Sydney Rose Irish Times Article

Mr. Incognito · 27-08-2016 12:15PM #1

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/inside-the-rose-of-tralee-it-s-like-a-kate-middleton-impersonation-competition-1.2769478

Before I go on stage at the Rose of Tralee my big worry is dancing the samba. My opinions about women’s reproductive rights, and by extension about the eighth amendment to Ireland’s Constitution – are solid, formed when I was a teenager. But samba I started only six months ago.

As I walk out I imagine my white-girl hip-and-hand actions ricocheting around Twitter’s echo chamber of amateur comedians for a couple of hours before I fade into obscurity. Afterwards I come off stage sweating in my puffy rental dress, hoping I’ve kept my legs straight and my hips back. The hard part, I think to myself, is over.

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Fair Play to her. The Rose of Tralee has given her a platform for womens rights even if it terrified and horrified the organisers.

Shes a breath of fresh air and hopefully it gives a the country the kick it needs to grow up and stop exporting this issue.

snubbleste · 27-08-2016 12:21PM

Of course, they all have lovely bottoms.

Barry Badrinath · 27-08-2016 12:21PM

Is that the whole paper or just one article?

Either way, C'mon man!

Fleawuss · 27-08-2016 12:27PM

She was lovely but was she fair?

Chuchote · 27-08-2016 12:29PM

'Twas not her beauty alone that won me. Oh, no, 'twas the truth in her eyes every dawning that made me love Brianna, the Rose of Sydney.

Fleawuss · 27-08-2016 12:33PM

Can't wait for the multi quote analysis.

endacl · 27-08-2016 12:35PM

ChimesMidnight wrote: »

So once again the question arises, are you/she in favour of the UK style system of abortion on demand for anyone or only in the case of fatal foetal abnormality and physical danger to the mothers life?

For every woman that decides they need to. Those that disagree for whatever personal religious, moral or ethical reasons can, as ever, take comfort in the fact that abortion won't be compulsory

kneemos · 27-08-2016 12:36PM

ChimesMidnight wrote: »

So once again the question arises, are you/she in favour of the UK style system of abortion on demand for anyone or only in the case of fatal foetal abnormality and physical danger to the mothers life?

Nobody is in favour of abortion,sometimes it's necessary and we need to grow up and stop exporting our problems.

See,simple.

seamus · 27-08-2016 12:44PM

ChimesMidnight wrote: »

So once again the question arises, are you/she in favour of the UK style system of abortion on demand for anyone or only in the case of fatal foetal abnormality and physical danger to the mothers life?

UK-style, all the way. If any female.I know wishes to make that choice, I would rather they could do so at home than have to jump on a plane and do it afraid and alone.

CelticRambler · 27-08-2016 01:12PM

When my grandparents swapped their family and friends Dublin’s dance halls for the dusty sprawl of Sydney’s west they did it to give their children and grandchildren a better chance.

It paid off. In two short generations I become the first in my family to have a university degree. It’s not because I’m particularly smart or ambitious. I’m just the first generation of my family’s women to have a real choice about when to start a family.

She's the same age as my eldest, who's the third generation to have a university degree. My parents both grew up on farms and stayed in Ireland, so how exactly did her grandparents' choice pay off? Sounds like she's got a lot of chips on her shoulders.

However, if what she says about the way the "cull" was handled and recorded is correct, I reckon there'll be some ass-kicking going on behind closed doors during the debrief meetings. And maybe the Sydney Rose Centre will be asked to explain how they picked someone who was obviously a mis-fit from the outset.

kneemos · 27-08-2016 01:16PM

Having their phones taken and told they can't go out sounds not unlike detention.

Sam Kade · 27-08-2016 01:17PM

She's just p1ssed off that she didn't win. Jaysus the rose of Tralee was really hijacked this year, two moany roses and some Brendan Grace lookalike shouting about what sounded like justice for farmers

irishguy1983 · 27-08-2016 01:29PM

CelticRambler wrote: »

She's the same age as my eldest, who's the third generation to have a university degree. My parents both grew up on farms and stayed in Ireland, so how exactly did her grandparents' choice pay off? Sounds like she's got a lot of chips on her shoulders.

However, if what she says about the way the "cull" was handled and recorded is correct, I reckon there'll be some ass-kicking going on behind closed doors during the debrief meetings. And maybe the Sydney Rose Centre will be asked to explain how they picked someone who was obviously a mis-fit from the outset.

