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About LinkBacksMichael McDowell claimed in the Dáil yesterday that Sinn Féin claimed to have spent less on the last election in Northern Ireland than the Alliance Party!
Is this true?
Michael McDowell claimed in the Dáil yesterday that Sinn Féin claimed to have spent less on the last election in Northern Ireland than the Alliance Party!
Is this true?
Yes, I believe one of our SF posters linked to a UK goverment site in another thread. I think the figure was something like £38,000. That's just from memory.
Dan Sullivan. I was back but we still couldn't all have a vote.
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McDowell's time would be better spent ensuring justice is served for the Rossiter family. How much time and money will he waste to trying to engineer a cover up?
Banned temporarily by politics.co.uk (ie this site) so as not to "offend" the Brits during Mrs. Windsor's visit.
Still censored because I cannot start a thread!
and in the same interview Mc Doewll said
"he finds it hard to believe that the IRA didn't carry out the Northern Bank Robbery"
Thats a bit different from definitely knowing that they did, especially when claiming last week that "the Gardai have evidence that NB money was found in Cork, and is linked definitively to the RA"
Evidence which stillhasn't been produced. Of course that hasn;t been commented on in the media either.
Nor the fact that when the Manchester property company challenged the cliams by the ARA (Brit version of the CAB), they admitted that " A Mr. Thomas Murphy didn't in fact have a beneficial interest in 250 properties in Manchester worth in the region of £30 million sterling".
This is the value of the complete property portfolio owned by Craven Properties, of which "a Mr Frank Murphy, not Thomas Murphy, had a beneficial interest in 7, not 250, properties with a value in the region of £250-300 k sterling". The ARA went on to state, that "a Mr. Thomas Murphy had a beneficial interest in no property connected with Craven Properties, and Craven Properties will be pursuing legal action against the ARA for loss of business and reputation connected with the raid on their offices, and the resulting incorrect information given to the media in relation to the incident.
But the Irish media haven't really gone into explianing the difference now, have they. So in a very short time, it will become a given of the Irish media that "Slab" had millions of RA money in property in England.
Just like the givens that
The RA are the biggest pub owners in Ireland - despite the fact that no pub has ever had its licenced revoked for connections with an illegal organisation
The RA are the biggest criminal gang operating out of Dublin Port - despite no member of the IRA ever being arrested in relation to criminal activity at the Port
The RA are a notorious drug dealing gang - despite no member of the IRA ever being charged in relation to drugs importation or sale
The RA had a spy ring in Stormont - Despite no evidence ever emergin that this was the case, and all charges in relation to the incident being dropped
The RA broke into Castlereagh and stole intelligence files - despite no evidence ever emerging to back up this claim, nor any member of the IRA ever charged with the incident
I can go on and on and on......
All I ask, is that given even this small amount of incidents, and given the known hostility of Irelands largest media outlet INM against Republicans, why do some people still believe every bit of drivel thats printed about the IRA, SF or any person related to teh Republican Movement. Are you all lemmings ?
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Good stuff rock.
I'm confused roc. Are you trying to say that SF didn't spend less than the Alliance or that they did???
Is he talking about the General or Local Elections?
They probably did though but I fail to see his point.
Ah, the deja vu of it all.Originally Posted by rockofcashel
I am saying that according to the officially recognised figures released by the NIO, SF spent less on the elections last year than the Alliance Party.
If you or anyone else wishes to contradict the figures, then you are entitled to do so. Your complaint should be made through the proper legal channels to the NIO.
Which is exactly the way Michael Mc Dowell should be makign his complaint. Especially given the fact that he in the Irish Minister for Justice, he I believe has a duty to report any illegal behaviour to the proper authorities. He would of course I'm sure be expected to back up such claims with evidence
It is not acceptable that he make politically motivated comments such as he does without such evidence, as, in my opinion this undermines the authority and dignity of his office.
The same should be said of anyone who makes such comments. Its blind ignorance in my opinion.
I suppose what I am trying to say to anyone is simple...
Put up... or shut up
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