Senator Cassidy cant get by 65k

Floppybits

Poor Donnie Cassidy is complaining that they cant get by on €65k. Is this man on this planet or is he on planet Bertie?

http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/senator-its-not-easy-to-get-by-on-euro65k-134551.html

super_furry

Just goes to show that these people are in a different world to the rest of us. What kind of work at all does he do for his €65,000 a year pay packet? Nice to get a €19,439 allowance too, bringing his yearly salary to €85,000.

However does he manage?

DrumSteve

Floppybits wrote: »

Poor Donnie Cassidy is complaining that they cant get by on €65k. Is this man on this planet or is he on planet Bertie?

http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/senator-its-not-easy-to-get-by-on-euro65k-134551.html

Donie Cassidy wrote:

He acknowledged that €65,000 was a salary people could "live on" and said senators had always been willing to lead by example in taking cuts.

Where is the problem?

super_furry

DrumSteve wrote: »

Where is the problem?

"Most of the members of the Seanad are full-time politicians and they don’t have any other income," he said. "They have taken a pay cut and then have to pay their levies. It’s not easy."

I think most people would find it very easy to live on €85,000 a year.

Yitzhak Rabin

:eek:

Donie Cassidy is the political equivalent of a troll.

I reckon he knows he hasn't a hope of ever being elected, and is just trolling for the lulz these days.

This video still leaves me with my jaw on the floor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RaNqMzVIE0

baldbear

Does he get a wig allowance? Does Cassidy not have his fingers in a few pies? Hotels?

He sums up the typical Irish politician, they aren't living in the real world.
They have to take more cuts the cheeky feckers.

Jaysoose

This bit made me chuckle...

And it’s also our job to hold the Dáil accountable – only the Seanad can do that,"


...like when exactly?

smokingman

I seriously doubt he's on 65 or even 85 a year.
Giving the poor mouth is a bit rich for someone who's had many an alleged rumour about his finances in the past.

super_furry

yekahs wrote: »

This video still leaves me with my jaw on the floor.

Never seen that before but it's unbelievable. He's using the Seanad to hawk his ****box houses in the middle of nowhere to guilable fools. Like something you'd expect to see in a sit-com.

JonathanAnon

baldbear wrote: »

Does he get a wig allowance? Does Cassidy not have his fingers in a few pies? Hotels?

That's one over-head he could afford to do without alright..


I thought it was strange for him to come out with a statement as he is well backed.... Wiki says:
"Cassidy owns two Dublin hotels and has another on the former site of the National Wax Museum, which he also owned. He also owns Celtic Note, a specialist Irish music store on Dublins Nassau Street and since 1984 has had the franchise to sell CD's and DVD's at Dublin Airport . He also owns several buildings in Mullingar. His other interests include record and music publishing companies. He owns the publishing rights to many well known songs such as 'Grace' and 'My Lovely Rose of Clare'."

Maybe he's hanging in there for the payoff when ends hands them all their p45s

Henry Ford III

He has a problem with grasping reality clearly.

That and a baldy bonce

Lenny Lovett

JonathanAnon wrote: »

That's one over-head he could afford to do without alright..
He owns the publishing rights to many well known songs such as 'Grace' and 'My Lovely Rose of Clare'."

I wonder if he owns the right to that other song "The wind beneath my wig wings"

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Maybe he's hanging in there for the payoff when ends hands them all their p45s

Don't worry, almost all of them are entitled to a Oireachtas PEnsion now so even if FG abolish the Seanad - which I seriously doubt they will - they'll all have plenty to live on.

Essexboy

I hope to open a fund, the Donie Cassidy Relief Fund, to help this poor man (struggling to survive on €85,060 plus private incomes) and urge you all to dig deep in your pockets. :rolleyes:

bamboozle

Floppybits wrote: »

Poor Donnie Cassidy is complaining that they cant get by on €65k. Is this man on this planet or is he on planet Bertie?

http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/senator-its-not-easy-to-get-by-on-euro65k-134551.html

is this leech not also an auctioneer?
as far as i recall he was appointed to Seanad by Bertie

Duckjob

I wish I could find that clip funny, but in truth, knowing my hard-earned euros pay towards giving greedy, self-serving parasites like Cassidy a sound-stage from which to plug their own grubby little agendas makes me nauseous to the pit of my stomach.

gurramok

I wonder has he got big mortgages/business loans to pay? That might explain the poor mouth about his extravagant lifestyle. Living beyond your means comes to mind.

