Time we were told exactly the extent of Europe having our back
Its time we started looking at our situation not pre thinking the demise of Boris
Charger Salmons
A bit late for that.
Ireland should have thought about the dangers when the Peacock Taoiseach allowed this country to become the EU’s incontinence pad.
But the media were either asleep on the job or in cahoots with their political handlers just as they were with banking crisis.
B9Com From No
It’s well past your bedtime old sock
ReproBertie
What exactly is “the extent of Europe having our back” supposed to mean? The EU27, which includes Ireland, have been firmly in Ireland’s corner since before the Sasamach negotiations began and are still saying unequivocally that the WA, which includes the backstop, is the only deal on the table. The unelected British tea boy Taoiseach will back down because, while the only principle he has is self interest, the British Dáil won’t allow a no deal Sasamach to happen.
ReproBertie
“We look forward to working constructively with PM Johnson when he takes office, to facilitate the ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement and achieve an orderly Sasamach,” said the EU’s chief Sasamach negotiator Michel Barnier.
Charger Salmons
Barnier speaks Irish ?
Well I never.
Heh, heh, heh.
Donker
Why don’t the 4 (perhaps 2) trolls leave here and start their own irexet site with 8 readers. I’m tired of these gobpoos.
B9Com From No
The interesting thing there watching Sky etc is that the Tories now seem to be hopelessly disunited too.
All the signs are to a general election with four parties vying and further deadlock
An interesting point one commentator made however is that people just want someone like Boris to spin them a yarn now about Brexit ( that means a climb down is conceivable) as opposed to the turgid lack of comms skills and hatred of public speaking displayed by The Maybot
shayna
It’s interesting that another Old Etonian is a British PM – who would have thought? He was fine when he was London Mayor – he just seemed to attend events – oh “The Boris Bikes” – he did take credit for that., despite the machinations were in place by his pre-decessor “Red Ken”. He’s famously not that great with abroad from Britain. It’s of course going to be a hard border between North and South of Ireland. He didn’t make any friends when Teresa May gave him a position of Foreign Minister – she may have offered the post to Prince Philip and he may have proven to be a tad more diplomatic?
B9Com From No
Good win last Saturday Shayna
Not much sign of ‘roids this time but plenty of excellent half time management in fairness
Have they reached their peak already though?
Cork did sort of expose them in that bigger pitch
Charger Salmons
Only an idiot believes the BBC and Sky Views report the news accurately and without bias – they’re part of a Westminster bubble that failed to notice the rise of both UKiP and the Brexit Party and wrote off Boris as washed-up less than a year ago.
Like RTE and the Irish Times they’re staffed by journalists who rarely get their shoes dirty and think the unavailability of almond lattes is front-line reporting.
It’s why an entire country was duped into believing that old crook Charles Haughey led a millionaire lifestyle on a politician’s salary and why Varadkar is being given an equally soft ride.
Far from being disunited the Tories have voted in Boris by a landslide.
Far from being a buffoon he’s as sharp as a tack and won the London mayoral election twice in a strong Labour city.
And he’s no foghorn right-wing Tory – Boris is a liberal at heart who will pack his ministerial posts with women and ethnic minorities.
Anyone with an ounce of intelligence and obviously that rules out most of the commentators on here would do well not to lap up the anti-English bile of the Irish Times and RTE’s nodding dogs in the back of the ministerial cars.
It’s in Ireland’s interests as well as the UK’s that Boris does well.
Thinking of yourselves as the little feeder fish that swim alongside the shark for protection.
dav
yes, a whale shark – toothless and nearing extinction..
B9Com From No
Poor little Charger
Did you watch Newsnight last night?
Your chums’ tall tales of new beginnings in negotiations on the WA with EU were literally torn apart by Emily Maitlis. I haven’t seen so much afterbirth on the cowshed floor since our Belle had quintuplet sucklers.
scottser
boris will be in office for 6 months max.
also, a boris cabinet filled with ethnic minorities and women?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Charger Salmons
Did you get you astounding insight into the gull problem from Newsnight as well ?
* sniggers *
B9Com From No
I tell you what I did get insight to old sock
– the UK establishment has given up
Poor Emily’s tone was one of disillusionment and even boredom, when faced with such naked and manifest incompetence
It must be wearing watching a car crash occur over and over again – like the Old Kerryman joke about the Kerry fella who was watching a John Wayne movie with his mates, John is riding a horse towards the edge of a cliff or precipice and the boys take up the Kerry fella’s bet that he won’t do it. I feel bad, they say after, I saw this movie before! So did I, says the Kerry fella, I just didn’t think he’d be dumb enough to do it again!
