noel dempsey not standing again

ednwireland

on rte news now

good riddance

just his nice fat pension to look forward to

Lapin

Another one - Good, keep em coming.

Floppybits

Good riddance. Lets hope when he goes to Malta this year he doesn't come back. Now if only the rest of FF would do the honourable thing and leave.

donkey balls

Jaysus between him and bev two of most arrogant f**ks you could know are going yipee,As for dempsey his comtempt for the ordinary traveller/motorist is unreal.
This is a man who said on the national airways that in order for people not to damage their cars they should drive slowly into the potholes:rolleyes:,Maybe he will get a job as a director on one of the toll companies he let in.

woysworld

GOOD RIDDANCE, another waste of space gone...:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Dannyboy83

This news has just made what was a fairly poor day, considerably better

later12

I have to say this is hardly surprising, considering it has been a particularly bad year for Dempsey even leaving aside the economic turmoil.

The interesting question now, is where will he go next?

Hardly back to his old job giving career or employment advice to seventeen year olds, given their future prospects, that's for sure.

DrumSteve

oh you wait and see the ****e and brings in before he leaves...

bamboozle

what age is he? am i correct in thinking you have to be 55 to collect an ex td's pension or does he qualify immediately?

Good Riddance

woysworld

according to the pat kenny show, he will get €40k more than he would get, IF he was re-elected as a opposition td.... hope he CHOKES on it...:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Skrynesaver

Dempsy is 58 and off to retire with his pension.

He's €40K better off on the ministerial pension than he would be as the opposition spokesman on gouging expenses, or whatever his area of expertise is.

Having met him I have to say, while one of the more principled of the FF oxygen thieves, he is a self-aggrandising waste of (very little) space.

Glad to see the back of him.

Fogra

Good riddance indeed!
The sheer arrogance of this man is shown when he tried to justify the waste of taxpayers money that was spent on PPARS.
Here is the interview on Morning Ireland back in '05: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM2wdp1ccy0
The first minute is enough to listen to.

Bottle_of_Smoke

Wonder is there any chance FG will campaign to bring in an end to ministerial pensions. They actually get to me more than most things about the government at times. That and the 100K golden handshake they get if they resign. Beggars belief

joolsveer

I would have preferred him to stand for election so the electorate would have had an opportunity of rejecting him.

ArtSmart

Have to say, I'm shocked. Really Shocked. Dempsey's not one to throw in the towel - he's a #fight em on the beaches' type. (and certainly not for a better pension.)

Between himself and Dermot Ahern gone and a few stalwarts likely to fade out of the picture, FF will be left with a mixture of 'softly softly' (on the surface) FFers M Martin Andrews Conor Lenihan etc and the bewildered hangers-on. Christ Peter Powers may well emerge as a major player yet. as for Curran...hard to know. As for O'Keffee Killeen Haughey Rouche etcThe rest - forgetttabourrit. [as for the young guns, also hard to know, but some serious shake-ups on the way, within a year i'd say)


I suppose Dempsey felt something similar or perhaps he has his eye on some opening he thinks he might get in Europe (he's a political animal, always was.)

historical Stuff folks.

PS, put the house on M Martin becoming next FF leader. (but not to lead them into power - in ten years or so. - if ever FF do get on top again - which is no certainty at all)

pps After Martin, Andrews, neither who will be Taoiseach after Andrews...who can say...

scr123

7 FF

6 FG

3 Labour

The 9 ABFF TD's have sat on the benches for decades getting money for nothing and its the FF people who get the slagging. To me losing 6 elections in a row and getting well paid for it is not only arrogance but a form of coruption ! The ABFF have been robbing the country blind and still they sit on the high moral ground. Hypocrites !!

woysworld

hes on news @ 1 now....

sollar

Glad to see the back of him, he announces it now as the salt supply is low and half the country is being hit with snow blizzards.
I'm in donegal and the snows far worse than it was a few weeks ago. Even the main roads are a disaster and lorries and buses getting stuck coming out of letterkenny, Lorries jacknifed etc.

miseeire

So Dempsey is the second minister to declare he is not prepared to be chucked out by the electorate and will retire with a big payoff and even bigger pension.At the age of 55,it's not a bad job that allows such early retirement and not having to worry about keeping the wolf from the door.As someone said recently,it's a great little country.

dixiefly

scr123 wrote: »

7 FF

6 FG

3 Labour

The 9 ABFF TD's have sat on the benches for decades getting money for nothing and its the FF people who get the slagging. To me losing 6 elections in a row and getting well paid for it is not only arrogance but a form of coruption ! The ABFF have been robbing the country blind and still they sit on the high moral ground. Hypocrites !!

