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

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    #1352
    boardise
    Registered Users Posts: 3,450 ✭✭✭boardise


    Gerry Hatrick wrote: »
    Grilling? Lol. Eh no he didn't.

    Oh yes he did ! :D


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    #1353
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users Posts: 6,259 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    Sophia Cuddly Amputee wrote: »
    Are you really that naive? This is what politicians live for, have you never heard the political expression "never waste a crisis" ?

    The simple facts are that people are not getting sick from this virus, so why do we need these restrictions?
    Politicians love this type of thing because it gives them an opportunity to implement policies that they will ultimately benefit from.

    Such as?

    Have you examples of such policies that they are standing to benefit from, or is this just a hunch?


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    #1354
    Tippex
    Registered Users Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭Tippex


    I know Gavin has been previously but he's on holidays atm (tweeting etc while on holiday lol)


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    #1355
    boardise
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    StackSteevens wrote: »
    The gobsh1te who, when wished "bon appétit" at the start of a meal in Brussels was reputed to have responded "Mark Killilea, how do you do."

    Hope he didn't feed the gondolas.


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    #1356
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    GBX wrote: »
    Hogan apparently staying in Kildare for the past few weeks. So not only ignoring rules on gathering numbers but also ignoring Kildare lockdown rules. Unreal.
    Cheensbo wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1296773519112654850


    Plenty of Kildare folk have cancelled holidays, events, lost businesses & stayed away from loved ones.

    And all for what?




    Uh-oh.
    Come on journalists with integrity - SHINE!


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    #1357
    the purple tin
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    thebronze14 wrote: »
    Might have to wheel the great Bertie out of retirement...A popular and uniting influence...A lot done, more (damage) to do
    Even FF don't want him hanging around them anymore.

    Of course he would be sitting pretty in a cushy EU post if he hadn't feared for his reputation and jumped ship.

    BIFFO has his snout in the trough now and Bertie is out in the cold with his dead dreams of the 'Bertie Bowl'.


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    #1358
    Muahahaha
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    Does anyone believe Phil Hogan actually quarantined for 14 days on his return from Brussels? I dont believe the arrogance of Phil Hogan would allow him to do that.


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    #1359
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    The country has lost it.

    The approach to COVID in recent months is biting back now.

    We need to wake up and start living.


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    #1360
    Dravokivich
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    the purple tin wrote: »
    Even FF don't want him hanging around them anymore.

    Of course he would be sitting pretty in a cushy EU post if he hadn't feared for his reputation and jumped ship.

    BIFFO has his snout in the trough now and Bertie is out in the cold with his dead dreams of the 'Bertie Bowl'.

    Wouldn't say Biffo is up to much at all. He's been in hospital for some time and only recently out for his mothers funeral.


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    #1361
    tayto lover
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Does anyone believe Phil Hogan actually quarantined for 14 days on his return from Brussels? I dont believe the arrogance of Phil Hogan would allow him to do that.

    He was supposedly quarantined in Kildare too and as such shouldn’t have left that county as it’s in lockdown. So he has dug himself a bigger hole.


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    #1362
    jojofizzio
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    Sir Oxman wrote: »
    That will be the one thing that will do for him if some good investigative reporter does their job.
    He already has the EU saying he complied fully with 14 day isolation - maybe he did, maybe he didn't...

    How do the EU know where he was once he landed in Ireland?
    How can they purport to know this with any confidence??


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    #1363
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I think slippery Phil will get out of this one. He'll come up with some excuse like, "I was invited to the dinner as a guest of honour in my role as EU commissioner, not as a member of the golf society. Therefore, my attendance at the dinner was in an official business capacity. As such, I believe I have complied fully with all of the government restrictions to the best of my knowledge".

    Off to Brussels again then, keep the head down.


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    #1364
    ebbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,908 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    Get Trump in.

    NOW


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    #1365
    Gerry Hatrick
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    Just hearing Brian Hayes was there also. Good luck.


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    #1366
    mick087
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    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    Where’s the eu statement backing him?


    Not seen it yet.

    I was stating what another another poster had said.


