Fianna Fail leader Michaél Martin in the Dáil this afternoon
This afternoon
Leaders Questions in the Dail
Mr Martin said revelations under the Freedom of Information showed how €180 million of advertising revenue would be channelled through the Taoiseach’s office, giving enormous leverage with the media industry…
…Mr Martin said there was a “party political dimension” to the recent advertorials at the centre of the row, adding that four marginal consitituenciues just happened to have Fine Gael candidates “emblazoned across paid ads, paid for by the taxpayer”.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said that in Budget 2018 the SCU was allocated €5m – one third of the additional money promised for mental health.
She said the SCU is now “mired in scandal” and that the “spin unit has followed a strategy to promote Fine Gael in a very underhand and unprincipled way by directing editors to present paid for political advertising as regular news articles.”
Varadkar again criticised in Dáil over role of SCU (Mícheál Lehane, RTÉ)
Pic: RTÉ
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Meanwhile 7 victims of the Magdalene laundries seeking redress have died without getting one red cent
How’s that for spin
Advertising expenditure has always been a great way to generate kickbacks
Varadkar is a dangerous individual. A born liar. A manipulator. But very very dangerous
I suppose mehole will pull his team out of government
He must pull the plug
Varadka simply cannot cut the mustard
Rather mehole than snow socks Leo
I think you’re probably right..
…only three more months until they all get their pensions…Lord Ross indeed…
Well Mehole Martian looks good next to you, you know that your attempt at spin failed.
Very. Very. Badly.
Varadkar is one dangerous person and might actually be a sociopath as he seems to not care about anything other than himself and his image.