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ALAN KELLY HAS been warned by gardaí about threats from dissident republicans.
Appearing on RTÉ’s Saturday Night with Miriam, the Environment Minister spoke about how he, his family and his staff have received death threats since the establishment of Irish Water.
“There has been a lot of horrible stuff that has gone on and it’s difficult to talk about sometimes,” he said with emotion in his voice.
The Tipperary TD revealed that a local garda Superintendent told him recently that he was “under threat from dissident republicans”.
It’s not good that you have to go home and talk to your family about that.
“It’s one thing to have threats against yourself or nasty things said about yourself. It’s another thing for stuff to be sent to your family, your wife, your parents and, also, my staff,” he told the audience, adding that he expected to be challenged, given out to and held to account.
“My staff are workers. I come from the Labour Party. We represent workers. I’m the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
We represent people who work. These people just work for me and there’s people ringing them up saying they are going to be killed.
Kelly noted that he believes the group of people making the threats are “not really interested in water charges”.
“There is a broader issue here,” he said. “There is a small group of people in this country who just want anarchy.”
The Labour Minister dismissed criticism over the establishment of Irish Water and the introduction of water charges.
He told O’Callaghan that he would not use the word “shameful” as she had done to describe the new charge.
“I wouldn’t do anything if I didn’t think it was right,” he said, although conceding that there had been mistakes as the utility was set up.
“Yes, there were lots of mistakes made. I’m often told I got one of the largest hospital passes in political history,” he said, attempting a joke. “And I agree, by the way.”
But we did change everything around. Lots of mistakes were made around Irish Water but setting up Irish Water was not a mistake.
Water infrastructure wasn’t seen as “sexy enough” previously to attract the funding required, he explained.
“There is never a wrong time to do the right thing. I’m not doing this to be popular, obviously, I’m doing because it’s the right thing. It’s creating an infrastructure to ensure jobs.”
Kelly also believes that more people have “come around” to the idea of water bills, citing positive changes brought about by the current government before being interrupted by O’Callaghan accusing him of playing a “party political broadcast”.
The latest controversy surrounding Irish Water is the agency’s failure to publish how many customers have paid their bills so far.
Kelly claimed he did not have a figure tonight, adding that it will be revealed after a board meeting next week.
“We might be surprised with the volume of people who have paid their bills,” he hinted.
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Well, Alan Kelly is the deputy leader of the Labour party.! Who knew?!!
Is this the best Rte can do for guests. This man is a another failed labour TD who will just me a bad memory come election time
You cant red thumb the truth
http://www.fairsociety.ie/declan-kelly-the-real-environment-minister-brother-and-puppet-master-for-alan-kelly/
Irish water set up was a f### up. But to pay for water as I do for 15yrs. to get something you can drink needs lots of treatment is not cheap and to have 40% of it leak away is insane. But we protesting about the wrong thing ,we should have protested about the LPT which we are getting nothing from. We should also protested about the pensions of ex. Ministers,td,etc.but we don’t..I will protest when I see that we the tax payer are not being hijacked while on protest by people who want everything for nothing.
My I add that people who have no visible means of income to support their life style should be investigated by revenue. That lady in revenue was determined to take money from people who were tax payers if they didn’t comply to the LPT. What if they weren’t tax payers? no follow up. I am fed up with this system of easy targets by revenue, gardai,social welfare and the justice department.
“My staff are workers. I come from the Labour Party. We represent workers. I’m the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.”
All accurate- except you have sneaked one lie in among three truths
“We represent workers” should read “We represent our paymasters-the public service-and big business”
These are the people you really represent Alan.!
http://www.etcgroup.org/content/worlds-10-largest-water-companies
He will probably never go away.
RTE have a habit of wheeling has-been politicians out on their so called “guest shows” (Eamon Ryan,Pat Rabbite etc)
It’s their way of saying thank you for our own obscene salaries and pensions as the ever faithful propaganda mouthpiece of every government which-until now-has had a stranglehold on the truth,and libel threats to back up hiding the truth.
Facebook and Youtube have made RTE and its lies redundant.
How much money would the next government save by scrapping RTE.?
May as well allow Citizen Kane O’Swine to take over Montrose Studios as well, for all most good people care nowadays.!
