Garda Commissioner Drew Harris
No Irish American wants to intervene in internal Irish affairs. There are times however where Irish nationhood is in question. Drew Harris as head of Gardai is an utterly massive issue. I believe we need to know why @LeoVaradkar @fiannafailparty thought he was acceptable.
— Rep. Kevin J. Boyle (@RepKevinBoyle) September 24, 2020
This morning.
An intervention in internal Irish affairs from rising US Democrat star Kevin J Boyle following disclosures arising from the documentary Unquiet Graves, broadcast on RTÉ One last week.
Anyone?
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Bigot.
haha no Irish American wants to intervene,
they can’t keep their noses out of other people business especially not out of the crappy romanticized notion they have of the old country, it’s pathetic,
go on the Irish Times website nothing but Americans spouting racist crap in the comments
his father emigrated from Glencolmcille in the Donegal Gaeltacht,his mum from Sligo,its jus soli per the resident francophile now, the ‘expert’ on all things French from dry heave Ireland.
oh.
“Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5, told the Daily Telegraph: “In some situations, it is both necessary and proportionate to authorise agents to be involved in some managed level of criminal activity, in order to win or maintain the trust of those intent on harming the UK and gain the critical information needed to save lives.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8765329/New-law-undercover-spies-legal-protection-commit-crimes.html
it’s almost as if, Irish America has no confidence in the minister…….
my sweet Johnny could you say that first part again in English ? I know you’re the all things American expert but ,
I’m referring to the general statement ” no Irish American ”
many are 4th , 5th the dubious generation, it doesn’t stop them sticking their oar in,
you only have to look at the abortion campaign etc
He clearly articulated that yer man Kevin Boyle is 1st/2nd(?) generation as his parents are both Irish who emigrated to US
except that wasn’t my point, but carry on
“He clearly articulated….”
Hhahahahahahahahahahhaha!! You’re gas.
apols old prep school habit, the comment was for advanced ‘sheet trolls.
Alexa lets start the morning with some latin,right of blood is jus sanguinis as opposed to, off the soil or ju soli.
Kevin is clearly jus sanguines Irish or a plastic paddy,i’d be considered bad and boujee Irish or ju soli,we ain’t got no old money but we sure have plenty new:)
Johnny, go home. You’re a gowl.
Johnny the Charmer, at it again.
he holds a grudge our Johnny, I’m on his biatch list along with Bertie and anyone else who can’t follow his angry rants, at least I’m in good company
I’m disappointed, I thought he was referring to me.
I’ve never been the target of grammatically dubious, totally random spleen before.
I’ll share mine beautiful :)
I doubt that he hates anyone as much as he hates himself Janet :)
can you even roll a spliff?
if that’s the frame of mind spiffs put you in I’ll stick to the running for my highs ;)
he’s a chilled cat, full of empathy, positivity and good vibes
he just comes across as a thin-skinned, narcissistic little bully on the internet
odd that way
Well, it is the truth that extra strong grass really does affect your mental stability. I’ve seen it and smokers, tokers and dabbers don’t like talking about it. Johnny was fine a year ago, and look at him now a year into unlimited supply of poisoned weed in NYC.. as an exercise in soft drug awareness the hse could do an info graph on his changing state of mind over the year as a warning to teenagers.. only take good clean drugs and like all things that alter your mind and brain, in moderation..
I bet none of you are even Irish, duh! Or cool, like Johnny.
I wasn’t expecting to be very Irish what with family history but then DNA had me mostly exactly pinpointed to Innishowen with a small scattering of Danish and Scot.
That’d be some accent.
:) :)
@ Cu Chulainn, You’re spot on. Scary stuff.
bit sad too
( and I don’t mean pathetic sad, I mean I feel sorry for anyone who wreaks their head with drugs )
let me know when you manage a comment that does not require spellcheck and punctuation,luv.
let me know when you can manage ONE language,
now I’m done engaging with you, Bertie has the right idea , if you want to pick silly arguments find someone who isn’t appalled by your anger expressed in spaghetti sentences and your apparent generalframe of mind degredation over your time here on Broadsheet,
The drugs don’t work Johnny.
