Scoondal wrote: » Is Phil Hogan a liar ? Should he resign or should he be sacked with no pension ? Has Phil Hogan shown contempt for public health advice ? Are Irish people now turning their anger towards the EU commission and their unelected "ministers" ?
Psychiatric Patrick wrote: » I see there is now a SF councillor in Monaghan apologising because she and her family took a Lanzarote. I assume the apology is because she was found out or feared being found out. Reminds me of the old X-Files tagline “Apology is Policy”. As as has been said on the thread there are people who have suffered during the lockdown. My mother was suddenly cut off from her grandchildren and sisters. I moved in so my mother had company but there were many elderly who didn’t. People could not access medical care, go to funerals, get married - the list is long. I think expecting humanity, decency or respect for others from the likes of Phil Hogan, all the others at that golf event, the IRA funeral, the SF Woman, etc is just a waste of time. These “people” clearly don’t have it. And none of it surprises me. It is not the first time this kind of thing has happened. Plenty of pre-Covid examples. What does surprise me is the sheer stupidity of these “people”. You would think the fact that they so selfish would have set off an alarm in their head that had question “will doing this thing get me into trouble?” Like that SF TD in Monaghan. She wanted to go on that holiday and didn’t give a fiddlers how the lockdown had affected others. Okay. But is she actually so stupid that she didn’t see how it could go bad for her if she got caught? If she is that stupid she really shouldn’t have any kind of job. I’d take a real life Frank Underwood over this shower of thicks any day.
B.A._Baracus wrote: » Wasnt it Phil Hogan who brought in the water charges years ago?
Scoondal wrote: Is Phil Hogan a liar ? Should he resign or should he be sacked with no pension ? Has Phil Hogan shown contempt for public health advice ? Are Irish people now turning their anger towards the EU commission and their unelected "ministers" ?
the purple tin wrote: » Give me strength! :rolleyes:
Fuascailteoir wrote: » I wouldn't agree. He has an important role as trade commissioner and when the most senior politicians in his own country have asked him to consider his position he has become severely weakened. The commission couldn't have such a commissioner in that role.
MrMusician18 wrote: » He's not the Irish commissioner, hes the commissioner that's Irish. After his chance at being appointed to the WTO was scuppered, he is not going to go easily - its not his style. If he goes, he will have been sacked. While the Irish government may have called on him to consider his position, it remains to be seen how strongly those feelings have been communicated to Brussels. It may well be that the Taoiseachs and Tanaiste's remarks were only for a domestic audience, and to get themselves in the clear. We also have no idea how the other members of the commission have been behaving, so is a precedent really going to be set here? I doubt it. Even with the further revelations, I will be quite shocked if he is forced out. Its not as if him continuing on will be seen as damaging to the government (like a minister misbehaving), since he isn't part of the government. Once the Schools become the big story (and the reopening starts Monday), this will blow over. Really he has only one more day to get through.
Fuascailteoir wrote: » Is too late already for him. When he has been asked to consider his position it makes it completely untenable to continue on as commissioner. He is as good as gone
Paddygreen wrote: » Phil Hogan is a gentleman. Looks great in his apron of fellowship , a master amoung mere men. I remember seeing him at druids glen, a gent and a statesman, he had the room mesmerized.
BringBackMick wrote: » I think people are seriously missing the big picture on this. The draconian measures that have been implemented on the people of Ireland are the issue - the absolute needless sacrifices and pain everybody has endured. But no, let's miss this fact and further ruin our future recovery by getting rid of a crucial Irish voice in Europe. Like him or loath him, we need a strong Irish voice at the table. We also need to recognise that just because we have all been through huge pain does not mean we must take everyone down with us. We need to try and put a line under things and move on. Functions such as that should be allowed take place under proper social distancing rules etc. Anybody looking in at this would rightly think this country has lost it.
MrMusician18 wrote: » As much as many posters may like it, Hogan only has to get through a few more days and he will be safe. Once the schools reopen and everyone is unhappy about it, golfgate will fall way down the agenda. Tan-gate was a huge story for about a week. This will peter out too
BringBackMick wrote: » I have no interest or like for Phil Hogan.. I am interested in Ireland getting over this COVID madness and thinking about the future. We are just killing eachother at the moment and it isn't helping anybody.
SouthWesterly wrote: » So Phil gets sacked from his job. Where's the cry for the rest of them to loose their jobs?
silver2020 wrote: » oh ffs, the covid police are at it again. Your email will go immediately into the trash bin where it belongs.
Be right back wrote: » That was yesterday, the 22nd!
Jizique wrote: » Farage will be delighted - and the head delivered by the Irish themselves on the 98th anniversary of the murder of Michael Collins
Be right back wrote: » I think he will have resigned by Monday.
