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

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    #5462
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Story still has traction nearly three months on, validated by a national broadsheet picking up the thread. Those who haughtily expected this to fade away within a week left crimson-faced.


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    #5463
    mariaalice
    Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    if you think people are bullying you then report the posts.

    That is not what it's about, the rhetoric is not good for politics.


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    #5464
    mariaalice
    Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    McMurphy wrote: »
    "Bullies", can you please explain that one? How does one come across as a bully because they're discussing feckin corruption and politicians misleading the Dail FFS?

    What next?

    Xenophobic, sectarian homophobic accusations?

    If you have a counter argument, get it out there and discuss, it's better than bully accusations for Christ sake.

    A factual evidence-based,policy-based unemotive counterpoint you mean. I know it's social media and that does play a part that is why posters get a slight pass but only a slight pass.


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    #5465
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    mariaalice wrote: »
    That is not what it's about, the rhetoric is not good for politics.

    What exactly is "good for politics"? You come across as trying to direct the narrative here, and crying foul when others don't fall in line. Welcome to boards, a forum where opinions are exchanged. Including those contrary to your own.


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    #5466
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,192 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    mariaalice wrote: »
    That is not what it's about, the rhetoric is not good for politics.

    And varadkar getting a vote of confidence for handing out confidential documents to his mates,lying to dail about it ...is good,how?


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    #5467
    mariaalice
    Registered Users Posts: 12,399 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    I know politics in Ireland is adversarial and that is fair enough as it goes, but its no a form of Sledging.


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    #5468
    markodaly
    Registered Users Posts: 14,049 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    Still swinging in the wind lads.....

    No one cares too much about this story anymore.


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    #5469
    markodaly
    Registered Users Posts: 14,049 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Dobbo chewed him up and spat him out!

    Correct.

    Pearse made a fool of himself and will not be able to make much mustard out of this non-issue.

    The latest big revelation is that Leo got the document from his health advisor (who requested it from the Dept. of Health) while in the Dail he said, he got the document from the Dept. of Health...

    Yes, that's it... a nonsense story.


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    #5470
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,192 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The latest big revelation is that Leo got the document from his health advisor (who requested it from the Dept. of Health) while in the Dail he said, he got the document from the Dept. of Health...

    Yes, that's it... a nonsense story.


    Given he's now changed his story 4 times,would it not be v.questionable to believe this blindly?


    The man also orginally claimed,he requested the document a 2nd as he wanted to read it again....(this is on dail record from his orginal Q & A)

    What wicked web he's weaved,as he practiced to decieve....think they should a tribunal to get to the truth,with 15 year jail for anyone found to be lying to it


    Zero responsibility shown by ruling class here as usual


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    #5471
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,276 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    markodaly wrote: »
    Correct.

    Pearse made a fool of himself and will not be able to make much mustard out of this non-issue.

    The latest big revelation is that Leo got the document from his health advisor (who requested it from the Dept. of Health) while in the Dail he said, he got the document from the Dept. of Health...

    Yes, that's it... a nonsense story.

    Do you think that Leo has been honest throughout this with the public and the Dail?


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    #5472
    Cute Hoor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭Cute Hoor


    The Mount St brigade have been forced out to bat again, becoming a regular occurrence now


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    #5473
    mikep
    Registered Users Posts: 925 ✭✭✭mikep


    Pearse himself just explained why this is a non story.

    The document was provided to a "disfunctional" organisation which subsequently "imploded within a few days".

    NAGP no longer exist and according to another journalist, U can't remember who, said they were aware that NAGP were at nothing so providing them this document was pointless...


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    #5474
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,192 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    mikep wrote: »
    Pearse himself just explained why this is a non story.

    The document was provided to a "disfunctional" organisation which subsequently "imploded within a few days".

    NAGP no longer exist and according to another journalist, U can't remember who, said they were aware that NAGP were at nothing so providing them this document was pointless...

    This makes leaking confidential documents,ok....how?


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    #5475
    Cute Hoor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭Cute Hoor


    mikep wrote: »
    NAGP no longer exist and according to another journalist, U can't remember who, said they were aware that NAGP were at nothing so providing them this document was pointless...

    Does that not sorta beg the question WHY DID VARADKAR BOTHER GIVING A CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT to his buddy in the first place.


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    #5476
    [Deleted User]
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    This makes leaking confidential documents,ok....how?

    It was neither confidential nor leaked.


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    #5477
    Cute Hoor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭Cute Hoor


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It was neither confidential nor leaked.

    You know when CONFIDENTIAL is emblazoned across a document


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    #5478
    shatners bassoon
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭shatners bassoon


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It was neither confidential nor leaked.

