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Exclusive – Meet the woman behind the Martina Genockey video




TheLiberal.ie has received the following statement from Carole Watson Purcell in relation to the video (attached) which occurred yesterday.

My name is Carole Watson Purcell I am the lady in the Martina Genockey video.

The local elections are upon us and I have been asking all candidates on their FB pages the same 2 questions.Are you in favour of water charges ? Are you in favour of the local property tax ? Martina said yes she was in favour so I asked her to make sure she told that to her local constituents when knocking on doors and ask them if they could afford another bill. She deleted my questions and blocked me. Other people asking her the same questions also had them deleted.She then put up a statement saying I had been abusive and called her stupid and a liar, all untrue, I have screen shots to prove this.

I bumped into her in my estate, I was not out looking for her as she claims. I approached the man in the black T-shirt first, I did not know who he was and asked if I could speak to Martina. He said no. He and Martina then walked away from me. I followed and asked her if I could talk to her,she ignored me. This was before the video was made as my husband Ken Purcell was still in the car. The man in the black T-shirt kept standing in front of me inches from my face. When my husband arrived he decided to video this.

What you do not see in the video because my back tended to be towards the camera was that I was crying because this man was being very intimidating towards me, this is the main reason my husband decided to record this. My husband stood at least 4 feet away whilst filming yet the man in black had his camera phone in my face so that it was actually touching me. This is when I felt the need to hold my hand up to get him off me. He then made a very menacing sinister comment regards my daughter which came across as threatening and I now realise this was to provoke me. He was enjoying every minute of it and smirked and grinned. Of course I was angry and upset,this was my 21yr daughter he was aiming his comments at.

Martina said live on 98FM today that this man who turned out to be her brother is my daughters friend when he is not. She also said she had hundreds of people come forward to support her and help her with her campaign since this incident. Residents in my estate all know who she is as her posters are on every lamp post and no one supports her policies. My family are affected badly by our governments austerity measures that have been forced upon us to pay back the corrupt bankers and unsecured bondholders.

I was let go from my job, I have a mortgage, I have been refused a medical card even though I am a recovering stroke patient,my pockets are empty, I have no more money to give. My children have already said they will have to go to the other side of the planet to work as they have no future here in Ireland. I cannot take any more,the stress is unbearable. I have had a lot of abuse because I stood up and said enough is enough but I have had overwhelming support,  more support than abuse.

Thank you.

Regards,

Carole Watson Purcell

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18 Comments on Exclusive – Meet the woman behind the Martina Genockey video

  1. Well done Carole for asking questions and demanding answers of overpaid useless politicians and wannabe politicians.

  2. I have nothing but bad about Martina Genockey, but as i do not her, i would have to agree with what i heard, She is a Labour candidate, that make her a supporter of the traitors, and a person who likes to inflict pain and suffering on the children, the old folk, the unmarried, the sick, the lonely, the widows, and the dying. The fat bitch would get a job in a concentration camp, and would love to have one. Anyone who votes for her are voting for a barbaric state

  3. 4 feet away? Your husband had the camera in their faces and abused them throughout the whole video. Bullies is all the two of you are!

    • I think Martina was pathetic in this Video, but she did say one truth…..This is a democracy and as much as this candidate has the right to canvass for vote so to do the citizens of Ireland have the right to stand up for themselves and more importantly their children. I have never met the Purcells but I thank them for their courage. I have never met Martina but I remind her that she is interviewing for a job we pay for and this job involves serving us.!

  4. Disgraceful this is NOT the way to deal with your issues. You may have had more support than abuse but you’ve achieved nothing. Treat anyone even politicians like that and they just walk away, surprise surprise!

    • The Labour Partys policies are an outrage. Every citizen must expose these self serving vermin, these wolves in sheeps clothing in search of the sheckel.

  5. dead right,politicians should realise this is probably only the start..the only difference with politicians is they do that in a more sneaky way hence through taxes and europe…i hope all parties lose their seats..be some sight to see only independents getting voted in..ha!Sure both could have handled it better..both sides could have looked better..but four years on from suffering for bullshit caused by others..the right job would be if everyone in the country was like that to current politicians..dey have no fear in looking out for themselves…ya wonder when austerity is going to end?fine gael,labour,fianna fail have destroyed the country in every way..no jobs,no confidence,no end to conflict,no investments in rural areas..increase in crime..hospitals barely able to operate,businesses struggling daily..the list goes on and on….

