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Local elections 2014

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  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 14,072 Mod ✭✭✭✭monument


    irishgeo wrote: »
    the doorbell is broken.

    Apparently ours is too -- we got a 'sorry you were out when I called' type leaflet of Mark Winters when we were in.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,324 ✭✭✭naughto


    ive had a good few cos or estate was recently taking over by the council.am waiting on one particular counclir to call dont think he will have the balls tho


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,384 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    naughto wrote: »
    ive had a good few cos or estate was recently taking over by the council.am waiting on one particular counclir to call dont think he will have the balls tho

    a load of estates were taken over recently, mainly the gaughan ones i think.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,324 ✭✭✭naughto


    irishgeo wrote: »
    a load of estates were taken over recently, mainly the gaughan ones i think.
    the one iam in gaughan dident built it as far as i no


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭finisklin


    Got visited by lisa chambers weeks ago

    Interested to hear if she has any substance or is she just one of Micheal Martin's "lovely gurls" a la Fr Ted?


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  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,722 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    finisklin wrote: »
    Interested to hear if she has any substance or is she just one of Micheal Martin's "lovely gurls" a la Fr Ted?

    Trying to fool people by having a young face. She will soon get institutionalised when she gets on the train. Unvouched expenses, expense for everything under the sun and over 100k per year with a bumper pension.
    There to get womens votes.


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,384 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    finisklin wrote: »
    Interested to hear if she has any substance or is she just one of Micheal Martin's "lovely gurls" a la Fr Ted?

    met her once, seems nice.

    how did her meeting to rejuvenate castlebar town centre go?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭finisklin


    In fairness there has to be one or two with a brain and some cop on. Perhaps she is one? Agh on second thoughts your probably right.....me feiner as a FFer. Hang on that's not a new concept.:rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,324 ✭✭✭naughto


    she has a very good chance of getting elected will she do any thing if hse does i doubt that ver much


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,722 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    finisklin wrote: »
    In fairness there has to be one or two with a brain and some cop on. Perhaps she is one? Agh on second thoughts your probably right.....me feiner as a FFer. Hang on that's not a new concept.:rolleyes:

    You can label that too on FG as a me feiner now as well, so much promise and delivered jack all. Charge after charge after increase after increase.
    I have no political allegiances but after meeting Mr Kenny a few times at charity events I thought he might be different, but nah, worse probably than FF.

    So yes of course she will be sweet and lovely, they all are, fk I'd even wash your car if I know I was going to be on 100k+ a year with everything bar the dog food been paid by the tax payer. Im sure hitler was a lovely lad too! ;)


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


    yop wrote: »
    You can label that too on FG as a me feiner now as well, so much promise and delivered jack all. Charge after charge after increase after increase.
    I have no political allegiances but after meeting Mr Kenny a few times at charity events I thought he might be different, but nah, worse probably than FF.

    So yes of course she will be sweet and lovely, they all are, fk I'd even wash your car if I know I was going to be on 100k+ a year with everything bar the dog food been paid by the tax payer. Im sure hitler was a lovely lad too! ;)

    Have met this lady. Good lawyer, knows her stuff.

    From what I have read and heard about Adolf, he was never a lovely lad


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭threebeards


    I had Frank Durcan at the door a few days ago. I told him I couldn't give him my No 1 to which he replied "ahhhh, you're no good to me so. Number 2's won't elect me". With that, he turned on his aging hole and got into his car. Any chance he had of getting a stroke lower down the paper went with him in the car.

    There are a few I'm dying to arrive at the door - Lisa Chambers because I want to see if there's substance to her reputation; any FG candidate until I hear the spin that has been sent down from Head Office; and Harry Barrett so I can tell him how idiotic he is, how little credibility he has and how I'm very much aware of several instances of him taking credit for other town councillors work.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,888 ✭✭✭Coillte_Bhoy


    yop wrote: »
    Trying to fool people by having a young face. She will soon get institutionalised when she gets on the train. Unvouched expenses, expense for everything under the sun and over 100k per year with a bumper pension.
    There to get womens votes.
    yop wrote: »
    You can label that too on FG as a me feiner now as well, so much promise and delivered jack all. Charge after charge after increase after increase.
    I have no political allegiances but after meeting Mr Kenny a few times at charity events I thought he might be different, but nah, worse probably than FF.