Emily’s tone worried me I must say
Shayna
I have to say – that’s a quite an ill-informed statement. I’ve worked for both The BBC and SkyNews. As part of the BBC’s commission – it’s obliged to report unbiased accounts of news from around the World – despite who’s at No.10. SkyNews, well – when I worked for them – it was just news – getting there first with a story and video.
john f
As expected, Bailey is being fully scapegoated, her political career is over. It was always about damage limitation and protecting Minister Madigan for the government. A new British Prime Minister….. Same circus different clown. With the massive success of the BREXIT party in the European election on what was largely a single issue borrowers could well be forced to persue a no deal BREXIT.
May’s deal is a dead duck, there is not a cat’s chance in hell of getting ratified. There simply isn’t enough time or the will to negotiate a new deal. Boris could well have to force through and no deal BREXIT to satisfy the growing number of voters that want a clean break with the EU.
eoin
Times London front page. Boris does his best Benny Hill pose. The headline:
“Boris Johnson goes to work as prime minister, Priti Patel offered top role but Hunt’s future in doubt”
Priti Patel is the disgraced MP who lied to Theresa May about her dealings with Israel, Priti was summoned back from an official trip to Africa to be fired in person by May.
Batty Brennan
Johnson being selected as Tory chief is terrible news, but the thought of that vile creature Priti Patel at the top table is enough to make me want a one-way ticket to Mars.
I wonder what the first draft of Johnson’s “Churchillian” DUDE speech looked like?
Can-do, Undoing the withdrawal agreement, Neutralising Iran and Trouncing Corbyn.
Charger Salmons
Interesting appointment of Dominic Cummings as a senior adviser.
The made who brilliantly organised the Vote Leave campaign.
Boris is preparing for an election.
I wonder if David Cameron will make a return.
UK Ambassador to Washington ?
Might have a flutter.
Read beyond the dog-whistle journalism of the Irish media this week if you really want to know what’s going on in British politics.
GiggidyGoo
What’s the record for shortest serving UK Prime Minister?
Spaghetti Hoop
George Canning: 119 days. He died in office.
Batty Brennan
That story from Clear Island is bizarre (Examiner). All the more so for the words Judge McNulty had for one of the witnesses (husband of the accused). “Odious” is how the judge describes the extra-marital behaviour of Mr. O’Driscoll, who was not on trial. 1950s Ireland indeed, Judge McNulty.
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apropos?
martco
in relation to yet another FG snitch “[insert whatever bottom of the barrel imagined problem exists] Cheats Cheat Us All” type campaign, I’d speculate @eoin is being sarcastic
Cian
I get it. He’s just making up stuff, out of context.
It’s also called Fake News.
eoin
“However, despite requests there was no information supplied by David McCourt – who leads the consortium given the contract – as he has repeatedly refused to engage with the committee, citing legal advice.”
The Oireachtas communications committee decided yesterday not to publish its report on the National Broadband Plan for at least a month. The lead bidder who held a sleazy secret meeting the decision-making minister in New York last year at which the disgraced Minister Naughten agreed to the change in the consortium that saw Denis O’Brien’s Siteserv join the bid. The cost of the NBP has gone from €500m to €3bn, or €5bn according to more recent reporting. The lead bidder David McCourt has refused to engage with the Oireachtas committee.
Yep, and every so often you have parish pump, bordering on illiterate, government party members coming out trying to rubbish the EIR claim. With such soundbites as ‘Well, why didn’t they (eir) say this when they had their chance’ etc.
The reason of course is that the detail of the tender, as it now stands, is far from the published, original, detail. So the detail as is now stands, now makes sense for EIR to come back. McCourt told Naughton what parts to change it seems. Maybe Mick Wallace and Clare Daly can put pressure on in Brussels.
The lead story in the Irish Times today. “Maria Bailey case: ‘Fury’ in Fine Gael over Varadkar decision not to punish TD further”
And within the story,
“One senior Fine Gael figure, however, said there was “fury and disbelief” at the decision, adding: “He has bottled it.””
