Callely Resigns from Party

Boxoffrogs

A bit of good news to cheer us all up

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0824/callelyi.html

Long time coming in my opinion.

Eoin

That looks like he's just left Fianna Fáil - not the Seanad

KeithM89_old

He'll probably claim expenses on the journey home and stationary...

Celly Smunt

so he won't be defending himself in front of the seanad andwon't get a gardaí investigation (more than likely)another one runs to the finish and grabs gold it seems


Edit:has he left the seanad?

starbelgrade

He's resigned from Fianna Fail. That means f*ck all to be honest - he's still a senator, is still in reciept of a salary, will still get all his other benefits & worst of all - he can still claim expenses.

Nothing much has changed.

Donkey Oaty

eoin wrote: »

That looks like he's just left Fianna Fáil - not the Seanad

Indeed. He has not resigned from public office.

admiralofthefleet

ok, so he has resigned but thats not enough and it shouldnt die down from now on. he has to be prosecuted

Rubik.

eoin wrote: »

That looks like he's just left Fianna Fáil - not the Seanad

Yeah, he is still a Senator.

Boxoffrogs

eoin wrote: »

That looks like he's just left Fianna Fáil - not the Seanad

Perhaps, maybe I got a little over excited, I sincerely hope that means the end of him politically, it would take some brass neck for him to try and retain his Seanad seat, especially given that he was put there by Fianna Fail, but if anyone has a brass neck, it's quite possibly this man!

wilson10

A true Fianna Failer just the same.

Arrogant to the bitter end.

ejmaztec

Coming soon: The Long Goodbye - The Sequel

AckwelFoley

I hope he gets disgruntled, climbs the bell tower with a rifle and a box of hollowpoints.Im not sure how many hollow point bullets he needs though..


How many TD's are there in the green Party?

Donkey Oaty

diddledum wrote: »

Perhaps, maybe I got a little over excited, I sincerely hope that means the end of him politically, it would take some brass neck for him to try and retain his Seanad seat, especially given that he was put there by Fianna Fail, but if anyone has a brass neck, it's quite possibly this man!

As this thread goes on, it is you we'll blame, not him.

Don't take it personally.

PeterIanStaker

". . . conduct unbecoming a Fianna Fail member" i.e. he got caught.

Boxoffrogs

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

As this thread goes on, it is you we'll blame, not him.

Don't take it personally.

Doh!, I know, ha ha, probably well deserved, and I'm usually so good at reading things through. I think I just seen what I wanted to see

Donkey Oaty

diddledum wrote: »

Doh!, I know, ha ha, probably well deserved, and I'm usually so good at reading things through. I think I just seen what I wanted to see

"We" will be in touch.

iMax

Does he get a payoff/pension ?

Celly Smunt

iMax wrote: »

Does he get a payoff/pension ?

bothx2 for being such a badass :cool:

galwayrush

In a better run country, he would have been arrested and charged a long time ago, not this sympathy seeking resigning crap.

Poly

snyper wrote: »

I hope he gets disgruntled, climbs the bell tower with a rifle and a box of hollowpoints.Im not sure how many hollow point bullets he needs though..


How many TD's are there in the green Party?

All Greens deserve a double tap at the least.

Superbus

So, the only difference is that he's not Fianna Fail's problem anymore?


I am absolutely sure this has nothing to do with them covering their ass at all.

Boxoffrogs

Out of interest, who has the power to sack this man? I've heard it said that the Taoiseach doesn't, so how can he be removed from office if he doesn't go voluntarily?

MardiB

Rubik. wrote: »

Yeah, he is still a Senator.

And he is still an arrogant thieving Fukcwit

michael999999

thieving country robbin yellow belly leeches!!!!

Sam Vimes

diddledum wrote: »

Out of interest, who has the power to sack this man? I've heard it said that the Taoiseach doesn't, so how can he be removed from office if he doesn't go voluntarily?

I don't think he can be removed other than at the next election. That's the way it should be tbh, despite our desire to get rid of this guy

Biggins

Hurray - a good fcuking start!

Now we will see will he be allowed go quietly by his mates or will there be an attempt to reclaim any expenses (yes, I know - hell will freeze over quicker!)

paddyland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0u3NM8rd1U

Boxoffrogs

Sam Vimes wrote: »

I don't think he can be removed other than at the next election. That's the way it should be tbh, despite our desire to get rid of this guy

But he is an unelected member, I think that as such he should be ejected by the person who put him in this position.

I could almost be inspired out of inaction to protest against this facker retaining his seat, might well see if I can recruit a mob!

Poly

Lets take a moment to remember the other dirty, rotten, coniving ba$tard who put him there.

Sam Vimes

diddledum wrote: »

But he is an unelected member, I think that as such he should be ejected by the person who put him in this position.

