Goodbye Willie (O'Dea resigns as Minister)

Tail Wagger

Well lads it looks as do it's only a matter of hours rather than days
that Willie O' Dea will be dumped by Finna Fall.
What do people in general think?
Speak your mind.........
Fianna Fall won't.:cool:

Mr. Incognito

I'll wait till the announcement.

By the way you're spelt bye wrong, unless you meant boy?

peasant

This

hopefully ...

fuelinjection

Karma.

But he will probably still be a TD until the next election.

Pot Noodle =

peasant wrote: »

This

hopefully ...

Please God

Mr. Incognito

Political suicide

Amtmann

fuelinjection wrote: »

Karma.

But he will probably still be a TD until the next election.

He will probably top the poll in his constituency as usual. As an electorate, we get what we deserve.

Tail Wagger

fuelinjection wrote: »

Karma.

But he will probably still be a TD until the next election.

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Yes when he looses his portfolio position
he will become a backbencher,
some backbencher with a huge 20,000 + first preference votes...
Poor Willie... a very well respected Politian in Limerick..

EKRIUQ

Tail Wagger wrote: »

Poor Willie... a very well respected Politian in Limerick..

He should know better then than making comments about people who run/not run brothels

scully74

Tail Wagger wrote: »

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Yes when he looses his portfolio position
he will become a backbencher,
some backbencher with a huge 20,000 + first preference votes...
Poor Willie... a very well respected Politian in Limerick..

I'm from limerick orignally, he's a little prcik..saying limerick does not have a gang problem, ya right... more lies...remember him backing up bertie.....more lies....

moby2101

I'm from Limerick also and a FF canvasser ... Willie will be no loss .. A little bully and a weasel to boot.. He never did anything positive for Limerick. Good riddance..

Tail Wagger

moby2101 wrote: »

I'm from Limerick also and a FF canvasser ... Willie will be no loss .. A little bully and a weasel to boot.. He never did anything positive for Limerick. Good riddance..

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Well to be honest I know very little about Willie?
But it's good to see his people from Limerick having their say
and by the looks of it he will be gone before the night is out!:cool:

sceptre

Thread re-opened given what's likely to be broadcast on the 9pm news. If people could keep it rational and refrain from the silly pictures, that'd be cool (otherwise this thread won't be viable).

byhookorbycrook

according to TV3

Red Alert

The real question then is why the toads in the green party (particularly Ryan and Gormley, who claim to be above reproach) voted for him in the motion of confidence. Were they ill-informed or did the in fact agree with what he's done?

bijapos

rte.ie breaking news has it too on text alert.

Good

Permabear

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grrrrrrrrrr

Willie O Dea resigned!!

just heard there!

right or wrong decision?!?!

jhegarty

And he's out of here :

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0218/odeaw.html

johngalway

The Greens, Sweary Mary, Willie....



An election has to be closer after the way this week is going.

rx8

Just got it on Irish Times breaking news....

Willie is gone!

Fiskar

About time too, he might have been a good Minister for defence but there have to be some ethics in office. You simply cannot lie under oath or commit perjury at that level and expect to get away with it.
The Greens did themselves no favours voting with FF on the no confidence vote, they should have excused themselves. Reckon Gormley relayed to Cowen, "don't expect us to vote on anymore of these FF no confidence votes".

Sir Oxman

Good news.
Now, there should be uproar over the sickening way this regime/junta give not one f-cuk about the damage their grubby members do to the body politic and institutions of this country.

hinault

resigned his cabinet post.

big deal.
It's not as if we're going to get that shower of wasters out.:mad:

Dammer

On RTE 1 now!

changes

It must have been pressure from the greens, because FF would have been perfectly happy to keep him in regardless of his perjury.

It wouldn't have taken a flinch of FF to let that sort of shenanigans slide.

maynooth_rules

Don't let the door hit your arse on the way out Willie. Enjoy the backbenches with the Bull

blond45

who's next i wonder. theres a trend going . one more from the green side.

samsemtex

changes wrote: »

It must have been pressure from the greens, because FF would have been perfectly happy to keep him in regardless of his perjury.

It wouldn't have taken a flinch of FF to let that sort of shenanigans slide.

