Comments for Public Inquiry

Comment on Witholding information to save embarrassment is always wrong by pat gilmartin

pat gilmartin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:13:12 +0000

EVER SINCE THE STATE WAS FOUNDED,WE ALL LOOKED AWAY.I REMEMBERED WHEN A GIRL WAS RAPED IN OUR AREA [WE WERE IN OUR TEENS] ,WE THOUGHT OF HER AS AN EASY LAY.LITTLE DID I KNOW.SHE COMMITTED SUCIDE LATER COS NOBODY HELPED HER.

Comment on Witholding information to save embarrassment is always wrong by Haymoon

Haymoon — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:39:41 +0000

You can probably put your shirt on it that if the Chief Inspector of the Garda Síochána had been other than Kathleen O’Toole and a home grown worthy, then that report would NEVER have seen the light of day.

Comment on John Waters: Blind to the brutal reality of white-collar corruption in Ireland by Pat

Pat — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:43:35 +0000

Mr Waters is either naive or a hypocrite , either way it says nothing positive about his abilities as a journalist

Comment on Mr. Appleby or Mickey Mouse in charge of ODCE – No difference by Jan

Jan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:25:35 +0000

And no doubt to avoid embarassment the Govt have “persuaded” him to stay. Minister For Doing SFA Howlin refused on Morning Ireland to tell us how much we will be paying for this privilege…. Why is how our cash gets wasted something were not entitled to know?

Comment on Mr. Appleby or Mickey Mouse in charge of ODCE – No difference by pat gilmartin

pat gilmartin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:44:52 +0000

GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH

Comment on Minister Varadkar: Too much democracy is bad? by pat gilmartin

pat gilmartin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:42:51 +0000

WHAT PUZZLES ME WHY “THE FIGHTING IRISH” [SIC] TAKE THIS LYING DOWN? FFFF THE GERMANS AND FRENCH.

Comment on Mr. Appleby or Mickey Mouse in charge of ODCE – No difference by Haymoon

Haymoon — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:06:03 +0000

Appleby has now decided to stay on for 6 months so Mickey Mouse will not get a chance for another while.

Comment on Minister Varadkar: Too much democracy is bad? by wormhole

wormhole — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:46:59 +0000

Didnt you read the obituary anthony im sure it was in all the papers yesterday?
“Monday 30th of January 2012 it has been announced that Democracy
passed away quietly over the weekend after a long illness.
It was known to Friends as “the voice of the people” or “an inconvenient rigmarole”
to its enemies and had for a long number of years been struggling with a debilitating
condition caused by arrogance, ignorance and corruption amongst
those who had professed to serve it and the public good.
Although the condition made it lethargic most of the time, Democracy had periods of
energetic activity brought on by “election fever” every few years,
these rallies would be short lived however as the beneficiaries of Democracy
would have the fever suppressed after the election until they needed it again.
This was of course for the peoples good as Democracy (being only an ideal) had a
tendency to cause an inflated sense of self worth amongst voters,
a dangerous delusion that their vote was actually worth something
and that the people controlled the own destiny and that of their country.
Often this would lead to people voting the wrong way in a referendum
causing distress and embarrassment to their betters,meaning referenda would even
have to be repeated until the right answer was given in a tragic waste of public servants time.
Democracy finally gave up its fragile hold on life in Ireland due to the declaration
by a government minister and one of the foremost political thinkers of our time
that “Democracy is undemocratic” this New Truth has reverberated across Europe
so much so that it is now the accepted policy of the EU.
Democracy left no will as it had been sapped long ago, its heirs live comfortable
on their wages, expenses and pensions and expect to do so for the indefinite future.
The interment is invitation only and not open to the public.”

Comment on Minister Varadkar: Too much democracy is bad? by Sean D'Olier

Sean D'Olier — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:57:01 +0000

It’s OK. Leo’s in good (sic) company. Europe doesn’t believe in democracy either. Otherwise they would not put a clause in the new treaty to say (in so many words) that any country that doesn’t ratify it gets no more money from the ‘Fund’.

How can Ireland hold a democratic referendum at the point of a gun like that?

Comment on Custom House Capital: Victims still waiting for justice by wormhole

wormhole — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:13:47 +0000

from the ICCL’s website
“Claims will be paid from a Fund that the ICCL has built up over A NUMBER OF YEARS from contributions paid by the investment industry. The ICCL’s Reserves are currently in excess of €40m. ”

an industry that made 10′s of billions over the bubble years
seems to have contributed thrupence a week toward
its investor safety net.
The ICCL another withered fig leaf.