    • True Ian, they are not even willing to knock on the door and speak to citizens now????? I have had numerous flyers through the door saying sorry I missed you and I sitting in my sitting room????? Cowards and users!

  6. Jesus. That is some load of sh1te. Did she not watch herself on the video, chasing down the road after them as they tried to move away. That’s not the actions of an intimidated person.

    Her reasoning for approaching was to ask her the same two questions she is asking every candidate? Even though she says the candidate had already told her her response.

    Waste of space, the pair of them. What do they want? Everything for nothing no doubt.

  7. I don’t agree with the water or household taxes, I have been severely affected by the recession, both my husband and I, but what is said above is utter rubbish, you just have to look at the video to see who was menacing who. After this was published there was a backlash that the Purcells didn’t expect and are now trying to rectify by currying sympathy. The brother was defending his sister who was obviously upset. Deleting questions from your fb page that you don’t like as a candidate is wrong, but there is no need for that kind of abuse either. I’m angry with the government and want things to change but there are better ways to go about it and get your point across.

  8. They are
    politicians, that is what they do, hardest necks of all the breeds, lie through
    their teeth with a straight face, crying on demand like that, almost
    believable!. That Labour cretin should win an Oscar with that
    performance.

    Carole’s confrontation with this Labour con artist is the shape
    of things to come form the people.

    Not a single one of these Labour/FF/FG opportunists represent any of
    their constituents, every decision they make is with protecting their party at
    all costs, and repeatedly ignoring peoples questions in emails with generic
    automated replies, ignore, unfriend and block people on their facebook pages
    rather than answer simple questions pretty much epitomises their arrogance and contempt they have for us.

    I would like to remind this Labour traitor that it is the people
    who employ them, not the other way around, and if they don’t do a good job, and get caught lying to the public and openly admit it on TV ( Pat Rabbitte!!), well then its out on their
    underworked/overpaid arses they go!

    If any politician out there thinks they can ruin so many people’s lives at the
    stroke of a pen and not face the consequences, they have another thing coming!

    • They aren’t politicians actually they are going for local council. I believe councillor would be more apt.

  9. This Carole Purcell person states that she “as crying because this man was being very intimidating towards me” so her husband decided to film it? He sounds like a find! If the young man had hit her, would he have got a bigger camera out?

    Ridiculous spat and the only reaason for it is to attempt to look like working class heros. Where as in fact, they just come across as arrogant gobsh*tes.

    Can someone confirm – Martina Genockey is only running for office, right? So she is not an elected official? (Not that I think you should abuse elected officials, but just to make a point)

    So basically she can choose who she wants to speak to and who she can’t and the whole point of democracy is not that you are entitled to answers to anything you may want to ask, but you are entitled to vote for someone else if you don’t like someones answers or lack thereof?

  10. A lot of people are angry at politicians, and are suffering because labour turned their backs on the people, have to laugh, if the people who shouted abuse at the local labour tds where i live had recorded some video you woould see worse abuse and nearly fistfights lol, do labour candidates think they can walk around housing estates and expect red carpet treatment, i voted labour because i knew the canditate and supporting him and because he said they wouldnt bring in water charges dirty liar, lying to people, they are traitors, everybody hates labour now with all the cuts they said they wouldnt do and they did, wake up and smell the coffee, if one knocks at my door i will slam the door in their face, some brass neck they have to even canvass, fact is they dont give a damn, so they are walking into angry people, so Caroles anger shows so what, what they expect after what they done to the people, just well this in not 1916 because fine gael and fianna fail and labour would probably be in for worse treatment, Martina clearly wont answer questions , why didnt she simply answer the woman, its because labour supports screwing people, they did the dirt on their people simple as, and their policies protect them from austerity,so swallow that.

  11. Carole said she bumped into Genockey. Looks like you were trying to “bump” into her very hard Carole. As the comments attached show, you were chasing her about. If you are going to call candidates liars, at least be credible in doing it. You are a complete hypocrite and no better than Labour and Fine Gael. Actually you are worse Carole, because you don’t have the balls or the intelligence to run for election yourself. You just get off on attacking people that don’t agree with your narrow opinion. You may shout loud, but so do drunks, gobshites and assholes

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