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Fine Gael TD sues Dublin Hotel after falling off swing

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    #3182
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,902 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    facehugger99 wrote: »
    Because Boards isn’t your safe-space?
    Ugh do some people still talk like that? Are you on a mission to pwn the snowflakes?


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    #3183
    cj maxx
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    Varadkar is only a nominal head of government now . Dead man walking proverbially speaking.


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    #3184
    Shemale
    Registered Users Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Shemale


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    It is possible that she is the fall gal in all this

    Dolt Upheavers?


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    #3185
    Auguste Comte
    Registered Users Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭Auguste Comte


    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

    Swings are back up.
    With clear instructions and supervision I hope. You would never know when some fraudster or fine gael chancer might try it on.


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    #3186
    Shemale
    Registered Users Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Shemale


    rusty cole wrote: »
    your wish is my command!! ahhh never gets old!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgRznrUwS0k

    Hadn't seen that before, deadly. Peter and Chris are so funny, loved Tallafornia Swipe and Game Of Mobile Homes


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    #3187
    Shemale
    Registered Users Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Shemale


    Idbatterim wrote: »
    I wonder on the night in quetion, there must be footage of harcourt street, not belonging to the dean hotel, that would show who Ave Maria entered with?

    Unless there was another claim lodged on that day on the street I doubt anyone would still have their CCTV


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    #3188
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    Listened to the interview this evening again, I'm leaning towards believing she might of had a few jars on board before she gave it.

    Slurring words, Sean Sean Sean, arrogant, plays the victim.

    Gargled.


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    #3189
    Kermit.de.frog
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    #3190
    [Deleted User]
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    Johnny Dogs wrote: »
    Listened to the interview this evening again, I'm leaning towards believing she might of had a few jars on board before she gave it.

    Slurring words, Sean Sean Sean, arrogant, plays the victim.

    Gargled.
    according to herself, she had in her hands a beer and a bottle of wine, whilst reaching for her friend's phone.

    You don't need to be Poirot so surmise that that Luas trip into town wasn't all sobriety and crossword puzzles.


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    #3191
    mickdw
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Johnny Dogs wrote: »
    Listened to the interview this evening again, I'm leaning towards believing she might of had a few jars on board before she gave it.

    Slurring words, Sean Sean Sean, arrogant, plays the victim.

    Gargled.
    according to herself, she had in her hands a beer and a bottle of wine, whilst reaching for her friend's phone.

    You don't need to be Poirot so surmise that that Luas trip into town wasn't all sobriety and crossword puzzles.
    He is referring to this week when she gave the interview. Personally I don't believe she had drink on board for the interview.


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    #3192
    CollyFlower
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    according to herself, she had in her hands a beer and a bottle of wine, whilst reaching for her friend's phone

    According to herself, she hasn't a ****ing clue, "that's for a judge to deside".... :rolleyes:


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    #3193
    gormdubhgorm
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    according to herself, she had in her hands a beer and a bottle of wine, whilst reaching for her friend's phone.
    CollyFlower wrote: »
    According to herself, she hasn't a ****ing clue, "that's for a judge to deside".... :rolleyes:

    That was the bit in the interview that swung it for me, she was on the bullsh1tting defensive. Even when it was pointed out to her it was not a court case anymore as she would not be persuing it, so she should have no problem discussing it.
    I was thinking to myself she has tied herself in more knots than that poor swing.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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    #3194
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,144 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Am I the only one in here to applaud this case?

    I think it's bloody brilliant. Ireland was a country of cowards and accept-alls. People were justifying their behaviour and their morals with a questionable live and let live attitude. Not blaming anyone for what was clearly parasitic behaviour. While horrible things were going on.

    All of that has been disappearing quickly. Fair play to the hotel for not removing the swings. Hope the FG party will remove the claimant as a member. Looking forward to vigorous defences from insurance companies in compo cases. Let's get rid of compo culture. It's a cancer on Irish society. And totally avoidable at that.


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    #3195
    Rows Grower
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    unkel wrote: »
    Am I the only one in here to applaud this case?

    I think it's bloody brilliant. Ireland was a country of cowards and accept-alls. People were justifying their behaviour and their morals with a questionable live and let live attitude. Not blaming anyone for what was clearly parasitic behaviour. While horrible things were going on.

    All of that has been disappearing quickly. Fair play to the hotel for not removing the swings. Hope the FG party will remove the claimant as a member. Looking forward to vigorous defences from insurance companies in compo cases. Let's get rid of compo culture. It's a cancer on Irish society. And totally avoidable at that.

    Nice and easy now Champ.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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    #3196
    unkel
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    Rows Grower wrote: »
    Nice and easy now Champ.

    Sorry man. I'm not Irish, but I've been living here for over 24 years now. And the compo culture has always made me sick and it has made me feel it's like a cancer, rotting away all of our society.


    I'm from a family of five and there are only 2 of us left, all others died of cancer


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    #3197
    Ash.J.Williams
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    there's more! The return of the €600 came with a letter :) leo is on the case


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    #3198
    padd b1975
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    according to herself, she had in her hands a beer and a bottle of wine, whilst reaching for her friend's phone.

    You don't need to be Poirot so surmise that that Luas trip into town wasn't all sobriety and crossword puzzles.

    They had 'A' glass of wine before hopping on the Luas.
    They purchased 'A' drink at the bar which they didn't drink... For some unexplained reason!


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    #3199
    McMurphy
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    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    there's more! The return of the €600 came with a letter :) leo is on the case

    Did Bailey tell the truth about anything in that interview with SOR?