    Missed this


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    #5479
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,247 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It was neither confidential nor leaked.

    Varadkar admitted to leaking it.

    When asked had he 'ever LEAKED something before', he answered; 'not of this nature'.

    He leaked it, and he confessed to it.


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    #5480
    blanch152
    Registered Users Posts: 27,281 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    Cute Hoor wrote: »
    You know when CONFIDENTIAL is emblazoned across a document

    If I could watermark my posts with CONFIDENTIAL, I would, just to show how pointless emblazoning CONFIDENTIAL is.


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    #5481
    markodaly
    Registered Users Posts: 14,049 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    Deleted User wrote: »

    What wicked web he's weaved,as he practiced to decieve....think they should a tribunal to get to the truth,with 15 year jail for anyone found to be lying to it


    :rolleyes::D

    A tribunal for what exactly?


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    #5482
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It was neither confidential nor leaked.

    Try telling that to Simon Harris now in the cold light of day. He was left blowing like a fart in the wind when he asked for it.

    And him the health minister at the time*.








    *Allegedly.


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    #5483
    mikep
    Registered Users Posts: 925 ✭✭✭mikep


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    This makes leaking confidential documents,ok....how?

    I never said it's ok
    I do think it's been blown out of proportion, I've seen it described as corruption.. can't see how that fits.

    There are way bigger issues in this country that need to be addressed..


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    #5484
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,247 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    mikep wrote: »
    I never said it's ok
    I do think it's been blown out of proportion, I've seen it described as corruption.. can't see how that fits.

    There are way bigger issues in this country that need to be addressed..

    There are 'other' issues to be dealt with...as there always are. :rolleyes:


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    #5485
    thecomedian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭thecomedian


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Varadkar admitted to leaking it.

    When asked had he 'ever LEAKED something before', he answered; 'not of this nature'.

    He leaked it, and he confessed to it.

    It wasn’t confidential as it was in the public domain.
    SF got roasted the last time they thought there was something in this story. Why are they doing it again?
    It just seems like a stupid party decision.


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    #5486
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,247 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    thecomedian wrote: »
    It wasn’t confidential as it was in the public domain.
    SF got roasted the last time they thought there was something in this story. Why are they doing it again?
    It just seems like a stupid party decision.

    Where did they get 'roasted'? In the heads of FG diehards maybe. Certainly not in any polls, which is allctually have to go on.

    You LEAK information you are not supposed to, that is the very definition of a LEAK. He confessed to leaking the document. Read the Dáil transcript when he was asked had he 'LEAKED' information before and he answered, 'not of this nature'. Meaning he was claiming this was the FIRST time he had leaked info of this scale of confidentiality/secrecy.


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    #5487
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,869 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Hmmm, yeah lets look at Varadkars motivation.

    As a Doctor himself he knew well the realities of the fractured representative situation in the GP cohort. As Taoiseach he felt he could do something to bang some heads together and get a deal to benefit the health service and patients over the line and move on to the next problem.

    If the shinnerbots believe this was about Leo giving it the full 'I'm billy big balls', then they need to **** off.


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    #5488
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    mikep wrote: »
    I never said it's ok
    I do think it's been blown out of proportion, I've seen it described as corruption.. can't see how that fits.

    There are way bigger issues in this country that need to be addressed..

    There's bigger issues in the country, but what does that mean in reality?

    The country can only deal with one issue at a time is it?

    Are they bigger than the then Taoiseach of the country, leaking confidential information to his pal, and lying about it in the Dail, and now, care of FOI documents, he's gotten Simon Harris dragged into it?

    Can you remember why Frances Fitzgerald resigned?


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    #5489
    thecomedian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭thecomedian


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Where did they get 'roasted'? In the heads of FG diehards maybe. Certainly not in any polls, which is allctually have to go on.

    Ah come on.
    It ended up anon story, they believed the Village and that backfired. Now this?
    You’re a clever person and a SF person, so I imagine you must be thinking ah not again.


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    #5490
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Fann Linn wrote: »
    News on One now Brenners. And there was lads only saying a few hours ago it was just the twitterati!

    Matt Cooper will be talking about it on The Last Word this afternoon too. Seems to be gaining traction, no matter what Pintman Paddy says.


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    #5491
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,247 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    thecomedian wrote: »
    Ah come on.
    It ended up anon story, they believed the Village and that backfired. Now this?
    You’re a clever person and a SF person, so I imagine you must be thinking ah not again.

    Ah come on yourself...it is still making the primetime news story's, Varadkar has been trending in one form or another for two days and was not knocked off even by events in America.

    Some 'non' story in fairness.


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