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RTE has just stated as fact that Frances Fitzgerald, Dara Calleary and Barry Cowen have “been subsequently cleared” of the scandals which triggered their resignations...
Really?
Really?
Frances Fitzgerald - "she had to resign because...." 
Barry Cowen had un-revealed convictions for drink driving and speeding. He did not tell us how he "regularised his licence" or drove with a provisional licence without valid insurance on motorways. And that U-turn to avoid Gardai, Baz...
This week’s vote of no confidence will be dominated by delivery failures, housing, health,cost of living but time should really be devoted to the sleaze and entitlement of this govt. A reminder of our recent past -
Katherine Zappone makey-uppy critical appointment for a role that’s still vacant a year later, getting the Attorney General to publish his advice on Leo’s attendance at Zappone’s party, Attorney General advising on residential rent freezes while being a landlord himself,
Attorney General continuing to act for private Russian clients until exposed by a newspaper, leaking Cabinet meetings and stings conducted in connection therewith, Tony Holohan €20m appointment at Trinity, Micheal Martin telling the Dail he was worth far more than his €200k
Three months of scandals...
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❎Teachers from fee paying school get COVID jab from private hospital
❎Almost 50 children with autism affected by secret dossiers
❎Varadkar had hard copy of GP pay deal waiting for him as he stepped off government jet
#HowIrelandWorks
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❎Teachers from fee paying school get COVID jab from private hospital
❎Almost 50 children with autism affected by secret dossiers
❎Varadkar had hard copy of GP pay deal waiting for him as he stepped off government jet
#HowIrelandWorks
❎Stardust inquest into the death of 48 people at a nightclub has been further delayed
❎Central Mental Hospital management allege gardaí assaulted three staff.
❎A festival management company that imported €10m worth of Chinese ventilators for the HSE
#HowIrelandWorks
❎Central Mental Hospital management allege gardaí assaulted three staff.
❎A festival management company that imported €10m worth of Chinese ventilators for the HSE
#HowIrelandWorks
❎More than €192m worth of State contracts were awarded without tendering in a 12-month period
❎Judge investigates 'unusual share trading' in Siteserv sale overseen by Davy
❎Ireland on track to miss taoiseach’s Covid-19 vaccination target for first quarter by over a third
❎Judge investigates 'unusual share trading' in Siteserv sale overseen by Davy
❎Ireland on track to miss taoiseach’s Covid-19 vaccination target for first quarter by over a third
⚠️⚖️ Newly-released letters show the Chief Justice has repeatedly suggested Seamus Woulfe should resign from the Supreme Court over #golfgate - believing it is the most appropriate means "to maintain public confidence in the Supreme Court" and justice in general @VirginMediaNews
Letters published by the Chief Justice Frank Clarke show him telling Woulfe that while it wasn't an offence to attend the #golfgate dinner, a judge should not have attended any event which may have been organised in breach of law or which looked like it might have been
Even if the dinner had been lawful, Woulfe says, it still didn't comply with the objective of the regulations, which was to prevent large numbers of people mingling at social events. The fact the new health measures did not have force of law at the time was immaterial
Danny Healy-Rae says it's "scandalous" that the Government is "criminalising and victimising" pubs.
"I'll give em hell!" he says.
He says there's "no virus coming from rural Ireland."
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"I'll give em hell!" he says.
He says there's "no virus coming from rural Ireland."
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Mattie McGrath says they're not being "alarmist".
Mattie says Gardaí shouldn't be allowed into private homes like "peeping Toms".
I put it to him that the government backtracked on that...
I put it to him that the government backtracked on that...
At the Oireachtas #covid19 Committee, Michael Gillespie of the Teachers Union of Ireland says 'we will not put students, their families or our teachers at risk'.
Both ASTI and TUI have asked for fast-track testing for the school sector.
"Why was there no recommendation to put perspex screens at teachers' desks? Why is there no guidance on assemblies of students and staff at school?"
"Why was there no recommendation to put perspex screens at teachers' desks? Why is there no guidance on assemblies of students and staff at school?"
ASTI: "It is unconscionable" that teachers with chronic kidney disease, cancer and serious heart disease have been asked to teach large groups of students.