No clues as to the identity of the “senior Fine Gael figure”. Presumably it was a Minister. These are the current FG Ministers (excludes junior ministers who presumably wouldn’t be “senior” enough). When the heave comes, who’ll be wielding the knife?
Simon Coveney
Paschal Donohoe
Richard Bruton
Charles Flanagan
Heather Humphreys
Simon Harris
Michael Creed
Michael Ring
Regina Doherty
Eoghan Murphy
Josepha Madigan
Joe McHugh
GiggidyGoo
That list wouldn’t give you much sense of bravery to be honest. Some of them won’t even be elected next time round.
mumble mumble I wish the happy couple every joy etc. etc.
V
C’mere
Do you folly Billions
Did ya see the swing yer man straps himself into?
Imagine Boris
And herself there
In her running gear
Screaming and whipping Humanity has been crossed Prime Minister
Ye”re welcome
eoin
Further to the debate which followed the recent de-platforming of an Irish activist, and whether Youtube. Facebook, Twitter are 21st century utilities acting like monopolies, Bloomberg reports
“The [United States] Justice Department said it’s investigating whether dominant technology companies are thwarting competition in their markets, stepping up scrutiny of the industry’s biggest names as they come under fire in Washington.The department’s antitrust division will look at concerns that consumers, businesses and entrepreneurs have expressed about search, social media, and online retail, according to a statement Tuesday”
Batty Brennan
Does the scope of this investigation extend to the facilitation of hate speech?
If not, I fail to see how this is “Further to the debate which followed the recent de-platforming of an Irish activist…”
V
You know
I think Bodger himself put it better than anyone
Paraphrasing now a bit so apologies
It was something like Their monopoly being the public square
And that’s a scary premise lads
With all the comments and ye know yerselves
About this Deplatforming and the lady herself
Here’s a fact ye’ll not find amongst the lot of them
Censorship denies Equality
And if we’re all not about that
Then I don’t want to know any of ye anymore
B9Com From No
The gull stories are awesome
New stalk sent some dude out yesterday to investigate
The gist of it was you’re safe out in public with burgers but not with chips or ice cream
Avaricious gulls everywhere
Good times
millie st murderlark
Avaricious :D
V
I’ve just had a thought
And I don’t know if this is the appropriate thread to park it
Anyway
Fitness and Probity
Only last night I had a read through my own obligations under CBoI Regs
(*All tickety boo btw)
So, can I ask Broadsheet if there is a F & B policy in Fine Gael
Likewise for TDs
Maybe get ‘us a copy
‘Cause do you know what
By strict application – Maria Bailey,
By swearing false testimony
An act of Deception – and in this case to profit
Actually forbids her holding any PCF role in a regulated Financial Institution
Or from being a Director in same
Just asking
* and just in case – a regulated third party checks it on my behalf – at least twice a year
eoin
Maria’s register of interests is all “nil”, she was a director of a Dalkey community group with her late dad and David McWilliams and a few other notables, but that was her last directorship which ended in 2009. She looks like a full-time political representative. I wonder what she’ll do after the next general election.
V
Register of Interests would be more disclosure requirements
– help avoid conflicts etc
Fitness and Probity is a very different compliance regime
Lads out there getting slapped with fines
In the six figure range
For declaring qualifications they’re not entitled to
Or for not declaring they were the slapped with a judgement – or a criminal fine or the subject of enforcement proceedings
Or restricted by a Regulator somewhere
Or even refused membership of a Governing Body
It might not seem like it
But it’s serious stuff
Surely Fine Gael have a Fitness & Probity Policy members are obliged to FFS
Even a Minimum Competency requirement
And even if they don’t (wtf btw)
The Houses of the Oireachtas must
It’s definitely worth testing anyway
eoin
Another day, another Cervical Check scandal.
After the so-called “glitch” which stopped letters about the results of cervical smear tests being sent to patients, we had the 11,500 tests last week which were undertaken using test kits that were outside their “best before” date and today, we have 450 smears that weren’t sent to the testers until after the smears had run over their “best before” date.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/23/lib-dems-stained-austerity-trust-tories?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
And in Ireland the Green Party are back, or so we’re told.
Time we were told exactly the extent of Europe having our back
Its time we started looking at our situation not pre thinking the demise of Boris
A bit late for that.
Ireland should have thought about the dangers when the Peacock Taoiseach allowed this country to become the EU’s incontinence pad.
But the media were either asleep on the job or in cahoots with their political handlers just as they were with banking crisis.
