Fine Gael TD sues Dublin Hotel after falling off swing

suicide_circus wrote: »

if she had put the hands up and said, yeah look i made a mistake, she'd still get slagged but it would have taken the wind out of the story. but she didnt. she doubled down and made a holy show of herself leaving the other people who followed her on the show, including a party colleague, utterly gobsmacked. i dont like to see anyone kicked while theyre down but she has no one to blame but herself here.

She could have made a sort of virtue out if saying she thought better than to proceed, ie to give better example to would-be litigants with injuries on the less severe end of the scale.

She might have said: “Séan, I came to realise that cost of insurance is becoming an issue these days, and felt it my responsibility to cease pursuance of the case. The fact is I was injured, and as a very fit athlete it did curtail the extent to which I could enjoy my activities as I was in pain, but then again I thought better than to go through with it”.

Her father has some form too..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bailey_(Irish_politician)

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Fake endorsement letter incident

On 23 May 2007, the eve of the general election in Ireland, Bailey circulated a letter purporting to be an official missive from the Fine Gael party, advising party supporters to vote No 1 for Bailey for vote management reasons. The letter was headed with a photo of the party leader, Enda Kenny. This action was subsequently criticised by his running mate, Eugene Regan who called the letter 'entirely dishonest'. Fine Gael's local director of elections, Paddy Hayes, described the letter as a 'serious breach of party discipline and unity'.[1][2]

Missing Golf club planning objection

In 2009, Bailey wrote to constituents in the vicinity of Dun Laoghaire Golf Club to inform them that he had submitted an objection to An Bord Pleanála concerning building development proposed for the Golf club grounds. The appeals body denied receiving an objection from Bailey. Bailey stated it must have gone missing in the post and that his bank was trying to trace the cheque for his submission fee. The Sunday Business Post and Sunday Tribune both reported that Bailey and his daughter had received financial donations towards their election campaigns from the builders and the estate agents of the Golf Club development. Bailey assured the public that the donations had no bearing on his failure to object to the development.[1][2][permanent dead link][3][permanent dead link]

Legal action over candidate selection

Less than two years after the criticism by Eugene Regan of John Bailey, Regan's 25-year-old daughter, Naja, sought to be selected to run as a Fine Gael candidate in the 2009 local elections. The initial selection convention in November 2008 was cancelled at short notice following a letter written by the Fine Gael's three sitting councillors (including John Bailey) to the FG executive council declaring their "unanimous view" that they should be the only candidates selected to run in the ward.[3]

The selection convention was held in February 2009. Naja Regan was prevented from contesting the selection process by order of the national executive council of Fine Gael. She responded by seeking a High Court injunction against Fine Gael for failing to follow its own procedures.[4]

The case was settled out of court when Regan agreed not to contest the election but to be the first substitute candidate for he council in the event of a Fine Gael member ceasing to be a councillor during the term of the council.[5]

Undeclared donations from developers

The Irish Times reported in August, 2010 that Bailey had received donations from a local developer, Devondale Holdings Ltd, that he failed to declare to the Standards in Public Office Commission. Bailey said he would return the donation straight away. “I’ve always declared everything and I’m not ashamed of anything I’ve done. Everything I do is straight on the table. I work 6½ days a week for Dún Laoghaire. Nobody has been stronger against developers,” he said.[6] Subsequently, the Sunday Tribune reported that he had also received undeclared donations in breach of SIPO rules, from Cosgrave Developments Ltd, the developer of the Dun Laoghaire Golf Course scheme.[7]

Fake newspaper endorsement

In 2013, Bailey issued a leaflet designed to look like a local newspaper, the Dun Laoghaire Gazette. The "newspaper" appeared to endorse Bailey, and painted him in a positive light. The Dublin Gazette group denied any involvement in the leaflet, and sought an apology from Bailey. He said that he had "no problem in apologising", but didn't "see what the big deal is". Fine Gael distanced themselves from the leaflet, saying that they would not "condone or support" such literature. This breach of copyright was facilitated by Niall Mescall, managing Director of Reads Design & Print Sandyford & Dun Laoghaire. Mr Mescall instructed staff into editing an article about amgen and the National Rehabilitation Hospital indicating Gazette Group Newspapers had given permission for use in this way. It was reported that John Bailey had delivered approximately 300 of these leaflets to his constituents, however closer to 3000 were actually produced. For this john Bailey paid Niall Mescall C/o Reads Design & Print in Dun Laoghaire approximately €600.[8]