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Michael D's daughter attends Newgrange Solistice

  • 04-01-2012 10:14PM
    #1
    bifl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭


    Perhaps a political topic but I thing it deserves the AH once over :P

    Read about this in the Sunday Times over the weekend and I agree it's not the biggest deal out there but it did get me annoyed at the same time. After listening to this man speak for an entire month in debate after debate on what he would do and 'bring to the presidency' this is what we get.

    Not only did his daughter get to go but was able to bring a guest as well. More like what the presidency can do for him or more correctly his family by the looks of it.


    To make a second point in all of this, the chamber can only hold 24 people, there were two political people in there already in the form of Leo Varadkar and Ruairi Quinn along with 'several' civil servants, the Austrian Ambassador, and Professor of Archaeology and three photographers. In terms of Joe public we get 6 tickets by lottery out of 35000 who applied, I think it shows where the balance of things lie in this country.


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  • #2
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    bifl wrote: »
    ...I agree it's not the biggest deal out there...
    It's not even a deal.


  • #3
    Shatstand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 125 ✭✭Shatstand


    I don't find it a big deal. It's a landmark that is very close to Michael D's heart, as he was one of the guys that built it back in the day. Lay off him, will you?


  • #4
    Phill Ewinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,007 ✭✭✭Phill Ewinn


    Sends his daughter to Newgrange??? If that other cnut had won he'd build appartments on it.


  • #5
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    STOP THE PRESSES!


  • #6
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    I'm gonna look for a refund for Primary School, were were told the solstice is around December 21st and today is the 4th of January.

    Or are people just looking that hard for something to get annoyed about?


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  • #7
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    That would annoy me too. People just up for the novelty and may have no real interest in it.

    The same thing happened at the Ryder cup in Ireland. Alot of the tickets went to the great and the good. People ended up there who prob only recognized tiger woods and hadn't a clue what they were watching.


  • #8
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    maybe he wanted her to see a landmark that reminded him of his time in Middle Earth.


  • #9
    Carlow52
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭Carlow52


    Phill Ewinn wrote: »
    Sends his daughter to Newgrange??? If that other cnut had won he'd build appartments on it.

    In it surely.


  • #10
    Kensington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭Kensington


    Nepotism in Irish politics?!

    Well I'll be damned! :eek::eek::eek:


  • #11
    ThePower11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 553 ✭✭✭ThePower11


    Who gives a fuck


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  • #12
    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    We must stamp out this hypocricy. I wonder did the 'several' civil servants pay BIK on this benefit or is it another hidden perk protected by the CPA?


  • #13
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    It's a free country, she can go where she likes. Some people will whine about anything.


  • #14
    Corruptable
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭Corruptable


    Nepotism - an Irish tradition.


  • #15
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    woodoo wrote: »
    The same thing happened at the Ryder cup in Ireland. Alot of the tickets went to the great and the good. People ended up there who prob only recognized tiger woods and hadn't a clue what they were watching.

    I am a very ordinary bloke with no connections. I took my mother for her birthday as we're both golf fans. When I got them through the lottery, I almost cried. She did cry when Darren Clarke walked to the first tee within touching distance. I'd say the majority of the people there were in roughly the same boat.

    Hope Micky H's daughter enjoyed it, great experience for her.


  • #16
    bifl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭bifl


    We can agree or disagree with this particular case but again it is another of how our politicians (regardless of party) carry on in this country.

    I just think that there were 35000 interested in going, places are limited and ultimately two spaces are taken up by someone who is nothing more than Joe public and not elected.


  • #17
    cocalolaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 547 ✭✭✭cocalolaman


    Nope. Can't find a single f*ck to give...


  • #18
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    I have to admit if I was his son I would have pestered the bollox off him till he had no choice,,"Yeah you can go just shut up"

    I would love to be there for the solstice.


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Corruptable wrote: »
    Nepotism - an Irish tradition.

    Maybe you should visit a country where nepotism actually exists.


  • #20
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    Corruptable wrote: »
    Nepotism - an Irish tradition.

    Not really, more something we picked up from the English.


  • #21
    bifl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭bifl


    Kevin Duffy wrote: »
    I am a very ordinary bloke with no connections. I took my mother for her birthday as we're both golf fans. When I got them through the lottery, I almost cried. She did cry when Darren Clarke walked to the first tee within touching distance. I'd say the majority of the people there were in roughly the same boat.

    Hope Micky H's daughter enjoyed it, great experience for her.

    Yes you have no connections but MDH's daughter has. Would you have been happy if the then presidents children got your Ryder cup tickets.


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  • #22
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    bifl wrote: »
    We can agree or disagree with this particular case but again it is another of how our politicians (regardless of party) carry on in this country.

    I just think that there were 35000 interested in going, places are limited and ultimately two spaces are taken up by someone who is nothing more than Joe public and not elected.

    The president is elected, and I'd wager that most of those that voted for him believe that he and by extension his family should be given some concessions in certain instances.


  • #23
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    RICH AND POWERFUL IN "ENJOYING PRIVILEGE" SHOCK

    on page 2: OLD PEOPLE THINK THINGS USED TO BETTER IN THE PAST, and DOGS GENERALLY DON'T LIKE CATS.


  • #24
    Killer Pigeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,125 ✭✭✭Killer Pigeon


    What an utterly pointless waste of server space this thread is.


  • #25
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Cost to the public: 0 euro.


  • #26
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,698 ✭✭✭tricky D


    What's the fuss. According to Dublin Airport, there were zero hours of sun that day, nevermind what precession has done over the years.


  • #27
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    bifl wrote: »
    Yes you have no connections but MDH's daughter has. Would you have been happy if the then presidents children got your Ryder cup tickets.

    They weren't my tickets until I got them.


  • #28
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    Killer Pigeon wrote: »
    What an utterly pointless waste of server space this thread is.

    Feel free to start your own thread.


  • #29
    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    biko wrote: »
    Cost to the public: 0 euro.

    Hardly.

    What aboht the cost of the lottery? How did the guests get there - in particular the ministers and the daughter? Any security or other 'officials' on hand?


  • #30
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    bifl wrote: »
    We can agree or disagree with this particular case but again it is another of how our politicians (regardless of party) carry on in this country.

    I just think that there were 35000 interested in going, places are limited and ultimately two spaces are taken up by someone who is nothing more than Joe public and not elected.

    Maybe she applied for the tickets before he was elected, do we know for sure he got her the tickets or what ever?


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  • #31
    MungBean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭MungBean


    hondasam wrote: »
    It's a free country, she can go where she likes. Some people will whine about anything.

    Or rather her daddy is president of the country she can go where ever she wants ?

    I dont really see it as a big deal, we all know that given his position we'd use it to our advantage. I dont think anyone actually thought Michael D was anything other than a greedy politician looking for a higher wage and more perks.


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