This afternoon.
Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6.
Further to the passing by a sub-committee of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council of a proposal to change the name of Orwell Road to ‘Independent Ukraine Road’ ..
“…The proposal might well have some merit but I think that the way it’s been gone about is slightly unfortunate. I think it insinuates that if the residents of Orwell Road don’t want to change the name of the road then somehow they could be perceived as being not in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, and I think that’s not how you should do things.
“The residents of Orwell Road unanimously stand with the people of Ukraine in this terrible war, and we are all praying for peace today and hopefully the negotiations in Turkey will bring an end to a terrible conflict.”
Dr Ronan Collins, resident of Orwell Road, Dublin 6.
Orwell Road residents say should have been told of name change proposal (RTE)
Pic via Simon Mills
Meanwhile…
The before picture pic.twitter.com/kvlIyUx6R2
— mark tilley (@hitman29563) March 9, 2022
Imagine having to list your postal address as
“Trustin Judeau
69 Free Ukraine Road
etc”
embarrassing
tbh your first name would be scarlet enough :)
they’ll just shorten it to ‘FUK Road’.
what’s the problem?
The horny teenagers will start massing
Why just teenagers? I’m in my eighties and I’d be over there getting it on too
Isn’t Putin a black belt in Judeau?
Maybe have the name of Merrion square outside government buildings to free lunch square
Strange time to post anti Ukraine stuff.
Showing how fickle life can be, worth considering before changing names and whatnot.
Could you elaborate? Perhaps an editorial?
Let me suggest
“why broadsheet is anti vaccines and pro war as an instrument of policy”
I’d be happy to interview you to help you get some ideas.
This is an illuminating read about Ukrainian President Zelensky if you have the energy: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/01/ukr-m01.html
Wait till you guys find out about Putin.
Whataboutery
He’s the guy doing the invading.
No, Nigel, while it suits your infantilised view of politics to reduce complex geo-political conflicts down to personality cults & morality tales, any adult with realistic, objective viewpoints find it impossible not to sneer at your childish devotion to Authority & propaganda.
You really are a man-child who sees a world consisting of bad guys & good guys & of course, in the ultimate childish delusion, you picture yourself permanently on the side of the good guys.
It must drive you insane to witness anyone denying the obvious veracity of your heroes & villains scenario. You are the perfect citizen, had you been in China, Russia, Germany or Cambodia, when their governments started to slaughter their citizens, it would’ve been different, of course, you would’ve cast aside your obsequious devotion to the establishment & become a rebel & ended up in a camp, right? Wrong, Nigel, if you were in East Germany you’d have been grassing up your politically incorrect neighbours to the Stasi, sure you’d be the local Kim Jong-un fanatic in your street in North Korea.
You are the dutiful servant of the State that has supported & facilitated every obscenenity committed throughout history, in the name of some supreme dogma, just as you now support the irrational faux-progressivism spewing out of America, destroying itself & Europe, turning Canada, Australia & New Zealand away from Democracy & enveloping them in the darkness of Totalitarianism, seemingly unaware that the dogma you support is not designed to improve but to destroy.
Frankly, you & the rest of the neo-fascists in here disgust me.
……..Parklife
He’s still the guy who invaded.
So he is but this has been going on before 2014
Ours had been going on for 800 years
Have we not remembered our nation at odds with its self
The madness of war as both sides refuse to back down and the pure hell for the people of Ukraine
And I just do not know how this will be resolved
He’s old news – sure we all know what he’s like.
Hero of the struggle against NATO to hear some people.
Paid shill.
One of the richest men in the world, yeah well-paid shill at that.
Nigel wait until you find out about The National Endowment for Democracy.
if you have the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-RyOaFwcEw
What about an interim position of calling it Independent Ukraine Road for 1 year, that way residents can get on board.
Victory Mansions…
Has a nice ring to it.
One of the comments:
US Embassy – Baghdad Place?
Israeli Embassy – Bóthar Gaza?
British Embassy – Bloody Sunday Avenue?
Chinese Embassy – Tiananmen Place?
German Embassy – Herero Drive?
^ Sure why not? :)
While we’re at it…
Kildare St. — ShaftsEverybody Avenue. :-)
Nice one!
This is just daft in my opinion, what’s the point? Troll the Russians?
Can’t believe it’s actually a viable, real thing that might happen. It serves no useful purpose.
Could they change it to something that won’t damage the property prices?
“Rue Oligarch” or summat.