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GE2024A WAR OF words has broken out between the coalition parties, as Helen McEntee said that “women all over the country understand what it’s like when men try to claim credit for their work”.
It follows comments from Fianna Fáil’s Dublin Bay South candidate Jim O’Callaghan, who suggested that he had proposed many of the initiatives tha McEntee had introduced during her time in the Department of Justice.
“We need to build on the good proposals that Fianna Fáil came up with before,” he told RTÉ’s Prime Time last night.
“I commend the minister for the fact she adopted our proposal about raising the recruitment age and also the retirement was raised to 62,” he said.
In response, McEntee said last night that O’Callaghan had turned down a junior ministry in the Department of Justice and that she had “turned up day in, day out”.
O’Callaghan responded: “I’ve been far more effective as a backbench Fianna Fáil TD… than being the Minister’s assistant. I’ve been much more effective as the Fianna Fáil justice spokesperson. The Minister has adopted my proposals in respect of knife crime. She adopted my proposal in respect of the Children’s Act. She adopted my proposal in respect of recruitment. She adopted my proposals in respect of safe countries.”
Asked about McEntee’s comments in which she said women know what it’s like when men try to claim credit for their work, O’Callaghan said “no circumstances was he trying to adopt the role of the man”, stating that there were a lot of Fianna Fáil work went in to achieve those ideas, which involved people like Senators Fiona O’Loughlin and Lisa Chambers.
At a press conference earlier today, the Fianna Fáil justice spokesperson stressed that his party wants to take control of the Department of Justice in the next Government, with Fianna Fáil arguing that the country needs a “sense of urgency and leadership after 14 years of a Fine Gael Minister for Justice”.
“I believe had we had the full ministry in the Department of Justice, I believe we would have seen greater progress in the area of justice,” O’Callaghan said.
“I’m not going to personalise it to Minister McEntee, but I do think there is a benefit to help the Department of Justice under new political control and direction as it really needs a new energy within that department,” he added.
When asked if she wants to retain the job as Justice Minister, McEntee said:
“Nobody’s elected here. Nobody has been elected here. My focus over the next two weeks is to get re-elected to represent the people of Meath East. I hope that we will be in a position to return to government with Simon Harris as Taoiseach.
“Anything beyond that really is a matter for two, three, four weeks time when we see what the outcome is and what people have decided.
And I think anything beyond that is simply arrogant.
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It’s a NO from me!
“STRIVE TO SUPPORT”
” DURABLE RELATIONSHIP”
Apart from the legal eagles that must love this vague nonsense ( lime a €€ jackpot )there’s nothing in there to say me to the yes side.
A BIG NO/NO from me
@Ken Mc Carthy: ‘sway’ me!!! even
@Ken Mc Carthy: How about ‘lime a €€ jackpot’? Some kind of code?
@Brendan O’Brien: hey hey…. I was waiting on the ‘dyslexia’ mocking— 4 minutes!!! U getting slow
@Ken Mc Carthy: You’re saying you have dyslexia?
@Brendan O’Brien: it doesn’t bother me one iota/ never hindered my career or life— its other small minded idiots that seem to have the problem with it!
@Ken Mc Carthy: I’ll stick to mocking your hero-worship of Trump and such things in future.
What qualifies as durable?
@George Vladisavljevic: no idea but you have to ‘strive to support’ it
@George Vladisavljevic: Well, you could have a durable relationship with your doctor, dog, grocer or your local handyman!
@George Vladisavljevic: Thomas Byrne FF on upfront with Katie Hannon Monday night was asked this in a debate with peader Tobin of Aontu, he hadn’t got a jot and tried bluffing his way through the answer, Tobin ran rings around him.
@Seanie: I was watching that……like seriously……Thomas byrne was the best they could put ‘out to bat’?? Tobin didn’t even have to try very hard…….. byrne scored plenty of own goals
@George Vladisavljevic: the durable bunny
(Vote NO) to this lieing government they have gone rogue deliberately trying to feed misinformation to the Irish people to get a yes vote it NO .and if they try to get it passed a second time it will be NO again.
I think this referendum will very well display that the loud, vocal, right wing commentary as seen in the comments section of the journal are not at all representative of the views of the general population. It’s all, no/no on here but this referendum will easily pass.
Empty can makes most noise!
@Soundy Sound: if it does easily pass I would be very worried for the critical thinking of the nation.
I don’t see it passing but it depends on the profile of the turnout. Unfortunatly we have ppl who will just vote for whatever the govt say without looking at what being asked to vote for.
Your constitution is the last protection against government overreach. Unless you are 100% certain of what the change will cause it should always be a no vote.
When you can’t define durable it opens potential legal chaos for absolutly no reason at all.
Senator Michael McDowell have all spoken very well on this as an ex min for justice and AG he is very well placed to do so. An honest man in my view.
I would urge anyone unsure to look at his 8 page document on it and why it should be No/No.
@Soundy Sound: were you not watching the news last night? no side zero coverage, obviously a governmental ploy.
@Soundy Sound: more likely than not this referendum will pass as its got all government parties pushing it, a quango set up & paid to push it ( electoral commission), media fully behind the government mantra of a ‘yes’ vote & the ( not even) subtle dictat that if we don’t bring in the correct result we’ll have to go again. The legal profession see this as a goldmine for sure but you’re wild accusation of labeling anyone who opposes this being rammed through as the ‘far right’ just once again shows how that term ( far right) has become so diluted & misused as to make it a worthless insult
@R B: I just do with what the govt demand us to do!
@Éanna o Sca: I just do the opposite of what gov demand us to do*
@Ken Mc Carthy: A Trump supporter balking at the term ‘far right’ – LOL etc.
@R B: what critical thinking, a nation of sheep it is.
@Brendan O’Brien: hi Kevin….adults are talking here…. give mommy back her phone
@Soundy Sound: if it does pass don’t bother with the mother’s day card after voting the only mention of her out of the constitution a big NO/NO from me
@R B: Senator McDowell on YouTube also. He’s excellent
Voting no to both
Sinn fein will re run it if they get into government if the Yes vote fails to go through….They reckon they can reword it to sway a Yes vote
@Mark Rooney: well, there’s something to be said for that approach….. the vague makey uppy present wording is wide open to different interpretations & legal challenges. A bit of clarity would go a long way to swaying me over to the government mantra (a ‘yes’ vote)
@Mark Rooney: Sinn Féin are doing their best to not be in government. They are the worst opposition party I have ever seen.
What if your relationship on durex?
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