The worst newspaper article evvaah !

peasant

Why can't we all just get along?

Hassan and Hussein, the once conjoined twins, arrived home to Cork yesterday. The brothers are in great form and we are all thrilled 'the Little Fighters' are over the worst.

This is the good news story but alas and well may Erin weep for the little fighters who are fighting each other all over the land ...

So far, so bad ...now you'd expect some sort of editorial piece about ...well about what exactly?

Little fighters fighting each other ...who could that be now?

Drug lords? Family feuds? Rivalling gangs? Competing religions? The North? The IRA factions?

Nope ..it's an article about sports with a bit about rugby and Eamonn Ryan thrown in.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/why-cant-we-all-just-get-along-2190494.html

Singelhandedly the worst piece of shoyte journalism I've ever read.

Editor on holidays?

Stargazer7

Nah, it's just the Indo.

Though Billy Keane usually writes decent enough stuff-particularly on GAA.

But the newspaper as a whole - it amazes me how it is considered a broadsheet.

Klingon Hamlet

Anyone who calls Ireland "Erin" is a to$$er. It's "Eireann", Mr Keane. And how exactly did he mix these two articles together?

bluto63

I thought Erin was their mother. Who calls Ireland Erin?

Biggins

Someone mentione Erin soup? I'm hungry now!

parker kent

That is the way he writes his weekly columns. Given that he is John B's son, he writes very elaborate pieces. Using such comparisons is done with his tongue entirely in cheek.

Biggins

...Erin weep for the little fighters who are fighting each other all over the land

Thats reminds me, there was an "Erin" in the "Waltons" family.
Now if she would be upset at this news, I scratch me head in wonder!

landsleaving

Stargazer7 wrote: »

Nah, it's just the Indo.

But the newspaper as a whole - it amazes me how it is considered a broadsheet.

I thought when they started offering that smaller size they'd given up the pretense to be honest.

Stargazer7

landsleaving wrote: »

I thought when they started offering that smaller size they'd given up the pretense to be honest.

Well they're still printing the broadsheet though the Sindo is broadsheet so I guess there goes that theory. Both papers are appalling, generally the standard of writing shocks me at how poor it is and the items of "news" are just laughable.

Thomas828

Klingon Hamlet wrote: »

Anyone who calls Ireland "Erin" is a to$$er. It's "Eireann", Mr Keane.

I'm sure it's Eire (with a fada over the first E).

Nodin

peasant wrote: »

Editor on holidays?

This is presumably the same editor who allows Brendan O'Connor in the building, so I doubt his presence would help.

Donkey Oaty

Erin is the female personification of Ireland (like Uncle Sam for the USA) and is used exclusively by poetic arty types.

It is therefore perfectly correct to say that whoever uses "Erin" to refer to Ireland is a tosser.

Biggins

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Erin is the female personification of Ireland (like Uncle Sam for the USA) and is used exclusively by poetic arty types.

It is therefore perfectly correct to say that whoever uses "Erin" to refer to Ireland is a tosser.

I thought it was "Paddy!" we are calling our lads LOL

My name is URL

I can't be arsed reading it but because it's the Indo I'll take your word for it

That journalist is the son of John B. Keane btw, the guy that wrote The Field

edit/ someone already mentioned that.. I need to start reading replies before posting =p

peasant

My name is URL wrote: »

That journalist is the son of John B. Keane btw, the guy that wrote The Field

Proof that genetics is hit and miss at best

goose2005

Klingon Hamlet wrote: »

Anyone who calls Ireland "Erin" is a to$$er. It's "Eireann", Mr Keane. And how exactly did he mix these two articles together?

Éireann isn't an English word, why would you use it in an English sentence?

starbelgrade

goose2005 wrote: »

Éireann isn't an English word, why would you use it in an English sentence?

I can think of focal reasons why anybody would do that.

tolosenc

Doesn't beat the front page headline of "Local man dies of natural causes"...

goose2005 wrote: »

Éireann isn't an English word, why would you use it in an English sentence?

Because it adds a certain je ne sais quoi...

Euro_Kraut

Toulousain wrote: »

Because it adds a certain je ne sais quoi...

Indeed. Its the zeitgeist.

ejmaztec

Billie should have stuck to being a solicitor.:o

Riddle101

Wow that is some rubbish journalism, and from the Indo of all papers. I mean i'd expect this from the Star or the Sun, or the Herald but the bleeding Irish Independant. Well if this is the type of journalism they're doing, then I'll stick to my tride and true Irish Times thank you very much.

PeterIanStaker

Thomas828 wrote: »

I'm sure it's Eire (with a fada over the first E).

As if the Indo group would know that, they hate the very idea of its existence

biko

Klingon Hamlet wrote: »

Anyone who calls Ireland "Erin" is a to$$er. It's "Eireann", Mr Keane. And how exactly did he mix these two articles together?

Just being pedantic here but it's Éire.
Éireann is the genitive, so it means "of Ireland", or "Ireland's".
Bus Éireann - Irish Bus, not Ireland Bus

Standard Toaster

Funniest one I've ever seen. :pac: