John O'Donoghue -& his expenses

[Maroon Heaven]

Made me laugh. There is a facebook group which started this morning trying to get enough members joined to force him to resign.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=146748563594&ref=mf

[Declan]

Leave poor old John alone- Shure isn't he a great lad

[heineken_on_tap]

Time for poor old john to resign. This kind of thing is common place and there is a culture of taking advantages of expenses but this lad has gone completly over board. I could understand *some* of his expenses when he was Minister for tourism but his expense bills as Ceann Comhairle which seem to match up with race meetings is prettly shocking.

[lynchbhoy]

Leave poor old John alone- Shure isn't he a great lad

.....as were the financial regulator, the chief exec's/chairmen of aib/boi/anglo , the FAS top execs and HSE top people .....or so the state executioners think - nothing has or will be done about them
yet we have bank bailouts and now nama that are costing a fecking fortune - enough to keep us afloat and generate a kick start to the economy and stop people losing houses - butthe taxpayer is the last rung on the food chain !

[deiseach]

I think he's toast. When you're setting up meetings to "make detailed proposals", you're trying to put off the inevitable.

[Donnellys Hollow]

He'll probably try to buy himself some time for another week. If the Greens pull the plug at the weekend then he's guaranteed another stint as Ceann Comhairle.

Healy-Rae, Tom Sheahan and Cosaí MacGearailt in Kerry South will be pushing hardest for his resignation because South Kerry will essentially become a 2 seater constituency at the next General Election because O'Donoghue gets automatically re-elected. The sad reality of parish-pump politics in Ireland is that O'Donoghue would more than likely top the poll next time round in Kerry South if he does resign or is pushed now.

[Donagh]

So why are the opposition parties not baying for his resignation? Looks like they've all been at it.

[Declan]

So why are the opposition parties not baying for his resignation? Looks like they've all been at it.

Exactly Donagh - Remember their willingness to discuss reform of the unvouched expenses system!!!

[orangeman]

John like FF are survivors - he'll stay his ground I'd say. Sure didn't he fly up from Kerry yesterday again ? 

[no mo do yakamo]

I wonder if he is in a position to pay them back?

[armaghniac]

He'll be gone with 24 hours.

[magpie seanie]

Can't believe he hasn't gone yet. The man hasn't a shred of decency. I enjoyed his humiliation today in the Dáil. Sure he can get a free pint and a taxi from Shamrock Rovers any time, he'll be sound.

[mylestheslasher]

Yer being awful hard on poor auld John. Sure only last week me and Mrs Slasher went to town and bought curtains for the living room for €15,000 and they were so big we had to hire a stretch limo to bring us home. Mrs Slasher was so tired by the whole trip we had to go to the wellness spa in inchydoney to chill out for a week.

[Tony Baloney]

Yer being awful hard on poor auld John. Sure only last week me and Mrs Slasher went to town and bought curtains for the living room for €15,000 and they were so big we had to hire a stretch limo to bring us home. Mrs Slasher was so tired by the whole trip we had to go to the wellness spa in inchydoney to chill out for a week.

I hope you kept receipts for everything? Was it your brother's limo firm and he charged you 10 grand for the week as opposed to the going rate of 2 grand? Sure as long as you've kept the receipt

[Treasurer]

He has resigned, effective from next week.