Housing Minister issues wind warning

Olsky · 18-09-2018 09:33PM #1

The Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has taken to twitter to advise us all of the possibility that it might be windy.
According to the Minister there is the "potential for damaging gusts"
So please be careful out there... particularly if you are homeless.

SEPT 23 1989 · 18-09-2018 09:39PM

All action sleeves rolled up ready for the wind

Fr_Dougal · 18-09-2018 09:46PM

Olsky wrote: »

The Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has taken to twitter to advise us all of the possibility that it might be windy.
According to the Minister there is the "potential for damaging gusts"
So please be careful out there... particularly if you are homeless.

There are very few people in this country without a roof over their head. Actual homeless numbers are being inflated by the ‘Foreva Home’ crew.

Atoms for Peace · 18-09-2018 10:15PM

Maybe he shouldn't have built the houses out of straw.

18-09-2018 10:15PM

oooh minister for wind talks out of his hole, shock horror!!

JohnnyFlash · 18-09-2018 10:17PM

The opening posts of this thread read like the comments section of the Journal.

This is not a good thing.

Jimmy. · 18-09-2018 10:19PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

The opening posts of this thread read like the comments section of the Journal.

This is not a good thing.

Posters in the Journal are like the thick class in school.

Happy4all · 18-09-2018 10:19PM

rusty cole wrote: »

oooh minister for wind talks out of his hole, shock horror!!

windy hole by all account.

Ninthlife · 18-09-2018 10:21PM

Whats wrong with him tweeting this?

amcalester · 18-09-2018 10:23PM

Ninthlife wrote: »

Whats wrong with him tweeting this?

Obviously he shouldn’t be doing anything else but building homes by hand until all the “can’t pay, won’t pay” brigade have their fur’eva home.

Jim Bob Scratcher · 18-09-2018 10:27PM

It's windy out there, stay safe folks :pac:

AlekSmart · 18-09-2018 10:28PM

Ninthlife wrote: »

Whats wrong with him tweeting this?

As well as being a Minister,he's also a TD.

You can bet your mortgage,that if he did'nt tweet about the threat,and one of his constituents got clattered by a falling tree,the aforementioned malcontents would be beside themeslves with righteous anger.

pleas advice · 18-09-2018 10:29PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

The opening posts of this thread read like the comments section of the Journal.

This is not a good thing.

Get used to it...

:pac:

Kevin Finnerty · 18-09-2018 10:35PM

amcalester wrote: »

Obviously he shouldn’t be doing anything else but building homes by hand until all the “can’t pay, won’t pay” brigade have their fur’eva home.

It's not in his remit to issue weather warnings. Tweeting for tweeting sake from a professional account is juvenile at best.

Jimmy. · 18-09-2018 10:35PM

amcalester wrote: »

Obviously he shouldn’t be doing anything else but building homes by hand until all the “can’t pay, won’t pay” brigade have their fur’eva home.

Won’t work brigade.

Ninthlife · 18-09-2018 10:38PM

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

It's not in his remit to issue weather warnings. Tweeting for tweeting sake from a professional account is juvenile at best.

Hes relaying important information. His entire life doesnt have to be just about housing. Maybe hes a weather geek in his spare time

Wheeliebin30 · 18-09-2018 10:41PM

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

It's not in his remit to issue weather warnings. Tweeting for tweeting sake from a professional account is juvenile at best.

Jesus.

Kevin Finnerty · 18-09-2018 10:42PM

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Jesus.

Make your point.

lawred2 · 18-09-2018 10:42PM

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

It's not in his remit to issue weather warnings. Tweeting for tweeting sake from a professional account is juvenile at best.

What?

Jimmy. · 18-09-2018 10:42PM

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Jesus.

First cousin of minister?

dxhound2005 · 18-09-2018 10:43PM

That's the name of the next storm.

Olsky · 18-09-2018 10:44PM

Ninthlife wrote: »

Hes relaying important information.

To be frank I think these semi permanent weather warnings designed to induce weather paranoia and fear are getting a bit ridiculous and silly.

We are already getting these weather warnings from multiple sources including met eireann.

Is it really really necessary for the Housing Minister to take onto his portfolio driving weather hysteria by warning people that it might be a bit windy or it might rain or it might be sunny tomorrow?

The Satanist · 18-09-2018 10:44PM

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

It's not in his remit to issue weather warnings. Tweeting for tweeting sake from a professional account is juvenile at best.

It actually is, since Met Eireann are part of his department.

TheShow · 18-09-2018 10:45PM

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

It's not in his remit to issue weather warnings. Tweeting for tweeting sake from a professional account is juvenile at best.

There is no hope.

dxhound2005 · 18-09-2018 10:46PM

Olsky wrote: »

To be frank I think these semi permanent weather warnings designed to induce weather paranoia and fear are getting a bit ridiculous and silly.

We are already getting these weather warnings from multiple sources including met eireann.

Is it really really necessary for the Housing Minister to take onto his portfolio driving weather hysteria by warning people that it might be a bit windy or it might rain or it might be sunny tomorrow?

Hyperbole.

Kevin Finnerty · 18-09-2018 10:47PM

The Satanist wrote: »

It actually is, since Met Eireann are part of his department.

You're right! Didn't know that at all.

Turnipman · 18-09-2018 10:47PM

Olsky wrote: »

The Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has taken to twitter to advise us all of the possibility that it might be windy.
According to the Minister there is the "potential for damaging gusts"
So please be careful out there... particularly if you are homeless.

Might that be the Minister whose portfolio includes both Met Eireann and the National Directorate Fire and Emergency Management, the body responsible for co-ordinating the national response to severe weather events and a range of other major emergencies?

If so then I can see a pretty simple reason why such an individual might tweet a warning about the risk of severe weather.

Ninthlife · 18-09-2018 10:47PM

Olsky wrote: »

To be frank I think these semi permanent weather warnings designed to induce weather paranoia and fear are getting a bit ridiculous and silly.

We are already getting these weather warnings from multiple sources including met eireann.

Is it really really necessary for the Housing Minister to take onto his portfolio driving weather hysteria by warning people that it might be a bit windy or it might rain or it might be sunny tomorrow?

Doesnt matter if he is Minister for Housing or Junior Minister of F All if he wants to tweet its going to be windy tomorrow he can.

Not sure what the issue is. Im sure Evelyn Cusack tweets about non weather related things

Atlantic Dawn · 18-09-2018 10:48PM

Nice tactic to soften us up to be raped out of it with carbon taxes in next months budget.

dxhound2005 · 18-09-2018 10:49PM

Not everyone gets information from the established media. There were people on the radio today who owned more than one house when the NPPR came in. They never knew a thing about it even though I remember it being all over the radio, television and papers. If it had been on Twitter they might have found out.

Olsky · 18-09-2018 10:51PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Hyperbole.

Whenever I hear a weather warning I am reminded of the use of fear as a means of controlling and distracting populaces in 1984

Housing Minister issues wind warning

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