Ireland's Greatest Chancers*

tabby aspreme · 24-03-2019 02:32AM

Mary Maktoum Robinson

feargale · 24-03-2019 02:38AM

Weepsie wrote: »

Alan "I love power" Kelly

What on earth is this obsession with Alan Kelly? It is a mantra that has been spread by his opponents because they fear him, in particular the fact that he has been one of the most effective Dail committee members in probing questionable dealings. Trust boardsies to swallow the propaganda. Every politician seeks power for goodness' sake. There is no point otherwise in being in politics.
This thread is about chancers, people of allegedly questionable ethics. Please substantiate where Alan Kelly is concerned.

storker · 24-03-2019 02:42AM

Jim "Soft Landing" Power.

Also, radio news hacks who still interviewed him after the crash to get his expertise on what should be done...

Maurice Yeltsin · 24-03-2019 07:26PM

feargale wrote: »

What on earth is this obsession with Alan Kelly? It is a mantra that has been spread by his opponents because they fear him, in particular the fact that he has been one of the most effective Dail committee members in probing questionable dealings. Trust boardsies to swallow the propaganda. Every politician seeks power for goodness' sake. There is no point otherwise in being in politics.
This thread is about chancers, people of allegedly questionable ethics. Please substantiate where Alan Kelly is concerned.

I seem to recall when he was housing minister and he said the flat pack council houses would cost x amount of money. They went wildly over budget per unit and he merely said he was upset to see it happen.

A few weeks ago he had the brass balls to chastise Simon Harris on the hospital overrun.

Harris certainly needs a bollocking for it, but not off this hypocritical absolute spoofer.

Odyssey 2005 · 24-03-2019 07:35PM

Arghus wrote: »

Joe Duffy.

I know there's multiple politicians and cute-hoor business people that have done the country more damage in reality, but, fck me, Joe Duffy gets away with a lot.

He's a bad radio presenter, frequently in the wrong on his show, rude, boorish, shameless. He'll milk any tragedy for radio tears and fake sentimentality. And, worst of all, despite his huge salary - and his roughly ten hour working week, is absent a truly incredible amount of times. He blatantly takes the piss with that. He's a joke!

You cant say that.:)

whisky_galore · 24-03-2019 07:47PM

donkeykong5 wrote: »

They are great for the local people who elected them. Sometimes I wished I lived in Kerry as least they care about the people who support them. ( only sometimes ).

In some ways I admire them as they get voted in without fail every time and they annoy the D4 elite, but the self-interested, nothing-exists-outside-of-Kerry, populist, cute hoor, cow dung spreading shyte sticks in my craw.

Odyssey 2005 · 24-03-2019 07:54PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

In some ways I admire them as they get voted in without fail every time and they annoy the D4 elite, but the self-interested, nothing-exists-outside-of-Kerry, populist, cute hoor, cow dung spreading shyte sticks in my craw.

To be fair Healy Rae is the only worker on the OP 's list.

Chancer3001 · 24-03-2019 07:55PM

Im number 3001 on the list

Chancer3001 · 24-03-2019 07:59PM

Rosanna davidson irks me. Oh eat yourself healthy or some ****.

Its basically workout every day cos youve a rich husband behind ya. Feck all job. Get skinny and lean. Then buy fake boobs.

Hey guys, buy my book and be like me.

Also

Every personal trainer who goes on steroids and pretends not to. (A LOT of them) . Hey buy my programme and look like me.

Its criminality in my book

sligojoek · 24-03-2019 08:02PM

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

You cant say that.:)

EXPUNGE !!!

KevinCavan · 24-03-2019 08:04PM

Odhinn wrote: »

..more specifically, the Gay Byrne radio show. The most vile, cringe inducing shite imaginable.

Not being funny but is he still alive? I’m convinced R.T.E. will embalm him and have him presenting a new show (“Weekend at Bernie’s” style).

griffin100 · 24-03-2019 08:05PM

feargale wrote: »

What on earth is this obsession with Alan Kelly? It is a mantra that has been spread by his opponents because they fear him, in particular the fact that he has been one of the most effective Dail committee members in probing questionable dealings. Trust boardsies to swallow the propaganda. Every politician seeks power for goodness' sake. There is no point otherwise in being in politics.
This thread is about chancers, people of allegedly questionable ethics. Please substantiate where Alan Kelly is concerned.

He’s an absolute chancer. He was shown to be clueless as a minister, so much so that he couldn’t even get a broken party like Labour to elect him as their leader - doesn’t sound like a serious political operator to me. It’s easy to look good in opposition, much harder to do the business when in power. He also has close links with that champion of chancers, John Delaney

KevinCavan · 24-03-2019 08:07PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

In some ways I admire them as they get voted in without fail every time and they annoy the D4 elite, but the self-interested, nothing-exists-outside-of-Kerry, populist, cute hoor, cow dung spreading shyte sticks in my craw.

