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ANOTHER Fianna Fáil TD drives drunk - RESIGN Christy O’Sullivan

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:21:25 +0000

Not content with having a former Cabinet Minister, Jim McDaid, caught previously, yet another Fianna Fáil TD - Cork South West TD Christy O’Sullivan - has been found to be driving while drunk. Even worse, his so-called-apology expressed …... Continue reading »

TD says sorry after drink drive arrest

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:21:21 +0000

Christy O'Sullivan (above), a Fianna Fail TD for Cork South West, was apparently returning from a race meeting when he was stopped just after 8.30pm on Monday. The 59-year-old co-operated fully with gardai and supplied a sample at …... Continue reading »

Christy O’Sullivan will resign if he’sa decent human being

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:21:16 +0000

Meanwhile, Christy O’Sullivan TD drink drives and all he does is apologises. Totally unacceptable.... Continue reading »

Bubble Radio / TV: Give advance notice here!!!

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:51:59 +0000

FG justice spokesman Jim O’Keeffe has interests in ten properties (mostly in Co Cork). Other significant property investors are: Noel O’Flynn (FF, Cork NC); John McGuinness (FF, Kilkenny); Denis O’Donovan (FF, Cork SW); Sean Ardagh (FF, …... Continue reading »

Alive with a major exclamation mark

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:19:43 +0000

The advert referred to by Fine Gael TD Jim O'Keeffe is an appalling piece of inaccuracy. The theme of the ad is that God wants us to vote against the Lisbon Treaty. A sentence in the advertisement runs, “Please help us to fight and win …... Continue reading »

After the election

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 27 May 2007 11:29:16 +0000

I’m too lazy to undertake this analysis, but I hope somebody else will … , Denis O’Donovan lost his seat, and had tried to take on a role as a national parliamentarian, chairing... Continue reading »

INSIDE POLITICS - DAY NINE

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 07 May 2007 09:49:34 +0000

The focus shifted to the North today for the appointment of a one-time purveyor of sectarian bile and invective and a one time IRA gunman to the … , the PDs and Fianna Fail the focus was unsurprisingly on the North. Back in Dublin, Jim O’Keeffe … on about? Jim then tried to argue that what he was talking about was a spiral of serious and heinous crime... Continue reading »

Why I’m turning Green

Politics in Ireland — Tue, 01 May 2007 15:13:09 +0000

Although I am going to be in Croatia on the week of the election, I am going to fly home on the Thursday to vote … although I am not sure about some of his policies (voting at 16?). My number 3 vote will go to Jim O’Keeffe, simply... Continue reading »

Gang. Bang!

Politics in Ireland — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:03:35 +0000

RTE.ie told me last night, just so as to bring me back down again from my post Project Catwalk giddiness, that the text of the new Criminal Justice Bill has been circulated to Opposition parties, and is due to be formally published within the next day or two. It is understood the Bill will include a provision that anyone convicted of possessing... Continue reading »