Dan Boyle has no confidence in Willie O'Dea

A Green has something in common with the rest of the country ????

That's a first!

Just nicked this from elsewhere, interesting!

I heard a very interesting tale tonight from my contact inside Leinster House.
Brian Lenihan in the chamber speaking on the motion. Time came for Eamonn Ryan to speak, Ryan was nowhere in sight, so Lenihan had to speak on into the Greens' time.
Meanwhile, outside in the corridor, John Gormley telling Ryan in no uncertain terms to get in there and make that speech, and Ryan very reluctant to do so. Eventually he went in and did as bid.

That's what I'm told anyway by my spy.

I heard Caoimhin O Caolain of SF reference that Ryan had gone walkabout and then shuffled back in, when he made his speech this afternoon.

Arnold Layne wrote: »

If he is so unconformtable, why doesn't he resign his Fianna Fail appointed Senate Seat? He'll probably be on the radio tomorrow justifying the Green support of another FF perjurer

At the very least Boyle must resign from the Greens if he is to be taken seriously.

Some info from P.ie :


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Originally Posted by QuizMaster
I heard a very interesting tale tonight from my contact inside Leinster House.
Brian Lenihan in the chamber speaking on the motion. Time came for Eamonn Ryan to speak, Ryan was nowhere in sight, so Lenihan had to speak on into the Greens' time.
Meanwhile, outside in the corridor, John Gormley telling Ryan in no uncertain terms to get in there and make that speech, and Ryan very reluctant to do so. Eventually he went in and did as bid.

That's what I'm told anyway by my spy.

Thats interesting.

I was told something very similar.
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Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Would have the potential to bring down the government however the problem is the Greens at the moment are finished, perhaps in worse condition than the PD's were in the last election, no way will they go before the people at this stage. Boyle should set up the New Greens or similar and he would take the Green vote that was there.

Boyle is a serial election loser; he has no credibility in Cork whatsoever - he made himself look ridiculaous with his feud with chris O leary.

walshb wrote: »

This mater should be far from over. It is now a matter for the Gardai and the DPP, and this ridiculous, "done and dusted" stance is not on. I won't hold my breath though

Correct, either there is respect for the laws of the land or no citizen is obliged to respect the law. We can have democracy or FF/Green Party anarchy.
The curious thing about this is that it puts FF and the Green party on the same moral level as Sinn Feinn. If one could contemplate voting for Ff or Greens, then is no moral obstacle, now, for voting Sinn Feinn.

taconnol wrote: »

Yes - everything that a FF TD does gets turned into a story about how the Greens voted on it. That's exactly my point.

Then start voting the right way it! Simple!

taconnol wrote: »

Oh, we're quite used to it, thank you. But on the subject of sharing the blame. Where are all the condemnations of the 74 FF TDs voting in favour?

Because we expect self-interest and corruption from FF.

And if the Greens want to tar themselves with the same brush, they'd do well to remember what happened the PDs.......a party that also started off with morals and ethics and sold them at the altar of FF.

But keep going......after all the goings-on since the u-turn post-election, we won't have cause for surprise for much longer.....it'll be a given that the Greens will prop up FF at any cost.

taconnol wrote: »

I see.

So according to your logic, the Greens should just reduce their expectations in the eyes of the voters so that we reach the point where there are "no surprises" and therefore we get none of the flak?

Every party sells itself on its ethics - let's have a bit of a reality check.

Incorrect, the Greens explicitly sold themselves on the basis of being more ethical than anyother party in the republic. If you put yourselves up on the high moral ground, above all others, then you must be judged accordingly. The PDs took many years before selling out to the FFers; the Greens sold out as soon as they put their arses on Ministerial seats. The Greens only motivation now is power, money and power. Their claims about the environment now deserve to be taken as seriousily as a Willie O dea affidavit ! The Greens are not interested in saving the environment, they only want to exploit it for money, for politicial careers, for Ministerial salaries, pensions and Ministerial cars. The greens are not part of the problem, they are the problem.
The Green Party is the ultimate ' Whited Sepulchre'.