Originally Posted by guy3232

Thats a laugh... The Labour Party in Sligo let ex blue shirt and strike breaker (When he still was in FG he went past an offical outdoor council workers strike so that he could sign in and claim his council expenses) Jimmy Mc Garry, Lab CC into the party after he left FG because they wouldnt support him for a senate seat. He approached the PDs at the time offering to join them if they would guarntee him an nomination for the senate. They for once showed a little bit of good sense and showed him the door.... Labour Party me ass

All the more reason then!

Ban Ki Moon has cancelled his trip to Tripoli. He diverted his plane to Donegal. More to follow..

Who?

of all the reasons to leave the party he chooses this, very odd.

Originally Posted by Ringo Starr

http://www.oceanfm.ie/article/Specul...na-Fail-party/

Heard rumblings about this, but why would he take such a stance, after all Crowley didn't kick uo too much of a fuss !!??

Any ol' excuse will do for many Cllrs to put clear blue water between themselves and FF between now and and the locals in 2014.

Originally Posted by CookieMonster

Who?

Brendan Byrne FF, Donegal CC. Mary Coughlans election agent.. ( Didn't do a great job , now did we Brendan?)
This was a present from Mary to Brendan before she got the boot from the electors in Donegal SW
More jobs for the boys in Donegal south west | IrishDigest.com (North West Edition)

LATEST IN THE BRENDAN BYRNE CRISIS:

- Departure of Byrne seen as crippling blow for the party
- Irish bond yields surge to 3-month high
- Rumours of front-bench plot against Martin
- Meehaul sets up committee to report by December on how to respond to the issue
-"We could just about survive losing Brian Lenihan, but to lose both him and Brendan Byrne is too much. We can't go on" - unnamed former cabinet member

So he's leaving Fianna Fail because he's too Fianna Fail for what Fianna Fail have become for being too Fianna Fail?

Originally Posted by guy3232

This was a present from Mary to Brendan before she got the boot from the electors in Donegal SW
More jobs for the boys in Donegal south west | IrishDigest.com (North West Edition)

Thank you. We should know these things.

Breaking news with Sky News

We're live here in the Irish Republic where scenes of utter devastation have occured following the resignation of Cllr Brendan Byrne. Children have been seeing throwing their toys off bridges, housewives simply giving up and grown men crying. At a time when the Great British people donated vast sums to the stricken Statelet, this is not the news they were hoping for. For more on this we cross over to....