96 thoughts on “Tuesday’s Papers

          1. Mad

            Not at all Giggidy
            Sure like yourself I’m one of Leo’s heroes that don’t wear capes and get up early in the morning
            No time for any of that sort of thing

    1. SOQ

      Because people have differing opinions to you and are able to articulate them in effective manner doe NOT give you the right to abuse and insult- enough with the juvenile jibes you absolute moron.

      1. SOQ

        And right one queue the usual- “oh well you do it too!”

        Deflection writ large. Grow up you idiots.

        1. paul

          I will admit, from what I’ve seen, you’re not as bad as the Burke’s and lumping your name alongside them perhaps isn’t fair but even approaching their level would paint you as a monster.

          If you’d posted the above without the ‘you absolute moron‘ at the end, most people would have sided with you… at least temporarily.

        2. Kali

          Pay no heed SOQ, the constant barage of childish jibes are an attempt to stop you and others posting here. There’s a bunch on here every day whose goal seems to be to wind up you and the few lads with an opinions dont conform to the government’s PR teams spin. From the repetition in the language they use it looks like just a few people posting in multiple profiles.

          They also bombard this site with links to contradict the reporting. Bit of a concerted effort going on it looks like. There’s more agree with you than you think.

          1. SOQ

            Yes it is most definately one or two under different usernames, but why they allowed to do so is another story because it harms the site bigtime.

          2. Duncan Wheeler

            @ SOQ. and because none of them are as eloquent as yourself they lower the tone by nasty insults and link posts from msm. I find your reasoning on various topics to be well thought out and expressed clearly. Carry on up the BroadSheet, wayhay.

  1. Brother Barnabas

    for anyone out there now, itd be nice to take a moment to remember Dara Quigley. it was around now five years ago that Dara ended her life. hopefully she’s found the quiet she couldnt find while here. she told me once that she went out of her way to be “profoundly gentle” to one person a day- that youd never know how they might need it or what the reverberations might be. maybe a nice way to honour her.

      1. bisted

        …hi Barabas…nice to see you…I didn’t know Dara, or off Dara, but I do remember the schism her passing caused on Broadsheet and how many great contributors left this site at the time…at the risk of squandering my carefully nurtured curmudgeon persona I shall adopt her one-a-day philosophy…well, for one day anyway…

    1. Broadbag

      Nicely put BB – Dara’s mother has ensured her memory lives on with the respect and dignity she wasn’t afforded by those who wronged her, particularly the Gardai who callously circulated the video.

    2. Janet, dreams of an alternate universe

      Brother B, what a beautiful thought to start the day with, I can get behind that, and how nice to know you are still knocking about, I hope you are very well.

    3. scottser

      good to hear from you again BB – with timely and sage advice as always.
      mind how you go :)

    4. The Millie Obnoxious™

      Nicely said BB. RIP Dara.

      Good to see you, me aul flower. Hope you’re well x

  2. GiggidyGoo

    https://www.ft.com/content/e3e54f35-915b-4d4f-81f5-d72617d7886b
    Ships leaving Dover half full, as reported yesterday.
    Ongoing Failure of UKs post brexit computer system
    UK government stand idly by as 800 P&O staff sacked illegally. Courtesy of Tory Chris Grayling
    Short Straits in dire straits.
    2/3 UK haulage companies reporting delays.
    UK exports to EU down by 12% in 2021
    UK exports to non-EU countries down by 7% in 2021. (Great Trade Agreements alright)
    Operation Brock? Operation Crock more like.
    And the holiday season’s first long weekend already ramping up to be a nightmare for tourists and haulage companies alike. But sure what matter – the blighters love queues, and will join randomly.

    No such problems in Calais or Dunkirk.

    Pip pip !
    Howzat !
    Own goals !
    Back of the net !
    1966 !
    Hand of God 1986 !
    Escape from Victory !

  3. TenPin Terry

    Behold, the reason why Boris is beloved in Ukraine.
    The NLAW or The Next generation Light Anti-tank Weapon is a hand-held single-use missile launcher designed by Saab and built by Thales in Blighty and more than 4,000 have been provided to Ukraine by Boris.
    They cost about $40,000 a pop and they have been popping lots of Russian tanks in their tracks to disrupt Putin’s war effort.
    It’s why the German media marvelled at Boris’s bravery in travelling to Kyiv at the weekend – they know the Russkies would love to take him out and that their own guy Scholtz is a yellow-bellied weasel trying his best to suck up to Vlad.
    Basically Fritz just being the usual Fritz.
    History never forgets.
    https://mobile.twitter.com/Blue_Sauron/status/1513629408493555714?cxt=HHwWhMC-7a37voEqAAAA

  4. TenPin Terry

    It’s not just British-supplied NLAWs that have been vital for Ukraine’s war effort.
    The Starstreak man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS) – also built by Thales UK and supplied by Blighty – has been used to.shoot down a Russian drone for the first time.
    Here’s more brave Ukrainian fighters offering thanks to Boris.
    Cometh the hour, cometh the man.

    https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/ukrainian-soldiers-celebrate-shooting-down-russian-drone-using-high-velocity-missile-built-in-east-belfast-41544591.html

    1. SOQ

      The Brits are up to their necks in Ukraine’s dirty dealings, so it is no surprise that they would be selling weapons to them too. It is likely there is some holding out in that steel factory too.

      https://twitter.com/Malbrunot/status/1512814126367662088

      Boris Johnson’s visit to kyiv confirms London’s place as Ukraine’s first ally. “Elite SAS special forces units have been present in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, as have the American Deltas,” confides a French intelligence source.

