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the 12 th man
11/02/2004, 9:43 AM
caught the end of a thing on the news yesterday.i think it was in a failed libel court case.
twice during the bit i heard they mentioned "the longford mafia".what or who are "the longford mafia"???.(sounds interesting).;)
Peadar
11/02/2004, 10:03 AM
The head of the Government Information Service, Mandy Johnston, said she was offended by an article in The Star, which referred both to her and to Mandy Rice-Davis, a call-girl whose affair with British Conservative MP John Profumo led to the collapse of the Tory government in the 1960s.

She was described as "the Longford lass" and "Bertie Ahern's batgirl" who was "beavering away" on Fianna Fáil's behalf.

She attempted to sue Independent Star Ltd and journalist John Donlon for alleged libel arising out of the article.
Macy
11/02/2004, 10:06 AM
Didn't see the news yesterday, but yer wan Mandy Johnson is from Longford, and she's FF press secretary.... In no way implying FF are mafia like... ;)
Xlex
11/02/2004, 10:18 AM
John Donlon is also a Longford native and a member of FF...
the 12 th man
11/02/2004, 10:19 AM
Originally posted by Peadar
The head of the Government Information Service, Mandy Johnston, .

yeah i got the story ok,its just that i never heard that expression before:rolleyes:
Peadar
11/02/2004, 10:19 AM
Is Albert Reynolds from Longford or Westmeath?
Xlex
11/02/2004, 10:25 AM
Roscommon originally, but ran in the old Longford - Westmeath... represented Dublin in his last 7 or 8 years.
Peadar
11/02/2004, 10:33 AM
Did he own a pet food company down there in the midlands somewhere?
Xlex
11/02/2004, 10:35 AM
http://www.cdfoods.com/
Macy
11/02/2004, 10:43 AM
Originally posted by Xlex
John Donlon is also a Longford native and a member of FF...
And general bullsh!t writer when it comes to De Town.... Hate part timers who preach after cup finals...
Macy
11/02/2004, 10:44 AM
Originally posted by Xlex
Roscommon originally, but ran in the old Longford - Westmeath... represented Dublin in his last 7 or 8 years.
Don't think so, only stepped down at the last election to allow master Buckfast seller Peter Kelly take his seat in Longford/Roscommon....
Xlex
11/02/2004, 11:08 AM
he was originally elected in the old Longford - Westmeath...

got re-elected in Longford - Roscommon...

AFAIK, he was always Long-West until the last constituancy change...

Master Buckfast seller is short term stop gap...
Xlex
11/02/2004, 11:11 AM
http://www.stormcentre.net/elections/people/r/reynolds_albert.html
Schumi
11/02/2004, 12:53 PM
Originally posted by Xlex
http://www.cdfoods.com/ They have good Christmas parties there I hear. :D
Macy
11/02/2004, 1:05 PM
Originally posted by Xlex
he was originally elected in the old Longford - Westmeath...

got re-elected in Longford - Roscommon...

AFAIK, he was always Long-West until the last constituancy change...
I know, but you said he represented Dublin his last few years - he was Longford-Westmeath, and then Longford-Roscommon, then off to several board rooms.... Dublin doesn't enter it....


Originally posted by Xlex
Master Buckfast seller is short term stop gap...
Nice pun :)
Xlex
11/02/2004, 1:32 PM
In his last term he had his monkey Doherty knocking around on his behalf while he sold his longford residence and moved to Dublin full-time... I was only mocking the fact that he was a Long-Ros TD...;)