    The report today Absolutely demolishes all of the stuff she claimed on air.

    Despite claiming she was after certified medical expenses she incurred in the weeks after the incident, and said they took place before her 10k run, she sent back a cheque from the hotel 6 months after the incident, asking for a substantial sin stating what "she believed" her future medical expenses would be.

    Also, apparently Leo has been briefed that the letter was seeking compensation for personal injury, loss, damage and inconvenience.

    I wonder if the letter was sent either by a solicitor, signed off by a solicitor, or on the advice of a solicitor?

    Again, in the interview Bailey says she had a drink in a friends house in Sandyford, but then talks about friends (plural) with her inside the hotel.

    You'd have to imagine that the Dean have not only the CCTV footage which would reveal and awful lot, but also all legal correspondence between Bailey's lawyer and themselves.

    I honestly cannot see a way out of this for Bailey, it certainly appears to be a clear case of her using her position as a FG councillor, and with the help of Madigans lawyers to shake the Dean for a bit of cash.

    Now if Madigans fingerprints are all over this too, she will be sweating like a dyslexic on countdown right now, because Bailey has already implicated her firm.

    The Sunday papers will most likely reveal more.


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    #3200
    Balanadan
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    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Doubtful, the Indo seems intent on digging deeper. FG certainly hopes to make it disappear but due to the issue with insurance claims and the negative effect on business the link is there.

    Fine Gael make noises about being a party that supports business. Well, a lot of businesspeople are watching what they do very closely on this issue.


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    #3201
    Ash.J.Williams
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    If I had the power of Leo I'd get meself Murphy Harris and the boys and head down to the Dean to watch the cctv just for the craic


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    #3202
    eagle eye
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    unkel wrote:
    All of that has been disappearing quickly. Fair play to the hotel for not removing the swings. Hope the FG party will remove the claimant as a member. Looking forward to vigorous defences from insurance companies in compo cases. Let's get rid of compo culture. It's a cancer on Irish society. And totally avoidable at that.
    Why should FG remove her as a member?
    She is not pursuing the claim.


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    #3203
    omeara1113
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    eagle eye wrote: »
    Why should FG remove her as a member?
    She is not pursuing the claim.

    she's not pushing the claim only because of the outcry of the public
    she should be ashamed of herself


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    #3204
    InTheShadows
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    eagle eye wrote: »
    Why should FG remove her as a member?
    She is not pursuing the claim.

    Public reps should act and behave in a certain manner as an example to us all. It's sfa use Varadkar holding up "welfare cheats" banners if he's willing to let this kind of **** slide. She's a cheat and a spoofer who's been caught out red handed.

    If Varadkar doesn't kick her out he has literally zero credibility.


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    #3205
    Chiparus
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    according to herself, she had in her hands a beer and a bottle of wine, whilst reaching for her friend's phone.

    You don't need to be Poirot so surmise that that Luas trip into town wasn't all sobriety and crossword puzzles.

    So he had a beer in her when she went up the lift and her friend had a bottle of wine?

    1 Where did they acquire the beverages.
    2 did her friend have a glass , or was she "necking" the wine


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    #3206
    McMurphy
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    eagle eye wrote: »
    Why should FG remove her as a member?
    She is not pursuing the claim.

    We got a live one here.

    That's like asking why someone should be prosecuted for attempted murder or am attempted robbery?


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    #3207
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    InTheShadows wrote: »
    Public reps should act and behave in a certain manner as an example to us all. It's sfa use Varadkar holding up "welfare cheats" banners if he's willing to let this kind of **** slide. She's a cheat and a spoofer who's been caught out red handed.

    If Varadkar doesn't kick her out he has literally zero credibility.

    If he kicks her out, she'll be an independent that votes with FG, no change at all.


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    #3208
    McMurphy
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    Something I also found interesting in the interview, (I'm not aware of how a compensation claim works, having never had one).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uGBRN5bUkU


    When challenged about the run, the dates etc, Bailey claimed that the documents weren't finalised before going in front of a judge.

    As already said, I'm not familiar with the workings of a compo claim, but am I to understand that a claimant can literally lie through their teeth when making a claim, and if the insurance company buckle's first, and pays out, these lies will practically be unquestioned?

    Isn't that legalised thievery if you receive a payout based on lies?


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    #3209
    Ash.J.Williams
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    No disrespect to maria baily. I'm sure she's a highly intelligent woman but as we heard on the radio, the finer aspects of law are outside her area of expertise.... To me it looks like she was helped /guided through the claim and if that guide was a colleague then....he/she should be fired also


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    #3210
    Auguste Comte
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    eagle eye wrote: »
    unkel wrote:
    All of that has been disappearing quickly. Fair play to the hotel for not removing the swings. Hope the FG party will remove the claimant as a member. Looking forward to vigorous defences from insurance companies in compo cases. Let's get rid of compo culture. It's a cancer on Irish society. And totally avoidable at that.
    Why should FG remove her as a member?
    She is not pursuing the claim.
    For showing extremely questionable judgment, a lack of leadership, bringing an already shady party into even further disrepute and going on a solo run so to speak on the SOR show.


    Conspiring to defraud an insurance company could be another reason, if that is what actually happened. It certainly seems to be.


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    #3211
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    Johnny Cash Version .
    Obviously Maria Bailey substitutes “ Sweet Insurance Claim “ for “ Sweet Chariot “ !
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Y_GLT4_9I&frags=pl%2Cwn


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