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'It's certainly not a catwalk': 'Reservoir TDs' unite for Yes vote in Court referendum

It’s about as sexy as a referendum to establish a new court can possibly get.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezgF8HSn29Y

“IT’S CERTAINLY NOT a catwalk,” remarked Sinn Féin’s Pádraig Mac Lochlainn as one TD from each of the main parties walked the plinth at a wet Leinster House today.

United in their appeal for a Yes vote in the Court of Appeal referendum on Friday all we needed was the ‘Little Green Bag’ track and we had the ‘Reservoir Dogs’ intro. Reservoir TDs. Sort of.

“Could this be the beginning of something special… a possible future coalition on the cards?” asked one journalist to be greeted with an answer from Shatter that did not address the question whatsoever.

Shatter complained: “It’s been very difficult to get you guys interested in this particular referendum because of the excitement of the other one.”

Excitement indeed.

Then up stepped Alex White, Labour’s director of elections, who admitted he didn’t know what the turnout would be on Friday, but he said the referendum is hugely important:

Off camera MacLochlainn and Fianna Fáil’s Sean Ó Fearghail waited to be interviewed but decided that it probably wasn’t going to happen so headed inside and out of the rain.

Videos: Hugh O’Connell

Explainer: What is the Court of Appeal Referendum all about?

Pic: Alan Shatter’s Court of Appeal roadshow

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    Mute Jack Daniels
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    Oct 1st 2013, 3:54 PM

    Pure simplification . Everything the Irish people has voted Yes for in referendums “dumdums” has turned out to be a conjob. Nice Lisbon Fiscal Treaty. Does anyone actually believe that Enda Kenny is trying to do the right thing by the people ? Does anyone actually believe it is him and not the E.U/Merkel/Draghi Enterprises who are behind this. This Seanad referendum and all the cost and elitist shite behind it is a smokescreen to get rid of one loophole and that loophole Article 27 were concerning matters of huge national interest for the country and the people would go to a referendum . Now who here does not think there is going to be major decisions about the future of this country coming down the line just take a peek across the Atlantic the biggest economy in the world is tithering on the Edge of Default because they cannot sustain their debt they have reached their ceiling this will have implications across the globe. This with the whispers of a Federal European Army in the works and or own domestic problems were we have literally no say in how our country is ran by big government . Voting Yes to hand more power to suits who really wish you’d just evaporate off the planet is a dangerous game and who will pay the next generations have’nt we done enough to them already by our blind obedience . Jesus wept.

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    Mute Jason Bourne
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    Oct 1st 2013, 4:39 PM

    Yip

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    Mute Carcu Sidub
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    Oct 1st 2013, 3:36 PM

    Where’s a falling tree when you need one?

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    Mute endas a arse
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    Oct 1st 2013, 4:19 PM

    I’m surprised they are sober enough

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    Mute Wynnner
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    Oct 1st 2013, 4:37 PM

    Better still engine falling off an aeroplane donnie darko style

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    Mute Declan Carr
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    Oct 1st 2013, 3:46 PM

    It just doesn’t look right with SF standing long side FG joking and laughing. Something is wrong when those two parties go had in hand. best keeping well away from them. One of FG’s plans go into coalition with SF and wipe them out like they did Labour. VOTE NO on the two issues.

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    Mute Susie
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    Oct 1st 2013, 3:41 PM

    well id fck any of them

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    Mute Paul Roche
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    Oct 1st 2013, 5:38 PM

    Susie,
    They already did it to you.

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    Mute Susie
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    Oct 1st 2013, 8:33 PM

    And I’m crippled from it, I am.

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    Mute Philip Riordan
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    Oct 1st 2013, 5:36 PM

    Vote No

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    Mute Setrakian
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    Oct 1st 2013, 5:53 PM

    Unlike the film that this article mentions the shysters in that picture are bloody criminals. Just a shame Mr Yellow is too scared to debate his mass con / power grab this evening.

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    Mute Con Ó Domhnaill
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    Oct 1st 2013, 5:25 PM

    The chuckle brothers mark 2. Never thought I’d see Sinn Fein sharing the catwalk with Fine Gael. A model for the future?

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    Mute Kerry Blake
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    Oct 1st 2013, 5:44 PM

    Seems to be happening more and more. Question is who will wear the pants Adams or Kenny in that relationship?

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    Mute Sean Collins
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    Oct 1st 2013, 6:07 PM

    Sinn Fein arse lickers

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    Mute Noble Gas
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    Oct 1st 2013, 3:40 PM

    Who’s Mr Pink?

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    Mute James Doody
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    Oct 1st 2013, 9:35 PM

    I can’t believe that people are being sold the notion that this is all about saving money!!! I will be voting no even though it’s probably pointless! Enda Kenny has the country herded like sheep into voting yes.

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    Mute Veronica
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    Oct 2nd 2013, 12:02 AM

    I don’t see the logic in voting yes for this court of appeal…. We have a perfectly good system in place if half the judges got up off their lazy asses and actually did some work besides playing their games of golf and what have you… By voting yes it means employing more lazy judges to do the work of the existing ones and even more tax payers money to pay their wages……

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