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PHIL HOGAN NEEDS TO RESIGN.

Mrcaramelchoc

I for one want him gone.

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cookie1977

RandomViewer wrote: »

Diplomatic immunity, can't help hearing that in a South African accent

It should be revoked!

Yurt2

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Does Phil Hogan have diplomatic immunity? Or is that just when he is in Brussels?

He would only enjoy diplomatic immunity when traveling outside the EU on a diplomatic passport on official business.

He's subject to the rule of law just as any citizen is.

IAMAMORON

recyclebin wrote: »

Plenty of UK ministes have had to resign over trivial matters. It wouldn't be an Irish only thing.

The UK aren't in the EU anymore, do you not follow the news?

But seriously, attending a golf dinner is no reflection of your competence to run an EU commission.

I dare say he has some more spurious war stories to confess from his job travels.

The only people who want him to resign are people who don't like him. It is not his fault he is an oversized overpaid chunt.

Irishman80

Much more important - Seamus Woulfe must resign.

This is the guy who was AG at the time the government was crafting the law on Covid restrictions. He is now a Supreme Court judge, is been investigated by Gardai, and could be looking at cases around these restrictions.

His position is untenable

Be right back

He should resign and forgo his pension. Wishful thinking!

ionadnapóca

Liamo57 wrote: »

If I was big Phil I'd brazen it out. I'd say the missus accepted the invite on my behalf and only told me that morning. Id apologise on behalf of her and tell the media to go easy on her, she's a daecent woman and a great wife. I'd blame her like I have blamed everyone along the way up the ladder. Sure everyones afraid of their poo to contradict me. I'd burst them if they didn't agree with me, I'm untouchable with the big swollen Kilkenny head on me, sure women find me irrisistable.

Brilliant!

I cannot stand Phil Hogan. He is a sanctimonious pig-headed man with a stupid Sh1t eating grin to boot.
But he is the perfect man for Brexit negotiations.
I dont want him to resign.

What goes around, comes around.

lucernarian

He broke the law by attending, he should go like the others have resigned. The EC will damage its reputation here too if they slavishly stand by him.

markodaly

Peregrinus wrote: »

Although European Commissioners are nominated by Member State governments, they are not appointed by them and they cannot dismissed by them. The Commission as a whole can be dismissed by the Parliament, but I don't think the Parliament has the power to dismiss invidual Comissioners. It could, I suppose, threaten to dismiss the entire Commission if an individual Commissioner did niot resign.

I don't know whether the President of the Commission can fire an individual Commissioner, but she could certainly request him to resign. And she could effectively force him to resign by reallocating portfolios within the Commission so that he had nothing to do.

But none of this really matters. The only reason we notice Hogan's transgression is because he is Irish, and it happened here. When was the last time you heard about a personal transgression of another European Commissioner that had nothing to do with the discharge of his functions? Hogan's attendance at this dinner won't even be a blip in the news cycle outside Ireland, and it won't bother the Commission or the Parliament. It has nothing at all to do with his job as Commissioner with responsiblity for Agriculture and Rural Development.

This.

Big Phill, will be staying on, much to the chargin of many.

Plumbthedepths

RandomViewer wrote: »

Diplomatic immunity, can't help hearing that in a South African accent

'Revoked'

[Deleted User]

Reports from Gavin Reilly that big Phil has been staying in Kildare whilst self isolating.

If true, then his position really is untenable.

Cyrus

Aegir wrote: »

Reports from Gavin Reilly that big Phil has been staying in Kildare whilst self isolating.

If true, then his position really is untenable.

Mr Hogan was self-isolating in Kildare – where he is understood to have a residence at the K-Club – after his return from Brussels until August 5th, when he travelled to Dublin for a medical appointment.

He stayed overnight at a health facility in Dublin, during which time he was also tested for Covid-19, with negative results, and then travelled to Kilkenny for a period of convalescence, according to his spokesman.

Montage of Feck

Big, effing, Phil Hogan resign? The man has no shame he'll be going for UN General secretary next.

tritium

Cyrus wrote: »

Mr Hogan was self-isolating in Kildare – where he is understood to have a residence at the K-Club – after his return from Brussels until August 5th, when he travelled to Dublin for a medical appointment.

He stayed overnight at a health facility in Dublin, during which time he was also tested for Covid-19, with negative results, and then travelled to Kilkenny for a period of convalescence, according to his spokesman.

Ah don’t be bothering us with facts and details, that’s far too inconvenient

Mrcaramelchoc

Gerry Hatrick wrote: »

He'll hold onto his pension though. In my mind all these guys should have their pensions removed and told to go swing.

ec-president-vdl@ec.europa.eu

That's Hogan's bosses email contact. Let them know how you feel about this. I have emailed them this morning.

I want to remind people of this email address.

Phil needs to go.

Geuze

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Does his pension get effected if he resigns instead of fired?

If I stop working today, whether I resign, or am made redundant, my pension benefits are preserved.

Same goes for any job.

Preserved pension benefits can't be removed.

If I contribute 200k to the Siemens Ireland pension scheme, and then resign, I don't lose those benefits.

bmc58

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

I for one want him gone.

His claims of self quarantining timeline needs a little closer scrutiny.

