Jim O Callaghan, Fianna Fail, Sinn Fein, Government

Jim O’Callaghan TD Fianna Fail

On Sunday 8^th March 2020, Fianna Fail, 'Justice' Spokesman, Jim O’Callaghan told RTE that Fianna Fail, “May have been too definitive about their stated position of not being prepared to go into Government with Sinn Fein/PIRA”. It is difficult to understand how any democratic organisation can be “too definitive” about not wishing to go into Government with Sinn Fein/PIRA who are controlled by The Provisional IRA Army Council (who are in turn controlled by foreign agents) with an “Over-arching Strategy”. Perhaps Jim O'Callaghan TD should go to the family of Garda Jerry McCabe and tell them face-to-face that Fianna Fail has been "Too Definitive" about not going into Government with Garda Mc Cabe's Murderers and their mouth-pieces, or go to the family of 21 year-old Paul Quinn who was butchered by Sinn Fein/PIRA and explain to them what, "Too Definitive" means.

Perhaps Jim O'Callaghan TD is running afraid of the real threat of Sinn Fein/PIRA, "They have not gone away you know" (Gerry Adams). Although Jim O'Callaghan TD has represented in Court senior Sinn Fein/PIRA mouth-pieces such as Gerry Kelly MLA and Gerry Adams TD. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/election-2020/revealed-ff-tds-work-on-legal-case-for-gerry-adams-38934927.html

Graffiti that appeared in Dundalk when Gerry Adams TD admitted that he knew for a decade that his brother Liam Adams had raped his 4 year-old daughter Aine.

Jim O’Callaghan TD Government with Sinn Fein/PIRA

Jim O’Callaghan has been a Fianna Fail politician for over a decade now and he is also a fairly decent Barrister, and therefore, one must ask the question, why would Jim O’Callaghan TD even continence going into Government with Sinn Fein/PIRA who have murdered 3,000 men, women and children (the majority of which were innocent civilians), an organisation that have mutilated, maimed, tortured and raped many thousands more innocents, an organisation that continues to Ghost its rapists into The Irish Republic, an organisation that has murdered Gardai in cold blood.

Jim O’Callaghan TD National Interest

Is Jim O’Callaghan TD so consumed by his own self-importance and self-worth that he would sacrifice the national interest, is he to follow the path of former Fianna Fail mouth-pieces such as John O’Donoghue who contributed nothing to the public interest but simply massaged his own ego while filling his pockets with tax payers money.

Jim O’Callaghan TD Coalition with Sinn Fein/PIRA

If Fianna Fail were to go into Government with Sinn Fein/PIRA, The PIRA Army Council would pull that Government down before the completion of its tenure, at which point Fianna Fail would find themselves in the dustbin of political history, from where they would not return.

Government Formation 2020

Nobody wants another General Election, and therefore, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and The Green Party have an opportunity to step up to the mark in the national interest, because the only Virus that poses a threat to this Irish Republic is the Virus of Sinn Fein/PIRA Criminality. Who knows? in 5 years, following self-isolation, Sinn Fein/PIRA may have some contribution to make at national level, however, for now, due to their ongoing murder and criminality they need to be decontaminated and de-radicalised by the reality that this Irish Republic will not open up its corridors of power to Criminals and there mouth-pieces.

Jim O Callaghan, Fianna Fail, Sinn Fein, Government

McCabe Tribunal, Justice Peter Charleton, Maurice McCabe, Fianna Fail

When Allegations of Sex Crime are used as a Political Weapon to Assassinate good people

Whatever political or social views are held by any citizen, no citizen should be content when false allegations of sexual crime are used against any individual for any reason. Garda Maurice McCabe was branded a sex criminal by the most senior member of An Garda Sochana, when no evidence ever existed to support such vexatious and malicious claims.

Each and every day false allegations of sexual crime are leveled against good people and in many cases these false allegations have led to people being convicted before the Courts and even The Court of Appeal has been fooled by well scholared liars and corrupt Gardai.

Other High Profile Conspiracies

Those who are hurt most by these political conspiracies are the real and actual victims of sexual crime, victims whose assertions will be more and more questioned as the public lose faith in a system that allows good people to be destroyed by people pursuing personal or political vendetta’s.

