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MICHAEL NOONAN HAS described Fianna Fail job spokesman Dara Calleary as “like the arsonist that set fire to the building giving out to the fire brigade for not putting out the fire fast enough”.
The Finance Minister was responding to accusations in the Dail this morning that he has failed to deliver a deal on retrospective recapitalisation for bailed-out Irish banks.
Calleary retorted: “You’ve had three years to put out the fire…but you haven’t put any water on it.”
He said that the Government had trumpted a 2012 agreement on the European Stability Mechanism as “a game changer” and “a big deal”.
“Now it seems it’s wait and see”, he told the minister.
Noonan said that a decision will be made on whether or not to apply for retrospective bank recapitalisation in November, when it is anticipated the ESM will be in place.
Last year a deal was struck that could allow retrospective applications to the €500 billion fund.
Brussels, however, is reportedly playing down the possibility of a deal on recapitalisation of the Irish banks.
Nama staff
In response to questioning from Sinn Fein finance spokesman Pearse Doherty, Noonan admitted that the departure of staff from Nama to private sector property companies was “an issue of concern”.
He added that there was no current example of it causing a problem, but acknowledged that many employees may be tempted away from the state’s bad bank as it approaches its wind-up date.
He said that he is “open to discussion” on remedies to the issue, including potentially a “golden handcuffs” deal for employees, whereby some of their remuneration would be conditional upon staying with the agency until a certain date.
Doherty said that “the private sector are poaching the best in Nama…the problem is that the cooling off periods are not active.”
He continued:
“There does seem to be a conflict…there is a massive concern that we’ve allowed that situation to develop”.
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“Politicians shouldn’t fear for their safety”???
Neither should the law abiding citizens, but we do.
Ministers and Judges take note……..
@ John
i remember Mary Lou was on The Week In Politics
she tried to deflect Jobstown
some nonsense about people have been pushed too far as if that somehow excused justified what they did
nothing to fear if she represented the electorate, we are not talking about some odd ball crazies operating out of their bedroom, she and they are disliked the length and breath of the country
says it all no?
Nail on head, Ciaran
Piss off, Kenny!
Stop telling lies, do what you’re paid to do and honour your promises to electorate!
just as well they dont live in Saudi Arabia hey enda @john,,,more serious note how the fk did lab/fg in gov support the Saudis as chair of UN human rights committee,, thus supporting 47 executions last week
Joan Burton: Politicians shouldn’t fear for their safety in a boat in shallow water while looking for the perfect illusionary photo, but I do
We fear for our safety because of your government putting rich cronies first in all decision made by your government joan hopefull you get to feel these desissions to by people not voting you or your incompent govermment in next election
Be in fear alright. Any posts I put up regarding Gemma O’ Doherty and the penalty points cancellation scandal she is investigating have been taken down from the garda recruitment article. Mention corruption in this state and it’s game over yet they go after water protesters.
I agree with iPhone Joan that politicians should feel safe & should not be threatened on social media or by extreme confrontation no matter what the situation. I would also say to joan herself that politicians should not be exclusive to such protection & that every citizen of Ireland should be afforded the same rights including protection from economic terrorism from people like herself & her fellow tds in the Dail.
This will be an election were politicians will be judge on their past performance and not shite talk about what they will do……. And they know it and are very very scared…
It’s a bus pass for Joan to go along with all her pensions, I hope she doesn’t enjoy her retirement and meets a lot of people who she penalised before she meets her maker,she is one horrible woman.
I would go as far as saying this coillition has been and is hated by the vast majority of the electorate in working class areas, this election can’t come quick enough to vote these labour traitors out. And only now is Burton wondering why her and her pack aren’t welcome on people’s doorsteps, disconnected or what …..???
I’ll risk it and sneak in my comment here on Michael Fingleton here…sorry Joan.
They should leave that poor man alone to spend his millions instead of haranguing him. If he’s dragged from pillar to post on legal stuff when will he get the time to spend all that loot…sorry…pension?.