Geuze

Treppen wrote: »

Turns his many fuck1ng pensions down to a trickle.

If across forty years, I have four jobs, ten years in each job, and as a result, I accrue four pensions, is that bad?

Personally, I will receive three pensions.

Many people receive multiple pensions.

My father has four incomes.

Let's say I was a TD for twenty years, of which five years were spent as a Minister.

Then I got another job.

As a result, I will receive at least three pensions. This is normal.

JBD961

Phil Hogan was having dinner in The Devlin in ranelagh when he was ''self isolating''

Liamo57

ionadnapokot wrote: »

Brilliant!

I cannot stand Phil Hogan. He is a sanctimonious pig-headed man with a stupid Sh1t eating grin to boot.
But he is the perfect man for Brexit negotiations.
I dont want him to resign.

What goes around, comes around.

He's the absolute example of a thick ignorent rural plank who got lucky. He'the type of fcuker who'd run over to a ditch before the start of a junior B match and drop a scud missile and return to play as if there was no problem.Easn't there contoversy a few years ago about his personal assistant and himself. I can just imagine the big ignorant gobshtie walking across the bedroom floor of a 5 star hotel with a black and amber thong ready to unload the 2 barrells on a young wan. What has Ireland become. I'm off into Mullingar Cadedral to light a candle to St. Anthony for him.

fly_agaric

recyclebin wrote: »

Plenty of UK ministes have had to resign over trivial matters. It wouldn't be an Irish only thing.

The UK ministers were always much, much better for doing that (less brass necks), but seems to me it is a dying tradition now the longer their current period of Tory one party rule goes on. They don't have to bother with it any more.

lucernarian

"The Commissioner apologises for the distress caused by his participation,"

He's apologising that people are "distressed", nearly as though he caused us to worry about him

What a pig-headed gob****e.

whisky_galore

Fat chance.

LillySV

Seamai wrote: »

Done.

Done the same , hope everyone follows this

Dubh Geannain

Can't even bring himself to apologise. Getting someone else to do it for him. He's a gas man.

Gerry Hatrick

JBD961 wrote: »

Phil Hogan was having dinner in The Devlin in ranelagh when he was ''self isolating''

Do we have a source for this?

Seamai

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Big, effing, Phil Hogan resign? The man has no shame he'll be going for UN General secretary next.

There are few that rise to the top without walking over people, Phil Hogan didn't get where he is today by being nice, he's only trotting after Padraig Flynn and we all know how that ended.
Necks like jockey's b*llock's.

Ta ceist agam

Interesting to see John Sweeney and his wife sitting at the top table with the legal pals et al, as they are the company Directors of Western Railway Operations LTD, oil retailers and hotel management.

Western Railway operations ltd may trade as Clifden Station house or Sweeney Oil.

Cahoots!!...I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine!

https://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Compa...Limited-573077

Does anyone think there's a dirty connection between the Directors of Clifden Station House and the influential people they were seated with and dined with in their own hotel?

There has been 5 mortgage/charges against Western Railway Operations ltd all on the same day this year 28th February 2020.

John Sweeney that was seated at the table with the High court Judge , has 38 directorships spanning mainly oil retail and mining, legal and construction / planning and parkrite parking.

https://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Direc...hn/2105755823/

The particular Sweeney family are highly influential people worth billions.

Why was Station House Hotel owned by the Sweeney family chosen?
Is there a link as to why they 81 party knew the Hotel management would let the Golf party go ahead without social distancing?

There's something very fishy going on and more questions must be asked about this relationship with the hotel owners and those that attended the Gold dinner.

kippy

Id guess there are multiple journos out there at the minute investigating big Phil's timelines.
If he is found to have breached any of the guidelines and outright lied about it, he will be under major pressure to go. If not I'd say he is safe.
I think it would be a bad time for him to go for Ireland at this critical time for us in the EU, as he is a senior player albeit an absolute idiot. Better be in the tent than out of it.

Cyrus

Ta ceist agam wrote: »

Interesting to see John Sweeney and his wife sitting at the top table with the legal pals et al, as they are the company Directors of Western Railway Operations LTD, oil retailers and hotel management.

Western Railway operations ltd may trade as Clifden Station house or Sweeney Oil.

Cahoots!!...I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine!

https://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Compa...Limited-573077

Does anyone think there's a dirty connection between the Directors of Clifden Station House and the influential people they were seated with and dined with in their own hotel?

There has been 5 mortgage/charges against Western Railway Operations ltd all on the same day this year 28th February 2020.

John Sweeney that was seated at the table with the High court Judge , has 38 directorships spanning mainly oil retail and mining, legal and construction / planning and parkrite parking.

https://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Direc...hn/2105755823/

The particular Sweeney family are highly influential people worth billions.

Why was Station House Hotel owned by the Sweeney family chosen?
Is there a link as to why they 81 party knew the Hotel management would let the Golf party go ahead without social distancing?

There's something very fishy going on and more questions must be asked about this relationship with the hotel owners and those that attended the Gold dinner.

Business people socialise with politicians all the time is this news to you

Dyr

Lads, do yiz really think an EU commisioner is accountable to anyone?