Bohemian Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: Here's an article about Phil Hogan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53906077 The article leaves out that he gets a nice little golden handshake of €300,000 I think it is.. and keeps his nice big pension.. I'm sure the boys will sort him with another handy post. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Bohemian said: The article leaves out that he gets a nice little golden handshake of €300,000 I think it is.. and keeps his nice big pension.. I'm sure the boys will sort him with another handy post. That does seem a bit over the top, but it might be standard EU practice in these sort of instances for all we know, after all it's only taxpayers money. I don't think he should have got it (the golden handshake) but it would be a bit unfair to deny him his pension (extravagant though it may be). His pension is probably more for a day than I get in a year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: That does seem a bit over the top, but it might be standard EU practice in these sort of instances for all we know, after all it's only taxpayers money. I don't think he should have got it (the golden handshake) but it would be a bit unfair to deny him his pension (extravagant though it may be). His pension is probably more for a day than I get in a year. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/revealed-former-commissioner-phil-hogan-can-expect-golden-handshake-of-up-to-300000-39484926.html The pensions Irish politicians get is criminal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 22 minutes ago, Bohemian said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/revealed-former-commissioner-phil-hogan-can-expect-golden-handshake-of-up-to-300000-39484926.html The pensions Irish politicians get is criminal A lot of them are, so that's only right... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Very entertaining to see Coveney desperately engaging reverse gear when he realised he wasn't a shoe-in for Trade Commissioner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: A lot of them are, so that's only right... No arguments here... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 On 03/09/2020 at 12:23, G51 said: Very entertaining to see Coveney desperately engaging reverse gear when he realised he wasn't a shoe-in for Trade Commissioner. fucking lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 New COVID roadmap out on Tuesday. Perfect timing as Dublin infections are rising at a ridiculous rate. Wonder why restrictions came down so quickly in Kildare, Offaly and Laois, but they're so hesitant in Dublin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Just been announced that the entire Dáil has been adjourned for the rest of the week and the entire Cabinet has to self-isolate, after the Health Minister started to feel unwell and is waiting for a test. All going well then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Just been announced that the entire Dáil has been adjourned for the rest of the week and the entire Cabinet has to self-isolate, after the Health Minister started to feel unwell and is waiting for a test. All going well then.Aye, Donnelly about to announce the new covid 'stages' ...and has to go home himself [emoji51][emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: Aye, Donnelly about to announce the new covid 'stages' ...and has to go home himself The lack of coherence and competence since the new coalition came to power is something else. I'm not sure whether it's Glynn replacing Holohan, or Martin replacing Varadkar, but the perception that the government was handling things well has surely all but vanished. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 The lack of coherence and competence since the new coalition came to power is something else. I'm not sure whether it's Glynn replacing Holohan, or Martin replacing Varadkar, but the perception that the government was handling things well has surely all but vanished.Agreed, for all his many faults, Leo was/is a far better communicator than Mihail.Both still c***s to be sure 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, DublinMagyar said: Agreed, for all his many faults, Leo was/is a far better communicator than Mihail. Both still c***s to be sure Oh aye, both total c***s. Maybe some of the problem is that back on the 12th March, it was obvious what the goal was - lower the virus until it is at low a level as possible. But now, the goal isn't very clear. What's an acceptable number of cases a day? We've no idea. They're telling us we'll have to live with it, but they're not telling us how much of it we'll have to live with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Oh aye, both total c***s. Maybe some of the problem is that back on the 12th March, it was obvious what the goal was - lower the virus until it is at low a level as possible. But now, the goal isn't very clear. What's an acceptable number of cases a day? We've no idea. They're telling us we'll have to live with it, but they're not telling us how much of it we'll have to live with.In fairness, the virus got rid of the shinners 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: 1 hour ago, G51 said: Oh aye, both total c***s. Maybe some of the problem is that back on the 12th March, it was obvious what the goal was - lower the virus until it is at low a level as possible. But now, the goal isn't very clear. What's an acceptable number of cases a day? We've no idea. They're telling us we'll have to live with it, but they're not telling us how much of it we'll have to live with. In fairness, the virus got rid of the shinners Slightly OT, but I maintain that the Left coalescing around the shinners in the election earlier this year will end up being a disaster in the long term for socialism in Ireland. I know that there weren't a lot of options because the minority left parties only stood so many candidates, but there are some very obvious reasons to be uneasy with them representing the Left. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Turns out Drama Queen Donnelly is Ok. Back they go!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Fianna Fail polling at 10% this week. Martin avoided the tag of the first FF leader not to become taoiseach, but he's probably en route to becoming the least popular. I've never rated him but he's clearly toiling now. https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40047926.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Fianna Fail polling at 10% this week. Martin avoided the tag of the first FF leader not to become taoiseach, but he's probably en route to becoming the least popular. I've never rated him but he's clearly toiling now. https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40047926.htmlSF will storm next election.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, MixuFruit said: That's PASOKification in action. How does local government work in Ireland? Could they also be on those sort of numbers there too? It's single transferable votes along the lines of the counties with Dublin divied up into some "county" councils and not one authority. (Fingal Cc/ South Dublin CC for example) I don't know about up the country but in Kerry it's a large geographical area with variations on the sub-divided "seats" based on the bigger towns (Killarney/Tralee/Kenmare/Dingle/Listowel). It's multi seat wards like Scotland is now. Independents do well. The Healy-Rae clan have three councillors scattered about three different seats, for example. FG/FF don't dominate. If FF were polling at 10% in Kerry local elections it wouldn't make much difference to be honest. Edited September 20, 2020 by speckled tangerine Spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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