Leo Varadkar story in The Village??? - Mod Notes and banned Users in OP updated 16/05

blanch152

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Ah come on yourself...it is still making the primetime news story's, Varadkar has been trending in one form or another for two days and was not knocked off even by events in America.

Some 'non' story in fairness.

Hardly, can't find it on the Independent app, and the only story on RTE is Pearse Doherty talking to himself. Maybe, the Shinnerbots on Twitter can make it trend again through sheer numbers of drivelous posts, but that doesn't count.

McMurphy

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Which doesn't get away from the fact that Michael Martin threatened to collapse the government if she didn't resign for misleading the Dáil.

Her Brussels gig doesn't expunge that part of her record.

I think the poster, and to be fair he's not the first was about to go down the road of "Frances was exonerated by a tribunal" path.

Did the tribunal exonerate her from misleading the Dail and her Taoiseach?

FrancieBrady

blanch152 wrote: »

Hardly, can't find it on the Independent app, and the only story on RTE is Pearse Doherty talking to himself. Maybe, the Shinnerbots on Twitter can make it trend again through sheer numbers of drivelous posts, but that doesn't count.

We heard and seen all the handwaving before and it ended in a VONC.

Here we are heading the same way again...same handwaving going on.

McMurphy

blanch152 wrote: »

Hardly, can't find it on the Independent app, and the only story on RTE is Pearse Doherty talking to himself. Maybe, the Shinnerbots on Twitter can make it trend again through sheer numbers of drivelous posts, but that doesn't count.

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1352236559471423490?s=19

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1352225770702331907?s=19

https://twitter.com/MaryLouMcDonald/status/1352271449529196546?s=19

McMurphy

McMurphy wrote: »

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1352236559471423490?s=19

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1352225770702331907?s=19

https://twitter.com/MaryLouMcDonald/status/1352271449529196546?s=19

Just cos someone tweets it, doesn’t make it so.

CarProblem

markodaly wrote: »

No one cares too much about this story anymore.

I think you could be half right actually. FG lost my vote in 2016 and can't exactly continue to lose it. The parties it reflects badly on are not parties I'd consider voting for

If killing hundreds (if not thousands) of citizens* through sheer incompetent handling of a pandemic won't stop people voting for a party I can't imagine this will either.

From my own point of view I used to think Varadkar was merely a useless, arrogant spoofer. No I think he's a useless, arrogant, spoofing liar and snake in the grass

Has Blanch tried the "look over there, it's SF" or tried to bring homophobia into it (again)?

*awaits comment about IRA - note I've never voted SF in my life nor do I intend to anytime soon

RandomViewer

Larbre34 wrote: »

Remind us how that concluded again?

Assume the government parties have cut all ties with Teri Prone since last week?

McMurphy

Deleted User wrote: »

Just cos someone tweets it, doesn’t make it so.

The FOI documents are false now is it ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VAym1b8jnY

Larbre34

[Deleted User] wrote: »

his motivation is neither here,nor there....he shouldnt be handing out confidential documents to his mates

As has been said before, that version of the document was neither confidential by then, nor was it leaked.

McMurphy

Being discussed on Matt Cooper now.

Larbre34

Larbre34 wrote: »

As has been said before, that version of the document was neither confidential by then, nor was it leaked.

mate....it literally had confidemtial wrote across it


If it wasnt leaked,nor confidemtial....why wasnt it available for public consumption requiring it to be sent to someones home,and not the nagp headquarters across the road from the dail??


Why was stephen donnolly in the dail,still looking for it a fortnight after it was leaked to varadkars mate??



The whole yearn ffg are pulling around deosnt stand up to even rudimentry scrutiny.....smells of coverup imo

Brendan Bendar

mariaalice wrote: »

It moved on for the adventures of SF to this thread.

Most of you are coming across as a bunch of playgrounds bullies, scary to think some of the posters might be assisting a politician or involved in policy or are anyway near a TD.

Maria.... word of advice........don’t be scared about what’s on offer here.

We are dealing with what folk call ‘the grunts’ here, the scary lads are up in the whins and heather.

Be not afraid........;)

marieholmfan

CarProblem wrote: »

If killing hundreds (if not thousands) of citizens* through sheer incompetent handling of a pandemic won't stop people voting for a party I can't imagine this will either.

A bit histrionic.

CarProblem wrote: »

From my own point of view I used to think Varadkar was merely a useless, arrogant spoofer. No I think he's a useless, arrogant, spoofing liar and snake in the grass

Tough but fair.

mariaalice

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Maria.... word of advice........don’t be scared about what’s on offer here.

We are dealing with what folk call ‘the grunts’ here, the scary lads are up in the whins and heather.

Be not afraid........;)

I take boards with a large pinch of salt but post the Trump era tone in political content on social media is very important.

mariaalice

mariaalice wrote: »

I take boards with a large pinch of salt but post the Trump era tone in political content on social media is very important.

Indeed surely refering to people as "grunts," should fall into an area of concern & rethoric that deosnt help anyone?

ohnonotgmail

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Maria.... word of advice........don’t be scared about what’s on offer here.

