Taoiseach Enda Kenny outside RTÉ last night
Last night during the Leaders’ Debate on RTÉ One.
Miriam O’Callaghan: “You promised, and I quote you, ‘a democratic revolution’. You were going to reinvent our country and yet one of the most embarrassing crony examples, John McNulty, you appointed him to the board of IMMA to get him on to a bigger board, the Seanad. You out Bertied Bertie….Taoiseach this was naked cronyism and, to be fair, you said at the time, you left your own standards and integrity down.”
Enda Kenny: “Yes.”
O’Callaghan: “What did you mean by that? What did you do?”
Kenny: “What I did was, I didn’t, what I did was make an appointment that did not need to be made. And I’ve changed the rules since then…”
Hmm.
In respect of the appointment to the board of IMMA, that was made by the Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, exercising her right as the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in respect of examining the qualifications of Mr. McNulty, who is a completely innocent person in this regard. Mr. McNulty was formally nominated on 17 September.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny addressing the Dáil on September 30, 2014.
Previously: The Crony Crisis Timeline
H/T: Elaine Byrne and Kildare Street
blushirt coward
+1
I really hope he doesn’t get re-elected. He’s such a greasy man.
Doesn’t even come close to Micheál Martin in the greasy stakes…
He outdoes everybody in the greasy stakes. FFS.
greasy steaks? yummy
You mean Jimmy?
(sorry, couldn’t help myself)
BS getting to bottom of barrel…………yawn…..
That Enda Kenny may have misled the Dail?
dunno is that a “nothing” story, in fairness…
And at the bottom of the barrel is a so called leader who happens to be a compulsive liar.
A man who, if his party had any decency, would have been sacked a long time ago.
40 plus years in the Dail and not a single achievement, other than getting wealthy off the backs of the Irish taxpayer. So long Kenny, enjoy your Communicorp/Siteserv/digicell directorships that are bound to come your way
so long? he is so in right now you can feel his prickly hairs on your back.
Kenny is by no means “in”. Best he can hop for is a 2 year stint at Taoiseach before the independents pull the plug on him.
At least he’ll have his TD, Taoiseach and teacher’s pension to soothe his pain.
Can you explain why this is the bottom of the barrel please? Thank you.
In order of importance 1.Unfolding climate disaster 2.World Debt 3.Arab world in flames 4. Refugee crisis. 5.Chinese economy. 6.Trump US president. 7. Euro crisis…..12.Brexit…15.West Bank…24.North Korean nuclear weapons…..47. Malaria….52.California drought……87.Poor Bordeaux harvest…….173.Irish election uncertainty……..4,769.Appointment of this Mc Nulty dude to whatever…
I think we’ve touched upon all of these subjects here (except the Bordeaux harvest; it’s the ignoble rot that concerns us)
Misleading the deal is a big deal, especially at election time when you are the current leader of the country, likely trying to find/ manufacture any mud you can to throw at other parties.
Are you saying Broadsheet shouldn’t cover the election in favour of malaria? *Bites tongue*
*Misleading the dáil is a big deal
Nobody can talk about Enda until Broadsheet readers end world hunger and climate change.
So you feel the Irish election is the news equivalent to a cat-stuck-in-a-tree story? Interesting.
I’ve quite enjoyed the two FG candidates who’ve called to my door – “so what happened to the democratic revolution you promised me?”
What did they say to that?
Absolutely the greatest failure of this government. That and their abject failure to reform the organized theft that is the legal profession in this country.
I’d say the homelessness crisis and the state of the hospital A&E departments are far, far greater problems than the legal profession, problem though that may be.
There’s an embarrassment of riches when trying to decide the greatest failure, lots of competition for the spot
The organized fleecing of everything from the health system to the price of a cup of coffee that originates from the outrageous costs of the legal system is totally pervasive. EVERYTHING (from houses for the poor to the insurance costs of medicine) costs more and delivers less in this country due to the expensive farce that is the legal system. It is ONE of the root causes of the ills you outline.
Shatter’s desire to reform the legal profession is the real reason he was forced out.
The constant drip, drip of legacy Garda issues stopped as soon as he resigned.
