Fidelma Healy Eames' train ticket scandal

snubbleste

In 2011:

Fidelma Healy Eames, has called for a rational debate on the impact of the overuse of games consoles. “It is increasingly clear to me that excessive use of gaming consoles such as the Xbox and Playstation is having an adverse effect on the health and social development of young people. At a crucial stage of their development, many young people are spending significant tracts of time gaming; time which could be spent on other things like exercise, their studies and spending time with family and friends." http://fidelmahealyeames.ie/2011/08/17/rational-debate-needed-on-the-impact-of-excessive-use-of-game-consoles-%E2%80%93-healy-eames/#sthash.50sObrSK.dpuf

mikom

#hypocrite

Robbo

An interesting graph illustrating parish pump style behaviour in the Seanad where Fidelma tops the league table for "in my constituency..." type statements.

The problem here being that her constituency is a non-geographical one which could at it's best be described as Rotten Borough.

Synode

Graph page doesn't exist when click it

biko

Works for me, it's just a twitter link.

Synode

Yes is working now

jamesdiver

I cant believe i wasted 5 minutes of my life reading her twitter page....

snubbleste

Just on the transistor there, admitting she was in Santiago, Spain doing the camino in the past.
Apparently there is a school exchange happening between an Oranmore school and a Santiago school.

jamesdiver

is that a bad thing? Dont see anything wrong with that. Plenty of nice hotels along the way.

McTigs

I know a girl who works in BTs and one day FHE came in trying on clothes and looked for a 50% discount claiming she would be "a great ambassador for the brand"

The girl said they don't do discounts and not even the staff get 50% to which she replied...... drum roll.... yes you've guessed it...

"do you know who I am?"

jamesdiver

Entertaining story, but without any proof its just heresay and possibly libelous for boards.ie.

Not saying i dont believe you

tipptom

McTigs wrote: »

I know a girl who works in BTs and one day FHE came in trying on clothes and looked for a 50% discount claiming she would be "a great ambassador for the brand"

The girl said they don't do discounts and not even the staff get 50% to which she replied...... drum roll.... yes you've guessed it...

"do you know who I am?"

To be fair she is getting plenty of photo ops now she has piggy backed on Lucindas "crises of conscious" machine,(where was their conscious when they were snatching 24 hour a day carer allowances).
When lush lips finally makes her push for leader on the back of her supposed crises I am sure FHE will be well rewarded with some tasty lucrative unelected post.

God looking at TV3 last night and seeing Michael Martin and Michael McDowell together again just wanted me to vote Yes without even hearing any debate,if the Yes side could just lump FHE in her BT gear with them they would be home and hosed.

snubbleste

Is she listening to her telephone in the Seanad?

fergiesfolly

snubbleste wrote: »

Is she listening to her telephone in the Seanad?

Translator, I'd say.
FHE wouldn't be the best at understanding plain unfettered English.
God knows she doesn't seem to understand "NO"
And she's heard it often enough.

Jesus.I was going to vote No, but I'm actually going to vote Yes because of her.

Redhairedguy

fergiesfolly wrote: »

Jesus.I was going to vote No, but I'm actually going to vote Yes because of her.

The unfortunate thing is that I am inclined to agree with you...

tipptom

Redhairedguy wrote: »

The unfortunate thing is that I am inclined to agree with you...

Yep,and just think of Donie Cassidy with his toupee head stuck on Berties and Brians shoulder at every FF photo op,and don't forget Eoghan Harris.

keno-daytrader

Fidelma is the reason Im taking time off work to vote to abolish the Senate, she is the epitome of the pigs at the trough gobbling up all they can off the backs of Irish people.

pjmn

snubbleste wrote: »

Is she listening to her telephone in the Seanad?

...or is Fergal frapping her?

fergiesfolly

pjmn wrote: »

...or is Fergal frapping her?

Got a little sick in my mouth there.

Seriously though. Its the quality of people appointed to the Seanad, rather than the institution itself that has decided my vote.
There'll never be a reform of its workings and we'll be stuck with the detritus of Irish politics while it exists, so it's better off being consigned to the history books.
So well done Fidelma, you've enjoyed an embarrassment of a political career, topped off by helping to undermine and ultimately drive a stake through the heart of an entire house of the Oireachtas.
Take a bow
And then for the love of God, exit the stage.

