Frank Fahey to hold public meeting on economic crisis

http://www.galwaynews.ie/16993-frank-fahey-hold-public-meeting-economic-crisis

Galway West Fianna Fáil Deputy Frank Fahey has called a public meeting next week to discuss the economic crisis.

Deputy Fahey will be joined by NUI Economist and Special Advisor to the Minister for Finance Dr Alan Ahearne.

Dr Ahearne will give a presentation on the four-year National Recovery Plan and the IMF/EU Bailout.

He'll also make predictions on how the economy will recover into the future.

Deputy Fahey is urging the public and local businesses to come to the meeting, which will take place in the Clayton Hotel next Monday at 8pm.

Anyone going?

Zzippy

What a shyster! Reminiscent of the time he organised a meeting during the property collapse to reassure first time buyers that now was the time to buy... what's he going to tell us this time, that the IMF bailout is good for us, and we should vote FF because they have our best interests at heart? :rolleyes:

I won't be going, if only because I fear what I might say at the meeting to Fahey would get me arrested...

Interceptor

Yay - we're all saved.

'cptr :rolleyes:

eagle10

Clutching at straws the dirty cocunut.
I hope he gets heckeled and abused thr rotten fcuker.
I would be very very dissapointed if he gets back in.

He has his pensions he'll never have any worries

FR.Ted Crilly

He's lookin for an excuse to retire its best just ignore him

eagle10

FR.Ted Crilly wrote: »

He's lookin for an excuse to retire its best just ignore him

Shoddy workmanship, Cowboys I tell ya, cowboys

kippy

About 2 years too late for this now.

Madame Razz

Talk about closing the stable door after the horse has bolted:rolleyes:

snubbleste

I'm tempted to go along and ask questions about his property portfolio and his conflicts of interest and did he not say the housing market had bottomed out a few times as well?

Either way, I expect security on the doors!

mikom

King Canute... lol

brianthebard

Too far to go for the troll.

galwayrush

I had to read the title a few times, thought it was a wind up, surely the megameloniac can't be serious?:pac::pac::pac:

PomBear

brianthebard wrote: »

Too far to go for the troll.

just need commitment to trollin':p

Raskolnikov

Frank Fahy giving a talk on the economic crisis? Is he going to apologise for causing it or something?

pjmn

I wonder will he talk about those investing heavily in property?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0313/politics.html

Xiney

aw

If I hadn't already emigrated I'd have loved to have gone. I'd have probably gotten thrown out but it would have been great for the craic - just around the corner from where we used to live, too.

eagle10 wrote: »

dirty cocunut

consider this stolen. I love it.

celty

Ah yes,

the man who told all the first time buyers of Galway that there was "never a better time to buy" a first home in January 2009. I hope nobody listened to him and I hope nobody votes for him next time. His days of shabby back-slapping politics, conniving with developers and bankers, should be confined to history.

Adios

Caribs

What odds the traditional FF voters returning 2 of the 3 candidates cos they've always voted FF and wouldn't dream of voting in the Blueshirts, Labour etc etc etc. despite bringing the country to its knees

It doesn't surprise me he's holding a meeting like this, like his buddies in Leinster house he has a neck like a jockey's whatsits and no sense of moral responsibility.

He, Fianna Fail and many of the so called opposition should all hang their heads or be hung by other available parts..!!!

brianthebard

Caribs wrote: »

What odds the traditional FF voters returning 2 of the 3 candidates cos they've always voted FF and wouldn't dream of voting in the Blueshirts, Labour etc etc etc. despite bringing the country to its knees

It doesn't surprise me he's holding a meeting like this, like his buddies in Leinster house he has a neck like a jockey's whatsits and no sense of moral responsibility.

He, Fianna Fail and many of the so called opposition should all hang their heads or be hung by other available parts..!!!

Its very likely imo Galway west is pretty conservative and O'Cuiv's preferences should help another FF'er in, unless they are split in such a way as not to benefit either candidate enough.

galwayrush

So , a question for mr Fahy, why is Galway Airport losing it's PSO incentive and Kerry and Donegal are not?.:rolleyes:

loser2old4board

The sheer neck of it.
Has he no shame even at this late stage?
How would he even start?
" We are where we are, but how did we get here?"

freewheeler

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Frank Fahy giving a talk on the economic crisis? Is he going to apologise for causing it or something?

FF goons like him dont apologise..its not in their DNA unfortunately! Anyone who had the misfortune to witness that idiot's performance on 'midweek' tonight couldn't possibly take anything he says seriously:rolleyes:

snubbleste

Is anyone actually going to this?
Is there a possibility of having it filmed and putting highlights on youtube in the public interest?

Sponge Bob

snubbleste wrote: »

Is there a possibility of having it filmed and putting highlights on youtube in the public interest?

None, Frank will have his normal 'personal security detail' with him and they will take your nice iPhone off you if you try. If you are in the middle of a group of about 20 mates you may get out of there with your phone intact but don't try recording on your own.

What do you think this is, a democracy :cool: ???

ilovesleep

Fcukface fahy is only doing that meeting in the hope that enough gullable people will show up so that he can buy their votes. Make sure you show up at this and expose him and his maFFia for the crooked fraudsters that they are.

Unitedpeople.ie is a great for reading all about the maFFia failures. Put together booklets and hand them out for everyone. Wish I could go to do this myself.

celty

Frankeen pretty much sums up why this country is fecked.

He has the biggest property portfolio in the Dail, because he spent the Celtic Tiger years chasing deals with his developer buddies.

He sold off our offshore energy rights to Shell for a ridiculously low price and the people of North Mayo have been suffering since. But once they are not in Galway West, he doesn't care ...

He arranged a special programme for his own buddies here in Galway while Minister for the Marine, but forgot to tell fishermen in places like Donegal or Kerry that they were also entitled to payments.

He was trawled out onto TV3 last week, when not one FF Minister would defend the lame duck Taoiseach.

His obsession with the outer bypass, and total disregard for other options such as light rail, might just lead you to think that he has a vested interest in terms of development land.

He's been part of the Government for 20 of the last 23 years, the Government that bailed out crooked banks, and wrecked our economy.

And now he wants to discuss the economy with us ... give us a break!:mad:

Madame Razz

galwayrush wrote: »

So , a question for mr Fahy, why is Galway Airport losing it's PSO incentive and Kerry and Donegal are not?.:rolleyes:

I cannot abide Feeling Frank and his buddies, but in fairness, Kerry airport and Donegal airport are far more worthy of PSO incentives than Galway airport.

Kerry and Donegal are actually remote to Dublin, Galway really is not, especially with the new motorway.

Lockstep

I'll be going, hopefully I'll have the chance to ask questions before I get chucked out.
Open to suggestions if anyone is unable to attend but has any they want asked.

c_man

Heh, sounds good man! I may be going depending on how my cold is tomorrow.

Amhran Nua

mikom wrote: »

King Canute... lol

Ironically, the original spelling was King Cnut.

Ride him out of town on a rail.

bildo

I hope that many of the posters here who are unhappy with their representation come out tomorrow night and make their voices heard.
Unless you take part in the system, you have no place to complain that it is broken.

Politicians like Frank Fahy got where they are because YOU let them gt away with it.

Show him and his cronies that you do not accept.

See you tomorrow.

Sconsey

kickoutthejams wrote: »

I'll be going, hopefully I'll have the chance to ask questions before I get chucked out.
Open to suggestions if anyone is unable to attend but has any they want asked.

Here's two for ya, lifted from the pin:

"Alan, can you explain how creating an artificial floor on house prices has helped our economy rebound so strongly"

"Frank, what would be your advice to me finding myself in negative equity having followed the advice of your 2009 seminar"

http://www.galwaynews.ie/17088-protest-planned-city-public-meeting-economy

January 17, 2011 - 4:39pm
PROTEST PLANNED FOR CITY PUBLIC MEETING ON ECONOMY
A group opposed to cuts to public services in Galway will protest outside a public meeting organised by Galway West Fianna Fáil, T.D Frank Fahey tonight.

Deputy Fahey organised a meeting at the Clayton Hotel in Briarhill for 8 to discuss the economic crisis.

He'll be joined by Dr. Alan Ahearne, NUIG economist and special advisor to the Finance Minister.

Anyone wishing to attend the meeting is asked to register beforehand.

The Galway Unites Against Cutbacks group is calling on anyone who has a point to make to the Fianna Fáil party to join the protest at the Clayton Hotel at 7.15p.m.

Spokesperson for the group, Dette McLoughlin, says they should get an apology from Frank Fahey for the Government's actions.

Edit: It seems to be the SWP: http://www.swp.ie/events/demonstration-fianna-fail-td-frank-fahey-meeting/3972

snubbleste

Anyone wishing to attend the meeting is asked to register beforehand

Why would people be vetted for going to an important economic information meeting organised by a local TD?

Lockstep

snubbleste wrote: »

Why would people be vetted for going to an important economic information meeting organised by a local TD?

A genuine public meeting.

Zzippy

kickoutthejams wrote: »

A genuine public meeting.

You forgot these: :rolleyes:

Sponge Bob

From The PropertyPin, one of the lads is broadcasting here, lots of buffering problems on the uplink so you will miss half of every sentence.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cathalfurey

Frank Fahey and Padraig O Ceidigh looking conspiratorial at head table as Alan Ahearne speaks.

cheesemaker

Lot of people booing

Sponge Bob

sometimes you need to F5 to get the stream back ...if it goes 'offline'

emptybladder

To the boardsie with the long hair and Northern accent that just asked Frankeen about his 40 gaffs and Shell: have a pint on me.

oceanclub

If anyone is reading, someone ask him about this:

http://thestory.ie/2010/03/22/fahey-fails-to-declare-50-stake-in-construction-firm

P.

pjmn

... well that all ended very well

Doom

Did ya see Fahy yawning... what a ****

emptybladder

Was that Joe 'Cement Mixer' McNamara that broke up the meeting?

Sponge Bob

He said he was running against Frank. End of meeting.

oceanclub

At least Alan Ahearne stayed - 40 Gaffs made a run for it.

P.

emptybladder

Sponge Bob wrote: »

He said he was running against Frank. End of meeting.

Love the way he walked past O Ceidigh and called him an FF puppet (or possibly f..kwit).

oceanclub

I think we should request that all our FF local representatives hold such informative meetings....

P.

PomBear

I was there and walked out, what did boardsies think of it?

Kristopherus

Can you give a rundown on it, for those of us that did'nt get the net link.

PomBear

Kristopherus wrote: »

Can you give a rundown on it, for those of us that did'nt get the net link.

Was very evident at the start FF had packed their members in, maybe to reaffirm support of those disillusioned?

Basically Frank Fahey gave his two cents first, reaffirmed his support of FF.

Ahearne gave a VERY long speal about how the four year plan is working, we're turning a corner, yada yada yada. Was pure BS! ALOT of heckling because of his lies.

Then questions and answers happened, some very tame questions (might have been from FF supporters, could be wrong!) and when real questions were asked, alot of heckling from FF support, but Fahey and Ahearne tried to answer with poor rambling wishy washy answers and the non-FF public got angered to the point that they (I think FEE (Free education for everyone initiated)) and walked out shouting abuse on the way and rightfully so and that ended the meeting, didn't see the McNamara guy myself as I had already walked out.