Good on you, Fingers, give ‘em the finger….
I’m worried that fg will still do very well, which is confounding
Paul,she is worse than miserable-mediocre is the word.
But she is not unique in being both..
can we tie the politicans to a cows arse and give them a good scuttering ?? that be ok surely ?
Hard to listen to her on television let alone on the street, sincere as a prostitutes kiss
Nearly all the comments here demonstrate exactly what herself was saying – and sure throw in a bit of sexism and misogyny while you are it. The quality of political debate determines the quality of politician you get and based in the commentary here we will have a chaotic rabble of a Dáil after the next election where crudity and ill-informed opinion substitute for Governance, where instant masturbatory gratification trumps societal benefit. Grow up the lot of ye.
Instant masturbatory gratification. Not in the same sentence as Joan hotbank, please man. Thats crudity.
Hot bank, is this post the level of your ability to debate the issues of the day? Hopefully you’re not standing in the election…..
HOTBank, what the comments here demonstrate is the polls whose figures show that FG would win a GE in the morning are lies.Lies touted by FG’s benefactor in his propaganda rag,
Lol.
Well then don’t fu(k the good people over at our expense, and expect a pat on the back for it.
So threats and vitriol are OK in your book?
Politicians should be aware of how people feel about them. Call it democratic feedback.
No. Call it threats and vitriol. Sugar coat it all you want, but it is what it is. Be as critical as you want, but don’t get personal.
Oh no!!!! The kind of people who like to hide behind a screen and fling personal abuse at politicians don’t like what I said. How will I cope. Haha.
Putting the sarcasm aside here, your reaction to downvotes is hypocritical. You criticise verbally agressive dissent and when you’re voted down silently you criticise that too. People are entitled to their opinion, and to voice that opinion. Politicians should be aware of what people think. And while I’m against threatening people as a rule, each one should be taken with a pinch of salt. We don’t throw punches at our politicians here, we paint them taking a shit.
JJ ó Riordan, politicians, like everyone else should feel safe to go about their business but their job is to represent the people. If they don’t listen, then they’re not doing their job. If they claim to represent people and then patronise them, if they make election promises and fail to keep them, then what do they expect? Over the years protests have taken place in Europe, and ended in severe violence. Nothing comparable has happened here in recent times. Protests have been peaceful, often in spite of serious provocation. Hopefully the day has come when politicians realise it is the electorate they are really accountable to, not the Troika and the multinationals and their big business buddies. If they do realise that then they will start to listen and we may see real change. Your comments show no understanding of what gave rise to the depth of feeling the lead to some of the events which took place. I’m not in favour of violent protest but I truly despise this government for its lies, failures and betrayal of us. Joan Burton and the rest of Labour have betrayed everything they were supposed to stand for. It’s not vitriol to call her a liar and a traitor, it’s just the truth
rammed!
Are you referring to the threats to raise taxes if people did not pay a third time for water or is it the threat of jail for not paying property tax ? and perhaps the “vitriol” in your sentence is in relation to the tripe Burton spouts both inside and outside The Dail chamber.
Well said Noirin.
Well Joan should remember Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Newton’s Third Law.
Hello JJ .
Will you be attending any 1916 commemorations?
JJ, false promises, wholesale corruption, corrupt police force, politicising of the judiciary and police, using draconian legislation forced through the Dail to force compliance, the selling off of the country’s assets so private business can profit, no government owns these assets, they are required to manage them on behalf of the people. That’s only for starters, that’s OK in your book?
Who’s hiding Mr JJ O no profile pic, defending the indefensible,
She always makes a point of engaging with people pull the other one Joan ….did you try engage with people in jobs town and on many other occassions NO just hid behind the guards what a joke of a politician …bring on the election
How the f do you engage with people who have you surrounded in your car? Grow up!
