FF/FG/Green Government - Part 3

Well as predicted the Holohan Trinity Gig is growing legs. I said yesterday you couldn't make this up, I was wrong, more Airy Fairy Tales. Department of health refusing to say who signed off on this nonsense, Donnelly now saying he only found out it was a secondment as opposed to Holohan Retiring on Tuesday (The very day, he made a fool of himself on morning Ireland (not the first time)

Simon Harris has perked up, saying clarity needed, even the expert on following the script "Heather Humphries", saying it could have been handled better, Heather clearly not understanding this shouldn't have happened at All.

It's almost a Bi Monthly Scandal, with this Government and the notion Trinity College can't afford to cover the Salary is beggar's belief, I'd wager this "Makey Uppy Appointment" would never have even been discussed if Trinity was expected to pay Holohans salary.

You know its bad when Various Government Ministers, TD'S and indeed Taoiseach struggling to explain of justify this absurd nonsense.

But as Donnelly put it

" Sure its Public Money and we should be feeling Lucky" 🙄

😏 I don't believe there's been any advertising re a replacement for Zappone but whilst we're on about matters not finalised, Did Harris ever get around to correcting the Dail record 🤔🤔 if I recall he was very, very determined to do so.

Tony has spoken "Privately of Course"

My take on this debacle is he was being pushed , silenced and a way out was needed, someone came up with this Turd of an arrangement and someone signed off on it 🤔

Of course I'm only surmising so to speak but you got to wonder.

A Makey Uppy position in a private Institution, bad for by the Tax Payer.

A secondment by its definition, Temporary

No one admitting to actually signing off on this (maybe that just a Department of Health thing.

From the Taoiseach down, not aware of or at least understand how this arrangement was formulated

Various "Government Ministers and TDS seeking clarification

I've watched the CMO's performance carefully over the past two years, commended him on occasions, Question some decisions occasionally.

If you look at the time line from the last "Blind siding " as Government like to call it, Holohan has in essence been on leave of absence , barely a peep out of him in months and now this curious little arrangement 👀👀👀👀

If I had a euro for every post on here critical of the government that started with the words "If true" and turned out to be untrue, I would be a very rich man.

I doubt that 😂

It is all true.

Oh dear, a dirty stroke there by FG.

Sources confirmed that a message from Seanad leader Regina Doherty was read in her absence, which said it was not credible that the Taoiseach was not made aware of the appointment or his approval sought.

Regina is always used as a messenger when the FG Ministers/TDs are too scared to say it. But she wasn't even at the meeting so had to send a written message! Very interesting. The game is afoot.

A wink, Nod and spot of Shenanigans, so to speak.

Leo looked exasperated over this debacle in the Dail earlier, I almost felt sorry for him (about a second), seems Michael Mc Grath not at all happy 🙄, I suspect like Leo it's more they are embarrassed.

LOL, passport for kids taking to long, how about the parents. Coveney has been denying any delays at the passport office for over a year and yet an almost weekly article about the shambles at his own department.

I was actually surprised by Leo's performance today, not his usual arrogant, smug self, the Holohan story as blind sided the lot of them, they've actually no response or explanation, I thought the "Minister for public expenditure not happy" deflection extraordinary. And now Academics in Trinity furious.

A notion Tony was being moved quietly has ended.