Most cringeworthy things our dear Leaders have ever done?

darkman2

What, in your opinion, is the most embarrasing thing any Irish leader or Government has ever done?

IMO it is probrably the "summit" with Boris Yeltsin back in 1993? The "historic face to face".....you see Haughey a few years before hand found out that Gorbachev was going to come through Shannon so his plane could be refueled. The Irish Government decided to call this a "summit" and Haughey would be there to greet the Russian President along with other Irish dignatories. That "summit" actually went pretty well until Gorby inquired to Haughey about a picture of fromer President Hillary on the wall of a Castle in Co Clare. When Haughey explained who it was Gorby looked puzzled and said "but are'nt you ruled by a monachy?" - Haughey was VERY flustered apparently and said through gritted teeth - "not since 1921". Whilst that was embarrasing enough the REAL snub lay ahead.

Reynold's, when he was Taoiseach, thought he would repeat the trick with Yeltsin - thus a piss stop for the Russians suddenly became a "summit" for the Irish - and sure enough the red carpet was laid out and all the ministers and civil servants were waiting to greet Yeltsin on the tarmac at Shannon..............only, he did not get off, he was too drunk! (apparently). What's more this hillariously embarrasing snub to our Governemt took place in front of cameras from many global news organisations. Sure enough from the BBC to CNN it was "stupid Irish" time again. And this really was stupid and hugely embarrasing for the country.

The thing is it was ALL our muppet Government's fault. Did they honestly think a Russian President would give a monkey's about a "summit" with the Irish!? Id say it was done on purpose - i.e your not important, stop pretending you are and fcuk off and leave us alone. That was the impression everyone got. Some say the " Yeltsin drunk on the plane" thing was made up to cover a home truth about what our dickhead politicians do be up to.

But anyway there is many more examples - destroying the economy, corruption, stupidity have all bought international attention to this country at one time or another.


At what moments did you hear about this country abroad and just say to yourself:

http://gaytheistagenda.lavenderliberal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/picard-facepalm.jpg


You know, moments that are just so embarrasing.

kfallon

Is this 'Reeling In The Years' in text form???

Cookie_Monster

creating this state

qz

Too high brow for AH OP.

Duggy747

Spot The Paddy

Horse_box

That knee jerk ban on all the headshop stuff was pretty cringey

Certain headshops are still opening till 4 at night selling chemicals that are far far worse than the ones that were being sold before the ban. Nice work Government!

Cookie_Monster

Horse_box wrote: »

That knee jerk ban on all the headshop stuff was pretty cringey

only in that it was not far reaching enough

RMD

Put an obese childless woman in the position of Minister for Health and Children.

That's just retarded.

kfallon

Driving the wrong way down the motorway when demented drunk wasn't too clever either :rolleyes:

eightyfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD-xxoQwOo4

Cianos

This is fairly cringe.

catbear

'Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning is a lost opportunity. I don't know how people who engage in that don't commit suicide because frankly the only thing that motivates me is being able to actively change something,' Bertie Ahern.

Well Bert, they were right. Are you going to kill yourself?

Sea Sharp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhYb6ZM-vds

JohnDee

embarrassing the nation in full view of the world's media every year with the cringe inducing presentation of shamrock to Bush/Obama/whomever on St.Patricks day....

I just want to curl up and die every time.

Biggins

Most cringe-worthy things our dear Leaders have ever done?

So far?

Exist for the most part.

Horse_box

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

only in that it was not far reaching enough

Dunno about that

Quality Illegal drugs in the form of MDMA and to a lesser extent cocaine are after flooding this country since the ban of mephedrone. This means the government are not getting any tax off the drugs trade yet there are still large amounts of people taking drugs.

The ban on headshop RC's has pushed the drug trade right back into the drug dealers hands, pretty cringey decision from the government imo

kfallon

JohnDee wrote: »

embarrassing the nation in full view of the world's media every year with the cringe inducing presentation of shamrock to Bush/Obama/whomever on St.Patricks day....

I just want to curl up and die every time.

You sit in watching tv on St Patricks Day :eek:

aDeener

Cianos wrote: »

This is fairly cringe.

its the best think dilly has done!

alwaysadub

Bertie's yellow suit

Kasabian

Beal n Blath. I am still not sure whether that was a good thing or bad.

ejmaztec

The most cringeworthy has got to be the government acting as if any sh1t job that was done before the recession, was actually done by an entirely different government, and has absolutely nothing to do with the present shower of useless fuckwits, in any way, shape, or form.

darkman2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8T0Q03oJSc

Probrably make you more angry then likely to cringe but the neck on this man...

Rubik.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j8F-9nmZ5I