Tonight With Vincent Browne Thread v3.0 (07/04/13 - 08/07/14)

vicwatson

TV3 having ths debate to get referendum 2013 advertising funds

RayM

MrsD007 wrote: »

So is Sean Barratt.

For all their "elitism", the universities seem to elect the best senators.

Lady Chatterton

vicwatson wrote: »

Pity he wasn't voted to his position by all the people of Ireland

He would agree with you, that's why he is calling for the Seanad to be reformed.

efb

RayM wrote: »

For all their "elitism", the universities seem to elect the best senators.

Roan Mullen...

tayto lover

vicwatson wrote: »

Here's the members for those interested in checking them out !

http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=24&disp=mem

I know a few of them personally. None of them worthy of such high office. Funeral attenders mainly.

coolhull

So is there no 'Tonight with VB' - eh, tonight?

Lenin Skynard

vicwatson wrote: »

TV3 having ths debate to get referendum 2013 advertising funds

A commercial organisation trying to generate advertising funds. Who'd have thunk it.

vicwatson

Martin Mcaleese in there wha' -

Nice one Mary (keep all your €141k per annum pension), you might need it for when Martin loses his job (oh sure won't he have a pension too)

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/mcaleese-kept-all-of-her-141k-pension-29617049.html

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RayM wrote: »

For all their "elitism", the universities seem to elect the best senators.

Ronan Mullen?

Lady Chatterton

RayM wrote: »

For all their "elitism", the universities seem to elect the best senators.

I tend to agree with you, but I think that every citizen should have a vote in the Seanad Election (after all we pay for it) and the Taoiseach shouldn't be allowed 11 nominees.

vicwatson

MrsD007 wrote: »

He would agree with you, that's why he is calling for the Seanad to be reformed.

Irrelevant.

Get rid of it.

Atlantic Dawn

vicwatson wrote: »

Here's the members for those interested in checking them out !

http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=24&disp=mem

Reading through them I recognise 9 names, the rest I've never heard of, rather shocking really.

grey_so_what

coolhull wrote: »

So is there no 'Tonight with VB' - eh, tonight?

I think there is coolhull, Vincent will scoot over on the wheelie chair to read out the papers in U.Bolt mode as usual I'd say!........:)

efb

vicwatson wrote: »

Martin Mcaleese in there wha' -

Nice one Mary (keep all your €141k per annum pension), you might need it for when Martin loses his job (oh sure won't he have a pension too)

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/mcaleese-kept-all-of-her-141k-pension-29617049.html

He has resigned and hadn't served long enough to have a pension afaik

coolhull

efb wrote: »

Zapone
Bacik
Norris
Quinn
Mullen

Political junkie, efb

Lady Chatterton

vicwatson wrote: »

Martin Mcaleese in there wha' -

Nice one Mary (keep all your €141k per annum pension), you might need it for when Martin loses his job (oh sure won't he have a pension too)

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/mcaleese-kept-all-of-her-141k-pension-29617049.html

Martin resigned from the Seanad a while back. He didn't take his full Seanad salary either.

RobertKK

Ronan Mullen is good at what he does in my opinion.

Ivana Bacik is the one that I would have issues with.

Though those two do seem to clash a lot.

Roger_007

Why does this debate only involve people who part of the elite few who could possibly become senators. A typical in-house discussion?

_Kaiser_

Is it just me or does the dramatic title music sound like something out of Batman?

take everything

efb wrote: »

Zapone
Bacik
Norris
Quinn
Mullen

That was Trapatoni's back 5, wasn't it.

jrmb

RayM wrote: »

For all their "elitism", the universities seem to elect the best senators.

The resentment comes from the need to be a graduate of TCD or the NUI, not the need to hold a degree.

vicwatson

efb wrote: »

He has resigned and hadn't served long enough to have a pension afaik

Point taken

Harry Angstrom

The reason they have an enormous majority is because of the mess your party made of the country :mad:

efb

coolhull wrote: »

Political junkie, efb

All university seats too! Except Zapone

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RobertKK wrote: »

Ronan Mullen is good at what he does in my opinion.

Ivana Bacik is the one that I would have issues with.

Though those two do seem to clash a lot.

What issues annoy you about Bacik?

tayto lover

Roger_007 wrote: »

Why does this debate only involve people who part of the elite few who could possibly become senators. A typical in-house discussion?

We could do with a few businessmen (non-politicians) to join a debate like this.

grey_so_what

take everything wrote: »

That was Trapatoni's back 5, wasn't it.

Lol, they might have been more useful doing that.........:D

Lady Chatterton

tayto lover wrote: »

We could do with a few businessmen people (non-politicians) to join a debate like this.

Fixed

efb

take everything wrote: »

That was Trapatoni's back 5, wasn't it.

Mullen wouldn't let much past him. Bit of a victim complex Ryan Shawcross

Harry Angstrom

RobertKK wrote: »

Ronan Mullen is good at what he does in my opinion.

Ivana Bacik is the one that I would have issues with.

Though those two do seem to clash a lot.

Bacik can't get elected with the general public. It's galling that she has a Senate seat despite the fact that she has no popular support.