. Hardly rocket science?

The intention of the vans is to get people to slow down, not necessarily catch speeders. Would it not be better for the vans to make people think they can't speed, so they wouldn't speed in the first place, rather than catching them in the act.

The problem with any of these vans that I've seen is they sit in places like the exit of towns or at the start of overtaking lanes you'd see on hills. The only intention there is to catch people out. They don't go to black spots, they take easy targets where breaking the speed limit means going above 50kph. I know exactly where speed vans park up on the roads I travel and I know for a fact they won't venture past their usual haunts, so I know I can speed right up until the spot where the van always pulls in, go slow past there and take off speeding again once I'm past.

The speed vans are doing the least possible that they can get away with, it's a money spinning exercise.

snubbleste

I have a plan! but what is it? (printing expense by the taxpayer)

Crumbs868

snubbleste wrote: »

I have a plan! but what is it? (printing expense by the taxpayer)

'Elected 3 times' ehh?

mikom

Elected as a senator....... me hole.
Selected as a senator by her party is what she was.

Squeeonline

Every time this thread pops up on my list, I groan and wonder what she's gotten up to now.

CatFromHue

I didn't know she has a phd

mikom

CatFromHue wrote: »

I didn't know she has a phd

Yes, she has a portable hard drive.

Synode

I'd love if she completed that sentence, "First the people"?

Second, the cows?

ScumLord

It's about time someone maximised our creativity. Once we hit maximum langauge we'll surely be recession proof for centuries to come.

gordongekko

She's just about to swing the vote in favour of a yes vote on today fm in a few minutes.

Ash.J.Williams

gordongekko wrote: »

She's just about to swing the vote in favour of a yes vote on today fm in a few minutes.

Over?

snubbleste

gordongekko wrote: »

She's just about to swing the vote in favour of a yes vote on today fm in a few minutes.

How? has she gone blonde?

Robbo

Let's see if Mother's Day is banned now, in accordance with Fidelma's prophecy.