It’s well past your bedtime old sock
What exactly is “the extent of Europe having our back” supposed to mean? The EU27, which includes Ireland, have been firmly in Ireland’s corner since before the Sasamach negotiations began and are still saying unequivocally that the WA, which includes the backstop, is the only deal on the table. The unelected British tea boy Taoiseach will back down because, while the only principle he has is self interest, the British Dáil won’t allow a no deal Sasamach to happen.
“We look forward to working constructively with PM Johnson when he takes office, to facilitate the ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement and achieve an orderly Sasamach,” said the EU’s chief Sasamach negotiator Michel Barnier.
Barnier speaks Irish ?
Well I never.
Heh, heh, heh.
Why don’t the 4 (perhaps 2) trolls leave here and start their own irexet site with 8 readers. I’m tired of these gobpoos.
The interesting thing there watching Sky etc is that the Tories now seem to be hopelessly disunited too.
All the signs are to a general election with four parties vying and further deadlock
An interesting point one commentator made however is that people just want someone like Boris to spin them a yarn now about Brexit ( that means a climb down is conceivable) as opposed to the turgid lack of comms skills and hatred of public speaking displayed by The Maybot
It’s interesting that another Old Etonian is a British PM – who would have thought? He was fine when he was London Mayor – he just seemed to attend events – oh “The Boris Bikes” – he did take credit for that., despite the machinations were in place by his pre-decessor “Red Ken”. He’s famously not that great with abroad from Britain. It’s of course going to be a hard border between North and South of Ireland. He didn’t make any friends when Teresa May gave him a position of Foreign Minister – she may have offered the post to Prince Philip and he may have proven to be a tad more diplomatic?
Good win last Saturday Shayna
Not much sign of ‘roids this time but plenty of excellent half time management in fairness
Have they reached their peak already though?
Cork did sort of expose them in that bigger pitch
Only an idiot believes the BBC and Sky Views report the news accurately and without bias – they’re part of a Westminster bubble that failed to notice the rise of both UKiP and the Brexit Party and wrote off Boris as washed-up less than a year ago.
Like RTE and the Irish Times they’re staffed by journalists who rarely get their shoes dirty and think the unavailability of almond lattes is front-line reporting.
It’s why an entire country was duped into believing that old crook Charles Haughey led a millionaire lifestyle on a politician’s salary and why Varadkar is being given an equally soft ride.
Far from being disunited the Tories have voted in Boris by a landslide.
Far from being a buffoon he’s as sharp as a tack and won the London mayoral election twice in a strong Labour city.
And he’s no foghorn right-wing Tory – Boris is a liberal at heart who will pack his ministerial posts with women and ethnic minorities.
Anyone with an ounce of intelligence and obviously that rules out most of the commentators on here would do well not to lap up the anti-English bile of the Irish Times and RTE’s nodding dogs in the back of the ministerial cars.
It’s in Ireland’s interests as well as the UK’s that Boris does well.
Thinking of yourselves as the little feeder fish that swim alongside the shark for protection.
yes, a whale shark – toothless and nearing extinction..
Poor little Charger
Did you watch Newsnight last night?
Your chums’ tall tales of new beginnings in negotiations on the WA with EU were literally torn apart by Emily Maitlis. I haven’t seen so much afterbirth on the cowshed floor since our Belle had quintuplet sucklers.
boris will be in office for 6 months max.
also, a boris cabinet filled with ethnic minorities and women?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Did you get you astounding insight into the gull problem from Newsnight as well ?
* sniggers *
I tell you what I did get insight to old sock
– the UK establishment has given up
Poor Emily’s tone was one of disillusionment and even boredom, when faced with such naked and manifest incompetence
It must be wearing watching a car crash occur over and over again – like the Old Kerryman joke about the Kerry fella who was watching a John Wayne movie with his mates, John is riding a horse towards the edge of a cliff or precipice and the boys take up the Kerry fella’s bet that he won’t do it. I feel bad, they say after, I saw this movie before! So did I, says the Kerry fella, I just didn’t think he’d be dumb enough to do it again!
Emily’s tone worried me I must say
I have to say – that’s a quite an ill-informed statement. I’ve worked for both The BBC and SkyNews. As part of the BBC’s commission – it’s obliged to report unbiased accounts of news from around the World – despite who’s at No.10. SkyNews, well – when I worked for them – it was just news – getting there first with a story and video.
