View Poll Results: Are Colm Keaveney's concerns ones you'd agree with ?

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  • Yes he raises good points, all of them

    29 24.79%
  • Partly but he should have phrased it better

    23 19.66%
  • No

    20 17.09%
  • No and the Labour Party should boot him

    45 38.46%
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Thread: Sex-change operations take priority over essential services. Has the HSE gone mad.

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    My auntie says she hadn't heard anything about this flap at all.

    Of course, that might be because she is still waiting for her hearing aid.

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    What really annoys me about this is that an elected representative makes a valid point about spending priorities and he is threatened with disciplinary action by an unelected cabal within his own party. This effectively amounts to censorship.

    And I don't believe Colm Keaveney is a gombeen. He was in USI slightly before I was involved in student politics, but he seemed to be well-regarded amongst my peers.

    Eamon Gilmore needs to do two things immediately :

    * Unequivocally and publicly back Colm Keaveney.
    * Set in train procedures to change Labour's rules so that unelected cabals don't have the power to effectively gag elected politicians.

    Gilmore has been very good at Talking the Talk, now he needs to Walk the Walk.

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    Quote Originally Posted by caulfield-the-yank View Post
    ....she is still waiting for her hearing aid.
    Only another five sex change operations to go and then she'll get it....

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    I'm sorry but since when do politicians over rule doctors on medical matters?

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