Gregor Samsa wrote: » This is hilarious! Someone posts that all that’s missing from the story is a sex scandal. Someone else whimsically posts that they’d hope it didn’t involve Lorraine Higgins. Next thing here’s you taking it seriously and googling to see if you can find dirt on the two!
obi604 wrote: » Yes I do Philip.
elperello wrote: » Thread descending into pantomime. Even the brother is getting a belt.
jm08 wrote: » Ireland does very well out of CAP which he was in charge of. I seem to recall as well that when there were very bad weather conditions a few years ago, the EU came up with a couple of million to help buy feed for animals. As well as that, Ireland got 200m to help find new markets for Irish Agric food to make up for the loss of the UK market. There are going to be very tough negotiations between the US and EU where Agric Foods are going to be a major point of contention. As a former Agric. Commissioner, he will have a very good understanding of the issues affecting agriculture, not alone in Ireland, but Europe. Its highly unlikely he will be happy to sell agriculture down the river for cars in Germany. He was a keynote speaker at a conference in Washington in January and he really does know his brief and was well able to answer and refute some of Trump's claims about how the EU isn't nice to the US when it comes to trade. While he can't actually be seen to be looking after Ireland's interests, at least he will know and understand what Ireland's interests are. When it comes to Brexit when agric. products are going to be problematic, he will know more about the issues than any of his counterparts in the UK.
Gregor Samsa wrote: » Do you really?
RobbingBandit wrote: » Anyone who thinks any Irish political figure and I mean any does anything at all just for Ireland and it's people without covering their own snake arse interests is why after 100 fupping years we are still voting the same sides of a single coin every time we go to the polls, after this nonsense FF and FG should be decimated and any and all dynastic political figures caught out in this banned from running for office striped of all rank title and privilege but nope they'll all get a nice payoff and their posters will be up again as soon as they decide it's safe to pull the wool over people again.
obi604 wrote: » I do half recall something in the past with these two though.
quinnd6 wrote: » What good has he done for Ireland since he became EU commissioner??
Charles Babbage wrote: » Because there is discrimination against people coming into the country. If I worked with someone with Covid I would be tested and if negative I would be free to go. Hogan probably didn't work with anyone with Covid but he was out foreign so even a negative test shouldn't be allowed save him. However, if I was the EU I would not accept this discrimination.
obi604 wrote: » Googled it but could not find anything. Is there some thing in the past regarding hogan and Lorraine Higgins?
the purple tin wrote: » Hogan's Hideout? Hogan's Bogan? The Cute Hoor Inn? The Parish Pump?
gifted wrote: » I'd love to know what bar...
elperello wrote: » Please bear with me, I have been trying to work this out and can't find an answer anywhere. Say on the day P Hogan went into hospital for his intervention and got tested clear for C19 there was another guy, a resident of Ireland, in for similar treatment and he also got tested clear for C19. Neither of them have been identified as a contact of someone with C19. Would both of them have to self isolate on leaving the hospital and why? Genuine enquiry.
DeanAustin wrote: » If nothing else, I’m sure he’ll retire back to Ireland and love to tell the story about the time he screwed the Brits. I get that he is arrogant, I get that he has a brass neck and is obviously self serving. But I can’t believe that he wouldn’t lean towards our interests in a negotiation.
Charles Babbage wrote: » Well that's a bit strange as a comparison. Which East German leaders were held to account for their actions by the public?
jammiedodgers wrote: » I'm failing to see how having Hogan as commissioner is an advantage to Ireland in Brexit deals etc. The man is clearly quite dim for thinking it was ok to go to the dinner/golf in the first place and came across a bit thick at times in the interview this evening. At one stage he referred to the citizens information webiste as the "consumer information site".
Munstergirl854 wrote: » His brother runs a bar in Lanzarote and he's a five star prick too...
Higgins5473 wrote: » Jesus, put that drink down, it’s only 10:45pm. You been on it all day or just hit hard the last few hours?
Jizique wrote: » The Valley of the Squinting Windows; I never thought Ireland would turn into East Germany again