Hogan statement confirms resignation.
"It was becoming increasingly clear that the controversy concerning my recent visit to Ireland was becoming a distraction from my work as an EU Commissioner and would undermine my work in the key months ahead."
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"It was becoming increasingly clear that the controversy concerning my recent visit to Ireland was becoming a distraction from my work as an EU Commissioner and would undermine my work in the key months ahead."
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"It is important to state that I did not break any law. As a public representative I should have been more rigorous in my adherence to the Covid guidelines."
"I fully understand their sense of hurt and anger when [people] feel that those in public service do not meet the standards expected of them."
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Who else were at #golfgate?
John Sweeney and his wife Treena were at the dinner they sat at table 5 along with supreme court judge Seamus Woulfe, Fianna Fail Senator Paul Daly, Bernie Daly, the Ambassador of Morocco, former Labour Senator Lorraine Higgins and Maura O Connor
Who else were at #golfgate?
John Sweeney and his wife Treena were at the dinner they sat at table 5 along with supreme court judge Seamus Woulfe, Fianna Fail Senator Paul Daly, Bernie Daly, the Ambassador of Morocco, former Labour Senator Lorraine Higgins and Maura O Connor
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Brian Hayes the head of the Banking Payments Federation of Ireland was beside them at the next table
The Stationhouse Hotel was once owned by
John & Treena Sweeney with Hugh Duffy company name Blackshore holdings which went into liquidation with debts of almost €400 million.
Brian Hayes the head of the Banking Payments Federation of Ireland was beside them at the next table
The Stationhouse Hotel was once owned by
John & Treena Sweeney with Hugh Duffy company name Blackshore holdings which went into liquidation with debts of almost €400 million.
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That doesn't stop the likes of John Sweeney.
He is now a director of Sea Strand Properties along with James Sweeney , which secured planning permission last year to develop a €32m 172-room hotel property on Amiens Street in Dublin.
These people are untouchable.
That doesn't stop the likes of John Sweeney.
He is now a director of Sea Strand Properties along with James Sweeney , which secured planning permission last year to develop a €32m 172-room hotel property on Amiens Street in Dublin.
These people are untouchable.
NEW: Former Chief Justice, Susan Denham, to review Seamus Woulfe’s attendance at the #golfgate dinner
Unprecedented for the Supreme Court (as a whole) to seek an outside review of a judge’s actions away from the bench - the only previous reviews related to someone’s actions as a judge
Though it obviously makes sense to have an eminent former Chief Justice as the outside arbiter, it’s also pretty much impossible for another sitting judge to independently review the case because, as AG, Woulfe was at the cabinet that appointed so many of them!
"Details matter" says EU Commission spokeswoman regarding Phil Hogan's story, saying that Ursula von der Leyen has received a dossier from Hogan accounting for his movements but has requested further clarification #golfgate
"There are legal aspects involved, and there are moral aspects involved as well," says Commission spox @DanaSpinant.
She says she is 'confident' Hogan will be available to media; notably unlike Taoiseach, ministers etc, he has not yet appeared to take questions from journalists.
She says she is 'confident' Hogan will be available to media; notably unlike Taoiseach, ministers etc, he has not yet appeared to take questions from journalists.
She actually said "details count" and "details are important" sorry
Taoiseach on radio with Claire Byrne now... 👀
Taoiseach says Commissioner Hogan's statements have created "doubts in our minds"...
He says they asked for a full explanation because breaching lockdown in Kildare would be "very serious" in addition to attendance of dinner.
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He says they asked for a full explanation because breaching lockdown in Kildare would be "very serious" in addition to attendance of dinner.
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Taoiseach says public needs "Absolute assurances" that restrictions in Kildare were not breached.
"I feel given the discrepancy (over statements)... he needs to be very clear to the public."
"I feel given the discrepancy (over statements)... he needs to be very clear to the public."
The Taoiseach learned about Phil Hogan being in Kildare because Hogan was stopped by a Garda for using his phone...
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"Mr Hogan was given a caution by the garda who stopped him on August 17 in Kildare - the same day he travelled to Galway for the controversial Oireachtas Golf Society tournament..."