Where was the voice of so-called victims’ groups when it was clear that the State and some of its leading dignitaries had led a disgraceful and vexatious smear campaign against Maurice McCabe. Hundreds of Millions of Euro of Tax Payer’s money is being pumped into so-called victims’ groups to protect and speak up for the vulnerable, however, it appears from the Maurice McCabe conspiracy that those victims’ groups will not bite the political hand that feeds them.

Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan told TD that Garda Sgt Maurice McCabe was a sex abuser, The Charleton Tribunal has found:

Mr Charleton: Maurice McCabe was ‘repulsively denigrated’ for being no more than a good citizen and police officer

The Charleton Tribunal has found that the then Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan told a Dáil deputy in early 2014 that whistle-blower Sgt Maurice McCabe had sexually abused his own family.

In a report published on Thursday, Mr Justice Peter Charleton said he accepted what the former head of the Public Accounts Committee, John McGuinness, said in evidence of a meeting in a car park in West Dublin.

Mr Callinan, in his evidence to the tribunal, disputed the Fianna Fáil deputy’s evidence about what was said in the meeting.

The finding is a devastating finding for a former head of the police force. The abuse claim against Mr McCabe was completely without foundation.

Mr McGuinness told the tribunal that the then commissioner said to him that there were issues to do with Sgt McCabe, who at the time was being considered as a potential witness to the Dáil committee.

Mr McGuinness said he was told the sergeant “had sexually abused his family and an individual, that he was not to be trusted, that I had made a grave error in relation to the Public Accounts Committee and the hearings because of this, and that I would find myself in serious trouble.”

Mr Callinan, in his evidence said he did not at any point “speak in derogatory terms of Sgt McCabe nor would I.”

Mr Justice Charleton said the conversation “as described by John McGuinness TD took place.”

He also said that Nóirín O’Sullivan, who succeeded Mr Callinan as commissioner, had said she had no knowledge of the car park meeting. “There is nothing to show otherwise.”

Mr Justice Charleton said that, at the time, Mr Callinan felt a “frontal assault” was needed to stop Sgt McCabe appearing before the committee.

“That involved, regrettably, a pretence that Maurice McCabe was not only unreliable but that reliance on him would be a trap, the springing of which, through him being charged with one or multiple sexual abuse allegations, would leave deputy McGuinness looking more than foolish.”

Campaign of calumny

The tribunal has also found that the former head of the Garda Press Office, Supt Dave Taylor, was involved in a campaign of “calumny” against Sgt McCabe and rejected Supt Taylor’s claim that he was acting under orders.

“The tribunal is convinced that he pursued a scheme that somehow evolved out of his cheek-by-jowl working relationship with Commissioner Callinan.

“Their plan was that there was to be much nodding and winking and references to a historic claim of sexual abuse”, the judge said.

During the tribunal evidence was heard that in 2006 Sgt McCabe was the subject of a claim of historic child sex abuse but that the claim was dismissed by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Mr Justice Charleton said that Supt Taylor was a witness whose “credibility was completely undermined by his own bitterness”.

Mr Justice Charleton said he accepted the evidence given by the Security and Crime editor of The Irish Times, Conor Lally, who rejected a claim by Supt Taylor that he had been briefed negatively about Sgt McCabe.

Repulsively denigrated

In his report, the Supreme Court judge said of Sgt McCabe: “What has been unnerving about more than 100 days of hearings in this tribunal is that a person who stood up for better standards in our national police force, Sergeant Maurice McCabe, and who exemplified hard work in his own calling, was repulsively denigrated for being no more than a good citizen and police officer.”

In investigating the calumny against him, other aspects of our national life have been laid bare, the judge said.

The tribunal has not supported a claim that Ms O’Sullivan treated Sgt McCabe unfairly during the confidential hearings of the O’Higgins Commission, a claim that led to calls for her resignation during 2016.

Mr Justice Charleton said there was a “rush to judgment” in the public mind when selected leaked information from the commission hearings came into the public domain.

The tribunal also rejected the claim that a report broadcast on RTÉ by crime correspondent Paul Reynolds in May, 2016, had “branded” Sgt McCabe “a liar and irresponsible”.

Sgt McCabe believed that the RTÉ report was based on briefing material prepared by the Garda and used by former Garda commissioner Ms O’Sullivan to influence or attempt to influence RTÉ’s report.

However, these allegations are not upheld by Mr Justice Charleton in his report.

“While there was a reference (in Paul Reynolds’ report) to an untruth told by Maurice McCabe to the O’Higgins Commission, there can be no criticism for reporting that,” Mr Justice Charleton writes.

