When Paul Sheehan got that merit certificate, was he already Don Manuel’s driver?

Published: November 28, 2014 at 8:31pm

Has anybody asked how long Paul Sheehan has been the Police Minister’s driver, and has the question been answered? If so, then I’ve missed it.

It occurred to me that if Sheehan wasn’t given the job after Joe Galea L-Olandiz was removed from it a few weeks ago, then he was already Manuel Mallia’s official driver when the police commissioner picked him and his girlfriend’s father, Inspector Frans ‘Id-Devil’ Micallef, for this merit certificate last September.

Paul Sheehan and Francis Micallef




23 Comments Comment

  1. Alexander Ball says:

    Look lovely on his cell wall.

  2. Tabatha White says:

    As though he was fully aware that Sheehan’s credentials needed a boost.

    Was the hunter commissioned to drop the bird?

    • Drinks With Vince Micallef says:

      “Aw Jesmond, itfahha ‘l hawn halli jaqbduha Sheehan u d-Devil.”

      • Tabatha White says:

        Hawn Sheehan, orrajt li tohrog mat-tifla ta’ imma (wink) tkun iktar siewi gewwa nkella barra. Nafu sew lil Leli Taghna. Issa nirrangalek.

        Or

        Hmm, it-tifla tad-Devil. Jaqdini mill-koxxa kieku. Ma jkollux ghazla. Ha nintefa’ maghhom.

        Or

        Manwel kollox sejjer lix ta’ hi. Hadd ma jobsor b’xejn. Ma tahsibx li la bdew jiffukaw fuqhek il-hin wasal li tahsilli naqra wicci. Ghandi runner, skuzi gunner..

    • Antoine Vella says:

      Obviously. And he could even be reinstated.

      • Drinks With Vince Micallef says:

        Then they’ll send him to Dar Malta with Dolcieanne, a new couple for Labour’s Noah’s Ark/couples depository in Brussels.

        “The animals went in two by two, the elephant and the kangaroo…”

  3. Gahan says:

    I heard on radio that Sheehan was/is Manuel Mallia’s canvasser.

    During the last election campaign he was seen accompanying/assisting Mallia in his political activities.

    The St Julian’s and Sliema people already know this. Why they don’t speak out and show everyone what a liar Mallia really is?

    • Gahan says:

      David Agius also pointed out that one does not leave his daughter in the care of his new driver’s mother, whom he hardly knows.

    • bob-a-job says:

      ‘Why they don’t speak out and show everyone what a liar Mallia really is?’

      Presumably because the people from St Julian’s and Sliema he visited don’t read this page and even if they did, they would be totally incapable of posting an answer.

      [Daphne – No way. The people who voted for that fat, sleazy skunk with the cocaine-trafficker clients are People Sort Of Like Us. Why, even our friend Silvio Loporto rushed out to vote for Don Manuel. No, the real reason they don’t say that Don Manuel came knocking on their door with Paul Sheehan is because they 1. opened it, and 2. probably voted for him. And they don’t want to look like the fools they’re feeling right now.]

      • bob-a-job says:

        Silvio Loporto usually votes for Robert Arrigo. I doubt he would have voted differently this time although he usually says things for the sake of controversy.

        I am told his wife was shitting bricks fearing the MLP may win the election so someone is playing double agent here.

        [Daphne – Silvio Loporto voted Labour, for Manuel Mallia. Why would he lie about something like that in public under his own name? I believe him.]

        Don’t forget that Joseph Cuschieri and Martin Debono were not candidates this time round and I know for a fact that Manwel obtained many of their votes.

        Having said that I am sure that there were a number of switchers among his voters but I doubt it was anywhere near the bulk.

      • silvioloporto says:

        Nice of you to refer to me as your friend however I must point out that I did not, as you write, “rush out to vote for etc.”

        I give these matters the attention they deserve as I consider voting as a duty to be performed with responsibility.

        [Daphne – My apologies, Mr Loporto. So you didn’t rush out to vote for Manuel Mallia. You duly considered the matter, and then you did so. Not that the result made much difference.]

        Coming to Bob-a-job I do not intend entering into any dialogue with someone who insults persons hiding behind a nom de plume which reminds me of many years ago, when as children we would clean toilets for a shilling. To keep on the same subject of toilets, all I will say to him is: piss off.

        Just for the record, I was one of the first who wrote that Minister Mallia was too rushed in issuing a statement when I would have waited for the result of the inquiry no matter how long it takes.

        [Daphne – It was not the immediacy that was the problem, but the deliberate falsehoods. This is a democracy, so of course he was obliged to issue an immediate statement. He should, in fact, have called an immediate press conference.]

      • bob-a-job says:

        Dear Mr Loporto I use a nom de plume because I am a private citizen whose experience teaches him that friends are hard to tell from enemies in politics.

        You seem to be lucky enough to have friends in both camps. I am not effluent enough to afford that.

        What insultants? If there is anything incorrect in what I said I am ready to apologise for it but I doubt it.

        As for toilets and pissing of – well I liked your joke so here’s another.

        Q – How did the ant end up in the toilet bowl?

        A – It got pissed off.

      • bob-a-job says:

        For the sake of clarity effluent should have been in inverted commas like so, ‘effluent’

    • Jack Beans says:

      ANOTHER LIE FROM DON MANUEL MALLIA.

      Can this man (sic) be trusted any more, especially in his capacity as Minister of the Police?

  4. La Redoute says:

    What merit is there in arresting an intruder you find in your own yard?

    It’s hardly going beyond the call of duty.

    • Drinks With Vince Micallef says:

      Maybe he didn’t really shoot a stork. Maybe he went there to buy a slice off some blokka silg and didn’t pay, so they arrested him.

      • High Tea says:

        He shot a stork. And then he climbed into the garden to pick it up. It doesn’t take much to arrest him. He’s not very big.

  5. Tabar says:

    If what I heard is true Paul Sheehan was Dr. Mallia’s canvasser and he used to be with the latter whilst doing field canvasses [door to door]. So how come the minister said he never knew him before. Can it be another of the Don’s lies.

  6. A rather ironic photo: il-Mulej rubbing shoulders with id- Devil——a great combination!

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