Category: Fianna Fail

Minister for Justice accepts that his government is corrupt and treasonous

Speaking on Prime Time (1st report, 2nd item) during the week, Minister for Justice, Dermot Ahern was absolutely clear about the seriousness of the challenge posed to the Government and the State by Michael Boyce at the Garda Representative Association annual conference when he accused Minister Ahern and his government of national sabotage and more (See previous post).

If this was to happen in the army it would be regarded as mutiny, that’s the reality in relation to this.

They’re the enforcers of the law that the Oireachtas passes and they cannot delve into politics because they are crossing the line.

So what are you going to do about it?

asked Miriam O’Callaghan

I’m not going to do anything because this man is outgoing.

So there you have it. The national police force accuses the Minister and his government of national sabotage, corruption and facilitating widespread criminal activity and the Minister for Justice, the man allegedly in charge, is going to do nothing on the grounds that the routine handing over of the presidency of the GRA from one Garda to another is taking place.

This is just a pathetic excuse for doing nothing by a cowardly and incompetent Minister. Apparently, the Minister’s logic is that the outgoing president, Mr. Boyce, is being replaced by a more reasonable and loyal Garda.

Since then, however, the incoming president of the GRA, Mr. Damien McCarthy, has gone on the record as saying he agrees that the Government, Fianna Fáil and the Minister for Justice have been corrupted by years of power and he supports the (treasonous) comments of his predecessor 100% and without reservation.

The situation is now crystal clear.

The national police force is in rebellion against the State and the Government. This, in my opinion, is a legitimate stance to take against a government that has betrayed its people and the rebellion is further legitimised by the (corrupt) government’s acceptance of the situation.

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Minister for Justice

Time to replace the old rotten republic

What Irish citizens have been witnessing for the last two years is the slow but increasingly rapid disintegration of our rotten republic.

Let me be clear, this destruction of the old republic is the most significant and most positive thing to happen since independence.

The process of disintegration was triggered by the global financial crisis which had the affect of exposing Ireland for what it really is – a corrupt state.

The most serious (and welcome) incident in this process happened yesterday at the annual conference of the Garda Representative Association when the president of the GRA, Michael Boyce, circulated a speech strongly criticising the Government, Fianna Fail and the Minister for Justice.

I do not believe I am exaggerating when I say that the speech is on a par with the Proclamation of the Republic in 1916.

Obviously, neither Michael Boyce nor the GRA are declaring a rebellion but they have thrown down a very strong challenge to the ruling power which they clearly believe (just as the 1916 rebels believed about the then ruling power) have no right to govern the Irish people.

Every word of the following extract from the speech is true and it is heartening, at last, to witness somebody stand up and publicly state the truth.

We are angry at the arrogance of a government corrupted by years of power, a government whose only agenda is to protect the economic traitors.

This government has mismanaged the wealth of the country for more than a decade by allowing our assets to be plundered and robbed by bankers and speculators.

You are making generations of Irish workers pay the price for this treachery.

You did this because bankers and speculators bought your party and in return you sacrificed the greater good and prosperity of the Irish nation for the benefit of the few who have taken their ill gotten gains and secured them in tax havens around the world.

You are truly a government of national sabotage.

Apart from a military coup, this is the most serious challenge any government could face. If the police force in the UK, France or the US made such a challenge to the State there would be an immediate and strong response.

Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said the remarks were

an unprecedented political intervention by a Garda representative and have no place in a modern democracy

and

No democrat could tolerate such political interventions by any member of a police force.

If Ahern truly believes he lives in a democracy then he has no option but to take immediate action. At a minimum, the Minister should immediately sack Michael Boyce and summarily disband the GRA.

The government cannot ignore this challenge and retain any credibility, they must respond with strong action or admit, by default, that what has been uttered is true and take their leave from office.

I passionately believe that Michael Boyce and the GRA are right in their assessment of the situation and that; sooner rather than later, this corrupt government will be thrown out of power.

It is only when the mechanisms of the old corrupt regime are completely dismantled that the people of Ireland can begin the task of building a new republic.

Government Chief Whip, John Curran – Meaninglessly spewing words

When Fianna Fail TD and Government Chief Whip John Curran was asked on RTE (4th report) about Boucher’s pension he replied:

The pension entitlement; that was a legal entitlement that Mr. Boucher did have at that point in time and there has been a lot of public concern and Mr. Boucher while having that legal entitlement to the pension at 55 has foregone that at this point.

For a moment this juvenile Gobbledygook stunned RTEs Richard Crowley, who had asked the question.

This is not surprising as I’m sure even Curran was aware he was just meaninglessly spewing words to avoid admitting the truth.

Brian Lenihan: A liar

Labour TD Roisin Shortall provided a concise explanation of the Richie Boucher scandal on RTE (4th report) yesterday.

When Mr. Boucher was appointed to the job of chief executive officer of Bank of Ireland, amazingly, Brian Lenihan breached his own guidelines because he approved a pay package that was €123,000 in excess of the limit he had set.

In relation to the pension arrangements he agreed a staggering figure that Mr. Boucher could retire within five years at the age of 55 on a pension of €370,000.

