Mary McAleese
Ex-president M. McAleese,
Has upset the right-wing thought police,
When she went and said,
All have the right to wed,
And live their lives in bliss and peace.
John Moynes
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
Everything. As It Happens.
Just awful metre there Mr Moynes. Especially the fourth line. Have ye no sense of rhythm at all?
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Can’t even.
Definitely the worst regular feature on broadsheet.
Indeed. That and the censorship.
Mr. Moynes, I think you’re great – I can’t imagine any of the above would be able to put out a limerick every day :)
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Where does your nose end and his backside begin?
Comment of the day. I’m convinced he must be dating Ryans Daughter
Yes it’s absolutely poetry and all this completely related to the film Ryan’s Daughter.
Awww, where’s the edit button!
Heard Breda this morning – in fairness, whatever your view of her, she had good points and Chris came across overly simplistic – not least mixing up ‘parents’ and ‘persons’ in his much vaunted 17-simple-words in terms of what the Irish people are being asked. She is right – any change to Constitution can’t be boiled down to a ”why on earth wouldn’t you agree?” question. This is a fundamental change. And I think former Presidents can rightly be challenged whenever they weigh in to something like this. You’re either in the debate or not.
I absolutely think that this change can be boiled down to “why on earth woudn’t you agree”… perhaps there can be discussions over wording but fundemtally – why on earth wouldn’t you agree?!
It is a simple matter of equality for all.. again, why wouldn’t you agree?
Because rightly or wrongly, that is not how marriage has been defined. It is not a simple switch.
How is it not a simple? It couldn’t be simpler! Please explain.
*fundamentally
Funny the way McAleese has found her voice now but when Ireland was going through the ravages of the IMF bailout she hadn’t a word to say except for ‘we’re building bridges with the north’. Fianna Fail were a dead duck at the time and there was no way they were going to impeach her for saying what the whole nation was thinking. But I guess those €280k wages plus expenses were good enough to buy her silence.
Well said bonkers