Sir Anthony O'Reilly Not in Eire surely !!!

ismynametoolong

Anybody else sick of Tony O'Reilly using a british title bestowed upon him by the UK in the Irish Indo ( I know he owns it ) but surely we dont have to read or see him been referred to as Sir Anthony O'Reilly by his subjects at the Indo . Let them call him what ever they want in the northern editions i am surprised he uses the title any way .

mike65

and.....?

Mike.

ismynametoolong

and .... Its my opinion he should not use it in the South Of Ireland !!!

Smurfpiss

yeah....makes my blood boil....

mike65

I see.

Sir Mike of Waterford Towers.

scojones

Doesn't bother me tbh.

Terry

is he an Irish citizen?
if he is, then the title is meaningless. (ok, less meaningless than in britain).
only members of the commonwealth can properly hold the title.
we left that in 1948.

mike65

He has dual nationality if he wants it as he was born prior to the declaration of the Republic, hence the Sir Terry Wogan

Mike.

Terry

oh yeah. forgot about that clause.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

ismynametoolong wrote:

and .... Its my opinion he should not use it in the South Of Ireland !!!

...because...?

Zapp Brannigan

Doesnt the constitution say no Irish man shall hold no title or something?
My memory gets foggy when I try and remember TYP but I think I remember my Law teacher mentioning this. And from that point on I refused to call him "Sir" (I'm such a mad egg!!)

Dave!

what difference does it make to you...?

takola

DaveMcG wrote:

what difference does it make to you...?

Why did i feel like i was reading an American Therapy session there???

Therapist : "And how did that make you feel?"

Client : "It makes me angry, very angry" :mad:

Therapist : "Good! Hold on to that feeling! Can you feel it?"

Etc Etc... :rolleyes:

sceptre

Slurms wrote:

Doesnt the constitution say no Irish man shall hold no title or something?

No, it says the state won't hand out a title of nobility and that an Irish citizen can't accept one unless the government says it's OK. In the case of O'Reilly, the government said it was OK. And as Mike said, he can be a British subject as well if he wants to be so he can use the full title if he likes. Apparently he likes.

To be honest it's better than that Dr AJF thing he insisted on within the Indo walls for a while.

cousin_borat

I'd be more pissed off with his involvement with Eircom, twat

Esel

ismynametoolong wrote:

and .... Its my opinion he should not use it in the South Of Ireland !!!

Like Cork, Kerry, or . . . . Waterford?

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

yep, he had to get special permission from the Irish government.

in fairness, he has made some phenomenal contributions to the UK, its no wonder they wanted to honour him.

think the title was also related to his purchase of the Belfast Telegraph. Both happened at the same time. Maybe it was more re-assuring to the protestant readers of the Belfast Telegraph if their owner was a Sir, even if he is irish.

Ruu_Old

Does not bother me what he calls himself, Lord ismynametoolong

CuLT

Who cares. It'd own to be a knight

Santa Claus

The reason he was knighted by the Queen was because of his work for the "Ireland fund" charity. So seeing as he got it for doing work for this country then why shouldn't he get to use it here ??

therecklessone

ismynametoolong wrote:

Anybody else sick of Tony O'Reilly using a british title bestowed upon him by the UK in the Irish Indo ( I know he owns it ) but surely we dont have to read or see him been referred to as Sir Anthony O'Reilly by his subjects at the Indo . Let them call him what ever they want in the northern editions i am surprised he uses the title any way .

See, if people got worked up about real issues, like maybe the health service, or the state of our road network, or our public transport (lack thereof), the world would be a better place.

In other words, STFU.

Hagar

He's just another Anto with money.:)

Terry

Santa Claus wrote:

The reason he was knighted by the Queen was because of his work for the "Ireland fund" charity. So seeing as he got it for doing work for this country then why shouldn't he get to use it here ??

there's an "Ireland fund"?
how do i get my hands on some of this "fund"?

daveirl

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zuma

daveirl wrote:

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That pisses me off as well!

What type of Knight is he...i.e. whats his full title?
Let him use the "Sir" all he likes.

ismynametoolong

daveirl wrote:

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Tiochaidh Ar La agus Pog Mo Thoin !!!

Esel

ismynametoolong wrote:

Tiochaidh Ar La agus Pog Mo Thoin !!!

Your Irish is sh!te, tbh. Same as your debating 'skills'.

Pigman II

surely we dont have to read

You solved your own problem there buddy.

He played rugby for Ireland in the 50s or 60s. Of course British titles matter to him. He'd give you a damn good thrashing too, you cad...