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Itssoeasy · 27-06-2020 06:08PM

nc6000 wrote: »

I would have thought Rural Affairs was a better fit for Agriculture than Social Protection.

Agriculture and rural affairs are kind of natural bedfellows so yeah it's a weird one. That dept that Catherine Martin is now minister of is a mess waiting to happen. Regardless of who it is nobody can devout the necessary time if they have so many areas of responsibility.

Floppybits · 27-06-2020 06:09PM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Yes she did speak.

She must have whispered then.

is_that_so · 27-06-2020 06:09PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Well he's got the poisoned chalice!

He almost had to, he's been banging on about Angola since he got into the Dail.

JohnnyFlash · 27-06-2020 06:09PM

Floppybits wrote: »

All she did in her previous role was stand behind either coveney on varadkar, she never said anything. Has she even spoke in the dail? FF TD's must be fuming.

If you don't know something then it's better to keep your mouth shut.

Jinglejangle69 · 27-06-2020 06:10PM

Delighted to see how the FF brigade now perform after years of criticising FG.

Especially be looking at Donnelly and Dara in housing.

Itssoeasy · 27-06-2020 06:10PM

Floppybits wrote: »

She must have whispered then.

In the dail chamber she spoke. Her predecessor dara Murphy said feck all when he was there. He didn't speak it was the full minister that spoke.

JohnnyFlash · 27-06-2020 06:11PM

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

The new cabinet wouldn't exactly strike confidence, more like incompetence.

Let's call a spade a spade here, dude; no combination of ministerial appointments in the universe would have pleased you.

FrancieBrady · 27-06-2020 06:12PM

Shefwedfan wrote: »

....no skin off my nose but it must be awful boring sitting on a website 24 x 7 just to moan

Speaking from experience are you?

I'm sitting on a boat here having just had the first pizza from my fav restaurant since lockdown.

Nice beer and watching winners huffing and getting upset.

Itssoeasy · 27-06-2020 06:12PM

is_that_so wrote: »

He almost had to, he's been banging on about Angola since he got into the Dail.

I couldn't remember the country the dept of health was compared to. Senior hurling now though.

Mantis Toboggan · 27-06-2020 06:12PM

What would private school public servant Leo know about enterprise, trade and employment?

Shefwedfan · 27-06-2020 06:14PM

efanton wrote: »

Got to love a trier

You produce a 5 year old report that is out of date, but hide the fact that a later version of that report found that a train link to Navan would be economically not viable and simply would not carry sufficient numbers of commuter to make it worth while. Instead they proposed a Bus solution using the N3 that is now a viable bus route as most of the traffic is now using the M3.

If you wanted an argument for a motorway you have just made it yourself.
Get the through traffic that has no need to be clogging up and poluting towns and villages onto motorways and bypasses so that the local roads are now available for local bus routes and safer for local traffic and cyclists.

Not so long ago you didnt even know about the Navan train lines or the M3 parkway but argued for a week against it. Then you accuse me of been a "trier"

The current Cavan/Navan/Dublin link is conneted by a hourly bus service, where you aware of this? the service has been shown as not fit for purpose. Not because of the Cavan to Clonee section, the clonee onwards is a traffic jam when people would want to use it to get to work.

The whole of Meath/Cavan etc are talkign for years about getting the train line open to give commuters from Navan and the surround the option to get a train into Dublin. The village of Clonee and Dunboyne are booming now due to a train station in area. They cannot build house/shops/etc quick enough as people move to the area.

The M3 parkway is jammed everyday with car from Cavan/Navan etc driving up to get a train into Dublin.

Of course you are aware of all of this?

The best so far you came up with is that if we invets in train then everyone cant use a car anymore, nonscense.

Itssoeasy · 27-06-2020 06:14PM

Is there any government in the world that votes on cabinet decisions ? What is Eamonn Ryan on about here.

Floppybits · 27-06-2020 06:15PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

If you don't know something then it's better to keep your mouth shut.

Don't be so f***ing rude, I as a taxpayer and voted an entitled to my opinion and my opinion is that this a shocking appointment for justice in this country. The woman barely spoke and just stood around at the back of press conferences saying nothing. What are her achievements to date to warrant such an office. Arsehole

Bishop of hope · 27-06-2020 06:16PM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Speaking from experience are you?

