90,000 ransom

paddy

Mr Martin will not take 90,000 severance money if re-elected. I'd sooner see the back of him. He can put a suit & new voice to fianna fail. They are still scumbags at the end of the day that have sold this country out.
Maybe he could just refuse it full stop with no conditions, it would pay the dole for a few people for a year.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/election/news/martin-to-refuse-90000-severance-package-if-re-elected-493046.html

later12

Irish politics has cynicised me quite a bit over the past couple of years but I must admit I really didn't come up with an interpretation as cynical as this.

Micheál Martin did it for political gain, of that there is no doubt. He wanted to create a project a better image of his leadership and hopefully, he might say, of the party. But to call it a ransom for his own re-election is taking cynicism to a whole new level.

Jaysoose

Let the kidnappers have him.

Liam Byrne

Rock & hard place springs to mind....

Then again, I'd take my chances........we could get the best of both worlds if he's not elected and the country then doesn't have the cash.

jimmycrackcorm

I think his performance in the debate with Gilmore shows that we are better off with him back in the dáil.

We're not served well with a new government with no opposition regardless of how much people just want to express anger and revenge. You might as well argue that every convicted felon should be hung drawn and quartered.