The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

mgn wrote: »

Maria found her calling as a TD, I wonder would she have found her calling if there wasn't a €100,000 salary plus another €50,00 or €60.00 in expenses,

These politicians like to give the impression that the are working for the people that elected them, when all the are doing is feathering their own nests.

She said something bizarre- she said she liked politics but not the public side of it, something like that?

So basically, she loves the perks. Not so fond of the work itself....

She’s an absolutely liability to herself every time she opens her trap in front of a microphone.

A bit of man bashing going on now.

generalgerry wrote: »

Yeah but I guess the question is where exactly is the line drawn here. What exactly constitutes the pound of flesh that should be paid as compensation for her wrongdoing - Is it enough that she loses is no longer a TD? Is it enough that she be booted off the FG ticket and out of a job? Should the punishment be extended to her personal life, so that she is hounded by journalists and social media?

It was probably right that she lose her jobs. But my opinion would be that as soon as she is no longer a public representative, she should be extended the same rights to privacy as any other private individual.

If she wants privacy now what is she doing on the radio giving her sob story, all its doing is bringing attention on herself.

Although I have a feeling that there is some other motive behind the interview.
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KevRossi wrote: »

Didn't hear the Maria Bailey interview. Was humanity crossed at any point?

Indo interview and prominent RTE weekend slot. The rehabilitation is truly on the go. Used to be Mary Hanafin on it for a while. Her party trick was for the interviewer to bring up her deceased husband and she'd start to cry. She forgot that as Minister for SW she shafted over every pensioner, widow and widower in the country.

Her deceased father got a mention and so did her poor kids, who she was unable to bring to the swings with all the attention in the media.

And the usual sob story after that, the tears started at one stage, but i think it was pre recorded so the cut that bit out.

generalgerry wrote: »

I can see both sides of this. I think she was making a bit much of the fact that she couldn't push her kids on the swing, but then again you can be 100% sure that if she did push her kids on the swing then it would have been on one of the tabloids the next morning with some sarcastic commentary.

She has no one to blame but herself, its the like of her that never have enough, she had a very well paid job and career but still wanted to screw more out of the system.
The likes of her will get zero sympatry from me.

ShamNNspace wrote: »

An ngo or appointment to some charity or other is in the pipeline, can see it a mile off

If I were a betting man that would be worth a few euros.

jippo nolan wrote: »

They have to get her back on the gravy train!

No other reason for the sob story today other than that.

Deleted User wrote: »

She did try for a moment to go down the line she went with SOR "I was hurt", but I think Brendan steered her away from that course as it backfired so badly before. Lots of people suffering mild to moderate injuries every day from which we pretty quickly recover of the course of a few days to a couple of weeks.

Of course she “ was hurt”. So would you if you were told you were in for a soft big payout. Then it all backfired spectacularly. Then you adviser allegedly takes down photos of you both together ( that’s what I read somewhere ). You feel cast adrift. Not cast down ha ha!
Last year I was on a pedestrian crossing in a shopping centre. A woman drove at me without stopping until she got right against me. I fell onto her bonnet. I hurt both my hands saving myself. After she asked me was I ok I made a few smart remarks about her not seeing the crossing and told her to be on her way. A couple of weeks later while playing golf with a friend who is an insurance managerI casually mentioned the episode. He informed me that if I had sat down on the crossing and played the game I would have gotten Around €32,000.
I just couldn’t do it. I don’t need medals or accolades for doing what I perceive as the right thing. Then again I realise that if we all did a Maria Bailey there wouldn’t be much left in the kitty.

Bellbottoms wrote: »

Joan Freeman wouldn't be held very hight in my esteem. Two sides of the same coin to me.

How very astute of you. A lot couldn’t see that.

ShamNNspace wrote: »

That card trumps all

generalgerry wrote: »

Jaysus, bit taken aback by the comments. I think I may need to look over my Maria Bailey case notes again.

generalgerry wrote: »

Yeah but I guess the question is where exactly is the line drawn here. What exactly constitutes the pound of flesh that should be paid as compensation for her wrongdoing - Is it enough that she loses is no longer a TD? Is it enough that she be booted off the FG ticket and out of a job? Should the punishment be extended to her personal life, so that she is hounded by journalists and social media?

It was probably right that she lose her jobs. But my opinion would be that as soon as she is no longer a public representative, she should be extended the same rights to privacy as any other private individual.

Does she not forfeit those rights when she does an obviously contrived interview like this morning? It had only one purpose and that was to begin her political rehabilitation. Most current politicians are self serving locusts and she is typical of the species