Ivor Callelly resigns from fianna fail,

moonshadow

Ivor Callely resigns from Fianna Fáil
Wednesday, 25 August 2010 08:44
Senator Ivor Callely has resigned from the Fianna Fáil organisation with immediate effect.

It follows a ten-hour meeting in Dublin with the Fianna Fáil Committee of Inquiry, which was looking into Mr Callely's expenses' claims.

The inquiry had an independent Chairman, Senior Counsel Colm Ó hOisin.

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Relations between Senator Callely and Fianna Fáil have been strained in recent weeks and he had been temporarily suspended from the party pending the outcome of this inquiry.

Senior members of the party have been openly critical of the Senator.

In a statement, Senator Callely said the Committee had refused an application made on his behalf for a further adjournment of the proceedings of the Committee.

He said his resignation arose 'because of the refusal of the Committee to particularize alleged conduct "unbecoming a member" of the Fianna Fáil party.'

Senator Callely's solicitors said he still intends to clear his name before the Seanad Committee on Members' Interests.

bamboozle

poor ivor, i'd say a lot of td's, senators are a little uneasy this morning with the thought of Ivor spilling the beans on them, he wont go down without dragging others with him.

i'm still waiting for the governments press release on their immediate plans to tighten up the expenses of members of the Seanad.

mike65

Poor Ivor? The only thing hurt by this is his pride. He still sits in the Seanad on 70,000 a year, still has all his pensions.

Callan57

'particularize alleged conduct' .... which part of fraud does he not understand?
Note he has'nt resigned from the 'nice little earner' though

bamboozle

mike65 wrote: »

Poor Ivor? The only thing hurt by this is his pride. He still sits in the Seanad on 70,000 a year, still has all his pensions.

i was being sarcastic!

Bob Z

i don't agree with what he did in the slightest but did anyone feel a tiny bit of sympathy for him? The impression i got was He seemed to have really big plans for himself

Shea O'Meara

Bob Z wrote: »

i don't agree with what he did in the slightest but did anyone feel a tiny bit of sympathy for him? The impression i got was He seemed to have really big plans for himself

I find people disassociate themselves from personal politics when trying to give a fair overview to all concerned. This is a well meaning trait in an effort to be fair minded to an individual. Where this sentiment falls flat is the 'no man is an island' angle. We have people unemployed, living close to or on the poverty line. Working taxpayers losing homes etc. Meanwhile this subhuman excuse for a public representative is skipping, ducking and diving to gain power (intially) and money. Squeezing every cent possible from the public coffers. One would be foolish to feel sympathy for such an uncaring, self serving anti-social man.
I believe he resigned in the disbelief that Fianna Fail, a party founded by DeValera who himself was a fraudster but on a much higher level, would not support him to the hilt. As he was only acting in the tradition of Fianna Fail.

demonspawn

bamboozle wrote: »

poor ivor, i'd say a lot of td's, senators are a little uneasy this morning with the thought of Ivor spilling the beans on them, he wont go down without dragging others with him.

50 euros says he meets an untimely end before he gets the chance.

Edit: He's only a Senator. I guess it depends on who he tries dragging down.

paddyland

demonspawn wrote: »

50 euros says he meets an untimely end before he gets the chance.

Careful now, the FF bunnies get a bit precious about insinuations like that...

mikemac

demonspawn wrote: »

50 euros says he meets an untimely end before he gets the chance.

You don't have to be FF bunny to find that in bad taste.

About two months ago we had similar posts about Liam Lawlor.
Lies which the Lawlor family rightfully sued over.
Yet here on boards posters still reckon it was a conspiracy years later and after a court case, they know better then the judge who had all the evidence so.

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paddyland wrote: »

The last FFer to threaten to go down taking others with him, 'mysteriously' died in a car crash in Russia.

Do FF have God on their side too, and should Callely bear that in mind?

Let him resign, send him to jail but I don't wish an untimely end on anyone.

ilovelamp2000

"Conduct unbecoming a member of Fianna Fail"


Are they referring to getting caught ?

Wide Road

demonspawn wrote: »

50 euros says he meets an untimely end before he gets the chance.

Edit: He's only a Senator. I guess it depends on who he tries dragging down.

That's a very low comment to make.

Wide Road

paddyland wrote: »

Careful now, the FF bunnies get a bit precious about insinuations like that...

I should have guessed you wouldn't be far away.

Seth Brundle

Very unusual letter in today's Oirish Times from Des O'Malley:

Madam, – May I welcome Senator Callely to the elite ranks of the unbecoming? – Yours, etc,

It does seem to be extremely strange that FF don't find any of the following criteria as being unbecoming:
* tax evasion
* corruption
* non-tax compliance (including not having an up-to-date C2)
* intentional libel
* perjury
* etc.