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Paul Murphy, the great socialist, is using your money to pay his legal fees

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  • 28-04-2016 4:35pm
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    ThisRegard
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    So de man o de peeple, with his €87,000p.a. plus expenses, applied and was granted free legal aid, free meaning the tax payer pays, to pay for his legal team to defend himself for his stupidity in Jobstown.

    Should he declare what he does with the rest of his salary that he claims not to take home, or actually use his bleedin salary that we're already paying for?

    Edit: I guess we'll be told to play in the Politics Cafe and we get there we'll be greeted by the closed sign, and we'll have to go home with our balls.)


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    FrancieBrady
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    Perhaps he doesn't believe what he did at Jobstown was stupid?


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    ThisRegard
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Perhaps he doesn't believe what he did at Jobstown was stupid?

    And that's relevant to him getting legal aid how?


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    2smiggy
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Perhaps he doesn't believe what he did at Jobstown was stupid?

    why not pay with his own money then ?


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    snubbleste
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    Thread closed in 3, 2, 1


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    Harry Palmr
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    It makes perfect sense for a Socialist to want to socialise the payment of his legal fees. :)


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    FrancieBrady
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    And that's relevant to him getting legal aid how?

    Why did you say it if it wasn't relevant?

    If he is entitled to legal aid, he will get it, if he isn't, he won't.

    If you have a problem, take it up with the awarders of legal aid?


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    Timberrrrrrrr
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Perhaps he doesn't believe what he did at Jobstown was stupid?

    Regardless of his beliefs do you honestly think a millionaire who also earns a massive wage should get free legal aid? One wonders what your position would be if it was a FF/FG politician who had applied for and been granted FLA.


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    Lenin Skynard
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    It's a dis-gir-dace, Joe.


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    ThisRegard
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    It makes perfect sense for a Socialist to want to socialise the payment of his legal fees. :)

    Maybe he's doing a social experiment as to how the rich get richer, and this is how.

    I wonder has he based this scam on one of his many lectures on how the rich can use tax avoidance methods.


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    ThisRegard
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Why did you say it if it wasn't relevant?

    If he is entitled to legal aid, he will get it, if he isn't, he won't.

    If you have a problem, take it up with the awarders of legal aid?

    Again, how is it relevant?


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    5rtytry56
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    Ah c'mon at least Paul has'nt burst out crying yet.
    The thread for the affected TD can be found here


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    FrancieBrady
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Again, how is it relevant?

    It must be 'relevant' it was in the OP.


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    Walter H Price
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    Truly odious little troll of a man , earning nearly €90k a year and still scamming the system.

    His supporters wont care though , lets be honest most of them are ripping the social welfare system off anyway and couldn't give two short ones for the tax payer.


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    gandalf
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    Whilst I have no love for Paul Murphy do you have any idea of how much engaging a legal team costs. He has to apply for legal aid and if it's been granted then the powers that be have agreed that he doesn't have the means to fund it himself.


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    Vex Willems
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    How the hell can someone that earns €87,000p.a. plus be entitled to legal aid?


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    Tabnabs
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    Red Paul who claimed €1,343,117 in salary, expenses, staff costs and various other outgoings as an unelected MEP? Ah no, he's broke. Sure didn't he have to sell his pad in leafy Dublin 16 to move to the leafy Dublin 24 suburb of Kingswood...


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    DavidLyons_
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    5rtytry56 wrote: »
    Ah c'mon at least Paul has'nt burst out crying yet.

    We really must have the worst, most useless set of eejits ever to grace the Dail at the moment.


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    Timberrrrrrrr
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    gandalf wrote: »
    Whilst I have no love for Paul Murphy do you have any idea of how much engaging a legal team costs. He has to apply for legal aid and if it's been granted then the powers that be have agreed that he doesn't have the means to fund it himself.

    The man made over a million quid before he even became a TD, would love to know the threshold for what is considered too poor to pay for your own legal eagles.


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    My name is URL
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    I'd say the judge that decided whether or not he was entitled to FLA is better suited to do so than the easily outraged mouth breathers of AH


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    ThisRegard
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    gandalf wrote: »
    Whilst I have no love for Paul Murphy do you have any idea of how much engaging a legal team costs. He has to apply for legal aid and if it's been granted then the powers that be have agreed that he doesn't have the means to fund it himself.

    He has chosen not to have the means (I don't know if he has his million Plus from when he was gifted the job of an MEP by Joe Higgins).

    He earns enough to cover his fees, why should the tax payer pick up the tab when he chooses to donate the money (his claims) to someone else?

    I can't wait to see his legal bill, mash it into his face every time he then whinges about not enough money being spend on this and that.

    My name is URL wrote: »
    I'd say the judge that decided whether or not he was entitled to FLA is better suited to do so than the easily outraged mouth breathers of AH

    Insightful and intelligent. Do you cool people have a newsletter we can sign up to?

    But in your hurry to try post and thanks whore, you're missing the point that the problem is that he had the gall to go look for it, not because he was granted it.


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    gandalf
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    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    The man made over a million quid before he even became a TD, would love to know the threshold for what is considered too poor to pay for your own legal eagles.

    Does he still have it though? Again it is up to the authorities to vet if someone is entitled to legal aid, in this case they have said yes. I'd rather they gave him legal aid rather than refuse it so he doesn't have a case for any appeal should he be convicted. I want him to spend time in prison myself.


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    Tabnabs
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    It has to be up there up Bertie "I didn't have a bank acount" Ahern for incredulity


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    Boom_Bap
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    This is a thread suitable for the Politics Cafe once it resumes service.


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