You must be one of the 17% mad enough to vote FF in the next election!

The reason that they were in opposition all that time is that a bunch of thieving, lying b*ast*rds managed to hoodwink the majority of the electorate into voting for them. One of whom was myself who did vote for the subject of this thread in the past.

So dont continue the FF line that our problems are as much to do with those that DIDNT get in in the elections. Those TD's were voted in and were paid the salaries for the positions - all of the rises in salary and perks were put in by Ahern, McCreevy and their cronies.

Gurgle

scr123 wrote: »

To me losing 6 elections in a row and getting well paid for it is not only arrogance but a form of coruption ! The ABFF have been robbing the country blind and still they sit on the high moral ground. Hypocrites !!

Not too clear on how democracy works, are you?

ednwireland

sollar wrote: »

Glad to see the back of him, he announces it now as the salt supply is low and half the country is being hit with snow blizzards.
I'm in donegal and the snows far worse than it was a few weeks ago. Even the main roads are a disaster and lorries and buses getting stuck coming out of letterkenny, Lorries jacknifed etc.

thats cos they didnt grit the roads my OH drove fron donegal town to sligo and she said the roads were more obvously gritted in sligo (but still chaos)

Judgement Day

It's a pity we don't live somewhere like Iraq where the likes of Dempsey would get their just desserts. The breathtaking arrogance of the man in defending the e-voting debacle on the lunchtime news today takes some beating. Goodbye and good riddance - shut the door on the way out. Too gutless to face the electorate again. :mad:

Mr. Presentable

ArtSmart wrote: »

Have to say, I'm shocked. Really Shocked. Dempsey's not one to throw in the towel - he's a #fight em on the beaches' type. (and certainly not for a better pension.)

...

Nah, he's getting out now for €40k more per year than if he waits until the next election.

Cute hoorism

Mountjoy Mugger

No more "Dial-up" Dempsey - a sad day, indeed.

scr123

dixiefly wrote: »

You must be one of the 17% mad enough to vote FF in the next election!

The reason that they were in opposition all that time is that a bunch of thieving, lying b*ast*rds managed to hoodwink the majority of the electorate into voting for them. One of whom was myself who did vote for the subject of this thread in the past.

So dont continue the FF line that our problems are as much to do with those that DIDNT get in in the elections. Those TD's were voted in and were paid the salaries for the positions - all of the rises in salary and perks were put in by Ahern, McCreevy and their cronies.

This is not only more hypocrisy but sheer arrogance from the ABFF. You do not hoodwink the people six times in a row !! The stupid ABFF have won more seats in the Dail than FF since 1977. FF cut their own throat in 1979 by increasing the Dail seats by 22 with the result it is almost impossible for FF to get an overall majority. They did this as a direct result of the corrupt gerrymandering by FG/Lab in 1977. The ABFF are a wretched bunch of self-pitying disunited twats with a chronic inferiority complex who will only get in to government on the back of FF running into an international economic tsunami triggered by the collapse of Lehmans.

Noel Dempsey is retiring from the Dail after serving his country with honour. When the ABFF serve their term in office after restoring the country to full employment they then will claim the right to be honoured by the people with a second term in office for their first time ever

Thank you Noel Dempsey

Sponge Bob

scr123 wrote: »

Noel Dempsey is retiring from the Dail after serving his country with honour.

Delusion or Trollery, I can't be sure which.

Noel thinks an honour is sitting at the head table when the christmas bash is held by the local cumann. He has no wider concept of honour.

tommy21

I'm actually quite pissed off all these despicable politicians are beginning to withdraw - won't even give us the pleasure of giving them a trouncing in the upcoming election - instead they can sit on their piles of money and baby tears and say proudly that it had nothing to do with the greatest defeat Fianna FAIL will ever see.

scr123

Gurgle wrote: »

Not too clear on how democracy works, are you?

Very clear on how democracy works. It works when all the participants make the supreme effort !! It also works when the 75% majority of the electorate unhappy at the 25% of the electorate winning time after time sit down to figure out why they lose so often

And, smartass remarks like " Not too sure how democracy works, are you ? " is an arrogant peepoor way of explaing failure

Kat1170

yet another one ...........................

Dirk Gently

ArtSmart wrote: »

(but not to lead them into power - in ten years or so. - if ever FF do get on top again - which is no certainty at all)...

You have more faith in the Irish people than I do. I fully expect the goldfish to re-elect FF after one term of lab/FG. I'm not even ruling out a FF coalition this time round tbh.

paddyland

Dempsey as transport minister oversaw the dereliction of the railways, the unmitigated mess of the bus network, the degradation of driving standards, the sheer waste in the airline industry, the annihilation of the taxi industry, including the suicides of numerous drivers, and the subversion of the road network into a corruptible revenue earning scheme for vested interests of his cronies. Not to mention his rotten and questionable record in environment, e-voting, and a history of peddling absolute lies to his own Meath constituents.

