Is Shatter shattered?

conorhal · 19-02-2014 09:34PM

Alan 'nothing to see here' Shatter should be fired out of a cannon into the sun. How any minister for justice that comes out and prejudges the result of an enquiry he's just called can remain in office is beyend me.

WhatNowForUs? · 19-02-2014 09:35PM

Me? wrote: »

Enda my good man would you mind growing a backbone and telling Alan to fúck off and to take James with him.

Thank you.

The People of Ireland.

And Phil Hogan.

BTW does anyone have a list of ministers who have resigned over those who have been sacked over the years.

mikom · 19-02-2014 09:37PM

♫
Does it matter, uh-huh, I'm a shattered
Don't you know the crime rate is going up, up, up, up, up
To live in this town you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough!
You got rats on the west side
Bed bugs uptown
What a mess this town's in tatters I've been shattered ♫

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IvxpNTNmzs

dxhound2005 · 19-02-2014 09:43PM

WhatNowForUs? wrote: »

And Phil Hogan.

BTW does anyone have a list of ministers who have resigned over those who have been sacked over the years.

I can recall two Taoisigh resigning. Albert Reynolds was brought down by the Brendan Smyth affair. Charlie Haughey resigned after a previous Minister for Justice, Sean Doherty finally told the truth after 10 years of lying about the scandal of tapping of journalists phones.

Ironic how these days it is the journalists who do the phone tapping.

Banjo String · 19-02-2014 09:54PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I can recall two Taoisigh resigning. Albert Reynolds was brought down by the Brendan Smyth affair. Charlie Haughey resigned after a previous Minister for Justice, Sean Doherty finally told the truth after 10 years of lying about the scandal of tapping of journalists phones.

Ironic how these days it is the journalists who do the phone tapping.

Nothing Ironic about the police bugging the people policing them

WhatNowForUs? · 19-02-2014 09:59PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I can recall two Taoisigh resigning. Albert Reynolds was brought down by the Brendan Smyth affair. Charlie Haughey resigned after a previous Minister for Justice, Sean Doherty finally told the truth after 10 years of lying about the scandal of tapping of journalists phones.

Ironic how these days it is the journalists who do the phone tapping.

And Charlie Haughey was also sacked over the arms crises, that is some record.

dxhound2005 · 19-02-2014 10:00PM

Banjo String wrote: »

Nothing Ironic about the police bugging the people policing them

If that's what Johnny (I know what I know, how dare you ask me awkward questions) Mooney says happened then I suppose it must have happened. Believe everything you read in the papers.

Banjo String · 19-02-2014 10:24PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

If that's what Johnny (I know what I know, how dare you ask me awkward questions) Mooney says happened then I suppose it must have happened. Believe everything you read in the papers.

You think they weren't bugged? Seriously?

dxhound2005 · 19-02-2014 10:26PM

Banjo String wrote: »

You think they weren't bugged? Seriously?

And you know that they were and it was the Guards what done it.

seiphil · 19-02-2014 10:32PM

Gangster in a suit!

Banjo String · 19-02-2014 10:32PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

And you know that they were and it was the Guards what done it.

No. I honestly don't know that they were, or who done it.

I do think though, the chances of them not being bugged was close to zero (according to Verrimus) by someone.

Possibly AGS.

Satriale · 19-02-2014 10:43PM

I dont blame the politicians anymore, I blame the people, we should be sharpening our guillotines and pikes.
We are a fcuking disgrace...

Conas · 20-02-2014 01:19AM

We are following America in becoming a police state by the looks of things. Shocking behaviour. What's happening with the world eh? Spying is growing at an astronomical rate, civil liberties are being crushed.

TheHappyChappy · 26-02-2014 08:13PM

Shatter is a crap spoofer - i don't recall/ i don't remember.......where else would you get this crap

BillyMitchel · 26-02-2014 08:16PM

wazky wrote: »

He can always fall back on his erotic writing.

I'm sure being in the Dail has rekindled a few fires.

Looking at Joan Burton. I highly doubt it!

SEPT 23 1989 · 26-02-2014 08:16PM

Shatter knows too much he could bring the whole thing down

he knows it,they know it

Davarus Walrus · 26-02-2014 08:18PM

Shatter is a fine minister of justice. There is a certain irony in people calling for his head without a shred of evidence themselves. FF still showing themselves up to be gombeen populists of the worst sort.

EyeSight · 26-02-2014 08:18PM

once again in irish politics, no matter how obviously guilty you are, nobody ever says "Fair enough, i made a mistake, here's how we fix it."
It would be so refreshing to see that, but this is just embarrassing now

TheHappyChappy · 26-02-2014 08:20PM

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

Shatter is a fine minister of justice. There is a certain irony in people calling for his head without a shred of evidence themselves. FF still showing themselves up to be gombeen populists of the worst sort.

Sorry i must of woken up in parallel universe this morning

Bleating Lamb · 26-02-2014 08:21PM

Shatter is probably one of the people who supported Enda in the leadership heave a few yrs back so he ain't going anywhere fast.

Davarus Walrus · 26-02-2014 08:26PM

TheHappyChappy wrote: »

Sorry i must of woken up in parallel universe this morning

It's the whole 'I'm not actually sure what he has done, but as he's a politician; I want him to resign'. You'd get better political insight in an asylum of gibbering lunatics.

downonthefarm · 26-02-2014 08:27PM

He is a slippery little man,he ain't going anywhere

shockwave · 26-02-2014 08:29PM

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Shatter is probably one of the people who supported Enda in the leadership heave a few yrs back so he ain't going anywhere fast.

Same with James Reilly.

Aethan Dor · 26-02-2014 08:35PM

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

He should be sacked, in any other country he would have been forced to resign ages ago.
His buddy Callinan (Irelands most dangerous man) should be sacked with him!

Funny thing about his troubles lately is that he's totally being painted as best of buds with the Garda Comissioner yet back when implementing the closure of numerous Garda Stations across the Country he was being seen as letting Callanan know who was boss and to be riding roughshod over Callanans authority !

The Dagda · 26-02-2014 08:39PM

Aethan Dor wrote: »

Funny thing about his troubles lately is that he's totally being painted as best of buds with the Garda Comissioner yet back when implementing the closure of numerous Garda Stations across the Country he was being seen as letting Callanan know who was boss and to be riding roughshod over Callanans authority !

Exactly. It wasn't so long ago that Shatter was being portrayed as "anti Garda".

One has to wonder who decides what and when we should think a certain way...

Hootanany · 26-02-2014 08:43PM

downonthefarm wrote: »

He is a slippery little man,he ain't going anywhere

It would be great if he slipped down his plug hole arrogant man.

renegademaster · 26-02-2014 08:50PM

Me? wrote: »

Enda my good man would you mind growing a backbone and telling Alan to fúck off and to take James with him.

Thank you.

The People of Ireland.

ps. you'll have to take our word for it for lack of actual protesting on the streets due to complete lack of interest

fr336 · 26-02-2014 09:05PM

That would be an ecumenical matter.

Red Kev · 26-02-2014 09:44PM

Aethan Dor wrote: »

Funny thing about his troubles lately is that he's totally being painted as best of buds with the Garda Comissioner yet back when implementing the closure of numerous Garda Stations across the Country he was being seen as letting Callanan know who was boss and to be riding roughshod over Callanans authority !

I was always under the impression that Callanan couldn't give a damn if smaller stations were shut down. I've no doubt that he and Shatter traded the shutting down of stations against something else somewhere along the line. He had to be seen to be saying something as he's head of the Gardai after all.

catallus · 26-02-2014 09:52PM

It is another sad indictment of our media (and this whole furore is a media-instigated rousing of rabble, promoted by the treasonous Fianna Fail party) that such important issues are used as political weapons. Micheal Martin and all members of the FF party should be banned from television, radio, print media and internet, and indeed the party should be dis-established.

Is Shatter shattered?

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