This week the minister denied any knowledge of this but the reality is he approved the package.

So let’s bury the myth that has taken legs in recent times, especially among more gullible journalists, that Brian Lenihan is the Messiah come to rescue his country from disaster.

Lenihan, just like his father before him, is a liar. In common with all Fianna Fail TDs his loyalty is first and foremost to himself, his party and his party leader. Loyalty to his country is way down his list of priorities.

Hanafin for Taoiseach?

Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport Mary Hanafin was quizzed on The Week in Politics last night on the Richie Boucher scandal.

While mouthing the usual dishonest waffle that other Fianna Fail TDs have been spewing out in the last couple of days she also spoke a lot about providing political leadership.

As I’ve written before this politician is the most ruthlessly ambitious and dangerous politicians in the country. It seems she is prepared to do anything to further her career and judging from last night’s performance the bumbling fool Cowen would be advised to get a metal plate fitted on his back.

Maire Geoghegan-Quinn: A flawed pedigree

When EU commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn was asked today on RTE if she would be willing to temporarily forgo her Dail and Ministerial pensions, and live on her EU salary, to save the state some money she replied:

Well that’s a question that I have refused to comment on up until now and I will continue to refuse to comment on it.

Geoghegan-Quinn was scheduled to give an interview on RTEs News at One but shortly after being questioned about her pensions she cancelled the interview without any explanation.

Geoghegan-Quinn has long been a loyal member of Fianna Fail, the most corrupt political party in Ireland. She is also a very strong supporter of Charles Haughey, the criminal politician who lied and cheated his way through a long career.

Her arrogance and dismissive attitude towards the Irish people is entirely in keeping with her flawed pedigree.

Minister O'Cuiv puzzled by banker's greed

When the Minister for Social Protection, Éamon Ó Cuív was asked on The Week in Politics about the €1.5 million top-up to Bank of Ireland chief executive Richie Boucher’s pension he replied:

I don’t understand why people like him who made a total mess of the banks and our economy doesn’t voluntary hand back some of what they have.

Could the explanation be that Mr. Boucher is following the example of some serving TDs, ministers and one former Taoiseach, who played no small part in the downfall of our country, continuing to draw down massive pensions in addition to a very generous salary?

Mary Hanafin: A traitor to her country

When Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport Mary Hanafin was asked recently on Newstalk if anyone in the Government was going to say sorry for the mess the country is in she replied:

I don’t accept that people can blame the Government for what the banks did.

When pressed she conceded:

Insofar as any of that led to an over dependence on the construction industry, well, yes, of course, we’d be sorry for that but the Government is not responsible for the terrible situation that the banks are in.

Later, she backtracked again effectively saying that neither she nor the Government had anything to apologise for.

I will always say sorry for something for which I’m responsible and the Government will always say sorry for something for which it is responsible.

Mary Hanafin is one of the most ruthlessly ambitious and dangerous politicians in the country. Like all Fianna Fail politicians her first loyalty is to herself, then to the party and finally to the party leader.

Her flawed pedigree was exposed when she repeatedly defended the fairy tales of former Taoiseach and prize chancer Bertie Ahern. And, like Ahern, Hanafin is a traitor to her country.

Anthony Cronin: Appalled at Ahern's tax exemption

Writer Anthony Cronin has urged the government to introduce new tax exemption guidelines for writers (RTE, 35.00).

Speaking at the annual assembly of Aosdana Cronin said he was appalled that former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was granted tax exemptions for his autobiography which Mr. Cronin described as a ghost written political book that was not literature.

It always amuses me to see people like Cronin get hot under the collar when low grade people like Ahern take advantage of the system for their own greedy ends.

Cronin was, and remains, a strong supporter of the criminal Haughey and, as we all know, the chancer Ahern served most of his political apprenticeship under the master of corruption.

What do people like Cronin expect from such associations – Leaders of integrity?

Time to bury the body of our diseased nation

I’m certainly not going to influence the regulator in any respect. I think that would be bad for the country and I think we really need to learn the lessons of the banking crisis.

The perception that the regulator can be subject to political interference or influence would be very bad for this country. (Brian Lenihan, Minister for Finance).

From 1922 until 2003 Ireland had no financial regulator whatsoever. As a result the Irish financial sector became infested with criminals who acted with impunity under the protection and connivance of a corruption political system.

From 2003 until the appointment of Matthew Elderfield last year we had a so called financial regulator that cooperated with and protected the same criminals under instruction from a corrupt and conniving political system.

Today we have a real financial regulator being subjected to massive pressure from the same corrupt and conniving political system because, for the first time in the history of the state, a financial regulator is making an honest attempt to clean up the mess.

Let me make something crystal clear – Mr. Elderfield will not succeed in his job. The corruption and rot is far too deep, far too widespread throughout Irish society for him to have any hope. We are a diseased nation, terminally infected with the disease of corruption, not even radical surgery can save us.

Lenihan’s words about perceptions and political interference in financial regulation are decades too late. He, his party and the entire political system is a dinosaur way past its extinction date.

We need to accept that as a nation we are a failed entity, a dead nation. We need to bury the diseased body of our corrupt political system and start again.