62 thoughts on “De Thursday Papers”

    1. Ollie Cromwell

      Mavellous.
      The Irish are up on their hinds legs,little snub-nosed ginger faces pressed up against the window and waving their Anyone But England flags as mass inferiority complex grips the nation once again as Ireland perform their traditional fail to qualify like Andorra routine.
      How pained they must be to miss out on one of the best world cups in recent memory with great football being played and big teams being skittled out.
      Only two more weeks of having to big up parish pump stories like Newbridge v Croke Park as sports news.

      1. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

        YOU’RE mavellous. What an unnecessary rant. Feeling better now, dearest?

        1. scottser

          he’ll be willing his beloved england to lose tonight while his beloved mrs may fumbles for excuses in front of the eu in brussels this evening. what a great time to be english..

          1. Nigel

            England should be allowed to win because if they lose it’s because of sabotage by the EU and the options are a bad win or a no win and the footballing players they sent over all have tennis rackets and the Irish should be shouting for England to win because this abusive nasty racist obviously has our best interests at heart and this is a sporting metaphor.

      2. mildred st meadowlark

        You’re getting repetitive now darling. The invective grows trite and dull if you keep lobbing the same three insults at us Paddies.

        I’m sure if you try really, really hard you’ll come up with something that hasn’t been already used by Punch.

  2. dondon

    The headline Britain heading for worst brexit deal
    Well we better hope for a better deal because we are the victims as the game to screw the UK goes on

      1. Papi

        It’s ok, david thinks bold Palestinians are running into innocent Israeli bullets. He’s not the full shekel.

      2. dondon

        Maybe but reality is if no deal or bad deal for UK happens we are screwed
        As for our European friends remember the crash and our treatment
        That’s reality
        So be happy as the UK are screwed to the weal as you experience the fallout like my self

          1. dondon

            Because we are still reliant on the UK for trade especially with agriculture
            Then the border now that’s another
            Then the threat of the GFA
            Then immigration and because of the land border the migrants trying to get in from Calais will try the back door through the republic
            Now I
            Instead of poo pooing this address these points
            For they are pretty obvious

          2. Nigel

            The perhaps you should be lecturing the U.K. to get it’s act together instead of everyone else involved.

  3. Daisy Chainsaw

    We all know In-gur-lund will go out in the next round on penalties, like they always do. The hubris will be as tasty as the schadenfreude

  4. Not On Your Nelly

    Great World Cup so far. Not a single chair thrown in anger, perfect pitches and Germany out. Now, England to get thumped in their next match would be nice.

    1. ReproBertie

      I doubt the Belgian’s are dumb enough to switch places with England who, as group winners, are in the same side of the draw as Uruguay, Portugal, France, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil.

      2. scottser

        if a team is going to win this tournament they have to believe they can beat anyone and shouldn’t care who they get next. england fans are wishing a loss on their team tonight and hoping for an easy ride to the semi-finals instead of adopting a ‘come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough’ attitude. that’s why i hope they’ll be eliminated early – their fans and media are cowards with sod all belief in themselves – they would be terrible winners.

        1. Brother Barnabas

          +

          can’t see brazil, spain, belgium etc being too worried about wontheybher next

          i hope belgium win it

        2. Junkface

          I think Uruguay are the toughest team to beat now, defensively anyway. I also think England will get through to the Semi finals at least

          1. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

            I’ve went to Uruguay for an afternoon. It’s a very pleasant place.

            I must say I have a soft spot (RIGHT HERE!) for CR7. He’s a right aul eejit but he’s brilliant. And he loves his Mammy. He’s an endearing twit with an a. I also love watching Brazil play when they get going. So any country wot speaks Portuguese gets my vote.

          3. scottser

            andy, the downside to ronaldo getting a winners medal is that Pepe gets one too; he’s an even bigger langer than christy.

          4. Junkface

            Pepe is hilariously douchie! Almost like a comic book villain by now. He always makes me laugh, he is heroically petty and pathetic.

          5. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

            Oh yeah. He’s a right langer, that guy Pepe. Not a lovable langer like Ronaldo.
            I was watching the Irish pundits last night after the Brazil game. I really enjoyed it. Who’s the dark curly haired fella in the middle?