” creating an infrastructure to ensure jobs.” Says Alan Kelly , now that’s some expense for a couple of hundred jobs. I suppose the brother’s job fits nicely in to the buying Irish water once it’s ready to sell.
@ Niamh…snap! Nice to see people are informing themselves. That’ll go down well. :-)
Oh god love him he came across as 100% sleaze ball. Labour director of elections thinks they will all be re-elected lol lol. Not a hope, come on Tipp you must be able to do better
Maybe Tipp could sit out the next election, what with them voting in the likes of Kelly, Lowery and Noel ‘ISIS’ Coonan.
I’m from tipp and agree with you. Ashamed of all of them.
Even worse , I myself voted for Alan ‘ legacy ‘ kelly. Really hoping he comes around again looking for a vote.
I emailed Alan after the Anglo debt was nationalised and demanded to know why he decided to lumber us with another debt.. No reply, just blocked from contacting him again.
Alan spends his time now jumping from one photo op to the next down here. He is like the many faces God :). He asked for the opening of some project to be delayed recently so he could get his spud head into the newspaper.
Nenagh held massive protests against Irish water too. So Alan again has selective hearing and only when it suits him.
He’s right – there IS a broader issue here – his brother and his connections and conflict of interest issues.
Please elaborate. I
I didn’t realise Alan Kelly was part of the ‘compromised by the crimes of his brother’ club of Irish politicians. You seem to have interesting information.
There is never a wrong time to do the right thing well now is the right time time to do the right thing and scrap irish water.
Seriously , what’s he trying to say with this quote. Water infrastructure wasn’t seen as “sexy enough” , bit of weird thing to say.
Or have a dedicated unified self-funding entity to manage and upgrade the infrastructure.
So hard to choose.
I vote we scrap Irish Water and leave it to our grandchildren to fix.
‘I vote we scrap Irish Water’
Seconded.
Otv when irish water is privatised your grand children may not be able to afford it.
Really why? I vote we scrap the attempt to monetise our water, that will eventually charge upwards of €1,200 per year per household and be sold off to the highest bidder, and replace it with a centralised government body with a ring fenced water tax of say €50 per year in addition to the current €1.2 billion already allocated, within 5 years all infrastructure would be updated/replaced and water wouldn’t be an issue.
I’d rather pay the market norm for a good service.
My electricity and gas costs haven’t risen as you expect water will.
Just go to bed onetruevoice..
Otv so would you have a problem with holding a referendum on irish water yes or no.
Thomas. – the evidence for the water charge going to €1,200 is? Can you elaborate please.
He means it was never a vote-getter. “I’m going to use 40% of the councils tax revenue to fix underground pipes that no one cares about! I won’t be re-lelected! yay!” said no politician ever.
All these threats to him and his family. Yet local media like the guardian never mentions these. In area as small as nenagh, not a lot happens that you don’t hear. But yet a minister and his family receiving threats only gets mentioned on national television by Mr Kelly himself. Mmmm.
yes they friggin’ have! Where the hell do live?
OTV,Your gas and electricity prices haven’t risen because there’s some measure of competition in those markets.
oooops…Sorry, left out the ‘you’. At least I can fix THAT. Onetruevoice will ALWAYS be a dickwad.
the profits the irish people will recieve from the corrib gas field will fix it,but wait a min there are no profits
My gas and electricity are the highest charges in Europe.
So now it has to be sexy! What an idiotic thing to say while his constituents are being squeezed left right and centre!
‘One true voice’ wake up and smell the coffee your extremely expensive water has made ! As soon as the cap date has passed it will sour and then it will be privatised and sold!
I’m a peaceful protester.. and I.m not a customer of irish water.
There’s a lot of anger out there about the attempted robbery of our pockets to pay for something we already pay for. While i don’t condone threats, no-one has been charged with making any. I noticed Miriam didn’t ask him the tough questions regarding his brothers business dealings, conflicts of interest and his shameful treatment of the homeless.
Ain’t that the truth, we’re just used as pawns in a money making scheme by these blaguards. Time to make a stand
and how does he know its got nothing to do with IW? I mean, yea, its a threat etc but its hardly cos his name is Kelly or because he’s a member of Labour. There are many angry people out there in relation to IW, if they react, they will react for a reason and you can bet its IW.
