Barry Cowen sacked

DellyBelly

bazermc wrote: »

Is it Cowen or Cowan?

Cowan.. I believe

Sierra Oscar

I wonder what the tomorrows papers are about to break. The Taoiseach and Tánaiste were backing him fairly strongly earlier today.

expectationlost

good point from PM its always about protecting themselves https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD/status/1283131564667408387

GerardKeating

bazermc wrote: »

Is it Cowen or Cowan?

Spelling never my strong point sorry

Van.Bosch

gmisk wrote: »

There clearly a lot lot more to come.
He had a speeding fine before?
How many years was he driving on a learners license...is he saying he had someone with him on all the journeys?

Exactly - more to come, he refused to answer the questions last week about was he driving with no licence and how many penalty points he had at various times.

elperello

bazermc wrote: »

Is it Cowen or Cowan?

Cowen.

For the sake of Boards credibility the OP should be sacked.:)

nc6000

emo72 wrote: »

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Sooner or later no one will be a politician.

He was a TD at the time driving around on a provisional license making his way home to Offaly after having pints in Croke Park. His story didn't add up from the start.

It's more about him doing as he pleases because the rules don't apply to him.

Rodney Bathgate

DellyBelly wrote: »

Cowan.. I believe

No, it is Cowen.

Martin has seen the Garda file...

I wonder what exactly he has seen...

ThewhiteJesus

Stupid decision

tayto lover

glasso wrote: »

you're not very well informed on that score....


https://gript.ie/thomas-byrne-unconvincing-denial/

Ooh there’s no honour among thieves or politicians it seems.

ebbsy

Whoever leaked this story waited until max damage could be carried out.

Cowen is done, he will not get over this.

Martin is on the ropes as well. Some backtracking is on the way to rescue this situation.

So.... what are Paddy Power giving on a woman from the west of the Shannon?

Rodney Bathgate

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

Stupid decision

Correct. Never drink and drive.

Tell me how

Another politician learns that it's not about the crime, it's about the cover up.

DellyBelly

Wow is politics changing in Ireland. Genuinely shocked to see Cowan sacked

smelly sock

Some craic if callery tells him to stick it up his bollicks.

ebbsy

ebbsy wrote: »

Whoever leaked this story waited until max damage could be carried out.

Cowen is done, he will not get over this.

Martin is on the ropes as well. Some backtracking is on the way to rescue this situation.

https://gript.ie/thomas-byrne-unconvincing-denial/

Was Thomas Byrne for sure

With party colleagues like this, who needs enemies on the opposition benches!

Byrne will be labelled a snake for life now - and rightly so.

cameramonkey

emo72 wrote: »

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Sooner or later no one will be a politician.

Well, no one that has a drink driving convictions and then wont answers questions about it. As it should be.

eagle eye

nc6000 wrote:

It's more about him doing as he pleases because the rules don't apply to him.

But the rules do apply to him and have been applied to him.
This is why I don't understand all this silliness from people over it. He has paid the price for his misdeeds like anybody else.
He shouldn't have to answer questions about it now.

Dravokivich

ChelseaRentBoy wrote: »

Yeah he's looked really weak and inept waiting this long.

SF as the strong opposition put him under huge pressure.

Waiting this long? If you were going to take someone out of a high ranking position in Government, you'd want to make sure you are informed of the reasons for it and validate that information. In the scheme of things it's still a pretty recent outlay of the details of the drink driving and it came across pretty quick.

tayto lover

Penalty pints can come back to bite you.

NIMAN

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

Stupid decision

Which one?

To appoint him.
To drink drive.
To sack him.

Water John

MM would have to move to protect Govn't, once the story wasn't going to go away. What did Alaister Campell say, if you're still the news on day 4?

cameramonkey

cameramonkey wrote: »

Well, no one that has a drink driving convictions and then wont answers questions about it. As it should be.

as has been said before if he had bothered his hole to have a full licence, at the time it would have been penalty points and a fine and would never have come out.

and would have had no need to pull a u-turn!

Larbre34

Tell me how wrote: »

Another politician learns that it's not about the crime, it's about the cover up.

More like its about getting knifed by a long time colleague having a tantrum.

cameramonkey

glasso wrote: »

you're not very well informed on that score....


https://gript.ie/thomas-byrne-unconvincing-denial/

Al I said was that TB has denied it, he has.



Really shows what a strong SF opposition can do, they really held the government to account and forced Cowen out. The pressure was too much and FF folded.

Hurrache

expectationlost wrote: »

good point from PM its always about protecting themselves https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD/status/1283131564667408387

PM would throw **** at a flushing toilet in the hope it sticks. I wouldn't take notice of anything that populist eejit says.

expectationlost

Martin in his statement said other ministers had doubts about Cowen.

super_furry

glasso wrote: »

he pulled a U-ey -> when that was inevitably confirmed he was done - come clean or not.

I don't think so. I reckon if he'd had said nothing and kept apologising, the story would have died. It was already nearly done.

Having the Gardai coming out and not only contradicting him but referring themselves to GSOC ensures the story will run for months.