Fidelma Healy Eames is at it again, no joke

pure.conya

FHE is contesting the upcoming Euro elections pmsl

I really dont know what to say, other than she's like a moth to a flame that wan

https://galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-fm-news-desk/former-senator-fidelma-healy-eames-to-contest-upcoming-european-elections/

Former Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has announced her intention to run in upcoming European elections for this region.
Oranmore-based Dr. Healy Eames, originally from Moylough, served as a Senator between 2007 and 2016, but failed to secure a seat in the Dáil on several occassions.
She signaled her retirement from politics in early 2016, when she announced she would not contest that years Seanad elections.

She’s now announced her intention to return to politics – by contesting the Midlands-North/West constituency in upcoming European elections.

Charles Ingles

Is that the wifeeey lady?

nuac

When and how did FDE become a doctor?

RainNeverBow

Looks like we've got the plagued MEP area. There's like one I like.

i71jskz5xu42pb

nuac wrote: »

When and how did FDE become a doctor?

PhD it seems, from Galway.
New one on me as well, looks like she's had it since '99.

Arghus

What an absolute chancer.

lbc2019

Whats the bets shes Irexit...

Doctors room ghost

The day apples plans to build in Athenry were announced on radio fhe was on Galway bay fm stating that apple should be told to fix the redundant train line to Tuam in order to ship workers up fast to Athenry.
Absolute and utter horsesh1te she was spewing and she should be reminded of this daily.a waffler. The queen of paddywhackery.
It was the likes of her that has small towns like Athenry going backwards

Yurt2

Wiffy codes for all. Wiffy in the mountains; wiffy in the valleys. Huzzah for wiffy!

dok_golf

These replies made me smile :-)

Mr E

Hah! Forgot about Wiffy!

irishgrover

It's had to know what my favourite things about this woman are... she just keeps on giving... if I had to have a top 5 (in no particular order), Wiffy might not even get on the list..

5. Getting her car seized for non payment of motor tax (her excuse - she take public transport)
4. Getting done, less than 2 weeks later for not paying for her train ticket on Public Transport. (oh the ****ing irony)
3. Claiming same sex marraige would cause the end of Mothers day (and using a anti-semitic UFO believer as her source)
2. A local builder having to take them (her and husband) to court to get paid for the work he did on their house.
1. Not understanding what fraping actually means and talking about "where you’re raped on Facebook" in the Oireachtas

bobbyss

Mr E wrote:

Hah! Forgot about Wiffy!

What is Wiffy?
Did I miss something?

neris

bobbyss wrote: »

What is Wiffy?
Did I miss something?

Wifi

lion_bar

neris wrote: »

Wifi

In fairness her wee-fee pronunciation of wifi was in a French accent and about tourists asking for the wee-fee.

ronnie3585

irishgrover wrote: »

3. Claiming same sex marraige would cause the end of Mothers day (and using a anti-semitic UFO believer as her source)

I completely forgot about this one - you couldn't make it up:D

I'd almost move to her constituency just so I could vote for the other candidates except her.

ronnie3585

bobbyss wrote: »

What is Wiffy?
Did I miss something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA4INCBF8Z8

Listen to the utter slurry she's talking here. Pat Rabbitte's face is priceless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypBGI2_YXeo

pure.conya

irishgrover wrote: »

It's had to know what my favourite things about this woman are... she just keeps on giving... if I had to have a top 5 (in no particular order), Wiffy might not even get on the list..

5. Getting her car seized for non payment of motor tax (her excuse - she take public transport)
4. Getting done, less than 2 weeks later for not paying for her train ticket on Public Transport. (oh the ****ing irony)
3. Claiming same sex marraige would cause the end of Mothers day (and using a anti-semitic UFO believer as her source)
2. A local builder having to take them (her and husband) to court to get paid for the work he did on their house.
1. Not understanding what fraping actually means and talking about "where you’re raped on Facebook" in the Oireachtas

trying to get off paying for the train by producing her senate card is my personal favourite lol

nuac

Alfonso Aggressive Yodeler wrote: »

PhD it seems, from Galway.
New one on me as well, looks like she's had it since '99.

I know many Ph.Ds who do not call themselves "Doctor"

topcat77

I work in the University and no Ph.Ds call themselves Doctor. They would only use it on academic publications.

At least we've something to talk about rather than city traffic!

zell12

Ah now
She got 5406 1st preference votes in 2011 or 8.32% of vote, more than Kyne

At least she makes some effort.. to make us guffaw

bobbyss

nuac wrote:

I know many Ph.Ds who do not call themselves "Doctor"

In fairness to her I have never heard her call herself Doctor. Nor have I heard her bring introduced as a Doctor either. So if she's had this thing since 99, it suggests she doesn't brandish it about the place if we are surprised she has one at all.

