John McNulty

#McNultyMess: “the very things the Taoiseach criticized about the Seanad are the ones he’s exploiting””

Mick Fealty on October 1, 2014, 2:32 pm

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I think the Irish Times have the best tag for this business over public appointments and Seanad nominations, when they eschewed #McNultyGate for the #McNultyMess.. Messy it is, though Averil power hits something when she notes that the Government has failed to take account of the fact that the Seanad was saved by the people, not in order to preserve the old ways of doing things, but to give it a stronger and more legitimate purpose.. Not that easy, says …

And then there were just two candidates left standing for the Seanad byelection…

Mick Fealty on September 30, 2014, 6:23 pm

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So John McNulty has gone. That just leaves Sinn Fein’s Lurgan based candidate Cat Seeley and independent candidate Gerald Craughwell, … That McNulty sure seems qualified. Board member of IMMA…impressive. pic.twitter.com/vdMNVr8hkU — Stephen Donnelly (@DonnellyStephen) September 29, 2014 He cannot by law withdraw from his official candidacy but he’s indicated that people should not vote for him [eek, that’s bit messy – Ed]… That leaves a lot of FGers with a bit of a problem. The Seanad was getting unruly enough …

Seanad Debacle: Enda, Heather and John face the pressing need to “stop digging”…

Mick Fealty on September 26, 2014, 9:33 am

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What’s most remarkable about the Seanad controversy is how it reveals the ineptness of the Taoiseach’s handling of what started as a crisis at the sleepy end of the Oireachtas. But the Seanad has been like a body risen since Enda slung it rather carelessly onto death row back in October 2009. The man at the centre of the controversy was, as many from other parties before him, Kilcar man John McNulty, was supposed to get a run in as …