    So yes of course she will be sweet and lovely, they all are, fk I'd even wash your car if I know I was going to be on 100k+ a year with everything bar the dog food been paid by the tax payer. Im sure hitler was a lovely lad too! ;)

    Where are you getting these figures? They are completely worng


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 14,072 Mod ✭✭✭✭monument


    yop wrote: »
    I'd even wash your car if I know I was going to be on 100k+ a year with everything bar the dog food been paid by the tax payer. Im sure hitler was a lovely lad too! ;)

    Nearly sure the highest paid, for example, last year was just north of €52,000 and it only gets around that high with one or two of them being Cathaoirleach or on a few SPCs + travel + conferences etc.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭finisklin


    nuac wrote: »
    Have met this lady. Good lawyer, knows her stuff.

    Nuac, any public figure that is either a solicitor or a barrister you consistently praise them.

    For the record, are there any solicitors/barristers out there that you don't rate?

    Good solicitors don't necessarily make good politicians. Not saying that bad ones do either.


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


    finisklin wrote: »
    Nuac, any public figure that is either a solicitor or a barrister you consistently praise them.

    For the record, are there any solicitors/barristers out there that you don't rate?

    Good solicitors don't necessarily make good politicians. Not saying that bad ones do either.

    Having worked with or against fellow lawyers gives one a fair indication of their abilities.

    I have found over the years that people who are good and effective in their own occupations tend to be good and effective at politics.

    The contrary is also true. No names, no pack-drill as we used to say in the FCÁ


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,722 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    nuac wrote: »
    Having worked with or against fellow lawyers gives one a fair indication of their abilities.

    I have found over the years that people who are good and effective in their own occupations tend to be good and effective at politics.

    The contrary is also true. No names, no pack-drill as we used to say in the FCÁ

    Well there must have been an awful lot of them in the dáil who were sh!te at their occupation so :D

    Ah the days of the FCA :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭finisklin


    nuac wrote: »
    I have found over the years that people who are good and effective in their own occupations tend to be good and effective at politics.

    Let me see.....in the current dail we have a builder, teachers (30 at the moment :eek:), doctors, solicitors, economists, career politicians (who have never worked outside of politics, 23 in total), farmer, banker, fisherman and caterer.

    Aren't all solicitors and barristers colleagues anyway?:cool:


  • Registered Users Posts: 630 ✭✭✭bagels


    I don't live in Mayo so am not in the loop when it comes to the word on the street.
    I'd be grateful for an update on how Christy Hyland's campaign is progressing, thanks.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,324 ✭✭✭naughto


    "ming" was canvasing in castlebar today


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  • Registered Users Posts: 214 ✭✭Castlebar12


    naughto wrote: »
    the one iam in gaughan dident built it as far as i no

    Mainly Kamer that was taken over recently it took a good while for the council to get them


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭finisklin


    Why do all the FG candidates look airbrushed to death? Joe Mellett hasn't looked as well as his poster in a long while.

    Who else looks airbrushed or botoxed?


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,722 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    finisklin wrote: »
    Why do all the FG candidates look airbrushed to death? Joe Mellett hasn't looked as well as his poster in a long while.

    Who else looks airbrushed or botoxed?

    Ok ok, hands up, I just felt I looked older so had to do it. It was cheap though.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭finisklin


    yop wrote: »
    Ok ok, hands up, I just felt I looked older so had to do it. It was cheap though.

    No photo no dice. Let the forum decide.


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,722 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    finisklin wrote: »
    No photo no dice. Let the forum decide.

    The forum would never recover.


  • Registered Users Posts: 630 ✭✭✭bagels


    bagels wrote: »
    I don't live in Mayo so am not in the loop when it comes to the word on the street.
    I'd be grateful for an update on how Christy Hyland's campaign is progressing, thanks.


    Bump


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,324 ✭✭✭naughto


    Mod Note: Dealt with now. Thanks


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,722 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    bagels wrote: »
    Bump

    Mod Note: Don't bump again, your comment is still on this page so no need for "bumps".


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,324 ✭✭✭naughto


    bagels wrote: »
    Bump

    I haven't heard much about him at all,don't no if that's a good thing or not


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  • Registered Users Posts: 630 ✭✭✭bagels


    yop wrote: »
    Mod Note: Don't bump again, your comment is still on this page so no need for "bumps".

    Sorry, I didn't realise I was breaking the rules.


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