Bredabe

bobbyss wrote: »

In fairness to her I have never heard her call herself Doctor. Nor have I heard her bring introduced as a Doctor either. So if she's had this thing since 99, it suggests she doesn't brandish it about the place if we are surprised she has one at all.

In all but one interaction I've had with her for work, she has mentioned her qualification or used it to introduce herself.

Which in my line of work is counter productive.

i71jskz5xu42pb

topcat77 wrote: »

I work in the University and no Ph.Ds call themselves Doctor.

It'd be fierce confusing if they did

dilallio

irishgrover wrote: »

It's had to know what my favourite things about this woman are... she just keeps on giving... if I had to have a top 5 (in no particular order), Wiffy might not even get on the list..

5. Getting her car seized for non payment of motor tax (her excuse - she take public transport)
4. Getting done, less than 2 weeks later for not paying for her train ticket on Public Transport. (oh the ****ing irony)
3. Claiming same sex marraige would cause the end of Mothers day (and using a anti-semitic UFO believer as her source)
2. A local builder having to take them (her and husband) to court to get paid for the work he did on their house.
1. Not understanding what fraping actually means and talking about "where you’re raped on Facebook" in the Oireachtas

And her tough life-changing experiences which she encountered on a paid trip to a luxury four-star hotel in Kenya.

The Galway senator said she requested that her husband Michael should be brought on the initial trip to Rwanda for her safety and because she said she would be lonely without him.

"You couldn't drink the water, so you had to hold your mouth closed while someone washed your hair and you might not even have an iron."

She continued: "It's very hard work. You have two-and-a-half to three weeks' work in one week. We start at 8 in the morning and don't finish until 5 or 6. That's a lot more work than a day at home."

Doctors room ghost

Personally I’d draw a picture of a baboons Mickey on my voting card and spoil my vote then give it to fhe.
There’s enough paddywhackers knocking around without promoting more of them

Zaph

Alfonso Aggressive Yodeler wrote: »

PhD it seems, from Galway.
New one on me as well, looks like she's had it since '99.

What's the point in NUI going to the trouble of giving you an honorary doctorate if you're not going to use the title? Of course she's in good company with Dr. Tony O'Reilly and Dr. Ian Paisley.

Bredabe

irishgrover wrote: »

It's had to know what my favourite things about this woman are... she just keeps on giving... if I had to have a top 5 (in no particular order), Wiffy might not even get on the list..

5. Getting her car seized for non payment of motor tax (her excuse - she take public transport)
4. Getting done, less than 2 weeks later for not paying for her train ticket on Public Transport. (oh the ****ing irony)
3. Claiming same sex marraige would cause the end of Mothers day (and using a anti-semitic UFO believer as her source)
2. A local builder having to take them (her and husband) to court to get paid for the work he did on their house.
1. Not understanding what fraping actually means and talking about "where you’re raped on Facebook" in the Oireachtas

I read somewhere that she considers these to be a 'plot' to discredit her, fake news if you will.
Tho I'm at a loss as to why anyone would need to do this, its like reverse tall poppy syndrome.

Pawwed Rig

Should there be a ban on all politicians with Healy in their name?

i71jskz5xu42pb

Zaph wrote: »

What's the point in NUI going to the trouble of giving you an honorary doctorate

It's not an honorary doctorate though, is it?
It looks like she had an actual PhD.

That said I can't find it online. Her Masters dissertation is here for anybody that wants a read.

Hotblack Desiato

Italic Chicago font on an Apple LaserWriter

Dead classy in 1989

bobbyss

Did she actually attend that Connecticut university? She was, according to Wikipedia, a college lecturer but it doesn't say where.

biko

Maybe we can talk about her politics?

Dr. Healy Eames says development in Ireland is Dublin-centered by Government design and far better regional development, with increased EU support, is needed.
She believes a ‘rural direct investment’ policy can be enabled in the same way as Ireland’s hugely successful foreign direct investment policy.

What track record does she have for caring about local politics?

bobbyss

She's a candidate in the Euro elections. It's good to be as fully informed about candidates as possible before casting your vote.

afkasurfjunkie

bobbyss wrote: »

Did she actually attend that Connecticut university? She was, according to Wikipedia, a college lecturer but it doesn't say where.

She was a lecturer in Mary Immaculate College back in the early noughties.

Lockstep

Alfonso Aggressive Yodeler wrote: »

It's not an honorary doctorate though, is it?
It looks like she had an actual PhD.

