Talk:Mary Lou McDonald

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Who was first

Was Bairbre de Brún or Mary Lou McDonald the first elected MEP? Each page is claiming they were - is there any way of determining which takes precedent in any seniority rankings? Timrollpickering 23:19, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Mary Lou McDonald was, by one day. Bairbre de Brun is more "senior" in the party, I'd guess. Kiand 19:59, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I updated the image in the article.--padraig3uk 11:52, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup?

What part of this article exactly do you think requires a clean up? I find nothing specifically wrong with it, please discuss, I will remove the tag if there are no suggestions.--Freikorp (talk) 18:30, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Thomas Murphy

Could someone explain why we need the term "convicted criminal" in the sentence "McDonald initially backed convicted criminal Thomas "Slab" Murphy as a "good republican" despite being found guilty on nine charges of tax evasion", since it already says he was found guilty of tax evasion. It is pointless duplcation.DanceHallCrasher (talk) 13:01, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe because he is a convicted criminal... IrishSpook (talk) 13:03, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That does not explain why it needs to be said twice in the same sentence.DanceHallCrasher (talk) 13:04, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's not. IrishSpook (talk) 13:04, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence refers to him being convicted of tax evasion, since when is that not a criminal conviction? Mo ainm~Talk 13:07, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am curious as to whether User:DanceHallCrasher and User:Mo ainm are the same person, the timing and coincidences seem odd. User:DanceHallCrasher has already been linked to the sockpuppets User:Gob Lofa and User:Lapsed Pacifist. Has there been an investigation? IrishSpook (talk) 13:16, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Gone quiet are we? IrishSpook (talk) 13:20, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Nice deflection yeah there was and no connection so would you like to continue the discussion or just throw your toys out of the pram? Since when was tax evasion not a criminal conviction? Mo ainm~Talk 13:23, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's the same as Mary Lou's introduction on this article. "Mary Lou McDonald (born 1 May 1969) is an Irish politician, the Vice-President of Sinn Féin and a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Central.[2] McDonald was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2009, representing the Dublin constituency." We don't just assume she is an Irish politician based on the fact she was elected at whatever dates, etc. Same applies for good aul Slab Murphy, a convicted criminal... found guilty on 9 counts of tax evasion. No one other than someone who has a problem with the truth would object to this trivial sideshow. IrishSpook (talk) 13:29, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Does the sentence "McDonald initially backed convicted criminal Thomas "Slab" Murphy as a "good republican" despite being found guilty on nine charges of tax evasion" need to include the term "convicted criminal" since his tax evasion convictions are already mentioned? Mo ainm~Talk 13:35, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]