First off don’t let it become one of the most deprived areas of Europe. Secondly she had many chances to leave, none of which were taken
@ Martin O Donnell
if she was never under duress
if she was never trapped
then who was Paul Murphy referring to when he said will we let HER go?
Cars have a thing called doors, ah never mind your not worth the effort
Never mind the armed Gardai surrounding her. She had nothing to fear and she knew it. It was a staged event to damage the anti water charges movement.
she could have got out and apologised publicly for the harm and hurt she and her party have caused, she could have addressed their concerns, A hell of a lot she could have done, but she didn’t, did she?
I agree there. I don’t trust that champagne socialist Murphy any more than Moany Joan
Is this a form of feedback on how any particular group is received on the doors? Joan has not demonstrated a willingness to be forthcoming in the Dail in explaining or quantifying or justifying Labour in government as far as I can see. Perhaps in the very short time left she might reflect on that?
@ Caitriona McClean
” Joan has not demonstrated a willingness to be forthcoming ”
Mary Lou deliberately got herself thrown out of the Dail twice to deflect sex abuse
is that what you consider forthcoming ?
Two wrongs don’t make a right enda
Did she really? Easy to make that claim without proof. She was thrown out of the Dáil. for challenging the bias of Seán Barrett in his chairing of the budget debate. Bias we witness first hand on a regular basis. Incidentally this was also the same day Enda Kenny made threatening gestures towards Mary Lou but no censure for Enda.
As for deflecting from child abuse. At the same time the Govt and FF parties were so concerned about Mairia Cahill and her still unproven allegations (despite being offered her day in court) there were over 8,500 children in this jurisdiction without an allocated social worker. 3,000, yes three thousand, of those children were deemed high risk of neglect, physical abuse or sexual abuse. If you were to accept what MC claims there potentially thousands/hundreds like her in every constituency up and down the country crying out for help. What were our politicians doing about it? Sweet FA. They were too busy baying for SF blood. Hypocrites, each and every one of them alongside our media.
Our politicians are also allowing this to happen http://www.thejournal.ie/children-sexual-abuse-2530771-Jan2016/
If I meet Joan Burton or indeed any other politician I will be asking them why they care so little for our children and their welfare. If they don’t like it tough. Time for them to be called out of their hypocrisy.
Gemma O’Doherty @gemmaod1 20 Dec 2015
Ann Doherty has asked Deputy Martin why he met Mairia Cahill, whose alleged offence took place outside the jurisdiction, but won’t meet her
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@Enda and ISIS killed another group of civilians in Syria…does that also make it ok for Joan Burton to behave in the manner she has and does in the Dail!? Refer to the topic and question in scope in relation to Joan Burton’s behaviour. Answering referring to someone elses behaviour is complete nonsense and does not deflect from the point at hand!
@Kerry Wynne
“…there were over 8,500 children in this jurisdiction without an allocated social worker. 3,000, yes three thousand, of those children were deemed high risk of neglect, physical abuse or sexual abuse.”
Child neglect and physical and sexual abuse of children are crimes and are thus matters for the Gardaí to investigate. So why would it be necessary to allocate a social worker to every single one of these children? Don’t forget about the poor performance of social workers in the Kilkenny and Roscommon cases. In the Roscommon case, the fact that the children’s hygienic needs were not met means that it was obvious that they were neglected and thus that there was justification for taking them into care at an early stage.
With regard to the Maíria Cahill case, I acknowledge that I was hasty with regard to the comments that I made on previous Journal pages. You are right: the allegation that she made was not proven and thus we don’t know whether or not she was raped.
@Kerry Wynne
“Our politicians are also allowing this to happen http://www.thejournal.ie/children-sexual-abuse-2530771-Jan2016/”
With regard to that story, I’m suspicious of private organisations that claim to have the protection of children as their aim. Don’t forget that the ISPCC, when it was known as the NSPCC, took children from their parents and placed them in institutions. That fact is illustrated by the fact-based film “Evelyn”, in which the eponymous girl’s father was played by Pierce Brosnan.