Why is that the journal in their headlines stare Alan Kelly had death threat as if it were a proven fact? Why was nobody arrested? Why is there no ongoing investigation? Isn’t it convenient that all these ministers get death threats at the height of controversies from dissident republicans (it’s always the republicans)? Remember Michelle mulherin having her office set on fire?
Without a shred of proof, the journal writes the headline as if it were fact. Meanwhile, the headline last week when the PSNI informed Gerry Adams he had received a bomb threat, the headline here included the words “sinn féin claims”
Disgusting little online rag. When is the indo buying this?
Ah under threat. I wonder why no one was ever arrested or caught for the hoax bomb call to his constituency office in nenagh , that happened just after he took charge of Irish water. Amazingly no one was arrested. In fact never heard a peep about after it was announced. Never heard that gardai couldn’t trace call , funny that.
Probably just a water balloon left on his doorstep.
Could have used a burner phone or sim card. You’d be amazed what people learn from TV today,
Is it really? It would take me all of 20 minutes to go buy a 20 quid phone tomorrow, top it up, and make such a call from anywhere that isn’t my residence, throw phone away.
I’m surprised that sort of thing doesn’t happen more often, how exactly would the guards be tracking that in your view?
I don’t doubt it could have been. My point was there was not a single mention of it after it was announced. You would have thought something so serious would have got a mention. Even local newspapers never mentioned it . that’s what I find strange.
Dominic , well aware that anyone can buy a payg sim or phone and use and dump. But there was absolutely no mention of it after it was announced. Diddly squat since. I am sure a local journalist from the area. Or the local weekly newspaper the guardian would have followed up on a bomb threat to the minister. But you know what. Nothing.
they did arrest some one ….a “highly disturbed woman” in Dublin “for making hundreds of threatening phone calls to politicians in the Dail and other State agencies” . http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/woman-56-arrested-over-death-threats-to-minister-and-his-family-30802009.html funny that Miriam or Alan Kelly and even the Journal never mentioned that !
Could be the case is still under investigation and can’t be brought up until it’s sorted.
Doesn’t explain why no mention of it , like I said. If it was under investigation , then surely it would have got a mention as such. But nothing . not a mention .
It says clearly that it was “a mentally disturbed woman “. It also clearly states that she made threats to Alan Kelly and his family. I take it he will continue to try to get as much mileage as possible out of this nonsense “Seamus “. By the same token any headcase can issue threats whilst claiming to be in the ira. There have been prosecutions for that in the context of harassment and extortion. Neither Mr kelly nor his family have anything to fear except his unemployment.
OK, I’ll try this again….
Could be the case is still under investigation and can’t be brought up until it’s sorted.
If a case is under investigation the DPP isn’t compelled to keep all and sundry informed via the media of what is going on. A case can come up for mention and be put back on numerous occasions until it is finally put forward for hearing. I know of one case that went on for about a year and was much more serious but there wasn’t a peep about it in the press until the actual trial took place. The media exists only to tell stories of interest and that means a trial. There is no story is in filling up column inches telling people how person X was blah blah blah… case for mention next month, SFA happening here for another while.
Seamus. I will try again. A minister from nenagh received a bomb threat to his constituency office and yet not a mention of it. Especially in the guardian, a weekly paper that comes out in that area. Now you would expect a local newspaper or journalist to have followed up this threat and if it was under investigation you would have expected to hear at least this. In fact the defence forces didn’t even get a call out to check the validity of the threat.
Rashers it clearly says that she is being investigated and that sources describe her a “highly disturbed” which leads into the case being investigated and also if the woman is indeed “highly disturbed” that means that she will have to be assessed by professionals and that could take time.
Well why don’t you ring up the Guardian and ask them why they haven’t spent time and money chasing up a probable non story regarding an allegedly highly disturbed woman making bomb threats to premises in Nenagh from an address in Dublin? A fiver says that they are waiting until there is something to report on other than the length of time it takes to follow up on fake bomb threats especially ones that involve people who are allegedly highly disturbed. You might come back and let us know how you got on.
Oh someone is getting touchy.
The problem Seamus is that there is no political mileage to be made if it is just the rantings of a mentally disturbed woman. It doesnt suit Kelly’s agenda.
Not getting touchy at all littleone, it’s just when I state the obvious and people ignore it well then it gets fairly frustrating. I mean even look at how many people red thumbed me stating that the person could have used a burner phone. It just shows the blindness of people who under no circumstances will accept what is staring them in the face. These are the same people who will vote in the same crowd on the same promises in the next election and will be back here moaning about it a few weeks after, The country is gone to the dogs in a big way.
“under threat from dissident republicans” No Kelly your under threat from Irish voters. Clown.
‘My staff are workers. I come from the Labour Party. We represent workers. I’m the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.’
Multiple choice question: which ONE of the above statments is false?
Are you suggesting that Irish voters threaten the lives of politicians?
All the Workers he got jobs for are on CE schemes getting 20 euro a week.
Very nice Miriam to have him on her show. Looking for sympathy was he. He’s threading very dangerous ground . Does he think he can push his corrupt and immoral laws on the suffering people of Ireland, without there being consequences.
In a nutshell Seamus Yes
And can we see the evidence of all these so called threats he is claiming?
Irish water wasn’t a mistake? Yeah and pigs can fly
A private quango that was set up by an outside “power/bank” against the public mandate wasn’t a mistake? Do elaborate…..
IMF’s Irish water idea was a big mistake as we’re bin charges
I resent all charges that are the norm in the rest of OECD countries.
Ireland is special and we should reject all forms of modernisation from capitalist powers asserting their authority over our cost free public infrastructure that should not be paid for if tax receipts are deficient.
Of course if we weren’t being hammered by €8 billion a year in interest payments for an illegal debt foisted upon us, we’d have plenty cash to upgrade our water infrastructure without the need for this expensive quango. But by all means, keep spouting your usual drivel.
Fortunately we are just talking about water here, and not distracting ourselves with totally separate issues.
The repayments for bank related debt was about 1.6 billion last year Robert. The rest was to repay money that was already owed and money that was borrowed during the recession to fill the gap between income and expenditure. But don’t let the facts get in the way……..
Reg could you give us the figures for that please.
Link to an article in The Irish Times from last year Ray.
But reg what about the promissory note .€3.06 billion promissory note instalment due to IBRC at end-March 2012 that was settled with a Government bond.”
The Minister said that by the end of 2013, it is estimated that another €10 billion had been paid to the banking sector.
I was addressing Robert’s post about interest repayments littleone. His 8 billion figure is about right but classing it all as illiegal debt was not. I’m sure you can look up the other information about bonds for yourself. Why are you asking me?
So reg 64.1 billion that was not the irish peoples debt?
Unfortunately it is at the moment Ray. Should get about half of that back when that states sells its shares of the surviving banks.
Reg that’s all over Robert’s head bless him.
Judging by the amout of green thumbs he creceived James it seems to be over the heads of many idiots who frequent this web site.
Some of those are multiple account holders and on message Reg
Check him out here, and a ‘broader issue’ or two.http://www.fairsociety.ie/declan-kelly-the-real-environment-minister-brother-and-puppet-master-for-alan-kelly/
IMF’s Irish water idea was a big mistake as were bin charges
That’s a big leap to make that just because his brother is the head of one company that there is a huge conspiracy. His brother has been working in the US for years and has worked on some big political campaigns (see Phoenix Magazines) but that doesn’t mean that he is going to swoop in and buy Irish Water. Certain other members of the Dail have had very colourful and sometimes criminal relatives in their backgrounds but like the old saying about not being able to choose your relatives.
people can survive without bin charges.. we cant without water.
Alan, its called turning the screw, air next….
we.ll nip the water in the bud so.
now thats interesting article on his brother. it gets better every week. more reasons to not pay.
“We might be surprised with the volume of people who have paid their bills,” he hinted. – lies aren’t surprises, they’re just lies.
hypocrit, liar,traitor. destroyed what was known as the labour party for workers,there will be nothing left of it after GE.that will be you and your fellow labour representatives legacy,oh,one other thing ,you are all greedy parasites.
Isn’t Miriam a credit to the country… ( dripping with sarcasm….)
I would..
With her pushing the propaganda (and now talking about running for president) and her brother sitting as a councillor and legal advisor to FF while defending IW in court and labelling the protesters as “anarchists”… sure haven’t they got it all sewn up.