“Furthermore, a reference in the relevant term of reference, (k), to Maurice McCabe being branded as irresponsible is inaccurate. What Paul Reynolds did was honest.

“He was not under the directions of Garda Headquarters and he went about his job as an intelligent and independent reporter. In no sense was he a tool of the higher echelons of Garda Headquarters.”

McCabe Tribunal, Justice Peter Charleton, Maurice McCabe, Fianna Fail

Abortion Bill, Peadar Toibin TD, Sinn Fein, Fine Gael, Fianna Fail

Abortion Bill, Peadar Toibin TD, Sinn Fein, Fine Gael, Fianna Fail

Peadar Toibin TD has stood firm and voted against the second stage of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, there was strong support for Mr Toibin in his home county:

“It is great to see a politican standing up for what he believes in rather than following the leadership like a sheep to the slaughter”, Mary (Navan).

“Shame on those TDs who voted for their big salaries rather than voting to protect innocent children”, John (Slane).

“I know TDs who are genuinely opposed to the Abortion Bill, and yet they voted for it, shame on them” Bernadette (Johnstown).

“This Bill is about murdering unborn children for convenience, it is shameful, while I might not vote for Peadar Toibin at the next election, I will never vote Fine Gael again”. Margaret (Kentstown).

“The saving of a life is a matter for the professionals on the day, this Bill allows for an abuse of our constitution to such an extent that an Irish child can be murdered on a whim, fair play to Peadar Toibin, he should be an indepenednet and get away from people like Gerry Adams who has no respect for human life” Marcus (Ashbourne).

Four Fine Gael TDs and a Sinn Fein TD have defied their party whip to vote against the second stage of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill.

The Government won the vote by 138 votes to 24. Fine Gael TDs Terence Flanagan, Peter Mathews, Billy Timmins and Brian Walsh voted against the Bill, as did Sinn Fein’s Peadar Toibin.

The Bill allows for abortion in Ireland in limited circumstances, including a risk to the life of the mother due to suicide.

Minister of State Lucinda voted for the second stage of the Bill. She indicated in her Dail speech yesterday that she hoped there would be substantive amendments to the legislation at committee stage, which begins this evening.

A number of Fianna Fail TDs voted against the legislation along with several independent TDs including Michael Healy Rae, Mattie McGrath, Michael Lowry and Noel Grealish.

The Bill is to go for a second reading before a Dáil subcommitte on health this evening.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny had faced the defection of several Fine Gael TDs with at least five of the party’s TDs expressing reservations about the Bill. Four members of the party had confirmed they would vote against it.

While there is no threat to the Government’s parliamentary majority, the effort over weeks to win over the doubters in Fine Gael is seen as a big test of Mr Kenny’s authority as party leader.

Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald said Fine Gael members who voted against the Bill would lose the party whip.

The Taoiseach had “nailed his colours to the mast” on the issue and considered the Bill a very important piece of legislation, she told RTE radio this morning.

Under Fine Gael rules, TDs who lose the party whip must apply to a Fine Gael branch to run for election again for the party and this is subject to the approval of its national executive.

Only one TD - Denis Naughten of Roscommon - has defied the Fine Gael whip since Mr Kenny took power more than two years ago.

Dublin North East TD Terence Flanagan yesterday became the fourth Fine Gael TD to say he would vote against the abortion legislation, following Billy Timmins, Peter Mathews and Brian Walsh who had already confirmed their opposition.

In addition, Minister of State Lucinda Creighton and four other Fine Gael TDs - John Paul Phelan, Michelle Mulherin, John O’Mahony and James Bannon - all criticised the Bill during the opening Dáil debate on it yesterday. They did not say how they would vote, however.

The vote was scheduled for 5pm after Mr Kenny’s return from Strasbourg, where he addressed the European Parliament on Ireland’s EU presidency.

Mr Kenny issued a stern defence of the legislation in his own speech to the Dáil, saying it was not possible to remove the suicide clause. He also rejected demands for a time limit to be applied to when a termination can take place.

“To those who fear that this Bill is the first step towards a liberal abortion regime in Ireland, I say clearly that this extremely restrictive Bill is the only proposal that will be brought forward by this Government on this issue,” he said.

The Bill provides a legal framework for abortion in cases where there is a threat to life to the pregnant woman, including by suicide.

