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INDEPENDENT TD MICHEAL Healy-Rae hung up the phone during an interview on RTÉ Radio One’s Drivetime show this evening, telling host Sarah McInerney that he was not given the time to answer a question on the controversial Dáil speaking time arrangements.
The incoming junior minister had joined the radio show in the wake of today’s Dáil fallout, but voiced anger at RTÉ journalist McInerney as she questioned him about the controversial speaking arrangements that sparked the chaotic series of events.
“We thought that the transition to president Trump was going to be difficult – we never thought this was going to be the situation in Ireland today,” Healy-Rae said.
“I had hoped that we would have got the business of electing a Taoiseach and a government over with today, but unfortunately we’re in the situation that we’re in”.
“I’m disappointed that we are where we are, but the long and the short of it is we are where we are”, he added.
Healy-Rae is one of the four members of the Regional Independent Group who will be sitting on the government’s side of the Dáil. All eight members who negotiated the programme have argued there is precedent to allow four of their TDs to sit in opposition.
Asked by McInerney if the incoming government faced backlash because they had tried to “pull a political stroke” by giving opposition speaking time to government-supporting independent TDs, Healy-Rae seemingly gave up on the interview, saying “we’ll leave this now”.
“You rang me two minutes ago, and I was asked to come on and answer a question,” Healy Rae said.
“If you’re going to ask a question and answer yourself, the best thing I can do is go away and let you talk away yourself. I wanted to make a point, and if I can’t make it, well I’ll just leave you to talk away”.
McInerney denied the claims that Healy-Rae was not given sufficient time to answer the question on the precedent that has been set to allow TDs who negotiated in the programme for government to sit in opposition benches.
Healy-Rae hung up shortly after, cutting the interview short.
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This guy is talking serious bull sh#t, with signs of possible bollocks
I have been telling people that the recession has been over for six months. ALL Stockmarkets (even the ISEQ) are up. I predicted the crash (though I wasn’t alone or the first).
Eejits who believed the hysteria during the boom are the same ones who believed the hysteria during the recession.
When others are scared, be brave. Some folks who are investing now will be very rich during the next boom.
So when’s this boom gonna happen Tom? What particular century have you in mind?
The Economist is somewhat at odds with your economic predictions Tom!
http://www.economist.com/node/21542824
General Motors just posted their highest profit ever. Numbers in actual employment rose in December. Economic growth was 0.9% in 2011 (the very definition of recovery). The Dow Jones has risen 5000 points in the last four years.
Neil,
Who said anything about a boom?
Is that Ireland or Detroit you’re referring to Tom?
Sean,
If you limit yourself to what’s in arms reach, then you will never get more than an arms lenght away from where you stand. I am referring to the global economy…but doing so in the same week that over 1400 jobs were announced in Ireland and an Irish company posted a profit of 0.5 bn euros.
But I am sure you just want negative storirs. :)
You’re the one that first mentioned the next boom Tom! Go back and look!
Neil, really? Where?
Neil,
In history recession has always been followed by recovery and boom. I misread your question…but there will be a boom….just look a history.
Tom there’s a thin line between being cheerfully optimistic and being diagnosed as clinically delusional.
We have moved from the frying pan to fire stages of this crisis.
Stage frying pan: The international community tries to wean itself off excessive borrowing by such measures as more borrowing and near zero interest rates.
Stage fire 1: The international community tries to wean itself off excessive borrowing by currency debasement.
Stage fire 2: The international community tries to wean itself off currency debasement by more currency debasement.
Neil,
The errors of humankind are all based on one assumption…that this time it is somehow different.
Irrespective of all borrowing, wars, pestilence etc recession has always been followed by boom.
When will the boom happen? For some it has already started.
A series of events occured in Asia last year that recieved little attention in western media, but may well come more into focus as the year goes on.
A range of Asia nations including China, Japan, India, oil producing Arab nations agreed currency swaps. Whereby they would trade without using the US dollar. These have happened before, but have ramped up significantly in scale.
The impact for the US is significant. It undermines it’s credibility as a reserve currency. It limits their governments access to seignoraged funds. And serious inflationary effect.
http://buzinessafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=724%3Achina-and-japan-currency-swap-a-nail-in-the-coffin-of-the-us-dollar&catid=18%3Aexperts-policy-center&Itemid=20&lang=en
Bank of England delivers Dollars “coroners report”.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphbenko/2011/12/19/the-death-certificate-of-the-paper-dollar-where-to-next/
Tell that to the people who live in PIIGS. Sry not buying it. Things might be all nice and rosy in France and Germany but we know why that is. Yeah stock market is doing well cause corporate profits are at record highs due to them paying fuck all taxes. Austerity works for the super rich, gives them more power and money but for everyone else its work harder for less money. Fucking slaves is all we are now, its official in everything but name.
I thought we were already out of a recession twice according to the powers that be. We are throwing money at entrepreneurs to take risks in a withering economy. Risk-taking was what got us here in the first place.
Please don’t confuse entrepreneurial risk taking with completely milking, playing with and subsequently destroying a housing / construction industry.
I’m starting a business,so garden things are going as planned, and if it wasn’t for the help I’ve gotten so far by enterprise boards,fas etc id be still printing cvs.
Garden? I meant far!!
Best of luck with that Adrian!
Adrian,
We need more like you. Best of luck.
Yes! World War II bomber found on moon.
This guy Rehn should carry a scythe. Everywhere he goes, he leaves a trail of wreckage. Is he human?
He doesn’t leave a trail of wreckage. He merely points to the wreckage.
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