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Leo Varadkar story in The Village??? - Mod Notes and banned Users in OP updated 16/05

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    #182
    AlphaDelta1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 477 ✭✭AlphaDelta1


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    Just calling it like it is, dude. Bit of an outrage orgy in this thread so far. Lads getting excited over the idea that Leo is in trouble. Nah. Conspiracy theory nonsense.

    How dare you presume my gender


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    #183
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users Posts: 7,280 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    AlphaDelta1 wrote: »
    How dare you presume my gender

    Oh dear.


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    #184
    Peter Flynt
    Registered Users Posts: 2,829 ✭✭✭Peter Flynt


    Allegedly the reports in Village magazine state that there is a direct text message from Leo Varadkar to Matt O'Tuathail asking him for his address. O'Tuathail then boasts of receiving confidential government document with Varadkar's handwriting on the cover.

    OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT 1963:
    SECTION 4(1)
    "4.—(1) A person shall not communicate any official information to any other person unless he is duly authorised to do so or does so in the course of and in accordance with his duties as the holder of a public office or when it is his duty in the interest of the State to communicate it."


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    #185
    Pintman Paddy Losty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭Pintman Paddy Losty


    The villager is a total rag of a publication. Hilarious that anyone takes this seriously. They haven't even pit a journalists name beside it.

    Ridiculous. Storm in a teacup.


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    #186
    Bubbaclaus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,461 ✭✭✭Bubbaclaus


    Jinglejangle69 wrote: »
    Uhhh we've got a bad ass here!!!

    At least he is kind enough to put his IQ in his username, to warn the rest of us.


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    #187
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    I would say squeaky bum time for Leo but probably not appropriate....
    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/tanaiste-leo-varadkar-facing-calls-to-address-leak-claims-39690019.html


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    #188
    bennyl10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,526 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    https://twitter.com/sjanemurf/status/1322547787783954434?s=21


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    #189
    s1ippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭s1ippy


    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    The villager is a total rag of a publication. Hilarious that anyone takes this seriously. They haven't even pit a journalists name beside it.

    Ridiculous. Storm in a teacup.
    If you keep repeating it, it doesn't make it any more true. Even if many others seem to echo your concerns!!


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    #190
    Risteard81
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭Risteard81


    Bubbaclaus wrote: »
    At least he is kind enough to put his IQ in his username, to warn the rest of us.
    It's actually my penis length, in inches.


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    #191
    James Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,015 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    Oh I'd say you have the jocks down and ready for a serious session now Johnny. That's the weekend sorted. Hasn't been this level of excitement since Maria fell off a swing.

    They called you in Pints? Thats how you know this will run and run.....
    No actual comment on the story just the insults, good man.


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    #192
    Pintman Paddy Losty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭Pintman Paddy Losty


    s1ippy wrote: »
    You're deluded.

    No my friend. I'm not. Watch this one fizzle out. Nothing to see here folks. Just a load of manufactured outrage over a a load of nonsense.

    The shinners will try and run with it, but no one gives a sh1te.


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    #193
    s1ippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭s1ippy


    https://twitter.com/Trickstersworld/status/1322547418018316288?s=20


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    #194
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    No my friend. I'm not. Watch this one fizzle out. Nothing to see here folks. Just a load of manufactured outrage over a a load of nonsense.

    The shinners will try and run with it, but no one gives a sh1te.

    There’s a lot of anger out there, Paddy. Worrying stuff. Twitter should come with a health warning for these people.


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    #195
    Madison Gentle Zeal
    Posts: 0 ✭ Madison Gentle Zeal


    bennyl10 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/sjanemurf/status/1322547787783954434?s=21

    i.e I totally made it up.


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    #196
    Bubbaclaus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,461 ✭✭✭Bubbaclaus


    Risteard81 wrote: »
    It's actually my penis length, in inches.

    I knew you were a massive dick from your posting history already.


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    #197
    Peter Flynt
    Registered Users Posts: 2,829 ✭✭✭Peter Flynt


    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    The villager is a total rag of a publication. Hilarious that anyone takes this seriously. They haven't even pit a journalists name beside it.

    Ridiculous. Storm in a teacup.

    They have.
    The journalists name is Michael Smith.
    So you clearly haven't read the article and are not interested in its contents because you have your tongue so far up Leo's arse.


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    #198
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,764 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I appreciate the reassurance, Ms. McEnany.

    It's always amusing that the same 2/3 posters rapidly appear at the same time whenever FG or one of their members get themselves into bother, and always immediately with the "nothing to see here" mantra while the story itself is still breaking.

    Leo's statement later and the reactions/response will tell if there's something to it, but it certainly doesn't look good for him on the face of it, and it would be a foolish publication to come out with a story like this about the former (and future) Taoiseach with nothing to substantiate it.


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    #199
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    machiavellianme wrote: »
    The village? Never liked the place. Twas far better when it was the Mean Fiddler.
    Don't ever recall seeing Leo there but I guess Kylie never played it.

    Don't get me started on how bad Opium is.


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    #200
    Wombatman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,337 ✭✭✭Wombatman


    If the story was about a Shinner, the FG flunkies on here would have The Village on par with the Washington Post.


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    #201
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,601 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Peter Flynt wrote: »
    They have.
    The journalists name is Michael Smith.
    So you clearly haven't read the article and are not interested in its contents because you have your tongue so far up Leo's arse.

    Michael Smith is also a lawyer.


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    #202
    tipptom
    Registered Users Posts: 4,219 ✭✭✭tipptom


    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    No my friend. I'm not. Watch this one fizzle out. Nothing to see here folks. Just a load of manufactured outrage over a a load of nonsense.

    The shinners will try and run with it, but no one gives a sh1te.

    Your beginning to sound like a demented Alan Rickman in Bob Roberts with every post.

    Calm down and see what see what Leo has to say later in the day


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    #203
    Madison Gentle Zeal
    Posts: 0 ✭ Madison Gentle Zeal


    Wombatman wrote: »
    If the story was about a Shinner, the FG flunkies on here would have The Village on par with the Washington Post.

    They'd have been down to the nearest shop at the crack of dawn for a copy and have it framed on the mantelpiece.


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    #204
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Didn't know what to make of all this when it first came out last night, thought it was just a mountain being made out of a molehill to be honest but given all the details slowly being filled in since then, it looks bad, very bad. Being accused of breaking the Official Secrets Act and by extension the Corruption Act is not a good look.

    There is no amount of "But what about Sinn Fein!?" or "Conspiracy theory fake news!" that can cover for this or shake it off. I see JingleJangle and Pintman are already manning the defences for FG HQ but it's beyond laughable at this stage. Varadkar has form for making stupid and reckless decisions and believing he would do something like this does not take a serious stretch of the imagination. However thinking this is all a conspiracy theory takes a lot more naivety and arrogance to believe than simply believing he would do something like this.

    I've said it more than a few times in the last few years but FG made a massive mistake picking Varadkar over Coveney. The party membership voted 2 to 1 in favour of Coveney for exactly this reason. Leo was too arrogant and slick in the eyes of the rank and file. Leo Ahern was a jibe that kept getting thrown around back in 2016/17 because of his media appearances. Always thought that jibe was a bit childish but Leo's performance over the last 3 years has been a mess that can only be compared to Bertie or Haughey.

    FG will survive this, but if this turns out to be true then Leo will go. He'll have no choice. I've a feeling if there was to be another leadership contest between himself and Coveney right now it wouldn't even be close for Leo. Sinn Fein being the largest party by vote count last GE should have been the wake up call for FG and to some extent FF.


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    #205
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,953 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    Ok, so I can understand how they got the screenshots of the group chat, if Bowes was in the group.

    But how did they get a screenshot of Maitiú Ó Tuathail‘s phone - taken on the day Varadkar asked for his address?


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    #206
    Peter Flynt
    Registered Users Posts: 2,829 ✭✭✭Peter Flynt


    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    Ok, so I can understand how they got the screenshots of the group chat, if Bowes was in the group.

    But how did they get a screenshot of Maitiú Ó Tuathail‘s phone - taken on the day Varadkar asked for his address?

    Ó Tuathail apparently posted a pic of his own phone to Chay Bowes - the whistleblower.


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    #207
    Baggly
    Registered Users Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Risteard81 wrote: »
    It's really not. I've stated it multiple times about that subhuman.

    Mod

    Stay out of this thread.


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    #208
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    No my friend. I'm not. Watch this one fizzle out. Nothing to see here folks. Just a load of manufactured outrage over a a load of nonsense.

    The shinners will try and run with it, but no one gives a sh1te.

    You made a similar prediction about Maria Bailey, how did that work out?


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    #209
    _Kaiser_
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    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    Ok, so I can understand how they got the screenshots of the group chat, if Bowes was in the group.

    But how did they get a screenshot of Maitiú Ó Tuathail‘s phone - taken on the day Varadkar asked for his address?

    My read of it was he sent it as proof of his connection to Leo?


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    #210
    Floppybits
    Registered Users Posts: 7,585 ✭✭✭Floppybits


    Peter Flynt wrote: »
    Ó Tuathail apparently posted a pic of his own phone to Chay Bowes - the whistleblower.

    Those damn whistleblowers no wonder they are not liked and the state tries to destroy them every chance they get


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    #211
    RoryMac
    Registered Users Posts: 5,159 ✭✭✭RoryMac


    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    Ok, so I can understand how they got the screenshots of the group chat, if Bowes was in the group.

    But how did they get a screenshot of Maitiú Ó Tuathail‘s phone - taken on the day Varadkar asked for his address?

    The believe the thinking is that O Tuathail sent the screen shot to Bowes to back up validity of the document


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