Mary McAleese veiws on her

King of Kings · 26-09-2011 12:35PM

i don't think she did a bad job but I don't see the reason for the media fawning over her and the idea that she was brilliant.

Luckily for her Enda Kenny made her husband a senator so they can continue to milk the tax payer for (many) a free lunch.

IamtheWalrus · 26-09-2011 12:35PM

Pointless role. Put the €250,000 in education.

padd b1975 · 26-09-2011 12:39PM

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Pointless role. Put the €250,000 in education.

You mean "into education".
I can see why you would make that particular point.

King of Kings · 26-09-2011 12:41PM

padd b1975 wrote: »

You mean "into education".
I can see why you would make that particular point.

ho ho ho....you sound like the life and soul of any party

Dravokivich · 26-09-2011 12:47PM

I completely forgot about her to be honest. All I've seen her do is shake people's hands at matches.

padd b1975 · 26-09-2011 12:47PM

King of Kings wrote: »

ho ho ho....you sound like the life and soul of any party

I have been known to partake of a sherry from time to time.

orourkeda · 26-09-2011 12:51PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

I completely forgot about her to be honest. All I've seen her do is shake people's hands at matches.

Surely that says more about you than the president.

mike65 · 26-09-2011 12:53PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

I completely forgot about her to be honest. All I've seen her do is shake people's hands at matches.

You'd have loved Paddy Hillerys time in the Park.

AeoNGriM · 26-09-2011 01:02PM

Pretty much the only thing I know about her is where she's been living the past seven years, and fairly quietly living at that. Has she actually done anything of note?

SEPT 23 1989 · 26-09-2011 01:02PM

She lived in a park

deman · 26-09-2011 01:05PM

orourkeda wrote: »

Thats such a bullsh1t statement. What's so embarrassing about her presidency?

That's my own opinion. I'm not asking you to agree with it. The question was about people's views. She did become less embarrassing as time went on though.

KnifeWRENCH · 26-09-2011 01:11PM

Ah she was grand. She's no Mary Robinson but she didn't do anything out of the way either. Gave a speech at my school when I was in 2nd year and she was a very charismatic and interesting public speaker. It certainly did Ireland no harm that she was in the Áras for 14 years.

sensibleken · 26-09-2011 01:13PM

WHOOP WHOOP! Thats the sound of McAleese!

Killer Pigeon · 26-09-2011 01:14PM

She's a Fianna Fáiler.

/thread.

edgecutter · 26-09-2011 01:24PM

She was an ok president. She did embarrass the country on a few occasions and like what has been said before she was on a fantastic wage and possibly could have done more.

ejmaztec · 26-09-2011 01:25PM

I think the last two presidents did a lot more work for their crust than the doddering old fools that were in residence before them. Didn't De Valera only stick his nose out of the front door a couple of times and drive his old Cadillac around the grounds, and no further?

FloatingVoter · 26-09-2011 01:32PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

I think the last two presidents did a lot more work for their crust than the doddering old fools that were in residence before them. Didn't De Valera only stick his nose out of the front door a couple of times and drive his old Cadillac around the grounds, and no further?

According to Bob Geldof in his autobiography, Dev turned up at Blackrock College and faced the wrong way while the national anthem was playing. Dev the Doddery. I can see Michael D. doing something similar if he gets in.
Paddy Hillery used to joke that he had the best golf handicap of any head of state on the planet. Them were the days.

Yakult · 26-09-2011 01:38PM

polod wrote: »

Whats AH veiws on herself after her 14 years in office

Thought she left 7 years ago?!

Either way, that sum's up my views on her. Anon.

ejmaztec · 26-09-2011 01:42PM

FloatingVoter wrote: »

According to Bob Geldof in his autobiography, Dev turned up at Blackrock College and faced the wrong way while the national anthem was playing. Dev the Doddery. I can see Michael D. doing something similar if he gets in.
Paddy Hillery used to joke that he had the best golf handicap of any head of state on the planet. Them were the days.

He'd be a cert for the part of the dormouse at the Mad Hatter's Tea-Party in the next remake of Alice in Wonderland.:eek:

Cossax · 26-09-2011 02:19PM

Some rather awful gaffs, like comparing some in the North to Nazis.

Didn't she also cow-tow on behalf of us all for the offense the Mohammed cartoons caused?
I found this particularly annoying as I was too young to vote her in 14 years ago and none of us got a vote 7 years ago (I suppose it's not really her fault no one stood against her).

Also a bit too happy clappy religious for my tastes, dunno how much of that is her having to follow policy and how much is personal beliefs but I'd rather that it was left out.

hondasam · 26-09-2011 02:38PM

She has lived rent free for the last 14yrs, free holidays etc. How will she cope in the real world. I'm not a fan of hers.

Phill Ewinn · 26-09-2011 03:06PM

Cossax wrote: »

Some rather awful gaffs, like comparing some in the North to Nazis.

Don't remember that. Strikes me that she could be onto something. Wacky Orange order member have some fierce anti-catholic views. There's lodges on every street corner in some parts.

Funny uniforms, marching, abhorrant views..... could be onto something alright.

sensibleken · 26-09-2011 03:35PM

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

Don't remember that. Strikes me that she could be onto something. Wacky Orange order member have some fierce anti-catholic views. There's lodges on every street corner in some parts.

Funny uniforms, marching, abhorrant views..... could be onto something alright.

plus theyre always annexing areas of czechslovakia

orourkeda · 26-09-2011 03:38PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

She's a Fianna Fáiler.

/thread.

One of only two good decisions that they've made in the last god knows how long?

4leto · 26-09-2011 03:40PM

A great Gal she is a classy smart woman, with the common touch.

A credit to use. The same goes for the other Mary as well.

orourkeda · 26-09-2011 03:41PM

hondasam wrote: »

She has lived rent free for the last 14yrs, free holidays etc. How will she cope in the real world. I'm not a fan of hers.

Somehow I think she'll be ok

orourkeda · 26-09-2011 03:43PM

hondasam wrote: »

She has lived rent free for the last 14yrs, free holidays etc. How will she cope in the real world. I'm not a fan of hers.

Why?

krudler · 26-09-2011 03:44PM

I dunno, whats she done? least the previous one was in the news regularly, you wouldnt even know Ireland had a president currently.

hondasam · 26-09-2011 03:51PM

orourkeda wrote: »

Why?

I just don't like her, find her false tbh.
Will she get paid after leaving office, will she still get security?

Son Of A Vidic · 26-09-2011 03:58PM

Denny M wrote: »

Pretty much sheer indifference.

But not quiet indifferent enough to avoid posting in here.

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