@ Ciaran Masterson Yes they are crimes and yes they should be investigated but we are talking about children. How do you suggest they should be investigated? Dealing with children who are victims of abuse be it neglect, physical abuse or sexual abuse requires skills that Gardaí do not have and Gardaí should not have to deal with them on their own. In order for Gardaí to act it first has to be established that abuse has/is taking place. It has to be a combined effort from medical staff, social workers, welfare offivers, Gardaí etc
There has been a systemic failure to deal with child abuse in this country for years and Govt after Govt have failed children, Taking children into care in the early stages is not always the answer and that decision is not the decision of any one worker or team of workers (and rightly so). What many do not realise is that it is the decision of the courts whether or not a child is taken into care. I am aware of cases where trojan work has been done in preparing and taking a case to court and the court has disagreed with children being removed from the home. I do not know the full details of what happened in Roscommon & Kilkenny but it is appalling that children had to suffer. However blaming the social workers is a get out. What about their supervisors? The teachers and welfare officers who no doubt were involved? The medical staff? etc etc. Social workers are a very easy target when something goes wrong but in every case I am aware of, the social worker was one part of a team.
Our politicians are failing children again and again. What they did with Mairia Cahill was disgusting and disgraceful While they were all running around after her, appearing on the plinth, hugging her and holding her up as some God, thousands of children in this country, that they have responsibility for were crying out for help. They failed them and they failed us. Shame on the all, each and every one of them.
I don’t know enough about this organisation to comment but it has highlighted the hypocrisy of our Govt and media. Our media are just as guilty. They have lapped up every soundbite uttered by those who have political agendas and printed the most outrageous claims as facts, vilifying many in the process, while ignoring the genuine plight of so many of our children
Forthcoming is a kindness when lab mouth Joan meets and greets all of Ireland and justifies them being lab rats for Europe and the elite class.
Experiment thesis by Mr Kenny and motor mouth Joan Burton.
Irish people are to be subjected to all decisions by the four headed committee.
Homelessness, heavy stealth taxes, banking over charging , longer than ever hospital waiting lists…
I see why she might feel worried about meeting us lab rats the voters.
Kenny donkey for Euro did not burn bond holders but Portugal did a week ago.
The experiment in Ireland proved not burning bond holders is not good for Europe. Too many people suffer.
If they come knocking on my door beware. I am ready for you.
@Kerry Wynne
“I do not know the full details of what happened in Roscommon & Kilkenny but it is appalling that children had to suffer. However blaming the social workers is a get out. What about their supervisors? The teachers and welfare officers who no doubt were involved? The medical staff? etc etc. Social workers are a very easy target when something goes wrong but in every case I am aware of, the social worker was one part of a team.”
I’m aware that the Roscommon mother had obtained an injunction but the health board failed to appeal the injunction. That is an unanswered question.
You’ve got a point about the “get out”. Another unanswered question is the failure of the Gardaí to arrest the mother for child neglect at an early stage. The evidence of child neglect was as clear as daylight. The failure to meet the victims’ hygienic needs meant that other children at the school couldn’t bear to be near them.
There is now such hatred for these politicians and the misery they have inflicted on people that God knows what will happen happen when they they come around telling their lies again. Personally I won’t give them the time of day but I think they know what people feel and most of them won’t even canvas.
*the government we have are up to their neck in murder and abuse too, but only on a much much grander scale! (RCC Enda???)
Enda how far do you want to go back discussing murder and abuse?90s, 80s,70s,20s. The good friday agreement was signed over 20 years ago. You cannot have it both ways .You critisized sf when the troubles were on and now you critisiize them when the troubles are no more. The fact is the whole lot of ye, ff,fg and lab are afraid of sf because they have upset the applecart. Lab in particular know they are finished and while I dont think sf will get into power this time I think the penny has dropped for a lot of people of how this country has been run by the elite for the elite.