Shatter had to go. For heaps of reasons, icluding his attempts at covering up Garda issues, & attempting to discredit the whistleblowers.
Not that they had the slightest intention in so doing.
It’s just words.
Roll on Friday and the weekend. It will be interesting.
Gavan Reilly’s tweet was priceless :)
EK: “Gerry defends Mr Murphy but won’t defend Senator Cahill.”
GA: “Who’s Senator Cahill?”
EK: “Mairia Cahill.”
GA: “Oh.”
#leadersdebate
Deflecting outside
Not intended, Enda’s a tool.
I’m just bored with the chorus.
You missed RTEs tweet where they thought Enda said Sandra and not Senator? They then deleted the tweet.
I musta been in the loo wiping my butt.
Took a while to get the outside toilet working too I’m guessing…
EK: “Gerry defends Mr Murphy but won’t defend Senator Cahill.”
GA: “Who’s Senator Cahill?”
EK: “Mairia Cahill.”
GA: “Oh.”
Who’s Maria Cahill? She’s the ex. secretary of a real live current ready for action terrorist organisation who’s now a senator.
I agree while accepting that cronyism is not on.
Beyond the individual failings of Enda or any other greay poltician, the fact that the appointment of McNulty has become a genuine political issue is a great step forward for the future.
+1
And David Begg. Hopefully it’ll begin to dawn on them that this stuff is now going to be noticed and not tolerated.
Our tolerance is going in the right direction but far too slowly.
I may be wrong, but I think this was the most significant thing that happened in the debate. And yet what stays in my mind is the cringeworthy moment near the beginning, when Gerry lost his way and rambled incoherently for 5 long seconds. That made me squirm.
You aren’t used to Gerry by now?
So it was just me who cringed?
Sorry, stupid question.
I laughed like a drain to be honest. This notionally doddery aul’ assclown – PIRA/SF’s Uncle Junior, if you will – has form in rambling.
I didn’t catch that, though don’t doubt it.
Enda Kenny in the clip above stumbled & lost his way for about 5 cringeworthy seconds though.
Enda’s stumble was far more significant in content.
Gerry’s stumble was more significant in aesthetic terms. Don’t want to make too much of it, it was 5 seconds after all… But just to give an idea, it triggered a kind of ‘Sideshow Bob hitting a rake and going uhuhuhuh’ shiver in the brain of the viewer. For this viewer anyway.
I’m still trying to decide if my reaction was worryingly superficial, or if my shiver hinted at a criticism of merit.
Its hard to concentrate at times between keeping all the rape victims quiet and remembering where the bodies are all buried
“What I did was, I didn’t, what I did was ….”
A vote for Finegael is a vote for this thick muck
All I can say is
Thank fûçk he’s not in a classroom
His brother was a teacher in Dublin North and he was a creep.
Jar Ree’s teeth seem to get larger every day.. he is turning into Jim Carrey a la The Mask
Or Dick Emery playing a vicar.
Now, now.
Gerry is not, and never has been, in an institution that abused children.
Enda Kenny is a slithery snake who only took power because FF fecked it up so badly. Hopefully he’ll be gone soon, or have to resign when he trips up over his own deceit again.
Slithery Gombeen Snake
Biggest mistake by Kenny in power, without a shadow, but it wasn’t a “scoop” for RTE. Kenny admitted a mistake over a year ago.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/enda-kenny-apologises-over-mcnulty-debacle-1.1943468
Roll on the second term
Kenny apologised for “perhaps not taking a closer look”.
There’s a world of a difference between that and appointing a crony for blatant political purposes.
No amount of weasel words will change that.
Ah stop whinging will ye
” I take responsibility for this having evolved to what people might imagine it is.””
“you appointed him to the board of IMMA to get him on to a bigger board, the Seanad.”
Enda Kenny: “Yes.”
Steve if you can’t differentiate between these 2 comments you truly are a blue shirt voter.
Yes ollie I make no apologies – I am exactly that – a blueshirt shrill / voter.
Out, loud and proud!!!
Humphreys abused her office and should have resigned,but if Kenny instructed her what about his position? which is why political correspondents didn’t push it, Enda Kenny is actually covering for his party officials re McNulty but political correspondents won’t go after them