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President Michael D Higgins’ €3,000 a night hotel stays

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    #92
    PlaneSpeeking
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    flookdgates wrote: »
    The media enforced censorship over this man's personal life is ridiculous. Why can't we mention the big gay elephant in the room?

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/apology-as-forbes-withdraws-homosexual-claim-about-president-michael-d-higgins-29443643.html

    Low. Very low.

    Even if he is who f**king cares ?


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    #93
    Yer Da sells Avon
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    flookdgates wrote: »
    Lol you obviously don't rub shoulders with Ireland's political class.
    Here's a question for you: Did you know that Varadkar was gay before he officially came out of the closet to RTE?

    No, I don't, oddly enough, rub shoulders with Ireland's political class. Do you? Also, do you have any evidence, apart from tedious innuendo, that he's gay?


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    #94
    flookdgates
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    Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »
    No, I don't, oddly enough, rub shoulders with Ireland's political class. Do you? Also, do you have any evidence, apart from tedious innuendo, that he's gay?

    You remind me of the clueless naive young wans who were falling head over heels in love with Stephen Gately of Boyzone back in the 1990s. Some people are very innocent, god bless them.

    The entire county knew Varadkar was a homosexual for years but there was a silent agreement amongst the media not to out him. Taxi drivers and hotel receptionists all over Dublin could have told you he was gay. Eventually the pressure became to much for Varadkar so he gave his infamous coming out interview to RTE.

    If any journalist wants to ring up that Swiss hotel they should ask if Michael D and Sabina got separate beds ;)


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    #95
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Always got that vibe off him myself.

    I couldn't care less though, he wouldn't be the first politician to stay in the closet. He came up in a different era, I can understand why he kept it hidden.


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    #96
    PlaneSpeeking
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    flookdgates wrote: »
    You remind me of the clueless naive young wans who were falling head over heels in love with Stephen Gately of Boyzone back in the 1990s. Some people are very innocent, god bless them.

    The entire county knew Varadkar was a homosexual for years but there was a silent agreement amongst the media not to out him. Taxi drivers and hotel receptionists all over Dublin could have told you he was gay. Eventually the pressure became to much for Varadkar so he gave his infamous coming out interview to RTE.

    If any journalist wants to ring up that Swiss hotel they should ask if Michael D and Sabina got separate beds ;)

    And your problem with a gay President would be .... ???


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    #97
    Yer Da sells Avon
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Always got that vibe off him myself.

    A bit too fond of the auld bukes, if you ask me...


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    #98
    Hitman3000
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    flookdgates wrote:
    If any journalist wants to ring up that Swiss hotel they should ask if Michael D and Sabina got separate beds
    My mother and father in law sleep in separate rooms and have done for several years. Should I assume one or both of them is gay?


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    #99
    Taytoland
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    Sean Gallagher should have been President. Higgins was a terrible choice.


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    #100
    mariaalice
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    flookdgates wrote: »
    You remind me of the clueless naive young wans who were falling head over heels in love with Stephen Gately of Boyzone back in the 1990s. Some people are very innocent, god bless them.

    The entire county knew Varadkar was a homosexual for years but there was a silent agreement amongst the media not to out him. Taxi drivers and hotel receptionists all over Dublin could have told you he was gay. Eventually the pressure became to much for Varadkar so he gave his infamous coming out interview to RTE.

    If any journalist wants to ring up that Swiss hotel they should ask if Michael D and Sabina got separate beds ;)

    What a creepy post.


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    #101
    Technocentral
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    Mr. Incognito wrote: »
    "Claims"

    He represents us as a country. He's our president

    Where do you want him to stay? At the Travel lodge.

    People have little to be offended by these days.

    Or "After Hours" as I call it.


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    #102
    Muahahaha
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    Taytoland wrote: »
    Sean Gallagher should have been President. Higgins was a terrible choice.

    Sean "If that man gave me an envelope" Gallagher.

    No thanks, I think we have had enough corruption in Ireland without electing more of it.


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    #103
    Hitman3000
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    Taytoland wrote:
    Sean Gallagher should have been President. Higgins was a terrible choice.


    That's such an obvious trolling attempt. Try harder.


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    #104
    Taytoland
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    Hitman3000 wrote: »
    Taytoland wrote:
    Sean Gallagher should have been President. Higgins was a terrible choice.


    That's such an obvious trolling attempt. Try harder.
    He finished 2nd and had lots of support. I just think he would have been better. The job for Higgins is a retirement home. Ireland needs a younger energetic President who will put effort into the job.


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    #105
    Berserker
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    Don't have much time for Michael D. but this is a non-story. Think €3K is on the cheaper side for high class accommodation in Switzerland to be honest.


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    #106
    Hitman3000
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    Taytoland wrote:
    He finished 2nd and had lots of support. I just think he would have been better. The job for Higgins is a retirement home. Ireland needs a younger energetic President who will put effort into the job.


    What effort? It's a ceremonial position that requires nothing more than not being a corpse.


