Ivor Callely: too good to pay like the rest of us.

orourkeda · 08-08-2010 02:06PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

That was in a foreign country, and unrelated to Mahon, and the rumours about her profession were untrue!

Jail time as opposed to the complicated sexual manoeuvre you speak of.

orourkeda · 08-08-2010 02:16PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

He's just carrying on the age-old Irish political practice of pretending he's a feckin saint, denying the obvious truth, when the world and his father knows that he's spouting bullsh1t. Another long goodbye!

Once they're found out, it never takes this long for UK politicians to feck off back to the obscurity they deserve.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Parliamentary_expenses_scandal

I dont think they've all resigned.

Coriolanus · 08-08-2010 04:09PM

It's disheartening to see how few of his colleagues in the opposition are getting fire and brimstone about this though. There's been one or two, but tbh, there's always going to be a few bad eggs. What I find most disappointing is the silence of the majority.

Mrmoe · 08-08-2010 04:21PM

Nevore wrote: »

It's disheartening to see how few of his colleagues in the opposition are getting fire and brimstone about this though. There's been one or two, but tbh, there's always going to be a few bad eggs. What I find most disappointing is the silence of the majority.

I think a lot of people are keeping their heads down. I would hazard a guess that a fair few of our politicians have more than one or two skeletons in their closet. There are simple answers to this, make sure everybody vouchs for their expenses with proper receipts and evidence. With regard to Ivor he will do jail time over this hopefully.

Ostrom · 08-08-2010 04:22PM

Shame on you all. According to my sunday independent - in a transcript of Ivor's statement - he is being persecuted by powerful interests. He also asks that we be sympathetic to the collapse of his 10m property portfolio. His combined household income is now only six figures p.a. 'Like the rest of us' he has been forced to tighten up. In this context, i'm sure many of you may wish to review your comments....?

SoupyNorman · 08-08-2010 04:23PM

Nevore wrote: »

It's disheartening to see how few of his colleagues in the opposition are getting fire and brimstone about this though. There's been one or two, but tbh, there's always going to be a few bad eggs. What I find most disappointing is the silence of the majority.

They cannot cast stones, glasshouses, without sin etc

Petrified to attract Saurons all seeing eye of expenses!

Coriolanus · 08-08-2010 04:28PM

That's the problem. The system is designed from the ground up to be manipulable and milkable.
Really makes you wonder.

candy-gal1 · 08-08-2010 04:52PM

tbh does anyone really expect him to own up to oweing anything? seriously!

SoupyNorman · 08-08-2010 04:53PM

candy-gal1 wrote: »

tbh does anyone really expect him to own up to oweing anything? seriously!

Ummm, he actually did .

candy-gal1 · 08-08-2010 04:55PM

SoupyNorman wrote: »

Ummm, he actually did .

okay yes, but to except the consequences?

SoupyNorman · 08-08-2010 04:58PM

candy-gal1 wrote: »

okay yes, but to except the consequences?

That he has not done and unlikely too.

Long Term Louth · 08-08-2010 04:58PM

Nevore wrote: »

It's disheartening to see how few of his colleagues in the opposition are getting fire and brimstone about this though. There's been one or two, but tbh, there's always going to be a few bad eggs. What I find most disappointing is the silence of the majority.

Perhaps its a case of "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"?

orourkeda · 09-08-2010 12:33AM

It isnt often we get the chance to see a truly gargantuan pair of brass stones shooting their maximum load onto a disgruntled population.

A truly awesome display of testicular fortitude and scrotal elasticity.

jordan.. · 09-08-2010 12:40AM

How much more are people going to take before we demand change!?

These cnuts have crippled our country and handed us the bill!

That smug bastard Ivor should be handcuffed and locked up!
He can take the place of some poor bastard in mountjoy who didnt pay his TV licence.

NoHornJan · 09-08-2010 02:06AM

jordan.. wrote: »

How much more are people going to take before we demand change!?

These cnuts have crippled our country and handed us the bill!

That smug bastard Ivor should be handcuffed and locked up!
He can take the place of some poor bastard in mountjoy who didnt pay his TV licence.

That's why Bertie abdicated, he saw the ****e at the end of the funnel and dropped the rest of his so called friends in it. Brian Cowan is no angel but he is left to do Berties dirty work .

Bertie and Celia were at the same act. The Drumcondra house?

Liam Lawler and Ray Burke were mentioned earlier and they were all Berties buddies. So why are we surprised at poor old scapegoat Ivor

So was Charles Haughey.We all knew it.

take everything · 09-08-2010 04:30AM

ejmaztec wrote: »

My wife went to a conference in some flash hotel, and was waiting in the lobby before the conference started. One of the Healy-Rae sons arrived, and instead of actually attending the conference, he picked up an information pack and left. They never saw him again.

I wonder what the expense rate was for "attending" that conference?

Those guys sicken me.
"'Cute hoor" wouldn't begin to describe them.

take everything · 09-08-2010 04:40AM

Biggins wrote: »

...But it wasn't one expense claim, it was one of many, many!

...And lets be honest, IF a person is that stupid to use the wrong address many times, what the hell are they doing as a state representative if they are that thick!

He didn't get the address wrong of where to submit his claims did he! :rolleyes:

Monkeypants was being sarcastic.

Biggins · 09-08-2010 09:26AM

take everything wrote: »

Monkeypants was being sarcastic.

I know but while agreeing with this point being made sarcastically, I pointed out the rest. :pac:

Ivor Callely: too good to pay like the rest of us.

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