I think Eddie Hobbs wanted people to invest in yoghurt futures there at one stage, we surely discussed that....Never thought a milk product would be an AAM thread
He should have disclosed this back in 2016 to his party leader.
He questioned the validity of a Garda report which was going to either leave him or the Gardai as liars.
It seems there's lots of people like this, I don't think its against the law as such.It wasn't a once off incident. Seems like he, as an elected TD, repeatedly broke the law around driving on a provisional licence.
On the first point, unless you've been dragged backwards through the bush by the media then it may as well have never happened. Lets say he told MM at the time, and MM said - Don't do it again, would that have made everything ok now??
I'm inclined to believe Cowen on the basis that the Guard would surely remember chasing him, and as he says himself the charge would've been different
I know of people who did a u-turn at a checkpoint and got chased and stopped. They received no extra penalty over and above being found out for drink driving or insurance/NCT/Tax offences.On the first point, unless you've been dragged backwards through the bush by the media then it may as well have never happened. Lets say he told MM at the time, and MM said - Don't do it again, would that have made everything ok now??
On the second point, its a question of fact whether he was pursued or not. I'm inclined to believe Cowen on the basis that the Guard would surely remember chasing him, and as he says himself the charge would've been different. I am a supporter of An Garda Siochana, and by and large they've served us well, but mistakes (& worse) do happen, so citizens of good standing have a right to be believed and in due course I bet he'll come out on the right side of that investigation.
Bottom line if it was a FF majority he'd be going nowhere, so on the one hand its great that accountability is all the rage now, but I just think it is both a distraction and a disproportinate price to pay for not an outrageous sin.
Is that what happened? Or did he try use his constitutional privilege as a TD, to be prevented going to, or coming from the Oireachtas to try get through the checkpoint without a breath test?
Absolutely! Must be the shortest term served by a Minister in the history of the State.My view of this matter is coloured by the fact that I really don't like Barry Cowen. I have always found him petty, party political and a throwback to the bad old days of parish pump FF.
Maybe. Or maybe, with a publicly known drink-driving conviction, he wouldn't have been in the running for a Ministerial post in first place?
I think that may well be the case, especially if it was also public that he drove on a provisional licence for years.Maybe. Or maybe, with a publicly known drink-driving conviction, he wouldn't have been in the running for a Ministerial post in first place?
I think that may be one thing he can't be accused of. Wasn't a FF TD accused of do that to avoid a stop back in the 70's or 80's?Is that what happened? Or did he try use his constitutional privilege as a TD, to be prevented going to, or coming from the Oireachtas to try get through the checkpoint without a breath test?
It seems there's lots of people like this, I don't think its against the law as such.
Absolutely! Must be the shortest term served by a Minister in the history of the State.