That said I can't find it online. Her Masters dissertation is here for anybody that wants a read.

She has an actual PhD. I remember looking it up in NUIG' database one day when she was in the news for some scandal or another.
It's in something primary education related. If I remember rightly, it's something to do with teaching writing to children.

My favourite memory of her was her election leaflets from 2011. One of her listed achievements was that she "uses her phone....A LOT" and that she was one of Vodafone's biggest texters of the year or something.

Bredabe

Lockstep wrote: »

She has an actual PhD. I remember looking it up in NUIG's database one day when she was in the news for some scandal or another.
It's primary education related. If I remember rightly, it's something to do with teaching writing to children.
Edit: here it is

My favourite memory of her was her election leaflets from 2011. One of her listed achievements was that she "uses her phone....A LOT" and that she was one of Vodafone's biggest texters of the year or something.

People would hope that someone with a background in teaching would understand the problems students with SLD face in education. Sadly, I have not seen this in Ms HE.

spurshero

Can’t understand why she’s running . Be amazed if she gets more then 2 percent first preference vote

Bredabe

spurshero wrote: »

Can’t understand why she’s running . Be amazed if she gets more then 2 percent first preference vote

I think its a hobby with her, but I think this time is part of a campaign to undermine recent social advances.

Squatter

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Should there be a ban on all politicians with Healy in their name?

Good suggestion, but a bit too wide ranging!

I'd refine the ban to cover any politician with a double-barrelled surname that includes the word "Healy".

thesandeman

Squatter wrote: »

Good suggestion, but a bit too wide ranging!

I'd refine the ban to cover any politician with a double-barrelled surname that includes the word "Healy".

In fairness, at least the other ones look after their constituents (and they get elected).

Squatter

thesandeman wrote: »

In fairness, at least the other ones look after their constituents (and they get elected).

On the other hand, if every TD was like the Kerry gobdaws, then Ireland would be in a right mess.

irishgrover

I don't know, call me old fashioned.... But if a politician, and even worse a teacher, likes a post comparing a child with autism to a Nazi, then she is crossing the line from being a harmless but entertaining gob****e to a teacher who's fitness for teaching should be reviewed.... Possibly some training on Nazi's, autism or environmental issues is in order.... She appears to be increasingly malignant

ChewyLouie

irishgrover wrote: »

But if a politician, and even worse a teacher, likes a post comparing a child with autism to a Nazi...

What's the reference to autism in that post screenshot? (genuinely not familiar with the context)

El Tarangu

irishgrover wrote: »

I don't know, call me old fashioned.... But if a politician, and even worse a teacher, likes a post comparing a child with autism to a Nazi...

Jesus wept...

(thanks for that, this is the first I had heard of it)

i71jskz5xu42pb

ChewyLouie wrote: »

What's the reference to autism in that post screenshot? (genuinely not familiar with the context)

The child on the right is Greta Thunberg an environmental activist who has Asperger's

TCM

irishgrover wrote:

It's had to know what my favourite things about this woman are... she just keeps on giving... if I had to have a top 5 (in no particular order), Wiffy might not even get on the list..

irishgrover wrote:

5. Getting her car seized for non payment of motor tax (her excuse - she take public transport) 4. Getting done, less than 2 weeks later for not paying for her train ticket on Public Transport. (oh the ****ing irony) 3. Claiming same sex marraige would cause the end of Mothers day (and using a anti-semitic UFO believer as her source) 2. A local builder having to take them (her and husband) to court to get paid for the work he did on their house. 1. Not understanding what fraping actually means and talking about "where you’re raped on Facebook" in the Oireachtas

So she's well qualified for the job then!

ChewyLouie

Alfonso Aggressive Yodeler wrote: »

The child on the right is Greta Thunberg an environmental activist who has Asperger's

So is the post comparing nazi propaganda to a publicity approach taken in an environmental campaign? So the "political construct" is presumably climate change?

I don't see the relevance to her having Asperger's syndrome?

Also - is FHE a climate change denier? Wouldn't surprise me!

It's probably my own fault for looking her up but now I am getting targeted ads for Dr. Fidelma Healy Eames, some local Renua candidate and the pro life campaign.

?Cee?view

Zaph wrote: »

What's the point in NUI going to the trouble of giving you an honorary doctorate if you're not going to use the title? Of course she's in good company with those other highly qualified doctors, Dr. Tony O'Reilly and Dr. Ian Paisley.

Tony O'Reilly earned his PhD. He later got some honorary ones tough.

According to a poll in the Irish Times this morning she is on 1%.