danny healy rae

ciaeim

just wondering did anyone hear what happened in kilgarvan regarding danny healy rae, heart attack , hammer , heard rumours but not enough to be able to have an opinion.

just heard it something to do with plot of land

eddiebarrett

Was mentioned on Kerry Radio news headlines yesterday but no details given.

newman10

Was it inspired by Kevin Myers :D:D:D:D:D

ciaeim

newman10 wrote: »

Was it inspired by Kevin Myers :D:D:D:D:D

sorry dont get it:(

goat2

it was on news today, that one of the healy raes was hurt
why would anyone want to do that
was he attacked

dresstoimpress

It said on today fm news they believe it was a fight over land, concerning a right of way. Both men ended up in hosiptal.:eek::eek::eek:
Shocking business in this day and age....

raphael won

We can empathise with the individual involved in the altercation with Cllr Danny Healy-Rae as we have a similar right of way dispute here in Bray. As usual the council and councillors act with an arrogant indifference with regards to the rights of the individual and the rule of law. I can understand when someone is pushed hard enough they will take the law into their own hands.

newman10

ciaeim wrote: »

sorry dont get it:(

Kevin Myers was on Radio Kerry Friday morning with Michael Healy Rae discussing an article he wrote in the Indo.

Myers does not have a healthy opinion of the Healy Raes

smcgiff

THE LAND DANNY, THE LAND!

ciaeim

newman10 wrote: »

Kevin Myers was on Radio Kerry Friday morning with Michael Healy Rae discussing an article he wrote in the Indo.

Myers does not have a healthy opinion of the Healy Raes

quiet a few people share that opinion;);)

goat2

there are other ways of settling a dispute or whatever the problem was, i thought it was rezoning, than hurting a person, he had to be hospitalised over it

Bersouth

ciaeim wrote: »

quiet a few people share that opinion;);)

Nearly 7k people voted for the Healy Rae's in local election, not one vote for Kevin Myers.......

Velvet shank

Bersouth wrote: »

Nearly 7k people voted for the Healy Rae's in local election, not one vote for Kevin Myers.......

oh, didn't know Myers stood in the local election:)

ejmaztec

Bersouth wrote: »

Nearly 7k people voted for the Healy Rae's in local election, not one vote for Kevin Myers.......

Aren't they all related to each other down there?:eek:

murraymarmalade

ejmaztec wrote: »

Aren't they all related to each other down there?:eek:

well done dude.......but the clue was in the surname healy rae!

:rolleyes:

ejmaztec

murraymarmalade wrote: »

well done dude.......but the clue was in the surname healy rae!

:rolleyes:

Not so well done dude, I was referring to the 7000 voters.:P

Mr. Presentable

Bersouth wrote: »

Nearly 7k people voted for the Healy Rae's in local election, not one vote for Kevin Myers.......

To be fair, that says more about the people of Kerry than anything. Like the way Coughlin, or McDaid get elected in Donegal. Nothing to be proud of: a county full of gombeenism, nepotism and the likes of citizens who'll queue up to sympathise with a rapist on his conviction.

ejmaztec

nipplenuts wrote: »

To be fair, that says more about the people of Kerry than anything. Like the way Coughlin, or McDaid get elected in Donegal. Nothing to be proud of: a county full of gombeenism, nepotism and the likes of citizens who'll queue up to sympathise with a rapist on his conviction.

I don't think that's the way to persuade Kerry people not to vote for the local poor man's political dynasty.;)

Bersouth

ejmaztec wrote: »

Not so well done dude, I was referring to the 7000 voters.:P

press people would do well at times to remember it is the people who elect not the script writers. 7k people in south kerry can be all wrong

ejmaztec

Bersouth wrote: »

press people would do well at times to remember it is the people who elect not the script writers. 7k people in south kerry can be all wrong

You got that right.

Bersouth

nipplenuts wrote: »

To be fair, that says more about the people of Kerry than anything. Like the way Coughlin, or McDaid get elected in Donegal. Nothing to be proud of: a county full of gombeenism, nepotism and the likes of citizens who'll queue up to sympathise with a rapist on his conviction.

I would presume that these people are elected and voted for because they work hard for the people in their areas, after all they are elected to represent these people it is the Dail that elects the goverment.

sesna

Bersouth wrote: »

I would presume that these people are elected and voted for because they work hard for the people in their areas, after all they are elected to represent these people it is the Dail that elects the goverment.