Redhairedguy

fergiesfolly wrote: »

Take a bow
And then for the love of God, exit the stage.

Even then, she might try to pocket one of the props, as she's leaving... :pac:

fergiesfolly

Thought she was one of the props.

Patrickheg

fergiesfolly wrote: »

Thought she was one of the props.

FHE is the very reason I'm voting to abolish the Seanad. Excluding the university nominations the chamber is rotten and full of FHEs

gifted

Patrickheg wrote: »

FHE is the very reason I'm voting to abolish the Seanad. Excluding the university nominations the chamber is rotten and full of FHEs

Why would you exclude the university nominations?

sgthighway

I didn't vote her in but today I'll vote her out.

snubbleste

Fidelma Healy Eames @senhealyeames
What a result - this is the turning point. The beginning of the democratic Revolution. Thank you people of Ireland
https://twitter.com/senhealyeames

:mad:

fergiesfolly

This woman makes me physically sick.
She's hanging onto a quasi-political career by the skin of her teeth
and this result only delays the inevitable.
She'll scramble aboard any bandwagon to promote her own profile and
her joining Lucinda Creightons "Reform Alliance" only weakens their credibility.
I'm looking forward to the peoples voice being heard in the next election Fidelma runs in.
Please God, she'll take heed of what's being said.

FrPhelimYoung

Another tweet:
"@senhealyeames:
#seanadref First change next week is that every Oireachtas member must be appointed to an Oir. committee. #nomoresilencing #reform alliance"

How much extra allowances/expenses would one get for sitting on an Oireachtas Committee???

I'll admit the main reason I voted yes to senate abolition was to hopefully to get shut of the likes of FHE and Ronan Mullen.

FouxDaFaFa

Like another poster said, she makes me feel sick.

It's all very well laughing at her gaffes and that tragic sham of a presentation about internet security but she is actually getting time in important discussions and the wages to match.

It's fcuking ridiculous.

She talks about a turning point for true democracy, from her UNELECTED Senate seat.

Why? Because when she ran in democratic elections, we didn't want her.

:mad:

Red Pepper

Please tell me Healy Eames will not be a Senator after the next General Election...how did she get elected anyway, was it one of Enda's picks?
Like others, having this "politician" represent me makes me ill.

Krieg

Red Pepper wrote: »

Please tell me Healy Eames will not be a Senator after the next General Election...how did she get elected anyway, was it one of Enda's picks?
Like others, having this "politician" represent me makes me ill.

She was "picked" by Enda, She has tried 3(?) times to get in through local elections and failed each time. Then goes on to use the term "My constituents" when none of us bloody voted her into the senate.

Hildegarde Naughton was appointed to the Senate recently so I think it is a fair bet to say FHE won't be reappointed.

Mr_A

Not a chance FG will put her on the ticket at the next election or reappoint her to the senate due to her defying the party on the abortion issue and on other matters since then. She might run in the election as an independent but I can't see that being successful for her.

Goldenjohn

Mr_A wrote: »

Not a chance FG will put her on the ticket at the next election or reappoint her to the senate due to her defying the party on the abortion issue and on other matters since then. She might run in the election as an independent but I can't see that being successful for her.

I'd say she is hoping for the lucinda Creighton revolution (The LCR)to gather momentum and try and get elected on the back of that....then the LCR will hangaround in opposition for a few years, go into coalition for a couple of years after that until their credability is eroded and then the LCR will be disbanded kinda like the PD's.
At that stage she'll have earned enough money off us as a td and senator that she'll be able to happily able to retire from public life having contributed a great deal to society. If that doesn't work out she can always go back to educating the kids......i'm not sure which is a scarier scenario

FouxDaFaFa

Goldenjohn wrote: »

I'd say she is hoping for the lucinda Creighton revolution (The LCR)to gather momentum and try and get elected on the back of that....then the LCR will hangaround in opposition for a few years, go into coalition for a couple of years after that until their credability is eroded and then the LCR will be disbanded kinda like the PD's.
At that stage she'll have earned enough money off us as a td and senator that she'll be able to happily able to retire from public life having contributed a great deal to society. If that doesn't work out she can always go back to educating the kids......i'm not sure which is a scarier scenario

Oh my God, do you think the RA could actually make an impact on government if it ever admits to being a real party?

