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Fine Gael TD sues Dublin Hotel after falling off swing

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  • #122
    LillySV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭LillySV


    Plain and simple, Fine Gael are scum of the earth


  • #123
    Eggs For Dinner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,932 ✭✭✭Eggs For Dinner


    An Claidheamh wrote: »

    Btw, I don't understand why companies don't just refuse to pay these ridiculous claims.

    .

    Because refusing to pay a claim does not magically make it go away. The claimant lodges proceedings to have the matter heard in court and if the defendant (and their insurer) do not turn up, the claimant wins by default.

    Anyone can make a claim against anybody for anything. It is at your own peril you don't defend your position.


  • #124
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Whatever doctor is telling her its ok for her to run 20k a week if she can't sit or stand for long periods must be a muppet.

    Or maybe she just barely goes to her doctor because she is really perfectly fine.


  • #125
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    razorblunt wrote: »
    She sat on a swing with items in both her hands.
    Rule no12 of the playground, always grab on when getting on a swing.
    Eejit.

    Hotel is fighting it


  • #126
    lemd
    Registered Users Posts: 151 ✭✭lemd


    Technically a peanut is a bean so...... Yes, I am that pedantic!


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  • #127
    skimpydoo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,828 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    Fox Shrilling Chihuahua wrote: »
    Hotel is fighting it
    As they should and I hope they win big time.

    Hope life is good with you, your wife, kids, and job.


  • #128
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    LillySV wrote: »
    Plain and simple, Fine Gael are scum of the earth


    And the rest.


  • #129
    Grid.
    Registered Users, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 68,370 Mod ✭✭✭✭Grid.


    Ms Bailey claimed she can no longer sit or stand for long periods without experiencing pain or discomfort. She also said she used to run 70km a week before the fall, but has had to reduce this to less than 20km.

    I'm sure you did:rolleyes:


  • #130
    Squatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,841 ✭✭✭Squatter


    LillySV wrote: »
    Plain and simple, Fine Gael are scum of the earth

    Have you anything else in common with them?

    Mod: Banned


  • #131
    partyguinness
    Registered Users Posts: 8,204 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    lemd wrote: »
    Technically a peanut is a bean so...... Yes, I am that pedantic!


    So...peanut butter does not contain nuts then?


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  • #132
    branie2
    Registered Users Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Compo culture getting out of hand


  • #133
    kowloon
    Registered Users Posts: 13,264 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    BPKS wrote: »
    The hotel which has an indoor swing where it knows drunk people will be using it should have known better also. Its all grand to be giving out about dodgy claims and rip-off insurance and so on but business owners need to use a bit of cop on too.

    Unfortunately that's the way things are, but it shouldn't be. There shouldn't be an expectation that the world needs to be childproofed to protect drunks and gob****es.
    If I ran a hotel I would think seriously about whether this particular guest can be trusted with regular cutlery as issued to the grown ups.


  • #134
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Grid. wrote: »
    I'm sure you did:rolleyes:

    Olympic level fitness.


  • #135
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users Posts: 13,364 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    branie2 wrote: »
    Compo culture getting out of hand

    Getting???


  • #136
    TuringBot47
    Registered Users Posts: 991 ✭✭✭TuringBot47


    Looks like she only has a leaving cert, no third level qualification.

    https://ie.linkedin.com/in/mariabaileytd

    Explains a lot.


  • #137
    Patrick2010
    Registered Users Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭Patrick2010


    branie2 wrote: »
    Compo culture getting out of hand


    Certainly is, these 2 chancers aren't giving up easily and you can bet if/when they lose their claim in the high court it won't cost them a cent.


    TWO brothers who had their €38,000 personal injury claims thrown out in 2015 after a judge found they were likely involved in a staged accident have appealed the decision to the High Court.
    Martin and John Gerard Corcoran, originally from Galway but now believed to be living at a halting site in London, had their claims dismissed in the Circuit Civil Court after the judge found Aviva Insurance’s evidence about links between a Romanian group and Travellers to be “compelling”.
    Costs were awarded against the Corcoran brothers but they later appealed the decision to the High Court, with the case this week being adjourned until July 1.
    The appeal process has taken close to four years and Aviva says substantial costs are being racked up defending the case.