An awful lot of Irish people now live in a constant state of fear as a direct result of the policies Joan has helped implement…and it seems to have been intentional.
Few governments have ever done as great a ‘disservice to democracy’ as this one.
What a self-deluded hypocrite.
When bus drivers got threatened the response was to lock bus drivers in glass cages, when bank tellers got threatened the response was to lock them behind plexiglass, when cash in transit drivers got threatened the were locked in vans,
Welcome to our world minister…….
I’m all for politicians being locked away from the public.. in a facility with cells would be my first choice.
If they keep messing with people’s lives then they expose themselves to the craziness from people
FG will win the election
the recovery is here whether the wasters admit it or not
the majority of voters are law abiding people who despise Sinn Fein
some parts of this country believe violence was a means to an end but sex abuse???
come on there is no justification for that (and there never will be)
going down that vatican road was the last straw for SF
Was it SF covered up decades of abuse you tool? No, it was FG and FF. As you well know.
To be fair SF did cover it up in their own ranks.
@andrew. It was all of the above.
FG are just FF with different personnel. Different colour of envelopes.
The FG personal abuse wagon in good stead this morning.
Gee Enda talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
she did not look after her safety when she took a free bath in the flood waters
Serious Enda if there was a recovery for everyone why the fcuk would so many people be against this govt. And before you start saying ah its just the usual journal posters what about the likes of the peoples debate on tv3. I mean they wont even show up for gods sake.. The truth is the country is a shambles, health, housing and although some people are doing well the majority are not. Last of all what a lot of people can,t stand is the like of you blueshirts calling everyone who disagrees with you wasters. We know who the real wasters are.
Maybe it’s finally dawning on poor Joan (too late) that she is answerable to the electorate that she has been serving so badly for 5 years.
in a republic, that reckoning is done via elections after the 5 years are up. Which part of that don’t you agree with?
Justanother, the damage that has been done to the country, and people’s lives, in those 5yrs has been immense. In all their time in government the last shower of wasters never managed to do the damage FG/Lab have done in 5 yrs. How many suicides can be laid at the government’s door as a direct result of their policies. Stating 5yrs is good enough to wait for change isn’t on anymore.
She’ll be a private citizen soon enough
Yeah Richard with a nice big fat pension
More than 1 nice big fat pension Martin.
Yes and she was the one who fell out the boat next out of the Dail
Hey don’t rock the boat Joan!
“Of the people, by the people and for the people” right Joan?
When dissenting voices are not heard and calls for change fall on deaf ears, people will react in the only way open to them. If you are doubtful for your security in office, then consider a career change. When you’re not fit for your job, give someone else a chance.
Hey Joan – cry me a river baby!!! Labour sold out their core voters – people who are struggling day to day & all they can see & hear from you is more cuts, broken promises & downright lies. The people you really need protection from is yourself & from Walter Mitty Kenny – his psychotic delusions are dangerous & liable to hurt you.
I don’t condone that kind of behaviour at all but she’d do well to look at the root cause I.E their complete and utter failure in government. There are a lot of people who have suffered greatly. That coupled with violent tendencies and you’ve got a problem on your hands.
I’m getting sick of this shite. People have always talked harshly of politicians, only difference is that now it’s on the internet instead of the pub.
@ Bigus Diccus
maybe we should “protest”
ah would you ever go away and…
People going to A&E shouldn’t have to fear for their safety. People that can’t afford spiral rent increase’s shouldn’t have to fear for they and their families safety. OUT, OUT, SOON, JOAN.
“People should not fear their governments, governments should fear their people.” V for Vendetta Love that movie
Politicians meeting people “up close and personal”. That’s a joke. I saw an elderly man being pushed away from Enda Kenny, by a thug in a suit, and wearing glasses. As for Joan Burton, I saw this woman hitting a man over the head, with her promotional leaflets, because she was asked a question she didn’t like. ” Violence breeds violence”, and make no mistake, this government are just a bunch of ignorant thugs in suits.
