Minister 'misinterpreted the requirements' after failure to declare second house in Longford

We need an ethics committee with powers to investigate and sanction those who transgress. If you transgress you lose your dail seat and forfeit any pension rights associated with your status.

This springs to mind😃

O Dear BA ,I can understand your disgust at how this has played out , it's shocking I know , particularly Leo & MM looking utterly foolish but do I and others need to remind you yet again many many ordinary folks have and continue to donate to the wonderful Ditch ,they don't hide this fact , we've been over this time and time again & focusing on one of many donaters doesn't changed the fact the Ditch have done Trojan work and not a single item they've reported on Refuted Coherently by Robert Troy.

Yep, usual response we see in Ireland. Whistleblowers and those who highlight corruption are mocked and their motives are questioned. It’s the stock response to any perceived ‘attack’ on our ‘betters’.

Not sure why people are relying on the Vox Pop. It was done during the day time, mostly retired and elderly people at it. Ask the same questions to people in the evening on their way home from work to their overpriced rental accommodation and you'll get a different and much angrier answer.

Anyway if the election is in a couple of years he'll have a good chance of getting re elected. Unless Boxer Moran runs, or SF can get a good high profile candidate in Longford.

O, it's quite evident BA 😏 I've read intently all of the Ditch's excellent reporting and I might add on other matters, I've gone further, fact check as I've connections in Mullingar, I'd be the first to call out misinformation, but I've not seen any on the Ditch , have you 🤔

And you can't help yourself, a Dig at Ukrainian refugees and that crisis, Dear God BA , seriously 😳 do you ever give up deflecting

And dare I say has political connections in the family 😏 utterly disgraceful nonsense this morning

some interesting bits from the Irish times profile

he is the youngest of 12 siblings

his family run a post office

he worked for AIB in a customer service role at one stage

he has a certificate in property valuation

he was the parliamentary assistant for Donie Cassidy before he became a TD

I'll say no more so to speak ,wouldn't be appropriate here but mentioning it , certainly is given the claptrap this morning in the context of #TroyStory 😏