We are dealing with what folk call ‘the grunts’ here, the scary lads are up in the whins and heather.

Be not afraid........;)

can you clarify who it is you are referring to as "grunts"?

Brendan Bendar

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

can you clarify who it is you are referring to as "grunts"?

No

I’m not referring to anybody as ‘grunts’

Muahahaha

Deleted User wrote: »

Indeed surely refering to people as "grunts," should fall into an area of concern & rethoric that deosnt help anyone?

Theres a lot of anger around here and you can see it getting vented when the name calling begins

weldoninhio

Larbre34 wrote: »

As has been said before, that version of the document was neither confidential by then, nor was it leaked.

So Leotheleak also lied in the Dail when he stated that it was confidential when he sent it?

I Am The Law

weldoninhio wrote: »

So Leotheleak also lied in the Dail when he stated that it was confidential when he sent it?

Leo is toast.

Floppybits

I Am The Law wrote: »

Leo is toast.

It would be nice to think so and other states he would have been sacked already. As long as he is leader of FG and his disciples in FG support him he wont be going anywhere. You can see it on here with posters tying themselves up in knots defending him but would be at the front of a queue with their pitchforks if it was a TD from an opposition party.

McMurphy

Floppybits wrote: »

It would be nice to think so and other states he would have been sacked already. As long as he is leader of FG and his disciples in FG support him he wont be going anywhere. You can see it on here with posters tying themselves up in knots defending him but would be at the front of a queue with their pitchforks if it was a TD from an opposition party.

Let's hope that's literally.

I've started to admire the Shinners a good bit more since FG really started to lose their shyt about the reality of finally having a meaningful opposition.

Plus, the Shinners have some serious vote winners on their team these days. Folk who can just open their mouths, say a few words and they can literally drive people into the polls to vote for SF.

Top of my head.......There's Mary Lou,


Pearse Doherty,


Rose Conway-Walsh.


Leo Varadkar......

Marty1983

I think Leo feels like we are all actually stupid and we should get over it.

This is a matter of right and wrong and he did the latter.

I cant stand the man, i find him a smarmy PR stunt in a suit.

His front bench mush be watching eachother to see if anyone is going to make a move, he who yields the knife rarely wears the crown.

smurgen

I Am The Law wrote: »

Leo is toast.

Listen to the warnings given out by the department about the confidentiality of the document before it was leaked. Publically available it was not.

https://twitter.com/KieranFeely/status/1352341984833376257?s=19

RandomViewer

Varadkar could probably get caught doing anything and FF and the Greens will still support him,

markodaly

McMurphy wrote: »

She swanned off to Brussels. Maybe you have a different recollection of what conclusion was reached.

She was fully exonerated by an independent report.

McMurphy

markodaly wrote: »

She was fully exonerated by an independent report.

Lol, the last time you went through this you eventually had to slink off with your tail between your legs.

Where, in the independent report, was she, Frances Fitzgerald, exonerated for misleading the Dail and her then Taoiseach mark?

Here, I'll even link you to it. http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Third_Interim_Report_121254.pdf

You went off to fetch that part last time you went through this pantomime, and you never did comeback.

Why oh why would you voluntarily embarrass yourself again over something you know well is going to end up with you and egg on face?


Martin and McDonald refuse to apologise to Fitzgerald

markodaly

McMurphy wrote: »

Lol, the last time you went through this you eventually had to slink off with your tail between your legs.

Where, in the independent report, was she, Frances Fitzgerald, exonerated for misleading the Dail and her then Taoiseach mark?

Here, I'll even link you to it. http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Third_Interim_Report_121254.pdf

You went off to fetch that part last time you went through this pantomime, and you never did comeback.

Why oh why would you voluntarily embarrass yourself again over something you know well is going to end up with you and egg on face?

Not at all, I have the actual facts and truth on my side.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/frances-fitzgerald-acted-appropriately-at-all-times-charleton-1.3660184

The Charleton Tribunal has fully accepted the evidence of former tánaiste and minister for justice Frances Fitzgerald about her knowledge of, and responses to, an alleged Garda strategy to undermine the reputation of Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe.

The Tribunal report gives a clear exoneration to Ms Fitzgerald, who was forced to resign from the Government in November 2017 as a result of the political controversy surrounding her role.

The Tribunal has found she acted appropriately at all times, and had been the political victim of a furore that escalated from a misconception of the Garda strategy towards Sgt McCabe at the O’Higgins Commission two years earlier in 2015.

McMurphy

markodaly wrote: »

Not at all, I have the actual facts and truth on my side.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/frances-fitzgerald-acted-appropriately-at-all-times-charleton-1.3660184

Where did it exonerate her for misleading the Dail mark?


Tánaiste under fire: Fitzgerald humiliated as Government makes fifth U-turn on McCabe

golfball37

She claimed not to have seen an email with a subject line of the biggest justice scandal for years whilst she was minister for justice?
She did something wrong no matter how it’s spun. Either willfully or through incompetence- take your pick