Liebour will be just a bad memory soon….. ☺
Alan Kelly on Hogan stopping the planning inquiries at 6 cocos really sums up Labour. All talk. And action of course when it came to putting anglo debt on the taxpayer. Or agreeing pps numbers for IW.
“I enjoy very much as a politician doing that and I think people who would seek to prevent myself or any other democratic politician from being able to speak to people in the traditional Irish way, which is close-up, personal and intimate – I think they are doing a great disservice to a democracy,” Burton said.
The traditional Irish way being a politician that promises one thing but does another……or to be more exact, lies to your face up close and personal and then stuff their pockets at the Irish citizens expense when they take office.
Now….correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that a greater disservice to a democracy?
She has a head that would cure premature ejaculation!
Is she trying to rock the boat??
An election does not Give you the right to do what you like for five years and expect not be held accountable. You and your sort should be made accountable for what you did to to the people living in this country.
‘Politicians shouldnt fear for their safety’ she said, and then she issued warrants to have all the opposition leaders rounded up and charged with crimes that carry a life sentence.
Don’t worry Joan you won’t be a politician for very much longer.
Labour summed up in one photo – a group of people walking through three inches of water while pulling Joan along as she sits in a fcuk1ing Canoe:
In a democratic society, the response from the people is a reflection on the performance of the politicians, and labour’s performance has been very poor.
Neither should people left on trolleys in hospital corridors
Neither should people living in areas with no police presence
Neither should parents who’s kids are going to school hungry
Neither should families living in cars
Neither should employees on 0 hour contracts
But this is the Ireland we live in Joan Dharling
This woman is some piece of work. Playing he victim card again. “Oh won’t someone protect the poor politicians!”.
Give me a f*****g break!
People being made homeless daily and this is the crap she comes out with. Absolutely pathetic.
Politicians should be able to go anywhere without fear of being physically attacked, just like the rest of our country’s population, however I also feel that if they didn’t hear from the people they are supposed to represent they would continue to pass harsh bills and laws and have the ready made excuse of “I didn’t understand/recognise the result our decision caused”. So by all means shout at them, bring banners, demonstrate in front of the Dail but don’t physically attack them so that they can play the wounded victim! I’ve made a decision to oust them on their record and most of them are quite poor!
A digital one!!!
What does she expect? Bunch of self serving morons that do not know the first thing about economics…… go back to teaching as all you have to do Joan is stay one step ahead of the children you are teaching. Besides with a face like my ball sack she is better off staying inside.
These people deserve everything they get….. they are certainly well paid for it. If someone lies to you all the time what do they expect? a hug and a pat on the back and told they are doing a good job! These teachers do not know the first thing about basic economics, all they care about is themselves, their pockets and their associates….. nothing more.
#PhoneyJoan Thinks she is a “democratic politician”?
She thinks she has been governing Ireland as “a Democracy”?
Democracy, or democratic government, is “a system of government in which all the people of a state or polity … are involved in making decisions about its affairs”; NOT by lying to get elected, then doing the opposite of what “the people” voted for.
Her policies have “locked away” a great many people via cuts; mobility allowance, Joan? Ring a bell for you?
What of the “personal safety” of people slaughtered by her policies and cuts? Hospital waiting lists; premature deaths due to delays/lack of treatment; suicides caused by cuts; depression?
Ultimately, if #PhoneyJoan can’t stand the heat that HER OWN actions cause, she should get out of the kitchen.
If I say that a particular politician looks like a cats anus that has a dose of piles, is that a personal attack?
Politicians should not have to fear for the personal safety, after all we do live in a democratic state. What they should fear is the people anyway – the people who elected them to these positions who should, in a proper democracy, be able to oust them from their positions should they not be doing the job, we the people, appointed them to. We have sort of turned backward in our view of a democratic state and letting these so called “leaders” get away with whatever they like, funded by the peoples pocket-books. However, although most of us are wise to this fact, nothing ever changes…
- sure let’s all just post in the comments section….
