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THERE HAS BEEN no discussion or agreement on other options to forming a government between the Green Party, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael if the draft PfG is rejected on Friday, Eamon Ryan has said.
The Green Party leader said he hopes the draft programme for government (PfG) is approved by party members on Friday.
Speaking on RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland, Ryan said an alternative approach to forming a government has not been discussed in the instance that the deal is rejected.
“No one has actually, I think, even discussed or agreed what the alternative approach will be if this doesn’t go through on Friday,” Ryan said.
“It would have to be a very rapid turnaround over next weekend working at what the alternative would be.”
The party leader also said he hasn’t “looked beyond Friday” in deciding whether he will continue to contest leadership of the party if this deal is not approved.
The Green Party, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have sat around a table for weeks discussing what they would like to deliver if they all entered into government together.
A programme for government has been published, and now it is down to the members of each party as to whether they want to give it the green light.
While some had concerns last week, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil now seem confident that their party members will sign off on it. All eyes are on the Greens, who have a high bar to reach – a 66% approval rate – if they are to enter into government.
Green Party members have said the vote is on a knife-edge.
“If it isn’t agreed, we will have to be part of the wider political system which will have to come up with some other alternative of managing the country,” Ryan said.
“I hope it can [be approved], and if it doesn’t then the political system will be in a difficult situation. We’ll work our way out of it one way or another.”
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin have also both stated that it would be a “political crisis” if the deal is rejected.
Speaking yesterday, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said a rejection of the deal would just mean that all parties would have to talk to one another.
Micheál Martin said yesterday that “an enormous amount of time has been put into the negotiations to get this programme for government together, and so therefore, there is no magic plan B”.
Martin appeared to rule out Sinn Féin as a potential coalition partner if the Green Party don’t back the PfG.
“The Social Democrats and the Labour Party wrote back to us so I wouldn’t rule them out as a possibility,” he said during an interview on Today FM.
“Secondly, we have had good discussions with Independent TDs,” he said.
- With reporting by Christina Finn.
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The Moriarty Tribunal report is nearly two thousand pages long, but the conclusions are much shorter to read and it`s freely available online without worrying about defamation, you can see exactly what happened when the second mobile phone licence was awarded.
Just read the wiki page for a nice short highlight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriarty_Tribunal
O’Brien is Fine Gael’s Galway tent.
If you want to know how serious FG are about the findings of the Moriarty tribunal, you only need to look at the fact that over the course of the last 3 years they gave almost identical answers to Dail deputies questioning them on at least SIX separate occasions….
http://www.thejournal.ie/moriarty-garda-investigation-2175890-Jun2015/
“For three years, ministers have repeatedly given the EXACT same answer to Moriarty questions.
Questions about the garda investigation into the tribunal’s findings have not disclosed much information since 2012.”
Haughy was a right skum b.g just like DO.B i cant Stand greed or dishonesty so these 2 individuals are the rot man kind.
a few good tribunals
Are we allowed to comment?
I’m still miffed that DOBs wolfpack were able to have my Twitter account banned from TheJournal and I’m still waiting on a reason why my account was blocked.
Don’t be giving me a bad name Paul! I’ll sue you!
lol,
Thanks for clarifying Wolf Pack.
Your comment does highlight that association with DOB and his activities is not regarded in a popular light.
Shareholders might take note.
Best way of the lot to deal with him. Make him the laughing stock he deserves to be, punctuated by questions about why the DPP hasn’t moved on the findings of the Moriarty tribunal.
http://www.moriartytribunal.com/
Worth a laugh.
The red thumbs are probably because despite been given an explanation Were Jammin you keep asking the same question.
The burden of proof on a Irish court is far more difficult to achieve than at a tribunal. The DPP would need to ensure that any evidence produced at a trial including witnesses meets that burden of proof laid out in our justice system
And it takes 3 years for the DPP to determine this, despite the huge importance of the issue, does it Wayne?
The whole country is laughing and mocking the Man. No more than he deserves. This is highlighting the fact that someone is sitting on the Moriarty findings.
The u sue suspects
We’re laughing, the entire country is ridiculing ‘Gengis’ O’Brien. But at the end of the day no journalist will risk crossing him, our government have suddenly found their footwear very interesting and are afraid to say a word against him, even comedians wouldn’t joke about him. We laugh at being allowed to publicly speak out and comment about him. He’s not just winning, he has won. His reputation precedes him, it’s brutal and evokes fear, say or do anything against this man and there is a very real risk that he could destroy you. Not so funny, is it?
