Minister Michael Healy-Rae Appoints His Son Jackie Healy-Rae As His Ministerial Adviser

by Odhran-J-McAnnick

31 comments
  1. Keeping standards high in the Dáil https://amp.rte.ie/amp/1327377/ 

  2. 100k a year, plus expenses plus a salary from the council….tasty stuff

  3. All TDs, government, opposition and independent alike hire friends and relatives into these roles. The Healy raes are just arseholes so people amplify outrage.

    The system is the problem in this instance, it needs to be reformed.

  4. “My father voted for his father and you’ll vote for his son!”

  5. So a scumbag who beats up other people out of arrogance and who has a conviction has been handed an 100k position via nepotism? Where can we all appeal?

  6. Was found in court to have lied to Gardai, exactly the sort of morally upstanding person to give a job in Leinster House to.

  7. The fact that this isn’t against the rules is ridiculous…

  8. Gombeen nepotism. I remember back in 2010/2011 hearing all the analysts saying we had to move beyond this type of stuff…..and look, here we are

  9. Is there no way for us to keep these cunts accountable?

  10. > The Kerry councillor has w**orked with his father for 13 years as part of his Oireachtas office** and was seen as the “obvious” candidate to be the new minister’s adviser, it is understood.

    I mean, that sounds fairly reasonable?

  11. We would all do it , not sure how it will benefit the country but that goes for nearly everyone on that street.

  12. >Jackie Healy-Rae made headlines in 2019 when he was convicted of assault alongside his brother Kevin.

    >The trial heard how Kevin had jumped a queue for a chip van and declared “this is my chip van” and “this is my town”.

    Christ! Big “my daddy owns this town” energy.

  13. I hope the average person actually realises that all these assistants in parliament actually do sweet F all. For €104k the actual little amount of work they do is insane.

    These people aren’t exceptionally wise and qualified people. Even at the best of times they get the job for the primary reason that they are part of a political group.

    If you’re a legal exec or company secretary or KYC onboarding specialist…. You work at least twice as hard as these guys. Honestly!

    It’s April now and the government havnt done a thing since November.

  14. If ye can’t be trusted to get trousers and a jacket that fit how can he advise on anything??

  15. This kinda thing should be banned. No gov jobs to any family members of TD’s, where said TD is going to be the boss of the family member.

  16. Is anyone surprised the mafia family are keeping things in the family?

  17. This stuff happens everywhere – it should be banned but it won’t be because too many other politicians do the same.

  18. Keeping it in the family, nothing different was expected.

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