stockshares wrote: » Irish Farmers in Particular and EU farmers are not happy with Hogan and are against the Mecosur deal.
larva wrote: » This is all bad for everyone, politicians shooting themselves in the foot and likewise the country doing same by calling for mass resignations. I dont like PH but same can be said for most elitist politicians but they are where they are because they all have the backing of people voting them into office. nothing good will come if PH loses his role as commissioner, its a major role held by an Irishman, of course he will seek to influence Irish interests where possible, it will be a mockery for all concerned if he is forced out
RandomViewer wrote: » UK could boycott any EU interaction if he's still a commissioner, leave him with no choice
completedit wrote: » Do you think the EU would be happy if Hogan showed that he was inclined towards Irish interests? It's a European position. He acts as a representative of Europe, not Ireland and rightly so.
hotmail.com wrote: » A story that Phil Hogan was being lined up for a role in the WHO 2 months. So he isn't that vital?
Jump_In_Jack wrote: » I‘ve heard the rumour that Hogan stayed at his luxury apartment at the K Club the day before going to Galway so presumably he had a round of golf as a warmup for the competition in Galway and had a meal at the K Club clubhouse as he was there. It’s not believable that he left essential work documents there that he had to stop off and collect, it sounds just like the kind of language that he can use to frame his being there as acceptable during the lockdown in Kildare.
Muahahaha wrote: » Thing is if he went to Kildare during the localised lockdown then under the regularations he could not leave Kildare again unless it was for essential work reasons. Going to play golf is not an essential reason. Anyway a caller on Liveline who was in the Station House hotel and saw this shindig going down has said that Judge Pat McCartan was also there. He is retired now but people may remember him as the judge in the Anglo trial where Sean Fitzpatrick walked away with a slap on the wrist.
hotmail.com wrote: » Why wasn't Hogan given penalty points for using the mobile?
Fine Gael’s starting point is simple: political failure lies at the heart of Ireland’s economic collapse. The finger of responsibility must, in the first instance, point directly to the massive policy failures of the recent Fianna-Fail led Governments and their willingness to promote the interests of a so-called “Golden Circle” over the interests of the Citizen
Muahahaha wrote: » Thing is if he went to Kildare during the localised lockdown then under the regularations he could not leave Kildare again unless it was for essential work reasons.
jm08 wrote: » And there you have it. Cecilia Malmström (Sweden) was the EU Trade Commissioner for that negotiation.
MrMusician18 wrote: » I'll say it again, Mercosur is dead.
Psychiatric Patrick wrote: » There is also the effect it will have on people who do want to want to obey the instructions or those who do but are tried and fed up. "If these people can flaunt the rules then why should the rules apply to me?"
ec18 wrote: » Yes they will still be employing solicitors, accountants etc to do that.....Just because it might be a small number of people and focused on the letter rather than spirit of tax law doesn't mean it isn't someones job
Hawthorn Tree wrote: » I guarantee you Maryanne would have got penalty points in the same instance. The 'Do you know who I am' line would not work. How can people be so subservient to their perceived 'betters'? If you think Phil only dropped into Kildare to pick up a few papers, you are deluded.
jacool wrote: » Quote number 1 comes from before the garda news and says “He travelled to the golf event in Co Galway directly from Co Kilkenny. Thus, there is no question of him having breached the local lockdown requirements which continue to apply in Co Kildare.” Quote number 2 comes after the "phone" news “On his way from Kilkenny to Clifden, the Commissioner stopped briefly at his apartment in Kildare for the purpose of collecting personal belongings and essential work documents relating to negotiations which continued while he was in Galway,” a spokesperson said. “The lockdown guidelines for Kildare provide for exceptional travel outside the county ‘to travel to work and home again,’” he added. A few questions Where did Phil Hogan go after the Galway event? i.e. Does this quote mean that he had to return to KIldare, and is he there now, in lockdown? Also, how come he got out of Kildare 2 days before the lockdown was introduced? Coincidence or what?
Polar101 wrote: » I don't know if mr. Phil is going to be forced to resign or not, but I'd place a bet on him losing his MEP seat in the next elections.