Ah he filled in a few pot holes around your local roads in Kerry? Unfortunately what happens in Kerry affects us all, as for past decade we have JHR keeping gov in office, among others.

This youtube video shows Healy Rae's acceptance speech in Kenmare. It is compared to Martin Luther King and JFK !! Watch it for roaring and gombeenism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PYbIGmQFLY

Some of my best friends hail from Kerry and they are equally mortified, but it is the folk who put national embarrassments like HRaes in office that grind me down. Easy to see how John B Keane got his inspiration for the Field and the Bull McCabe.

ejmaztec

This was the party political broadcast.

Bersouth

sesna wrote: »

Ah he filled in a few pot holes around your local roads in Kerry? Unfortunately what happens in Kerry affects us all, as for past decade we have JHR keeping gov in office, among others.

This youtube video shows Healy Rae's acceptance speech in Kenmare. It is compared to Martin Luther King and JFK !! Watch it for roaring and gombeenism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PYbIGmQFLY

Some of my best friends hail from Kerry and they are equally mortified, but it is the folk who put national embarrassments like HRaes in office that grind me down. Easy to see how John B Keane got his inspiration for the Field and the Bull McCabe.

John B Keane got his inspiration from the people of Stacks Mountain who work their poor boggy farms and struggled to raise there families, their land was ingraved in their souls every inch had to be reclaimed from the harsh mountain and bog so every piece became part of you. South kerry is no different every acre is won from the mountains. As for the Healy Rae being a national embarresment, they were elected to serve the people and thats what they are doing. The real national embarresment are the fat cat bankers and developers who featherd each other nest to the detriment of the ordinary people

kerry4sam

Bersouth wrote: »

John B Keane got his inspiration from the people of Stacks Mountain who work their poor boggy farms and struggled to raise there families, their land was ingraved in their souls every inch had to be reclaimed from the harsh mountain and bog so every piece became part of you. South kerry is no different every acre is won from the mountains. As for the Healy Rae being a national embarresment, they were elected to serve the people and thats what they are doing. The real national embarresment are the fat cat bankers and developers who featherd each other nest to the detriment of the ordinary people

@anyone & everyone: People say this all the time and I want to know from the people who post here: how do you define "the ordinary people"? How are "ordinary people" distinguished from everyone else? - in your own opinions.

Bersouth

kerry4sam wrote: »

@anyone & everyone: People say this all the time and I want to know from the people who post here: how do you define "the ordinary people"? How are "ordinary people" distinguished from everyone else? - in your own opinions.

The ordinary people are to put it simply thoes who everyday try to work at raiseing their families and to provide a roof over their heads. These people do this without thought of featering their nest and making a quick euro at the expense of others. These are the plain people of ireland that are left now to carry the can for the fat cat bankers and developers.

ejmaztec

The only reason that JHR apparently gets things done, is that the government needs his vote. Without that mathematical problem, he would get nothing done at all, and would be as ineffective as many other politicians in The Kingdom.

...and then there's the question of expenses.

sesna

Kevin Myers had a good bit about Kerry last week, all the land rezoned - enough for three times its population. And that county elected JHR, Ferris and Bull O Donoghue.

It poisons the eagles, Norwegian ambassador is concerned-Kerry is the land of trolls maybe. I wonder did Healy Rae take off his cap in hospital. Which of them will run next time, as the old chap takes his leave and pension.

All the noise FF make about our "international reputation" yet they are happy to let JHR join their gang.

I wonder what the bond markets would make of the Healy Rae's

Bersouth

A very wise judge said "there are 3 sides to a story, the defendant, the planitiff and the truth"

goat2

Bersouth wrote: »

press people would do well at times to remember it is the people who elect not the script writers. 7k people in south kerry can be all wrong

is there 7k polulation in south kerry
if so all south kerry voted the healy

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raes

Bersouth

in fact believe it or not he Healy Rae's got votes from 23% of electorate in south kerry, so 1 in 4 had Healy Rae's as first preference. They must be working on the ground me thinks......:D

goat2

Bersouth wrote: »

in fact believe it or not he Healy Rae's got votes from 23% of electorate in south kerry, so 1 in 4 had Healy Rae's as first preference. They must be working on the ground me thinks......:D

i do agree
must work very hard for the electorate

fresca

you're all forgetting one important factor....

when a people do not feel that their local & national government takes them seriously they revert to the loudest local voice.
This Healy-Raes have identified a gap in the market & exploited it... the gap being that the people of kerry feel alienated from a government which either ignored them or treated them with contempt (take your pick).

rather than taking the easy option and criticising people for voting for them, maybe you should consider why such characters exist within our political landscape? people such as the healy-raes, lowry in tipperary, mcdaid in donegal etc....

is it any wonder irish people feel disenfranchised? and/or alienated from the political process?

