Enda Kenny!

Ghandee

Just watching this ginger whinger on the news.

The man is a complete and utter tool/plank.

As if the rest of Europe weren't laughing at us enough with out this tit leading the country.

Feck it, I'm for Egypt lads. Anyone with me?


(btw, I'm not a FF fan either)

AckwelFoley

Ghandee wrote: »

Anyone with me?


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Yea, right behing you.

fontanalis

Damn him for destroying the country!

billymitchell

See you when you get back

TeddyTedson

We all know Michael Nooan is the brains in FG.

Minstrel27

Ghandee wrote: »

Feck it, I'm for Egypt lads. Anyone with me?

Don't forget your passport.

Debthree

Yeah but, but, but, look at Micheal Martin, look at Joan Burton, look at Gerry Adams..... we're screwed.

mikom

Ghandee wrote: »

As if the rest of Europe weren't laughing at us enough with out this tit leading the country.

Feck it, I'm for Egypt lads. Anyone with me?

You love him really.
You're just in de-nile.

Nolanger

Ghandee wrote: »

The man is a complete and utter tool/plank.

Have you seen the state of his fat wife? Imagine the photographs of them meeting the French leader and his missus?

pragmatic1

I agree. Why hes still leader of FG is beyond me. Something of the George Bush about the man.

pablomakaveli

The man has the charisma and passion of a brick wall.

Alter-Ego

Richard Bruton. Now there's a leader.

a.nidhomhnaill1

made my decision not to vote for him very easy.

Does he have any clue how much money is brought to the west of ireland and other Irish speaking area by Irish college and students.

Plank

Donal Og O Baelach

Nolanger wrote: »

Have you seen the state of his fat wife? Imagine the photographs of them meeting the French leader and his missus?

Thats swung it for me. Lets vote for the party whose leader has the hottest wife so the nation won't have to hang under a cloud of shame when they meet the French leader and his missus.

Stinicker

a.nidhomhnaill1 wrote: »

made my decision not to vote for him very easy.

Does he have any clue how much money is brought to the west of ireland and other Irish speaking area by Irish college and students.

Plank

The Irish language was practically the main reason my state education was a total and utter failure. It is useless and of no use to us outside our tiny rainswept rock we call home. What money is wasted on it and its promotion could be spent on teaching us Spanish or Chinese two globally important languages or better still improve our education infrastructure so that our children will not have to sit in schools built at the turn of the last century when Irish was somehow important.

Irish has been used as a tool of Fianna Fail propaganda for the last 80 years to enable their own cronies to get to high positions in Government and the Civil service.

Fair play to Enda for no longer making the schools beat it into students. What and outdated and barbaric langauge.

Barna77

Ghandee wrote: »

As if the rest of Europe weren't laughing at us enough

No, they haven't laughed enough yet.

Wait until Eurovision in May....

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I swear to God, they way people are acting about this election has pissed me off more than all the nonsense than whats gone on before.

Although it's mainly people on the internet with shag all else to do, it seems that the only object is to talk about what a cúnt everyone who is running is and find new ways tgo ridicule them rather than drying the fúck up and figuring out what may be the best way to go about fixing this mess

Babyblessed

mikom wrote: »

You love him really.
You're just in de-nile.

hahahaha.... Clever!:D

a.nidhomhnaill1

Stinicker wrote: »

The Irish language was practically the main reason my state education was a total and utter failure. It is useless and of no use to us outside our tiny rainswept rock we call home. What money is wasted on it and its promotion could be spent on teaching us Spanish or Chinese two globally important languages or better still improve our education infrastructure so that our children will not have to sit in schools built at the turn of the last century when Irish was somehow important.

Irish has been used as a tool of Fianna Fail propaganda for the last 80 years to enable their own cronies to get to high positions in Government and the Civil service.

Fair play to Enda for no longer making the schools beat it into students. What and outdated and barbaric langauge.

Languages are difficult to learn.
After so many years of French I cant speak a full sentence.
The way its taught and some of the literature needs to be looked at and changed I agree but as for getting rid before trying that is a joke.
Jobs are created in the west through tourism and education.

Instead of building of economy we're going to cripple it.
Its part of our culture and heritage and something to be proud of.
I for one will be sad to see the end of it if Enda gets his way

littlehannah96

a.nidhomhnaill1 wrote: »

Languages are difficult to learn.
After so many years of French I cant speak a full sentence.
The way its taught and some of the literature needs to be looked at and changed I agree but as for getting rid before trying that is a joke.
Jobs are created in the west through tourism and education.