The Taoiseach’s remarks came only hours after Ms Creighton took issue with the suicide clause and the lack of term limits. The expectation in political circles is that she will vote for the legislation today to see whether the Government accepts substantive amendments in the next phase of the Dáil debate.

However, this is considered unlikely and it is expected she will vote against the Bill at the committee stage later this week. This would cost her both her membership of the Fine Gael parliamentary party and her Ministerial office.

Mr Phelan, TD for Carlow-Kilkenny, said it would be reasonable to expect a referendum on the subject.

Meath east byelection, Helen mcentee, labour party, sinn fein, fine gael, fianna fail, politics

Meath east byelection, Helen mcentee, labour party, sinn fein, fine gael, fianna fail, politics

Like Sinn Fein the Labour Party need to rid themselves of the scourge of Grumpy Old Men feathering their nest while youthful politicians look into the obese.

Meath News had predicted over one week ago that Helen McEntee would top the poll, Fianna Fail would be second and Labour would be wiped out. The reason for this prediction was simple, nobody expects a centre-right party such as Fine Gael to do anything other than centre right politics, that means strong fiscal balance coupled with decisive leadership. Labour on the other hand are expected to look after the people who elected them to do the right thing, that means looking after the interests of workers and the less well off. Thousands of people all over Ireland have personally signed letters from Eamon Gilmore prior to going into Coalition where he and other Labour leaders promised not to cut Rent Allowance and other hand to mouth necessities, Labour have abandoned their core supporters and they will pay a very heavy price. Good and decent TDs such as Dominic Hannigan will lose their seats because the leadership of the Labour Party are more concerned with comfortable Ministerial pensions for the rest of their days than they are with the career prospects of youthful politicians who can really make a difference in this country if given the chance.

Like Sinn Fein the Labour Party need to rid themselves of the scourge of Grumpy Old Men feathering their nest while youthful politicians look into the obese.

There was a considerable level of shock among members of the Labour parliamentary party at the outcome of the byelection in which the party’s candidate, Eoin Holmes, won less than 5 per cent of the vote. This compared to the 21 per cent taken by Labour in the constituency in the 2011 general election.

In contrast to Labour, Fianna Fáil enjoyed an encouraging result, with 32.5 per cent of the vote, far better than its 19 per cent showing in 2011.

One Labour Minister of State privately told colleagues yesterday that he had lost confidence in Eamon Gilmore’s leadership. Another TD, a backbencher who has been critical of the leader in the past, said the same mistakes had been made in the byelection that had been made in the general election.

“The people who devised the silly Tesco ad in the general election came up with a stupid leaflet insulting Enda Kenny in the final days of this campaign. The only conclusion is that there has to be a change of personnel if we are to have any chance of recovering,” said the Labour TD, who did not wish to be named.

The Labour leaflet, circulated on the final day of the campaign, portrayed Enda Kenny as being in the same category as Bertie Ahern and Gerry Adams. It provoked serious annoyance among Fine Gael Ministers.

Some Labour members of the Cabinet were also taken aback at the tone of the leaflet, which appeared to denigrate the Taoiseach and Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan.

‘Juvenile response’

“This was a juvenile response to a difficult situation which was created by the very same people in the Labour Party who tried to fight this byelection on issues like gay marriage rather than the economy,” said the backbench TD.

Mr Kenny last night described Helen McEntee’s victory as a “stupendous performance in the face of probably the most difficult economic circumstances our country has ever faced”.

Speaking at the count centre in Ashbourne, Mr Kenny said he had never seen a byelection taking place in such challenging circumstances. The byelection was brought about by the death of Ms McEntee’s father, Shane McEntee, last December.

“To say I am delighted is an understatement. I really am proud of what Helen McEntee has achieved here . . . This is a vote by the people of Meath East but this is not just a vote in respect of her late dad, Shane McEntee,” Mr Kenny said. He described Ms McEntee as a formidable candidate in her own right.

Ms McEntee described her victory as “bittersweet” after she secured 9,356 first-preference votes, ending up with a total of 11,473 after transfers had been distributed.

“You had faith in Dad and I’m just absolutely delighted you had faith in me . . . and if I’m half the TD that he was I’ll be happy,” she said.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin paid tribute to Ms McEntee and the McEntee family.

He said the people of Meath East had given very strong messages on the doorstep on property tax and child benefit cuts.

