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Fidelma Healy Eames' train ticket scandal

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    #572
    pjmn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭pjmn


    <take it to AH>


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    #573
    LoonyLovegood
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 6,068 Mod ✭✭✭✭LoonyLovegood


    I may just sit outside the greyhound track that day and laugh. Or not, it'll be chilly.


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    #574
    Mr.Carter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 209 ✭✭Mr.Carter


    Her daughter is going around "trying" to sell tickets door to door


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    #575
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    Mr.Carter wrote: »
    Her daughter is going around "trying" to sell tickets door to door

    To raise funds for her campaign?


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    #576
    Mr.Carter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 209 ✭✭Mr.Carter


    For this...
    "Senator Fidelma Healy Eames is launching her independent campaign for a Dáil Seat in Galway West/South Mayo with a ‘Night at the Dogs’.


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    #577
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    Mr.Carter wrote: »
    Her daughter is going around "trying" to sell tickets door to door

    Is she not trying very hard or what?


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    #578
    sgthighway
    Registered Users Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭sgthighway


    Lets not bring her daughter into it :-(


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    #579
    Mr.Carter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 209 ✭✭Mr.Carter


    c_man wrote: »
    Is she not trying very hard or what?

    FHE wouldn't be high on peoples preference in any vote.


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    #580
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Mr.Carter wrote: »
    FHE wouldn't be high on peoples preference in any vote.
    So you say, but she came 5th in 1st preferences in 2011, and finished 7th overall. electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2011&cons=129


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    #581
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    snubbleste wrote: »
    So you say, but she came 5th in 1st preferences in 2011, and finished 7th overall. electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2011&cons=129

    She's gotten a ridiculous amount of negative publicity since then, and back then she was also on the Fine Gael ticket, which gathered a lot of support.


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    #582
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    She's gotten a ridiculous amount of negative publicity since then, and back then she was also on the Fine Gael ticket, which gathered a lot of support.
    We vote in cute hoor politicians all the time. She's not a government candidate this time around, which is viewed as a +.


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    #583
    Mr.Carter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 209 ✭✭Mr.Carter


    snubbleste wrote: »
    So you say, but she came 5th in 1st preferences in 2011, and finished 7th overall. electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2011&cons=129

    All that shows is she tried and failed numerous times.


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    #584
    Mr.Carter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 209 ✭✭Mr.Carter


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    She's gotten a ridiculous amount of negative publicity since then, and back then she was also on the Fine Gael ticket, which gathered a lot of support.

    Most of it her own fault.


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    #585
    Eogclouder
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭Eogclouder


    This was posted over on reddit.com/r/Ireland

    http://i.imgur.com/5oQpxZP.jpg

    Seems to have printed some WingDings :D


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    #586
    Redhairedguy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Redhairedguy


    Nah... That's her cheat code.


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    #587
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    Eogclouder wrote: »
    This was posted over on reddit.com/r/Ireland

    http://i.imgur.com/5oQpxZP.jpg

    Seems to have printed some WingDings :D

    :pac: WingNut prints WingDings


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    #588
    Robbo
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    Illumnati symbols?


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    #589
    Mr.Carter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 209 ✭✭Mr.Carter


    Somebody told her it was Syrian....she's getting ready for the arrival of some people who might vote for her.


    ...or maybe it's her "WIFFY" code


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    #590
    Lockstep
    Registered Users Posts: 9,029 ✭✭✭Lockstep


    I suppose it was only a matter of time before she turned anti-vaccine


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    #591
    hardCopy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    Lockstep wrote: »
    I suppose it was only a matter of time before she turned anti-vaccine

    Is she holding a twitter screenshot in her hand and calling it testimony?


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    #592
    Robbo
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    Lockstep wrote: »
    I suppose it was only a matter of time before she turned anti-vaccine
    "Binders full of teenage girls".

    It gets even better; if they're the same group I'm thinking of, they're being "advised" into litigation by some of the stars of the Freemen thread. Watch out for any fundraising drives there.


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    #593
    LoonyLovegood
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 6,068 Mod ✭✭✭✭LoonyLovegood


    I live near the greyhound stadium, and Saturday night was 'treated' to drunken hen parties walking out of Fidelma's night at the dogs, complete with blow up dolls.


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    #594
    nuac
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,769 Mod ✭✭✭✭nuac


    Fidelma's greyhound looks embarrassed.


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    #595
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,613 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    They love her on Broadsheet
    http://www.broadsheet.ie/2015/10/22/wont-somebody-think/


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    #596
    _Whimsical_
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    Lockstep wrote: »
    I suppose it was only a matter of time before she turned anti-vaccine

    I feel I've stood up for her an embarrassing amount in this thread but, here I go again.,,
    In the youtube she was responding to another person's very serious address to the Seanad on over 100 teenage girls in Ireland who have been chronically, some seriously ill and hospitalised, since their HPV vaccine. The person in the initial address said some parents had not been advised of possible side effects or reasons why some kids were unsuitable for the vaccine. She was right to highlight what had been said and say this needed to be looked into,it was a measured but responsible response. Not every negative comment on effects of vaccines reflects an "antivaxer"stance.
    It's an instance where a headline is written just because it's her and a serious issue gets overlooked because making fun of her is the thrust of the headline, commentary and public comments.
    I know a girl who has been ill since that vaccine, so ill she's been referred to a hospital in London where they have told her family they think she did have a reaction to the vaccine or that it triggered an underlying illness. Count a hundred kids in that position and they deserve a discussion about them, not a fidelma bandwagon good laugh.


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    #597
    Ash.J.Williams
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    _Whimsical_ wrote: »
    I feel I've stood up for her an embarrassing amount in this thread but, here I go again.,,
    In the youtube she was responding to another person's very serious address to the Seanad on over 100 teenage girls in Ireland who have been chronically, some seriously ill and hospitalised, since their HPV vaccine. The person in the initial address said some parents had not been advised of possible side effects or reasons why some kids were unsuitable for the vaccine. She was right to highlight what had been said and say this needed to be looked into,it was a measured but responsible response. Not every negative comment on effects of vaccines reflects an "antivaxer"stance.
    It's an instance where a headline is written just because it's her and a serious issue gets overlooked because making fun of her is the thrust of the headline, commentary and public comments.
    I know a girl who has been ill since that vaccine, so ill she's been referred to a hospital in London where they have told her family they think she did have a reaction to the vaccine or that it triggered an underlying illness. Count a hundred kids in that position and they deserve a discussion about them, not a fidelma bandwagon good laugh.
    and twitter is the best place for such a thing?


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    #598
    topcat77
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    If serious issues get overlooked because Fidelma has raised the issue and people turn it into a joke does that not make her position untenable?


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    #599
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    topcat77 wrote: »
    If serious issues get overlooked because Fidelma has raised the issue and people turn it into a joke does that not make her position untenable?

    What serious issues? The Wiffy? The kids being raped on Facebook?


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    #600
    Lockstep
    Registered Users Posts: 9,029 ✭✭✭Lockstep


    _Whimsical_ wrote: »
    I feel I've stood up for her an embarrassing amount in this thread but, here I go again.,,
    In the youtube she was responding to another person's very serious address to the Seanad on over 100 teenage girls in Ireland who have been chronically, some seriously ill and hospitalised, since their HPV vaccine. The person in the initial address said some parents had not been advised of possible side effects or reasons why some kids were unsuitable for the vaccine. She was right to highlight what had been said and say this needed to be looked into,it was a measured but responsible response. Not every negative comment on effects of vaccines reflects an "antivaxer"stance.
    It's an instance where a headline is written just because it's her and a serious issue gets overlooked because making fun of her is the thrust of the headline, commentary and public comments.
    I know a girl who has been ill since that vaccine, so ill she's been referred to a hospital in London where they have told her family they think she did have a reaction to the vaccine or that it triggered an underlying illness. Count a hundred kids in that position and they deserve a discussion about them, not a fidelma bandwagon good laugh.

    There's been no link between the HPV vaccine and the girls. Contrary to what whack groups like the National Citizens Movement are trying to push.


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    #601
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Lockstep wrote: »
    There's been no link between the HPV vaccine and the girls. Contrary to what whack groups like the National Citizens Movement are trying to push.

    No link has been established at this point. Gardasil, the main component of the vaccine, is presently under review by the European Medicines Agency for being implicated in causing two serious conditions, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardic Syndrome and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Postural Orthostatic Tachycardic Syndrome can be particularly devastating if severe to the point of being utterly disabling.
    If parents aren't being given full information and contre indications, the claim FHE was responding to in the Seanad and the subject of the meetings to be held, then that is an issue worthy of discussion.

    Swine flu vaccine was not found to have serious safety concerns until it was administered to the public and some people developed narcolepsy as a result,80% are children including a small number of Irish children. They have since received payouts from governments who administered the vaccine as a link has been it and narcolepsy has now been established.

    It's essential to keep an open mind and at least investigate these things if they arise. Certainly if there are established contre indications they need to be flagged for parents. It's as irrational to shout down every negative experience of a vaccine without knowing all the facts as it is to be an antivaxer


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