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THERE WERE FARCICAL scenes at South Dublin County Council yesterday when two presidential hopefuls were kicked out of a council meeting.
Four candidates were given the opportunity to make their pitch to councillors as to why they deserve to be the next president.
During her speech, it is understood that burlesque performer Sarah Louise Mulligan accused Dermot Looney of making “smart” remarks.
A video on the meeting, shared on social media, shows Mulligan shouting and demanding an apology as she stands at the podium.
“I want an apology from the man in the blue shirt now,” she said, stating that she was disrespected.
Shortly after the exchange, Mulligan walks away from the podium, towards Looney, accusing him of being “rude”.
It is understood Looney later apologised to Mulligan.
Another presidential hopeful, Norma Burke, also known as Bunty Twuntingdon McFluff, is also heard shouting on the video from the public gallery. It is understood that she was also was shouting that she was being silenced by the council as she was not allowed to address the chamber. As she was being escorted out by council officials, she shouted: “Bunty for president”.
Burke hit the headlines recently for being a last minute addition to the Dublin City Council meeting. During her pitch for the presidency she suggested setting up hunting lodges in the Phoenix Park and burning dead people for fossil fuels, provoked a particularly strong reaction.
After the outburst from Mulligan, she was escorted from the chamber.
Mulligan has said in a previous pitch to Tipperary County Council she told councillors that if she were president she wouldn’t sign the Bill that would repeal Eighth Amendment from the Constitution.
Three candidates spoke at the meeting yesterday - John O’Hare, Marie Goretti Moylan, and Gemma O’Doherty.
However, in the end the council voted not to nominate a candidate for the presidential election.
Dermot Looney / TwitterMotion put to the floor not to nominate a candidate. Party splits all over the place. 13 For 9 Against 9 Astain 9 Absent. SDCC will not nominate a candidate for President.
— Dermot Looney (@dlooney) September 20, 2018
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Can we just reselect Michael D and be done with it.
@Do the Bort man: he has been reselected. Do keep up
@Do the Bort man: Just to give El Presidente Higgins another seven years of unaccountable expense… think not.
@Do the Bort man: he selected himself. Is that not gombeen politics enough for you?
@Donal Desmond: Higgins has nothing to do with the expenses You think he goes on ryanair and booking.com to arrange his own trips?
@Dermot Lane: he travels with Ryanair and Aer Lingus very often
Is this your one who wanted to go and perform as Marilyn Monroe for Donald Trump if she was elected? And said she would end homelessness by using her salary to build houses which showed that she clearly doesn’t know 1. How much the president gets paid and 2. How much it costs to build a house.
@Sam Harms: Its actually relatively cheap to build a house in general,especially on the big sites with lots of houses,they finish em for less than 100k(its even less) & sell them for whatever they want…the price of a home in Ireland does not reflect the price it cost to actually build & finish it & all it reflects is the greedy developers want for more money.
@Daithi: Must get you to build me a house Daithi!
@Daithi: you are not factoring in the price of land if you think 100k would build a house
@Daithi: bull 100k or less sounds like u are mixing up the fact that a council build a house for 250k and sell it on to the tennant for 100k.
If u are right can u please post the name of the builder as I would like one please.
@Daithi: she could build 2.5 houses a year then
@Daithi: houses for 100k? B.S. Wouldn’t even cover materials.
@Daithi: https://www.change.org/p/housing-crisis-referendum-on-family-homes
Have a look at the above link. If it’s true there’s €76,000 added to the cost of a home using levies. I don’t think building 1 house is the developer goldmine you think it is.
I’ll tell you who I hold responsible for this omnishambles.
Donald Trump.
His election has made every unqualified Head-the-ball believe that the highest office in the land is within their grasp.
@Phil O’ Meara: its not trumps fault.its the people who voted for him.
@Phil O’ Meara: do you really think this all stayed with trump. we have had these clowns trying to be president long before trump came along
The whole selection process has been pantomime, mainly due to the undemocratic practices of many of the councillors.
Looking forward to Liadh Ni Riadas pitch, but I may well join the many people on social media who plan to write Gemma O’Dohertys name on their ballot. A large enough number of spoiled votes would give a good account of a flawed process.
@The Risen: “the many” by which you mean the 1% she is polling at
@The Risen: Do they count the names on spoilt votes?? Comical!
@The Risen: she needs to back up her accusations with more than coincidence. If she backed up the Boyle of Guerin accusations she’d have my full support otherwise she’s just saying what people want to hear
@now-now-now: There were 18k spoiled votes in the last presidential election – about 1% of the total – with Gemmas supporters help they could repeat it this year.
@The Risen: Thats what I will be doing.
@Dave O Keeffe: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/police-may-have-tipped-off-guerin-hitman-1360117.html
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/why-gilligan-could-in-fact-be-innocent-1.292975
@We Love Katamari: You keep repeating these links., when it has been called out to you that they show absolutely no state involvement in the murder of Veronica Geurin
Either you are a troll or you are working to some agenda for someone.
@Dave O Keeffe: From Irish Times report on yesterdays’s meeting
“Ms O’Doherty doubled down on her assertion that journalist Veronica Guerin was murdered by the State. She said she had “been told by serious sources” that that was the case.”
If thats not hard evidence, I don’t know what is. “serious sources”.
@The Risen: Gemma o Doherty hates every organ of the state from what I can see. Why would she want to be elected to the highest paying one with no power?? She casts scurrilous unfounded allegations against people whenever she likes. Proof does not seem to matter…
@CrabaRev:
ironically people like you wouldn’t bat n eyelid when state journalists use the word “source” all the time.
@sixmile:
Are you suggesting that we encourage some kind of true democracy where every man and woman is encouraged to think for himself or herself? Coz that doesn’t fly around these parts.
@The Risen:
Spolied votes arw just registered as “spoiled”. Nobody collates what the crayon scribbles say. So, no it won’t count for anything if you write the name of somebody who isn’t on the ballot paper.
@Dara Wyer: It will if the amount of spoiled votes is an order of magnitude greater than the average.
@The Risen: you guys are doing a terrible job promoting Gemma. Why are you sitting on your hands . ? A terrible show from you and her supporters. All I hear from her supporters is accusations of undemocratic practices , etc . Do something if you feel strongly ; not just typing
@The Risen:
You seriously think a high percentage of spoiled votes- which are inevitably spoiled for different reasons- will cause some of change to the machinery of Irish politics? That is naive in my opinion.
@CrabaRev: I really hope you’re being sarcastic. “People that know told me” isn’t evidence.
@Ian McNally: The 1% are afraid of Gemma. Country is run by peadofiles, literally covering up murders, but for you lot it’s all good as long as your interests are met. Gemmas blocking is just fueling the fire thats gonna ingulf this island.
How do they think they would ever have a chance of representing Ireland on a Global scale when they carry on like this. Disgraceful behaviour.
@Jane Nic Conchradha:
In fairness no council has come even near to endorsing her as a candidate.
@Mary King: The laughable thing about it all is the fact that she is delusional enough to think she has enough of a chance in the first place to put herself forward.
This clown is just looking for attention
Bunty McFluff for president!
@David Walters: thank you darling!
I want a bleeding apology.
Think I will go picking snowflakes soon
@Michael Carty: funny thing is, she is CEO (yes, I kid you not) of Irish supporters of Trump.
She’s very much right wing both in views and she’s religious too.
Is there time for this kind of rubbish? Get some sort of life in all fairness.
The lunatics are taking over the asylum
@Ian Breathnach: don’t fret the psychopaths already running things won’t allow that to happen. You can sleep better knowing this
President Bunty has a certain ring to it!
@Michael Kavanagh: I couldn’t agree more! #bunty4pres
Attention seeker.
Disgraceful they did not nominate gemm o doharty,what are they afraid of.remove all ff fg labour from councils around the country next year,take back democracy.
@@mdmak33: The problem is not FF/FG/Lab. I don’t see SF, Solidarity/PBP, SD, GP, WP or Independents falling over themselves to vote for her. The fact that their members are actively abstaining, absent or actually voting against her makes that obvious. Why is it that not one of the political parties in the Dáil/Seanad want to see her on the ballot paper.
@@mdmak33: How does removing democratically elected councillors “take back democracy”? Why dont you insist that Gemma run for election to the Dáil? Ask her why she says her supporters should, but that she wouldnt? I’d also wonder why you let every other party councillor off the hook for not voting for her nomination?
I’d encourage everyone to watch her train wreck interview on sky news during the referendum
Seriously, watch it :)
@Barry Somers:
Holy jebus that is embarrassing stuff.
@Barry Somers: unfortunately she played into the image of Ireland sky try to project of a cross between craggy island and glockamorra, surely they could have got a better person to have put the case for keeping the 8th, o Gorman should have refused to take part in that farce
@Barry Somers: Colm got his points across nice and coherent, but dear lord she just embarrassed herself. Starting out every point with nonsense statistics, then immediately fumbling and falling over herself. Very conservative my arse. A president must be diplomatic and even charismatic, shes just a train wreck.
@Barry Somers:jeez that was uncomfortable. I actually cannot watch it till the end.
Quelle cheek. They didn’t mention everyone gave a cheer for #bunty4pres when I left! As Princess Diana was the People’s Princess I am the People’s President!
@Bunty Twuntingdon-McFuff #bunty4pres: I wouldn’t go to Paris anytime soon.
And that tool wants to be president?
All a bit grim to be honest.. I think she has mental health issues..
This might become the new “Ahh leave it oout, leave it bleeding oout”.
I want an aaahhhpology, I want a bleeding aaahhhpology.
Unfortunately this Democracy of ours is being overtaken with Egomaniacs of all elks, who neither respect it or believe they have any Responsibilities as Citizens. Its just a free- for- all Agenda, hijacked by him/her who shouts loudest and with little or no substance. Embarrassing..
Must admit though ballsy & as for Bunty or whatever she calls herself must say speaks very well.
@Aidan Dorney: Aidan, I like you do very much!
@Bunty Twuntingdon-McFuff #bunty4pres:
Likewise but would need to see you minus the wig before could even contemplate a date.
Do we want to replace the two dog currently in the Aras with this one? NO
“man in the blue shirt now” – a Blueshirt…
I think writing Dustin onto the ballot paper is the best option. They are all clowns so why should anyone vote for the best clown to be president. Scrap the office due to lack of interest and use the money for something useful. It’s not like the president can do anything useful.
Two hopefuls “were”
Leftie loons!
@Jason Genovani: how wrong you are.
, she’s a right wing religious trump supporter. She’s very conservative, watch her sky news interview if you don’t believe me.
Bunty Twundington mcFluff…going for presidential nominee..and we laugh at America and trump.
Norma Burke isn’t a presidential hopeful. It’s satire. It was called out last week, think this should be updated to reflect that. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/miriam-lord-presidential-hopefuls-take-a-dander-down-daft-avenue-1.3628685
…it may well be that democracy is over-rated. ….
She seems like a nice person.
U probably could build a house for under 100k. ..it’s the land that costs…particularly in Dublin
President material eh? Not likely
@Daithi: good god…what a pair of imbecilic skanks. …cringefest
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