If he tried, he couldn't have been a more shockingly bad minister of anything.

People died because of this man, and thousands more were financially ruined. Our infrastructure has stagnated and failed because of this man's grossly incompetent tenure. I can think of nothing, not one single positive thing this man ever contributed to Irish society in his whole wasted appointment. He existed purely to further his own career, and the careers of a number of highly questionable colleagues close to him.

He should die roaring.

scr123

clown bag wrote: »

You have more faith in the Irish people than I do. I fully expect the goldfish to re-elect FF after one term of lab/FG. I'm not even ruling out a FF coalition this time round tbh.

Now that is a realistic post even if a goldfish like me says so

Het-Field

scr123 wrote: »

This is not only more hypocrisy but sheer arrogance from the ABFF. You do not hoodwink the people six times in a row !! The stupid ABFF have won more seats in the Dail than FF since 1977. FF cut their own throat in 1979 by increasing the Dail seats by 22 with the result it is almost impossible for FF to get an overall majority. They did this as a direct result of the corrupt gerrymandering by FG/Lab in 1977. The ABFF are a wretched bunch of self-pitying disunited twats with a chronic inferiority complex who will only get in to government on the back of FF running into an international economic tsunami triggered by the collapse of Lehmans.

Noel Dempsey is retiring from the Dail after serving his country with honour. When the ABFF serve their term in office after restoring the country to full employment they then will claim the right to be honoured by the people with a second term in office for their first time ever

Thank you Noel Dempsey

You are either the biggest troll ever or the biggest fool ever. Clearly you dont read the newspapers, the excuse you have given for the financial crisis is bogus. Reigling and Watson and the Honohan Report outlines that in detail.

steelcityblues

There was something sinister behind it when he said to O'Rourke earlier that the government will go out 'in a blaze of glory.'

Makes me wonder what laws/acts he and his pathetic colleagues have up their sleeves before exiting from the stage!

scr123

Het-Field wrote: »

You are either the biggest troll ever or the biggest fool ever. Clearly you dont read the newspapers, the excuse you have given for the financial crisis is bogus. Reigling and Watson and the Honohan Report outlines that in detail.

You are not keeping up. Those reports told Cowen to shut up about the international dimension to our banks and financial problems. Cowen had been sneered at for the Lehmans tag to his analysis of problems

Watching Vinnie Browne recently when he had the ABFF hero John Bruton on the panel. Browne asked Bruton his take on the economic problems we face. Bruton instantly referred to the Lehmans collapse and the stunning decision of the US Fed to allow the collapse as the cause of the worldwide crash that found its way to Ireland. Browne's mouth dropped a mile at the Bruton response. Twas a sight to behold.
If the ABFF, including the pundits in the media, had even the remotest trace of political and economic probity they would recognise that recent events in the international financial arena proves Ireland has been caught up in a fundamental collapse of the financial system. Yes, we were foolish in our own way but we were caught with our pants down when the dominoes came crashing down
The ABFF are so wrapped up in their petty political agenda the whole world is passing them by !!
The only thing one can say to the ABFF is, go play with the buses !

Het-Field

scr123 wrote: »

You are not keeping up. Those reports told Cowen to shut up about the international dimension to our banks and financial problems. Cowen had been sneered at for the Lehmans tag to his analysis of problems

Watching Vinnie Browne recently when he had the ABFF hero John Bruton on the panel. Browne asked Bruton his take on the economic problems we face. Bruton instantly referred to the Lehmans collapse and the stunning decision of the US Fed to allow the collapse as the cause of the worldwide crash that found its way to Ireland. Browne's mouth dropped a mile at the Bruton response. Twas a sight to behold.
If the ABFF, including the pundits in the media, had even the remotest trace of political and economic probity they would recognise that recent events in the international financial arena proves Ireland has been caught up in a fundamental collapse of the financial system. Yes, we were foolish in our own way but we were caught with our pants down when the dominoes came crashing down
The ABFF are so wrapped up in their petty political agenda the whole world is passing them by !!
The only thing one can say to the ABFF is, go play with the buses !

If the crisis is so "international", then why are Ireland and Greece part of a very select club which needed International Bailouts ?

Honohan and R&W were explicit in their condemnation of the structural problems (domestically produced) created in the national arena.

