The Sun Front Page Today (Sat 6th June)

Lord Trollington

Dont know if anyone else has seen it yet, but they have a picture of the alleged cause of the c*ck up regarding the Leaving Certificate English Paper 2.
Head line in effect that he has cost us and the government €1million .
Does anyone else think this is a bit f*cking much from The Sun??
I mean:
The man is a 66 year old retired Teacher,supervising the Leaving cert Exams for some extra cash.
I presume the man has a wife and family.
He hasnt killed or murdered anyone.
He hasn't raped or abused anyone.
he made a Human error, simple as that.
I think its bloody disgraceful on behalf of The Sun.
Real criminals can't be named and shamed in society...
Rant over.
Any thoughts ???

That_Guy

Think you've got it spot on. What do you expect though from The Sun? They'll always blow things way out of proportion.

keefg

whycliff wrote: »

Any thoughts ???

It's The Sun. What do you expect?

Aidric

The Sun in lynch campaign shocker.

Captain-America

Do they show a photograph of the man?

Lord Trollington

I dont except the Excuse "its the Sun what do you expect".. i'm sorry.

alan4cult

Yes a photograph with a hat on his head that has a "D" marked on it. No sympathy for that man. He tried to cover it up and had 2.5 hours to think it over in his head and failed to tell an inspector who called.

That_Guy

Captain-America wrote: »

Do they show a photograph of the man?

I bloody well hope not. It'd be an utter disgrace if they did. Human error is all it was. No need to name and shame. It'll all blow over in a few days anyway.

Lord Trollington

And Yes they show a picture.
Please no one go out and but this tripe just to see it...

Captain-America

I believe the man got what was coming to him, but I'd go short of shaming him.

thescruff

The guy retired from teaching presumably and should retire or be retired from enviligating exams.
Obviously he is not up to handing out the correct papers.
The exam service should stop employing people over 65, age of this guy quoted in papers is 66.

Captain-America

thescruff wrote: »

The guy retired from teaching presumably and should retire or be retired from enviligating exams.
Obviously he is not up to handing out the correct papers.
The exam service should stop employing people over 65, age of this guy quoted in papers is 66.

I like your attitude. Why don't we just put old people in the bin while we're at it?

Grow up a little.

keefg

whycliff wrote: »

I dont except the Excuse "its the Sun what do you expect".. i'm sorry.

Don't get yourself worked up over the crap printed in that rag...you'll live longer.

If it bothers you that much send a complaint to the Press Commission or something, After Hours forum isn't the best place for serious journalistic debate.

Lord Trollington

He got punished enough.. Shamed by his peers.
Effecting some 60,000 Leaving Cert Students.
Causing the Exam to be moved to saturday.
The man has to live with this for the rest of his life.
There are paedofiles and rapists that get way without being named and shamed.
What a fu*ked up society we live in.
And anyone who thinks this is accepatable, well what can i say....

That_Guy

thescruff wrote: »

The guy retired from teaching presumably and should retire or be retired from enviligating exams.
Obviously he is not up to handing out the correct papers.
The exam service should stop employing people over 65, age of this guy quoted in papers is 66.

You sir are an ageist.

Pyr0

So if it was a person over 40 should they stop hiring people over 40 ?

keefg

:D You should get a job writing for The Sun :D

whycliff wrote: »

The man has to live with this for the rest of his life.

For all we know the guy couldn't give a rats ar5e.

Lord Trollington

keefg wrote: »

Don't get yourself worked up over the crap printed in that rag...you'll live longer.

If it bothers you that much send a complaint to the Press Commission or something, After Hours forum isn't the best place for serious journalistic debate.

Its not a serious journalistic debate i want.. Its just the toughts of other regular people like myself that i want.

Placid_Casual

I wouldn't use that particular "news"paper for bogroll.

Tiesto

he cost us a 1 million euro??

big fecking deal!!
A million is nothing to our government

That_Guy

whycliff wrote: »

Its not a serious journalistic debate i want.. Its just the toughts of other regular people like myself that i want.

You came to the wrong forum to find people like that.

Benny-c

whycliff wrote: »

I dont except the Excuse "its the Sun what do you expect".. i'm sorry.

Usual Fare for the 'Oirish' Sun & the 'Oirish' Daily Mail is not far behind. Sensationalist & anti Irish rags.

My name is URL

They have every right to print a story that's in the public eye, and blow it out of proportion to sell more copies

It's the people taking anything in that paper seriously that I'd be worried about

Captain-America

Tiesto wrote: »

he cost us a 1 million euro??

big fecking deal!!
A million is nothing to our government

A million euro is a million euro. It's not like it decreases in value if the Government own it. Which they don't. It's taxpayer's money.

Placid_Casual

Tiesto wrote: »

he cost us a 1 million euro??

big fecking deal!!
A million is nothing to our government

I'll take a million if they're giving it out so.

Tiesto

Captain-America wrote: »

It is though.

if u say so. knob

Captain-America

Cheer up buttercup.

Tiesto

Captain-America wrote: »

A million euro is a million euro. It's not like it decreases in value if the Government own it. Which they don't. It's taxpayer's money.

yeah sure it could have been much better spent....
Like hundreds of million spent by the government!!

Captain-America

You're steering way off the point here. Just because other money has been blown doesn't mean another million should be. What's your point?

