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THE SON OF Independent TD Michael Lowry has said his father didn’t help him get elected mayor of North Tipperary.
Micheál Lowry was installed to the post this week after the politicians’ local organisation, nicknamed Team Lowry, secured a voting pact from all four Fine Gael councillors, the three Labour members and another three independents on the council, the Nenagh Guardian reports. Mr Lowry Snr was in the council chamber to witness the vote, as were a number of other Lowry family members.
Asked whether his father had advised him in the run-up to the vote, Micheál told TheJournal.ie: “No, he didn’t, no. He’s hands-off, in the sense that he allows you to do your own thing. If I wanted his advice he’s there. But he’s the same with me as with all the other councillors.”
However, he said the Lowry name hadn’t hurt his status with voters in North Tipperary, where his father has topped the poll in successive general elections. “I’d be very naive to sit here and tell you that having the surname isn’t a benefit,” he said. “What I always say is: If you get elected once, you can blame it on the name. If you get elected twice, you must be doing something.”
The ascendance of Micheál has led to speculation he is being ‘groomed’ to replace his father as a TD for the area. He said the vote was a high point for father and son. “It was a proud moment for me, and it was for him,” Micheál said.
Calls to a landline number given for Micheál on the North Tipperary council website were answered by a parliamentary assistant to Michael Lowry TD.
Earlier this year, Michael Lowry faced a Dáil motion calling on him to resign after the Moriarty Tribunal found that he had influenced the decision to award Ireland’s second mobile phone licence to Denis O’Brien’s Esat Digifone consortium. He refused to step down.
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FF only €2,500 .. hmm.
@Lydia Mcloughlin: Younger readers should investigate the antics of FF’s Ray Burke, Betty Ahearne, the Flynn political dynasty (lol), Ivor Callely, Liam Lawlor et all, Google is your friend just like Micky Martin was friends with the aforementioned. When you do you will realise why FF only ‘declared’ €2k and you will come to the inevitable conclusion that these parasites haven’t changed one iota.
@Mr Inbetween: Younger voters should also familiarise themselves with SF/IRA antics.
@John Terry: Young voters are well aware of what to do with the opinions of people still using the SF/IRA tag for political opportunism. Bin them and move on to opinions relevant to this century.
@John Terry: well said John, well said indeed
@Tommy Roche: I love the way sf heads love to try and sweep all their old ways under the carpet but everything else is fair game…..and you are right,younger voters are well aware of sf/ira antics…..that’s why they have stalled and are actually losing voters…..any other credible opposition party would be way higher in the polls.
@John Terry: You are aware that for decades during ‘The Troubles’ SF/IRA were implored by all sides at every opportunity after every atrocity to give up the bomb for the ballot box .. to embrace democratic means to achieve their goals. They did.. They did that 1/4 of a century ago ! Now you and your ilk obviously don’t want to move on.. I’m no SF fan.. but people like you banging on about the past every time SF are mentioned is sad and pathetic.. FFG employ the same tactics in the dail. Ironically its driving people towards them and not away..
@John Terry: Wink wink
@Mr Inbetween: No mention of the Northern Bank heist mentioned I noted.
@John Terry: Younger Voters are well aware of the history of the conflict..They can see the hypocrisy of FG/ FF who since the foundation of this state buried their heads in the sand concerning the apartheid state that existed in the six counties
Younger voters are also well aware with the Galway tent and the criminal actions of Haughty and the proven liar Bertie Ahern. Younger voters are well aware of the short comings of FG… Younger voters must be scratching their heads when Martin stated there was no bank bailout…Younger voters are well aware they are still paying for the bailout…and are well aware their children will be also paying for it
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@Donal Desmond: only decent thing a shinner ever did was starve themselves lol
@John Terry: the same way as young nationalists have to familiarise themselves with uvf/udf/british tactics.
2,500? brown envelope not counted! erm
@Bass Boss: I wonder how much of that 80,000 sf received was from criminal activity?
@John Terry: LOL, Bass Boss didn’t even have to name the political party, all he mentioned was 2,500 “BROWN ENVELOPES” and you correctly assumed he was of course talking about Fianna Fail. Brown envelopes are synonymous with FF.