ednwireland

remind you of anyone - you should try running 3 houses on 100k a year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8T0Q03oJSc

nothings changed

bamboozle

Lenny Lovett wrote: »

I wonder if he owns the right to that other song "The wind beneath my wig wings"

Don't worry, almost all of them are entitled to a Oireachtas PEnsion now so even if FG abolish the Seanad - which I seriously doubt they will - they'll all have plenty to live on.

i think FG have said they'll have a referendum to abolish the seanad. I hope they also include the dail bar & dail restuarant in any referendum.

last time the Seanad rejected a bill from Dail Eireann was back in the 1960's. Its a pointless, toothless waste of money designed to provided a salary to buddies of the taoiseach (SUnday Indo's Eoin Harris, Cassidy & Ivor spring to mind) and the unions

hotmail.com

It shows FFs attitude to the Seanad when they appointed his as leader of the Seanad - a deluded man that thinks no one can notice he's wearing a wig. A complete farce. It's funny until you realise how much is spent on the Seanad and if you spend 15 minutes listening to Seanad debates (as I have). It's absolute rubbish. The egos of the senators astounds me.

Floppybits

All these politicians need to get a big dose of reality. By right their salaries should be reduced by 50%, the mercs removed, except for the for the Taoiseach. More stringent rules on expenses and everything they claim has to be vouched like every other employee in the country.

I am hoping whenever the next election is that alot of these wasters get sacked by the public. Makes me sick to think that still 18% of population still support FF. I hope that we as an electorate and a country grow up before the next election and stop voting along civil war crap and my family votes this way and so will I, we need to grow up and vote as we see who is best for the country.

Lenny Lovett

yekahs wrote: »

:eek:This video still leaves me with my jaw on the floor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RaNqMzVIE0

I wonder if there's a case for, say, a first time buyer, who's been burned in the property bust, to take a legal action against him for giving dodgy advice? Does "Dáil privilege" also cover the Seanad?

Sir Oxman

gurramok wrote: »

I wonder has he got big mortgages/business loans to pay? That might explain the poor mouth about his extravagant lifestyle. Living beyond your means comes to mind.

I think you've hit the nail on the (wiggy) head there.

I would wager a large proportion of TDs/Senators/Top public servants are in over their heads and will be very reluctant to forego any more of their salary or expenses and actually lead by example for once in their lives.

Then there's the rest who are indeed, living on another planet - most will never see a penniless day or know what it's like to struggle.

Sir Oxman

bamboozle wrote: »

i think FG have said they'll have a referendum to abolish the seanad. I hope they also include the dail bar & dail restuarant in any referendum.

last time the Seanad rejected a bill from Dail Eireann was back in the 1960's. Its a pointless, toothless waste of money designed to provided a salary to buddies of the taoiseach (SUnday Indo's Eoin Harris, Cassidy & Ivor spring to mind) and the unions

Don't forget about the €1m+ glass 'tuck' shop they built for themselves on the grounds of Leinster House (as mentioned by Shane Ross on the LLS a few weeks back)

Nijmegen

• Donie
• Ivor
• Peewee Flynn
• Peewee Flynn's daughter
• Charlie H
• Charlie M (didn't he get some loans with feck all security?)
• Bertie
• Liam L
• Ray Burke
• Michael Fahy
• JOD
• M Lowry
• G Redmond

Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.

And they're just the ones we know about, thanks to happenings like Ben Dunne going nuts on coke in Florida.

PatsytheNazi

Floppybits wrote: »

Poor Donnie Cassidy is complaining that they cant get by on €65k. Is this man on this planet or is he on planet Bertie?

http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/senator-its-not-easy-to-get-by-on-euro65k-134551.html

They've got some neck I'll give them that. The people of this country are a disgrace to take it from them.

Lenny Lovett

The Right Hook on Newstalk have just lifted most of the content of this thread and broadcast it including Cassidy's prophetic(?!) speech from that Youtube clip..

CJhaughey

bamboozle wrote: »

is this leech not also an auctioneer?
as far as i recall he was appointed to Seanad by Bertie

Thats a pretty common occupation amongst the wasters in the Seanad.
Mark Daly is another Auctioneer.
Made plenty of money gouging people during the boom and took a nice cushy number as the curtain came down.

gandalf

That guy is a pure and utter chancer and the sooner that useless failed politicians retirement home is shut down the better so we can turf leaches like Donnie Cassidy out on his ear.

flutered

used he not have a passport in the name of senator donie cassidy, it seems it was to give him more leverage in the u.s. for his country music acts, senators in the u.s. have some real clout, a hotel room booked in the name of a senator over there is not a shoe box.

expectationlost

well he claims to speaking on behalf of other younger senators with families, would any of them like to put their head above the parrapet to speak about their pay and cost of livingt

Kristopherus

CJhaughey wrote: »

Thats a pretty common occupation amongst the wasters in the Seanad.
Mark Daly is another Auctioneer.
Made plenty of money gouging people during the boom and took a nice cushy number as the curtain came down.