That_Guy

Captain-America wrote: »

You're steering way off the point here. Just because other money has been blown doesn't mean another million should be. What's your point?

NUKE LOUTH!!!! :rolleyes:

Lord Trollington

How much are the abusing preists,Nuns asn brothers going to cost us in the long run?
None of them will be named and shamed in the papers.
The money will be jsut handed out without question.
And that is coming out of our pocket, well 90% of it

Mimikyu

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Tiesto

Captain-America wrote: »

You're steering way off the point here. Just because other money has been blown doesn't mean another million should be. What's your point?

I'm not saying because our government wastes millions each year, that this particular screw up is ok... but in the grand scheme of things, its a million.
In comparison to what they have to spend each year, its a very small percentage..

El Guapo!

The man made a mistake...big deal. Everyone makes mistakes, even God......just look at Mary Hearney! :eek:

Biggins

whycliff wrote: »

Dont know if anyone else has seen it yet, but they have a picture of the alleged cause of the c*ck up regarding the Leaving Certificate English Paper 2.
Head line in effect that he has cost us and the government €1million .
Does anyone else think this is a bit f*cking much from The Sun??
I mean:
The man is a 66 year old retired Teacher,supervising the Leaving cert Exams for some extra cash.
I presume the man has a wife and family.
He hasnt killed or murdered anyone.
He hasn't raped or abused anyone.
he made a Human error, simple as that.
I think its bloody disgraceful on behalf of The Sun.
Real criminals can't be named and shamed in society...
Rant over.
Any thoughts ???

Yea, your dead right.

Jeeze, the government waste 110,000 quid A DAY in their additional expenses.
9 days of them laying off perking themselves and this problem is solved!

This man made one mistake, right it cost money but it was ONE mistake!
How much has ALL our government mistakes cost us and why isn't the dirt rag Sun going on about them just as much!

LEAVE THE MAN ALONE YA RAG SUN SCUMBAGS!

Captain-America

Tiesto wrote: »

I'm not saying because our government wastes millions each year, that this particular screw up is ok... but in the grand scheme of things, its a million.
In comparison to what they have to spend each year, its a very small percentage..

But there's not exactly a whole lot of money to go around at the moment. Just because it's 'only' a million euro doesn't make it okay.

thee glitz

It's totally unfair of that rag to go after this guy. It is a public interest story
but it doesn't serve anyone except the owners to publish a photo of him.
He didn't wake up Wednesday and decide to have his little fun, cost us €1m.
It had to be spent to protect the integrity of the state exams and sure who's it
going to anyway - Bus Eireann, An Post, PAYE, PRSI, random levy etc.

Tiesto

Captain-America wrote: »

But there's not exactly a whole lot of money to go around at the moment. Just because it's 'only' a million euro doesn't make it okay.

Well doesnt really matter or not if you think its ok.
The poor old man made a simple mistake. The 1 million is going to have to be spent on the required reorg.Sorry if the tax you paid in the last month makes up a large amount of this.

1 million, big deal.

My name is URL

Tiesto wrote: »

if u say so. knob

No need for that

Captain-America

For the record I'm not sticking up for the man, although I don't agree he should have been named and shamed either.

That_Guy

Early comments over on the Leaving Cert forum suggest that the paper was relatively easy so it doesn't really matter what this guy did now.

There'd have been killings had it been made more difficult.

The_Minister

It was a mistake, but that isn't the issue.

He covered up what he did, and in doing so caused huge problems for people up and down the country.

Thundercats Ho

Why on earth do people buy the 'Irish' sun?
They're even boycotted in parts of britain.

thee glitz

Won't somebody please think of the children!

Biggins

The_Minister wrote: »

It was a mistake, but that isn't the issue.

He covered up what he did, and in doing so caused huge problems for people up and down the country.

I must have missed that tit-bit. I thought he brought the matter to the attention of the Irish examining board. At least thats what I read from other reports.

Seriously, who or what reported that he covered it up (and have they proof or just tabloid sensationalism masked)!

Lord Trollington

There boycotted in Britain for the Crap they wrote about the Hillsborough disaster..No one in Liverpool buys it.
He cover it up, liek every other Irish person would have.. big f*ckin swing.
Anyone in that situation would have covered their tracks also.
The students in question who seen the papers if they had any bloody sense between the lot of them they would have kept their mouth shut. And their the future of this country.

Mimikyu

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Captain-America

Biggins wrote: »

I must have missed that tit-bit. I thought he brought the matter to the attention of the Irish examining board. At least thats what I read from other reports.

Seriously, who or what reported that he covered it up (and have they proof or just tabloid sensationalism masked)!

I'm pretty sure he reported it, but not until late in the afternoon, when it was too late.

The Maverick

It was in the Indepdent aswell.His picture and what school he used to teach in.Mentioned he lived in Dundalk as well.Very poor form I thought.I mean he's an old man,I would say he is stressed out already enough as it is,he doesnt need his picture and personal details plastered over the paper.

Biggins

I have as much faith in a Sun newspaper report as in a dose of diarrhoea being good for me!
I'm also surprised at the independent. Especially on a day when the government might be devastated in the polls.

Kess73

That paper is only a rag, the lowest of the low amongst the red tops.