Sinn Fein and how do they form a government dilemma

That’s not what’s happening, and you know this.

And I’m not close to a SF supporter

"Text messages given to the inquiry show she told Mr Stanley that she deserved “compensation” for the “emotional trauma” he put her through on the Wednesday night and demanded that if he left €60,000 in cash divided in six envelopes in her letter box she “will not pursue things further”.

Mr Stanley replied in a text: “God [name redacted]. You know I would never do anything wrong on you. I never would never ever do that. And for me it’s just friendship. That is all we always had a good working relationship. Please this as been [sic] totally honest.”

The woman responded: “I have nothing else to say. I will consider not sharing what happened as long as you compensate for the emotional damage. Do not contact me again.”

He apologised in a further text, saying: “I sorry [sic] if I caused that but god [name redacted] you know me long enough to know that I’m genuine. And I’m really sorry and I mean that. Please accept that [name redacted].”

Referring to the messages exchanged between the woman and Mr Stanley, the inquiry found in the draft report that “any reasonable assessment lends credence to the complainant’s narrative of events. The threads speak to a complainant that is adamant that something serious happened and a respondent who is apologetic until the last text ...

“At no point does the respondent [Mr Stanley] refute that something serious happened or question what the complainant is referring to [as might be expected if the respondent’s narrative of events is true].

“All of which, in the panel’s view, lends credence to the complainant and not the respondent.”

Above is an extract from Irish Times story on Stanley affair this morning. The inquiry's conclusion giving credence to the woman rather than Stanley on the basis of the texts quoted seems a bit of a stretch. If I received "unwise, idiotic and ill-judged" (her later words) texts demanding money I would be very careful how I replied. My first instinct wouldn't necessarily be to refute the claim but to calm things down.

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A woman goes to a man in a position of power and asks him to help her find a job. The man agrees and says he's happy to help her. The man invites her back to his hotel room as she has no where else to stay and there's a understanding it just as friends. The woman suggests putting pillows in the bed between them because it will make her feel safer and more secure. He agrees but then asks her can he remove the pillows as his back is sore. The man then proceeds to ask the woman if they can cuddle "as friends". He does all of this wearing only his boxer shorts.

I have to say, it's absolutely wild that many posters on this thread see absolutely nothing wrong with what this man did and feel he has been unfairly punished.

This case reminds me of when FG TD Tom Barry grabbed him colleague and in the Daik chamber onto his lap. Enda Kenny and FG refused to sack him. Funnily enough even Tom himself admitted he should be fired, but Enda and the boys felt different. Again, absolutely wild that FG felt that there's nothing wrong with that kind of behaviour in work and to a work colleague. It seems attitudes haven't changed at all in the last 10 years within some political parties.

A UI is a non controversial topic in Ireland before a campaign kicks off. The major parties are aligned on it. It just isn’t mentioned every 5 minutes because it doesn’t need to be. SF supporters thinking cheering on the PIRA campaign followed by “prepare for unity” tweets is not advancing the cause.

I’ll say it again but it is wild that there is this attachment to the Sinn Féin banner, something founded as a dual monarchy party.

I haven't see any other polls on so can't comment on a trend.

Have a read of this article detailing how Gerry Adams ignored how his brother had abused his own daughter from the age of four - it was only when details were aired on UTV in 2009 that Gerry admitted he knew about it and did nothing.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/liam-adams-death-daddy-made-me-sleep-with-him-words-that-sparked-decades-long-fight-for-justice/37854900.html

Look at the 2017 Ard Fheis where they all cheer him and join him on stage. Mary Lou is there, Michelle O'Neill is there and Pearse Doherty is there - they didn't care about child protection or the rule of law back then, why should anyone think they've changed since?

Adams was at this year's Ard Fheis and shown on RTE numerous times during Mary Lou's speech.