Plural of 'Healy Reas ', were gonna need to know

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

God Kerry people are really a (in) breed apart aren't they?

I hate this corrupt shitty country sometimes.

thanks for that.

Are you actually from Galway or is there another county I should insult?

Didn't vote for either of them myself but they are currently riding the wave anti-established parties even though they voted for the previous fianna fail government. you have to admit it is a pretty impressive trick.

A disaster of Healy Raes?

Would be better called

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The Realy Hay Party

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't like the Healy Raes, but I know intelligent people who vote for them. Because they work extremely hard to represent their constituents.

I agree with this, by the way. I posted elsewhere saying that they fully deserve those two seats, for their work ethic, their political machine, and for having the insight to spot the opportunity of the second seat when the big political organisations didn't take advantage of it.

But they do sail a little close to the wind

Some men for getting stuff done in kerry, i know all my family and friends voted for them and if i was in kerry i would have done the same.

Fleawuss wrote: »

What do they get done for people that people aren't legally entitled to anyway?

People are legally entitled to just about everything bar drugs and bombs/guns but getting access to your entitlements is another days work. If you were stuck would you approach these boys or would you approach some lefty no mark from Dublin?

Well, my own county inflicted Hirohito Haughey and that gowl Bertie Ahearn on the country for decades. So as easy as it is to mock and deride the Healy Raes and the people who voted for them, I'd feel a bit of hypocritical doing so. :rolleyes:

maryishere wrote: »

When you see the calibre of the politicians we elect, its difficult not to agree with the German professor who said that as a country we are not capable of governing ourselves.

My parents told me that Charlie Haughey was one of the best & most progressive Ministers for Social Welfare we ever had. And that is high praise from them, as they couldn't stand the man or FF. He brought in the free travel pass and a lot of other reforms that made a big difference in the lives of elderly pensioners. As he was in a constituency with a lot of older voters, he had no trouble topping the poll on merit, not chicanery. But once he got higher up the FF food chain and got a taste of real power as Taoiseach, it corrupted him completely.

Deleted User wrote: »

On the other hand we didn't try to take over the world, repeatedly and badly.

No but maybe we should give it a go. We might make a success of it

maryishere wrote: »

When you see the calibre of the politicians we elect, its difficult not to agree with the German professor who said that as a country we are not capable of governing ourselves.

That was Barry Murphy in a wig!

The_Valeyard wrote: »

I do not care either way. F*ck em and their parish pump politics.

And you think a Dublin politician in his shirt and tie doesn't partake in parish pump politics?

maryishere wrote: »

When you see the calibre of the politicians we elect, its difficult not to agree with the German professor who said that as a country we are not capable of governing ourselves.

So we should follow the example of Germany? A nation that started and lost 2 world wars, created the most evil regime that deliberately killled millions of innocents? I don't think so. We should cherish the democracy that we have and protect it from the extremeists.

ProudDUB wrote: »

My parents told me that Charlie Haughey was one of the best & most progressive Ministers for Social Welfare we ever had. And that is high praise from them, as they couldn't stand the man or FF. He brought in the free travel pass and a lot of other reforms that made a big difference in the lives of elderly pensioners. As he was in a constituency with a lot of older voters, he had no trouble topping the poll on merit, not chicanery. But once he got higher up the FF food chain and got a taste of real power as Taoiseach, it corrupted him completely.

He also backed plans for the IFSC and Temple Bar, which had been due to be levelled and turned into a CIE depot. Say what you like about the man but he had a bit of vision, it's sad that his greed outstripped his ambition. Had an effective leader managed to keep him in his box as a highly competent minister then he would be remembered far better then he is.

I'll not knock the Healey Rae's either, in fact I've come around to the parish pump, the politicians that loiter around it are far more apt to listen to the citizens that voted for them then the arrogant and entitled crowd we got in government. I'll take those that consider local concerns any day over those who answer only to the concerns of special interests and big business that are often in direct conflict with the interests of citizens. The sneering contempt for them comming from the shower that gave us NAMA and Irish water is laughable.