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John Gormley's bizarre interview on Morning Ireland today

  • 17-09-2010 8:37pm
    #1
    Slideshowbob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭


    I was surprised at some of JG's comments in his interview this morning.

    In the first instance, his comments regarding reliance on the advice of the current regulators Messers Elderfield and Holohan is concerning. Are the Greens, as so called guardians of sensibility in the cabinet at the moment, prepared to rely on these mens' judgements to safeguard the finances of the county, without holding practical examinership of goings-on? Wasn't it that sort of reliance on the "advice" of previous regulators a few years back that got us into the trouble we are in? Are the current cabinet repeating the same mistakes???

    Also, I feel his comments regarding planning mistakes in the past leading to problems is are also wide of the mark. No building occurs even with planning until finance is in place, finance came from bankers, regulated by regulator!

    Cop on John please!!


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  • #2
    dunsandin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 879 ✭✭✭dunsandin


    He wasn't "nasally congested" was he?


  • #3
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,579 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Slideshowbob wrote: »
    Also, I feel his comments regarding planning mistakes in the past leading to problems is are also wide of the mark. No building occurs even with planning until finance is in place, finance came from bankers, regulated by regulator!

    Sorry, are you blaming bankers for a country filled with ribbon housing? What of people who built those houses have sold an existing property, from savings or earnings?


  • #4
    Godge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,727 ✭✭✭✭Godge


    Victor wrote: »
    Sorry, are you blaming bankers for a country filled with ribbon housing? What of people who built those houses have sold an existing property, from savings or earnings?

    or who appealed to their councillors to pass a Section 4 so they could build on their daddy's land and now are living in the middle of nowhere.


  • #5
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Godge wrote: »
    or who appealed to their councillors to pass a Section 4 so they could build on their daddy's land and now are living in the middle of nowhere.

    I love this "middle of nowhere" phrase that the Greens spew out every so often.

    The "middle of nowhere" is in the Nevada desert or in the bowels of Antartica.

    Ireland isn't that big that we need to force everyone to live in shoe-boxes with no green areas or parking.


  • #6
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,579 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    I don't so much mind the "middle of nowhere", its the "everywhere else aswell" is the problem.

    For example,why is Newbridge, Co. Kildare 8km wide?

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Millview+Estate&daddr=Athgarvan+Rd&hl=en&geocode=FSfkKwMdokKX_w%3BFXFMKwMdx3CY_w&mra=ls&sll=53.166019,-6.781912&sspn=0.02192,0.055189&ie=UTF8&z=13


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