    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/significant-costs-racked-up-as-brothers-who-had-injury-claims-thrown-out-appeal-to-high-court-38133059.html


  • #138
    Wheeliebin30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Wheeliebin30


    TuringBot47 wrote: »
    Looks like she only has a leaving cert, no third level qualification.

    https://ie.linkedin.com/in/mariabaileytd

    Explains a lot.

    What does that explain?????


    So people who only have a leaving cert are what?

    Stupid is it?


  • #139
    lemd
    Registered Users Posts: 151 ✭✭lemd


    partyguinness wrote:
    So...peanut butter does not contain nuts then?


    It may contain nuts, hence the label. Although since it is the peanut that causes the allergy it is a moot point really.


  • #140
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Wheeliebin30 wrote:
    Stupid is it?


    Sitting on a swing without holding on is stupid.


  • #141
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    What does that explain?????


    So people who only have a leaving cert are what?

    Stupid is it?

    My 4 year old son hasn't got leaving cert either.

    He's mastered the art of using a swing though.


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  • #142
    BarryD2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,732 ✭✭✭BarryD2


    grahambo wrote: »
    You actually couldn't make this sh*t up!

    Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey has sued the Dean after falling off Sophies swing.

    She's looking for €60,000.

    When the Politicians are making dodgey insurance claims, you know for sure that the country is absolutely fooked!

    You're right, you couldn't make it up. The optics of this are just awful. What on earth was she thinking of as a publicly elected representative when she pursued this claim? Ok, it's four years ago but issues about insurance costs have been around longer than that.


  • #143
    partyguinness
    Registered Users Posts: 8,204 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    What does that explain?????


    So people who only have a leaving cert are what?

    Stupid is it?


    Well, it does reinforce the statistic that Irish politicians are poorly educated compared to their European counterparts.

    There is actually a study from a few years ago (I will try to find it) that compared the educational levels/attainment of politicians across all national European parliaments and Ireland was at the bottom.

    Having said that looking at the fiasco in the UK it looks like higher education is over rated.


  • #144
    Wheeliebin30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Wheeliebin30


    Johnny Dogs wrote: »
    My 4 year old son hasn't got leaving cert either.

    He's mastered the art of using a swing though.

    So he’s not stupid.

    Glad we all agree that the level of education doesn’t make one stupid or not.


  • #145
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Wheeliebin30 wrote:
    Glad we all agree that the level of education doesn’t make one stupid or not.


    You're happy for someone to be involved in legislation that affects all our lives, yet hasn't the cop on to hold onto to a swing and worse again expects to be compensated for her own stupidity. Fair play for defending her idiocy. Call went out?


  • #146
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users Posts: 4,421 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    I'm presume all indoor swings will now be dismantled?


  • #147
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    BarryD2 wrote: »
    You're right, you couldn't make it up. The optics of this are just awful. What on earth was she thinking of as a publicly elected representative when she pursued this claim? Ok, it's four years ago but issues about insurance costs have been around longer than that.

    Money.


  • #148
    Wheeliebin30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Wheeliebin30


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    You're happy for someone to be involved in legislation that affects all our lives, yet hasn't the cop on to hold onto to a swing and worse again expects to be compensated for her own stupidity. Fair play for defending her idiocy. Call went out?

    Where have I defended her?

    I already called her an idiot and a disgrace.


  • #149
    Auguste Comte
    Registered Users Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭Auguste Comte


    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    PaulieC wrote: »
    only reasonable course of action is to let your local FG election and European election candidates that you will not vote FG because of this, no matter who the candidate is.

    Yeah that sounds fair and right.

    There will be no one or no parties left to vote for if people won’t vote over one members behavior.
    Well put Leo's nimbyism into the mix and that could be reason enough for anyone suffering from the housing crisis or the insurance crisis to express themselves by voting for anyone but fg.

    Now there is a slogan. ABFG


  • #150
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users Posts: 5,745 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    Best story ever. Can't wait for this to be featured on all the UK/US chat shows in their 'ah sure look show stupid the Paddies are' section.


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  • #151
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    partyguinness wrote: »
    Well, it does reinforce the statistic that Irish politicians are poorly educated compared to their European counterparts.

    There is actually a study from a few years ago (I will try to find it) that compared the educational levels/attainment of politicians across all national European parliaments and Ireland was at the bottom.

    Having said that looking at the fiasco in the UK it looks like higher education is over rated.

    Its important to be able to differentiate between education and intelligence.
    I will take the intelligent person anytime


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