P45 Vox Pop. Munster Fans say why Govt should be kicked to touch.

Yesterday, as fans poured into Thomond Park to watch Munster v Cardiff, I brought along a camera to do a quick Vox Pop of the fans, asking one simple question:

"Why should the Irish Government be kicked to touch?"

Some of the answers are not fit for print, and some shy people turned out to be civil servants not wishing to appear on camera, but here's the 'PG' version of the answers (with only one case of swearing I wasn't able to edit out).

These are some nice German ladies from Múnster, who didn't understand the question, but did want their photo taken!

I found nobody willing to speak up for the govt, despite another trip to Willie O'Dea's clinic. This time I had tagged along to someone else's protest, one organised by the Limerick Socialist Party, and attended by about 18 people, despite the cold, and the rugby match being on. There were almost as many Gardai in Belview Gardens as there were protestors.

Most of the picket at Willie O'Dea's clinic on a cold Saturday.

About half of the Gardai who were there (the unmarked cars were at other end of the road)

Willie O'Dea Td gets his P45 and Free Cheese. Who is next?

Yesterday, 2 members of the P45 Movement went to Willie O'Dea's clinic in Limerick
(every Saturday 1.30pm, 2 Bellfield Gardens Farranshone by the way)

We waited in the queue, told others what Willie didn't like them to know, and when we got our turn in Willie's tiny office (seriously, there was only room for one of us to step inside) The block of cheese and P45 was placed on his desk, as Willie was told the game is up, you've destroyed the country.
Willie tried to deny all blame saying he's not in the cabinet anymore. (following his dishonest affadavit to the High Court). As you'll hear in the video, Willie was in Cabinet while the bankers were running loose. He was in Cabinet while the regulator was told to take a 'light touch' approach (i.e. blind eye, and did less than 25% of the inspections he was well paid to do. )
Willie still supports this government but pretends he's not to blame for their mistakes. So, he's admitting that he wants to be paid to be a Govt TD, but only do parish pump politics in Limerick, and go to Dublin to rubber stamp any old motion that Cowen & Co throw down.
Would any employer let their employee behave like that? Willie O'Dea, you deserve your P45.