Minister for Agriculture attends 81-person golf event in breach of health guidelines

isup

What about the rest of them who attended. Surely there has to be more to go

ChikiChiki

Dempo1 wrote: »

What's the odds, Leo or Ryan will pull the plug on this shambles of a government, its all playing out nicely for Leo, the most Cunning and Devious of them all

Never thought I'd say this, but come back Leo. Much steadier hand navigating these difficult waters at the minute.

Seamai

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Holy Jerry St Buttimer better f*ck off too. Always gave me the creeps.

I've had dealings with him, he's a waste of space. Typical of the cute hoors that politics in this country attracts.

UsBus

Is there any chance, having been giving the minister's role, Calleary saw what a disaster was coming down the tracks and decided he was in a real sh&tstorm and wanted out of it. That's the only reason I can see him deciding to attend this

Widdensushi

Dempo1 wrote: »

What's the odds, Leo or Ryan will pull the plug on this shambles of a government, its all playing out nicely for Leo, the most Cunning and Devious of them all

The problem is that they would be blamed for causing an election during a pandemic.

Sir Oxman

Have to say, that's one of the quickest resignations in Irish political history.
These boyos usually brazen it out to the death.
Martin gets a + for quickness - taking it that he royally burst a blood vessel last night and found his balls.
Can't do much about the likes of Brian Hayes etc but all parties should be demanding current senator resignations and Grealish should be under severe pressure form voters in his patch.

deisedevil

Happy4all wrote: »

Hotel saying they did nothing wrong??

No more than 50 in 2 separate rooms.

Does that mean we can have a wedding event of 100 in two partitioned rooms? Wasn't my understanding.

Ya, that's right. And open up the partitions for the speeches. Shur if tis good enough for politicians and judges.

screamer

Dempo1 wrote: »

What's the odds, Leo or Ryan will pull the plug on this shambles of a government, its all playing out nicely for Leo, the most Cunning and Devious of them all

To be fair, the shambles has been Meholes thirst to be Taoiseach. This government will see the end of FF, and that was always the result for the political party that failed to reform or adapt. Even Mehole left at the helm shows that.
My money is on him being the shortest serving Taoiseach in history, an election soon and the obliteration of FF.

Gareth Keenan

UsBus wrote: »

Is there any chance, having been giving the minister's role, Calleary saw what a disaster was coming down the tracks and decided he was in a real sh&tstorm and wanted out of it. That's the only reason I can see him deciding to attend this

are you kidding?? He whined and moaned about not getting a ministerial position. No chance he self-sabotaged. Too entitled for that.

Dempo1

Widdensushi wrote: »

The problem is that they would be blamed for causing an election during a pandemic.

Agreed but they'll blame FF as usual

lawrencesummers

I propose that the Agri Minister position is left vacant.

We all know who is running agriculture in this country anyway and it ain’t no politician.

Dempo1

Dempo1 wrote: »

What's the odds, Leo or Ryan will pull the plug on this shambles of a government, its all playing out nicely for Leo, the most Cunning and Devious of them all

If he wants to build on the support base he already has, he should call everyone else out that was there and demand their resignations from their posts. Maria Bailey fiasco showed that the electorate were fed up of this ****. Doesn’t matter if they are aligned with his party.

He needs a great movie tag line to use in a tweet.

Oranage2

deisedevil wrote: »

Ya, that's right. And open up the partitions for the speeches. Shur if tis good enough for politicians and judges.

I don't think they were closed, it said they were open so staff could move freely between the two

Hurrache

hotmail.com wrote: »

He was supposed to appear on morning radio to do interviews. That got cancelled and he resigned instead.

Essentially another sacking.

And he managed to do something I never thought possible, he had me agreeing with Paul Murphy who took his interview place.

Ash.J.Williams

Some common sense required by us too, I read one tweet yesterday by a chap complaining about dara saying he denied his own dying mother a hug because he wanted to follow the rules , ya know what I mean? Ffs why would he do that

screamer

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

If he wants to build on the support base he already has, he should call everyone else out that was there and demand their resignations from their posts. Maria Bailey fiasco showed that the electorate were fed up of this ****. Doesn’t matter if they are aligned with his party.

He needs a great movie tag line to use in a tweet.

Armageddon rid of them all

Hodors Appletart

Hurrache wrote: »

And he managed to do something I never thought possible, he had me agreeing with Paul Murphy who took his interview place.

a very restrained murphy it has to be said

he knew

Widdensushi

Dempo1 wrote: »

Agreed but they'll blame FF as usual

It won't wash, could we even have an election for another 12 months till the risks with covid are apparent.

Field east

weldoninhio wrote: »

Leo’s topless picnic party, at the time we were told we could exercise, but not hang around and definitely no picnics, was our Cummings moment. Do as I say, not as I do seems to be the message from our “superiors”.

What regulation/ recommendation did Leo overstep.please explain

weldoninhio

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

If he wants to build on the support base he already has, he should call everyone else out that was there and demand their resignations from their posts. Maria Bailey fiasco showed that the electorate were fed up of this ****. Doesn’t matter if they are aligned with his party.

He needs a great movie tag line to use in a tweet.

Out for Justice! He's a Taoiseach. It's a dirty job... but somebody's got to take out the garbage (rubbish).

StackSteevens

Hurrache wrote: »

And he managed to do something I never thought possible, he had me agreeing with Paul Murphy who took his interview place.

Ditto. Although I suppose even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Yellow_Fern

Gareth Keenan wrote: »

are you kidding?? He whined and moaned about not getting a ministerial position. No chance he self-sabotaged. Too entitled for that.

he was one the most experienced TD in gov not to get a minster role. You havd tools like Pippa Hackett and Roderic O’Gorman landed with these jobs no history. Calleary should have stayed. Its not a crime to attend such a meeting.

Dempo1

Hurrache wrote: »

And he managed to do something I never thought possible, he had me agreeing with Paul Murphy who took his interview place.

StackSteevens

StackSteevens wrote: »

Should the title of this thread be changed to read "Former Minister for Agriculture ..........."?

As posted by your humble servant 11 hours ago!

Dempo1

Yellow_Fern wrote: »

he was one the most experienced TD in gov not to get a minster role. You havd tools like Pippa Hackett and Roderic O’Gorman landed with these jobs no history. Calleary should have stayed. Its not a crime to attend such a meeting.

You are aware it wasn't a meeting he attended?

bryaj

Are the meat factories at centre of covid outbreak in Kildare open?

Dempo1

Can't see a supreme court Judge resigning

Resignation was too little, too late. Shouldn’t have gone in the first place. Should have been sacked that night. Disgraceful behaviour by all who attended. How typical of the Irish mentality of getting one over authority by putting a partition up! Young people do so by organising house or beach parties. There’s a bit of an excuse for them. They’re young and know no better. All 81 guests should be named and shamed and the hotel shut down with immediate effect.

MFPM

Yellow_Fern wrote: »

he was one the most experienced TD in gov not to get a minster role. You havd tools like Pippa Hackett and Roderic O’Gorman landed with these jobs no history. Calleary should have stayed. Its not a crime to attend such a meeting.

He attended a social event, are you suggesting that anyone and everyone can ignore the rules and guidelines and do as they wish?

hotmail.com

Norma Foley suggesting the others should also resign on Morning Ireland.