The Fine Gael thread

[seafoid]

 The last house price crash wiped out FF. It is hard to believe now that they were the natural party of power in Ireland. FG have run out of ideas. There are too many people who do not benefit from the system now.

[Itchy]

Another rat abandons ship. I'm sure it has nothing to do at all with the Ditch making enquiries into her dodgy mileage expenses.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0322/1439426-josepha-madigan/

[Tubberman]

Another rat abandons ship. I'm sure it has nothing to do at all with the Ditch making enquiries into her dodgy mileage expenses.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0322/1439426-josepha-madigan/

She's no loss to national politics, but I wouldn't be using The Ditch as a reference for anything - Paddy Cosgrave is unhinged...

[Itchy]

Another rat abandons ship. I'm sure it has nothing to do at all with the Ditch making enquiries into her dodgy mileage expenses.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0322/1439426-josepha-madigan/

She's no loss to national politics, but I wouldn't be using The Ditch as a reference for anything - Paddy Cosgrave is unhinged...

Didn't realise Paddy Cosgrave was a reporter for the ditch.

[Tubberman]

Another rat abandons ship. I'm sure it has nothing to do at all with the Ditch making enquiries into her dodgy mileage expenses.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0322/1439426-josepha-madigan/

She's no loss to national politics, but I wouldn't be using The Ditch as a reference for anything - Paddy Cosgrave is unhinged...

Didn't realise Paddy Cosgrave was a reporter for the ditch.

Funds it.

[Snapchap]

Another rat abandons ship. I'm sure it has nothing to do at all with the Ditch making enquiries into her dodgy mileage expenses.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0322/1439426-josepha-madigan/

She's no loss to national politics, but I wouldn't be using The Ditch as a reference for anything - Paddy Cosgrave is unhinged...

Didn't realise Paddy Cosgrave was a reporter for the ditch.

Funds it.

So nobody should refer to any of the multiple cases of political corruption The Ditch has uncovered purely because you don't like who provides their funding? Free pass for the politicians involved?

[seafoid]

https://twitter.com/Editorialz/status/1771507449427640453

[Rossfan]

If this is replicated in a GE ......
Well have caretaker Governments for years

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0324/1439650-polls-sinn-fein/

[seafoid]

I heard on RTE that Simon Harris is going to bring Fine Gael back to its roots.
Presumably that  any politicl representative from the North who comes to Dublin looking for support will be told to f**k off, a batallion of fine gaelers will be raised to support the fascists in the Mediterranean   and that  the border will be closed from 2400 hours on Monday.

[Tubberman]

Another rat abandons ship. I'm sure it has nothing to do at all with the Ditch making enquiries into her dodgy mileage expenses.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0322/1439426-josepha-madigan/

She's no loss to national politics, but I wouldn't be using The Ditch as a reference for anything - Paddy Cosgrave is unhinged...

Didn't realise Paddy Cosgrave was a reporter for the ditch.

Funds it.

So nobody should refer to any of the multiple cases of political corruption The Ditch has uncovered purely because you don't like who provides their funding? Free pass for the politicians involved?

I would want it verified by another source before I'd give it any credence

[Captain Scarlet]

Well you wouldn't want to be waiting for the Indo or Times to follow up on this.

Seemingly it's all SF fault and Simon is usehering in a new era of civility, once the others play nice. SF polioticians getting abuse doesn't ever get mentioned either.

Irish political discourse is so bad and so biased with these analysts. I think Harris is a decent fella, and he will bring back some like Kate O'Connell, etc.

[Itchy]

Another rat abandons ship. I'm sure it has nothing to do at all with the Ditch making enquiries into her dodgy mileage expenses.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0322/1439426-josepha-madigan/

She's no loss to national politics, but I wouldn't be using The Ditch as a reference for anything - Paddy Cosgrave is unhinged...

Didn't realise Paddy Cosgrave was a reporter for the ditch.

Funds it.

So nobody should refer to any of the multiple cases of political corruption The Ditch has uncovered purely because you don't like who provides their funding? Free pass for the politicians involved?

I would want it verified by another source before I'd give it any credence

Can you outline a couple of examples of reports by the Ditch that you've found to be untrustworthy or false?

[seafoid]

Michael ring is on Radio 1 now and saying FG have to dump the hate speech bill  and help businesses in difficulty.
The trans are going to get a land.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY&t=29s

[Tubberman]

Another rat abandons ship. I'm sure it has nothing to do at all with the Ditch making enquiries into her dodgy mileage expenses.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0322/1439426-josepha-madigan/

She's no loss to national politics, but I wouldn't be using The Ditch as a reference for anything - Paddy Cosgrave is unhinged...

Didn't realise Paddy Cosgrave was a reporter for the ditch.

Funds it.

So nobody should refer to any of the multiple cases of political corruption The Ditch has uncovered purely because you don't like who provides their funding? Free pass for the politicians involved?

I would want it verified by another source before I'd give it any credence

Can you outline a couple of examples of reports by the Ditch that you've found to be untrustworthy or false?

Well I don't read it, so I can't comment on most of their output.
But it's founded by Paddy Cosgrave and Chay Bowes, who now works for Russia Today. So I would have serious questions over their motives, aims and impartiality.

[Hound]

Decent first speech by Harris:

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0324/1439725-harris-speech/

I don't find him a likeable character, would have much preferred Coveney or Donohue, but let's see what his policies and actions are.