@John Terry: absolutely zero. As the article states all donors are fully open and transparent. So can stop wondering now.
@Mr Inbetween: And body bags are synonymous with SF/IRA.
@John Terry: Perhaps FF who seem to have received very little in donations could ask the proven liar who recently rejoined the party for advice on how deal with donations, now that the Galway tent has ceased to exist. Perhaps the proven liar Ahern could give advice on how Haughty got away with his criminal actions..Or how the likes of Ray Burke ended up in in jail…Or how Varadkar is now Taoiseach because the Attorney General got him off the hook concerning Zappone gate . Wonder why you failed to mention these little facts.
@Donal Desmond: you subhumans are very triggered lol
2500 Hard to believe, maybe 25000000
Lol, FF keep the donations under 1500 so as not to disclose them.
@Vincent Wallace: sure bertie ahern admitted to collecting bags of cash and there was nothing done about it.
@Michael o connor: At least he wasn’t collecting body bags like many families had to do after SF/IRA atrocities.
@Tim Quigley: Taken from the handbook of responses from Varadkar and Martin.
@Donal Desmond: you subhumans don’t like facts lol
@Tim Quigley: many Catholics buried their loved ones after loyalist and british murder. Tim dont be so insulting to families in the occupied 6 counties. You may have got your freedom. Well done but some still live under the british loyalist jackboot.
Now do SF in the North and their holdings in the US. I’m always impressed by their ready embrace of partition when it comes to stuffing their own coffers. Tiocfaidh ár lolly, apparently
@honey badger: nice desert to follow up yesterdays dinner with the US ambassador. Party for change lol.
@Alan: Spare change :)
@honey badger: SF are a party of the wealthy for the wealthy
@honey badger: What’s the fuss? The most popular party in Ireland got more donations than FFG. Does this make you jealous? FFG are feeble negotiators who have allowed a private company to run rings around them regarding the construction of the new Children’s Hospital as the price rises and the completion date keeps getting put back. As the saying goes, “fools and their money are easily parted”.
@Harry Cock: “@Noel Lee: you can’t say things like that on a Sinn Fein urine soaked rag like The Journal, the digital army council will lynch come down on you like a ton of bile”
You said that on here yesterday, if you think that of the Journal why do you keep coming back like a puppy with his tail between his legs?
https://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-visits-leitrim-village-tornado-6245744-Dec2023/
@Frank Cauldhame: lol
Enough to buy one electric car in Ireland!!
comments on state controlled Journal only allowed for Sinn fein negative article closed for 95% of other articles
@Kevin O Brien: because there is nothing positive about Sinn Fein
@Harry Cock: Especially if you’re a Brit bot/troll. Freedom is a very positive thing in most people’s eyes, but not imperialist swine, obviously
@Art Vandelay: so why did SF/IRA murder and rape their own then?
FF are lying again? Well slap me with a kipper & call me Sally, I never thought I’d see the day
No wonder shinners are the wealthiest party on the island
@DGQ: for a party that is always banging on about just taking the average industrial wage, this is comical, anyone who believes that nonsense isn’t playing with a full deck
@Harry Cock: youve too much time on your hands why dont you get a job. Are ff fg paying you to write rubbish on tge journal?
Wow. If they keep that up they’ll be as wealthy as their elected friends in Palestine.
And how do sf account for all (or some of) their public representing salary-v-average industrial wage??? Are these huge sums not donated to party coffers????
@DGQ: shinner cheerleader, the army council is proud of you
@Jimmy Wallace: northern bank maybe?
@DGQ: I suppose you answered some question……just not the one I asked!!
@Jimmy Wallace: Yes and Mary still has a few questions to answer!!
@Harry Cock: you must be a real brit
SF the political party that has over 200 million in overseas bank accounts . Is it any wonder they can sue anyone .
@Jack Moss: you’d sue too if you were subjected to lies in print, how else can you correct the record, appealing for fairness won’t work with journalist friends of FFG
Interest from the Northern Bank money?
Shinners could do with going on a diet lol
23 registered political parties????
Bad news sells
Ireland will get what it pays for.
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