Only a shower of dicks making ad hominem remarks about a president that got a standing ovation at UNESCO this week. A prophet in his own land etc…

It must have something to do with the Force …….
“you are my leader Mike” ………..ahhh,………..ahhh……….ahhhhhhhh …..

When ever Labour do, Higgins is a Labour man first, Irish man second, in other words, no time soon.

As my good friend Eddie Murphy might say “what have you done for me lately mickey”#peopleofireland

That says it all … He gets a key while the rest of us try just to survive .. It’s like Alice in wonderland … Shame on him for not taking an active interest in the country’s demise .

That’s not what he’s for,he’s just a figure head.(and a good one IMO)

Wha?

well our president is the protector of our constitution and he is also leader of our neutral defence forces ! ….I’d follow him on a U.N. peacekeeping mission anytime !

Didnt protect the people by saddling our great grandchildren to a heap of debt.

Except of course the suprime court is the ultimate defender of our consititution and the army chief of staff is the highest ranking military officer who actually holds a commission and has gone to a military academy and actually manages the army at the highest level while Alan Shatter in his role as minister for defense handles civilian control and oversight of the Defense Forces. In his role as commander and chief all Higgins has to do is write is name on commissions once or twice a year.
President is a job that could be done by anyone who can write his name, so I think 250,000 euros a year is little steep for a job that requires skills that are not exactly rare.

Ahh Michaeleen D
I heard you came back from your international P££S UP to sign off on turning Seanie Fitz’s and Finger’s gambling debts into our sovereign debt.
“Aren’t you great”
“I hope you didn’t miss out on desert because of us”
“Our grandkids will be so happy”
Euro-Idiot Stoogeen.
What pathetic gombeens run our country.
Fools!!

@ David Jordan …I agree with your assertion that the pay is “High” , for want of a better term ….your other assertions could however do with a little peruse of our Constitution however !….you may have to correct your interpretation!…in fact I know you have ! ……Alan shatter cannot sign a law into being for example ……. and commander in chief is exactly what it says on the tin!

Then why do all you lefties hold him in such hig regard?!!

Dermot Ryan, I never said that Alan Shatter could sign bills into law, only that he is in charge of civilian control of the military while the chief of staff is the de facto head of the military hierarchy, commander and chief is a figurehead position with little if any real powers, he signs commissions, according to standards set by the military and the dail, he cannot refuse to sign one because he feels a man or woman should not be an officer. The president can also be compelled to sign a bill into law if he refares it to the suprime court and they rule that it is not repugnant to the consitution.
Also the consitution is not set in stone, it can be changed to remove this expensive and unneeded office and redistribute its few, largely meaningless powers else were.

I think Michael d should read the comments on here .. He needs to realise how people feel right now .. If he cares he will acknowledge our plight ..while he wastes our money trotting here and there with feck all benefit to us .. Joke

sorry david , ………..but you are misinformed and misinforming …no insult intended …
I agree with your assertion that the presidents office can be removed by referendum ……. I totally oppose that however as whether you know it or not his office is designed as a stop gap for a runaway dail!
Constitutional rights are inalienable and are therefore written in stone as protection against an illegal power developing !
De facto control is subject to the rule of the president e.g. property rights are a constitutional right ..so is equality ….that means to give it a modern flavour that my home has at least equal rights to the prpoerty rights of the pensions of A.I.B. …regardless of value …the president insures that right ….if he gets it wrong then then article 15.4 stands as a stopgap against even that happening!
The president refers bills to the state council for adjudication not the supreme court !
Just clarifying !

one other point david the supreme court is not the ultiate defender of our constitution …it is the final court of appeal in this State ! there’s a difference

Protector of our constitution? He just breached it last week by signing an illegal amendment into law… Funny how people see things…

terry and david stephen …..I concur completely and i believe this was further borne out by the fact that THE FINANCE MINISTER FREELY ADMITTED ON RADIO SINCE THAT THE PROMISSORY NOTES WERE ILLEGAL!

michael d. I presume you are referring to !

stop …it’s contagious you know! …and we don’t want contagion now do we ?

apology accepted …I will give him this credit however ….Marx gave up………. and ….. his intonations to dialogue with the muslim world (as a whole) was and is the correct way forward for world peace …..the way I see it is that those of the muslim faith are like the vietnamese or the afghanis ….non-agressive in terms of invasion into the west and no matter what force tries to oppose them they, like the Viet Cong, are indefatigable …and why wouldn’t they…. they are fighting for their homes and their children! we would be exactly the same way if an invasionary force landed on our shores …..
who hates vietnam now? …and america lost !……………. did the big bad evil communism develop ? …..no ..so now it’s the big bad muslims ……