$4,000 in votes for reality TV show cast from Irish parliament phoneline - VIDEO

what is going on , who removed my post,, must be a a left over from the hitler youth movement,,

Do hope this one wil get posted,,I do remember Jackie Healy Rae,when I lived in Kilgarvan,,and he always spoke and listened to everyone,,no matter how well off, or poor they were,,after aelection,, he would go around to all the Hippy women that lived in Kilgarvan at that time,,and hewould tell every one of them that he won bu one vote,, and thar it was there vote that was the one that got him in,, and he ran a great Pub in Kilgarvan,, and when ever Mick and meself would stop there coming from Kenmare, and going to the highest Pub in Ireland,,Top of Coome,,on the old Harley we rode around on,, he always had a good word with us and a pint ot two on the house,,so If it was him or someone he knew ,, that called in the phone numbers so what,, it was for a good cause,,,not like what is going on in the Goverment now,, with every one with their hands in the till taking out a few hundred thousand, and feck the poor,,and the older ones,, that cant get enough to eat, Jackie Healy Raewas alway looking out for the older ones and the poorer ones in Kilgarvan,,,,,any way i remember one very wet night we stopped at Jackie's Pubfor a pint or two,, and when we left we had a hard time holding the Harley upright,, we kept falling down,,and Jackie came runing out,, and he shouting,, hold on there lads,,and he got behind the bike and ran after us holding us upright until we were away,, He is and always will be ,,to me a very fair and honest man,, and I wish him and his Children the very best,,,

Very good,, and dont I remember the Healy Rae's very well,,when I lived in Kilgarvan,,and Jackie was the best,and he had a great pub,, in Kilgarvan,,every time he won a election he went around to all the hippy Women, that lived in Kilgarvan at that time,,, and told them that he won by one vote,, and it was she that had cast it,,and so what if they were the ones that called the phone lines,, more power to th and they were not taking money ,, from anyone,, like most of them that have their hands in the Goverment of today,,meself and Mick used to stop in Jackies pub on the way home from Kenmare ,on a old Harley Davidson,,for a few pints of stout and a few pint bottles in our pockets,,and I remember one very wet night night we had a hard time trying to keep the Harley upright and Jackie came out ,, hold on there lads he shouted at us,, and he got behind the bike and held it up runing after us until we were away,,he was a good and very honest Man and always took care of anyone in Kilgarvan that needed a bit of help..I will remember him always,,

@antoman: It is unfortunate that most Irish People still consider that it is the poor who commit crimes. Yet the truth is something very different.

@LoyalCitizen-Given the vast amount of money we have to repay the IMF and we only a island with a population of 4 million or thereabouts.It must surely have dawned on people by now that politicians and others have been screwing the taxpayer for a long time now to feather their own nests.Some Like Haughey accrued so much money he was able to money his kids and their kids too,,to the extent of even affording them an Island to holiday on off the west coast.All all the expense of the taxpayer.

@antoman: He can afford to with the amount of subsidies his father gets from the EU Farming Policy. Some reports say that the calls are untraceable. Haughey and Traynor used opinions in accountancy and the money was never traceable. Funny that everything is untraceable for some people.

@LoyalCitizen-It appears that Michael Healy Rae may have read your post here on IC.Its reported that he is to repay the E2600 phone bill.

Dail Eireann has its own ethics committee. I am not sure what they actually do????!!! Who's really going to judge the corrupt.

@antoman: The role of Ombudsman has grown in recent times and the role of the Ombudsman is to keep people away from proper courts. Only the courts can deal with crimes and treason. Politicians setup the Ombudsman of Ireland and they constitute another layer of law and a filtration system to reduce the amount of involvement of the Judges and Garda, especially when ombudsmen use opinions illegally.

@LoyalCitizen-Then perhaps there should be an ombudsman for the people.With powers to hold politicians to account and press charges on behalf of the people.We have various ombudsmen already.Why not one that is elected and representative of the people?Of course this would bring into question who has the real power in Ireland when a politician,even the Taoiseach can be hauled before the courts and jailed by someone who is doing the bidding of the people.

This money was stolen from the Irish Taxpayers. Somebody made the calls. As the particular phone was identified, it should be simple enough to establish who was 'on duty' in the offices at the time and bring them in for 'questioning'! I'll do it! ~ ~ The RTE response completely misses the point. Typical of the Morons of the Montrose Marshes! Bring them all in, and lets make a start on cleaning up the runaway level of Irish corruption!

Its amazing how this twit Healy-Rae abuses Dail Eireann facilities for a silly little Tv program and it makes international news. Successive so called Irish Governments have been stealing from social welfare recipients for decades and using opinions to hide the details, which is crimes against humanity and no journalists can turn it into a story.

The debacle is distastful to say the least,particularly for Kerry people,the folicly challenged and the makers of tweed hats.Its a good opportunity for the phone company for facilitated the calls to give the E4000 to charity.Free publicity.