Eamon Ryan

Shefwedfan

jammiedodgers wrote: »

I'd say this thread would be very different if it was Mary Lou asleep.

Oh if it was Mary Lou then it would be 100% the best thing ever to do.....everyone should be asleep in the Dail

UrbanSprawl

smelly sock wrote: »

Might have been drunk.

or smoking a bit of the green

bfa1509

I'm sure his boyfriend George Lee will blame it on the increasing levels of Carbon Dioxide on the news tomorrow.

Imagine begrudging people €12/hr.

mikeym

Deleted User wrote: »

Imagine begrudging people €12/hr.

Most Politicians dont care about those on €12 an hour.

What Eamon Ryan cares about is the environment and making Ireland Green again.

sportsfan90

No doubt the optics of it are appalling and it certainly won't do much for peoples confidence in him or our politicians in general.

What I will say is none of us know why he nodded off - maybe he had absolutely no interest in what was being discussed and couldn't care less about the living wage.
But it could be any number of other reasons. I do recall hearing before that he has a child with special needs - so who knows maybe that child wasn't well and Eamon was up all night with a sick child.

I didn't vote Green in the election so I'm not standing up for him, but I did once fall asleep in a meeting myself (thankfully mine didn't make national news). Most people rolled their eyes or laughed, but one or two did come up to me afterwards and asked if everything was ok.

Zebra3

bfa1509 wrote: »

I'm sure his boyfriend George Lee will blame it on the increasing levels of Carbon Dioxide on the news tomorrow.

:rolleyes:

hotmail.com

Had he not been called at that point, he may have slept the whole afternoon.

gifted

That's the problem with gas heating...makes you all comfy and erm ...sleepy.....dam you central heating....

Del.Monte

UrbanSprawl wrote: »

or smoking a bit of the green

You're late to the party. A longtime green supporter who doesn't appear to have ever posted on anything green on Boards already made this point.

Beechwoodspark

Del.Monte wrote: »

You're late to the party. A longtime green supporter who doesn't appear to have ever posted on anything green on Boards already made this point.

Ummm Check out my aviation forum posts - I regularly post on green topics - or my extinction rebellion posts? Or when I got pilloried for supporting national parks and wild wolves reintroduction also

ExMachina1000

Woke up and voted against a living wage. Well done to all who voted

Spanish Eyes

gifted wrote: »

That's the problem with gas heating...makes you all comfy and erm ...sleepy.....dam you central heating....

Well that's the first thing Ryan should sort out for the emissions like.

It was 24deg in Dublin today, no need for any sort of heating. But it looks like an airless place, and since aircon is verboten, well in that kind of atmosphere it wouldn't take me too long to nod off either.

Foggy Jew

I’m a lowly paid Civil Servant. Less than €50k per annum. Currently working from home due to Covid. I am expected to provide work-sheets tracking all work done on an hour by hour basis, Monday to Friday. I’m not sure my line manager would accept ‘little nap’ as a valid explanation for an hour or two this afternoon. FFS

screamer

Waking private Ryan

Edgware

Foggy Jew wrote: »

I’m a lowly paid Civil Servant. Less than €50k per annum. Currently working from home due to Covid. I am expected to provide work-sheets tracking all work done on an hour by hour basis, Monday to Friday. I’m not sure my line manager would accept ‘little nap’ as a valid explanation for an hour or two this afternoon. FFS

Of course even "lowly paid" civil servants have their shoulder to the wheel from start to finish everyday

Del.Monte

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Ummm Check out my aviation forum posts - I regularly post on green topics - or my extinction rebellion posts? Or when I got pilloried for supporting national parks and wild wolves reintroduction also

Apology offered - I hadn't looked at your posting in the aviation forum until now. As for reintroducing wolves ....no...........unless they could be trained to eat scobes before being released.

Snow Garden

Terrible timing by Ryan.

Terrible start by FFGG.

893bet

Foggy Jew wrote: »

I’m a lowly paid Civil Servant. Less than €50k per annum. Currently working from home due to Covid. I am expected to provide work-sheets tracking all work done on an hour by hour basis, Monday to Friday. I’m not sure my line manager would accept ‘little nap’ as a valid explanation for an hour or two this afternoon. FFS

I am sure half your day is spend tracking your day.

Underworked and overpaid.

freshpopcorn

I'm not suggesting Eamon was for a second.
I'd often associate Green Party members with weed use.
He looks like a lad who might enjoy a joint or two to me.

nullzero

I suppose he has a longer cycle these days all the way from Clonskeagh to the Convention Centre.

Arghus

Does anyone have more information on the bill? It's not easy to find much information on what they were voting on. On the surface it seems like exactly the type of thing right thinking people should be voting for, so what am I missing?

Triangle

Foggy Jew wrote: »

I’m a lowly paid Civil Servant. Less than €50k per annum. Currently working from home due to Covid. I am expected to provide work-sheets tracking all work done on an hour by hour basis, Monday to Friday. I’m not sure my line manager would accept ‘little nap’ as a valid explanation for an hour or two this afternoon. FFS

He works alot longer than 39 hours a week. He's been on calls all week well into the evening.
This social outrage at the slightest thing is getting boring tbh.

Gods Gift

And he was just in the middle of a wet dream about windmills, unicorns,electric cars and cows that don’t belch.

TheRiverman

Mattie McGrath was also asleep.

ExMachina1000

Gods Gift wrote: »

And he was just in the middle of a wet dream about windmills, unicorns,electric cars and cows that don’t belch.

High yield window lettuce boxes.

Onshuh

He was conserving energy man.

Grab All Association

Let’s not forget this is the Eamon Ryan who encouraged elderly people to ditch their economical 1.0 litre petrol Micra’s and Yaris’ for 1.6ltr Diesels, local mileage! Cars that pump out NOx and are estimated to kill around a thousand people per year. The greens have done a lot more health/environmental damage in the last 12 years than any other party in the history of the state. Diesels are only cheaper to run if you do a LOT of mileage per day or towing. Low CO2 Turbocharged petrols and Hybrids existed at that time!

The same Eamon Ryan who wasted €79m of taxpayers money on the NBS! The ones who got satellite were ****ing lucky. It didn’t deliver 1 single “broadband” connection. The majority of users never got above 1mb as the network was already heavily oversold. Three were in breach of their licence anyway and would’ve had to roll out to these areas anyway. In my area, they kept the same heavily subscribed mast 7 miles away in Thurles town And just gave everyone silly “CPE repeaters” that stuck on their window. Given his recent objections about the eir rural FTTH and NBP rollout (thankfully it’s a done and dusted binding contract he can’t go near!) his position as Minister for communications is untenable.

There should be an investigation into the awarding of the contract. Didn’t they appoint an intern as a product manager or something? I remember Watty (Wattystuff) or someone on here applied for the position but later told the vacancy was filled.

Bannasidhe

Deleted User wrote: »

Imagine begrudging people €12/hr.

Sure didn't we give some of them a round of applause like.

Can you imagine if all the people on less than the living wage just downed tools for one day.
One day of little to no cleaners, baristas, childcare workers, retail workers, wait staff, bar staff, security, etc etc.

23% of the workforce says f this, do it without us since you don't think we deserve to be paid enough to live on.

gmisk

TheRiverman wrote: »

Mattie McGrath was also asleep.

I think that was earlier in the day maybe...in fairness it was while Michael Healy Rae was talking...

r93kaey5p2izun

To be perfectly honest I couldn't give a fcuk if he dozed off. Almost everyone who has had to sit through lengthy presentations or meetings as part of their job has dozed off at some point. Bunch of spoofers who claim otherwise. Maybe he has sleep apnea, maybe he's unwell, maybe he's been working shocking hours. Plenty to be outraged about. This is just petty whinging. But fair enough those having a laugh about it. Fair game absolutely.

I'm totally unhappy with his vote on the bill amendment, but I don't believe his snooze played any part in that. Irrelevant.

lawrencesummers

If I fall asleep at work I get fired.
No questions.
P45.

ExMachina1000

Mira Future Thanks wrote: »

To be perfectly honest I couldn't give a fcuk if he dozed off. Almost everyone who has had to sit through lengthy presentations or meetings as part of their job has dozed off at some point. Bunch of spoofers who claim otherwise. Maybe he has sleep apnea, maybe he's unwell, maybe he's been working shocking hours. Plenty to be outraged about. This is just petty whinging. But fair enough those having a laugh about it. Fair game absolutely.

I'm totally unhappy with his vote on the bill amendment, but I don't believe his snooze played any part in that. Irrelevant.

Its July 16th 2020. I'm in the workforce close to 26 years now. I have fallen asleep zero times so far

freshpopcorn

Gods Gift wrote: »

And he was just in the middle of a wet dream about windmills, unicorns,electric cars and cows that don’t belch.

At least he didn't dose off behind the wheel of his 2.8L VW!

Arghus

I don't really care all that much that he dozed off momentarily either, some of the sanctimony about that, in and of itself, is boards to a tee and absolutely Hillarious. Come on, literally everybody here has nodded off unintentionally at one time in their life. Come on, we all have.

"If I nodded off like that I'd be fired ON THE SPOT"---- yeah, yeah, sure ya would....

Gods Gift

My brother works on the county council, and he’d be fired if he didn’t get a few hours sleep in work.

Spanish Eyes

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

Its July 16th 2020. I'm in the workforce close to 26 years now. I have fallen asleep zero times so far

Well I can fess up. Easier when you have your own office though admittedly. Usually a twenty minute power nap or whatever you call it after scoffing a bit of lunch. Meeting in progress sign on the door and off I went. I know it's a bit different to sleeping on the job but I did it.

I miss that office room, had sliding doors out on to a little platform balcony. Was gorgeous on a nice day.

Atlantic Dawn

Sky News covering it now, he is bringing the game of politicining in to disrepute if you ask me...

https://news.sky.com/video/ireland-politician-asleep-during-vote-on-lower-paid-workers-12030178

Spanish Eyes

Gods Gift wrote: »

My brother works on the county council, and he’d be fired if he didn’t get a few hours sleep.

Ah that made my day.

ExMachina1000

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Well I can fess up. Easier when you have your own office though admittedly. Usually a twenty minute power nap or whatever you call it after scoffing a bit of lunch. Meeting in progress sign on the door and off I went. I know it's a bit different to sleeping on the job but I did it.

I miss that office room, had sliding doors out on to a little platform balcony. Was gorgeous on a nice day.

Sounds very nice. Did you have a secretary?

Spanish Eyes

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Sky News covering it now, he is bringing the game of politicining in to disrepute if you ask me...

https://news.sky.com/video/ireland-politician-asleep-during-vote-on-lower-paid-workers-12030178

Did Catherine Martin slip him a few benzos or what. This is hilarious, although TBH I think he knows he is toast and doesn't give a hoot now. And if he does survive as leader he will need Red Bull.

Atlantic Dawn

Gods Gift wrote: »

My brother works on the county council, and he’d be fired if he didn’t get a few hours sleep in work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXxAta1hesU

Spanish Eyes

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

Sounds very nice. Did you have a secretary?

Heavens no, I did all my own work, would never expect anyone to do it for me! The power naps helped me focus you see.

Foggy Jew

893bet wrote: »

I am sure half your day is spend tracking your day.

Underworked and overpaid.

Unnecessary & provocative post. Cop on.

ExMachina1000

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Heavens no, I did all my own work, would never expect anyone to do it for me! The power naps helped me focus you see.

You should have gotten one. A hot one with a sense of humour. Still sounds nice though

Sunny Disposition

Kinda understandable to fall asleep if you are in a warm place and people are making speeches. But the optics are terrible and again it shows how gaffe prone Ryan is.

Spanish Eyes

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

You should have gotten one. A hot one with a sense of humour. Still sounds nice though

Not many of them around, they usually frighten the Bejaysus out of you, so I declined.

Yes it was a nice set up right enough. But have moved on now as you do.

ronivek

Ah lads. He was sitting in a chair during the taking of a vote: he wasn't performing brain surgery or driving a bus. I'm fairly sure he didn't say to himself 'ah I'll just have a quick nap during this vote, nobody will notice'.

Spanish Eyes

Sunny Disposition wrote: »

Kinda understandable to fall asleep if you are in a warm place and people are making speeches. But the optics are terrible and again it shows how gaffe prone Ryan is.

I think he will be fine. We are all human and the heat in that place today must have been something else. Add to that listen to some eejit droning on and you would have to empathise.

I'm no Greenie or Veggie BTW but this is nothing compared with that arrogant yoke Cowen.

Fuascailteoir

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I think he will be fine. We are all human and the heat in that place today must have been something else. Add to that listen to some eejit droning on and you would have to empathise.

I'm no Greenie or Veggie BTW but this is nothing compared with that arrogant yoke Cowen.

Ryan can't open his mouth without appearing arrogant.