Instead of building of economy we're going to cripple it.
Its part of our culture and heritage and something to be proud of.
I for one will be sad to see the end of it if Enda gets his way

For God sake I wish everyone would stop going on about how getting rid of Irish will be the end of it. Thats Bullpoo!

For one: They are not getting rid of Irish, They have only proposed that it will be made optional in the Leaving Certificate. It will still be there through Primary Schools and Junior Cert.

For two: Just because it is being made optional does not mean people will stop studying it. I'm sure people with an interest such as myself and yourself will choose it as a subject.

Don't forget that the actual leaving certificate itself is OPTIONAL!! You are not required to do it! But tens of thousands of students still sit it every year.

PeterIanStaker

Inda is a bit of a goose alright, the likes of Noonan & Bruton are the real brains. Which isn't saying much. Would still rather him than another term of FF, which shows how fecked we are.

a.nidhomhnaill1

littlehannah96 wrote: »

For God sake I wish everyone would stop going on about how getting rid of Irish will be the end of it. Thats Bullpoo!

For one: They are not getting rid of Irish, They have only proposed that it will be made optional in the Leaving Certificate. It will still be there through Primary Schools and Junior Cert.

For two: Just because it is being made optional does not mean people will stop studying it. I'm sure people with an interest such as myself and yourself will choose it as a subject.

Don't forget that the actual leaving certificate itself is OPTIONAL!! You are not required to do it! But tens of thousands of students still sit it every year.

:rolleyes: Leaving cert is optional.......but not sitting doesn't leave you with as many job opportunities does it?

Also do you really think people are going to spend their money sending they're child to a irish college seeing as it wouldnt be needed in leaving cert....ah sure we'll do it again-after the leaving maybe? like many things i promise myself to do every janurary?:pac:
The Irish colleges are what keeps many people in gaeltacht areas in jobs. shops, teachers, carpenters, schools, bricklayers, bookies, pubs, restaurants, cleaners, flippin florists.........without it it'll make an already poor area poorer.

I'm not one for shoving it down peoples throats. irish fanatics can be a pain.....as can football fanatics and so on.....but surely you can see this is not a good thing!

Hank_Jones

What a glorious human being the man is.
Surely all of Europe will bow down to the power that is....Enda.

fat__tony

Ghandee wrote: »

Just watching this ginger whinger on the news.

The man is a complete and utter tool/plank.

As if the rest of Europe weren't laughing at us enough with out this tit leading the country.

Feck it, I'm for Egypt lads. Anyone with me?


(btw, I'm not a FF fan either)

Wow.

What wonderful reasoning and logic for disliking an election candidate!

To think that there are people of your level of sub-normal intelligence remaining in the country is truely remarkable.

UglyBolloxFace

Are you all forgetting that the Irish examination in the Leaving Cert. is itself optional?

It is compulsory to attend the classes/tutorials etc but is is completely up to you whether or not you want to sit the exam.

a.nidhomhnaill1

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

Are you all forgetting that the Irish examination in the Leaving Cert. is itself optional?

It is compulsory to attend the classes/tutorials etc but is is completely up to you whether or not you want to sit the exam.

\

did you sit it?

UglyBolloxFace

a.nidhomhnaill1 wrote: »

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did you sit it?

Yes, I did. Because I wanted to.

To those who are moaning that they had to do Irish - you should have known that the exam wasn't/isn't optional.

And to those who are moaning that 'Irish is gonna be gone now, for **** sake Enda ya amadán" - No, no it wont be. It will stay exactly the same except that at Leaving Cert. level it will be optional to do the subject.

There is no issue here - students who have a passion for the language will sit it, those who don't will not sit it. Those are their respective rights.

littlehannah96

a.nidhomhnaill1 wrote: »

:rolleyes: Leaving cert is optional.......but not sitting doesn't leave you with as many job opportunities does it?

At the moment Irish isn't optional. But sitting it doesn't leave you with many more job opportunities outside of Ireland (which accounts for a tiny 0.06% of the world's population) does it?

Making Irish optional frees up space for learning another language or focusing on any others that you may be studying.


Thousands of people study Irish culture, heritage, history, language and media at 3rd level. Not sitting Irish in the Leaving Cert. doesn't really give you the option to do this does it?

There will always be people with interests in these areas and they are likely to choose to study Irish as a subject in the Leaving cert.