The greens would have been perfectly happy with him too only for Dan Boyles twitter comments. Spineless shower the lot of them.


Where does this leave the government? They just said they have complete confidence in O'Dea and therefore they endorsed his actions. His actions have now made his position untenable yet last night they said they were fine.

How can they honestly stay in government after saying perjury is fine?

moonpurple

'i may be going too far when i say this..' william o dea

r o f l

what a tool, love it, :pac:

Kensington

samsemtex wrote: »

How can they honestly stay in government after saying perjury is fine?

Why? Because this is Ireland. This is Fianna Fáil. They have no shame and they the hardest necks in the country.
No-one will cause uproar.
No-one will demand further resignations.
There won't be protests on the streets.
And come the next general election, they'll be voted back in again.

CUCINA

Wrong decision...the whole cabinet should have resigned!

Sully

Cowen now in charge eh.. Scary thought judging by his performance so far.

Good luck willie, your free now.

Tail Wagger

Tail Wagger wrote: »

Well lads it looks as do it's only a matter of hours rather than days
that Willie O' Dea will be dumped by Finna Fall.
What do people in general think?
Speak your mind.........
Fianna Fall won't.:cool:

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Well there you go guys I told you so at 7pm he'd be gone
before the night was out.
Now come on out all you Limerick people and give us your
story of Willie O' Dea!: cool:

rovert

Justice, indeed

moonpurple

'i mite bee goin too far when i say dis'....william o dea

rolls on the floor laughing,

what a tool :pac:

now this cursing education expert paul gogarty needs to go

go gogarty go

Trotter

Gormley paying tribute to his colleague now..

Two FF butties.. separated by fate.

HANG ON....

johngalway

moonpurple wrote: »

'i mite bee goin too far when i say dis'....william o dea

rolls on the floor laughing,

what a tool :pac:

now this cursing education expert paul gogarty needs to go

go gogarty go

Sweary Mary first please, we can afford a few fecks here and there but not the kind of "work" she does.

Sleepy

Any word on a replacement or could this be an opportunity for a re-shuffle?

tech77

Ann Doyle looks like she's laughing at Gormley squirming and not giving straight answers.

baalthor

Members of the Limerick FF bollixarchy now on RTE: not very happy; it's all the Green's fault ...Limerick now screwed ... etc

Grimreaper666

How in the name of Je$us did O'Dea become a barrister AND an accountant? Were they giving out free licences like the drivings licences a few years ago or something? I wouldn't give that idiot a loan of a flat screwdriver never mind a government ministry!!!

staker

Willie O' Dea.
He did.

CUCINA

An eventful month so far...first, George and Fine Gael, then De Burca and the Greens, now O'Dea and FF...OK, now Labour's turn!

cavedave

When evidence is easily available you should check it. If you don't you will make needlessly bad decisions. Anyone who makes serious decisions without checking easily found evidence should not be in a position to make decisions that effect the security of a nation.

Even if you believe every word Willie O'Dea said he should not be a minister. Anyone who would say something on tape and then swears an oath on what they said, but not check the tape back is incompetent.

hinault

This is a non-story.

FF still have the majority because the Greens will do anything to stay in power.

O'Dea will serve a brief sentence and will be rehabilitated in due course.


RTE getting the horn about a non-story.

Fries-With-That

Brian Cowen 1 Green Party 0

Having forced his old pal willie to resign, Cowen has prevented the greens from climbing back onto the high moral ground.

Note to the green party: you can still withdraw your support from fianna fail.

Will Lenihan be the new M.o.D ?

moonpurple

enough drip drip..lets get the lot of them to re:eek: interview for their jobs...election time

who_ru

hinault wrote: »

This is a non-story.

RTE getting the horn about a non-story.

i doubt that very much - the RTE propoganda machine is in full swing reporting that the people of Limerick are 'deeply disappointed' by O' Dea's resignation. easy know who their paymaster's are.

bigdogbarking

Fries-With-That wrote: »

Brian Cowen 1 Green Party 0


Will Lenihan be the new M.o.D ?

Technically he was already in, poor willie couldn't make a decision without having to pass it by him anyway.

One down.......

uberwolf

well we're still a long way short of the standard I want from my public representatives.