Someone once told me that politics is show business for ugly people.
You’re not being signalled out Joan. All party politicians are pretty much held in the same regard at this stage. FF and the greens broke the country. FG and labour broke the people. SF and AAA would break the country again if they made it to power. Renua is a white washed version of FG. At least with the independents we’d get the pot holes fixed which is probably the best we can hope for. I’d love a job where there is no accountability for fcuk ups with a huge pension at the end of it or a job that gave me redundancy after I was essentially fired from for non performance.
Ahhh poor Joan
Water does not agree with her
Balloons, Boats, Protesters
Just a tip for the elections
Frankfurts way Joan, Frankfurts way….
If she feels that threatened she should get herself a Kevlar life-jacket to cover most possibilities.
If politicians acted in the best interest of their communities they’d never need to fear for their safety. The fact they are fearful says a lot about them and what people think of them.
We should politely vote out the politicians we don’t want but we should always respect their mandate while they have it. Street politics suits the establishment as it turns decent people away from protest and it gives people like Joan Burton an opportunity to play the victim.
I don’t doubt that our secret service have infiltrated some of the radical groups in order to foment trouble and discredit the protest movement.
For both principled and pragmatic reasons all our protests should be based on a commitment to non-violence, respect for democracy and respect for the law.
Well, she’s right, politicians SHOULDN’T have to fear for their safety, nobody should in our country. But she ask herself, why do they fear for their safety? It is because they are genuine, honest people, or is it because of their lies, deceit, corruption, condescending, extortionate ways?
I long to live in a world where all people can feel safe, not just politicians, until we can rid the word of all the evil in the world, that ain’t happening and politicians are as evil as an criminal except they get away with it.
And they never did Joan until the fine Gail labour coalition came along.
Those who were protesting about water charges are fearing the Gardaí now thanks to Joan?
Tell her we are not Spain. The last general election we never seen any off the high profile politicians in our Estate. We seen retired politicians canvasing for there party’s.All the others hid away and it will be worse this time because of the Lies that came out the mouths of Enda and Joan the Moan and this false Recovery .yes a recovery for the rich Friends of FG and Big Business
It’s been a long time since she was out “enjoying” campaigning. She may find it a bit different this time round lol….
Moan Joan is part of a Government who have made savage cuts to the poorest people in society and she wonders why people are angry. Cuts to the Disabled,the Sick, the elderly, lone parents, young peoples fees in college and people under 25 social welfare cut to 100 per week. Property tax Water Charges on top of all the cuts and austerity I cant wait to vote them out !! there the worse government in the history of this state they lied there way into office and crucified the ordinary people once elected to office. Vote them out people
Sorry Joan the time had come for you and party workers to knock on doors and answer for your treachery and compliance in a regime which has made life for the less well off and especially our disabled children intolerable. Yes they should beware I will firmly and effectively make them aware i hold them responsible for making my disabled child’s life a misery and our home a prison due to the lack of respite. So stop your threats and lectures on how we should be grateful to you.
Rotten cow…she will fall off thug boat again
If politicians did the job they were elected to do rather than trying to appease the ex bankers who all got cosy jobs in the E.U. then there would be none of that but her saying that only proves once again that politicians do not listen to the people, they listen to their leaders and their leaders only care about impressing those who run the E.U.
enda , did you or did you not have a meeting with leading Irish Muslim clerics who were looking to set up a separate police force to police the growing Muslim population under sharia law, well enda please answer this question,,
The problem is that many people live in the swamp culture of social media, where you can say what you like about others while hiding behind anonymity or non accountability. Any vulgarity or ignorant slur goes. Witness the many contributors to this and many other sites where the most vile and crude comments are made. Many of these comments are violent in intent and influence people absorbing this culture of intolerance to bring it on to the streets. Democracy is damaged in the process.
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