[/QUOTE]Also do you really think people are going to spend their money sending they're child to a irish college seeing as it wouldnt be needed in leaving cert....ah sure we'll do it again-after the leaving maybe? like many things i promise myself to do every janurary?:pac:
The Irish colleges are what keeps many people in gaeltacht areas in jobs. shops, teachers, carpenters, schools, bricklayers, bookies, pubs, restaurants, cleaners, flippin florists.........without it it'll make an already poor area poorer.

I'm not one for shoving it down peoples throats. irish fanatics can be a pain.....as can football fanatics and so on.....but surely you can see this is not a good thing![/QUOTE]

I already have an argument for this! French colleges and german colleges THRIVE! And since Irish is actually part of our culture, many people would be enthusiastic to send their children. Most people I know went to the Gaeltacht from 1st year onwards. If you were going to the Gaeltacht as a teenager and love it as much as most kids do, you would be very enthusiastic about taking Irish for the Leaving Cert. if it means you will get to go again!

Kasabian

Nolanger wrote: »

Have you seen the state of his fat wife? Imagine the photographs of them meeting the French leader and his missus?

AH at it's disgusting worse.

hondasam

Nolanger wrote: »

Have you seen the state of his fat wife? Imagine the photographs of them meeting the French leader and his missus?

The french leader is hardly brad pitt.

Koloman

Nolanger wrote: »

Have you seen the state of his fat wife? Imagine the photographs of them meeting the French leader and his missus?

And the current Taoiseach and his missus are virtues of physical perfection eh...?

R P McMurphy

The man's personality is pointing towards the repulsive side. I have a strong dislike of him and Noonan. FG should have moved with Richard Bruton at the time so at least there would be some hope

Ghandee

fat__tony wrote: »

Wow.

What wonderful reasoning and logic for disliking an election candidate!

To think that there are people of your level of sub-normal intelligence remaining in the country is truely remarkable.

Yeah, I thought all the fcukwits from Ireland had left for London these days. :rolleyes:

Tbh, I don't need any other reason to think he's unworthy of leading this country than the reasons I've stated.

That's the beauty of democracy.

saywhatyousee

Stinicker wrote: »

The Irish language was practically the main reason my state education was a total and utter failure. It is useless and of no use to us outside our tiny rainswept rock we call home. What money is wasted on it and its promotion could be spent on teaching us Spanish or Chinese two globally important languages or better still improve our education infrastructure so that our children will not have to sit in schools built at the turn of the last century when Irish was somehow important.

Irish has been used as a tool of Fianna Fail propaganda for the last 80 years to enable their own cronies to get to high positions in Government and the Civil service.

Fair play to Enda for no longer making the schools beat it into students. What and outdated and barbaric langauge.

outdated and barbaric langauge?what a disgraceful comment then again it is after hours foolish me for expecting anything different!!

KM88

Nolanger wrote: »

Have you seen the state of his fat wife? Imagine the photographs of them meeting the French leader and his missus?

Insightful political commentary.
Given the smarts of our electorate it's remarkable that our politicians are so good.

Koloman

Ghandee wrote: »

Feck it, I'm for Egypt lads. Anyone with me?

Ghandee wrote: »

That's the beauty of democracy.

Does not compute.

Bogsnorkler

No alternative really. ****ing FG backbenchers have done some damage to the country with the blind loyalty a few months backs. A FG majority would have allowed for a strong left opposition, would've been healthy. As it stands Edna will result in many people not voting FG

Despite the logic involved.

Ghandee

Koloman wrote: »

Does not compute.

Welcome to AH.

th3 s1aught3r

I reckon if FG had a popular leader right now they could be looking for an overall majority in this election
As it is they will be in coalition with Labour, not ideal

Duckworth_Luas

Stinicker wrote: »

What and outdated and barbaric langauge.

WTF! Barbaric! Catch hold of yourself child!

The Irish education system is in danger of becoming so dumbed down that any qualification gained will be worth less than the recycled toilet paper that it will be printed on.

Irish is hard, lets get rid of it! Maths is hard, lets get rid of it!

The most valuable lesson I learned in school is that, even if you dislike a subject, you still have to persevere. You have to give your best effort and work as hard as you can. This becomes very, very valuable In college and even more important in a professional environment.

hondasam

I would love to able to speak Irish.

Dionysus

Ghandee wrote: »

Just watching this ginger whinger on the news.

The man is a complete and utter tool/plank.

As if the rest of Europe weren't laughing at us enough with out this tit leading the country.

Feck it, I'm for Egypt lads. Anyone with me?


(btw, I'm not a FF fan either)

I'd be more concerned about all these promises which Fine Gael is making at the moment than I would about the personalities in the party. Their policies alone, most recently their Irish language policy, is enough to make them lose support.

