And down goes another Fine Gael TD. Wonder what’s happening there to have such a high number dropping out.
BigDrummerGorilla on
Bloody hell, another one?
CaptainNotorious on
The words rats and sinking ship spring to mind
Subterraniate on
Ah, isn’t she the wagon who spoke on telly about kids with special needs compared to ‘*normal* kids’?
SeanB2003 on
It’s a good day to be Neale Richmond.
Dry-Sympathy-3451 on
She was the one hounded by the antivax loons
I can’t blame her
Would ya be arsed
Try_It_Sometime on
Best of luck to him. A great public servant
BrickEnvironmental37 on
I think they know they will struggle to go to doors in the upcoming election and to justify “5 more years, this time it will be different.”
But it’s also their own fault for just staying in the background for all of this time and just being good party people.
slowdownrodeo on
She’s leaving to concentrate on her core business: pursuing false personal injury claims for her clients falling off swings in bars
immajustgooglethat on
There’s rumours Coveney is thinking of the same
HappyMike91 on
We’re not like America or the UK when it comes to how we treat politicians. Even if politics has gotten toxic.
Strict-Gap9062 on
Writing is on the wall for them all. Jumping ship rather then face the embarrassment of not getting re-elected.
NotDanaWyhte on
I know it’s mostly FG people tucking tail but if Norma Foley could do us all a favour and fuck off too that would be lovely.
IntentionFalse8822 on
Someone was clearly told that she isn’t getting that promotion she believed she is entitled to.
radiogramm on
I’m not a fan of FG and they certainly haven’t handled the housing and health issues very well, but I am also seeing politicians getting horrible abuse across the whole spectrum of Irish politics at the moment. You’re seeing people being targeted right across the whole spread of parties, FG, FF, SF, Soc Dems, Greens, Labour and even PBP – they’re all feeling it.
Most Irish politicians are hard working, constituency focused and decent sorts and in politics for the right reasons. Any system will have the odd bad apple, but most of them definitely aren’t.
You might not agree with all of their policies or ideas but to be fair to them, with very few exceptions, they’re usually sound and want to do their best to represent people and have some kind of positive impact.
I’m just seeing insane stuff like the Lord Mayor of Cork being physically assaulted and his chain grabbed at an event, people shouting abuse at random TDs. We’d Holly Cairns having to shut down a constituency office and frankly the guards have been as useless as a chocolate teapot, even when their own colleagues have been very much on the receiving end of it too. What we are seeing is also probably only the half of it.
Yes, we have a housing crisis, but that isn’t the whole story. We’ve a rise of a small, persistent and very aggressive group of toxic thugs who don’t want to engage with politics at all. They just want to bully and threaten people. Everything’s a conspiracy to them.
That’s the kind of thing that results in normal people deciding never to stand as a councillor, never to put a foot forward into the political space at all, because it’s too much to deal with and that is how you end up with American style collapse of political discourse and a crumbling of democracy with either low quality candidates or very extreme politicians and everyone else just deciding it’s not worth putting themselves out there.
It just worries me that in a few years time all parties could be struggling to find candidates.
Chance-Beautiful-663 on
What’s that, 14 out of 33 TDs gone now (on top of losing a quarter of their TDs at the last general election).
It’s not yet existential for FG but it could go very south very quickly. Going into the 2007 election you’d have been laughed out of town if you’d suggested that within a year, the PDs would be saying “Lads this is nuts, want to just call it a day?”.
TheChrisD on
Who?
>Josepha Madigan (born 21 May 1970) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as **Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion** from July 2020 until March 2024.
Clearly didn’t do anything of note then.
deargearis on
I’d say the entire oireachtas has considered quitting. Except for the true 100% cold blooded psychos who could stay on in the current climate.
Commercial-Ranger339 on
Who?
coffeys_waste_man on
Personally I just think it’s down to the pressure and backlash with social media and all that’s happening. I have a brother with special needs and this is the portfolio she is under but like while there are short comings, we just lack the staff she resources, we can’t blame the ministers completely, if they had there way everyone would have what they need, everyone would have a home, everyone who needed special needs assessments would get them but unfortunately it’s not that easy.
