The wondrous adventures of Sinn Fein (part 2)

jh79 wrote: »

I'm not disappointed just don't see why i need to sugar coat it for insecure republicans who don't want to be reminded they now work for the British.

Ha ha...the old 'the generosity of Her Majesty' one is it jh79?

Tell me why would the representative of Nationalist TAXPAYERS feel guilty about being paid for what they do? Because some hat doffer who thinks the Queen is doling out her own money, thinks it? 'Away up the yard' as they say up here.

FrancieBrady wrote: »

What else are we to make of a statement like you made?

That there is something wrong about people expecting a wage in a place where they pay their taxes like everyone else?

Looking forward to collecting my bit of a pension also from HMRC should I still be around to collect it.
#everylittlehelps.

Another example of Sinn Fein hypocrisy on social housing

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/o-broin-opposed-social-housing-project-after-asking-constituents-for-their-views-39966788.html

grayzer75 wrote: »

Politician conveys the wishes of his constituents shock.......

So we shouldn't build social housing where constituents don't want them, gotcha, thanks for that SF policy clarification.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Another example of Sinn Fein hypocrisy on social housing

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/o-broin-opposed-social-housing-project-after-asking-constituents-for-their-views-39966788.html

Thats actually hilarious . Imagine taking any politician serious . Bluffers .

Kind of re-enforces the auld populist approach from SF..... don’t make any unpopular decisions.

All aimed at holding on to the wedge of course.... the residents know best, nah mate, the residents don’t want it, we won’t support it.

Eoineen an Wardy will hold the fort lads, we’ll let the others in Govt take the blame for that.

We will wait for the ‘open goal ‘ and latch on to that.

See how quickly we ditched the Debenhams issue when we got no traction.


Quanto rapido amigo.....!!!

McMurphy wrote: »

Didn't Leo object to a building going up in his constituency, because - reasons.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/taoiseach-leo-varadkar-defends-objections-to-constituency-development-claiming-area-has-been-blighted-36155759.html


It's what they do bish, they all pander to their constituents.

Haha you are making it worse

Leo was the devil forcing people onto the streets

EOB was the saviour who was going to give houses to all. Now he is objecting to social houses being built.

What a spoofer.

thomas 123 wrote: »

Yes.

If that's the case the only place social housing will be built is uninhabited islands off the west coast...

Originally 28 units planned for ,19 now being built, but sf wanted between ten and fourteen. Truly pathetic. Sf won seats in the last election area by such a landslide, it's a dangerous game then to reveal yourselves as Absolute hypocrites at the expense of maybe losing a handful of votes in the area. Are those former sf voters going to deflect to ffg etc? Lol !

Idbatterim wrote: »

If that's the case the only place social housing will be built is uninhabited islands off the west coast...

Originally 28 units planned for ,19 now being built, but sf wanted between ten and fourteen. Truly pathetic. Sf won seats in the last election area by such a landslide, it's a dangerous game then to reveal yourselves as Absolute hypocrites at the expense of maybe losing a handful of votes in the area. Are those former sf voters going to deflect to ffg etc? Lol !

I doubt it, considering my generation just live to work.

As for sf voters deflecting? Do you really think anyone who voted sf before would condemn them for this ?

- Let’s see Stephen Donnelly - ran as Independent, switched to FF, still got in again.

- Leo Varadkar - shared state information for private sector gain, still there.

- Martin - how many u-turns and lies? Still there.

- Foley - missing for months when she’s most needed, no plans, department in crisis, still there.

- Mother and baby homes, report leaked before the actual subjects of the report could see it, government still
There.

- Affordable housing for those of us that have to pay our way shelved under the guise of covid. Yeah yeah, shared equity great, let’s get that average house price up
to 5-600k!

In summary I think O’Broin carrying out the wishes of those who put him where he is today is not really that big of an issue on the scale of things now is it?

Sweet.Science wrote: »

If SF (who everyone pins their hopes on to solve the housing crisis) object to a paltry 28 unit development what does that say ? The housing issue will just get worse and worse every year.

Thousands are needed every year . Cant even get 28 up without them being delayed for years

They didn't 'just' object though, did they? They are proposing an alternative that is a net gain for numbers housed.

Seem to me that they are doing their jobs, unless I'm missing something.

I personally don't do the 'outrage' thing about various TD's objecting on behalf of constituents. They have to represent them.
When they do it and have alternatives that seem to be better solutions, I ain't seeing an issue to be honest...shouldn't everyone be happy? Constituents, and those who want the maximum amount housed?

McMurphy wrote: »

My advice ? Read the article - it's not even close to being comparable with Leo's tale.

Why are you comparing it to Leo and FG ? Can both not make bad decisions ? Or if one is worse the other doesnt count ?

Sweet.Science wrote: »

Why are you comparing it to Leo and FG ? Can both not make bad decisions ? Or if one is worse the other doesnt count ?

Can you explain what is 'bad' about this?

I understand you seen the word 'object' as a snowball and you are throwing it but an alternative that will see more houses built and more people homed has been offered here.

Outline what the problem is here.

Sweet.Science wrote: »

There is no alternative . Anyone can suggest one . You could suggest a 1000 houses being built on another site . Its all pie in the sky stuff

They had this site ready to go . They had contracts in place for them to be built . Until SOB contacted residents in his area who werent happy council homes were being.

So he suggested more homes on another site as a way of delaying this. The plan is to delay this as long as possible until it falls through.

Thats whats happening here . If you are blinded by politics and convincing yourself otherwise fair enough . I'd rather not discuss it further

Was the planning process completed?

Are you suggesting planning law should be overlooked? Which is a different issue.

Can you link to how you know there is 'no' alternative?

The above is precisely why you will find no post by me criticising objections to planning. I am not local and don't know the grounds for objections and I am mindful also that our system means TD's have to represent their local constituents. Which is a double edged sword.

So tell us what you actually know about this local issue...please don't make statements like: 'There is no alternative', without rpoviding back up for that etc.