May need another fulsome statement.
Bear with me because this will take more than one tweet. As the fallout of #golfgate continues to reverberate attention has turned to @PhilHoganEU. No-one has asked if the request of @MichealMartinTD & @LeoVaradkar are appropriate? @BrigidLaffan
2. Commissioner is wholly independent of Irish Gov. Article 17 of TEU references independence twice & Commissioners swear an oath to that effect. If it were a German or French Commissioner who attended the event would Irish Gov ask them to consider their position. @BrigidLaffan
3. @PhilHoganEU is accountable to political processes beyond Ireland. For the EU to lose its trade Commissioner when he has has just launched a review has significant implications for the EU beyond Irish domestic politics & thus this is a matter of EU not Irish politics
🚨 Taoiseach and Tánaiste call on @PhilHoganEU to consider his position as EU Commissioner in light of ongoing #golfgate controversy 🚨
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Spox: MM&LV “did speak with Commissioner Hogan today and asked him to consider his position.
They both believe that the event should never have been held, that the Commissioner’s apology came late and that he still needs to give a full account and explanations of his actions.”
They both believe that the event should never have been held, that the Commissioner’s apology came late and that he still needs to give a full account and explanations of his actions.”
Statement being circulated by Govt Buildings, first released to tomorrow’s Sunday Independent:
Well! That was quite the 24-ish hours. We don’t quite know the full ramifications it all yet but it feels important to remember and document everything.
So… a thread:
So… a thread:
7pm on 20 August: The Irish Examiner published the story and @aoifegracemoore tweets it out. In my version, she hit send while taking a big gulp of red wine like Olivia in Scandal (before she went bad).
By 8.40pm, political reporters and correspondents are being texted then-Minister Dara Calleary’s apology.
Sick of #Golfgate? This long thread will (I hope) make u question this Gov & shout #DitchPippaHackettsBill It's on what's wrong with her bill & to urge u make a sub b4 5pm Fri 28th August if u care about #climate #nature #water #AccessToJustice #Forestry #community #HenHarrier
So @pippa_hackett announced late Friday of the Aug Bank Hol, as the Dail arose for summer recess... a very short consultation (28 days) over the peak summer hols.. so many will miss it. .. So this was me 🤔 as I always worry when someone burys a consultation with its timing & ...
this one isn't even published on the Agri Dept's main web page so out with the old 🧐 to see what's up ? In short the bill proposes to : .. wait for it ..its bad ..
Well. Will this be a tourist attraction now? 👀🤷♂️ #golfgate
Was it here where one of the "two" dinners went down? 👀
I guess now also the scene of an alleged crime!? Anyways Clifden is lovely
Ireland's EU Commissioner Phil Hogan facing calls to resign after attending 81-person golf dinner despite restrictions on group events due to Coronavirus pandemic irishtimes.com/news/politics/…
No apology from the Commissioner, who is now getting heavily ratioed.
The Irish government leadership has asked Commissioner Phil Hogan to consider his position.
Parliament is being recalled.
And @sundayworld reports that Hogan had "just returned" from another golf event in Holland before #golfgate irishtimes.com/news/politics/…
Parliament is being recalled.
And @sundayworld reports that Hogan had "just returned" from another golf event in Holland before #golfgate irishtimes.com/news/politics/…
This week Noel Grealish was outgoing chair of the Oireachtas golf club, when 81 guests from all over the country, including Minister Darragh Calleary, went on the piss together in Galway.
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Noel Grealish in the past, claimed that people seeking asylum in Ireland are here to "sponge off the system".
In 2008 Darragh Calleary opposed a direct provision centre in his area because it would "drive tourists away".
Just a sample of Oireachtas members' approaches to DP
In 2008 Darragh Calleary opposed a direct provision centre in his area because it would "drive tourists away".
Just a sample of Oireachtas members' approaches to DP
Fast forward to this week & we've a situation where some people who demonised asylum seekers, left them in dreadful conditions, where Covid19 could spread rapidly, are having a jolly in Galway while the virus runs riot in Direct Provision centres.
