Something BIG this way comes - allegedly

[StephanieSuperpowers]

Seemingly there's going to be an announcement at noon of the "political earthquake" type.

Kevin Doyle on X: "Told this closely guarded secret will be significant. People being contacted since 6am to coordinate - but for now it’s all being kept within government buildings. Political ‘earthquake': major announcement expected from Government at noon t.co/73Cyp7c9ms" / X (twitter.com)

Hold on to your hats, lads and ladesses!

Michael Fabricant's hair has been real, all this time!

I think the O'Gorman Agenda is part of the Programme for Government though, so I don't think they can distance themselves too much from his agenda without calling a GE. A GE will see a Green Party wipeout but also very likely banish FG to the Opposition side of the room. Even if they, FG, form another government, it will most likely be with a party with a similar agenda.
Woke FG is going nowhere soon.

Do you mind if I change the punctuation on that, anticipating elections.

Woke FG is going nowhere.

Soon.

Please god not SH or PD.

I can't listen to those squeaky voices every leader's questions.

No one Ireland deserves that infliction

I think the referendum was an issue, not the fact they lost but how badly they lost.

It one of the worst (if not the worst) referendum defeat.

I think the skill of the loss rather than the actual loss was a tipping point.

I think it always coming that loss was final straw

Interesting timing that he announced it the same day as the report pushing ahead euthanasia (without needing a referendum) was submitted
Yes yes some will say I'm a conspiracy theorist but time and date of announcements are rarely accidental.

More than likely Heather Humphreys so... Helen McEntee definitely won't be allowed be the scapegoat..

Given that Simon C aged about 20 years while he was Minister for Foreign Affairs, I'd worry about being Taoiseach making him an octogenarian overnight. (I take his ageing personally because we are exactly the same age...)

He's rural, though, but in a gentleman farmer/yacht-owning/vicinity of Crosshaven/RCYC-member way. I think he lives in Cobh now.

Anyway, if you go to Clongowes, you have to hand back your Cork credentials, even if you got expelled and repeated in Bruce.

Kate Middleton having Leo's baby has cheered me up no end. 😀

@NotestoSelf

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/the-coveneys-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-kennedys-of-county-cork/35706406.html

Yes the Kennedy's of Co Cork! Might not be too out of place with the D4 set afterall😁😁

Did I hear that right? Coventry on the 6 1 saying he wouldn't go for it?

Coveney even 🙄

That's a bit of a shock. That must leave Harris as a front runner.

Heather H, Paschal & Helen left with Simon G..
Simon C is clever, he knows there is probably a huge mess waiting for the new appointee & probably doesn't want to shoulder any of the blame..

Simon C is clever, he knows there is probably a huge mess waiting for the new appointee & probably doesn't want to shoulder any of the blame..

Wouldn't have a hope of being elected leader now.

I wonder will they all be thinking 'i don't want a piece of that atm'. It seems a right mess. Mary Lou loving it 😁

@DanielGault Mary Lou & SF fecked up big time with the referendum...

Mary Lou said they were very unhappy with the wording of the acts but they would still be canvassing Yes /Yes.. If they had any doubts whatsoever about any wording that would change the constitution it should have been a big fat No/No.. However she read the electorate wrong & thought she would be celebrating a Yes/Yes victory with all her "frenemies" & Panti in Dublin Castle..

She even went as far as saying she would run the election again if it didn't pass!

Can you only imagine the SF celebrations if they had canvessed No No like true opposition should have.. They really would have painted the town red.. Major fuck up on their part.
Mary Lou would have loved her photo on every paper with the caption
"Sinn Féin celebrating the biggest No vote ever in the history of the Irish state after advocating tirelessly with their No campaign"

Well she still looked to be very much enjoying it all on the news! It's all very interesting, I'll be enjoying the coverage for the next while.

I thought the same.
🙄

I'd say she's thrilled!! @DanielGault 🤣🤣

FF want MM to take over 🤣🤣

Mary Lou won’t be enjoying it half so much if Heather Humphreys is the first woman Taoiseach.

Oh god I hope this doesn't happen...I really can't stand HH.

I think a general election makes more sense actually, it has to happen within the next few months anyway, why not sooner rather than later?

I don’t think there needs to be an election for another 11 months.
The government have a stable majority so they should just get on with their programme for government.

I wonder will Jennifer Carroll Mc Neill put her name in the hat ?

My hubby said the same! He thinks they'll elect a woman Taoiseach to spite Mary Lou🤣