Pearce is busy . . . congratulating himself

Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley

At the beginning of last month, ahead of the start of the political season, we were told in a press release from Fine Gael City Councillor, Pearce Flannery, that “some of our new city councillors have been busily preparing their plans for the coming years”.

Councillors, busy? Now that’s a statement that made us sit up and take notice.

And who do you think Pearce thinks is the busiest little bee of them all? Got it in one.

“None more so than newly elected councillor for Galway West Pearce Flannery,” his press release said.

Now, we know what you’re thinking. Cynical souls that you are, you’re thinking that Pearce Flannery is hardly impartial when it comes to judging who is the busiest of the new councillors.

But Pearce suspected your cynicism and was one step ahead of you. He provided evidence.

Stating that none of the councillors were busier than himself was not mere conjecture and puff for a press release – Pearce had hard facts.

“He has submitted not one, not two but three motions,” in advance of the first City Council meeting of the new term, Pearce “revealed” in a statement.

What Pearce has actually revealed is that he wouldn’t be half as busy if he stopped blowing his own trumpet.

Niall lowers the tone(r)

Galway City Councillors have new computers. And it’s not even Christmas.

Labour’s Niall McNelis tells us that the screen of one of the computers has already had to be treated by the ‘doctor’ after one technophobe councillor used Tipp-ex on it.

Niall also tells us that the Shinners, or the Wolfe Toners as he’s now calling them, didn’t need the printers that came with the computers – “They probably have enough print toner cartridges from Dublin,” he snorted.

Whatever could he mean?

Surely he’s not throwing a sly dig at Sinn Féin about the €50,000 worth of ink and toner cartridges claimed by one of the party’s TDs, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, over two years.

We hope you don’t value your kneecaps, Niall.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Sentinel.