Fine Gael TD sues Dublin Hotel after falling off swing

The Rape of Lucretia

Peatys wrote: »

If everywhere smells like sh time to check your own shoes.

Sums it up neatly indeed.

The Irish voter seems very reluctant to do this unfortunately.

meeeeh

I think some FG politicians are doing very good job (before mentioned Kate O'Connell and Simon Coveney are good example) but it was pretty clear that they have very little appetite to reign in insurance claims. This will hurt them and deservedly so.

kingstevii

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Not my game, but is there 'offside' in GAA?

Exactly. No there's not..

Yurt2

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

The pat personal response suggests you don't actually have a response to the point itself.

pat personal? Low-quality Fine Gael strikes again.

The Rape of Lucretia

Yurt! wrote: »

pat personal? Low-quality Fine Gael strikes again.

Unable to addree the point itself also?

correction

Any chance of being able to listen to this interview?

titan18

Deleted User wrote: »

SOR posted out that her medical insurance would surely cover some of them. However, at the Swiftcare Clinics VHI ask to to sign a form (can’t recall exactly) if the injury is to form part of a legal claim. I suspect the medical insurers would be asking to have medical expenses claim against them compensated out of a successful court case.

All insurers would do that. It's subrogation. If you get hurt in a car accident, and there's a claim in against the others insurance company, you'd be expected to pay back the health insurer once the claim is paid out.

Yurt2

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Unable to addree the point itself also?

The point being you're low-quality.


Care to debate that point? Derpdeederp

jon1981

titan18 wrote: »

All insurers would do that. It's subrogation. If you get hurt in a car accident, and there's a claim in against the others insurance company, you'd be expected to pay back the health insurer once the claim is paid out.

So she had already decided to make a claim irrespective of the medical costs. So she's lying. It wasn't only to recoup medical costs, as she's claiming.

buried

Hurrache wrote: »

Ah c'mon. That level of paranoia can't be healthy.

Yeah your right. I should sue Fine Gael for breaking my brain with their spin swing

Wheety

correction wrote: »

Any chance of being able to listen to this interview?

It's been posted in this thread already or just look up Sean O'Rourke's twitter.

lawred2

Mark Rippetoe wrote: »

Over 7,000 listens on Soundcloud by the time I started listening to it. Only 12 minutes in and I can't believe what I'm hearing

where's the soundcloud link? Could do with a laugh while eating my lunch!!

Plumbthedepths

lawred2 wrote:

where's the soundcloud link? Could do with a laugh while eating my lunch!!

If you have the RTE news app, it's on there.

ChikiChiki

Car crash interview. Derserves a spot on reeling in the years 2019. This one is an absolute spoofer.

h3000

lawred2 wrote: »

where's the soundcloud link? Could do with a laugh while eating my lunch!!

Will this do you? Link to interview on RTE site.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/0527/1051931-maria-bailey/

jam_mac_jam

Can't wait to listen to that interview, sounds brilliant. She is finished now hopefully.

jon1981

she's trending on Twitter now... never a good sign for a politician to be trending.

Mr. CooL ICE

lawred2 wrote: »

where's the soundcloud link? Could do with a laugh while eating my lunch!!

https://soundcloud.com/rte-radio-1/maria-bailey-1?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter

16k listens now

Regarding health insurance and litigation:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/consumer/vhi-claim-complicated-by-legal-action-1.549754%3fmode=amp

Quote:

“The undertaking requires the claimant’s solicitor to undertake to reimburse VHI Healthcare for all medical expenses incurred on their member’s behalf in the event of a successful legal action”

Penn

When SOR pointed out she ran the 10k in a pretty good time, she said "Not for me".

Balls.ie found her results for the race, as well as previous years' results.

https://www.balls.ie/athletics/maria-bailey-laments-poor-10km-time-411273

In truth however, a time of 53:56 (gross result) was no small feat, given she was racing just three weeks after sustaining a fall from a swing in a Dublin hotel and undergoing "intensive physio" in the build-up. Not only that but when we consider her time in previous years, her 2015 performance was quite impressive. The result was only 44 seconds slower than her time of 53:12 (gross result) in 2014 and far above her 2012 performance, when she ran a time of 58 minutes and 20 seconds.

lawred2

h3000 wrote: »

Will this do you?
https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/0527/1051931-maria-bailey/

chairs

McMurphy

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Unable to addree the point itself also?

Reminiscent of the kettle calling the pot black ass, other than commenting on everything and anything else rather than what appears to be a dodgy insurance claim, you seem more interested in posting waffle in an attempt at getting people's goats up.

Why it's continually let slide is a mystery, but fair play TRoL, just keep doing what you do horse.

happyoutscan

I really cannot believe my ears. She's an absolute mess of a person.

Mr. CooL ICE

Penn wrote: »

When SOR pointed out she ran the 10k in a pretty good time, she said "Not for me".