        3. dondon

          Ah come on scottster
          England must go out to win
          This easier route theory looses competitions
          I suppose Germany thought that way as they went in winners of the confederation cup against their opponents thinking these teams they were to play were second rate
          See where that got them

    1. dondon

      He will
      And to be honest that’s all he will do
      He will not peruse the church for the billions it owes for redress
      Its not words its actions and its in the governments remit but the government refuse to do so

  10. The Dude

    That’s probably the first and last time The Sun make use of the word ‘schadenfreude’. A foreign word with many syllables inevitably causes too much confusion for their readers. Fortunately, the editors are aware of this – and so provide a translation… Which really undermines their attempt at superiority and smugness. Needless to say, if an equivalent aspirant belligerent headline was being run in Germany, it is unlikely a translation would be provided – as unlike both the UK and here, German kids are properly taught good language skills from early on.

    And by the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROADSIDE!! :-) :-)

  11. The Dude

    Interesting to see that not 1 of the Irish newspapers on their front pages refers to the controversial appointment of former RUC man, Drew Harris, as the new Garda Commissioner.

    It appears evident that a hegemonic omertà is in operation among the consent manufacturers – despite the topic being among the most discussed on Irish discussion boards. In recent years, despite there being no conflict in the north, British police and agents have operated at will in the southern Irish state – http://www.thejournal.ie/lisa-mark-kennedy-ireland-inquiry-gardai-3370955-May2017/ . Notably, that information only came to light in the UK – and equally notably, there does not appear to have been a peep out of the authorities here, (and much less, any action), despite foreign agents active on supposedly Irish soil.

    Given the multiple scandals linked to the Gardaí in recent years, it has become critical for public confidence to be restored. However, what has occurred to date has been further scandals, followed by premature retirements – and so-called ‘golden handshakes’ – https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/retiring-commissioner-will-get-300k-lump-sum-and-90k-per-year-pension-36119401.html .

    Crime continues to climb unabated, scandals dog the Gardaí, discredited heads get paid off – and yet there’s no accountability. Hadn’t thought it could get much worse, yet the questionable appointment of a former RUC man to the top job must be the cherry on the cake? The problem is, this sort of pattern rots public confidence. Given such circumstances, on what basis can the 26 county state claim allegiance off its supposed citizens?

      1. rotide

        The problem with idiots who harp on about the MSM is that they don’t actually read or watch the MSM

  13. Junkface

    The roads are melting! Ha ha…so funny. I’ve never heard of that happening anywhere before.

  14. Nigel

    There was a fella on Morning Ireland talking about the water situation and I’d swear his name was Gallon.

    1. Lilly

      Haha, I heard him too Nigel and thought the same. Afterwards I wondered if I’d misheard, and mistaken Gannon for Gallon?

  16. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

    Has anyone read anything by Muriel Spark? I’m a fan of Margaret Drabble and (sometimes) of AS Byatt, but I’ve never read aul Sparky.

      1. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

        It is. But she can be too literary at times, which goes over my head. I hate when my little brow has to furrow in concentration. I have read books where I know that a lot of the references are too literary for me but I can still read them comfortably nonetheless: not so with hers, I find, sometimes.
        I’ve never studied literature so although I’m well read, I’m not well informed.

        1. Nigel

          I read a lot of science fiction and I treat the science in SF and literary references in literary fiction the same way – ignore what I don’t get and assume it’ll all come together at some point.

          1. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

            Yup! Me too. But, as I say, sometimes I find it’s too big an ask with Byatt’s work.
            I don’t read much science fiction though. Used to read a fair bit of fantasy when I was a young wan but that’s not exactly stretching the brain cells.

    2. bisted

      …The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is probably her best known novel but the spin-off film was, imo, even better…Maggie Smith as Miss Brodie is magnificent…

      There was an hour long documentry on Spark on BBC4 last week…

        1. bisted

          …it was BBC 4(TV) 9:00pm 20 June presented by Kirsty Wark…the interview witth Jardine at the end is really good…

  17. Peter Dempsey

    Make the ABEs uncomfortable. Ask them who do they think the Omagh bombers will support in England vs Belguim

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