Northside4L1fe on
I was working for the Oireachtas when she was elected and had to deal with her a fair bit. Nice enough but pretty snooty and stuck up in ways, she got quite defensive about her name being Joseffa and not Joseefa.
Blonkertz on
What’s that, something like 40% of their TDS now who have announced they won’t be running at the next election?
High_Flyer87 on
Now I’m most certainly convinced some members of Fine Gael are caught up in a huge scandal. The raft of resignations is wild.
Madigan wanted to go to Europe – I was certain she would continue on.
Comfortable-Can-9432 on
She was looking for the European nomination and she didn’t get it. I think that was the final nail in the coffin.
High_Flyer87 on
At this rate Maria Bailey will be swinging in towards the front benches.
DumbledoresFaveGoat on
Hmm something is rotten in the state of Denmark
SailTales on
Watching Fine Gael implode in real-time is the most beautiful thing i’ve ever seen.
cen_fath on
The cynic in me is thinking they’re all moving aside so that more will qualify for Miniterial pensions when their ultimate end arrives. From one government, there will now be three Taoiseach level pensions and how many ministerial ones?
B0bLoblawLawBl0g on
Pensions secured. Riding off into the sunset.
shamsham123 on
For all these TDs resigning. It would be great to see summaries of what they actually achieved while in government.
Josepha has literally achieved nothing and accomplished nothing in her assignments.
Same for Harris…he was in housing…failed. He was in health…failed.
On that record, he deserves to be Taoiseach?
We truly live in opposite land. FFS.
lamahorses on
They know they will be in opposition in the next Dail.
Fabulous_Ad7398 on
All leaving with big fat 6 figure sum pensions, some will have state cars and drivers for life.
Country is a total joke all our tax money going to SW recipient’s and government (early) retirees, they shouldnt receive a pension until they are 66 like everyone else.
CodSafe6961 on
Wonder if he’s happy just to be Taoiseach for awhile and retire early and if it happens to go well then great. Since he’s so young will be getting a long retirement so probably happiest to be the fall guy
Storyboys on
We’re on the pints
Full-Pack9330 on
No Ministerial salary next time so just feck off into the sunset with the aul’ bunch of soft govt pensions for all the trojan work she put in……
East_Key631 on
One of the good ones sorry I mean rubbish ones
ubermick on
I absolutely love how the running excuse is “ahh, it’s great but sure after so long in the job its a bit tiring” as if they’re not publicly failing us left and ring for that long and more, and know damn well there’s crucifixions happening in the next general election that they’re too terrified to call.
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And down goes another Fine Gael TD. Wonder what’s happening there to have such a high number dropping out.
Bloody hell, another one?
The words rats and sinking ship spring to mind
Ah, isn’t she the wagon who spoke on telly about kids with special needs compared to ‘*normal* kids’?
It’s a good day to be Neale Richmond.
She was the one hounded by the antivax loons
I can’t blame her
Would ya be arsed
Best of luck to him. A great public servant
I think they know they will struggle to go to doors in the upcoming election and to justify “5 more years, this time it will be different.”
But it’s also their own fault for just staying in the background for all of this time and just being good party people.
She’s leaving to concentrate on her core business: pursuing false personal injury claims for her clients falling off swings in bars
There’s rumours Coveney is thinking of the same
We’re not like America or the UK when it comes to how we treat politicians. Even if politics has gotten toxic.
Writing is on the wall for them all. Jumping ship rather then face the embarrassment of not getting re-elected.
I know it’s mostly FG people tucking tail but if Norma Foley could do us all a favour and fuck off too that would be lovely.
Someone was clearly told that she isn’t getting that promotion she believed she is entitled to.
I’m not a fan of FG and they certainly haven’t handled the housing and health issues very well, but I am also seeing politicians getting horrible abuse across the whole spectrum of Irish politics at the moment. You’re seeing people being targeted right across the whole spread of parties, FG, FF, SF, Soc Dems, Greens, Labour and even PBP – they’re all feeling it.
Most Irish politicians are hard working, constituency focused and decent sorts and in politics for the right reasons. Any system will have the odd bad apple, but most of them definitely aren’t.