I could almost be inspired out of inaction to protest against this facker retaining his seat, might well see if I can recruit a mob!

Yeah he's an unelected member but in the grand scheme of things it's better that people can't be removed from the houses of the Oireachtas on the whim of one man or one party don't you think? If it could be done it could well end up the other way, where one person tries to speak out against the abuse of expenses and they end up getting kicked out by the rest*








*I realise how unlikely that is in this country but you get the point :P

michael999999

this man will never face a court in this country,they really are a disgrace.
they honestly think they are doing no wrong.
as for the judisiary standing back and watching from a distance they are almost as bad.the gardai,c.a.b. and the fraud squad should have arrested and questioned him already.
this country is a laughing stock when it comes to corrupt politicians,yet they now want to fine us for going for a pint of milk to the shops in our work vans.

Biggins

diddledum wrote: »

A bit of good news to cheer us all up

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0824/callelyi.html

Long time coming in my opinion.

As pointed out already:

HE HAS NOT RESIGNED FROM THE SENATE.
Just from Fianna Fail.

Boxoffrogs

Sam Vimes wrote: »

Yeah he's an unelected member but in the grand scheme of things it's better that people can't be removed from the houses of the Oireachtas on the whim of one man or one party don't you think? If it could be done it could well end up the other way, where one person tries to speak out against the abuse of expenses and they end up getting kicked out by the rest*








*I realise how unlikely that is in this country but you get the point :P

Yep, I get your point, but given that his own/ex party have already made a judgement against him and there is an investigation ongoing in the Seanad, it's not simply the whim of one man and you can hardly equate Callely with a virtuous/whistle blower type.

Stop trying to make think rationally about this, I'm set for marching now.:p

Mits

It makes no difference him leaving Fianna Fail, as he will not be elected again and he keeps his job as a Senator until the next election.

Boxoffrogs

Biggins wrote: »

As pointed out already:

HE HAS NOT RESIGNED FROM THE SENATE.
Just from Fianna Fail.

Yup, I know, I totally jumped the gun, hopefully not by much though.

Biggins

Note to mods: Thread title needs to be changed or clarified.

diddledum wrote: »

Yup, I know, I totally jumped the gun, hopefully not by much though.

No worries.

SeaFields

Biggins wrote: »

Thread title needs to be changed or clarified.

yes it does!! i got a bit excited there for a second.

Anyway just shoot the pr!ck





Callely, not the OP!

Sam Vimes

diddledum wrote: »

Stop trying to make think rationally about this, I'm set for marching now.:p

Yeah fcuk it let's go. I'll bring the flaming pitch forks. *rabble rabble rabble* :pac:

Tora Bora

Wonder did he avail of the bike to work scheme:rolleyes: Perfect for the journey up from his main residence in Cork to the Seanad. :cool:

hotmail.com

The title is misleading.

Elevator

wilson10 wrote: »

A true Fianna Failer just the same.

Arrogant to the bitter end.

ya it really gets my goat when they go on rte saying they've done nothing wrong

I'm forever screaming at the telly "SEE YA LATER WILLIE" or whoever is showing their lack of respect to us the people

couple of days later they're gone

bahahahahahaha!!

mountainy man

He will sit on the naughty step for a while and will be back, am sure of it:rolleyes:

Boxoffrogs

mountainy man wrote: »

He will sit on the naughty step for a while and will be back, am sure of it:rolleyes:

I hope you are wrong, I also think that people are much more politically astute then they have been in the past, we've had a few short sharp shocks that may just have led us to change our way of thinking.

CarrickMcJoe

Arrogant to the last and until I see one of these gangsters (callely. seanie, fingers, bertie) before a court I will not be voting for FF . And we still want our €80,000 back!

KeithM89

KeithM89 wrote: »

He'll probably claim expenses on the journey home and stationary...

He can't claim for both, a journey and for being stationary, well not twice and get away with it again. :pac:

raymon

Hold on - how is misrepresentation , forgery , lying , and thievery "conduct unbecoming of a member of Fianna Fail " ???

Now I am very confused

Ivor is confused - he is more confused than I am - he served FF for 25 years . In his mind he was just running with the pack .

nicegirl

Good riddens to the gimp

Liam Byrne

Sam Vimes wrote: »

I don't think he can be removed other than at the next election. That's the way it should be tbh, despite our desire to get rid of this guy

Why is "that they way it should be" ?

Given that most of what he apparently did is fraud, there is no way he should be representing anybody.

Biggins

Title changed. Good to see.

Squidgy Black

we had him in the class for an interview, the man wears his socks inside out, and i swear he sweat buckets when we threw the word house into our questions. 'so mr.callely, what are your views on the decline of the property market? it be a waste to spend so much money on a house, the banks aren't giving out mortgages, so where would they get the money?' oddly enough, my question wasn't answered :rolleyes: