John Halligan TD

JOHNFRANCE

Just tore the Ceann Comhairle a new one in Dail Eireann.

Go get 'em John!

mike65

What on?

JOHNFRANCE

New rules. Think they were allowing him 1 minute and 10 seconds to debate the TalkTalk/jobs issue.

CC called his name. John refused to sit down. 'Hon John!!!

MitchKoobski

Any audio/video link?

JOHNFRANCE

On RTE website.

He's just been suspended!!! Jesus Christ. Some country.

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beazee

"Suspended until 4:15pm" and now what?

Video is now back.

And so is audio

mike65

Matt Cooper playing the audio right now on Today FM

MoodRacer

Another PR stunt from John. A great help he is to talk talk workers and the other 15000 unemployed in Waterford. What a waste.......

decies

JOHNFRANCE wrote: »

Just tore the Ceann Comhairle a new one in Dail Eireann.

Go get 'em John!

Whats tore mean

lewisdhead

MoodRacer wrote: »

Another PR stunt from John. A great help he is to talk talk workers and the other 15000 unemployed in Waterford. What a waste.......

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.:rolleyes:

MoodRacer

lewisdhead wrote: »

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.:rolleyes:

I understand why you would make that comment but in fairness, what has his dismissal from the Dáil achieved???

Minstrel27

MoodRacer wrote: »

Another PR stunt from John. A great help he is to talk talk workers and the other 15000 unemployed in Waterford. What a waste.......

If he said nothing you would probably complain too.

JOHNFRANCE

decies wrote: »

Whats tore mean

The past tense of 'tear'.

JOHNFRANCE

MoodRacer wrote: »

I understand why you would make that comment but in fairness, what has his dismissal from the Dáil achieved???

What will what Ciara Conway and Paudie Coffey said achieve?

Daysha

I don't think it was a PR stunt. If he feels strongly enough about it then that's his choice. Not sure if it was the right one though.

That said I watched the debate on TalkTalk that followed and both Ciara Conway and Paudie Coffey spoke very well on the issue.

rayc

Daysha wrote: »

I don't think it was a PR stunt. If he feels strongly enough about it then that's his choice. Not sure if it was the right one though.

That said I watched the debate on TalkTalk that followed and both Ciara Conway and Paudie Coffey spoke very well on the issue.

I suppose at worst it will be reported in the media, which keeps the issue in the public eye and thereby keeps 'some' pressure on the government.

MitchKoobski

TalkTalk will be the talk of the town for the next while until it does close fully in October.

MoodRacer

Daysha wrote: »

That said I watched the debate on TalkTalk that followed and both Ciara Conway and Paudie Coffey spoke very well on the issue.

So did I and I agree they both spoke well. At least they got to make their point whereas Halligan....... unfortunately he didn`t get to make his point because he was having a hissy fit:rolleyes:

Just wondering has anyone seen John Deasy? Is he still on holiday?

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MoodRacer wrote: »

So did I and I agree they both spoke well. At least they got to make their point whereas Halligan....... unfortunately he didn`t get to make his point because he was having a hissy fit:rolleyes:

Just wondering has anyone seen John Deasy? Is he still on holiday?

Are you not reading any other thread here, or the news... or even the radio? John Deasy, to his credit, has been very active on this issue and the university issue in the past few days.

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MoodRacer wrote: »

Another PR stunt from John. A great help he is to talk talk workers and the other 15000 unemployed in Waterford. What a waste.......

I know you'll be very interested in this as it concerns Sinn Fein.

Did you notice that Mary Lou McDonald had submitted a Priority Question but didn't bother showing up to hear the response and missed her opportunity to challenge the Minister on his reply.

Those in glass houses...

MoodRacer

AdMMM wrote: »

Are you not reading any other thread here, or the news... or even the radio? John Deasy, to his credit, has been very active on this issue and the university issue in the past few days.

Yes I noticed that by his contribution to proceedings today. I suppose he`s not called the invisible TD for nothing:D

Not The Real Scarecrow

heres a link to it on breaking news the audio clip is on the right side of the article

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/waterford-td-halligan-gets-his-marching-orders-520536.html

enniscorthy

Meatwad wrote: »

heres a link to it on breaking news the audio clip is on the right side of the article

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/waterford-td-halligan-gets-his-marching-orders-520536.html

GO ON MY SON GET IN THERE

Typhoon.

Good man John !

Deise 2012

When Paudie Coffey spoke in the Dail today, he was having a little pop at someone. He said something about people of all parties and no parties had the chance to meet the minister and then said something about how someone stayed for 30 seconds. Anyone care to say who or what he was hitting at.

calvin_zola

At least Halligan is raising the issue not like them other numptys elected for Waterford, they are too quiet to make an impact. Paudie Coffey afraid to rock the boat in case he upsets Enda. That Ciara Conway one doesn't know whether shes a TD or on summer-camp. As for Deasy, man has been in hibernation since the elections, wouldn't expect him to make any noise anyway.

MoodRacer

Deise 2012 wrote: »

When Paudie Coffey spoke in the Dail today, he was having a little pop at someone. He said something about people of all parties and no parties had the chance to meet the minister and then said something about how someone stayed for 30 seconds. Anyone care to say who or what he was hitting at.

