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Thread: Michael D gets down to cronyism in the Presidential Office early: Sunday Times

  1. 2nd January 2012, 10:34 PM #1
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    Michael D gets down to cronyism in the Presidential Office early: Sunday Times

    Michael D has been rather quick in using his Office for family cronyism rather early - even for a 'socialist'. His daughter Alice Mary and her guest Ken Dempsey were among the 24 people in Newrange for dawn on the Winter Soltisce. Also among the 24 were Leo Varadkar and Ruiari Quinn plus 6 people drawn at random from 35000 who applied. The chamber in Newgrange can only hold 24. President Higgins requested 2 tickets from the OPW.
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    Im sorry you didn't get picked
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    Bloody socialists. Stealing our sunlight.
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    I also thought this was disgraceful. His daughter should be ashamed, and he should have had more sense. I think this confirms that Higgins is just another grasping politician, and that his sojourn in the park is a retirement bonus to be milked for all its worth.
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    It could have been worse. The tickets could have been sold to a diesel smuggler. I think Michael D. would have to do a lot worse that this to even register on the corruption scale.

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    The first fruits of an incredibly dirty Presidential campaign. I thought the President was supposed to be above politics, obviously not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by boxplayer View Post
    I also thought this was disgraceful. His daughter should be ashamed, and he should have had more sense. I think this confirms that Higgins is just another grasping politician, and that his sojourn in the park is a retirement bonus to be milked for all its worth.
    He's the president. If he wants a ticket for his daughter he should have a ticket for his daughter. As for Varadkar and Quinn...
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