Rusty. The game is not finished yet. There is still the Moriarty findings which the DPP and government are still sitting on. Now to be sitting on something this long makes you wonder. He never sued Moriarty and that is telling . so yes the country could have the last laugh yet. Governments change and won’t all be pro dob. Fortunes are made but can also be lost..
Rusty balls. He wont get far watch Karma tripping him and his family up Karma is not afraid of family. It should be good.
You post this article like it was just some piece of pop culture referencing fun without even mentioning why these hashtags are popping up every day of the week. People haven’t stopped talking about all of those things you list in the first paragraph, those things are exactly what people on social media are trying to highlight.
Dennis, ya little menace….!
The Sick Sense,
I sue dead people!
Sue cant handle the truth
The journal would be absolutely knackered without twitter. Do journalists ever have to leave journal towers for a story?
I’m waiting on the AirBNB story breaking again today. That’ll be a good one. Airbnb landlords/residences are being hit with a retrospective tax bill @51% for last year.
The Krays?
Inglorious ba5tard!
(Removed in 10,9,8…)
Dobs downfall
“We didn’t exactly believe your story, Miss O’Shaughnessy; we believed your two hundred dollars…I mean, you paid us more than if you’d been telling us the truth, and enough more to make it all right.”
Maltese Falcon
Your making the Maltese Cross. Stop it.
Taxman v Sueman: DOB of Justice
Sued in 60 seconds #DOBfilms
Sueperman
SPIDERMAN WITH THAT WEB…
“The man who sued God” (Billy Conolly)
The Omen,
Denis: Omen II
Omen III: The Final Suing,
The dobbit and unexpected suing
“Citizen Shame”
“The Maltese Falcon”
Meter, Sue and Dob too #dobfilms
The dobfather
Denis Potter and Edna the half-blood Pr1ck.
Insuedious 3 #dobfilms
Just like Irish Water, Dennis is the Laughing Stock of the country. And deservedly so. He sees the writing on the wall for FG , IW and his ridiculous serial litigation. I don’t know where he goes from here, even his “political donations are toxic now. KARMA
Suing private Ryan, Suing in the rain, The Obrien ultimatum, Denis Darko, (un)Truman, Sue wars,
The Guy That Sued Me
Shaft
Denis Does Dallas?
Sueby-doo, Where Are You!
DOB is taking flack on the net and rightly so there is little else we can do. But how, on earth, is Michael Lowrey, DOBs architect, a man convicted of corruption and tax dodging still in our national parliament earning a wage from the taxpayer. I think that man deserves as much vitriol as DOB yet people actually elected him back.
Dennis who is NOT the second richest as the banks own three quarters of his property if push came to shove he would be as rich as me hahahahaha and i depend on my salary for the hard work i do to pay my billd.
Mr. Denis Takes a Vacation.
The Quiet Denis.
Denisula: Prince of Darkness,
The Curse of FrankenDenis,
The Denis Rides Out,
Dr. Enda and Mr. Denis,
To the Devil a Denis,
Hammer Denis films, I mean Hammer Horror films lol.
The Graduate:
Mr. Denisson, you’re trying to seduce me…
Dennis the Menace Christmas.
I got there first on Suelander Cianan :-)
Peggy Sue Got Sued.
The Man Who Would Be King.
Started off funny. All fun until people lost the plot with #JeSuisWWN
Narcissistic billionaire suing is not comparable to being shot for drawing cartoon.
The analogy is not that of being shot, the analogy is that of the chilling effect that DOBs henchmen / legal advisors have on freedom of speech.
Dob Dredd
“I am the law”
Minder. starring Dennis Waterman..
The Usual Suspects
anybody else notice that” bendover” kenny and “penis” o brien are wig twins
me thinks The jury could be out on this????
This is totally relevant http://youtu.be/WOHPuY88Ry4
The Shawshank Redaction.
The O’Brien Ultimatum
O’Brien vs Kramer
and more at https://twitter.com/SpinneyOwl
my comments are being redacted as I type them:-D
” You have an excellent case, Mr Peabody, how much justice can you afford “. Punch.
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