Publishing Guide

Upcoming Events

National | Politics / Elections

no events match your query!

New Events

no events posted in last week

Other Press

Politics / Elections

Press lies about the Venezuelan presidential election 23:08 Sep 10 0 comments

Israel told US it is modeling Gaza attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 22:35 Nov 05 0 comments

UK Government manipulation of the BBC and social media over Covid 21:40 Sep 19 0 comments

Good Riddance to Biden - Bye Bye Bidens 23:13 Apr 18 0 comments

Exposed: Ireland’s Leading Far-right Politicians Unmasked… 20:58 Dec 07 0 comments

more >>

User Preferences

Feeds

Blog Feeds

Anti-Empire

North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?

US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty

The Saker

A bird's eye view of the vineyard

Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb

The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by

Public Inquiry

Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

Voltaire Network

Voltaire, international edition

Voltaire, International Newsletter N?114-115 Fri Jan 10, 2025 14:04 | en

End of Russian gas transit via Ukraine to the EU Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:45 | en

After Iraq, Libya, Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, the Pentagon attacks Yemen, by Thier... Tue Jan 07, 2025 06:58 | en

Voltaire, International Newsletter N?113 Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:42 | en

Pentagon could create a second Kurdish state Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:31 | en

Voltaire Network >>

Jimmy Devins resigns from Fianna Fáil

national | politics / elections | news report

Wednesday August 05, 2009 17:45

by Noble 7

Report this post to the editors

"rats leaving sinking ship" in widely anticipated cosmetic bid to save seat

Jimmy Devins TD has resigned from the Fianna Fáil party.

Devins may be best known to Indymedia readers as the husband of Mary Devins, the judge who presides over many court cases involving opponents of the Shell plan to install an experimental pipeline in Erris, County Mayo.

Jimmy Devins

Jimmy Devins

In a move that has been widely predicted, he claimed the government's refusal to budge on the issue of cancer seen as the reason for his resignation. The resignation from Fianna Fáil is seens as a purely cosmetic move, since he waited until the Dáil was suspended for the summer break. It is unlikely that Devins will vote against the government on any matters unrelated to the health service in his local constituency.

His resignation is an attempt for him to distance himself from an unpopular government policy, and it is unlikely that he will change his stated views on any major issues in the run up to the next election, after which it is believed he will rejoin the party.

Devins's grandfather was a Sinn Féin TD during the civil war. He was captured by Free State forces in 1922 and summarily executed.

Add Your Comments >>

printable version

with comments

atom feed of comments

rss feed of comments

RSS and atom feeds allow you to keep track of new comments on particular stories. You can input the URL's from these links into a rss reader and you will be informed whenever somebody posts a new comment.

Digg this

Furl

Reddit

Gab

Twitter

save preference

Comments (15 of 15)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Devins	Sligo	Wed Aug 05, 2009 17:51
2	Opportunist	Louis Wu	Wed Aug 05, 2009 17:54
3	no he hasn't resigned from Fianna Fáil	Sean	Wed Aug 05, 2009 18:12
4	Sharing the wealth	Seán Ryan	Wed Aug 05, 2009 18:42
5	nice work	SC	Wed Aug 05, 2009 19:15
6	Typical cute hoors	old codger	Wed Aug 05, 2009 20:39
7	Conflict of interest .	margaret	Wed Aug 05, 2009 21:12
8	When the Cock crows	The Rooster	Wed Aug 05, 2009 21:45
9	there may be another motivation too...	TraitorsThe LotOfThem	Thu Aug 06, 2009 00:53
10	Jummy Devins, A real Gombeen Man .	No Again !	Thu Aug 06, 2009 06:29
11	O'Donoghue should go	Sideliner	Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:08
12	many thanks Sean	old codger	Thu Aug 06, 2009 13:59
13	-	caf	Sun Aug 09, 2009 02:22
14	Devins walks	dictionary reader	Tue Jan 11, 2011 16:57
15	good riddance to gombeen Devins. Now can we fire his wife too?	V for vendetta	Tue Jan 11, 2011 19:10

Number of comments per page

Add Your Comments >>

© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy