John Lee
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348 appearances
3 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2018
last heard 20 Dec
John Lee’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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If there was any issues, they would have been presented to you through the media or anything else in that time.
It is apparent from...
what we've learned since the discussions about his issues with a tenant were pretty widespread in independent house anyway, if that's what it's called nowadays, I'm not sure.
And they were landed with this guy that they decided was the man to go to in advance of a convention and there was no rowing back when I believe alarm bells should have begun to ring.
And the examiner had broken through Louise Byrne a story initially about a phone call that Minister Jack Chambers received.
Sorry, a text message that Jack Chambers received, which was giving heightened alert to an issue with a tenant prior to a convention.
Micheál Martin then on his way into cabinet advised Louise Byrne to watch her manners was how he worded it that she was being unmannerly to him and there was a sharp exchange exposing him to an image that I didn't think was a good look and
Getting into an argument with a young woman who was only doing her job out there at eight o'clock in the morning.
Well, that was Louise's phrase, we should say, that she accused him of behaving in a Trumpian fashion by criticising the media for doing their job.
And I've covered now three leaders of Fianna Fáil as a political correspondent and I was a journalist before that.
When the end of their tenure comes into view, usually it involves them being pushed towards the exit against their will.
I remember interviewing Micheál Martin many years ago for the book Danny and I have mentioned a few times on this podcast, Hell at the Gates.
And we mentioned it very often because Micheál Martin plays a central role as does Brian Cowan.
And Micheál explained to me in an interview that he felt people who were pushing for a heave at the time didn't understand what it meant.
The younger members of the party hadn't been through it.
He'd been on the Ard Corlea during the heaves against Charlie Hawhey.
people are going after his job in his party.
All the media are doing, Danny and I and you, are articulating the views of politicians and there are politicians who are now opposed to his continuing leadership of the party.
So what he was alluding to all those years ago was the bad blood that arises
in fraternal strife in a party.
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