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    #107
    Taytoland
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    Hitman3000 wrote: »
    Taytoland wrote:
    He finished 2nd and had lots of support. I just think he would have been better. The job for Higgins is a retirement home. Ireland needs a younger energetic President who will put effort into the job.


    What effort? It's a ceremonial position that requires nothing more than not being a corpse.
    It's not good enough approaching it as such. They need to give opinions and try to give advice to the current government of the day and just overall do a better job. It needs an overhaul.


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    #108
    Turnipman
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    mariaalice wrote: »
    I doubt he personally books his own hotel room. The person complaining has more of a complaint with the department of foreign affairs and the host country than anything to do with the president.

    Correct. The DFA always insists on the best room in the best hotel being booked for Uachtaráin na hEireann.

    The logic for this is that it would be very unseemly if they booked His Nibs into a "superior" room in a swanky hotel only to discover that the likes of Mick Smurfit, Conor McGregor (perish the thought!) or the FAI's John Delaney was staying in the "Presidential Suite" of the same hotel!


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    #109
    Dravokivich
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    RobertKK wrote: »
    waiting lists to have health conditions treated now at the 1 million mark

    Wait... 1/5 of the population are on hospital waiting lists?


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    #110
    Yer Da sells Avon
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    Taytoland wrote: »
    It's not good enough approaching it as such.

    Just as well he doesn't approach it like that.
    Taytoland wrote:
    They need to give opinions and try to give advice to the current government of the day and just overall do a better job. It needs an overhaul.

    As far as giving opinions is concerned, Michael D. has done a great job - much to the dismay of those who oppose social justice.


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    #111
    Hitman3000
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    Taytoland wrote:
    It's not good enough approaching it as such. They need to give opinions and try to give advice to the current government of the day and just overall do a better job. It needs an overhaul.


    It's a non executive position, personally I feel it's a waste of resources and should be abolished not overhauled.


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    #112
    Taytoland
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    Hitman3000 wrote: »
    Taytoland wrote:
    It's not good enough approaching it as such. They need to give opinions and try to give advice to the current government of the day and just overall do a better job. It needs an overhaul.


    It's a non executive position, personally I feel it's a waste of resources and should be abolished not overhauled.
    I said that the other day but seemingly most want to keep it, so maybe reform is needed in some form. Just don't understand what is the point of electing someone to something which carries no power?


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    #113
    Timberrrrrrrr
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    RobertKK wrote: »
    I looked up 5 star hotels in Geneva and one could pay a small fraction of the price.
    If people think that all 5 star hotels in Geneva are €3,000 a night then they need to look it up. A lot around the €400 a night, some much cheaper and other more expensive, but not anywhere near the price of where Michael D stayed.


    Can you show us where it states he definitely stayed in one of these suites? All i see is he stayed in a suite in a hotel where they can cost up to €3000 per night not that he stayed in one.


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    #114
    xi5yvm0owc1s2b
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    Dravokivich wrote: »
    Wait... 1/5 of the population are on hospital waiting lists?

    Yes. Almost a million waiting for medical procedures (Irish Times).


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    #115
    DONTMATTER
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    It's amazing the difference in reaction to this story to the poor family who had to sleep in a garda station last night. €3,000 a night out of taxpayers money, ah not a problem, work away there. A family falling on desperate times, the mother is a scam artist, looking for free houses and taking money from the tax payers.


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    #116
    Hitman3000
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    Taytoland wrote:
    I said that the other day but seemingly most want to keep it, so maybe reform is needed in some form. Just don't understand what is the point of electing someone to something which carries no power?


    It would be nice to see a referendum on the position of President. Abolish or keep. Then we would know if people truly want it.


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    #117
    RobertKK
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    Dravokivich wrote: »
    Wait... 1/5 of the population are on hospital waiting lists?

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/national-scandal-almost-one-million-patients-are-on-health-service-waiting-lists-37194846.html
    Almost one million people are on health service waiting lists, according to shocking new figures.
    The compilation of waiting lists figures across the HSE shows nearly a fifth of the population is currently enduring an agonising wait for a health service appointment.


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    #118
    Turnipman
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    DONTMATTER wrote: »
    It's amazing the difference in reaction to this story to the poor family who had to sleep in a garda station last night. €3,000 a night out of taxpayers money, ah not a problem, work away there. A family falling on desperate times, the mother is a scam artist, looking for free houses and taking money from the tax payers.

    Have you managed to dig up the identity of the father(s) of her six children yet or were you much too busy wringing your hands about her tragic plight?


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    #119
    DONTMATTER
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    Turnipman wrote: »
    Have you managed to dig up the identity of the father(s) of her six children yet or were you much too busy wringing your hands about her tragic plight?

    What are you talking about?


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    #120
    Dravokivich
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    Luka Broad Bassist wrote: »
    Yes. Almost a million waiting for medical procedures (Irish Times).
    RobertKK wrote: »
    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/national-scandal-almost-one-million-patients-are-on-health-service-waiting-lists-37194846.html

    Cheers, but if those are right, we've bigger problems than our health service. Who can expect such high a high amount of a population to be seen to?


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    #121
    AllForIt
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    God you'd swear it was €30,000 per night the way some ppl are talking.


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