FG TD hires wife, and interviews his dog.

Dublin North Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell has hired his wife as his PA on a salary paid for by the taxpayer.

Mr Farrell has hired his wife, Emma Doyle, as his parliamentary assistant in the Dail just two weeks after she was rejected by his Dublin North FG branch as his replacement on Fingal County Council.  Parliamentary assistants earn between €41,092 and €52,200 per year, which is paid for by the State. 

Senior blueshirt sources have said that Deputy Farrell now has a new candidate in mind for his old council job; his dog Garrett.

"He's a beautiful pointer named in honour of former Fine Gael leader Garrett Fitzgerald," the source posted on an internet forum, "He'd be the perfect replacement for Alan.  I'm sure the public wouldn't even know hes gone!"

New Cabinet announced

The cabinet of the new Fine Gael/ Labour government was announced today. Enda Kenny was elected as Taoiseach on a 117 to 27 vote. Sinn Féin, the ULA and some independents opposed Kennys nomination.

The new cabinet is as follows;

Eamon Glimore (Labour) – Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

Michael Noonan (Fine Gael) – Minister for Finance

Ruairi Quinn (Labour) – Minister for Education and SkillsBrendan Howlin – Minister for Pubic Expenditure and Reform

Richard Bruton (Fine Gael) - Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation

Joan Burton (Labour) - Minister for Social Protection

Jimmy Deenihan (Fine Gael) - Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs

Pat Rabbitte (Labour) - Minister for Communication Energy and Natural Resources

Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael) - Minister for Children

Simon Coveney (Fine Gael) - Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food

Alan Shatter (Fine Gael) - Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence

Phil Hogan (Fine Gael) - Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government

Leo Varadkar (Fine Gael) – Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

James O’Reilly (Fine Gael) – Minister for Health

Paul Kehoe (Fine Gael) – Government Chief Whip

Marie Whelan – Attorney General

One other so-called “super-junior” position has also been created, with Minister for Housing and Planning Willie Penrose, of Labour, asked to attend Cabinet meetings.

Fianna Fail want to prop up Fine Gael single party government

According to politics.ie, a source close to FG TD Phil Hogan has revealed that a high ranking member of the Fianna Fail organisation has approached the FG leadership with an incredible offer - end the talks with labour, and we'll prop you up!

According to the source, Enda Kenny has been briefed on the offer, and is said to be considering his next steps very carefully. Under the erms of the offer, Fine Gael will become a single party government, being propped up its silent partner, Fianna Fail. Micheal Martin hopes to rebuild his party during this governments five years term, while maintaining an international spotlight as the party that made sure the IMF deal went through.

According to sources in Fianna Fail, this could trigger a civil war in the already decimated organisation as propping up a FG government would be a step too far for traditional "republican" members.

Psychic Sheep predicts fifth seat for Sinn Féin

Straight From the Weekly World News Forums;

A psychic sheep has predicted the outcome of the general election in County Wexford, and has named SF Cllr Anthony Kelly has the fifth TD.

The sheep, which belongs to a farmer in Askamore, picked five photos in order from the line up of 14 candidates contesting the County Wexford constituency. The sheep has previously correctly predicted the winners of the Rose of Tralee, last years X Factor and the song for Ireland.

Askamore Psychic Sheeps predictions:
1. Liam Twomey
2. Brendan Howlin
3. John Browne
4. Michael D'arcy
5. Anthony Kelly

Discredited Wexford poll linked to political party

A bogus political poll for the County Wexford constituency which appeared in todays Wexford People newspaper has been accredited to one of the main political parties running in the election, according to political insiders.

The poll, which placed Labours Brendan Howlin on an unrealistic 19% (Howlin polled 13% in 2007), has been criticised by other political parties contesting the election.

Despite continued requests from local groups, the producers of the faked poll have refused to offer any evidence behind their incredible results.

Kelly to take seat in Wexford?

A new poll from politicalreform has placed County Wexfords Sinn Féin candidate, Cllr Anthony Kelly, on 14% of first preference votes. This is nearly double what previous SF candidate John Dwyer polled in 2007, and at that time John narrowly missed out on a place in the Dail.

Though politicalreform go on to predict that SF might be pipped to the fifth seat by a second labour candidate, transfers have not come into the equation. Cllr Anthony Kelly is tipped to pull transfers from many areas in this election due to his personal popularity in Wexford town and Sinn Féins promise to reverse cuts to social welfare and the minimum wage.

Cllr Kelly is also known through out the county for his tireless work to prevent downgrading of Wexford General Hospital. Cllr Kelly refused to be drawn on the new poll results last night, saying that he 'paid little heed to opinion polls'. However a quite confidence is settling on the hundreds of election activists who are working day and night to get the first County Wexford Sinn Féin TD in ninety years.

Wexford Fianna Fail TD pushes Sinn Féin policies

The Sinn Féin organisation in County Wexford has responded with surprise to a press release issued from Wexford Fianna Fail Minister for State Sean Connick, supporting several long standing SF policies for the county.

New SF member?

Deputy Connick has called for the Irish Sugar Beet industry to be re-established in County Wexford. He has also stated that this will allow for the completion of the New Ross By Pass and the reopening of the Rosslare to Waterford Rail Line.

Sinn Féin has been campaigning for these issues for some time.

Speculation is growing that Deputy Connick has filled out a Sinn Féin member application form from the back of last months An Phoblacht!

Ahern puts all the blame on Cowen

Retiring TD Bertie Ahern has launched an incredible attack on Taoiseach Brian Cowen, putting the blame for the state of the nation on his head.

Ahern has also stated that no one told him about the problems in the banking system, and that he had no idea such things were going.

This statement by the disgraced former Taoiseach will only add to Fianna Fails problems. Already polls are giving them to lose half of their seats in the next election.