Tonight With Vincent Browne Thread v 4.0 (08/07/14 to date)

hotmail.com · 27-05-2015 11:18pm

Roger_007 wrote: »

Why is anyone surprised that a senior cleric in the Vatican supports what is, after all, church teaching. The church maintains that homosexual acts are sinful. What's new?

I'm surprised that this doesn't bother some people.

Roger_007 · 27-05-2015 11:20pm

Good old Timmy. He has completely forgotten that it was FF who sold Aer Lingus in the first place.

Harry Angstrom · 27-05-2015 11:21pm

Nice to see Fine Gael rolling out their political heavyweights to justify their decision to sell off the public's remaining shares of Aer Lingus :rolleyes:

frostyjacks · 27-05-2015 11:22pm

She just called him out big time

vicwatson · 27-05-2015 11:23pm

Ah it's a public holiday next Monday so I told the boss I'll be back to work Monday week, this is the life

coolhull · 27-05-2015 11:23pm

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Nice to see Fine Gael rolling out their political heavyweights to justify their decision to sell off the public's remaining share of Aer Lingus :rolleyes:

Yeah, who is the FG fellah? Never saw him or his square jaw before.

vicwatson · 27-05-2015 11:24pm

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Nice to see Fine Gael rolling out their political heavyweights to justify their decision to sell off the public's remaining shares of Aer Lingus :rolleyes:

He could be torn to shreds if there was anyone on the panel good enough to do it. Sigh

vicwatson · 27-05-2015 11:25pm

coolhull wrote: »

Yeah, who is the FG fellah? Never saw him or his square jaw before.

Buzz lightyear

vicwatson · 27-05-2015 11:26pm

Fine Gael are now experts in Aer Lingus and aviation, and the width of aircraft

Roger_007 · 27-05-2015 11:27pm

Aer Lingus is a private company. IAG could have told the government to just f**k off. They were lucky to get any concessions at all.

Harry Angstrom · 27-05-2015 11:27pm

Not a peep out of Labour. Do they stand for anything anymore?

tayto lover · 27-05-2015 11:29pm

vicwatson wrote: »

Buzz lightyear

I'm waiting for him to say "to infinity and beyond" since I saw him.

vicwatson · 27-05-2015 11:30pm

Labour will disappear like the socialist party, the workers party et al. They should hang their heads in shame.

vicwatson · 27-05-2015 11:31pm

tayto lover wrote: »

I'm waiting for him to say "to infinity and beyond" since I saw him.

To IAG and beyond !!

vicwatson · 27-05-2015 11:32pm

I smell a rat, a dirty rat over this...

take everything · 27-05-2015 11:34pm

FG looking really bad over this.

vicwatson · 27-05-2015 11:35pm

I've seen that "haven't a feckin clue" look on Inda's face so many times since they took over the reigns...pathetic

Xenophile · 27-05-2015 11:36pm

vicwatson wrote: »

Fine Gael are now experts in Aer Lingus and aviation, and the width of aircraft

Yes of course you are right, Fine Gael got their expertise and knowledge of the inside workings of Aer Lingus since the time that Garret Fitzgerald worked there!

vicwatson · 27-05-2015 11:37pm

Buzz drinking an awful lot of water....suppose he is drowning here !

Xenophile · 27-05-2015 11:39pm

take everything wrote: »

FG looking really bad over this.

Not at all as they just prevented Parish Pump Politics coming to the North side of Dublin!

Roger_007 · 27-05-2015 11:39pm

take everything wrote: »

FG looking really bad over this.

I don't know why people still hang on to the notion that the state owns Aer Lingus. It doesn't, it was sold 10 years ago by FF. (Ryanair own more of Aer Lingus than the state).
It could have been taken over without any agreement with the government.

frostyjacks · 27-05-2015 11:47pm

This is starting to remind me of the bit in Wall Street where Gordon Gekko takes over Bluestar Airlines and destroys it.

"Why do you need to wreck this company?"

"Because it's WRECKABLE, all right? I took another look at it and I changed my mind!"

Ipso · 28-05-2015 1:30am

Roger_007 wrote: »

I don't know why people still hang on to the notion that the state owns Aer Lingus. It doesn't, it was sold 10 years ago by FF. (Ryanair own more of Aer Lingus than the state).
It could have been taken over without any agreement with the government.

Populism says otherwise.

bubsy · 28-05-2015 2:02pm

Populism may say otherwise, doesn't mean its right.

Lady Chatterton · 28-05-2015 11:08pm

I like Michael McNamara a lot, I think he is a very decent guy and he's well intentioned but I reckon he'll struggle to get re-elected because Labour have broken most of the promises they made ahead of the last election. Michael is more interested in legislation that parish pump politics and unfortunately most people don't value that.

tayto lover · 28-05-2015 11:12pm

Just after switching. Was there any mention of Catherine Murphy's amazing revelations today in the Dail?

Lady Chatterton · 28-05-2015 11:17pm

I wanted to slap Neary today and I'm not a violent person. I wouldn't leave the man in charge of a feckin photocopying machine :mad:

expectationlost · 28-05-2015 11:19pm

MrsD007 wrote: »

I like Michael McNamara a lot, I think he is a very decent guy and he's well intentioned but I reckon he'll struggle to get re-elected because Labour have broken most of the promises they made ahead of the last election. Michael is more interested in legislation that parish pump politics and unfortunately most people don't value that.

true but still a convenient time to jump ship before the election

Roger_007 · 28-05-2015 11:19pm

MrsD007 wrote: »

I like Michael McNamara a lot, I think he is a very decent guy and he's well intentioned but I reckon he'll struggle to get re-elected because Labour have broken most of the promises they made ahead of the last election. Michael is more interested in legislation that parish pump politics and unfortunately most people don't value that.