Meath East byelection, Results, turnout, Helen McEntee TD, Fine Gael, Fianna Fail, Labour, Sinn Fein

Meath East byelection, Results, turnout, Helen McEntee, Fine Gael, Fianna Fail, Labour, Sinn Fein

Fine Gael candidate Helen McEntee is over 6 per centage points ahead of Thomas Byrne after tallies of 86 per cent of boxes in the Meath East byelection.

The latest tallies show a poor result for Labour’s Eoin Holmes with just 4 per cent of the vote.

With 96 of 111 boxes open, cross-party tallymen put Ms McEntee at 39.34 per cent, Mr Byrne at 33.26 per cent , Sinn Fein candidate Darren O’Rourke at 12.48 per cent, Eoin Holmes of Labour 4.05 per cent and others ( including Ben Gilroy of Direct Democracy Ireland) at 10.62 per cent.

Minister for Communications and Labour TD Pat Rabbitte reacted to the Party’s very poor showing in the polls.

It seemed that Labour had “ taken the brunt of the negative reaction. Labour voters didn't come out. They are making a protest. We have to listen to what they're saying, but we inherited the biggest mess left to a government since 1922,” he told RTE radio.

Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty said he was “very satisfied” with the “substantial increase” in the vote for his Party.

“I wouldn't be surprised if we don't poll stronger when all boxes are opened,” he told RTE Radio

Vying for fourth place with Labour is Ben Gilroy of new party Direct Democracy Ireland, who is performing better than anticipated.

Mr Gilroy said it was an “extraordinary” result. “We are doing extremely well because most people never even heard of us...we are the dark horse,” he told RTE Radio.

Counting got underway at about 9am. Heavy snowfalls and unseasonally cold weather contributed to a low turnout for the Meath East byelection with fewer than 35 per cent of eligible constituents believed to have voted.

As polling stations closed at 9pm, some sources predicted the turnout would not be much more than 30 per cent. Fine Gael sources said the figure might be a little higher, closer to 40 per cent.

The last comparable election was the byelection held in the former constituency of Meath in 1995 where turnout was 41 per cent. That election was won by Shane McEntee, whose death last December created the vacancy in the three-seat constituency.

While voting levels for this byelection were not expected to be high, the overnight falls of snow which left some roads in the country in a hazardous condition led to exceptionally low turnout in the first two to three hours of polling. By mid-afternoon, the weather had brightened but polling stations were still reporting turnouts of 15 per cent cent or lower.

The low turnout means parties will be relying on their core vote. Fine Gael’s Helen McEntee, daughter of the late Mr McEntee, and Fianna Fáil’s Thomas Byrne are joint favourites with bookmakers. Sinn Féin’s Darren O’Rourke is also expected to increase his party’s share of the vote significantly.

Candidates:

Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

Ben Gilroy (Direct Democracy Ireland)

Eoin Holmes (Labour)

Charlie Keddy (independent)

Mick Martin (Independent)

Séamus McDonagh (Workers Party);

Helen McEntee TD (Fine Gael)

Gearóid O’Brien (Independent);

Sean O Buachalla (Greens );

Darren O’Rourke (Sinn Fein)

Jim Tallon (Independent).

27/3/2013

Helen McEntee is expected to Top The Poll in the Meath East By-Election taking as much as a third of the vote with Fianna Fail following home in second place.

Voter turnout is low so far in the Meath East by-election. There are 11 candidates for the seat. Snow and weather conditions in general are impacting on early turnout, however, the evening is expected to see an overall turnout of approximately 45%. The fact that polls are closing two hours early is not expected to paly any significant role.

The general feeling talking to voters is that Helen McEntee has earned her stripes in the community and is an able politician. The poor taste of Fianna Fail being in power for 14 years remains and Byrne is not expected to surpass Helen McEntee.

One local said:

“Mc Entee is favourite 1/10 on and the rest have not left the stall”.

Some polling stations are reporting a turnout of just 3% with others reaching a high of close to 8%. The average seems to be around 5%.

In the southern half of the constituency turnout is lower than usual with the bad weather and later opening time for polling stations meaning many commuters did not vote before leaving for work.

It's expected there will be an increase in the number of voters through lunchtime and especially in the evening.

How big that rush actually is will depend on the weather and voter engagement in this by-election.

Polling stations remain open until 9pm with the counting of votes beginning 12 hours later.