A CORRUPT NATION,Probably the most revealing yet obvious lesson to be learned from my failure to get a nomination for #Aras18 is the fact that the system and the people who run it are too corrupt to allow somebody into power who would try to change it. It has been a very worthwhile journey because we have all got a fresh insight into the rot at the heart of our State and we have seen once again how Ireland only works for the vested interests who are connected to power. There is no fair play in this country. All of the political parties have disgraced themselves by running away from their democratic responsibilities, particularly the Soc Dems, PBP, Solidarity and the Greens. You would find more independent thinking on a sheep farm than you would in Leinster House. I will be speaking about this and more at 7pm tonight when I do an interview with John Ryan on Broadsheet.ie. However, I want to pay tribute now to those Independent Oireachtas members who did nominate me and who wanted to give the Irish people the right to choose their own president. Sincere thanks to Joan Collins, Clare Daly, Mick Wallace, Catherine Connolly, Michael Fitzmaurice, Sean Canney, Tommy Broughan, Seamus Healy, Maureen O’Sullivan, Mattie McGrath and Ronan Mullen. Your votes are safe with them. As for the rest, I think we need acknowledge that the party system has failed Ireland time and time again. We need a new grassroots movement based on four pillars: anti-corruption, transparency, accountability and protection of public money. I’d love to see an Ireland where Clare Daly was in charge of Justice and the Gardai, and Catherine Connolly ran Finance. This is possible but we need to start finding likeminded people in our own communities who CANNOT BE BOUGHT and who will put themselves forward in the upcoming council and Oireachtas elections. We need to fill our political houses with them to clean out the rot for good. If we want this new Ireland, we must break the habit of re-electing FF/FG/Lab for good as well as the smaller new parties who have shown fascist tendencies in recent weeks and pretend to be something they are not. The journey has started. I intend to keep trying. I hope you will too so that we can create a clean Ireland for the next generation and get rid of dirty politics for once and for all. #ENDCORRUPTIONNOWEncourage Change.

A CORRUPT NATION,Probably the most revealing yet obvious lesson to be learned from my failure to get a nomination for #Aras18 is the fact that the system and the people who run it are too corrupt to allow somebody into power who would try to change it. It has been a very worthwhile journey because we have all got a fresh insight into the rot at the heart of our State and we have seen once again how Ireland only works for the vested interests who are connected to power. There is no fair play in this country. All of the political parties have disgraced themselves by running away from their democratic responsibilities, particularly the Soc Dems, PBP, Solidarity and the Greens. You would find more independent thinking on a sheep farm than you would in Leinster House. I will be speaking about this and more at 7pm tonight when I do an interview with John Ryan on Broadsheet.ie. However, I want to pay tribute now to those Independent Oireachtas members who did nominate me and who wanted to give the Irish people the right to choose their own president. Sincere thanks to Joan Collins, Clare Daly, Mick Wallace, Catherine Connolly, Michael Fitzmaurice, Sean Canney, Tommy Broughan, Seamus Healy, Maureen O’Sullivan, Mattie McGrath and Ronan Mullen. Your votes are safe with them. As for the rest, I think we need acknowledge that the party system has failed Ireland time and time again. We need a new grassroots movement based on four pillars: anti-corruption, transparency, accountability and protection of public money. I’d love to see an Ireland where Clare Daly was in charge of Justice and the Gardai, and Catherine Connolly ran Finance. This is possible but we need to start finding likeminded people in our own communities who CANNOT BE BOUGHT and who will put themselves forward in the upcoming council and Oireachtas elections. We need to fill our political houses with them to clean out the rot for good. If we want this new Ireland, we must break the habit of re-electing FF/FG/Lab for good as well as the smaller new parties who have shown fascist tendencies in recent weeks and pretend to be something they are not. The journey has started. I intend to keep trying. I hope you will too so that we can create a clean Ireland for the next generation and get rid of dirty politics for once and for all. #ENDCORRUPTIONNOW