Ken O'Flynn political dynamo

[Yermon]

I remember being at a funeral - well, it was a removal in O'Connor's the night before the funeral rather than the actual mass cos I wanted to show the face but didn't want it cutting into my Football Focus watching time.

Anyway - stood next to me at said removal were Bernard Allen and Noel O'Flynn.

Bernard Allen turned to me and said "Are you {my grandfather's name}, son?"

"No" I said "I'm his grandson"

"Ah! A great neighbour of mine!" said Bernard Allen. "I saw him in Hank's or the Templeacre a few weeks ago. Still loves a pint doesn't he."

"Not really" said I

"Is he on the dry?" asked Bernard

"He's dead. Since 2014." I replied "You shook my hand at his funeral and said you'd miss him terribly"

"Ah... that's right" said Bernard Allen. "Do you... em... do you know Noel O'Flynn?"

I gave Noel a nod but he had a faraway look in his eyes. A thousand yard stare and then some.

"Noel!" hissed Allen and nodded at me.

"Oh. Eh. Sorry" said Noel shaking my hand. "Sorry to hear about your grandfather"

"He died 9 years ago" I said

"And you're only having the funeral now?!" cried Noel

"Noel. NOEL!" Bernard Allen interjected "It's not this chap's grandfather's funeral. It's another funeral."

"Oh... oh right" said Noel "Sorry, I'm just a bit distracted because one of my young fellas..."

Bernard Allen rolled his eyes.

Noel continued "One of my young fellas refused to eat his dinner until I secured the use of the Parochial Hall in Churchfield for one of his meetings. His mother was on at me for a week. Christ, I had enough I just wanted to watch my Minder DVDS in peace."

"Great show, Minder was." interjected Bernard "'Er indoors and all that"

"Ah, yeah. Waterman was class. Didn't like the younger fella, Ray" said Noel.

"What has this got to do with the Parochial Hall?!" I wondered.

"Oh yeah" said Noel "Anyway, Iona basketball club were due to have their practice session in there tonight before the bingo but I got the caretaker to torpedo that. I cannot move the bingo, I don't need death threats - so I told my young fella that his meeting would have to be over by 8."

"Is it a political meeting?" I enquired. "This thing your lad is doing?"

"No, He's big into hip-hop dancing." said Noel with a heavy sigh "And now I'm just after being told that the Iona basketball team are practicing lay-ups in my drive."

You sir, are the resident PROC comedic script writer par excellence!

 

[Hallbopping]

Deputy Flynn standing up for the ordinary Cork people again

https://twitter.com/x/status/2087121519998554428

I know sure. There’s such a shortage of new/almost new cars on the road. Loads of absolute bangers around.

Motorists are struggling so much.

 

[Yermon]

I know sure. There’s such a shortage of new/almost new cars on the road. Loads of absolute bangers around.

Motorists are struggling so much.

Try purchase a car when there's no public transport on which you can rely and you can see how expensive it is boppy. Add to the price of the car the motor tax, insurance, fuel, servicing etc etc They're a nightmare to fund. And the govt is raking in the bobs on them.

 

[Colonel Lee Fields]

Company cars, leases, HP, PCP, etc. €500 plus dealership services.

The ordinary worker would welcome not being fleeced at the petrol pump I would guess.

We can expect further fuel protests.

The let them eat cake approach of the current government really is quite something

 

[Hallbopping]

Company cars, leases, HP, PCP, etc. €500 plus dealership services.

The ordinary worker would welcome not being fleeced at the petrol pump I would guess.

Most new cars now are electric.

Try purchase a car when there's no public transport on which you can rely and you can see how expensive it is boppy. Add to the price of the car the motor tax, insurance, fuel, servicing etc etc They're a nightmare to fund. And the govt is raking in the bobs on them.

I have a car and pay all of those things.

 

[Blue Jasmin]

Company cars, leases, HP, PCP, etc. €500 plus dealership services.

The ordinary worker would welcome not being fleeced at the petrol pump I would guess.

Maybe the answer is not to get roped into a PCP and only buy cars you can afford with no loans attached?

My car is nearly 15 years old and it's driving as well as ever.

 

[Yermon]

Most new cars now are electric.

Good for you if you can afford a new car. I've two kids who are earning and while one is working away they have to depend on lifts, the other works a bit out of town and for them to get to where they need to go for work it would take two busses (if they could be relied upon to turn up) and about an hour having to leave at 6:45 AM and not be home before about 6:00. They haven't a hope of affording a new car. They've a tough job so we loan them a car.

I have a car and pay all of those things.

If you're quite happy to pay over and above for fuel so that the government can have more funds to misspend good for you - many others would rather not be put to that expense.

 

[Hallbopping]

Still a long way to go there and ICE users would welcome a bit of reprieve here in one of the highest cost countries in Europe.

Don't equate your Stockholm syndrome to the present government and your membership of Fianna Fail to what the normal punter is feeling.

I pay petrol costs too. But I also recognise that at times I do drive where a public transport option is available and I’ve tried to correct that. So if I go to Thieles or Limerick or Dublin for a match I get the train even if I don’t get home at quite the same time.

It’s all about choices and there may not be a choice 100% of the time but in many instances there is a choice.

 

[Hallbopping]

Good for you if you can afford a new car. I've two kids who are earning and while one is working away they have to depend on lifts, the other works a bit out of town and for them to get to where they need to go for work it would take two busses (if they could be relied upon to turn up) and about an hour having to leave at 6:45 AM and not be home before about 6:00. They've a tough job so we loan them a car.


If you're quite happy to pay over and above for fuel so that the government can have more funds to misspend good for you - many others would rather not be put to that expense.

Lower taxes on fuel is still paid for. It’s paid for in the things the Government can’t afford to do because they’ve committed nearly a billion so far on temporary fuel tax cuts.

 

[Yermon]

Lower taxes on fuel is still paid for. It’s paid for in the things the Government can’t afford to do because they’ve committed nearly a billion so far on temporary fuel tax cuts.

It's paid for by US!!!
Our government is taking in more money because our government is charging US more in tarifs. It's not as though every country in Europe used have the same tarrifs on their fuels, our mob, as ever, had charged more than most.

And now, as with the ReTurn scheme you also cheerlead, you think the right thing to do is keep charging us more of our money for a basic commodity.