The answer to your question has been in the public domain countless thousand of times over the past twelve months so why would you Asti again on these pages pretending ignorance in the matter?

@ Mark

The Mahon report was published less than twelve months ago!

@Mark Hamilton,

Instead of being negative towards ‘Old Nokia Charger’ and wasting time posting a negative comment, why didn’t you just offer the answer if you knew it. Some on here may not know or remember the story of Olivia Mitchell. I, for one, don’t, so please enlighten us.

FFG and Labour have both defied the findings of the Mahon Tribunal. They continue to support a TD who was found to have taken bribes. Is this what our country wants to lead us? I think not. They are corrupt to the core. No principles and no decency. Its always party/power first, country last.
Kenny and Gilmore both accrue over 500k per year total compensation. We had Pat Rabbit on TV3 this week, claiming that FFg/Labour have solved and improved the unemployment status, and that they deserve every thieving penny they get.

We spent 300million on the Mahon Tribunal, and not one TD was expelled. FFG/Labour will be held to account at the next election.

I AM NOT DEFENDING HER…I am standing up for a little bit of truth and decency on these pages for a change. I do not know Ms Mitchell nor have I ever met her or anyone belonging to her but when truth gets warped to suit the the normal standards of the Extreme Left I just feel the urge to stamp on the liars.

Truth? Like saying that Joe Higgins broke the law? Every time you type that here it should be deleted as it is a lie and is libellous.

Now. What have I said that”s false on this thread?

2 words He is a BLUE SHIRT enough said I think Blue Shirts are all the same liars and Bull Sh@@@ers and have and will come out with the most incredible statements that are not alone insulting but arrogant to the core

She doesn’t get a pension you idiot…she’s a councillor not a TD.

Mark I’m not an Idiot as you suggest, does it matter what she is, she’s still corrupt, like all the other greedy feckers. From what I have read of your comments you are the Idiot here :)

As far as I know councillors are entitled to pensions subject to satisfying necessary criteria . Can anyone verify if this is correct?

Why do you believe I ever described you in my postings. I am certain that you are a living expression of virtue itself. Further I am also absolutely convinced that the use of a nom de plume by your goos self is to deflect any attention from your family or neighbours or employers as you go about your daily good deeds. It is certain that you were born with your tongue congenitally attached to your inner cheek and many of those same postings are mostly in jest.nJoe Higgins has publicly stated that his Household Charge is unpaid and he solemnly undertakes to never pay it. That makes him a de facto lawbreaker. His incitement of others to break the law is also an offence. What part of logic do you have a difficulty with………Zombo.

Ah now Mark, if you are going to bring logic into the debate may I remind you that ad hominem attacks, or “attacks to the man”, as in: calling people idiots, is not only poor logic its actually against the rules in the Journals comments policy. Libellous statements are also against the rules..
And while we are at it “extreme lefties” up thread is a guilt by association fallacy.. And this last one here is an appeal to ridicule from start to finish, with some circumstantial ad hominems and hasty generalisations thrown in for good measure..

You have already proven here that logic is not the basis of your debate. It’s pretty apparent that you are not in a position to start pointing fingers..

If all you can do to counter an argument is to attack the user, make assumptions about their character or try to accuse them of something based upon their handle – then you have no argument. All you are doing is calling them names the way a child does when they are not getting their way. Attack what they *said*, because here on the journal we are all strangers, it is only what we choose to submit that is of any relevance.

How can I be sure your name is actually Mark? You may have just chosen a realistic sounding pseudonym for twitter, I don’t know.. It’s not outside the realm of possibility, and so for that reason rather than make any assumptions about you I have stuck to what you have said. Can you see how this is more constructive than if I had come on and slung a load of insults at you?
If you can stick to what people have actually chosen to submit rather than your ideas about the people submitting them, you will find your time here a lot more beneficial and enjoyable. Remember, your ideas about the people submitting the other comments are just *your* ideas, they say a lot more about you than they do about anyone else.

Under our State laws a person engaged in political life may legally accept financial contributions from individuals and Corporate entities subject to certain levels and with the obligation to report same.nThe acceptance by Ms Mitchell of a five hundred pound contribution was clearly not therefore illegal at the time she received it from Frank Dunlop. From reading into the matter Ms Mitchell later reported the matter to an internal Fine Gael inquiry into such matters and they were comfortable to clear her even though the Tribunal later said that acceptance of such monies was inappropriate. Hindsight is clearly 20:20 and every politician today would run screaming from a developer with a chequebook in his hand whether his intentions were honourable or not. Democracy has never been without a cost and over the past few years much of the Party funding has become the responsibility of the State. Even that has its questions when Dail members are accused of misusing State Expenses for political activities outside of the rules. Why the vicious and continual attacks on Ms Mitchell on these pages given the above understanding of events.n

Thats one brown nosed pathetic attempt to try and justify the continued presence of Olivia Mitchell in the Dail as a FG TD. You’re beginning to sound like your hillbilly cousins in FF defending Martin, O’Dea and thier cohorts.

No need to be so rude mark.