Historic defeat of Fianna Fail

[grit]

Most Irish parent baptise their kids because they are catholic, nothing to do with school places. Schools don't turn away kids for being non-catholics anyway - there isn't the same pressure on places as there is over here.

They don't explicitly however the discrimination is still there, without a doubt.the Irish waiting lists are pretty long

 

[rekil]

Mass non-payment of the household charge. Less than half of those eligible paid up. RTE.

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter said that he thought Sinn Fein and the protesters should “get a life”.

Large protest at the FG ard fheis.



Meanwhile...

Environment Minister Phil Hogan, who is in the eye of a storm over the household charge, is refusing to pay service charges on his penthouse apartment in Portugal, the Sunday Independent can reveal.

Mr Hogan, who has an apartment in Villamoura on the Algarve, has an outstanding service charge of €4,320, according to a 'debtors' list document dated March 27.

Yesterday, the minister confirmed that fees "of that order" were outstanding but said that he was in dispute with the apartment complex's management company.

"Would you pay a charge if you were unhappy with the service?" he asked.

 

[Casually Red]

O'Connor is certainly scraping the bottom of the barrel.

OConnor is the bottom of the barrel

 

[Casually Red]

Me neither. I bet he has a lovingly assembled collection of Bill Hicks CDs. The idiot.

an online video he once posted of his daily political routine reveals he has a nazi Gestapo flag hanging on the wall of one of his rooms at home. Bit odd that .

 

[grit]

OConnor is the bottom of the barrel

There are a few contenders for that throne

 

[rekil]

Better video of saturday's demo by Paula Geraghty.

 

[rekil]

Horsey with attitude. Let 'em have it Dr.Neigh.

Pics.

 

[Gingerman]

 

[rekil]

Gilmore taking the piss at Labour conference.

The work that we have to do, is to guide our country through this crisis, and from it build a better Ireland. To take our country back from the profiteers, and to renew our Republic.

Cunt.

 

[rekil]

Labour conference in Galway was sort of stormed today.

Hundreds of angry protesters stormed Garda barricades at a Labour Party conference today.

Crowds of placard-waving campaigners broke through security lines to picket the Bailey Allen building at NUI Galway, where the coalition party was holding its annual party meeting.

The protesters used a coffin draped in the Irish flag as a battering ram, chanting: “They say cut back, we say fight back.”

Irish Times.

Placards were carried with pictures of Labour Party founder and 1916 martyr James Connolly and the message, “Shame on you, Labour working-class traitors”.

Participants came from as far afield as Crumlin, Kimmage, Walkinstown and Dun Laoghaire in Co Dublin; Falcarragh and Gortahork in Donegal; Wexford; North Leitrim and West Limerick.

[...]

Slogans such as “Labour Party, we know you; You’re a f---ing Blueshirt too” and “The people united will never be defeated” were chanted by the protesters.

Vid1.

Vid2.

Protest may be a bit of a nuisance but loosing tv signal for grand national is a real annoyance #lp12

 

[bolshiebhoy]

Blueshirt? Get over it shinners.

 

[Fedayn]

Blueshirt? Get over it shinners.

Not a shinner led demo as it goes.

 

[rekil]

First time pepper spray has been used at a demo and it's at the 100th anniversary of Labour's founding. Comrade Boyd Barrett claims 'foreigners' infiltrated the protest. ETA: not sure about that, some media mischief afoot.

 

[bignose1]

When he was told to put his helmet on it wasnt quite what he thought....

 

[Gingerman]

Gives new meaning to the term "Horse mounted cop"

 

[Idris2002]

Now a Labour mayor of Killarney has proposed that FF and Labour should merge:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/irelan...ossible-fianna-fail-labour-merger-190849.html

What the fuckity-fuck-fuck?

 

[rekil]

What a fucking brassed -necked twat,him and the Sindo ass-kissed Bertie almost to death when he was Tea-Shock.

Vincent Browne article on this chicanery here.

The first 3½ months of 2007, the year of a general election in May, the Sunday Independent engaged in a characteristically choreographed agenda – targeting Ahern and the Fianna Fáil-led government.

On January 7th, 2007, on page one, was an opinion piece by columnist Brendan O’Connor, speculating what the media reaction would be had Enda Kenny received a load of money from businessmen while he was minister for finance (as Ahern had done).

Inside was a story headed, “Bertie snubs Miriam in Who’s Who” – Miriam being Ahern’s estranged wife.

There was another piece on jobbery and State boards, and an editorial on how the taxpayers were conned for the third time by the Ahern-led government.

[....]

But then, suddenly, there was a compete volte-face. And no explanation.

On April 22nd, 2007, there was an exclusive facilitatory interview with Ahern on stamp duty “reform”.

On April 29th the Sunday Independent had an exclusive on the date of the election, supplied by their new pal Ahern. And, for good measure, it had another exclusive interview with Ahern, by the paper’s then editor, the late Aengus Fanning.

[....]

On May 20th, 2007, the Sunday before the election, the headline was: “Bertie boosted in poll – blow for Fine Gael.” Another headline on the front page: “Media tried to scupper Bertie, claims loyal Miriam” (a reference to Ahern’s former wife) and inside: “Ahern personal finances not an election issue.”

So how come this spectacular turnaround? This could all be a compete coincidence, of course, but during the week that the extraordinary U-turn was undertaken – this was the week beginning April 16th, 2007 – a private undisclosed meeting took place between Tony O’Reilly and Ahern, accompanied by Brian Cowen.