        1. SOQ

          Frogs? You are a Brit then I take it?

          That is certainly not a (derogatory) term Irish people use.

          1. Tom J

            You are a Russian then I take it, judging by your acceptance of the murder of civilians in Ukraine.

          2. Tom J

            I’m from the Ukraine, where thousands of civilians are being murdered by the Russian military.

        1. SOQ

          The indefensible is that just like the US, the Brits have their noses stuck in everywhere and anywhere that they can.

          1. TenPin Terry

            That’s because they’re the two leading contributors funding NATO.
            You’ve heard of NATO in Tinfoilhatland ?

          2. SOQ

            The only reason both meddle in other countries affairs is for what they can out of it, nothing more.

          3. TenPin Terry

            Helping Ukraine defend itself from a murderous invasion by Putin is meddling ?
            What a strange world Queenie inhabits in his head.

          4. SOQ

            Yes the British have a long history of altruistic involvements in other countries- it is so kind of them.

            That Ukraine is a laundromat connected to The City of London, is a mere coincidence of course.

            Did you know you cannot be a Russian Oligarch if you are a British citizen?

          5. bisted

            …here TenPin…you forgot the weapons of mass destruction…you don’t even have to lie this time…Russia definitely has WMDs…they parade them every May Day…

  5. Ger

    So Holohan wanted a private sector job but couldn’t take one because of the cooling off period between public and private sector employment.

    The solution? Robert watt created a Job for him in the private sector and pretended it was a public sector role.

    The state sponsored media copped on to this scam and decided to focus public attention on the salary.

    This is how fg and ff run the Country.

    1. TenPin Terry

      You don’t think the ring through his nostril somewhat detracts from the credibility of what he says ?

    2. scottser

      it’s getting really easy to hate on refugees now. ‘they’re nazis’. ‘we can’t afford it.’ etc. well, divide and conquer has long been their way. if you’d rather come up with an excuse to not help your fellow man after his country has been blown to poo then you’re being played.

      1. SOQ

        And tell me scottser, in what way is this huge influx of people going to affect your life? Not at all I expect.

        It is very easy to preach from on high but to those on the streets or crammed into a hotel room, or even just those who already cannot afford to buy a home, it is a different story.

        It is ALLWAYS the poorest and most marginalised who are expected to share, never those doing the lecturing.

          1. SOQ

            Do you ever have anything of substance to contribute? Or is it always just nit-picking what other people say?

          2. Duncan Wheeler

            @ Tom J. You are, having poor taste and marginal ability to debate in a civil manner without being rude.

          3. Tom J

            I don’t recall a debate, just someone saying I’m right because I get all my information from tik tok and YouTube and Twitter.

        1. scottser

          well soq, i’m not the one adding to their hardship by labelling them corrupt nazis and validating those who claim we can’t afford to take them in.
          and you’re the one who does nothing all day but preach justification for the slaughter of innocents. you should take a leaf out of your own book for a change.

          1. SOQ

            Where was your humanitarian concerns for the people dying on the streets or the thousands of children jailed up in hotel rooms eh?

          2. paul

            you should run for election, SOQ. All I see is whatabout whatabout whatabout, Fine Gael and Fine Fail would be fighting over you.

          3. scottser

            don’t make this about me lad, you’re the one justifying murder and war crimes.
            own your bullpoo.

          4. SOQ

            No its not about you- it will never be about people like you, which is the whole point.

            And yes, there absolutely will be Nazis imported here because they are exactly the types who are being ran out of the place. Unless you think there is none there either of course- the place is riddled with them.

          5. scottser

            the state of you:
            LOOK AT ME!!
            don’t look at me..
            LOOK AT ME!!
            don’t look at me..

            cop yourself on, not everybody’s a fukn nazi.

          6. SOQ

            Except the Ukrainian state IS riddled with them- which is well documented at this stage. Or maybe you think what happened in the Cypriot Parliament was just an accident?

            They run the friggen place.

            Interesting how it is the same characters who were accusing everyone and their dog of being ‘far right’ and fascist during the pandemic, now cannot see what is front of their noses- it’s like a personality transplant.