Bersouth

fresca wrote: »

you're all forgetting one important factor....

when a people do not feel that their local & national government takes them seriously they revert to the loudest local voice.
This Healy-Raes have identified a gap in the market & exploited it... the gap being that the people of kerry feel alienated from a government which either ignored them or treated them with contempt (take your pick).

rather than taking the easy option and criticising people for voting for them, maybe you should consider why such characters exist within our political landscape? people such as the healy-raes, lowry in tipperary, mcdaid in donegal etc....

is it any wonder irish people feel disenfranchised? and/or alienated from the political process?

It is because of the Healy Rae's the people of South Kerry are not alienated from Goverment on the contary they have direct access to Goverment. One can argue that just a problem of Maths for Goverment but one must not forget the ability of the Healy Raes to maximise their opperunity to lever the goverment. Do you honestly think there would be a Bypass or new Garda Barracks for Castleisland without Healy Rae, you can be certain there wouldn't.

Essexboy

Bersouth wrote: »

It is because of the Healy Rae's the people of South Kerry are not alienated from Goverment on the contary they have direct access to Goverment. One can argue that just a problem of Maths for Goverment but one must not forget the ability of the Healy Raes to maximise their opperunity to lever the goverment. Do you honestly think there would be a Bypass or new Garda Barracks for Castleisland without Healy Rae, you can be certain there wouldn't.

So when we get a government that does not rely on Jackie Healy Rae, South Kerry will (rightly) have its funding cut.

goat2

when you say south kerry, there are more than the healy raes in that area
jod also preside over some of the funding, he also did his share for the people,
are we the electorate expected to have nothing in return for our vote, just like the rest of the country who also get their funding we are entitlet to decent roads, health service, education, sport and services.
and the day jhr and jod stop seeing to it that the people of south kerry have the services they need,
we will find someone else who will do the job for us

ejmaztec

goat2 wrote: »

when you say south kerry, there are more than the healy raes in that area
jod also preside over some of the funding, he also did his share for the people,
are we the electorate expected to have nothing in return for our vote, just like the rest of the country who also get their funding we are entitlet to decent roads, health service, education, sport and services.
and the day jhr and jod stop seeing to it that the people of south kerry have the services they need,
we will find someone else who will do the job for us

If you do need to find someone else, can you find a couple more to replace McEllistrim and Deenihan, because we need some pull in North Kerry as well.;)

Bersouth

Essexboy wrote: »

So when we get a government that does not rely on Jackie Healy Rae, South Kerry will (rightly) have its funding cut.

We will end up like north Kerry at present, crumbs from goverment.....

goat2

ejmaztec wrote: »

If you do need to find someone else, can you find a couple more to replace McEllistrim and Deenihan, because we need some pull in North Kerry as well.;)

well then dont vote for those who do not work for their electorate, find someone who work for the people all the time not some of their people some of the time, it is ye who put them there, lesson learned

ejmaztec

goat2 wrote: »

well then dont vote for those who do not work for their electorate, find someone who work for the people all the time not some of their people some of the time, it is ye who put them there, lesson learned

Didn't vote for either of them, but some fools did:(

SeaFields

Just a matter of interest for those that voted for Jackie Healy Rae do you think its right of him to support the government still, considering the state of the economy for some handouts to Kerry or should he vote for the best interests of the country (thats a matter of personal opinion I know)?

Genuinely curious about this.

I know several people to whom the Healy Raes were of fantastic help during difficult times but, at the same time, I'd question him supporting the government at every turn when the country is going down the toilet.

Bersouth

SeaFields wrote: »

Just a matter of interest for those that voted for Jackie Healy Rae do you think its right of him to support the government still, considering the state of the economy for some handouts to Kerry or should he vote for the best interests of the country (thats a matter of personal opinion I know)?

Genuinely curious about this.

I know several people to whom the Healy Raes were of fantastic help during difficult times but, at the same time, I'd question him supporting the government at every turn when the country is going down the toilet.

He was elected by the people of south kerry and is answerable to them and them alone have the oppertunity to pass a verdict on him every 5 years.

goat2

SeaFields wrote: »

Just a matter of interest for those that voted for Jackie Healy Rae do you think its right of him to support the government still, considering the state of the economy for some handouts to Kerry or should he vote for the best interests of the country (thats a matter of personal opinion I know)?

Genuinely curious about this.

I know several people to whom the Healy Raes were of fantastic help during difficult times but, at the same time, I'd question him supporting the government at every turn when the country is going down the toilet.

nothing we can do now about who is in power
but when someone come to my door looking for my vote, i want to know that they will see to it that my part of the country is not forgotton, they have to work for us, after all they are asking me for my vote, i ask in return for services, such as health care, decent roads, education, and a listning ear when there are problems,

Bersouth

goat2 wrote: »

nothing we can do now about who is in power
but when someone come to my door looking for my vote, i want to know that they will see to it that my part of the country is not forgotton, they have to work for us, after all they are asking me for my vote, i ask in return for services, such as health care, decent roads, education, and a listning ear when there are problems,

Couldnt agree more We elect people to represent us, they in turn elect the goverment but the bottom lineis that they are representing us

sesna

I see gob5hite Jackie Healy Rae in the Sindo today, claiming travel expenses in mileage despite the fact he is entitled to free train travel. As long as he gets new roads built around Kerry though !


Asked if he was also claiming mileage, he said: "I'm not prepared to answer that question. I had my car the week before last and I parked it up in the Dail. They open the gates for me and I go in fine."

Clearly annoyed at being questioned on the matter of his expenses claims, Deputy Healy-Rae ended the conversation, saying: "Do you think that I'm really going to answer these questions to you?

"Why don't you go after Ivor Callely and the Dublin fellahs? Look, I have something else to do.

"In actual fact, I'm very busy. That's all I'm going to say to you -- and good luck."

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/healyrae-bullish-over-expenses-2209830.html

Bersouth

sesna wrote: »

I see gob5hite Jackie Healy Rae in the Sindo today, claiming travel expenses in mileage despite the fact he is entitled to free train travel. As long as he gets new roads built around Kerry though !


Asked if he was also claiming mileage, he said: "I'm not prepared to answer that question. I had my car the week before last and I parked it up in the Dail. They open the gates for me and I go in fine."

Clearly annoyed at being questioned on the matter of his expenses claims, Deputy Healy-Rae ended the conversation, saying: "Do you think that I'm really going to answer these questions to you?

"Why don't you go after Ivor Callely and the Dublin fellahs? Look, I have something else to do.



"In actual fact, I'm very busy. That's all I'm going to say to you -- and good luck."

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/healyrae-bullish-over-expenses-2209830.html

No more no less than the other 166

sesna

Bersouth wrote: »

No more no less than the other 166

As bad as the average is, Healy Rae is certainly near the bottom of the cesspool. Great reflection on those in Kerry who put him there :rolleyes:

ejmaztec

sesna wrote: »

As bad as the average is, Healy Rae is certainly near the bottom of the cesspool. Great reflection on those in Kerry who put him there :rolleyes:

They're all down the bottom of the cess-pool, all doing quite well for themselves, and all keep a low profile between elections, except for St Paddy's day when they take off around the world pretending that they're on a job-creation mission. All that they ever bring back is a bag of duty-free.

goat2

sesna wrote: »

As bad as the average is, Healy Rae is certainly near the bottom of the cesspool. Great reflection on those in Kerry who put him there :rolleyes:

it does not worry me what the rest of the country think, as long as the minister i vote for is working for the electorate who put him there, i do not see him at the end of the barrell, in fact quiet the opposite.

Bersouth

goat2 wrote: »

it does not worry me what the rest of the country think, as long as the minister i vote for is working for the electorate who put him there, i do not see him at the end of the barrell, in fact quiet the opposite.

Couldnt agree more they are elected to serve the people who elect them and they in turn elect the goverment to run the country...

dmeehan

isnt Jackie Healy-Rae stepping down at the next election??