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Eamon Ryan

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Eamon Ryan had to be woken up today during a Dail session.

https://amp.independent.ie/videos/irish-news/green-party-leader-eamon-ryan-caught-sleeping-during-dail-vote-39374326.html?__twitter_impression=true

Farce or a serious reflection on this new minister?

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Still waters

drunkmonkey wrote: »

We're the bigger eejits giving them full control of our lives.

Are you in mountjoy, if not then you have full autonomy

gmisk

At least this will publicise the fact he had to wake up to vote against a bill to give workers a living wage....

Catherine Martin can't take over soon enough for the greens I would say

smurgen

The worst part is they woke him. He didn't deserve to have his vote counted.

Zebra3

StackSteevens wrote: »

In fairness to Ryan, falling asleep while the Soc Dem's Gary Gannon was indulging in some hardcore virtue signalling is fair enough - that kind of waffle would send me to sleep too. It isn't as though the motion that was being debated matters in the slightest. It's pure posturing.

Yeah, cos it's not like there are hard working people struggling to get by. :rolleyes:

DelaneyIn

I thought he was woke?

Onshuh

He's waek from all the cycling.

Yurt2

smurgen wrote: »

The worst part is they woke him. He didn't deserve to have his vote counted.

Agreed, the CC should have moved on when his name was called two or three times to teach him a lesson.

jammiedodgers

I'd say this thread would be very different if it was Mary Lou asleep.

Stratvs

Thought the thread title was a new release by The Sawdoctors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYg2IX0OdY0&feature=share

Shefwedfan

jammiedodgers wrote: »

I'd say this thread would be very different if it was Mary Lou asleep.

Oh if it was Mary Lou then it would be 100% the best thing ever to do.....everyone should be asleep in the Dail

UrbanSprawl

smelly sock wrote: »

Might have been drunk.

or smoking a bit of the green

bfa1509

I'm sure his boyfriend George Lee will blame it on the increasing levels of Carbon Dioxide on the news tomorrow.

[Deleted User]

Imagine begrudging people €12/hr.

mikeym

Deleted User wrote: »

Imagine begrudging people €12/hr.

Most Politicians dont care about those on €12 an hour.

What Eamon Ryan cares about is the environment and making Ireland Green again.

sportsfan90

No doubt the optics of it are appalling and it certainly won't do much for peoples confidence in him or our politicians in general.

What I will say is none of us know why he nodded off - maybe he had absolutely no interest in what was being discussed and couldn't care less about the living wage.
But it could be any number of other reasons. I do recall hearing before that he has a child with special needs - so who knows maybe that child wasn't well and Eamon was up all night with a sick child.

I didn't vote Green in the election so I'm not standing up for him, but I did once fall asleep in a meeting myself (thankfully mine didn't make national news). Most people rolled their eyes or laughed, but one or two did come up to me afterwards and asked if everything was ok.

Zebra3

bfa1509 wrote: »

I'm sure his boyfriend George Lee will blame it on the increasing levels of Carbon Dioxide on the news tomorrow.

:rolleyes:

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Had he not been called at that point, he may have slept the whole afternoon.

gifted

That's the problem with gas heating...makes you all comfy and erm ...sleepy.....dam you central heating....

Del.Monte

UrbanSprawl wrote: »

or smoking a bit of the green

You're late to the party. A longtime green supporter who doesn't appear to have ever posted on anything green on Boards already made this point.

Beechwoodspark

Del.Monte wrote: »

You're late to the party. A longtime green supporter who doesn't appear to have ever posted on anything green on Boards already made this point.

Ummm Check out my aviation forum posts - I regularly post on green topics - or my extinction rebellion posts? Or when I got pilloried for supporting national parks and wild wolves reintroduction also

ExMachina1000

Woke up and voted against a living wage. Well done to all who voted

Spanish Eyes

gifted wrote: »

That's the problem with gas heating...makes you all comfy and erm ...sleepy.....dam you central heating....

Well that's the first thing Ryan should sort out for the emissions like.

It was 24deg in Dublin today, no need for any sort of heating. But it looks like an airless place, and since aircon is verboten, well in that kind of atmosphere it wouldn't take me too long to nod off either.

Foggy Jew

I’m a lowly paid Civil Servant. Less than €50k per annum. Currently working from home due to Covid. I am expected to provide work-sheets tracking all work done on an hour by hour basis, Monday to Friday. I’m not sure my line manager would accept ‘little nap’ as a valid explanation for an hour or two this afternoon. FFS

screamer

Waking private Ryan

Edgware

Foggy Jew wrote: »

I’m a lowly paid Civil Servant. Less than €50k per annum. Currently working from home due to Covid. I am expected to provide work-sheets tracking all work done on an hour by hour basis, Monday to Friday. I’m not sure my line manager would accept ‘little nap’ as a valid explanation for an hour or two this afternoon. FFS

Of course even "lowly paid" civil servants have their shoulder to the wheel from start to finish everyday

Del.Monte

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Ummm Check out my aviation forum posts - I regularly post on green topics - or my extinction rebellion posts? Or when I got pilloried for supporting national parks and wild wolves reintroduction also

Apology offered - I hadn't looked at your posting in the aviation forum until now. As for reintroducing wolves ....no...........unless they could be trained to eat scobes before being released.

Snow Garden

Terrible timing by Ryan.

Terrible start by FFGG.

893bet

Foggy Jew wrote: »

I’m a lowly paid Civil Servant. Less than €50k per annum. Currently working from home due to Covid. I am expected to provide work-sheets tracking all work done on an hour by hour basis, Monday to Friday. I’m not sure my line manager would accept ‘little nap’ as a valid explanation for an hour or two this afternoon. FFS

I am sure half your day is spend tracking your day.

Underworked and overpaid.

freshpopcorn

I'm not suggesting Eamon was for a second.
I'd often associate Green Party members with weed use.
He looks like a lad who might enjoy a joint or two to me.

nullzero

I suppose he has a longer cycle these days all the way from Clonskeagh to the Convention Centre.