I think they have a great entertainment value.

FTA69 · 24-03-2019 08:08PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Gene Kerrigan

Honest to God one of the few journos in Ireland worth reading.

Edgware · 24-03-2019 08:11PM

FTA69 wrote: »

Honest to God one of the few journos in Ireland worth reading.[/QUOTQUOT

They were saying that about Gemma O Doherty a year ago. Kerrigan is a populist bluffer who will be found out eventually

KevinCavan · 24-03-2019 08:13PM

mad muffin wrote: »

I thought Bertie was king of the chancers… then Varadkar emerged as capo dei capi

Being gay was all the political pedigree he needed.

coneill13 · 24-03-2019 08:17PM

storker wrote: »

Jim "Soft Landing" Power.

Also, radio news hacks who still interviewed him after the crash to get his expertise on what should be done...

think Austin Hughes (KBC Bank) is far worse...he was actively talking up the property market in 20017 & 2008 as it crashed to a bottomless pit. Never have I seen someone with blatant vested interests ignore what what was blatantly obvious to the dogs on the street. Yet RTE will still roll him out as an economist who's opinion we are to respect. Shows lack of research and sheer laziness at the hands of RTE. Austin Hughes should be recognised for the fraud that he is and consigned to the dole heap.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 24-03-2019 08:28PM

Edgware wrote: »

They were saying that about Gemma O Doherty a year ago. Kerrigan is a populist bluffer who will be found out eventually

He’s clearly nothing like Gemma.

JohnnyFlash · 24-03-2019 08:54PM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

He’s clearly nothing like Gemma.

Absolutely. Chalk and cheese. Kerrigan probably actually believes what he spouts as well. But he’s a chancer in the sense than he has been writing the same article for the past 40 years - this happened last week, this is the fault of capitalism and the elite, far-left socialism is the alternative.

He never has anything positive, workable,or nuanced to say. It’s student politics packaged as journalism. All the problems and none of the solutions. The political thinking of the lazy.

storker · 24-03-2019 11:14PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Absolutely. Chalk and cheese. Kerrigan probably actually believes what he spouts as well. But he’s a chancer in the sense than he has been writing the same article for the past 40 years - this happened last week, this is the fault of capitalism and the elite, far-left socialism is the alternative.

He never has anything positive, workable,or nuanced to say. It’s student politics packaged as journalism. All the problems and none of the solutions. The political thinking of the lazy.

It's the job of journalists to point out problems. It's the job of politicians to come up with the solutions. If he's been writing the same article for 40 years then maybe its time the politicians gave him some different material. As for something positive, the government isn't short of happy-clappy fanboys as it is.

I don't agree with everything he says, but he's good at pointing out cant and BS. Someone needs to.

Experiment: Read his piece in today's Indo https://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/gene-kerrigan/gene-kerrigan-this-is-too-serious-for-conspiracy-theories-37945108.html ... feel free to point out where he's wrong.

joe swanson · 25-03-2019 12:13AM

Gemma O Doherty Arlene foster
Gerry Adams
Mary Lou
Clare Daly
Mick Wallace
Brendan o Connor
Paul Murphy
Joan Collins
Brian Cowen
John McGuinness Barry Egan

25-03-2019 12:20AM

Vogue Williams , stealing a career from anyone with a modicum of talent

whisky_galore · 25-03-2019 12:22AM

Anyone describing themselves as an "influencer" or "socialite".

TheRiverman · 25-03-2019 12:22AM

Leo Varadkar.

corner of hells · 25-03-2019 12:48AM

chicorytip wrote: »

Mary Mc Aleese

Why ?

The Iron Giant · 25-03-2019 12:54AM

Jason Byrne.

Duckworth_Luas · 25-03-2019 02:02AM

chicorytip wrote: »

Mary Mc Aleese

corner of hells wrote: »

Why ?

She never shut up about her apparent ability at building bridges but never studied civil engineering and never built a single bridge like structure in her life, the spoofer,

Gimme A Pound · 25-03-2019 02:17AM

The two who won Dancing With The Stars.

Oh wait... *chancer*

feargale · 25-03-2019 03:08AM

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

She never shut up about her apparent ability at building bridges but never studied civil engineering and never built a single bridge like structure in her life, the spoofer,

That is the most facile post in this thread. Her family home was bombed and she worked ceaselessly for reconciliation in the North. But wait, maybe it's not facile. Maybe you just don't understand the concept of building bridges.

Gimme A Pound · 25-03-2019 03:17AM

I'm assuming they're joking but as expected people are just listing folk they don't like/are members of the party they don't vote for.

Imagine saying Leo Varadkar is worse than Haughey or Ahern and not being embarrassed.

Ireland's Greatest Chancers*

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