You points are hollow and old fashioned. Change the record. Plus, I pay far greater attention to R&W and Honohan then to Bruton.

drBill

Right or wrong, my main memories of him now are of the guy who claimed he was being blamed for the bad weather in January 2010, and who in August needed both a state car and government jet to get to Donegal to give a speech at the Mc Gill Summer School.
The excuse for the latter was that he needed the jet to make it to an important trade meeting in London the next day - but funnily enough the meeting was so secret he couldn't reveal who it was with or what it was about. Well that kind of guff might be ok if you're Jack Bauer, but hearing it from a jumped up waster minister of a bankrupt state is just an insult to the intelligence.

Good riddance to another failure.

flutered

scr123 wrote: »

This is not only more hypocrisy but sheer arrogance from the ABFF. You do not hoodwink the people six times in a row !! The stupid ABFF have won more seats in the Dail than FF since 1977. FF cut their own throat in 1979 by increasing the Dail seats by 22 with the result it is almost impossible for FF to get an overall majority. They did this as a direct result of the corrupt gerrymandering by FG/Lab in 1977. The ABFF are a wretched bunch of self-pitying disunited twats with a chronic inferiority complex who will only get in to government on the back of FF running into an international economic tsunami triggered by the collapse of Lehmans.

Noel Dempsey is retiring from the Dail after serving his country with honour. When the ABFF serve their term in office after restoring the country to full employment they then will claim the right to be honoured by the people with a second term in office for their first time ever

Thank you Noel Dempsey

and thank you op for giving me a good laugh and brightning up my day.

Dots1982

Judgement Day wrote: »

It's a pity we don't live somewhere like Iraq

Yeah, that would be sweet :rolleyes:

ebbsy

Thank god he's gone, take the rest of the scum with him.

AlekSmart

Maybe he will get a job as a director on one of the toll companies he let in.

Just watch this space methinks....:(

Greenman

Never liked him from day one.

I won't miss him as he goes after those "on the board" jobs like his ole pal Bertie, they really have no shame, not sure how they sleep at night.:mad::mad::mad:

Sir Oxman

scr123 wrote: »

<<snip BS>>

Thank you Noel Dempsey

Yes, thanks are due to the shortarse. He's well worth the approximately €5,178,491 that the grateful Irish people will pay to fund him for the rest of his expected natural.

Yes. Thank you Noel Dempsey.

raymon

scr123 wrote: »

7 FF

6 FG

3 Labour

The 9 ABFF TD's have sat on the benches for decades getting money for nothing and its the FF people who get the slagging. To me losing 6 elections in a row and getting well paid for it is not only arrogance but a form of coruption ! The ABFF have been robbing the country blind and still they sit on the high moral ground. Hypocrites !!

Dear sfr123 , it is your band of liars , corrupt bank officials, forgers , perjuror, brown envelope takers, swindlers, misrepresenters and generally treasonous cowards that ruined our country. They are quite rightly resigning in shame. Shame on them

later12

paddyland wrote: »

I can think of nothing, not one single positive thing this man ever contributed to Irish society in his whole wasted appointment.

In fairness, he introduced the plastic bag levy and scrapped the 'dual mandate' of TDs serving as county councillors, hence going some way to remove national politics from the parish pump.

And if nothing else, would you look at him here with all of these cute children as he helps them across a road. Ahhh!

tommy21

Is George Hook his best friend or something? Listening to Newstalk earlier it would appear so.

PeterIanStaker

Good riddance, bet there are no potholes on the driveway up to the nice house we bought him.

sollar

Lump sum of €162,000, some sort of cessation payment of €17,000 and then a yearly pension of €129,000 - its enough to make you weep. Bertie's era rivals haughey's for sheer skullduggery imo, we have been taken for a ride by these people.

kaiser sauze

scr123 wrote: »

This is not only more hypocrisy but sheer arrogance from the ABFF. You do not hoodwink the people six times in a row !! The stupid ABFF have won more seats in the Dail than FF since 1977. FF cut their own throat in 1979 by increasing the Dail seats by 22 with the result it is almost impossible for FF to get an overall majority. They did this as a direct result of the corrupt gerrymandering by FG/Lab in 1977. The ABFF are a wretched bunch of self-pitying disunited twats with a chronic inferiority complex who will only get in to government on the back of FF running into an international economic tsunami triggered by the collapse of Lehmans.

In Ireland you do.

This is one of many causes, not the only one as you short-sightedly portray.

scr123 wrote: »

Noel Dempsey is retiring from the Dail after serving his country with honour. When the ABFF serve their term in office after restoring the country to full employment they then will claim the right to be honoured by the people with a second term in office for their first time ever

Yes, the honour of being the first Irish government to have to call for outside help with financial affairs.

NewHillel

paddyland wrote: »

He should die roaring.

Nasty and uncalled for. :mad: