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Pigeon Toes has commented 546 times (2 in the last month).

1. Comment on “They’ve had the time, they’ve had the money, they’ve had the opportunity…”
   on 20 April 2013 at 9:38 am

   Just that he’s saying nothing new…

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2. Comment on “They’ve had the time, they’ve had the money, they’ve had the opportunity…”
   on 20 April 2013 at 1:22 am

   Much smaller businesses with less, or no Government grant support might have been able to give real insight..

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3. Comment on DRD settles for #NIWater with an apology to Declan Gormley…
   on 22 February 2013 at 12:58 am

   Apology accepted Mick… Ta… But surely the DRD reviews/investigations are coming up non-conformance?

   Time for further sampling? That’s how auditing works..

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4. Comment on DRD settles for #NIWater with an apology to Declan Gormley…
   on 22 February 2013 at 12:35 am

   http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/l_to_o/misconduct_in_public_office/

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5. Comment on DRD settles for #NIWater with an apology to Declan Gormley…
   on 22 February 2013 at 12:32 am

   No they have decided not to appeal it… One can only appeal on a point of law ….Costs are a BIG issue…

   Yet the statutes of limitations on criminal grounds may still be open…

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6. Comment on DRD settles for #NIWater with an apology to Declan Gormley…
   on 21 February 2013 at 10:55 pm

   Ex Minister Murphy spaketh

   “I have made it clear in correspondence with the Department in recent weeks my opposition to settling this case in these terms and it is clear that no apology has been made on my behalf.

   “Mr Kennedy’s decision yesterday to refuse to answer questions on his decision making around these cases in front of the Assembly committee, denying his Assembly colleagues the chance to properly scrutinise his actions, says much about his approach to date on these matters.
   http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/25761#.USY0WlJvXhQ.twitter

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7. Comment on DRD settles for #NIWater with an apology to Declan Gormley…
   on 21 February 2013 at 9:56 pm

   Too many before him have (for understandable reasons allowed themselves to be picked off one by one, and cowed by “shame, stigma, silence and secrecy”.

   So you are blaming the victims of Government cover -ups… Nice work Mick…

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8. Comment on DRD settles for #NIWater with an apology to Declan Gormley…
   on 21 February 2013 at 9:36 pm

   And yet here we are in 2013 and Mr Gormley had to take court action to prove his integrity and honour. That is a disgraceful state of affairs, when all along he has reiterated that he tried to address the injustice through the correct channels.

   The NIAO are now belatedly trying to establish some type independence with their review of how DRD treated a whistleblower, whilst calling for a civil service run investigation team…
   http://www.niauditoffice.gov.uk/index/publications/recent_reports/drd_whistleblower.pdf

   Still, I’m sure Paul Priestly is not feeling too bad in his new role SIB…

   Congratulations Mr Gormley…

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9. Comment on Why did Sinn Fein feel compelled to invent ‘malicious’ untruths about Declan Gormley?
   on 18 December 2012 at 9:31 am

   “Why did Sinn Fein feel compelled to invent ‘malicious’ untruths about Declan Gormley?”

   Perhaps because without Declan Gormley’s input the facts surrounding NIW and DRD would never have been known, and that “swift and decisive” action would still have been regarded as the work of the (ex) Minister working in the wider public interest…

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10. Comment on Why did Sinn Fein feel compelled to invent ‘malicious’ untruths about Declan Gormley?
    on 17 December 2012 at 6:24 pm

    “Mr Gormley was detrimental to the strategy, ergo an enemy”

    How?

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