I was happily taking it as a given that no-one in their right mind would vote for them but then I remembered that not everyone is in their right mind...

:eek:

snubbleste

FHE got 5,046 votes in the 2011 general election in GalwayWest, only 400 less than Brian Walsh. Unfortunately there is plenty of support out there for her

Redhairedguy

She's done a lot of damage to her reputation and credibility in those last two years, so I don't think that's a fair estimate anymore.

serfboard

snubbleste wrote: »

FHE got 5,046 votes in the 2011 general election in GalwayWest, only 400 less than Brian Walsh. Unfortunately there is plenty of support out there for her

A lot of that was an anti-FF/anti-government vote though. I'd say if she gets half that the next time she'll be doing well.

aw

From today's proceedings...

Fidelma Healy Eames welcomes Sinead O'Connor's intervention to tackle the early sexualisation of girls by poor role models like Miley Cyrus

At least she's not jumping on any bandwagons...

ScumLord

fergiesfolly wrote: »

She'll scramble aboard any bandwagon to promote her own profile

So will any of them, each and every politician is a career hungry media whore.

Galwaystar

Just to clarify... FHE was not appointed to the Seanad by Enda, she ran for Seanad elections on the Education Panel and was elected by Councillors. 43 senators are elected by the councillors, 6 by graduates of NUI and Trinity and only 11 are appointed by the Taoiseach.

antoobrien

serfboard wrote: »

A lot of that was an anti-FF/anti-government vote though. I'd say if she gets half that the next time she'll be doing well.

I suppose the fact that she sent from 1,320 in 2002 to 3,904 in 2007 was anti government as well?

It's true that she made a bit of a show of herself with the recount, but consider this: if either Brian Walsh or Hildegarde Naughton weren't brought onto the ticket she'd probably have been elected at Noel Grealish's expense.

serfboard

antoobrien wrote: »

I suppose the fact that she sent from 1,320 in 2002 to 3,904 in 2007 was anti government as well?

No - her increase of 2,500 can be explained by the fact that a) Dana (1700 votes in 2002) wasn't running and b) there were an extra five and half thousand voters in 2007.

Elections Ireland suggests she got 2.67% of the first preference votes in 2002, 7.09% in 2007 and 8.32% in 2011.

Lissavane

Deleted User wrote: »

Elections Ireland suggests she got 2.67% of the first preference votes in 2002, 7.09% in 2007 and 8.32% in 2011.

Makes one wonder about the merits of democracy.

Robbo

She announced that she's standing as an independent in the next General Election, aligned with the Reform Alliance. This was announced at the Pro Life conference so I'd imagine there'll be some Dollars in the campaign coffers.

serfboard

Robbo wrote: »

She announced that she's standing as an independent in the next General Election, aligned with the Reform Alliance. This was announced at the Pro Life conference so I'd imagine there'll be some Dollars in the campaign coffers.

Here's a link for that story.

Of course she's going to run as an Independent - she won't get the Fine Gael nomination the next time. As I said earlier, she's inherited Dana's mantle in Galway West, so expect lot's of Pro-Lifers to be campaigning for her.

However, they didn't manage to get Dana elected the last time, and I don't expect FHE to get elected the next time.

Since the box has been ticked regarding the Supreme Court judgement, the abortion issued is now closed, and there will be no political capital to be made from trying to open it.

FouxDaFaFa

I cannot wait until she canvasses me. I have time to plan some kind of interpretive dance.

Redhairedguy

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

I have time to plan some kind of interpretive dance.

And elaborate trap à la Home Alone.

swiftman

The Galway Advertiser
Fine Gael have summoned Fidelma Healy Eames to a disciplinary hearing to take back her membership card and boot her out of the party for good. But she's not going without a fight.

,,,,,

Melty

more here: http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/64814/healy-eames-to-battle-fg-attempts-to-throw-her-out-of-the-party-