Nobotty wrote: » I've no issues with who he supports (obviously) Just the obsessional posting * The 10 tweets in a row thing put me off *Says the lad who gets the irony of me saying that with the amount of time I'm on here I'm sure there are FG lads with similar obsessions on the other side with names resembling large Dublin shopping centres Twitter can be the most (nasty) adversarial place in the world depending on who you follow
McMurphy wrote: » This would be the same Charlie Flanagan who, when faced with having to perform one of the quickest u-turns since Barry Cowen spotted a checkpoint, as regards his state commemoration for the black and tans, only "deferred it" rather than cancel it?
smurgen wrote: » This is gas. Poor Charlie Flanagan claiming he didn't know what they were voting for on the student pay. Imagine a solicitor and former justice minister claiming this. I believe they were given three chances to consider the vote on the night. "Former justice minister Charlie Flanagan described the issue as an “own goal” and said the controversy had portrayed Fine Gael as “callous”. He also admitted he didn’t really know what he was voting on last week and only became aware of the seriousness of the matter when he was contacted by local media."https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fine-gael-tds-and-senators-criticise-handling-of-student-nurses-pay-saying-it-portrayed-party-as-callous-39846440.html
Bowie wrote: » So what if he is? People who don't vote FG have issues for not doing so. People who vote for other parties have reasons for doing so. If FG are attacking him, they are attacking him. The tone from FG driven by Varadkar is gutter level.
Nobotty wrote: » To be fair,that chap has to be a SF supporter If he or anyone else expects someone to think otherwise, they're deluded IMO Nothing wrong with that,Obviously Denying it is just stupid and up there with trump posting the word 'rigged I don't see any basis for his complaints therefore The first time I came across him on twitter was when the Leo the leak hash tag started He had 10 posts in a row whose only purpose that day was to try make it trend 100s more since probably from the same person I thought at the time,he looked like a fool Makes a mockery of 'trending and certainly not someone I'd have any interest in following because the posts are all the same theme Thats not needed for me to form my own opinion The only thing positive I got out of looking at that episode was I giggled
blanch152 wrote: » https://www.thejournal.ie/debunked-fine-gael-senator-regina-doherty-pieta-house-5266030-Nov2020/ You might be happy with it, but it has been debunked. "The claim is untrue. Doherty is a board member of Pieta House and is not paid for the role. Pieta House has said that all members of its board work pro-bono and none receive any money for their work. “All Board members give their time and skills to Pieta free of charge,” a note on its website says. All the members of the board, including Doherty, can be seen on the Pieta House website here. "
McMurphy wrote: » Blanch, if you were to withdraw every false allegation you made against both posters and public representatives on this site, you'd need to block book a period of days away from the full-time job. I'm happy enough with the allegation I made thanks very much.
blanch152 wrote: » That was a public bet you made on this forum when you made a false allegation about Regina Doherty, an allegation you never withdrew.
McMurphy wrote: » I make contributions to several charities throughout the year, both personally and via business. I just don't feel the need to post the contributions on a public forum.
blanch152 wrote: » He doesn't have a point. You make public statements, you are no longer in a private realm. Given his own posts on Twitter, the treatment he got is very mild. More than a little childish of him to complain.
P.S. Did you ever pay out on that Regina Doherty bet you lost?
McMurphy wrote: » To be fair, Shorthall isn't denying being an SF supporter, he's objecting to the claim he is a member or a spokesperson for them (from what I'm reading in the attached letter)He has a point about an official FG account targeting him being a private citizen. However, in saying that. Twitter is a tough place, thick skin needed if you're going to use that as a platform.
McMurphy wrote: » However, in saying that. Twitter is a tough place, thick skin needed if you're going to use that as a platform.
Bowie wrote: » Hiring a former editor of the Sun as press secretary is just awful. Sadly it fits with the tone from government, more over FG.
McMurphy wrote: » It truly is straight out of the Trump school of clichés, personally I don't like the road Ireland seems to be headed with these constant hypocrisy attacks from FG, and yeah, it is mostly FG who are guilty of it. Their official twitter account is an absolute disgrace, and they should be truly embarrassed by it, it just looks like a troll Sinn Fein account at this stage. The good news I suppose is, it's clear evidence that they're absolutely petrified of the Shinners.
smurgen wrote: » The narrative is simply all over the place. Spinning around in circles. One month it's the white males next month it's the gay people and mixed race. This dude needs to re-sign.https://twitter.com/IrishTimes/status/1336610925692874753?s=19https://twitter.com/LeoVaradkar/status/1293663127809204233?s=19
blanch152 wrote: » So government politicians have to anonymise their Twitter accounts now? It was good news, that is your problem with it. The Sinn Fein position seems to be that all good news must be delivered in staid press releases but any bad news must be delivered with Leo's face plastered all over it.
smurgen wrote: » So their 16 million euro lottery isn't ran legally?https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/fine-gael-denies-ads-for-leos-lottery-breach-gambling-laws-39843076.html
smurgen wrote: » Is that why she plastered her face all over it and FG logos? Surely like normal non narcissistic politicians an official government press release would have sufficed.
blanch152 wrote: » More barrel-scraping, lads. Nowhere does she claim credit. She is just passing on good news. It is the fact of that good news that is curdling your responses.
smurgen wrote: » Wait so FG post to promise student nurses pay and it doesn't happen but it's not their fault yet some random Irish company creates jobs unexpectedly of course yet it is Fine Gaels fault. Christ another case of Newspeak. Trumpian lying.
smurgen wrote: » Joesepha taking credit again for things she'd no hand in. Another narcissist.https://twitter.com/josephamadigan/status/1336306911583621124?s=19
Bowie wrote: » That might be from her new social media spin merchant. We likely paid for that brain fart.
