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Scenes from the Fianna Fail Ard Fheis last night in the RDS. From top: FF National Executive candidate Stephanie Keating, centre, and her supporters; Michael Martin; Barry Andrews; Mary Hanafin and Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher; Martin Mansergh; Eamon O’Cuiv and Michael McGrath; Michael Martin, and Mary Corbett-Joyce.
Contentious Motions On Fianna Fail Agenda (RTE)
(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
Tomorrow we will finalise what are the strongest ethics rules of any Irish political party. Any person seeking to stand for Fianna Fáil will have to provide a completely new level of transparency of their affairs. They will also be subject to rules which allow the party to act immediately against members who abuse the trust of the organisation and the public.
I repeat tonight a promise I have given in every meeting throughout the country – when the final report of the Mahon Tribunal is published we will act without fear or favour against anyone who is shown to have abused their position in Fianna Fáil or in elected office. Action will be swift and comprehensive.
Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin, addressing party members (including, third pic down, Seamus O’Nunian, of Clonakilty, Co. Cork) at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin, tonight.
Fianna Fáil’s Ard Fheis This Weekend, Here’s The Low-Down (Politics.ie)
(Photocall Ireland)
Cometh the…
The clocks must have gone back.
Eamon O’Cuiv outside the Dail within the last hour (or so).
Earlier: Jeepers
O Cuiv steps down as FF Deputy leader over EU treaty (Fionnan Sheahan and Fiach Kelly, irish Independent)
Eamon O’Cuiv Resigns As Deputy Fianna Fail Leader (Newstalk)
(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
Jeepers
at
Jeepers, O’Cuiv resigns! This whole #FiscalTreaty is causing loads o’hassle!
— Eoin Purcell (@eoinpurcell) February 29, 2012
A reason here.
Oh
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From top: Woesinger; Colm Ryan; Paul Moloney; Smurflove; Continuity Jay-Z; Dave Ryan and Paul Moloney (again)
Oh, go on then.
Fianna Fail honorary secretary Dara Calleary (top right) and General Secretary Sean Dorgan launching the clár (schedule we think) for the party’s 73rd Ard Fheis this weekend in the RDS, Dublin.
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
Well.
A little.
Lobbyists who fail to register their activities could be fined €30,000 and jailed for two years under proposed legislation to be published by Fianna Fáil today.
The party said the lobbyists Bill would level the playing field for all stakeholders in public life by ensuring information about lobbying is made publicly available and updated regularly.
Environment spokesman Niall Collins said regulation of lobbyists was urgently needed in advance of the proposed sale of State assets, as this was a process that was likely to involve intensive lobbying by interested parties.
Fianna Fáil said its legislation was underpinned by principles of free and open access to Government and a recognition that lobbying was a legitimate activity.
“There should also be a strong level of transparency on what organisations and individuals are involved in attempting to influence public policy.”
Lobbyists Must Register Under Bill (Paul Cullen, Irish Times)
(Frank Dunlop and Bertia Ahern by Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Eamon O Cuiv has just threatened to sue me for suggesting that FF cared more for builders than children when in govt #Dail
— Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD (@AodhanORiordain) January 18, 2012
From the Sunday Times‘ review of ‘Back From The Brink’:
To relive all this is to marvel anew at how many gifted individuals a party could absorb without grasping the single important point — that great swathes of Britain thought the Conservatives were indifferent to their needs and instincts. Politicians can be extremely slow beasts.