O Dea Resigns as Minister of Defence

The_Kew_Tour

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

The President has accepted the resignation of Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea.
In a letter, the minister said he had come to the conclusion that his continuing in office would distract from the important and vital work of the Government.
In reply, Taoiseach Brian Cowen thanked the former minister for his hard work and commitment.
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Responsibility for the Department of Defence has now been assigned to the Taoiseach.
Last summer, Minister O'Dea made a sworn statement in connection with a High Court case taken by Sinn Féin local election candidate Maurice Quinlivan.
While he accepted making comments about Mr Quinlivan which were published in a local newspaper, he denied making other, unpublished, comments which figured in the court case.
It later transpired that he had in fact made the comments - Mr O'Dea said he had forgotten making them, and apologised.
The Dáil was suspended this morning following rowdy exchanges over the issue, while the Government had won a confidence motion last night..
In an interview this afternoon with RTÉ News, he denied the Fine Gael accusation that he had committed perjury.
Asked about his statement that he received information from An Garda Síochána, Mr O'Dea said 'It was just general chit chat,' 'I passed it on - I shouldn't have passed it on.'
'I say things that I don't really mean sometimes in the heat of battle.'
'I have made a bad mistake, I've paid heavily for it, I am sorry, I am contrite, I've apologised, I apologised again ... I don't know what else I can do.'

kmart6

Pushed or Walked?!

plein de force

about time too
lying bastaaard

zapata

FREE WILLY

Fear Uladh

plein de force wrote: »

about time too
lying bastaaard

One out, many more to come.

I will miss that moustach

crushproof

Awwww, no more gun wielding photo ops for him now????

twincamman

ah he was a bit of craic.:D

Poor Uncle Tom

kmart6 wrote: »

Pushed or Walked?!

Palked....

Government terminology for leaving ones job at a rapid rate while making it look like you were going with years. Can be quite a dangerous practice, you can get lamped by a door or a gate on the ass on the way out.

fuelinjection

Hmmm ... still a TD with a TD salary and pension for 2 years and will probably be re-elected in Limerick anyway in 2012.

Hope he is apologising to Maurice Quinlivan as well who he slandered in public.

Danbo!

BOO

Grimreaper666

I reckon Coughlan will/should be next........

galwayrush

One down, hopefully Coughlan next, followed by the rest of the incompetent twats.

pajoemccracken

A Liar who made a mockery of politics. He represents the Fianna Fail corrupt party that has ruined this country.
goodbye to bad rubbish

L.Jenkins

Seriously though, Anyone give a sh**e?

MaybeLogic

After registering here, earlier this evening, and seeing the results of his own poll concerning his resignation, he decided his position was untenable.

Sully

Couglan will probably be next and rightly so assuming she remains in her current position anyway.

As for willy.. He is free now! Go willy go!

Poor Uncle Tom

djhunter30 wrote: »

Seriously though, Anyone give a sh**e?

This fellow might
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=310772

Alessandra

I hope more of them take a leaf out of his book.

Great news.

It's only a matter of time for the rest of them

Cian92

What does this mean, seat and vote wise for the current government?

L.Jenkins

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

This fellow might
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=310772

Come on now! Seriously, he's still a TD. Will he be prosecuted though?

Grimreaper666

I reckon Coughlan will/should be next........

L.Jenkins

Free Mary next!!!

ibarelycare

Is this the beginning of the end? Surely after the past few weeks, confidence in the government is pretty low. Time for a general election? Not that I can think of anyone who would do any better than this shower

L.Jenkins

ibarelycare wrote: »

Is this the beginning of the end? Surely after the past few weeks, confidence in the government is pretty low. Time for a general election? Not that I can think of anyone who would do any better than this shower

Many people I know, were of the opinion that there should have been an election months ago. This could be a tipping point along with Mary Coughlans inablility to engage a few brain cells when needed!

The_Kew_Tour

ibarelycare wrote: »

Is this the beginning of the end? Surely after the past few weeks, confidence in the government is pretty low. Time for a general election? Not that I can think of anyone who would do any better than this shower

If there was election in the morning I still think FF will do much better then what people expect you know.

Enda Kenny just does not appeal to majority people to take over as our next leader.

Agent J

One down.....

Ulysses Gaze

He'll still top the polls in Limerick at the next GE though,

ibarelycare

adrian280582 wrote: »

If there was election in the morning I still think FF will do much better then what people expect you know.

Enda Kenny just does not appeal to majority people to take over as our next leader.

Yep. If it wasn't for Enda, there'd probably be much more support for FG

Alessandra

adrian280582 wrote: »

Enda Kenny just does not appeal to majority people to take over as our next leader.

