The place in the front row at St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh reserved for Tánaiste @simoncoveney at this morning’s service of reflection and hope to mark partition. pic.twitter.com/8N3wyhVpzE
— Michael Kelly ن (@MichaelKellyIC) October 21, 2021
The leaders of the main churches in Northern Ireland prepare to welcome Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Irish Foreign Affairs Minister to St Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh for a service to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland pic.twitter.com/RMfArV2vKo
— Rebecca Black (@RBlackPA) October 21, 2021
This morning.
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh.
Wild geese fleeing (out of picture).
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Get off your knees Coveney.
Rest in power Máire Drumm,murdered in her hospital bed by the brits on Oct 26.
https://youtu.be/rqftc6axwDA
Brian Hanley sums it up nicely:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/21/ireland-britain-armagh-service-partition
Coveney personifies all that the Blueshirts crave.
Just like his dad.
A United Ireland under the Union Jack
Interesting, always the same with this lot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Coveney
That’s tomorrows Irish Times letters from the Buffon-Tuftons of Mount Merrion Ave sorted.
Good to see the fight-to-the -last-drop-of -someone- elses- blood commenteriat out in the fresh air of Broadsheet.
the Ulster Taliban
for such a small sect they seriously punch above their weight don’t they…there can’t be too many parallels of this in modern life
look at all the real power they have, how they manage to make a Goliath like the EU pay attention, how they make our nervous lil administration regularly jump thru hoops…and just look at what they managed to orchestrate here…
Reconciliation etc.? nah, it’s Compliance
12:15 hrs. RTE 1 TV. Advertised is ‘Only Fools and Horses’ as currently showing. It’s a live broadcast of St. Patricks Cathedral, Armagh.
Ha!
They reflected and then prayed for Northern Ireland. Amen.
Hard to believe Irish politicians celebrating partition.
Why ? They voted for it several times. Unionists didn’t vote to change the status quo, nationalists did. Then they voted to get rid of the ridiculous Articles 2 & 3 and finally they voted for the Belfast Agreement which recognises Northern Ireland.
Truly shocking.
Of course, they will send Blueshirts to suck up to these people. It’s an investment. As soon as a United Ireland happens (and yes, it will), FG will ironically do very well with an increased electorate that is of their toxic conservative oeuvre. AND THAT IS THE ONLY WAY FG can deal with SF – with a United Ireland of a million more FG voters.
In the meantime, Coveney are the other one in attendance are saps and #notmygovernment.
I am not so sure about that. NI politics is a strange beast when you strip away the nationalism- on both sides.
Take the infamous Vaccine Passports for example- the only party in favour is the SDLP. And all of the parties right across the board are extremely supportive of the NHS- private health care is marginal. Social housing sits at 16% of all stock while is only about 3% in ROI.
On some issues, they are collectively much more closer to a Social Democrat model than in ROI.
On a somewhat related topic is my favourite comedian right now. Larry Dean is a gay man from the wrong side of Glasgow. He is not camp so describes himself as ‘stealth gay- ready to be deployed at any minute’
He has a fresh take on things and is very funny- here he is poking fun at Glasgow sectarianism.
https://www.tiktok.com/@larrydeancomedy/video/7021183537839639814