It would be rude not too supernova
That’s them long distant marriages ware you out trying to keep up pretences.
Hahaha what?! Threats from dissidents?! Is this Waterford Whispers or just the most laughable attempt yet to garner sympathy for the government and animosity for republicans (Sinn Fein). Pull the other one….
And anarchists… don’t forget the anarchists. Ireland, where tuning into a talk show on a sat night and having to watch the politicians, that sold our country, push propaganda, is considered entertainment by the National Broadcaster.
Alan has a great imagination, so much so that he imagines himself to be a politician
The dissidents have been so vocal about Irish water. I hear it’s now their biggest enemy. The number of devices placed at Irish water facilities has been frightening recently. I’ve heard it all now. First Isis, now the dissidents. I’d say FARC will be having a go at them next.
don’t forget IW protestors are now fascist as well, which i can’t work out cos the ones crippling people with taxes are exactly that.
Alan Kelly i know what it like to be homeless no u dont u were never homeless as when your house burned down u were not even born u liar
Did you know that apostrophes and full stops were invented?
I have been homeless sleeping any wear I could .walking with a sleeping bag. It’s tuff tuff tuff.kelly talks about his life and death threats. What a wick…..haven’t a clue.
we pay through our taxes for the water it’s not our fault it’s spent on TDs and Senators wages expenses and pensions.
Probably best for himself if he packs in the politics altogether if that’s the case.
Don’t worry he has a nice number lined up by Dobbie or his Brother.
Ah Alan, ya giant sized gobaloon!
“There has been a lot of horrible stuff that has gone on and it’s difficult to talk about sometimes,”
You’re a fascist.
Bullying and intimidating the public with all the might of the state.
You deserve every bit of abuse coming your way.
Alan gimmy your water money Nelson Kelly
Can’t you be an adult and disagree, even despise the mans politics without saying the death threats are a-ok?
Alan Kelly doesn’t care about the families who will starve because of Irish Water.
Why should I care about him?
Has he answered where the tax raised for water has gone. Seems to have slipped his attention
Take the water tax out of the millions of property TAX that you lot are collecting
€3.70 per m3 is more than 2x Dutch rate of €1.59 per m3. This 3.70 rate kicks in Jan2019. Temporary cap €260 expires by law Dec2018. Rip-Off-Ireland. Each person uses 45m3 per year avg. X 3.70 = €159 p.p per year. go figure.
Typo 3.7×45=€166 p.p per year.
Pretty reasonable price given the amount of repairs we must undertake.
Good that we’ve faced the problem head on and decided to fix it. Right?
The politics of sweeping it under the carpet for the future generations to fix seems healthily absent.
To be a “troll”,takes a certain adroitness…sorry.
please fukc off one true voice.
Ciaran – what an articulate response! Is the your argument?
We pay 300 a year in waterford county already and that’s the cheapest now that’s a rip off. Most near me bring directly to the dump as it’s way cheaper. I’m following suite.
It seems reasonable alright. However, it will increase dramatically, IW will be privatised, the service will be ‘streamlined’ and made ‘efficient’ and shortly after that it will be sold to some ‘Venture Capitalists’ who will run it into the ground and then the Irish Government will be forced to re-nationalise it in order to provide water to the public.
The fluoride in the water must be playing tricks with Alan’s mind..
No time for this man. Pathetic.
Irish water is a method to pay back debts. Another method. House tax another.. Cuts.. Migration.. Taking from weakest in society.. Higher taxes.. USC… F&&ck off.. No more.. European masters orders need to be challenged.. FG/LAB haven’t the balls..
Death threats me arse!
Such is the desperation of Alan Kelly and co, they will tell any amount of lies. THEY ARE LOSING THIS BATTLE!
Lost
Obviously RTE need to be nice to labour as the rabbit is upset arrogant git. Some poor mis fortunate got their teeth into Kelly – who needs his spin guru brother to tell him what to do. That water in Tipperary ie Ballygown and tipperary water produces some serious politicians eg Lowry and Kelly
You represent yourself and your shower of cronies you a*shole, and not the workers. The only time you represent the workers is when you look down to see what you’ve stepped on. Put the Government on the minimum wage and watch how fast things would change then!!!!!