I'm sitting on a boat here having just had the first pizza from my fav restaurant since lockdown.

Nice beer and watching winners huffing and getting upset.

Pizza and beer, shinner staple diet.

Kermit.de.frog · 27-06-2020 06:16PM

Anybody else get sleepy when Eamon Ryan speaks?

Itssoeasy · 27-06-2020 06:17PM

Im sure Eamonn Ryan is a nice person and likeable but I'm sorry as a now minister in government I can't see how he'll do the job.

BonnieSituation · 27-06-2020 06:17PM

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Continue on for the next 5 years moaning.....no skin off my nose but it must be awful boring sitting on a website 24 x 7 just to moan

And yet you do it anyway

Itssoeasy · 27-06-2020 06:17PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Anybody else get sleepy when Eamon Ryan speaks?

Not sleepy just kind of zone out.

namloc1980 · 27-06-2020 06:19PM

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

What would private school public servant Leo know about enterprise, trade and employment?

His job isn't too know all about it; it's to organise, lead and provide direction to the department. The civil servants who know the nitty gritty will implement the agreed priorities and plans.

BonnieSituation · 27-06-2020 06:19PM

Floppybits wrote: »

Don't be so f***ing rude, I as a taxpayer and voted an entitled to my opinion and my opinion is that this a shocking appointment for justice in this country. The woman barely spoke and just stood around at the back of press conferences saying nothing. What are her achievements to date to warrant such an office. Arsehole

Eh, you clearly don't keep up with Brexit. Been on Sky and BBC a heap of times clearing up British assumptive nonsense.

Itssoeasy · 27-06-2020 06:19PM

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

What would private school public servant Leo know about enterprise, trade and employment?

About as much as private school educated Richard Boyd Barrett knows about the voters he tries to win over.

Kermit.de.frog · 27-06-2020 06:20PM

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

The new cabinet wouldn't exactly strike confidence, more like incompetence.

This is what I don't get.

Some here complaining about incompetence.

Yet, if Sinn Féin were leading a government, you would see incompetence, no track record and low ability up and down the cabinet on a biblical scale.

Pearse "three times college dropout 'engineer'" Doherty; Minister for Finance is literally as high as the competence would go.

FrancieBrady · 27-06-2020 06:20PM

Floppybits wrote: »

Don't be so f***ing rude, I as a taxpayer and voted an entitled to my opinion and my opinion is that this a shocking appointment for justice in this country. The woman barely spoke and just stood around at the back of press conferences saying nothing. What are her achievements to date to warrant such an office. Arsehole

I tend to agree. She strikes me as a lightweight, and I have seen her badly caught out on Brexit.

More a quota post than anything. She'll be found out pretty quickly in Justice if she isnt up to it.
My bet would be she will be the first head to roll if it isnt Donnelly

rob316 · 27-06-2020 06:20PM

Even with the covid gold star how does Harris get another ministerial position. Way out of his depth

BonnieSituation · 27-06-2020 06:20PM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Im sure Eamonn Ryan is a nice person and likeable but I'm sorry as a now minister in government I can't see how he'll do the job.

You know he was Minister for Communications (etc) in the 2007-2011 FF-led government.

Mantis Toboggan · 27-06-2020 06:22PM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

About as much as private school educated Richard Boyd Barrett knows about the voters he tries to win over.

What's this about Barrett, why are you mentioning him?

BLIZZARD7 · 27-06-2020 06:22PM

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

What would private school public servant Leo know about enterprise, trade and employment?

Not a big Leo fan but that's a strange question...

Itssoeasy · 27-06-2020 06:22PM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

You know he was Minister for Communications (etc) in the 2007-2011 FF-led government.

I do but he wasn't memorable to me anyway but just listening to him speak he isn't striking me with confidence early doors.

ExMachina1000 · 27-06-2020 06:22PM

rob316 wrote: »

Even with the covid gold star how does Harris get another ministerial position. Way out of his depth

Hes too young to retire. Stick him in a corner with a few colouring pencils

Kermit.de.frog · 27-06-2020 06:23PM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

I tend to agree. She strikes me as a lightweight, and I have seen her badly caught out on Brexit.

When?

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