Perhaps Ó Cuív does have a strong belief that we should vote No in the referendum. (If he does it my be some sort of neo-Dev, Ireland can stand alone mentality).

Whether he believes what he is saying or not is a side show.

The referendum position/flirting with Sinn Fein/other general populist shyte is power-play to discredit the current leadership.

i’d say a lot of people would thank Éamon Ó Cuív for very publicly dividing Fianna Fáil over the last month or so. If it’s some sort of power play to regain control of granddad’s party, or to force Micheál Martin to expel him so he can set up some sort of ‘legitimate De Valera approved’ Fianna Fáil spin-off is another matter.

Mr O’ Cuiv will be placed in charge of the tea & biscuits. He’ll be instructed to stand by the kettle and keep his trap shut.

I sure as hell hope he keeps talking.

That O’Cuiv has been able to defy the party line, and so blatantly rub dirt in to M.Martin’s face, just shows what a joke Micheal has become. He is only being tolerated till there is enough water under the bridge to make it look like FF are not panicking.

O’Cuiv for all his faults comes across as honest and with beliefs and some principals, his gauche ways, reinforce that, he doesn’t do smarm. It is a rare FF’er that is viewed as honest by most of the electorate these days.

“Splitter…… “

Why now O’Cuiv, Is it because your not in power anymore?, How Well The Cookie Crumbles.

fair play to 0′cuiv for making a stand for what he believes in, be it right or wrong,,, STILL VOTE NO

Ó Cuív, you’re not your grandfather. Get back into the box you were happy to be in when Fianna Fail were in charge and suffer the inevitable consequences of decades of corruption within that party of yours. Go down with the ship like a decent man.

Again scaremongering within there own parties,he has a right to say NO like anybody else is.
This government is a joke full stop

Here’s how I see this spin playing out, O’Cuiv defies Martin, Martin slaps his wrist, O’Cuiv knows he’s done is bit by letting it known he intends to vote no and waits until the vote is counted, it passes he carries on as normal, its rejected he challenges Martin for party leadership, Martin stands down and all of a sudden we have a new FF who stick by the people! It’s a pantomime!

It’s a bit late now he should have said no to the bank gaurantee when he was in power he still has a fine salary while the rest of us struggle

O Cuiv is turning turk. He appears to be losing it somewhat. Flirting with SF and trying to divide his already semi destroyed party. It seems he wants his Grandads version of Ireland, a gombeen wasteland where we all speak Irish, dancing at the crossroads with comely maidens drinking poteen and blaming the British for all our ills. A dinosaur of T-Rex proportions!

Excellent analysis of the above situation.

“O Cuiv is pulling a stunt, it’s purely a strategic move on his part benefit his own career. He knows the game is up with the FF party.

I personally think that he is engineering a situation where he looks like some sort of “noble” republican” with own independent thoughts.

O Cuiv has no interest in joining SF. Yes, they’re republican, but there’s just too much bad blood between FF and SF over years combined with the fact that socially and economically, SF policies with O Cuiv’s are vastly different.

Whether O Cuiv’s tactic has worked yet, I don’t know – O Cuiv wouldn’t have done such as a public and destructive, solo assault upon the FF leadership had he not known of support within the FF party for what he is proclaiming wasn’t there to back him up.

His actions are all in an effort to keep hold of his Dáil seat of which I can guarantee you he won’t be standing under the FF ticket come the next election.”

I hate that FF banker, but anyone who will vote no is ok with me, well for a month at least

Perhaps he truely realises the importance of this referendum. Either way I commend him for speaking his mind…….. besides I don’t care where the NO votes come from.

O’Cuiv is a throw back. He was always anti European and has wasted millions on the Irish language. He belongs in the past.

Kick him out! He’s nothing to offer Ireland except more corruption and lies

I love watching Fianna Fáil implode!!! More please !

Is it a case of him leaving ff or ff leaving him.

Why doesn’t he just join SF and be done with it?