McNamara is like the other Labour TDs who have jumped ship. He realises that the only chance he has to get re-elected is to distance himself from the party. He could have picked many other causes to vote against the Government in the last few years, but he now knows that time is running out, so he picks on something that has 'local' interest. I don't think that his stance is all that honerable.

Lady Chatterton · 28-05-2015 11:22pm

Roger_007 wrote: »

McNamara is like the other Labour TDs who have jumped ship. He realises that the only chance he has to get re-elected is to distance himself from the party. He could have picked many other causes to vote against the Government in the last few years, but he now knows that time is running out, so he picks on something that has 'local' interest. I don't think that his stance is all that honerable.

I have to disagree with you. I reckon he is going to retire from politics. For the record, he voted against the Protection of life in Pregnancy bill too but Labour overlooked it and put it down to the hour of the night they were voting on the bill.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/labour-td-mistakenly-votes-against-government-on-abortion-1.1458920

Ally Dick · 28-05-2015 11:30pm

Paddy Neary was incompetence personified. They need to take some of his pension off him

Harry Angstrom · 28-05-2015 11:37pm

Ally Dick wrote: »

Paddy Neary was incompetence personified. They need to take some of his pension off him

We'd need a referendum to do that, but the Gov't think it's far more pressing and important to have a referendum on the minimum age for the Presidency.....

take everything · 28-05-2015 11:47pm

MrsD007 wrote: »

I wanted to slap Neary today and I'm not a violent person. I wouldn't leave the man in charge of a feckin photocopying machine :mad:

The guy is a clueless clown but there is a danger that there’s a lot of morons out there across the board in the financial sector who would love to spin a handy myth that he was entirely to blame.

Harry Angstrom · 28-05-2015 11:49pm

Denis O'Brien might not have a direct link with TV3 but there's no doubt that they dutifully kowtow to him every time.

frostyjacks · 28-05-2015 11:51pm

They're not even going to talk about what was said in the Dail, for fear of legal action? What's the point of Dail privelage if it can't get reported?

Harry Angstrom · 28-05-2015 11:52pm

frostyjacks wrote: »

They're not even going to talk about what was said in the Dail, for fear of legal action? What's the point of Dail privelage if it can't get reported?

It can be reported but TV3 don't want to upset the Almighty One.

radharc · 28-05-2015 11:53pm

frostyjacks wrote: »

They're not even going to talk about what was said in the Dail, for fear of legal action? What's the point of Dail privelage if it can't get reported?

Not just TV3, pretty much all Irish media outlets...

Lady Chatterton · 28-05-2015 11:54pm

"Catherine Murphy makes Denis O’Brien claims in Dáil
O’Brien says information was false and claims were an abuse of Dáil privilege".

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/catherine-murphy-makes-denis-o-brien-claims-in-d%C3%A1il-1.2229946

Stillhouette · 29-05-2015 1:44am

He should prove that the allegations are false in that case. There is no point saying so and then threatening any media outlet that dares to report on todays proceeding in Dail Eireann.

CatFromHue · 29-05-2015 2:48pm

Should she not have to prove that her allegations are true?

expectationlost · 29-05-2015 4:39pm

CatFromHue wrote: »

Should she not have to prove that her allegations are true?

she says she has multiple sources,as did RTE I presume, thats usually enough, the arguement though is whether its his personal finances and the courts ruled they were, even if these loans were for his business.

Lady Chatterton · 02-06-2015 11:03pm

Vinny has been very critical of Dinny for a long time and has been on the receiving end of one of his 'love' letters.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/o-brien-s-record-should-disbar-him-from-having-a-disproportionate-hold-on-media-1.1493100

Harry Angstrom · 02-06-2015 11:11pm

MrsD007 wrote: »

Vinny has been very critical of Dinny for a long time and has been on the receiving end of one of his 'love' letters.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/o-brien-s-record-should-disbar-him-from-having-a-disproportionate-hold-on-media-1.1493100

O'Brien is a bully. He uses the threat of litigation to try to silence his critics. He's the Irish Rupert Murdoch and it's about time that those parts of the media which he doesn't own stood up to him.

take everything · 02-06-2015 11:11pm

Not sure if we're gonna learn any more tonight about this.
Would love to hear from Dukes about how exactly she is wrong.

Roger_007 · 02-06-2015 11:14pm

Why didn't Vinnie himself show the relevant clip from the Dail?

take everything · 02-06-2015 11:15pm

Roger_007 wrote: »

Why didn't Vinnie himself show the relevant clip from the Dail?

He was off.
The bould Vinny no doubt would've shown it. Not.

enfant terrible · 02-06-2015 11:16pm

take everything wrote: »

He was off.
The bould Vinny no doubt would've shown it. Not.

I think he would of.

take everything · 02-06-2015 11:24pm

Vinny trolling a bit refusing to deal with the reality involved

Roger_007 · 02-06-2015 11:24pm

"A mildly greyer area".............??

Harry Angstrom · 02-06-2015 11:25pm

It comes to something when we have to rely on The New York Times for Dail reports.

Tonight With Vincent Browne Thread v 4.0 (08/07/14 to date)

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