Eamon Ryan

RandomViewer

Thought hair dye would be a no no for a n eco warlord like Ryan but not a shade of grey showing at nearly six decades

Edgware

RandomViewer wrote: »

Thought hair dye would be a no no for a n eco warlord like Ryan but not a shade of grey showing at nearly six decades

Turnip extract mixed with chicken **** is a great colour preservative

Rows Grower

tayto lover wrote: »

I think they’re all mad.

Over a thousand of them that were eligible to vote for the leadership contest didn't bother their hole, that's a full one third of the members that couldn't be arsed to make a mark on a piece of paper and post it.

A joke of a political party.

Edgware

Rows Grower wrote: »

Over a thousand of them that were eligible to vote for the leadership contest didn't bother their hole, that's a full one third of the members that couldn't be arsed to make a mark on a piece of paper and post it.

A joke of a political party.

Their horoscopes probably advised them not to make any serious decisions this week

hotmail.com

Eamon Ryan in the news yet again as it emerged that he employing 2 chiefs of staff (whatever they are) and 6 other advisors. They'll earn about 100,000 each.

https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/ryan-may-get-eight-special-advisers-with-some-earning-100k-39397591.html?__twitter_impression=true

Just how bad is this minister if he needs so many advisors?

Atlantic Dawn

They will each need to follow him behind his bike in a Tesla each.

riffmongous

hotmail.com wrote: »

Eamon Ryan in the news yet again as it emerged that he employing 2 chiefs of staff (whatever they are) and 6 other advisors. They'll earn about 100,000 each.

https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/ryan-may-get-eight-special-advisers-with-some-earning-100k-39397591.html?__twitter_impression=true

Just how bad is this minister if he needs so many advisors?

I can only read the first paragraph but even there

some of whom can earn salaries of up to €101,000, the Sunday Independent can reveal.

Beechwoodspark

Jobs for the boys and girls

Cyrus

hotmail.com wrote: »

Eamon Ryan in the news yet again as it emerged that he employing 2 chiefs of staff (whatever they are) and 6 other advisors. They'll earn about 100,000 each.

https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/ryan-may-get-eight-special-advisers-with-some-earning-100k-39397591.html?__twitter_impression=true

Just how bad is this minister if he needs so many advisors?

Can earn up to isn’t the same as they will earn 100k each to be fair .

Usual sensationalist headlines

hotmail.com

Cyrus wrote: »

Can earn up to isn’t the same as they will earn 100k each to be fair .

Usual sensationalist headlines

I think we can safely say they'll be well paid.

hotmail.com

This government is giving the next election to Sinn Fein on a plate at this stage.

SeaFields

Someone needs to tend to his window boxes while he sleeps

TheChizler

How many is normal?

joeysoap

Pretty poor all the same if you need 8 advisors. All probably ex press or Rte. it really is jobs for the boys

James Brown

Its for naps. One is to poke him with a stick and theres another to keep sketch.
Joke of a government. Straight to the trough.

No civil servants available? Too busy getting renovations done for the new industrial fax machine?

ExMachina1000

joeysoap wrote: »

Pretty poor all the same if you need 8 advisors. All probably ex press or Rte. it really is jobs for the boys

One is actually ex rte

Mr. Karate

People aren't going to be happy until we end up like Venezuela.

hotmail.com

Mr. Karate wrote: »

People aren't going to be happy until we end up like Venezuela.

Straight in with Venezuela? That was quick.

kippy

Mr. Karate wrote: »

People aren't going to be happy until we end up like Venezuela.

To be fair.
We have 2 or 3 (or more) times the politicians relative to near neighbours at national level and I'd say more again at local level.
Our government top jobs appear to expand with every government as does the amount of associated staff that go with them. These advisors all earn north of 80k per annum.
The recent 16k salary increases are beyond a joke.
We had a chance to reform politics with the seanad referendum which is just another jobs for the boys and girls club ultimately.
So yeah. As well as many other professions, (legal and insurance) we really need to trim the fat from our political system.

McMurphy

How many bottles of Grecian 2000 would that buy?

Mr. Karate

hotmail.com wrote: »

Straight in with Venezuela? That was quick.

Part of Venezuela's collapse was because of Chavez giving his cronies positions that they didn't deserve, were qualified for, or were necessary [sound familiar?]

y0ssar1an22

TheChizler wrote: »

How many is normal?

I think this is important, and without knowing if this has been the modus operandi for a number of prior governments going back ~20 years, its a bit hard to form a conclusion.

Allinall

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

One is actually ex rte

That’s shocking.

He actually had a job?

hotmail.com

Mr. Karate wrote: »

Part of Venezuela's collapse was because of Chavez giving his cronies positions that they didn't deserve, were qualified for, or were necessary [sound familiar?]

Oh ok, I thought you were defending the use of advisors.

This story is going to follow Ryan much more than the sleeping storm. This is vast sums of public money being spent on advisors.

It sounds like he isn't up to the job.

James Brown

I hope it's because he's a complete gilly or something. Be some justification.
Why do we have civil servants if ministers are bringing in so many staff?

The J Stands for Jay

Is there no budget oversight on TDs? Has this lad just set up the State with a few €100k of a staff bill plus pensions for life?

Mr. Karate

hotmail.com wrote: »

Oh ok, I thought you were defending the use of advisors.

This story is going to follow Ryan much more than the sleeping storm. This is vast sums of public money being spent on advisors.

It sounds like he isn't up to the job.

Its ok. I can understand having an advisor [as in 1] but 8? Taking the tax payers for mugs again.

The sleeping thing would have blown over this will haunt him because it makes him look incompetent.

LawBoy2018

I'm genuinely so disappoined in the Greens. They've shown that they're no different from FG or FF and care more about f*cking bike lanes than workers' rights, animal welfare and most-likely the environment itself. Eamon Ryan is nothing more than a greedy snorelax and the level nepotism in the Green party genuinely makes me sick. How could we (young voters) have been so wrong about them?

SF are the only option from here onwards. *sigh* Hopefully if/when they take the reigns, they maintain at least a shred of integrity, unlike the Greens.

Rodney Bathgate

hotmail.com wrote: »

Oh ok, I thought you were defending the use of advisors.

This story is going to follow Ryan much more than the sleeping storm. This is vast sums of public money being spent on advisors.

It sounds like he isn't up to the job.

Vast sums? A percentage of 1 percent of total government spend is ‘vast sums’?

James Brown

LawBoy2018 wrote: »

I'm genuinely so disappoined in the Greens. They've shown that they're no different from FG or FF and care more about f*cking bike lanes than workers' rights, animal welfare and most-likely the environment itself. Eamon Ryan is nothing more than a greedy snorelax and the level nepotism in the Green party genuinely makes me sick. How could we (young voters) have been so wrong about them?

SF are the only option from here onwards. *sigh* Hopefully if/when they take the reigns, they maintain at least a shred of integrity, unlike the Greens.

SD's worth a nod and maybe the Greens in a few years.