More GUBU on Kildare Street: Trevor Sargent resigns
Jim Carroll
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Green Party TD Trevor Sargent has resigned over allegations of interfering in a criminal case in his constituency as raised in today’s Evening Herald. He resigned after a brief statement to the Dail during which he accepted he made an “error of judgment” about the case.
Coming on the back of the George Lee Ex-TD, Deirdre de Burca and Willie O’Dea stories, it means Kildare Street is now home to more drama than a double-episode of Fair City and shows that Leinster House is finally providing some value for money.
As with any soap opera, there’s a whodunnit element in the latest twist as in the timing of the story and I’m sure there’s more to come about this story. And, in fairness to Trevor Sargent, the ex-minister didn’t attempt to weasel his way out of the controversy or stonewall the process like John O’Donoghue and Willie O’Dea.
He’s gone. As predicted by Senator Eoghna Harris earlier – wonder can he find a Sinn Fein blame angle.
Ivor – Harris? Sure, he’d find a SF blame angle in why there’s no milk in the fridge. I bet I’m not alone in wondering how and why that letter came to light this week of all weeks.
Credit where it’s due, he stepped down without a fuss.
In doing so I think he actually slowed down the momentum of the run-away FF-Green train.
To give a music link to the story, Spirit store owner Mark Deary has been appointed to the Senate taking Deirdre de Burcas seat. Well done!
Perhaps that idea to move Oireachtas Report to primetime isn’t such a bad one
The key thing here is whatever Sargent said during the debates on the Philip Sheedy affair / resignation of Hugh O’Flaherty from EIB.
‘Something is rotten in the House of Leinster’…to paraphrase the Bard…’When troubles come they come not singly but in Battalions’…The fish is Rotting from the Head…Soon the floor of Leinster House may be littered with as many ‘corpses’ as the Final Act of Hamlet such has been the Political carnage of the last couple of weeks…Time to exit stage left… peut etre…
Pat Rabbitte’s speaking on six one news has just put the leak down to “the empire striking back” in the shape of justice minister Dermot Aherne!
Im just glad the kildare street crew dont use guns because they are one serious cut throat mob.
Well, Dermot Ahern denied having any hand, act or part in the leak. And he is the minister for justice. Dude wouldn’t and couldn’t lie. Butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth. Sure, isn’t he as green as the Greens – https://www.tribune.ie/article/2003/nov/02/trying-to-be-sensible-at-a-time-when-everybody-els/ – well, he was back in 2003
Its a pandemic, run!
Flounce, I was so wrong on that, they are doing the foxtrot out the door now. Does this mean that, somewhere in the irish psyche the idea of government by the people for the people might take hold???
Civil war politics be damned, ‘ave ya seen the price of a pint?
@ 8 That’s a mixed metaphor with knobs on!
Continuing the Bardic metaphor…it’s time to mind or move your ‘Arras’…politically and poetically speaking…! And I don’t mean to the Phoenix Park!
On a more serious note, what in gods name are you all doing to our lovely, honest, humble and selfless public servants?
Its rather worrying from a distance, some people might think that Ireland was in crisis?
More Champoo Des…? Probably better make it a crate…!
time to raise up the peoples army and seize control of the state
A rush and a push… eh petee, like the sound of it.