Ciara Conway. It was no coincidence that Paudie made the comment str8 after Conway finished speaking today. In fairness one thing about Paudie is that he gets str8 to the point;) She pissed off Monday morning immediately after meeting.

FatB

IMO, he did the right thing by a mile. To make this whole situation worse, the dail recessed for 10+ minutes because of this, 10+ minutes that could have been spent discussing the issue at hand instead of doing what they did in spite.

I always said Halligan would make a good TD, you'd miss him from the News & Star mind you.

Sully

Screaming down the Dail isn't going to get Waterford or the South East back on its feet, that's for sure.

As infuriating as the time limits are - its been that way for years and there probably isn't much you can do about it with the list of stuff that needs to be done on a day to day basis. So would be nice to use the time constructively, rather than getting kicked out of the Dail and contributing nothing.

These four were elected to represent us on a national scale. It would be nice if they did that, properly, every once in a while and when a serious issue like this arose they did their level best to get something going. But what can they do? Nothing really, unless they are a Minister it seems.

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As infuriating as the time limits are - its been that way for years and there

Today was the first day of these Sully....

On paper, it seems like a good idea, allowing backbenchers to raise topical issues within the Dáil. However what we witnessed today was proof that it was a rushed and poorly thought out addition to the schedule. Given the way it's designed, the more sensitive or important an issue is, the less likely there is to be a proper discussion as more Deputies would likely want to contribute and thus dilute the time available to them.

If John Deasy was there today then they would have been allocated something like 50 seconds each which is realistically 30 seconds once they get the ridiculous "I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to speak... I hope his dog his well" formalities out of the way! That's simply not enough and doesn't achieve anything other than a bit of window dressing and an opportunity for a back bencher to have their 15 minutes of fame... or in this case 75 seconds.

O Riain

I think john did somethin for us today that no one has in the history of An Dáil and thats make a bit of noise for the people of Waterford. G'wan John, let em know we're here!

Smiley Burnett

I cant believe that the people of waterford have fallen for this nonsense from Halligan!! He went into the Dail today with the express intention of getting thrown out, and it has worked a treat!!

Ive noticed that NOT A SINGLE PERSON has asked John Halligan what he said to Richard Bruton, when they met in Waterford on Monday last!!

Not a single person has asked John Halligan what proposals he would like to see being put forward to help the unemployed of Waterford.

The reality John Halligan had sweet FA to say today and that's why he ensured that he got thrown out (for those of you that dont know how the Dail operates, thisn type of crack goes on all the time!!!)

The people of Waterford have elected an egomaniac, whose policies would put even MORE people on the dole!!! NO WONDER WATERFORD IS IN THE STATE IT IS!!

Sully

I asked that question Smiley

merlante

Smiley Burnett wrote: »

I cant believe that the people of waterford have fallen for this nonsense from Halligan!! He went into the Dail today with the express intention of getting thrown out, and it has worked a treat!!

Ive noticed that NOT A SINGLE PERSON has asked John Halligan what he said to Richard Bruton, when they met in Waterford on Monday last!!

Not a single person has asked John Halligan what proposals he would like to see being put forward to help the unemployed of Waterford.

The reality John Halligan had sweet FA to say today and that's why he ensured that he got thrown out (for those of you that dont know how the Dail operates, thisn type of crack goes on all the time!!!)

The people of Waterford have elected an egomaniac, whose policies would put even MORE people on the dole!!! NO WONDER WATERFORD IS IN THE STATE IT IS!!

I agree, I haven't fallen for this nonsense. What kind of a tantrum was that? I thought myself he should broken something or upturned a table... go to give someone a nut on the way out the door. That's how you intimidate people -- not with these kind of hissy fits...

Kanoe

bollox, I wouldn't eat a sammich in 1.20 seconds, might as well use it to make some noise. Fair play John, no one else seems to give a shít.

nice_very

so, an elected TD, stands up and asks why one of the most controversial national issues of the last week is given so little time, on the first day back of the dail.... and we get the usual people saying its a photo op/ publicity stunt...

at least he was'nt grinning like a cheshire cat in front of the doors of talk talk like conway, didnt see her on the news... saw halligan and cullinane speak on it... and of course coffey and deasey were at the piss up think tank, in galway.... nobody remembers a certain similar think tank last year? and a radio interview the next morning????

so, trying to bring local issues to the attention of the dail/govt is a publicity stunt? is that not what they are elected to do?

fricatus

It might have been a self-serving political stunt, but it led to the situation at TalkTalk being mentioned once again on the news bulletins.

The end justifies the means.

marlin vs

At least he's not sitting on his arse doing nothing.

Cabaal

fricatus wrote: »

It might have been a self-serving political stunt, but it led to the situation at TalkTalk being mentioned once again on the news bulletins.

The end justifies the means.

TalkTalk was in the news anyway due to the whole EU thing, you'll notice in relation to John that the VAST majority of the news is about him and not TalkTalk. So really he didn't do that much good at all.

Benimar

Some people just love to moan. If John Halligan gets up and lets rip, people say he should stay quiet. If he stays quiet, the same people will ask 'Where is John Halligan? Whats he doing for us? Useless politicians, blah, blah, blah...'.

Who knows whether he did any good or not yesterday, but local policitians sitting on their a*ses, with their mouths shut have really helped Waterford so far, haven't they? :rolleyes:

Up2NoGood

MoodRacer wrote: »

Another PR stunt from John. A great help he is to talk talk workers and the other 15000 unemployed in Waterford. What a waste.......

Hey smart guy, you have no idea what John Halligan has done for the people of Waterford, Talk Talk was gone with no notice no matter what....get over it and go get a job!!

Professey Chin

Up2NoGood wrote: »

Hey smart guy, you have no idea what John Halligan has done for the people of Waterford, Talk Talk was gone with no notice no matter what....get over it and go get a job!!

I live here, try to keep up with politics and I have no idea what hes done for the people of Waterford.
Then again I can say that about the majority of politicians

ROCKMAN

Up2NoGood wrote: »

Hey smart guy, you have no idea what John Halligan has done for the people of Waterford, Talk Talk was gone with no notice no matter what....get over it and go get a job!!

Ok tell us ,

Many have come on here and stated he has done alot for Waterford ,So please give us a few examples , And not just good photo opportunities or good sound bites after the fact.

Deise 2012

Smiley Burnett wrote: »

I cant believe that the people of waterford have fallen for this nonsense from Halligan!! He went into the Dail today with the express intention of getting thrown out, and it has worked a treat!!

Ive noticed that NOT A SINGLE PERSON has asked John Halligan what he said to Richard Bruton, when they met in Waterford on Monday last!!

Not a single person has asked John Halligan what proposals he would like to see being put forward to help the unemployed of Waterford.

The reality John Halligan had sweet FA to say today and that's why he ensured that he got thrown out (for those of you that dont know how the Dail operates, thisn type of crack goes on all the time!!!)

The people of Waterford have elected an egomaniac, whose policies would put even MORE people on the dole!!! NO WONDER WATERFORD IS IN THE STATE IT IS!!

I have to agree with you. John Halligan does come across as someone that is full of wind, a bit like Joan Bruton on the labour benches. Are they related. Both are great at making noise, but neither seem to have an answer to any problem.

Boooourns

Ah the internet, the place where people have strong views yet don't do anything about them in the real world.

Partizan

Smiley Burnett wrote: »

I cant believe that the people of waterford have fallen for this nonsense from Halligan!! He went into the Dail today with the express intention of getting thrown out, and it has worked a treat!!

Ive noticed that NOT A SINGLE PERSON has asked John Halligan what he said to Richard Bruton, when they met in Waterford on Monday last!!

Not a single person has asked John Halligan what proposals he would like to see being put forward to help the unemployed of Waterford.

The reality John Halligan had sweet FA to say today and that's why he ensured that he got thrown out (for those of you that dont know how the Dail operates, thisn type of crack goes on all the time!!!)

The people of Waterford have elected an egomaniac, whose policies would put even MORE people on the dole!!! NO WONDER WATERFORD IS IN THE STATE IT IS!!

You hit the nail on the head Smiley. Halligan has an ego the size of the Christchurch steeple. He loves all this kind of attention, it feeds his ego and boosts his sense of vanity. I know him very well having been with him in the WP for many years. I seem to recall a very similar escapade when he was first elected as a Councillor onto Waterford City Council in 1999. He used to roar, shout and be ordered out of meetings over his opposition to the Book of Estimates and service charges which he charged were an attack on the poor and a form of double taxation, but in the end he sold out and voted for them which resulted in his expulsion from the WP. He has no discernible ideology of ny kind that I can make of. He is best described as a mé féiner surrounded by a host of 'yes men' whom he discards when they have no further use. If people are going to hold the likes of him up as a hero, I have one thing to say, be very careful. Going on his past record he is no substance or conviction and in essence is aload of hot air.

His suspension from the Dail was pretty stupid and immature. The result of his suspension is that Waterford will be without a representative in the Dail during a very important period in which some vital debates will be held. He could have simply made his point and left it at that. But no, he chose to play to the gallery. In the end there was no need for that kind of behaviour. We are a man down with ten minutes to go. Not an ideal position to be in.

MoodRacer

Up2NoGood wrote: »

Hey smart guy, you have no idea what John Halligan has done for the people of Waterford, Talk Talk was gone with no notice no matter what....get over it and go get a job!!

You are right, I have no idea what John Has done for the people of Waterford. Please give me a few examples of what John has done for Waterford since becoming a TD.

Btw, I have a job:)

iphonehead

I don't know what any of the four of them have done in particular Halligan..... I still can't believe that he got elected.... then again the alternatives weren't great. He has a nice moustache though hasn't he?

MitchKoobski

I vote John Halligan purely for his moustache.

Always have and always will.

Caira Conway could never grow a moustache like that.

cbl593h

MitchKoobski wrote: »

I vote John Halligan purely for his moustache.

Always have and always will.

Caira Conway could never grow a moustache like that.

Ciara Conways moustache........:p