That is what is so worrying about the whole thing. We have no one to take
their place.

Grimreaper666

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

He'll still top the polls in Limerick at the next GE though,

That says a lot about Limerick doesn't it?

sdanseo

The one FF politician I actually had a bit of respect for and he goes and fúcks it up. Don't think he deserved this tbh, I mean he slandered a SF politician and I've about as much respect for them as I have for the provos.

Line in the sand asap and moving on is in order here.

nacho libre

Will the Greens now get a little boost in the next opinion poll i wonder.

L.Jenkins

nacho libre wrote: »

Will the Greens now get a little boost in the next opinion poll i wonder.

I don't think it's good for the greens being associated with Fianna Fail at the moment!

nacho libre

djhunter30 wrote: »

I don't think it's good for the greens being associated with Fianna Fail at the moment!

well, would they not have been seen to finally grow a spine and take action? or is it a question of too little too late in the eyes of the public?

patwicklow

pajoemccracken wrote: »

A Liar who made a mockery of politics. He represents the Fianna Fail corrupt party that has ruined this country.
goodbye to bad rubbish

He commited a crime, the crime of perjury carries a penalty of up to 7 years in prison. In britain, 2 politicians have gone to prison in the past for perjury!
and when they voted yesterday they all sould be locked up..

Nevermind_

How come he gets shafted so quickly yet we still have bloody Mary Coughlan!!!

ibarelycare

nacho libre wrote: »

well, would they not have been seen to finally grow a spine and take action? or is it a question of too little too late in the eyes of the public?

Did they take action though? I'm sure this will be spun to make it look like FF did the honourable thing in this situation and pushed O'Dea.

flutered

ah calamity mary, nice to hear her on the airwaves last friday proving that she is humble, with her quote, i am not compleatly incompident you know, no mary just 99.9%.

Alice1

Sooooo, who is going to be in Defence now? Green?

Willie O'Dea may be gone - but not very far I should think. Watch the Ministry of Finance spot....

L.Jenkins

nacho libre wrote: »

well, would they not have been seen to finally grow a spine and take action? or is it a question of too little too late in the eyes of the public?

They never will and if they do, yes it's alittle to late.

patwicklow wrote: »

He commited a crime, the crime of perjury carries a penalty of up to 7 years in prison. In britain, 2 politicians have gone to prison in the past for perjury!
and when they voted yesterday they all sould be locked up..

I'm suprised he lasted this long after everything came out, as for Mary Coughlan and Harney, I'm seriously suprised that the're still there, the f**kin' muppets!

Nevermind_ wrote: »

How come he gets shafted so quickly yet we still have bloody Mary Coughlan!!!

Thats politics for ya!

moonpurple

will calamity mary still be looking for enda to withdraw perjury charge made in the dail?:pac:

patwicklow

Alice1 wrote: »

Sooooo, who is going to be in Defence now? Green?

Willie O'Dea may be gone - but not very far I should think. Watch the Ministry of Finance spot....

BET ANY MONEY IT WILL BE THAT TWAT DICK ROCHE...........

mk1600

Good riddance to the lot of them, we need some new fresh politicians instead of the rats we've become so accustomed to over the past FF years.

nacho libre

ibarelycare wrote: »

Did they take action though? I'm sure this will be spun to make it look like FF did the honourable thing in this situation and pushed O'Dea.

well, wasn't it a couple of greens who brought things to a head.
i think it'll be hard for ff to spin it as they were proactive rather than reacting to events given they gave Willie O Dea a vote of confidence yesterday.

galwayrush

Nevermind_ wrote: »

How come he gets shafted so quickly yet we still have bloody Mary Coughlan!!!

Because apparently, she is the boss man's drinking buddy.:rolleyes:

kev9100

Good riddance. O Dea was an absoloute fool for acting the way he did and was a disgrace as Minister of Defence.

L.Jenkins

mk1600 wrote: »

Good riddance to the lot of them, we need some new fresh politicians instead of the rats we've become so accustomed to over the past FF years.

Instead of having a bunch of dirty rat bas***ds and fresh faces, I'd prefer people with experience within their Ministerial area and a CV to prove it. Take Mary Harney, Minister for Health, and possibly more health problems then a small hospitial.

bonzos

another "honourable FF man" gone...just like john o donoghue,ray burke,bertie,CJH etc..

Liam Byrne

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

He'll still top the polls in Limerick at the next GE though,

Grimreaper666 wrote: »

That says a lot about Limerick doesn't it?

Well even if he does, please don't assume that we're all idiots.

It's bad enough that we're all wrongly viewed as being violent scumbags, but being viewed as FF and O'Dea supporters ???

That's a step too far.