FFs " stroke" politics for 14 years says FF td

raymon

I would like to commend Michael mcgrath TD on his recent honesty.

He has come on record to tell us of what he sees as 14 years of "stroke" politics by FF.

I was shocked by his honesty. However I believe that dishonesty became a core FF value many years previous to this.


http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/ff-td-blasts-partys-stroke-politics-148747.html

johngalway

I'm shocked people voted for someone that took 14 years to work that out.

mikemac

Michael McGrath has lambasted former ministers Mary Hanafin and Pat Carey for making the appointments, saying they were entirely wrong to do so.

Well it's easy to say that now

If Hanafin and Carey were reelected and even if Carey was still party whip he wouldn't have dared speak up

BostonB

Slow clap.

Bit late. for the election, for the country...

Einhard

The words rats, sinking and ship come to mind...

Padraig Mor

raymon wrote: »

I would like to commend Michael mcgrath TD on his recent honesty.

He has come on record to tell us of what he sees as 14 years of "stroke" politics by FF.

I was shocked by his honesty. However I believe that dishonesty became a core FF value many years previous to this.


http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/ff-td-blasts-partys-stroke-politics-148747.html

Yeah, because McGrath is so 'honest' and has never been involved in stroke politics :rolleyes:...........

Originally Posted by VillageMagazine
Controversial rezonings in Cork

The greenbelt area around Cork city has been opened up for development, in defiance of the local senior planner and An Bord Pleanála....

......One of the major beneficiaries of this is Castlelands Construction, owned by Mallow businessman, John Barry, who plans to build hundreds of houses and apartments in the Bishopstown area......

....suggestions that there may have been a conflict of interest involved in this initiative......

The elected members of the Carrigaline area committee of Cork County Council voted in favour of the new roundabout at Garrendarragh, Bishopstown in July 2006 to service a proposed new private hospital, as well as a park-and-ride facility and a new cemetery.
The decision opened up for development the lands owned by Castlelands Construction. The roundabout proposal was vigorously opposed by the senior planner in the county, Nicholas Mansergh (brother of the Fianna Fáil Senator, Martin Mansergh).
Mansergh had also opposed the application for the hospital development stating the application was grossly excessive and three times larger than the plan originally submitted for the hospital
An Bord Pleanála also had refused permission for the roundabout and a proposed access road on safety grounds. It did so because it said this would cause traffic congestion on an already busy stretch of road, close to the existing Bandon roundabout......

....However, he says that the real motivation behind the proposal was to facilitate the plans of Castlelands Construction on lands with an estimated value of €100m."I hold that the green belt in Bishopstown is sacrosanct," Canty told Village. "But the members of the committee gave the go-ahead for the roundabout because of the hospital, the park-and-ride and the cemetery access. These may have been red herrings as there are a lot of developers with their eyes on the green belt and this could open it up between Bishopstown and Ballincollig. Castlelands are the main beneficiaries of this decision. Planning in the county has gone crazy over the past few years." ......

.......The roundabout proposal was proposed to the area committee by Fianna Fáil councillors, Michael McGrath and Mark O'Keefe

Biggins

A lot of FF (now former?) members will want to distance themselves at least in the publics eye, from the toxic org that is FF.
So stunts like this should come as no shock. You will see a lot more of it in the next few months/years. Many will be thinking ahead to the next general election (even local elections and/or council positions?) already and are setting themselves up to look better for it, but doing the groundwork right now.

sollar

My big fear is that the people will fall for this spin and BS and they will vote FF back in at the next general election. So Ireland will still not have had 2 full terms with these crooks out of office since the foundation of the state.

Rosahane

If he is so shocked no doubt he will do the honest thing and resign from Fianna Fail and, since he was elected as a FF representative the honourable thing would be to immediately resign his seat.

... I await developments :rolleyes:

ilovesleep

FF - economic terrorists