As expected, Bailey is being fully scapegoated, her political career is over. It was always about damage limitation and protecting Minister Madigan for the government. A new British Prime Minister….. Same circus different clown. With the massive success of the BREXIT party in the European election on what was largely a single issue borrowers could well be forced to persue a no deal BREXIT.
May’s deal is a dead duck, there is not a cat’s chance in hell of getting ratified. There simply isn’t enough time or the will to negotiate a new deal. Boris could well have to force through and no deal BREXIT to satisfy the growing number of voters that want a clean break with the EU.
Times London front page. Boris does his best Benny Hill pose. The headline:
“Boris Johnson goes to work as prime minister, Priti Patel offered top role but Hunt’s future in doubt”
Priti Patel is the disgraced MP who lied to Theresa May about her dealings with Israel, Priti was summoned back from an official trip to Africa to be fired in person by May.
Johnson being selected as Tory chief is terrible news, but the thought of that vile creature Priti Patel at the top table is enough to make me want a one-way ticket to Mars.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmv3WlKa6U8 Who feels Pretty?
I wonder what the first draft of Johnson’s “Churchillian” DUDE speech looked like?
Can-do, Undoing the withdrawal agreement, Neutralising Iran and Trouncing Corbyn.
Interesting appointment of Dominic Cummings as a senior adviser.
The made who brilliantly organised the Vote Leave campaign.
Boris is preparing for an election.
I wonder if David Cameron will make a return.
UK Ambassador to Washington ?
Might have a flutter.
Read beyond the dog-whistle journalism of the Irish media this week if you really want to know what’s going on in British politics.
What’s the record for shortest serving UK Prime Minister?
George Canning: 119 days. He died in office.
That story from Clear Island is bizarre (Examiner). All the more so for the words Judge McNulty had for one of the witnesses (husband of the accused). “Odious” is how the judge describes the extra-marital behaviour of Mr. O’Driscoll, who was not on trial. 1950s Ireland indeed, Judge McNulty.
Called “odious” for abandoining his child, not for his affair.
You think it’s appropriate for a Judge in our courts to direct such a comment to a witness?
It’s pretty much par for the course
Yes.
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apropos?
in relation to yet another FG snitch “[insert whatever bottom of the barrel imagined problem exists] Cheats Cheat Us All” type campaign, I’d speculate @eoin is being sarcastic
I get it. He’s just making up stuff, out of context.
It’s also called Fake News.
“However, despite requests there was no information supplied by David McCourt – who leads the consortium given the contract – as he has repeatedly refused to engage with the committee, citing legal advice.”
The Oireachtas communications committee decided yesterday not to publish its report on the National Broadband Plan for at least a month. The lead bidder who held a sleazy secret meeting the decision-making minister in New York last year at which the disgraced Minister Naughten agreed to the change in the consortium that saw Denis O’Brien’s Siteserv join the bid. The cost of the NBP has gone from €500m to €3bn, or €5bn according to more recent reporting. The lead bidder David McCourt has refused to engage with the Oireachtas committee.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/report-on-whether-to-support-governments-broadband-plans-will-not-be-published-until-august-20-938933.html
Yep, and every so often you have parish pump, bordering on illiterate, government party members coming out trying to rubbish the EIR claim. With such soundbites as ‘Well, why didn’t they (eir) say this when they had their chance’ etc.
The reason of course is that the detail of the tender, as it now stands, is far from the published, original, detail. So the detail as is now stands, now makes sense for EIR to come back. McCourt told Naughton what parts to change it seems. Maybe Mick Wallace and Clare Daly can put pressure on in Brussels.
https://www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fails-white-paper-united-ireland-4730257-Jul2019/
FF getting in on the act of ‘x’ no. point plans. Back in 2017, they were hailing a 12 point one for a united ireland. Still no sign of it.
The lead story in the Irish Times today. “Maria Bailey case: ‘Fury’ in Fine Gael over Varadkar decision not to punish TD further”
And within the story,
“One senior Fine Gael figure, however, said there was “fury and disbelief” at the decision, adding: “He has bottled it.””
No clues as to the identity of the “senior Fine Gael figure”. Presumably it was a Minister. These are the current FG Ministers (excludes junior ministers who presumably wouldn’t be “senior” enough). When the heave comes, who’ll be wielding the knife?