Did Johnny in all seriousness just say
“let me know when you manage a comment that does not require spellcheck and punctuation,luv” ?
Oh sweet suffering lord, the absolute irony is astounding.
I thought that was fun too,
I am guilty of franglais if I have been speaking in French just before, it’s hard to jump back or I forget to change my keyboard and hence predict goes a little nuts ( when I first got back I genuinely could not remember some English words after thinking in French for so long ) ,
I envy people’s brains that are more flexible between languages, I’m a one at a time kinda girl,
I think the point is that he’s broadly right, regardless whether it’s interference or not. At the time of Harris’ appointment I thought it might help in changing Unionist perspectives. However, the more we find out about him the more it seems he has the potential to be a huge national security risk. Could MI 5 have placed someone at the heart of our security apparatus? There are still those in the PSNI and British intelligence that are deeply hostile to this state. That is without question.
Interesting point
Harris’ sworn loyalities are to Her Majesty Always have been, always will be. His appointment to such a position (high security) in this country should never have happened.
While I was very uncomfortable at the time of his appointment
A bit like you Fisco
I opted to focus on the opportunity
but not so much about loosening up the relationship with Unionists and the MIs
I saw the benefit of having someone who was not an AGS insider
Someone who was totally free from the Templemore to Top Rank shuffles and scuffles
Backscratching and Backroom deals, and the funny handshakes and winky eyes
Drew Harris promised that he didn’t owe any one of the lads in the Pheonix Park anything
However I think we know from his first weeks in to the job
just how close he is to his former bosses, colleagues, enables, cohorts and informants
no matter how much we promise to change ourselves
be it with referenda or by not turning up for mass
Tribunals and Settlements
We are still an island that is rooted and toothed by covert collectives and corrupt cabals
and it will never change
They all have secrets and surreptitious relationships
Trust none of them
tribalism has always been and still is our greatest weakness
its a lot more cynical and deeper than our tribalist culture Janie
and scary
IMO anyway
The Paddys set the template for Secret Societies
It wasn’t just hedge schools and figuring out a way around penal laws
all the deep historical secret societies, and those still going today, will have found inspiration from the Paddys
I haven’t actually watched the documentary, but seeing that Rep. Boyle appears to think either that:
(i) Leo Varadker is in Fianna Fáil, or
(ii) FF appointed Harris as Garda Commissioner
– is an indication into his level of insight in matters political in the auld sod.
FF were propping up FG at the time (remember confidence & supply?) and could have pulled the plug if they disagreed with Harris’ appointment.
The fact that they didn’t means they are complicit & approve of his appointment.
Indication into your level of insight in matters political in our auld sod, for sure.
I look forward to some backbench TD lecturing America on who they should appoint as the new Supreme Court Justice.
don’t you know Rob, AMERICA IS THE FREE WORLD and they are the self appointed police of whatever part of that world that doesn’t tell them to do one
who will ever forget Ireland’s Forrest Gump and his selfiestick!
yuck.
“I was working alongside people from Universities that I’d only ever heard of on the TV. These people from Harvard and Yale and all these great colleges.”
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/politics/td-noel-rock-mixed-listers-8530728
“No Irish American wants to intervene in internal Irish affairs”
This man (and all those above spouting on about collusion) has clearly never heard of, or is choosing to ignore, NORAID
And just on the topic of collusion – does anyone really believe that Patrick Magee had the wherewithal to single handedly outwit the entirety of British Intelligence to plant the Brighton bomb?
What kind of state puts a foreign intelligence operative in charge of their security?
A failed state.
one could argue it failed from the start deciding the new found freedom was too much and kneeling to the catholic church a more comfortable / reassuring position
You should have a look at his testimony in the smithwick tribunal.
A disgraceful appointment.