Nepotism

In Heaney’s land of “password, handgrip, wink and nod”, we have a problem with public appointments

Mick Fealty on September 15, 2016, 11:43 am

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A unionist friend on Twitter pinged me this the other day after my account auto-tweeted my analysis piece on the possibility (as opposed to the probability) of Fianna Fail coming north for 2019 a couple of days ago… FF the cute hoor party that ushered in the Irish banking collapse ? We seem to have enough if those types already — PJ (@JP46251093) September 14, 2016 Now all stereotypes contain more than just a modicum of truth within them, and recent …

Former Sinn Féin Cllr Sorcha McAnespy: “There’s too much nepotism and misogyny present in the party locally. It’s jobs for the boys. It is not open and transparent.”

Pete Baker on April 2, 2016, 4:22 pm

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Omagh Councillor Sorcha McAnespy launched a broadside against Sinn Féin in West Tyrone after her sudden resignation from the party on Thursday, and announced her intention to stand as an independent candidate in the forthcoming Northern Ireland Assembly election. The Ulster Herald appears to have broken the story on Thursday. The former vice-chair of Omagh District Council said she made the shock decision because she was “left in an untenable position at local level” by Sinn Féin councillors and other members …