James Reilly and Michelle Mulherin; both lost their seats at the General Election
The former TDs parachuted into Seanad Eireann include Dr James Reilly, former health and children’s minister, and Mr Kenny’s past constituency running mates Michelle Mulherrin and John O’Mahony. Ray Butler who has represented Meath West in the past and Paudie Coffey, a former junior minister.
Frank Feighan, is also nominated. He is a former Senator and TD from Roscommon who decided not to stand in the February election after facing deep voter anger at health cuts in the county.
Enda Kenny retains five colleagues who lost jobs after election (Belfast Telegraph)
Previously: In The Line Of Feighan
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Another few years of subsidising Michelle’s phone calls to foreign lands then.
Almost 3 and a half grand on phone calls to Kenya to her boyfriend.. Great to be back on the gravy train all the same.. scratching your arse all day, yapping on the phone.
Like the fupp would you be talking about for that amount of time like?
That’s some amount of fornication talk.
She could have done the fornication over facetime for free.. or skype or viber.
But it’s all the one when the taxpayers are paying for it, I suppose.
*Not getting much herself, bitter at those who are
In all fairness, he was black. So that’s Ok.
May I take this opportunity to congratulate and thank our Dear Teasock for these inspired appointments. If I was young enough, or at least had sufficient resources, I would emigrate tomorrow. The stench of corruption is choking me.
Where can we sent the 100 yoyos for the RyanAir flight?
Well this ensures that she’ll be in a visible position to make completely factual statements and be derided for them.
lol
Oh Rotsey, you’re an awful troll.
Factual, like the one about fornication being the most likely cause of unwanted pregnancies?
She was indeed factual, that sex – even that outside of marriage – leads to pregnancy.
Factually, you’re also 100% more likely to get pregnant if you’re a woman, if you fornicate. Who’d a thought.
Won’t happen to you though
Excuse me?
What a brace of no hopers.. Jobs for the boys indeed.
Mary Louise O’Donnell’s incoherent praise of Kenny has paid off.
Poor stuff from Enda.
Should be appointing promising young politicians / civil activists. Not political deadwood – especially those rejected by the electorate
Its Enda though, what else would one expect
Would it be better if he at least pretended he didn’t have utter contempt for the electorate?
Agreed, disappointing. I don’t know that the Seanad should be a popular vote but there should be mechanisms to ensure all the various pillars of society are represented by appropriate thinkers ,rather than a retirement home or a popularity contest
Great to see Joan Freeman there. She cancels some of the derps..
FF nominee
The more it stays the same the less it changes
I remember all the twits on here defending the Seanad during the referendum.
twits
To be fair, there are some good appointments. Not mentioned here for obvious reasons…although the mates who got the nod do make me a little queasy..
The problem with the Seanad is the attention paid to it. There have been really important speeches made within it but the ones that get the most coverage involve seagulls and ice cream vans.
I voted to keep it. I am disappointed the reform touted (election process) was never touched but I’m still glad it exists. If anyone disagrees past “waste of taxpayers money” or “sure they can’t even do anything anyway” I would love to hear it.
Yep, I actually can’t be bothered. If you really can’t see it for yourself then explanations are unlikely to help you.
I am not asking for help. I am putting my opinion out there hoping for some reasonable counter points…..Congrats on being motivated enough to patronize but not enough to engage yourself in a discussion where we could both learn something or at the very least solidify each ones belief in our current understanding about the subject.
Zappa is overrated. I guess that is just something else I just don’t get….Sleep well precious.
This guy is a troll and whinge-bag- best ignore
Sheik or Yep?
surely everyone can agree on Zappa
Sheik
no, i disagree.. this is enda’s brilliant plan to close the senate. Choke it to death with Hurrumphers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN99jshaQbY
At last! Gender Equality!
True
Equal chances for idiots of both genders
THANKS A MILLION FOR DECISIVELY ACTING ON THAT CLEAR AND UNEQUIVOCAL PUBLIC MANDATE FOR SENATE REFORM GUYS NO REALLY GOOD JOB PATS ON THE BACK ALL ROUND.
its ok for John lee to describe James Reilly as discredited and his wife is a ff senator.
Never has a government needed to fail so badly.