I believe you, thousands wouldn’t
Sorry, water bills? That fella is mad water is free always has been always will be! A human right in every way. Will animals etc be charged for the water they drink? I don’t think so! Will it come to people having to collect pales of rain water? I highly doubt it!
A bunch of con artist trying to scam there own! What sort are they? Charlie would be turning in his grave. Now there was a man who might have ended up with a bit of a tarnished reputation towards the end but he new his stuff and started the positive transformation of the economy in the late 80′s.
We need this lot GONE ASAP!
Get the popcorn out and take a seat, this one should be fun…… Who’s first?
We already pay for water, corporations snd dob. Etc etc etc etc
Glad to see you’re finally getting it Yates.
What a complete w@nker
Yates is right, we already partially pay for the cost of water provision.
Collecting the extra money it costs is just sheer lunacy.
Is this guy for real? His party are for workers! He is a hypocrite as is his party and I have the files to prove it.
Three things wrong with Water Charges:-
• Water Charges ordered by Troika
• Purpose:-to pay off Bond Holders
• Structure:- to make ex incompetent senior
civil servants richer.
Secondly, I wouldn’t believe a word from Irish establishment e.g. Gardai / Government whom we now collude in so many scandals.
Ireland needs a new culture, not stage managed rhetoric from goons.
Who, Yates or Kelly? Never mind I understand
I do not give a shot about fulls tops u AH if u think u can intimidate me better than u have tried so go suck a lemon AH
“We might be surprised by the volume of people that have paid their bills” he hinted. Well why not surprise us all and tell us how many have paid !!!!
can’t do that as it is commercially sensitive!
Everyone will have their say in the next general election.
That’s how it should and does work.
Any minority issuing death threats or threats of any sort of violence are arrogantly deciding that they are supreme above all others in their views and should be crushed by the democratic majority.
Yeah, best case we can swap out kang for kodos. AGAIN.
`we represent people who work’
You don’t represent families who are homeless that’s for sure.
This borrox is more likely to be hurt in a drive by shouting with people calling him names.
Alan Kelly is a jumped up Fine Gael whipping boy, wait til the election , he will be history
Kelly is just a moan,
Who we will all be glad to see the back of,
He doesn’t care about his threats to take money from the pensions of poor elderly people, and from the most vulnerable people in our country,
He issues threats every day.
Death threats? Chinny Chinny reckon.
Supposedly when Irish water announce the percentage of people who have paid, they will announce it as people who are compliant. This means that they will be able to include people who have registered but have their own supply so don’t have to pay. This will help get the percentage up above 60%.
would love a statement from AGS to confirm this. Call me paranoid, but members of this government are known to have imaginary conversatios that back their narrative. If it is true then it only serves to set the anti water charges movement back and is a disgraceful act and I wholeheartedly condemn it
and he can’t even ask for garda protection as they are to busy hoarding over peaceful protests.. my heart bleeds
No Alan you or your party don’t represent workers.
Alan Kelly’s dad should have spent a few bob on condoms
You stopped representing workers when you signed up to lick Enda Kennys ass for 5 years
I’ve no problem paying, again, for water. I have a problem paying a private company who can hike up their charges from 2019. The LPT should cover water charges, as it doesn’t seem to cover anything else. I would be slightly happier, not ecstatic, but happier, if the water charge was paid to our local authorities, and they could maybe start to fix all the problems. A little shuffle around might need to happen first, but I don’t see why the people we already pay to sort out our water, cannot just do it. And on that note, is there gonna be widespread redundancies in our water depts now, as IW have taken over it all supposedly.
Glad I don’t watch or listen to either of these two people .
Alan kelly, who is he
@Sinead O’Carroll, if you contacted RSF/32 CSM and quiz them on why the Gardai have so called intelligence about a credible threat to the life of a sitting TD, you could be in for a big scoop.
Alan Kenny is using u and u are just a gob?hite or u have been promised a good number in Europe the thick bull
No his brother will look after him and reward him for setting up Irish water for him.
The Board members should be forced to drink their own product.
They should be forced to drink water?
Haha they love the ould social media show the treats or shut the fu. K how many people on here growing up in a fights telling the other person you were going to kill them and what happen ended up rolling on the ground rthey really are desperate haha
shite talk
i don’t believe a word out of this mans mouth.
come on election bye bye idiot…”i represent the working people” it must be good medication he is on …
Dissapointing to see Miriam promoting Irish Water but then again I belive she has eyes on some job in the Park.
he’s an arrogant prat like the rest of them….take a leap AK..