Stinicker

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

WTF! Barbaric! Catch hold of yourself child!

The Irish education system is in danger of becoming so dumbed down that any qualification gained will be worth less than the recycled toilet paper that it will be printed on.

Irish is hard, lets get rid of it! Maths is hard, lets get rid of it!

The most valuable lesson I learned in school is that, even if you dislike a subject, you still have to persevere. You have to give your best effort and work as hard as you can. This becomes very, very valuable In college and even more important in a professional environment.

Yes both are hard however when Irish is made the most important subject then you have a big problem. When I was in school Irish & Religion were the most important subjects, I myself as an adult; can not to this day do long division as a result of the lack of importance placed on the really important subjects. Irish is not important and both it and Religion should not be thought in school.

Dionysus

Although listening to Kenny on the Nine O'Clock News on RTÉ 1 this minute, the hypocrisy is galling: this week Fine Gael demanded that Micheál Martin surrender his ministerial severance payment. Micheál Martin just surrendered his severance payment and pointed out that Fine Gael's Kenny, and the other Fine Gael former ministers, all received severance payments, accepted them and were refusing to return them. Is this a taste of Fine Gael before they even get into power?

WallyGUFC

Martin is the right leader in the wrong party imo. If he was leader of FG it'd be a cakewalk. Kenny just hasn't the communication powers to be a good Taoiseach and he won't last 5 years imo. Gilmore isn't bad but it's unlikely he'll be put in that position. If the opposition parties just kept to themselves instead of throwing that absolute w**re of a woman Burton on telly at every opportunity, they'd do much better. Independent majority government ftw!

aDeener

Stinicker wrote: »

The Irish language was practically the main reason my state education was a total and utter failure. It is useless and of no use to us outside our tiny rainswept rock we call home. What money is wasted on it and its promotion could be spent on teaching us Spanish or Chinese two globally important languages or better still improve our education infrastructure so that our children will not have to sit in schools built at the turn of the last century when Irish was somehow important.

Irish has been used as a tool of Fianna Fail propaganda for the last 80 years to enable their own cronies to get to high positions in Government and the Civil service.

Fair play to Enda for no longer making the schools beat it into students. What and outdated and barbaric langauge.

haha that is the best excuse i have ever heard for doing rubbish in school. pathetic, blame yourself for not applying yourself to other subjects :rolleyes:

Edit: OMG mike1972 thanked stinicker's post, i have seen it all now

veryangryman

Why is this thread entitled "Enda Kenny"

Mods, please rename it to "Leo Varakadar"


The guy just creeps me out. And honestly, do any of you trust him. Two words sum the man up. Tunnel vision

Duckworth_Luas

Stinicker wrote: »

Yes both are hard however when Irish is made the most important subject then you have a big problem. When I was in school Irish & Religion were the most important subjects, I myself as an adult; can not to this day do long division as a result of the lack of importance placed on the really important subjects. Irish is not important and both it and Religion should not be thought in school.

Yet the maths curriculum is continually dumbed down. Honours maths is dropped as a choice in more schools every year. Maths teachers are let go as not enough pupils do higher level. Third level institutes are under pressure to drop their maths requirements. Mary Coughlan wanted an E grade to be considered a pass for maths.

Irish, like maths, is a target because it's hard and compulsory.

I learned long division in third class, I was 8 years old. If an adult can't do that level of maths than find another excuse, not the Irish language.

R P McMurphy

They seem to be really pushing Noonan centre stage as well. The allegations made by Eamon Dunphy about him were disturbing to say the least. Is a shame that Richard Bruton failed in that bid as now Kenny will more than likely populate the front bench with his cronies as a result of the way they voted in that contest rather than on merit. Hope I am wrong but can see that unfolding

aDeener

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Yet the maths curriculum is continually dumbed down. Honours maths is dropped as a choice in more schools every year. Maths teachers are let go as not enough pupils do higher level. Third level institutes are under pressure to drop their maths requirements. Mary Coughlan wanted an E grade to be considered a pass for maths.

Irish, like maths, is a target because it's hard and compulsory.

I learned long division in third class, I was 8 years old. If an adult can't do that level of maths than find another excuse, not the Irish language.

some people don't like to admit that they were just a bit dim in school

Dionysus

Stinicker wrote: »

The Irish language was practically the main reason my state education was a total and utter failure.

Stinicker wrote: »

I myself as an adult; can not to this day do long division as a result of the lack of importance placed on the really important subjects.

Oh please. Take responsibility for your own failings and stop looking for scapegoats. Pathetic.