Fine Gael election candidate for Louth leaves race after receiving money for withdrawing objection to housing development

by Im_really_Irish

27 comments

  1. I just don’t get it.

    What is it about politicians who get off on governing over others that gives them a neck like a jockeys bollocks.

    Did it not occur to her that if she were to stand for election she would be scrutinised in a last more detail than otherwise?

    But still, she did and some shady shit came out about her. I imagine that if the Ditch or other media outlets were to dig deeper I imagine more dodgy stuff would emerge.

  5. “What occurred was wrong and I am extremely sorry for it”

    But it’s only wrong now, eh?! Four years later, when you’ve been called out on it.

  6. Good stuff i take it as a sign of how vulnerable the government is feeling. There are so many examples of sitting TDs that this didn’t seem to matter in the past.

    Now however this has come out and she has stepped down within a day .

  11. Watch out builders of Louth. Somebody is going to need an income stream

  12. Passive voice! Gets you out of responsibility in quotations if you fancy running again in a few years

  13. I wonder if the tax implications of these gifts were correctly considered.

  15. Some relevant legislation:

    **Extortion**

    ‘It shall be an offence for any person who, with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another, makes any unwarranted demand with menaces.

    A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

    (a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both,

    (b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years or to both.’

    [https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1994/act/2/section/17/enacted/en/index.html](https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1994/act/2/section/17/enacted/en/index.html)

    **Corruption**

    ‘A person who, either directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or with another person—

    (a) corruptly requests,

    (b) corruptly accepts or obtains, or

    (c) corruptly agrees to accept,

    for himself or herself or for any other person, a gift, consideration or advantage as an inducement to, or reward for, or otherwise on account of, any person doing an act in relation to his or her office, employment, position or business shall be guilty of an offence.’

    [https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/9/section/5/enacted/en/html#sec5](https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/9/section/5/enacted/en/html#sec5)

  16. What does her husband do? Surely his employers would hate it if this brought negative attention to their company.

  20. Corruption in Fine Gael? I’m shocked and Michael Lowry is too.

  23. Another scalp for The Ditch. It’s kinda nice having some rogue investigative journos on the loose

  25. She’s giving that money back, right? RIGHT? Right, Simon?

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