THE mistake was putting this ejiit in charge!
He is right about a small number of protestors been anarchists, but saying poor me and burton been held in her car, again saying poor me, they really don’t realise that their are people in this country struggling financially. When the ordinary man on the street says poor me, they don’t listen. They just call them all anarchists and thugs.
Why do we have to have political party’s why not let people like revenue run the country at least they seem to run a tight ship then we would save a bundle with no pay for likes of F.G. F.F etc
More lies from disreputable parasite
Kelly is known to be very creative with the truth so I do not believe that he has received any credible death threat.
Insulting comments by Alan Kelly during the interview. Also, to try to paint all protestors/non-payers of LPT and Water Charges as abusive/agressive (the actual focus of TD’s and senators associated with the government – can you remember them not mentioning this during a recent interview) is the same as saying that the Oireachtas politicians revealed to have been corrupt over the last 20 years are a direct indication of the level of corruption of the remaining Oireachtas members during that time! Is there genuinely any point in listening to an Irish politician in government….I mean that!
He say’s that he has been threatened – but he didn’t say a word about the threats he has made to the Irish People – threatening us with court, threatening us with taking money for Irish Water from our incomes – threating peaceful protester with the police – actually having the garda pushing people to the ground young and old. And to think that only people on Social Welfare are protesting against Irish Water well I have met many business owners, nurses, doctors, lawyers etc. on protest marches – its not just about Irish Water its about selling off all of our resources to the highest “Lowest” bidder – there is a shortage of water in the world and we need to protect our water from big business and actually look after our own people for a change instead of selling it off to line the pockets immoral Politian’s. Shame on you minister and FG/Labour why don’t you look after your own people for a change that is what you were put in government to do and not sell us don’t the river to your EU Masters!
They are denying that it was a mistake too much and that means it must be true???
People who read knew.
A snake and a money grabbing parasite , roll on the election and get the likes of this parasite out!,
The boycott of water charges (tax) is working ,Bribes did not work to get people to pay twice for water ,Threats wont work either ,Irish water is like a badly designed boat slowly sinking ,its sister ship Labour party well sink too ,,Already some of the labour rats are leaving ,Hopefully people will remember when voting what parties set up and agreed with another tax on the citizens of our country ,Alan Kelly is lucky,, most traitors to their country are sent to jail or shot ,
Grasping at straws at this stage.
“Some people want anarchy” I laughed my ass off.
No Alan,your job is to deliver democracy.If you can’t do your job and deliver that then do us all a favour and get out.Your leader(s) and yourself are failures and you’ve destroyed the Irish Labour Party.
While fame may not be you’re legacy your infamy will stain the pages of history.
did you know Minister Alan Kelly actually end up cancelling the Ireland Exemption from the EU Water Directive via the new River Basin Management Plan 2015-2022? ….. NO Wonder he’s hated..Seriously he hasn’t acted in any right for the Irish people!!!
Kathy Sinnott did her best back then to inform us all.
I saw Alan Kelly earlier today walking with his tiny children and I was overwhelmed with disgust for the sort of people who feel entitled to terrorise them as an extension of their feeling of entitlement to have everything handed to them out of the pockets of hardworking citizens.
Water charges are entirely democratic and this man is implementing an entirely legitimate policy. If you don’t like it, that’s fine, you’re entitlement is simply to work to have it overturned. The lust for violent confrontation among water charges protestors tells you everything you need to know about their democratic instincts and their civic sensibilities. A shameful culture.
Don’t like him at all I do not know how he got voted back in to government his brother is one of top dogs in Irish Water http://www.fairsociety.ie/declan-kelly-the-real-environment-minister-brother-and-puppet-master-for-alan-kelly/
we must realise they have not gone away
‘I’ll see your imprisonment threat and raise you a death threat’ is what I take from this. ‘Ah sure you think it’s bad that you go to prison for not paying for the water, sure I’ve been getting death threats for setting it up’. It’s at least somewhat reassuring that labour will never be a major party in government. Imagine this guy as Taoiseach.
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