I dont think he was ever an auctioneer. He was, however, a showband wheeler-dealer (Manager:(). Country & western was his forte:eek: The Uncle Albert got him to run against Mother Mary. He(thankfully) lost his seat & Bertie elevated him to the senate. Utter rubbish & a waste of space.:mad::mad::mad:

GSF

If being a senator doesnt pay enough cant he hand in his notice and get another job? If anyone will employ him that is?

Tiny Explosions

GSF wrote: »

If being a senator doesnt pay enough cant he hand in his notice and get another job? If anyone will employ him that is?

If he got another job that might mean, he would have to do a bit of work!

No chance is he handing in his notice.:pac:

flutered

i have emailed my two dffs about asking donie cassidy how can i be expected to live on under 10,000 per year when he cannot manage on 149,000 a year, i wont hold my breath waiting for a reply.

Ulysses Gaze

Can't say The Wig is talking about himself here. He has substantial Property portfolios and has substantial holdings in a Chain of pubs at the Airport that netted him close to €200,000

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6302035.ece

Donie Cassidy was paid 20% of the net profits from the company that operated seven bars in Dublin airport for the past 10 years, despite a senior figure in the business being “not aware” of the nature of the services provided by the Fianna Fail senator and businessman.

The licence to run the seven existing bars runs until 2012 and the new bar has a licence until 2019.

The Cassidy family have a 25% stake in the new consortium.

Cassidy has a long association with Dublin airport dating back to 1984 when he opened a music shop there.

He interests also include

CASSIDY, Donie

1. Occupational Income …….. Rental Income: (1) Granby Row, Dublin 1; (2) 59 The Green, Beaumont Woods, Dublin 9; (3) 28 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2; (4) Belvedere Hotel, Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1; (5) Cassidys Hotel, 6, 7, 8 Cavendish Row and 9 Rutland Place, Dublin 1; (6) Lir Building, 52 Oliver Plunkett Street, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath; (7) 171 Belvedere Hills, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath; (8) 7 Gardiner Row, Dublin 1; (9) Dorset Hotel, Granby Row, Dublin 1; Earnings: Asdee Music Limited, 28 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.

2. Shares …………………….. Shares: (1) Belvedere Hills Limited, Karol House, Linn Road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath: investments; (2) Castle Music Exports Limited, 28 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2: music retailer; (3) CMR Limited, 28 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2: music production; (4) Celtic Note Limited, 28 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2: music production; (5) Asdee Music Limited, 28 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2: music publishing; (6) Crestchart Limited, Cromwell Grove, London W6 7RQ: music distribution; (7) Cassidys Hotel Limited, 7/8 Cavendish Row, Dublin 1: hotel; (8) Castle Music Exports (Dublin) Ltd., 28 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2: music retailer; (9) Wentridge Investments Ltd., 28 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2: investments.

3. Directorships……………… Non-Executive: Mullingar Arts and Railway Group Ltd, The Enterprise Centre, Bishopsgate Street, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath: transport museum project.

4. Land ……………………… (1) Granby Row, Dublin 1: letting; (2) 59 The Green, Beaumont Wood, Dublin 9: letting; (3) Dorset Hotel, Granby Row, Dublin 1: letting; (4) Cassidys Hotel, 6, 7, 8 Cavendish Row and 9 Rutland Place, Dublin 1: letting; (5) Lir Building, 52 Oliver Plunkett Street, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath: letting; (6) 171 Belvedere Hills, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath: letting; (7) 7 Gardiner Row, Dublin 7: letting; (8) Belvedere Hotel, Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1: letting; (9) 28 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2: letting; (10) Lands at Ballinderry, Mullingar; Co. Westmeath: investment.

As the late, great Dermot Morgan once said about our politicians:

'Snouts in the trough, arses in the air'

Executive Steve

Never trust a man with a wig or a combover - if he's willing to lie to himself he's willing to lie to you.

expectationlost

he apologised today, i don't know why he meant what he said