    Lets hope the EU see sense over the matter.

    The Irish people and apparently the Irish goverment are powerless.
    This is the danger of having someone unelected in such a position.


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    #1367
    ThewhiteJesus
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    Sleety_Rain wrote: »
    The country has lost it.

    The approach to COVID in recent months is biting back now.

    We need to wake up and start living.

    Agreed, the stupid rules in place are the problem,
    and in some way, most of us are breaking the rules.
    Do we have to resign, not a chance.
    Perspective please.


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    #1368
    Hawthorn Tree
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    StackSteevens wrote: »
    The gobsh1te who, when wished "bon appétit" at the start of a meal in Brussels was reputed to have responded "Mark Killilea, how do you do."

    I am from Galway and knew Markeen socially. I could tell you stories but I wont speak ill of the dead. I even talked to him in the FF tent one year. Long story!


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    #1369
    jojofizzio
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    seamus wrote: »
    I think slippery Phil will get out of this one. He'll come up with some excuse like, "I was invited to the dinner as a guest of honour in my role as EU commissioner, not as a member of the golf society. Therefore, my attendance at the dinner was in an official business capacity. As such, I believe I have complied fully with all of the government restrictions to the best of my knowledge".

    Off to Brussels again then, keep the head down.

    Don’t be giving him ideas...:(:eek:


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    #1370
    Hawthorn Tree
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    Gerry Hatrick wrote: »
    Just hearing Brian Hayes was there also. Good luck.

    Yes. Brian represents the Bankers now.


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    #1371
    Sir Oxman
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    newuser99999 wrote: »
    It’s not actually it’s quite reasonable. Stink of 2008 we’re all in this together off of this.


    "We all partied" vibes:mad:


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    #1372
    Plumbthedepths
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    I suspect Hogan is going to be in the crosshairs. Significant that Leo had nothing to say about Hogan's attendance.


    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/taoiseach-micheal-martin-removes-fianna-fail-whip-from-three-senators-over-golf-dinner-39467242.html


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    #1373
    the purple tin
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    You would think the politicians would be taking more precautions.
    The average Irish politician is
    -Overweight
    -Over the hill


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    #1374
    v638sg7k1a92bx
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    Buford T Justice wrote: »
    Such as?

    Have you examples of such policies that they are standing to benefit from, or is this just a hunch?

    Committees will be formed, quangos will be setup, salaries will be increased, massive loans from the EU - this is nothing new in politics.

    Tell me this, why is it that we have these restrictions when almost nobody is dying or getting sick from this virus?


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    #1375
    Gerry Hatrick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Gerry Hatrick


    Surprised no photos have come out yet on social media be it from staff or other guests. Everyone has a camera on their phone these days and everyone has a phone.


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    #1376
    mick087
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Does anyone believe Phil Hogan actually quarantined for 14 days on his return from Brussels? I dont believe the arrogance of Phil Hogan would allow him to do that.


    Yes I believe the EU will believe him and id say the EU will believe he acted correctly.


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    #1377
    hamburgham
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    Is it possible that the Indo and Irish Times didn't know about this?


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    #1378
    walshb
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    Gerry Hatrick wrote: »
    Surprised no photos have come out yet on social media be it from staff or other guests. Everyone has a camera on their phone these days and everyone has a phone.

    Yeh,

    And don’t forget fooking everyone wants their 15 mins of likes!!!


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    #1379
    Penn
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    Sophia Cuddly Amputee wrote: »
    Tell me this, why is it that we have these restrictions when almost nobody is dying or getting sick from this virus?

    The number of people dying or getting sick from the virus is low BECAUSE of the restrictions.


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    #1380
    Gerry Hatrick
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    If someone at the gathering tests positive for the virus in the next week or so it will get more serious again.


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    #1381
    Sir Oxman
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    jojofizzio wrote: »
    How do the EU know where he was once he landed in Ireland?
    How can they purport to know this with any confidence??
    "A spokeswoman for the European Commission told Reuters that Hogan attended the event “in good faith”.


    As I said, if this is untrue (they basically repeated what he said and took it at face value) that is what will do him.


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