TD resigns.

Busted Flat.

What is going in the den of iniquity.

Independent TD Patrick Nulty resigns over drunken message to 17-year-old

Before that we had the lap dancing episode. Whats's next.

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martinn123

Busted Flat. wrote: »

What is going in the den of iniquity.

Independent TD Patrick Nulty resigns over drunken message to 17-year-old

Suppose he qualifies for a severance package, and a pension,

Bty, didn't he resign from something before?

Busted Flat.

martinn123 wrote: »

Suppose he qualifies for a severance package, and a pension,

Bty, didn't he resign from something before?

Yes, but he is pulling out of this one fairly quickly.

Galwayguy35

The Labour party had such high hopes for Paddy when he burst on to the scene, seems to have all gone wrong since though.

RayM

He resigned, rather than claim that somebody had hacked his account? He's clearly not made for Irish politics.

neris

RayM wrote: »

He's clearly not made for Irish politics.

like the rest of them

Busted Flat.

An old mafia film years ago, Godfather dressing down one of his men for having an affair with the wife of one of his colleagues, "Man is born with two heads, one small and the other one big, the big one is for thinking the other is for!!!!. do not let the small take over". Seems like good advice.

BKWDR

RayM wrote: »

He resigned, rather than claim that somebody had hacked his account? He's clearly not made for Irish politics.

Maybe not...
http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/news/td-sent-spanking-facebook-messages-to-girl-17#.Uy3t9RR_1H0.twitter

martinn123

BKWDR wrote: »

Maybe not...
http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/news/td-sent-spanking-facebook-messages-to-girl-17#.Uy3t9RR_1H0.twitter

What a wan**r.......literally

road_high

Have heard him speaking/ranting before and you'd swear he was holier than dow. Freak.

RobbingBandit

Seems though he can't hide behind party politics now can we lynch him as an example.

touts

His statement refers to a "17 year old woman". Ah no Patrick. That would be a "17 year old girl".

martinn123

Bet the guys in FF, are not happy that he will be the headline in the Red Tops, Sunday, rather than some speech at the Ard-Feis.

Lucas Castroman

He's 31! - that's what I find most shocking - father time can be so cruel

BKWDR

Actual double edged sword...claimed he sent them when he was drunk. But only reason he was caught was the messages were geotagged to Leinster house...

Begs the question really...

Busted Flat.

Lucas Castroman wrote: »

He's 31! - that's what I find most shocking - father time can be so cruel

There is another one still a TD with grown up children, hung around the Papel cross, got ten grand of the state over a puncture.

Lenin Skynard

Lucas Castroman wrote: »

He's 31! - that's what I find most shocking - father time can be so cruel

He was in an accident or a fire when he was young if I recall correctly. That's why his appearances is how it is.

Fairly weird situation all round really. The by-election should be interesting considering it's was a Fianna Fail seat won by a maverick Labour TD.

walshb

How can these people be so so reckless and careless?

touts

BKWDR wrote: »

Actual double edged sword...claimed he sent them when he was drunk. But only reason he was caught was the messages were geotagged to Leinster house...


Begs the question really...

Not really. The surprising thing would be to find a sober TD in that place after 9pm. It's the excuse most of them come up with when asked on the doorsteps why they voted for the most recent bailout or budget or cutback.

walshb

Give it a while and he'll be back topping the polls. It is Ireland, after all.

road_high

Lucas Castroman wrote: »

He's 31! - that's what I find most shocking - father time can be so cruel

I know. Same age myself, he reminds me of my aunts/uncles age lol. Would have said 45-50 range without a doubt.

Busted Flat.

BKWDR wrote: »

Actual double edged sword...claimed he sent them when he was drunk. But only reason he was caught was the messages were geotagged to Leinster house...

Begs the question really...

Could that be the night the bar never closed in the Dail, when some TD was lapdancing, and voted through some bill that will cost our kids and their grankids their lives to repay when they were all locked.

tayto lover

When the mickey starts dictating to the brain there's always trouble.

comongethappy

tayto lover wrote: »

When the mickey starts dictating to the brain there's always trouble.

Just ask Carlos Danger.

Pelvis Parsley

He still has friends on TheJournal at least-they're removing any comment that constitutes fair criticism of his actions...

comongethappy

Pelvis Parsley wrote: »

He still has friends on TheJournal at least-they're removing any comment that constitutes fair criticism of his actions...

The moderation there is curious.

Any amount of vile race baiting/homophobia is a-ok.

Speculate on public figures & the comment deletions are almost immediate.

Peter Brennan

what a dope 31 years of age , a TD . At the beginning of what could have been a very lucrative career , I mean a lengthy vocation of service to his country . At least he didn't sign in to Lomans or say he has chest pains . Don't drink and type kids.......

Balmed Out

RayM wrote: »

He resigned, rather than claim that somebody had hacked his account? He's clearly not made for Irish politics.

To be fair there's a massive difference in the two, I cant see how anyone could compare them really.

Busted Flat.

Peter Brennan wrote: »

what a dope 31 years of age , a TD . At the beginning of what could have been a very lucrative career , I mean a lengthy vocation of service to his country . At least he didn't sign in to Lomans or say he has chest pains . Don't drink and type kids.......

I know he resigned the LP/WP, but does anything think the LP/WP attract's a quare bunch when looking for people to put forward for election.

