quincytwo
19-07-2009, 09:15 PM
Proof that Lucinda does care !
Perhaps I have been a little hard on Lucinda Creighton in focussing so much on the objections to various building projects she has made.
A FG acquaintance of mine has drawn attention to a statement of Creighton’s in the Dail , (April, 9, 2009 ) in which she offered some practical advice to those undergoing hard times. This advice will be of particular benefit to the 400,000 or so unemployed people who may not be able to afford to take a holiday abroad.
Linda suggests they should go to the dogs ! In her very own words :
“ It is great and is a brilliant social outlet for people. Now in particular, when people will be unable to afford to go to Marbella, or take their ski holidays, or go away three or four times a year, they will look for a social outlet. What is so wrong with going to the dogs for a night, or going to the races on a Sunday afternoon? It is a fantastic way for Irish people to spend their spare time. It is a domestic investment in the country and in an industry at which we excel.”
Now Lucinda knows a thing or two about going racing because :
“ [I]I know this because I worked at dog tracks when I was young. My father is a bookie and I used to go to Mullingar, Longford, Galway among others. .”
It should be stressed that Lucinda herself is not a bookie, so there is no question of a conflict of interest.
Now for a moment it looked as if a colleague of Linda’s, FG Td Tom Hayes, (Tipperary South ) might have spotted a rather big elephant in the room in the form of gambling :
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“Gambling is going on (there) and there is a compulsion about it among younger people.”
You could hear the audible gasps at the thought that a rural FG TD was about to break ranks ! However the bold Tom, having thought about this for a micro second, realised he had the solution :
“ However, on the race course it is regulated and that is the place to go, whether for horse racing or for dogs. “
So there you have it straight from the horses mouth, so to speak. If you are unemployed and can’t afford to get your usual hols in the sun in Marbella or some such place, take Linda’s advice - she has a heart of gold after all - and take the wife and kids to the race track.
If the little woman tells you that you can't afford to be going gambling, reassure and tell her that Lucinda’s good colleague, Tom Hayes, has assured you that it is regulated !
Sure isn’t the investment business regulated as well so there’s no danger any bookie is going to allow an inexperienced, unemployed, race goer to risk the family dole money on some nag in the 2.30 at Punchestown
Perhaps I have been a little hard on Lucinda Creighton in focussing so much on the objections to various building projects she has made.
A FG acquaintance of mine has drawn attention to a statement of Creighton’s in the Dail , (April, 9, 2009 ) in which she offered some practical advice to those undergoing hard times. This advice will be of particular benefit to the 400,000 or so unemployed people who may not be able to afford to take a holiday abroad.
Linda suggests they should go to the dogs ! In her very own words :
“ It is great and is a brilliant social outlet for people. Now in particular, when people will be unable to afford to go to Marbella, or take their ski holidays, or go away three or four times a year, they will look for a social outlet. What is so wrong with going to the dogs for a night, or going to the races on a Sunday afternoon? It is a fantastic way for Irish people to spend their spare time. It is a domestic investment in the country and in an industry at which we excel.”
Now Lucinda knows a thing or two about going racing because :
“ [I]I know this because I worked at dog tracks when I was young. My father is a bookie and I used to go to Mullingar, Longford, Galway among others. .”
It should be stressed that Lucinda herself is not a bookie, so there is no question of a conflict of interest.
Now for a moment it looked as if a colleague of Linda’s, FG Td Tom Hayes, (Tipperary South ) might have spotted a rather big elephant in the room in the form of gambling :
“
“Gambling is going on (there) and there is a compulsion about it among younger people.”
You could hear the audible gasps at the thought that a rural FG TD was about to break ranks ! However the bold Tom, having thought about this for a micro second, realised he had the solution :
“ However, on the race course it is regulated and that is the place to go, whether for horse racing or for dogs. “
So there you have it straight from the horses mouth, so to speak. If you are unemployed and can’t afford to get your usual hols in the sun in Marbella or some such place, take Linda’s advice - she has a heart of gold after all - and take the wife and kids to the race track.
If the little woman tells you that you can't afford to be going gambling, reassure and tell her that Lucinda’s good colleague, Tom Hayes, has assured you that it is regulated !
Sure isn’t the investment business regulated as well so there’s no danger any bookie is going to allow an inexperienced, unemployed, race goer to risk the family dole money on some nag in the 2.30 at Punchestown