      2. Dinkum

        Amazing how ireland were pretty bad in taking in refugees fleeing wars that make Ukraine like a party
        Syria chad mali yemen Afghanistan Iraq
        Notice one thing that is different than the others
        The victims are white European Catholic
        Also notice we never faced the same price gouging as that part of the world faced wipe out
        No sanctions against Russia then or NATO nations

  6. Fearganainm

    Johnson and Sunak among those who are to receive fixed penalty notices – breaking news

    1. TenPin Terry

      Any news on the police investigation into Varadkar ?
      It started so long ago Leo still fancied women…

    2. Fearganainm

      “…If Tory MPs unthinkingly keep him in office without a proper and public assessment of how parliament was misled, because that is what suits them, and if they blithely ignore the Ministerial Code, then the charge will stick that this or any party with a big majority is simply an elected dictatorship, and the constitution means little or nothing. This is not just a slippery slope. It is the bottom of the slope.”

      https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1513874044877221888

  7. Fearganainm

    Herd immunity now seems impossible. Welcome to the age of Covid reinfection

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/12/herd-immunity-covid-reinfection-virus-world

    “…The rising number of documented reinfections, sometimes occurring relatively quickly after the initial infection, as well as the high number of infections with the Omicron variant among the fully vaccinated, means that herd immunity is likely impossible – even if seroprevalence hits 100%. Relying on herd immunity to manage Covid-19 rather than on the strategies of east Asian countries to suppress it until a vaccine was available was a gamble that Britain took early in March and unfortunately lost. Especially given the presence of variants, Sars-CoV-2 will just keep circulating and reinfecting people…”

  8. Fearganainm

    ‘Boris has surrendered!’ – Brexit fury as PM caves on fishing and hands major win to France

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1594658/brexit-news-boris-johnson-uk-france-fishing-licences-british-waters-ben-habib

    “Boris Johnson has come under furious attack after being accused of breaking Brexit promises and “capitulating” to France in the bitter war of words over fishing rights. The feud appears to have ended after the European Union fishing commissioner said all licences requested by French boats to operate in UK coastal waters had been granted, with around 70 permits outstanding…”

  9. Fearganainm

    NASA spots massive comet headed towards Earth

    https://www.independent.ie/world-news/nasa-spots-massive-comet-headed-towards-earth-41547273.html

    “NASA has spotted a record-breakingly large comet headed towards Earth. Its icy nucleus is bigger than any ever seen – measuring around 80 miles across, and 50 times bigger than the heart of most known comets. It is also thought to have a mass of about 500 trillion tons – a hundred thousand times more massive than the typical comet found closer to the Sun. And the object, known as C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), is headed in this direction, quickly. Travelling at 22,000 miles per hour, it is moving from the edge of the solar system towards its centre. However, we should be entirely safe. The comet will not get closer than a billion miles from the Sun – further away even than the planet Saturn – and that will not happen until 2031…”

    Let’s hope that they’ve got the maths right.

  10. LTG Roger L. Cloutier Jr

    Hi Folks,

    Just letting you guys know that I was captured by the damn Russians last week in Mauripol.

    Long story short, my precious Azov Battalion are all en route to Siberia along with a pile of French green berets and British SAS.

    As part of my release my US pals have agreed to step back , the French aswell, its now Britain on its on.

    I should be out soon as long as my US pals make the necassary concessions to the Russians.

    Hopefully see you all soon, and in the meantime say a prayer for me..

    LTG Rog L Cloutier Jr

  11. Fearganainm

    Italy to increase Algerian natural gas imports by nearly 50%

    https://www.arabnews.com/node/2061186/middle-east

    “ROME: Italy will increase Algerian natural gas imports by nearly 50 percent after Prime Minister Mario Draghi signed an agreement with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The agreement comes as Italy tries to compensate for a possible decrease in supplies of Russian gas amid the Ukraine conflict. “Our governments signed a declaration of intent on bilateral cooperation in the energy sector,” Draghi told the press at El-Mouradia presidential palace, adding that Italian and Algerian energy companies Eni and Sonatrach have agreed to increase gas supplies to Italy.

    Speaking after his meeting with Tebboune, who is due to visit Rome at the end of May, Draghi said “relations between Italy and Algeria have deep roots,” and Algeria “is Italy’s first trading partner in Africa, with a bilateral exchange increasing fast.” Draghi added that Italy “is ready to work with Algeria to develop renewable energy and green hydrogen” in order to “accelerate the energy transition and create opportunities for development and employment in both countries.”

    A source in Italy’s Ministry of Energetic Transition told Arab News that the export boost agreed in Algiers “would make Algeria Italy’s top natural gas supplier to replace Russia by increasing its shipments by an additional 9-10 billion cubic meters per year by the end of 2022.” Last year Italy received around 21 billion cubic meters of gas from Algeria, compared to around 29 billion from Russia, which currently supplies nearly 40 percent of Italy’s needs. Italy imports about 95 percent of the gas it consumes, and is one of the European countries most dependent on Russian gas…”

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