coughlin says by-election ''a distraction''

[charley]

in an interview with the donegal democrat mary coughlin said that a by-election in donegal southwest would be a'' distraction''
quote;[SIZE="1"]The tánaiste said she did not feel Donegal South West was under-represented by the failure of the government to hold a by-election after Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher’s election to Europe. She said a by-election would be a distraction from the serious issues the government is facing with talks ongoing with unions and re-capitalisation of the banks required. She said the constituency is probably better represented than most and the timing of a by-election would have to take into consideration other by-lections [/SIZE]

link;Coughlan rounds on critics and personalised attacks - Donegal Today

[Tomas Mor]

Calamity Coughlan is in a hole, and first thing she should learn is to stop digging

[Sync]

How good of her to decide what counts as good governance in Donegal. It amazes me that this woman has been elected in any capacity.

[super pedestrian]

If it's such a distraction, let the opposition organize it. FF and the eco-freaks needn't bother standing any candidates if it'll distract the Government.

[Bobert]

If it's such a distraction, let the opposition organize it. FF and the eco-freaks needn't bother standing any candidates if it'll distract the Government.

Opposition can't move a writ.

[loner]

Is she saying we have too many TDs ?

[Tomas Mor]

She is one too many. As they say in the army, surplus to requirements.

[spidermom]

A distraction.....not from Dwindling numbers Mary!!!

[wombat]

Opposition can't move a writ.

They can but the govt. can vote it down.

[charley]

There is also questions being asked about FF members who sit on the boards of VEC schools 70 miles from where they live, they get €0.9795 per mile for travel
FG councillor barry o neill said it was a case of ''jobs for the boys''
the full story is on page 10 of yesterday's democrat but not available on the web version