Prescribed painkillers messing with her memory, obvs

Effects

Is she just following party policy?

https://www.thesun.ie/news/2827484/alan-farrell-fine-gael-td-photo-ladder-court/

Beric Dondarrion

That interview.......Jaysus Wept....pure and utter spin and playing the victim, every excuse under the sun trotted out in just under 21 minutes!

Plumbthedepths

Her legal team need to have a word with her. Either she lied to them or they submitted a case knowing their client had caused her own accident. She told SOR she had a beer in one hand and was reaching for her friends drink with the other hand . I'm amazed she actually went on radio to try and explain herself. She made it worse if that was possible.
As for Leo I doubt he will do anything, all mouth no substance.

jinkybhoy

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I grew up on the gaa sidelines and I play fair and not OFFSIDE a ha ha ha ha

Had to replay that to make sure that's what she said - PMSL!

lawred2

jaysus just started listening and the first line out of her trap was a lie.. Not even one line did she manage without a lie..

she was not looking 'only' for her medical expenses... her expenses were in itself inexplicable but parking that - even the inexplicable medical costs only amounted to 7K - she was suing for almost 10 times that.

What an abject disgrace.

Sin City

FG to sue the country for whiplash





http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2019/05/27/fine-gael-sues-country-for-whiplash/

ChikiChiki

meeeeh wrote: »

Listening to it. It's a disaster. Did she actually ask anyone in FG if she should go on radio?

FG HQ did not know she would be appearing on the show. They had Regina Doherty booked in but were caught off guard with Baileys appearance. Well played SOR.

I agree Josepha Madigan needs to be disciplined by the party or resign for advising Bailey to take a dodgy case.

silverharp

lol

https://www.balls.ie/athletics/maria-bailey-laments-poor-10km-time-411273

Maria Bailey, has opened up about her disappointing performance in Dún Laoghaire's 'The Bay 10k' run in 2015, admitting that her time of 53mins 56secs was not up to her own standards.

The Fine Gael TD pulled no punches in an interview with RTÉ Radio 1's Sean O'Rourke, responding to his remark that the aforementioned 10km time was "pretty good" with an abrupt "Not for me."

In truth however, a time of 53:56 (gross result) was no small feat, given she was racing just three weeks after sustaining a fall from a swing in a Dublin hotel and undergoing "intensive physio" in the build-up. Not only that but when we consider her time in previous years, her 2015 performance was quite impressive. The result was only 44 seconds slower than her time of 53:12 (gross result) in 2014 and far above her 2012 performance, when she ran a time of 58 minutes and 20 seconds.

That being said, it was over a minute longer than her best 'The Bay 10k' run of 52:21 in 2013.

Speaking about her performance, Bailey told O'Rourke:

Suckit

Christ, sounds like she's using her Cousin Harris's statements with a little of her own flavour thrown in.

Feel sorry for ME.
I'M victim here.

McMurphy

https://twitter.com/oconnellhugh/status/1132939009368444928?s=19

A text from a Fine Gael TD: "She can make another personal injury claim now, for a ****ing car crash."

#TodaySOR

jon1981

ChikiChiki wrote: »

I agree Josepha Madigan needs to be disciplined by the party or resign for advising Bailey to take a fraudulent case.

To be fair, lets hold judgement there. Madigan can only put together a case based on what Bailey told her.

You'd be assuming Madigan helped her concoct a story. We don't know that.

lawred2

"I play fair" repeatedly uttered

Sure you do

Sure you do

silverharp

https://twitter.com/MallowNews/status/1132968271467229185

cherryghost

Questions about the bottles - 'Sean we have to talk about our judicial system' rofl

lawred2

her retelling of the events are hilarious

lawred2

cherryghost wrote: »

Questions about the bottles - 'Sean we have to talk about our judicial system' rofl

I believe in the judiciary here

Let me be very clear - blah de blah

lawred2

"I never claimed for compensation"

What. The. Absolute. F**k.

I'm not sure that this woman is all there.

Hardtochoose

Can’t wait for the news at 1pm on RTÉ to replay this.
This story shows no sign of dying. FG need to find a way of killing this quickly.

mikemac2

Haven’t heard such arrogance since Padraig Flynn with his three houses

Fair play to Sean O’Rourke

McMurphy

PCeeeee

mikemac2 wrote: »

Haven’t heard such arrogance such Padraig Flynn with his three houses

P Flynn was exactly who I thought of

Yurt2

Gave it a second listen there while sitting down for lunch. An instant classic - perfect in every way.

lawred2

Everything she says is hilarious... "upfront and with integrity"

overkill602

she has to lose her seat if she dares standing in the next election the lying cheating bitch

jon1981

Here's the question for Leo:

What if she refuses to stand down? Can she be fired? If she's fired, on what grounds? FG would have to be extremely careful because Bailey could take a case and we all know she has experience in taking cases against people!). So FG may have no option but to wait until the next election.

lawred2

She was told that she had a clear case... yerra you did not. Might have had a case based on lies but you've been undone by your own arrogance and self importance. Your love of social media has undone you.

Own it and knock off the victim act.

"Filled out an affidavit with the best intentions'