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Jimmy Devins resigns from Fianna Fáil

category national | politics / elections | news report author Wednesday August 05, 2009 17:45author by Noble 7 Report this post to the editors

"rats leaving sinking ship" in widely anticipated cosmetic bid to save seat

Jimmy Devins TD has resigned from the Fianna Fáil party.

Devins may be best known to Indymedia readers as the husband of Mary Devins, the judge who presides over many court cases involving opponents of the Shell plan to install an experimental pipeline in Erris, County Mayo.
Jimmy Devins
Jimmy Devins

In a move that has been widely predicted, he claimed the government's refusal to budge on the issue of cancer seen as the reason for his resignation. The resignation from Fianna Fáil is seens as a purely cosmetic move, since he waited until the Dáil was suspended for the summer break. It is unlikely that Devins will vote against the government on any matters unrelated to the health service in his local constituency.

His resignation is an attempt for him to distance himself from an unpopular government policy, and it is unlikely that he will change his stated views on any major issues in the run up to the next election, after which it is believed he will rejoin the party.

Devins's grandfather was a Sinn Féin TD during the civil war. He was captured by Free State forces in 1922 and summarily executed.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Devins     Sligo    Wed Aug 05, 2009 17:51 
   Opportunist     Louis Wu    Wed Aug 05, 2009 17:54 
   no he hasn't resigned from Fianna Fáil     Sean    Wed Aug 05, 2009 18:12 
   Sharing the wealth     Seán Ryan    Wed Aug 05, 2009 18:42 
   nice work     SC    Wed Aug 05, 2009 19:15 
   Typical cute hoors     old codger    Wed Aug 05, 2009 20:39 
   Conflict of interest .     margaret    Wed Aug 05, 2009 21:12 
   When the Cock crows     The Rooster    Wed Aug 05, 2009 21:45 
   there may be another motivation too...     TraitorsThe LotOfThem    Thu Aug 06, 2009 00:53 
 10   Jummy Devins, A real Gombeen Man .     No Again !    Thu Aug 06, 2009 06:29 
 11   O'Donoghue should go     Sideliner    Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:08 
 12   many thanks Sean     old codger    Thu Aug 06, 2009 13:59 
 13   -     caf    Sun Aug 09, 2009 02:22 
 14   Devins walks     dictionary reader    Tue Jan 11, 2011 16:57 
 15   good riddance to gombeen Devins. Now can we fire his wife too?     V for vendetta    Tue Jan 11, 2011 19:10 


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