Gormley: Ahern could be first elected Dublin mayor | BreakingNews.ie

Reading the article it's less clear if that's what John intended to say. What's going on?

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“A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living”

Christ I hope not. The less we hear about this buffoon, the better. Let him hobble off into oblivion where he belongs.

If that is what the Greens believe, then the time has come to treat them with the contempt they deserve. Any party who spins this sort of craven piffle deserves a bloody hiding.

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A country which refuses to enforce its own laws has no future.

Is it possible still that there are people who genuinely and sincerely believe Ahern is fit to hold public office? I can just about understand that it's hard for some people to admit that by voting for Fianna Fáil candidates they are as much, if not more, to blame for the rampant corruption in Ireland as the corrupt candidates put up for election by Fianna Fáil are but is there something mentally wrong with a section of the Irish public that despite all we know they would still give this piece of scum a vote?

What exactly has to happen for the penny to drop with the type of person who would still consider a vote for Fianna Fáil?

Are we as a nation taking the Stockholm syndrone to extremes? Whereby we seem unable or unwilling to stop letting FF abuse us?

Another nail in the Green party coffin.

Shame really, all those years of hard work since the party's inception now gone to waste.

All because of Gormley.

Gormley is a twat. I really hope the greens get what they deserve in June, a good thumping.

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“We’re in this mess, not because Fianna Fáil policies have failed, but because they have succeeded.”
Enda Kenny.

Former Taoiseach challenged to debate on the role of a directly elected Mayor of Dublin.

Councillor Dermot Lacey
Labour Pembroke-Rathmines

6th May 2009


The statement of support for a directly elected “Lord Mayor” of Dublin by the former Taoiseach is “a new and surprising development” says another former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Dermot Lacey.

However it begs the question why did he not do this when he could? More accurately, it begs the question, why did he allow Noel Dempsey to provide for this, in the Local Government Act of 2000 only to allow the more craven Martin Cullen reverse the legislation several years later.


“I want to see a Mayor for Dublin and not a Lord Mayor of Dublin”

As we approach the Local Elections there is an emerging recognition that our current system of Local Government requires renewal and reform.

Having argued for this for years I would welcome the opportunity to publicly debate with the former Taoiseach the merits of such a new post.

While the detail of any reform is extensive, the essentials are not. If it is to be in any way meaningful reform must include:
• An Independent source of funding for Local Authorities and not subject to the whims of the Department of the Environment.
• Reform of the City and County Managers Act creating a new post of Chief Executive Officer – accountable to the relevant Local Authority and recruited by the Public Appointments Commission.
• A directly elected Mayor of Dublin with a five year term and accountable to an enhanced Dublin Regional Authority. In that context I believe that Bertie Ahern is wrong to advance the case of a directly elected Lord Mayor solely for the City. It is the Dublin region that needs such political leadership.
• Extending the role of the Dublin Regional Authority to include Transport and Planning and subsuming bodies such as the Dublin Transport Authority and the Affordable Housing Partnership.
• Real controls and limitations on electoral spending at local elections and an ethical framework that is robust and just.
Local Government is best placed to deliver real reform if let. It is time to stand up for better Local Government and long past time to “Stand up for Dublin.

Dermot Lacey 087-2646960.

The corrupt little gobsh1te Ahern was on the Chuck Feeney programme "The secret billionaire" on RTE last night.

It was a good programme which highlighted the generosity and decency of Feeney towards Ireland.

The only issue I had with the programme was the participation of the axis of hypocrisy - Ahern, Adams and Frank Connolly.

The Irish Times has the story, too. These quotes are gas:

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“A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living”

Greens get rid of this fool!