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would it be fair to say that their trying every dirty trick in the book in a last bid to knock the front runner? it’ll be a cold day in hell before i through my vote away on that mc Guinness fella.

It was a Sinn Fein master stroke in PR & manipulating the live debate … so it was not Martin’s official twitter account but a Sinn Fein’s supporter account that led Pat Kenny to probe Sean more on this bagman allegation after it been aired earlier in the debate with Sean telling the listeners he knew nothing of the said allegation & that let Martin back in to the debate to remind the listeners that Sean had now given us two different accounts Sean looked rattled ….The Dragon was Slain …You just can’t trust those Shinners!!!

It got him to admit it tho. Well done to whomever. Excellent stroke

Quality Trolling

It would be interesting to know if the debate actually changed the way people will vote or if minds are made up already.

Sean Gallagher…Brown envelopes…Memory loss…Fianna Fail. Is anyone truly surprised here?

Baldy Bertie got a hard time for doing a great job which was to collect as much money as possible – he proved he is a “CAN DO MAN”.
We need a candidate with pedigree not a bagman for Fianna Fail. Look what happened to the old bagmen.
His invitations to the dinner for developers looking for money tells us all we need to hear – we bailed out the banks and the developers so our tax money actually paid for the dinner and the tip for FF. now he wants us to pay him again and put a roof over his head. Xxxx xxx.

I have been totally shocked by the support for Sean Gallagher and to be honest really disappointed by the countries amnesia. We kicked his party between the legs in the last election and should continue to do so as long as humanely possible after the disrespect and disregard his party showed the normal law abiding citizens of this country. Hopefully the country woke up a little after this debate and saw the politician and fianna fail politician that this guy is. Michael d all the way.

The only thing though was that McGuinness seemed unsurprised by the content of the tweet so there seems to be some thing contrived about this tweet.

Anyway, Sinn Fein are worse. They go on with this dishonest behaviour of only taking an “average industrial wage” and then donate the taxpayers money to the SF coffers. This is scandalous behaviour – how many average industrial wage earners can afford to make a donation of this magnitude to a political party or cause of their choosing? None. If SF reps were honest they’d be returning the difference to the State. But then honesty isn’t what SF are made of.

First I saw of this claim that SF were to ‘roll out’ the source of this story tomorrow was from this tweet http://twitter.com/#!/davidcochrane/status/128583525040529409 , which is clearly based on a separate source from the unofficial twitter account that this story is about. Will be interesting if SF do ‘produce the goods’ tomorrow.

never said id vote for gallagher either. bloody eejits pressing thumbs down. have a bloody field day at this comment!

Just what I’d expect from a sewer rat like mcguinness I think Gallagher behaved in a dignified and presidential manner despite severe provocation. He is definitely getting my no1 anyway McGuinness & co would have lots 5k to throw around. It would have to be laundered first tho! Otherwise the northern bank might recognize it.

Everything else aside, it says a lot about the RTÉ that they would read out such a tweet. Didn’t they check it with SF press office first?

Anyway, Pat Kenny tomorrow morning should be interesting, not to mention Matt Cooper later – Gallagher being on both

Gallagher should be out of the race after tonight’s car crash, but then this isn’t his first. The man blatantly changed his story when his bluff was called on the cheque. It says a lot about the mentality of a large swathe of Irish people that a FF shyster like him is even in with a shout of being elected as figurehead of the nation. People have learned absolutely nothing from the last few years it seems.

how can mcguinness be president when he can’t even vote here ??

I’m relieved this happened, people may have short memories but to be fair to the majority of people, they weren’t putting the direct connection between gallagher and FF even though they knew he was a member. They just weren’t putting the two together because he wasn’t acting very fianna failish. Being caught red handed like that really brought it all out for everyone to see.

My favorite part of the night was when SG was flailing and grasping at straws and said he remembered the man , but he is a crook and , and , and …. then Pat said if you knew all of this you still invited him to a FFail fund raiser ….Class!
Martin Mc Guinness is still my number 1 .

Susan, can you change the report to reflect the facts. Sean Gallagher stated the money was not paid into his personal account, thats incorrect! They were paid into a WRONG business account. Many businesses have more than 1 account – one for retail, trade, foreign business, vat, miscellaneous etc. It was put into the WRONG business account and once identified, was rectified. Its not like the money was taken out, spent or wasted. It was an accounting exercise merely and to paint it in any other light is tabloid journalism! Thanks

Do ye know what is a disgrace – that the islands voted today before Bruiser FF Gallagher shot himself in the foot.
It’s a disgrace in this day and age they have to vote 4 days before us. Maybe day before but 4 days??? Ridiculous.

SG is finally shown in his true light yet the hardcore FF are still blind and deaf.

Martin McGuinness will get my No1

Gallagher was exposed for what he is, a Fianna Fail fiddler. We all knew that. The question is; will it make any difference to the electorate. I guess not, as too many are rogue-tolerant. The only hope is that he will start to slip in the polls and the ‘herd’ mentality will gather momentum and shift support to another likely-to-win candidate.

Firstly I would like to say I’m not really a fan of any of the candidates.
However if I had to choose between Mc G or SG I would choose SG.
Yes SG is associated with a party that totally screwed us but Mc G is associated with an organisation who have committed far worse crimes.
I do believe in 2nd chances but not when murder is involved.

Well, following that show I’ve decided to give it to MMG. I think it would be interesting and fitting to see a Sinn Fein president for the 100 anniversary of 1916. We don’t appreciate the founders of this state enough. In America the founding fathers are revered for the sacrifices they made in rebelling against the forces of the crown.

What a slimy little slug that Gallagher is, the last thing that this country needs is the brown envelope culture in the Aras. The guy is up to his neck in the Celtic Tiger worst practices in other words a failure on all fronts.

Think it was a hugely tactical move on the part of the shinners perfectly timed for maximum effect. Delighted the truths are coming out about SG but as I’ve said before MMG has a neck on him standing there demanding answers from anybody when he was confronted by relatives of deceased members of Ireland’s security forces to answer questions. He is a man of authority in Sinn Fein and even though the IRA have purported to have disbanded I’m sure he has the contacts to get information relating to a huge amount of deaths during the troubles. Did you ever see such a sly grin in all your life when he caught Gallagher out… Think he is sly underhand and devious… A leopard cannot change its spots… Or is he more of a snake in the grass…

vote no 1 martin mc guinness excellent stroke

While I was happy to see that Fianna Fáiler Gallagher be made to reveal his true colours, I thought it was ironic that he was made to squirm by Martin McGuinness and his supporters (that twitter account) alleging things about him calling to to people’s houses. It was calling to people’s houses, by McGuinness, which led to the death of Frank Hegarty, according to this article:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0929/1224304933953.html

Ah well, I suppose when McGuinness is concerned, past actions are totally irrelevant when it comes to his own misdeeds; that level of scrutiny should only be applied to his opponents.

I would love to just say that if I did something wrong just say I had “no recollection” of it.

That cheque for €80k which was honestly mistakenly lodged into a wrong bank account was probably lodged into a personal account for SG as his accountant classified it as a director’s loan. As banks can only credit the account to which the cheque is payable this begs the question who and why was a cheque for such a large amount made out to SG personally.

i tought we had had left the brown envelope behind us; not so sure about it now , Sean rembers the envelope but not what was in it. Are we going back to this sh1t again. Please not did we n ot vote for change the last time

What I find absolutely amazing about this whole debate is the focus on Sean Gallagher. Is no one shocked and dismayed by the refusal of Martin McGuinness to condemn the ruthless murder of Jean McConville, the mother of ten children who was dragged out of her house and shot in the head? Her innocent children’s lives were shattered and McGuinness still can’t bring himself to admit that it was cold-blooded murder. Horrific!

How could anybody possibly consider voting for Gallagher? Think about it – who the hell is he? He is basically no more than a minor celeb with no more than average small business experience (as Pat Kenny said last night: he makes much of his entrepreneurial experience, but was in fact just a small businessman). Any president is going to raise the profile of Ireland abroad and seek to bring investment here – he has no more credentials than anybody else to do that – in fact you could say other candidates do have experience on the international level. He has never been a TD or even a councillor, has strong connections with the Fianna Fail party at the level of fundraising for head office (not just at the local grassroots), and now it is being said that just three years ago he invited that crook to a fundraiser, went to his house after with photos of the event and may well have taken an envelope from him with a cheque for €5,000. He had to be put under pressure of being exposed before finally admitting this. And who could really believe that he was not aware of what was in that envelope and that he was not aware of that man’s criminal activities, because they were well known at the time. It is frightening that this man could be considered for this office – ask yourself what relevant experience or record of public service that was not self-serving this man really has?