ThisRegard

RayM wrote: »

He resigned, rather than claim that somebody had hacked his account? He's clearly not made for Irish politics.

Well he did run under the guise of labour in order to get elected before leaving, something that didn't go down well in his constituency.

Santa Cruz

At least he had the decency to resign. The fella using rent boys in the Park is still drawing a big wage and a cushy pension in the bank

Jolly Red Giant

Santa Cruz wrote: »

At least he had the decency to resign.

He didn't have the decency to behave himself with a young girl.

theKillerBite

Have you ever been spanked?? :eek:

What was he thinking?? I'm in his constituency and tbh him and Joe Higgins havn't made much of a contribution to the Daíl so it would be no loss with him gone. I wonder if there will be a bi-election alongside the local/European vote.

Pepe LeFrits

ThisRegard wrote: »

Well he did run under the guise of labour in order to get elected before leaving, something that didn't go down well in his constituency.

That pissed me off alright, and it was something he explicitly said he wouldn't do before the election. Six weeks later, bam.

Popescu

theKillerBite wrote: »

...
What was he thinking?? I'm in his constituency and tbh him and Joe Higgins havn't made much of a contribution to the Daíl so it would be no loss with him gone.

On the contrary, they both have contributed more to debate in the Dáil and to making the Cabinet accountable than Joan Burton or any Labour backbencher.

theKillerBite

Popescu wrote: »

On the contrary, they both have contributed more to debate in the Dáil and to making the Cabinet accountable than Joan Burton or any Labour backbencher.

When did you last hear about something Patrick Nutty said in the Dail. Pretty much the last I heard of him was when he broke away from the labour party.

Joe Higgins is much quieter this term then during the last govt.

walshb

Santa Cruz wrote: »

At least he had the decency to resign. The fella using rent boys in the Park is still drawing a big wage and a cushy pension in the bank

Resigned after he first tried to deny. Forced to resign. Had he any thought that he could get away with it he wouldn't have resigned.

renegademaster

road_high wrote: »

Have heard him speaking/ranting before and you'd swear he was holier than dow. Freak.

they're all the same until the bitter end

walshb wrote: »

How can these people be so so reckless and careless?

each and everytime the Irish people fail to show they definately will not stand for this or any of the other dodgy $hit our elected "leaders" get up to we show those up to no good that if they get caught the consequences are minimal.

Popescu

theKillerBite wrote: »

When did you last hear about something Patrick Nutty said in the Dail. Pretty much the last I heard of him was when he broke away from the labour party.

The Ceann Comhrairle refuses to allow him to speak.

theKillerBite wrote: »

Joe Higgins is much quieter this term then during the last govt.

As a member of the Technical Group, Joe Higgins speaks 10 times more than Joan Burton or any other Labour member.

Jolly Red Giant

theKillerBite wrote: »

Joe Higgins is much quieter this term then during the last govt.

Joe Higgins plays an important role intervening in Dail debates (you can find videos of his contributions on his website.

You can also find a record of his Dail contributions here -
http://www.kildarestreet.com/td/joe_higgins/dublin_west

Final point - Joe Higgins has played an enormous role building opposition to austerity and over the past few months building the AAA. He has spoken at dozens of meetings all over the country and has spent a considerable amount of time canvassing for AAA candidates over the same period.

E.g. Joe Higgins spoke at a Socialist Party public meeting in Limerick attended by more than 120 people the weekend before last and then canvassed for AAA candidates the following day -



Yesterday Joe Higgins was among the contributors at a very successful conference in Dublin on building opposition to austerity.

guinnessdrinker

theKillerBite wrote: »

Joe Higgins is much quieter this term then during the last govt.

Joe Higgins wasn't actually a member of the Dail during the last gov. He only got elected to the Dail again at the last election having lost his seat in 2007.

MouseTail

what a creep. Asking another constituent to wear a skirt when she next visited his Clinic.

Good loser

guinnessdrinker wrote: »

Joe Higgins wasn't actually a member of the Dail during the last gov. He only got elected to the Dail again at the last election having lost his seat in 2007.

Joe's a bore. Repeats the same rubbishy speech over and over again. Economically illiterate.

ThisRegard

Jolly Red Giant wrote: »

has spent a considerable amount of time canvassing for AAA candidates over the same period.

He also likes to give his friends cushy jobs for which he didn't let the electorate have their say in. What's that Joe used to say about cronyism ?

walshb

MouseTail wrote: »

what a creep. Asking another constituent to wear a skirt when she next visited his Clinic.

Perfect description for him.

AGC

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

Fairly weird situation all round really. The by-election should be interesting considering it's was a Fianna Fail seat won by a maverick Labour TD.

At the time of the last by election David McGuinness was quite un-known and got a lot of votes on the back on Brian Lenihan.

At the moment he would be the clear favourite IMO.

golfball37

I reckon Ruth Coppinger might take the seat on transfers ahead of McGuinness [FF]

Popescu

Sinn Féin will take the seat.

AGC

Popescu wrote: »

Sinn Féin will take the seat.

With who?!

Popescu

AGC wrote: »

With who?!

Whoever they put forward.

SweetPotatoes

I am curious why different standards apply to TDs like Mr. Nulty and Cabinet ministers such as Phil Hogan.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news...-26833366.html