You might not agree with all of their policies or ideas but to be fair to them, with very few exceptions, they’re usually sound and want to do their best to represent people and have some kind of positive impact.
I’m just seeing insane stuff like the Lord Mayor of Cork being physically assaulted and his chain grabbed at an event, people shouting abuse at random TDs. We’d Holly Cairns having to shut down a constituency office and frankly the guards have been as useless as a chocolate teapot, even when their own colleagues have been very much on the receiving end of it too. What we are seeing is also probably only the half of it.
Yes, we have a housing crisis, but that isn’t the whole story. We’ve a rise of a small, persistent and very aggressive group of toxic thugs who don’t want to engage with politics at all. They just want to bully and threaten people. Everything’s a conspiracy to them.
That’s the kind of thing that results in normal people deciding never to stand as a councillor, never to put a foot forward into the political space at all, because it’s too much to deal with and that is how you end up with American style collapse of political discourse and a crumbling of democracy with either low quality candidates or very extreme politicians and everyone else just deciding it’s not worth putting themselves out there.
It just worries me that in a few years time all parties could be struggling to find candidates.
What’s that, 14 out of 33 TDs gone now (on top of losing a quarter of their TDs at the last general election).
It’s not yet existential for FG but it could go very south very quickly. Going into the 2007 election you’d have been laughed out of town if you’d suggested that within a year, the PDs would be saying “Lads this is nuts, want to just call it a day?”.
Who?
>Josepha Madigan (born 21 May 1970) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as **Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion** from July 2020 until March 2024.
Clearly didn’t do anything of note then.
I’d say the entire oireachtas has considered quitting. Except for the true 100% cold blooded psychos who could stay on in the current climate.
Who?
Personally I just think it’s down to the pressure and backlash with social media and all that’s happening. I have a brother with special needs and this is the portfolio she is under but like while there are short comings, we just lack the staff she resources, we can’t blame the ministers completely, if they had there way everyone would have what they need, everyone would have a home, everyone who needed special needs assessments would get them but unfortunately it’s not that easy.
I was working for the Oireachtas when she was elected and had to deal with her a fair bit. Nice enough but pretty snooty and stuck up in ways, she got quite defensive about her name being Joseffa and not Joseefa.
What’s that, something like 40% of their TDS now who have announced they won’t be running at the next election?
Now I’m most certainly convinced some members of Fine Gael are caught up in a huge scandal. The raft of resignations is wild.
Madigan wanted to go to Europe – I was certain she would continue on.
She was looking for the European nomination and she didn’t get it. I think that was the final nail in the coffin.
At this rate Maria Bailey will be swinging in towards the front benches.
Hmm something is rotten in the state of Denmark
Watching Fine Gael implode in real-time is the most beautiful thing i’ve ever seen.
The cynic in me is thinking they’re all moving aside so that more will qualify for Miniterial pensions when their ultimate end arrives. From one government, there will now be three Taoiseach level pensions and how many ministerial ones?
Pensions secured. Riding off into the sunset.
For all these TDs resigning. It would be great to see summaries of what they actually achieved while in government.
Josepha has literally achieved nothing and accomplished nothing in her assignments.
Same for Harris…he was in housing…failed. He was in health…failed.
On that record, he deserves to be Taoiseach?
We truly live in opposite land. FFS.
They know they will be in opposition in the next Dail.
All leaving with big fat 6 figure sum pensions, some will have state cars and drivers for life.
Country is a total joke all our tax money going to SW recipient’s and government (early) retirees, they shouldnt receive a pension until they are 66 like everyone else.
Wonder if he’s happy just to be Taoiseach for awhile and retire early and if it happens to go well then great. Since he’s so young will be getting a long retirement so probably happiest to be the fall guy
We’re on the pints
No Ministerial salary next time so just feck off into the sunset with the aul’ bunch of soft govt pensions for all the trojan work she put in……
One of the good ones sorry I mean rubbish ones
I absolutely love how the running excuse is “ahh, it’s great but sure after so long in the job its a bit tiring” as if they’re not publicly failing us left and ring for that long and more, and know damn well there’s crucifixions happening in the next general election that they’re too terrified to call.