 

[flypanam]

First time pepper spray has been used at a demo and it's at the 100th anniversary of Labour's founding. Comrade Boyd Barrett claims 'foreigners' infiltrated the protest.
ETA: not sure about that, some media mischief afoot.

What media source claimed that?

 

[rekil]

What media source claimed that?

Reported via fucking twitter and then turned up in the fucking indo. He denies saying it.

 

[flypanam]

Reported via fucking twitter and then turned up in the fucking indo. He denies saying it.

For all his faults it doesn't strike me as something he would say.

Lazy Indo journalists.

What's their usual defence?

I suspect it's 'Tony O'R didn't make me do it. I did it all my own self!'

 

[rekil]

For all his faults it doesn't strike me as something he would say.

Lazy Indo journalists.

What's their usual defence?

I suspect it's 'Tony O'R didn't make me do it. I did it all my own self!'

There's a state of measured lunacy prevailing here atm, people coming out with all sorts of weird shit, so on the one hand nothing anyone says is particularly surprising, but on the other, the indo - plus ca change.

 

[Idris2002]

For all his faults it doesn't strike me as something he would say.

'

I have to agree, I'm afraid.

 

[rekil]

Battle of Vita Cortex comes to an end after 161 days.

One of the longest-running industrial relations protests in the history of the State ended in Cork today.

On Day 161, the marathon sit-in protest at the Vita Cortex factory ended with a ceremonial march out the gate.

The 23 workers who occupied the factory since December 16 have now all been paid an undisclosed sum by company owner, Jack Ronan, as the final part of their redundancy.

The workers were due to leave the foam factory for the last time when it shut down on December 16 last year. When it became clear they would not receive their redundancy package of 2.9 weeks’ wages per year of service they decided to take a stand.

 

[8den]

This is what the fiscal treaty debate has been reduced to. Sinn Fein argue for a No vote. Labour point out Sinn Fein voted for the Bank Bailout. Ergo Sinn Fein are wrong about the Fiscal Treaty, so you should vote for the Fiscal Treaty.

The Stupid. It burns.

 

[rekil]

Results of evisceration referendum here. Very low turnout and the No campaign was abysmal but Donegal and a few working class areas of Dublin just about voted against while others lost by small margins.

Dublin South West - 50.70%
Dublin North West - 53.20%
Dublin South Central - 50.90%
Donegal North East - 55.63%
Donegal South West - 54.95%

The Yes vote was highest in wealthiest areas, 75% in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin South and Dublin South East. Ah sure, they'll be grand.

 

[rekil]

This might as well go in here. Labour leader and Tatler's Irish 'Woman Of The Year' Joan Burton trapped in a car for about 3 hours in Jobstown Tallaght yesterday by water protesters.

http://www.thejournal.ie/burton-water-balloon-1783079-Nov2014/

Gardai never missing an opportunity to chance their arm.

A Garda spokeswoman said two officers required medical treatment after the incident and described the injuries as “non life threatening”.

Somewhat suspiciously, people in Jobstown had no water this morning.

Best comment on the twitter machine from a FF senator (Trinity law graduate) who lost his seat in 2011. It's not an endorsement of the protesters.



And yet, they are wriggling.

Joan Burton hints at three-year cap for water charges.

The Coalition parties are hoping the package with significantly reduced charges will be enough to encourage a majority of households in the State to register with Irish Water and end the ongoing crisis.

She said that as a former accountant, she believed Irish Water had been set up too quickly and needed several years before it could operate properly.

 

[Limerick Red]

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...y-runs-gauntlet-of-water-protesters-1.2002884

 

[Nigel Irritable]

The film of the cops stripping Paul Murphy half naked as they try to drag him off the road is hilarious. The photo of the cops pepper spraying teenage girls less so.

The red baiting in the press here about the Trot/anarcho/dissident/thug conspiracy to stop water charges seemed to have quietened down for a few days. I was almost starting to miss it. Today it's back in full flood. You'd think that the Anti Austerity Alliance had unleashed a secret army of thugs to burn Jobstown to the ground and Paul had personally strung Burton up from a lamppost.

 

[rekil]

The film of the cops stripping Paul Murphy half naked as they try to drag him off the road is hilarious. The photo of the cops pepper spraying teenage girls less so.

The red baiting in the press here about the Trot/anarcho/dissident/thug conspiracy to stop water charges seemed to have quietened down for a few days. I was almost starting to miss it. Today it's back in full flood. You'd think that the AAA had unleashed a secret army of thugs to burn Jobstown to the ground and string Burton up from a lamppost.

I did enjoy Declan Lynch's sindo piece. He's the kind of crappy hack who's been turning out his column in his sleep but this is more or less on the ball and to the point.

Once you've held the line that there is a whole class of people who are entitled to everything to which those beneath them are not entitled - things like truckloads of money, and more truckloads of money on top of that - you are bound to feel strong in your faith, perhaps invincible.

So when something like Irish Water arrives, with all that lovely public money about to start flowing through the pipes, you hardly even have to think about filling up the old truck and sending it out there again with its massive load. You just do it, and you work out the reasons for it later.

 

[krtek a houby]

They don't explicitly however the discrimination is still there, without a doubt.the Irish waiting lists are pretty long

Yup. It was implied that my niece and nephew would be better off being baptised so they could get into the local school...