This evening Senator Ivor Callely was suspended from membership of Fianna Fáil pending an investigation – this follows his resignation of the whip of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party last month. Ogra Fianna Fáíl have tonight released a statement saying that they are going to move a motion looking for his expulsion from the party. […]
The verdict came last night just after 9pm, Dan Boyle brought the recommendation from the Seanad Select Committee on Members Interest’s investigation. The Senators who had been kept waiting in the house on the last sitting day until 9pm voted unanimously in agreement with the recommendation to suspend. Ivor Callely didn’t even show up after […]
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A bizarre evening of testimony from Ivor Callely at the reconvened sitting of the Seanad Select Committee to investigate members interests. As you may remember Ivor has been away in Norway and was unable to attend the committee until today. He spent a lot of time during the hearing (whilst not answering the committee’s questions) […]
This afternoon Ivor Callely is supposed to be appearing at another sitting of the Seanad Select Committee of Members Interests investigating his mileage expenses. However word reached us yesterday via the Marian Finucane Programme that the Senator is in Oslo. (I got my spade out.) A little more investigation reveals that Ivor is the Head […]
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Everyone seems to be on the une nouvelle idée gravytrain (I dare not say anything about new ideas, ideascampaign or whatever or else Senator Alan Kelly will be after me for robbing something or Aileen O’Toole will be telling us the umpteen thousandth idea she’s received.) Today’s inbox featured another buzzword laden missive from a […]