Simon Coveney
Paschal Donohoe
Richard Bruton
Charles Flanagan
Heather Humphreys
Simon Harris
Michael Creed
Michael Ring
Regina Doherty
Eoghan Murphy
Josepha Madigan
Joe McHugh
That list wouldn’t give you much sense of bravery to be honest. Some of them won’t even be elected next time round.
We lost one bottler but we’ll always have Leo.
Wah’ how ya Hoop!
btw, I’m liking Regina for this
anyone?
The ultimate FG ‘look over there’. Hogan made quite an idiot of himself. Looking more nervous as the time he leaked the budget details. https://mobile.twitter.com/mattcarthy/status/1153680767224098816
‘see the Mail there
At the top this morning
Boris and Maria
Imagine it
Enjoy yere day folks
VANESSA!!!!!
That’s beyond cruel. :(
mumble mumble I wish the happy couple every joy etc. etc.
C’mere
Do you folly Billions
Did ya see the swing yer man straps himself into?
Imagine Boris
And herself there
In her running gear
Screaming and whipping
Humanity has been crossed Prime Minister
Ye”re welcome
Further to the debate which followed the recent de-platforming of an Irish activist, and whether Youtube. Facebook, Twitter are 21st century utilities acting like monopolies, Bloomberg reports
“The [United States] Justice Department said it’s investigating whether dominant technology companies are thwarting competition in their markets, stepping up scrutiny of the industry’s biggest names as they come under fire in Washington.The department’s antitrust division will look at concerns that consumers, businesses and entrepreneurs have expressed about search, social media, and online retail, according to a statement Tuesday”
Does the scope of this investigation extend to the facilitation of hate speech?
If not, I fail to see how this is “Further to the debate which followed the recent de-platforming of an Irish activist…”
You know
I think Bodger himself put it better than anyone
Paraphrasing now a bit so apologies
It was something like
Their monopoly being the public square
And that’s a scary premise lads
With all the comments and ye know yerselves
About this Deplatforming and the lady herself
Here’s a fact ye’ll not find amongst the lot of them
Censorship denies Equality
And if we’re all not about that
Then I don’t want to know any of ye anymore
The gull stories are awesome
New stalk sent some dude out yesterday to investigate
The gist of it was you’re safe out in public with burgers but not with chips or ice cream
Avaricious gulls everywhere
Good times
Avaricious :D
I’ve just had a thought
And I don’t know if this is the appropriate thread to park it
Anyway
Fitness and Probity
Only last night I had a read through my own obligations under CBoI Regs
(*All tickety boo btw)
So, can I ask Broadsheet if there is a F & B policy in Fine Gael
Likewise for TDs
Maybe get ‘us a copy
‘Cause do you know what
By strict application – Maria Bailey,
By swearing false testimony
An act of Deception – and in this case to profit
Actually forbids her holding any PCF role in a regulated Financial Institution
Or from being a Director in same
Just asking
* and just in case – a regulated third party checks it on my behalf – at least twice a year
Maria’s register of interests is all “nil”, she was a director of a Dalkey community group with her late dad and David McWilliams and a few other notables, but that was her last directorship which ended in 2009. She looks like a full-time political representative. I wonder what she’ll do after the next general election.
Register of Interests would be more disclosure requirements
– help avoid conflicts etc
Fitness and Probity is a very different compliance regime
Lads out there getting slapped with fines
In the six figure range
For declaring qualifications they’re not entitled to
Or for not declaring they were the slapped with a judgement – or a criminal fine or the subject of enforcement proceedings
Or restricted by a Regulator somewhere
Or even refused membership of a Governing Body
It might not seem like it
But it’s serious stuff
Surely Fine Gael have a Fitness & Probity Policy members are obliged to FFS
Even a Minimum Competency requirement
And even if they don’t (wtf btw)
The Houses of the Oireachtas must
It’s definitely worth testing anyway
Another day, another Cervical Check scandal.
After the so-called “glitch” which stopped letters about the results of cervical smear tests being sent to patients, we had the 11,500 tests last week which were undertaken using test kits that were outside their “best before” date and today, we have 450 smears that weren’t sent to the testers until after the smears had run over their “best before” date.
Who is responsible?
-kicking off now-Muller live and dangerous.
https://judiciary.house.gov/legislation/hearings/oversight-report-investigation-russian-interference-2016-presidential-election
NYT coverage with Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/24/us/politics/robert-mueller-hearing-analysis.html