Well said - big time has a chip on her shoulder. Sound similar to that lady Una Mullaly (I think that's her name) who writes for The Times - always engaging in victim type behaviour.

conorhal · 27-08-2016 01:31PM

"I'd like to see world peace, and dead babies, but mostly world peace" (simpers)

Wigglepuppy · 27-08-2016 01:36PM

I don't get why she entered?

vkid · 27-08-2016 01:46PM

Sam Kade wrote:

She's just p1ssed off that she didn't win.

Nah, not buying that going by the two roses description of events. Sounds to me like rte looking for viewers caused this. Falling viewing numbers not good for rtes income..and they have been falling year on year. They wanted some drama for the road to the dome program. Backfired slightly on them and the festival.

RobertKK · 27-08-2016 01:48PM

So you enter the Rose of Tralee and one of things to have a chance of winning is to be not controversial, do what is expected of you and she seemed to have problems with all of it.

CelticRambler · 27-08-2016 01:53PM

vkid wrote: »

Nah, not buying that going by the two roses description of events.

Assuming the other one you're referring to is the Down Rose, she said that she'd had the time of her life until the selection process, which does appear to have been badly mismanaged.

I'd say it was more to do with funding than viewing figures. No doubt RTE paid handsomely for the right to get cameras behind the scenes. Were the RoT organisers really calling the shots or had they sold their soul to the TV devil?

The Bishop Basher · 27-08-2016 01:53PM

If she wasn't prepared to just shut up and look lovely, she shouldn't have entered a lovely girls competition..

There's a time and a place for everything..

Son Of A Vidic · 27-08-2016 01:56PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Shes a breath of fresh air and hopefully it gives a the country the kick it needs to grow up and stop exporting this issue.

Or maybe she should just leave the issue out of it and raise it elsewhere. It is supposed to be a festival of fun and not political agendas.

Toto Wolfcastle · 27-08-2016 02:08PM

Son Of A Vidic wrote: »

Or maybe she should just leave the issue out of it and raise it elsewhere. It is supposed to be a festival of fun and not political agendas.

But they were asked their opinion on it during the group interviews. The festival brought it up.

RayM · 27-08-2016 02:11PM

"It's time to give women a say on their own reproductive rights, and I'd love to see a referendum on the 8th."

Wow. Controversial stuff. A woman with an opinion? On her own bodily autonomy? We can't be having that.

amdublin · 27-08-2016 02:13PM

Son Of A Vidic wrote: »

Or maybe she should just leave the issue out of it and raise it elsewhere. It is supposed to be a festival of fun and not political agendas.

It's supposed to be a festival of Irishness. To thousands of irish women who have to travel abroad to obtain an abortion it's something very Irish that needs to be discussed and resolved.

amdublin · 27-08-2016 02:14PM

RayM wrote: »

"It's time to give women a say on their own reproductive rights, and I'd love to see a referendum on the 8th."

Wow. Controversial stuff. A woman with an opinion? On her own bodily autonomy? We can't be having that.

She didn't even say what her view on abortion is....

Exeggcute · 27-08-2016 02:15PM

Abort the Rose of Tralee show.

Its long overdue

TheAnalyst_ · 27-08-2016 02:17PM

Christ I can't stand people who talk about two degrees like its some incredible achievement.

kneemos · 27-08-2016 02:25PM

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

Christ I can't stand people who talk about two degrees like its some incredible achievement.

I know.

The Three Degrees,now they were class.

RobertKK · 27-08-2016 02:36PM

amdublin wrote: »

She didn't even say what her view on abortion is....

She did, as we all know what 'reproductive rights' means.

RayM · 27-08-2016 02:45PM

RobertKK wrote: »

She did, as we all know what 'reproductive rights' means.

She was calling for women to have a say on their own reproductive rights. That's hardly controversial, is it?

The Truth Man · 27-08-2016 02:51PM

This woman doesn't even live in Ireland, just another extreme Liberal Australian Journalist who is a shill for the pro Abortion campaign, putting politics in something it has no business in.

I don't believe there should be politics involved of any kind. Sadly modern Liberals/Leftists and Feminists are determined to infect absolutely everything with their cause. If it's not the Rose of Tralee, it's sport, video games, TV panel shows, Comedy Central, Hollywood Films, anything they can get their agenda put out through.

RobertKK · 27-08-2016 02:57PM

RayM wrote: »

She was calling for women to have a say on their own reproductive rights. That's hardly controversial, is it?

It is actually, look it is creating arguments on this thread. There were four women arguing on the VinB program during the week about the 8th amendment - two in favour, two against.
It may look straightforward to the people who support 'reproductive rights' but it is controversial.

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