47 thoughts on “De Tuesday Papers”

  1. ReproBertie (SCU)

    There’s an Aire Sasamach trying to place the blame for the abject failure of Sasamach on people that have absolutely nothing to do with it. I can only imagine how disheartening it is for intelligent people on our neighbouring isle to watch him stumble from bungle to bungle. It’s far from confidence building for people on this island but at least we’ll be spared the worst of the disaster.

    1. SOQ

      Brexit: the undefined negotiated by the unprepared to get the unspecified for the uninformed.

      Terry Nicholl, Blackrock. Co. Dublin

    2. david

      We will be spared the worst of the disaster
      Tell me how old are you?
      The GFA stopped this country becoming a failed state with the troubles spreading down to the republic
      Evidently you never experienced the 1970s and the madness of the conflict.
      Brexit is the biggest threat to peace on this island
      If Sinn feinn refuses to take up its duty to be part of an administration in NA because of Gaelic then it shows exactly where Mary lou stands
      And that disgusting display of marching terrorists on Easter Monday shows the world that terrorism might just come back
      Maybe this time the violence will spread south
      As the games of silly pants UK continue by the EU the GFA is in grave danger as a result

      1. ReproBertie (SCU)

        I’m old enough to remember the black flags flying in Dublin and I’m more than old enough to see through your fear mongering fantasy guff.

        “Maybe this time the violence will spread south”. You know nothing of Irish history then.

        1. david

          I too remember the toot the horn for bobby sands as I drove through crumlin Dublin manned by Provo’s
          That was scary
          Also driving up to Belfast on a regular basis and staying in the Europa hotel
          When I worked in the clothing business
          I remember the fear on the streets and the realisation with the bigoted hatred from both sides no peace was achievable
          Then suddenly the GFA
          The unionists never spread their murderous campaign down south ,thank god but post brexit if the GFA fails why not?
          The IRA bombed mainland Britain so what is shopping the unionists?

          1. ReproBertie (SCU)

            If unionists never spread their murderous campaign south of the border who bombed Dublin and Monaghan?

            Why would the unionist community decide to start bombing in the event of Sasamach?

    3. david

      Bertie
      Fact is he unionists will never accept a border on the coast of northern Ireland which makes technically the north part of the EU
      Think of it
      The British government will not and cannot allow that to happen
      The fact that the Irish government is peddling otherwise is just guff
      Like it or not a hard border is going to be between the republic and the north
      As time goes on it will be apparent.
      Thanks to brexit ,unification of Ireland is just a distant dream
      Our problem is our leadership are allowing the EU to handle our future.
      With 2 rabid groups mainly the armed terrorist wing of Sinn feinn and the other rabid wings of unionist parties we are dealing not with law abiding peaceful people but murdering thugs
      And these groups are the ones that will go back to the gun and the bomb .
      What would you prefer?
      Us leaving the EU with a peaceful island or a continuation of a terrorist war with it spreading south this time as we keep in Europe.
      And who will protect us from this?
      Imagine that and imagine investment leaving Ireland because of the sectarian war waging on our shores
      This is what’s at stake

    1. ReproBertie (SCU)

      Empty rhetoric no? Even with Trump involved they can’t be dumb enough to risk open war with Russia.

      1. Nigel

        Well who knows what Trump might blunder into? Though I suspect there’ll be a missile strike or something and lots of shouting then back to business as usual.

        1. Nigel

          Hmm may have to revise the likelihood of an actual war to account for a) Bolton buzzing in his ear and b) desperately looking for a big distraction after his lawyer’s office getting raided by the Feds. That’s all bad

          1. jusayinlike

            You seem to be skipping passed Obama and co flattening the place for 4-6 years prior..

            selective

          2. Nigel

            You think Trump will be influenced by a need to look tougher and better at military intervention than Obama? Possible.

          2. jusayinlike

            It was Obama, Hillary and Kerry that started this mess Nigel, inconvenient fact for you.

          4. Nigel

            Weird that you seem to think that the history of conflict in the Middle East, or even just Syria, ‘started’ with that lot. I mean really, really weird.

          5. jusayinlike

            No just the flattening of Lybia, Syria and the expansion of occupations in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

            It’s not the middle east Nigel, it’s a large section of it though.

            You think I’m weird.. wow, you play a proper good contrarion.

          6. Nigel

            It’s not actually contrarian to point out that there’s more to the current state of the Middle East than a few ill-conceived and disastrous bombing campaigns to support rebels in conflicts that were already underway. There’s even more to it than the second Iraq war that destabilised the entire region and unleashed Isis into the power vacuum, but that would be a more logical starting point for the current situation. I’m starting to wonder what it is about Obama and Clinton that causes you to crown them the particular antichrists of the whole affair. What is it about them in particular?

          1. jusayinlike

            And look what happened, apathy and imperialism led to the death of millions, and things need not happen all over again in Syria, I hope Putin sits tight and continues to prevent innocent people from being mercilessly slaughtered by the “allies” and their “moderate” rebels.

          2. Nigel

            Yeah, that nice Mr Putin is the right type of imperialist and slaughtering the right kind of innocents, and even if they’re the wrong innocents, at least they’re comforted by knowing that they’re not being slaughtered by the particular people jusayinlike hates. You’ve got it bad.

          3. jusayinlike

            blah blah

            meanwhile, in the real world he prevents imperialism from decimating millions as previously seen in Iraq and Lybia..

            Neo liberal contrarions cry foul and scream for war..

          4. Nigel

            I think it’s less preventing anything than protecting his air base and warm water port. Needs to project power in the Middle East y’see, Russian imperialist power, which is mostly limited by Russia being in decline rather than by ambition.

        2. Nigel

          Well it wasn’t the same rhetoric really? There was some ‘he used chemical weapons on his own people’ but there was a lot of angry patriotic bull too and thete’s no hunger in the US for going to war again, o gettingr any more involved than they already are. But Trump’s a child and Bolton’s a shitehawk so the only thing we can be sure of is holy God who put these people in charge of that much power?

      3. david

        Actually no one knows exactly what trump will do
        This is another Cuban missile crises
        Unlike Obama who was so full of wind and pee

          1. david

            In poker one never shows ones hand
            In business you do not either
            All I know his approach with north Korea led to something no other president achieved since 1954
            And he has delivered on many of his election promises
            His action and his statements against the FBI has proven correct
            Look at the complete haims the FBI made regarding ensuring none of those gun nuts that went on rampages had no firearms?
            So he dose not speak like a politician
            Lets see how he handles the crises regarding syria

          2. Nigel

            No you don’t know that because that’s not true, re NK.
            Many of his election promises were appalling, so feck that.
            Your FBI point is… what?
            He doesn’t speak like any sort of intelligent human being.
            Or, indeed, how he gets handled.

  4. f_lawless

    “Act now to stop chemical warfare” says William Hague. That military action now by the West against the Assad government will somehow prevent chemical warfare from being used in future conflicts? Even if you were to view the claims that Assad carried out the latest attack as credible, Hague’s stance is a nonsense. It’s a thinly veiled push for regime change at the risk of escalating the situation to levels of all-out war with Russia/Iran. And before the OPCW have any time to investigate the latest allegations. What other word is there for it but psychopathic?
    Only as far back as Nov 2016, the London-based intelligence collection and analysis service, IHS Conflict Monitor, documented at least 52 times that the Islamic extremists have used chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/world/middleeast/isis-chemical-weapons-syria-iraq-mosul.html Military action now by the West would only encourage them to stage more attacks.

  5. Matt Lucozade: The Only Reader of the Village

    Tragic accident, but frankly It’s time to stop this “pony and trap” baloney for U.S. tourists. RIP for those who have passed.

    Frankly the way the horses are treated for this money-making Darby O’Gill/Quiet Man shtick is unacceptable. Same with the animals BS at Guinness Brewery.

    Mad panic in the locality is, of course, all about insurance and being sued. Enter Danny Rae and Co.

    1. PlumBobSmearPants

      I’ve walked that route many times and the conditions those horses have are pretty appalling especially on a hot day. There’s some fairly steep inclines on that route and I’ve witnessed horses In distress on more than one occasion. Dreadful. Just dreadful.

    2. Emah

      The interviews on the news on Rte last night were woeful…. The kerry Mountain rescue guy claims its terrible for the locality that relies on tourism and healy rae insists no one should be to blame lest it affect the tourism trade. Hardly a word of sympathy for where the real tragedy would be felt – I. E. The family involved. No, it was only a tragedy insofar as it affected the tourist trade.

    1. Rob_G

      I am glad that standards of journalism have not fallen so far that tweets (of all things) from junior Senators don’t make the front page.

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