The unacceptable Face of Irish Politics

Conor Lenihan (45), Fianna Fáil TD,
Minister of State for Integration
and wild-tempered Hooligan-in-Chief
in the disgraced government of Brian Cowen,

son of former Fianna Fáil TD and Tánaiste, the late Brian Lenihan,
grandson of former Fianna Fáil TD, the late Patrick Lenihan,
brother of Fianna Fáil TD and Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan Jr,
nephew of Fianna Fáil TD and former Minister Mary O'Rourke.

He is also a grand-nephew of former Irish customs officer,
smuggler, racketeer and spy, the late Joseph Lenihan,
who worked as a double agent for Nazi Germany and
for the British MI-5 during the Second World War.

Already known for his insensitivity in matters racial and ethnic,
he reached a new height of unacceptability today, when he called
Fine Gael TD Dr. Leo Varadkar "a Fascist" and gave the infamous
Nazi salute with his outstretched arm. And where did this happen?
In a smoke-filled back room of some seedy pub in the docklands?
No, right in Dáil Éireann, in front of 150 fellow TDs.

And - what happened to him afterwards? Absolutely nothing.
As a member of one of Ireland's political dynasties, he seems to
have carte blanche and gets away with any possible outrage.

This kind of intolerable behaviour will only stop when we end
the power of these corrupt and inbred Irish political families.

P.S. - Yesterday a tram driver in the Austrian capital Vienna
was immediately sacked from his job when it became known that
he had used the words "Sieg Heil!" (a verbal Nazi salute) over
the intercom system of his tram. Of course he was not a member
of the Lenihan family, and thus unprotected. In fact, he might be
prosecuted and could face 10 years imprisonment for his stunt.