Renaming College Green after Obama

King of Kings

US President Barack Obama is such an example of honesty, integrity, decency, morality, inspiration and encouragement that I suggest College Green (where is the 'green' anyway?!) be renamed 'Barack Obama Place'

This would not only keep the memory of his visit and his inspirational message at the forefront but also to acknowledge that he has given us the hope our own leaders have failed to give.

David Bradley
Drogheda,Co Louth

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/rename-college-green-to-honour-our-visitor-2656523.html


Despite what you think of Obama and the fawning - surely even the most ardent Obama supporters thinks this is too much.

What a nutcase the letter writer is, to suggest we name one of the busiest areas in Ireland after a man who has tenuous links to Ireland (at best) and who stayed here a whopping 24hours (if even).

I'd normally expect this type of tripe in a rag like the sun but alas here is it in a more mainstream publication.

LOON.

Annasopra

King of Kings wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/rename-college-green-to-honour-our-visitor-2656523.html


Despite what you think of Obama and the fawning - surely even the most ardent Obama supporters thinks this is too much.

What a nutcase the letter writer is, to suggest we name one of the busiest areas in Ireland after a man who has tenuous links to Ireland (at best) and who stayed here a whopping 24hours (if even).

I'd normally expect this type of tripe in a rag like the sun but alas here is it in a more mainstream publication.

LOON.

The indo is a rag

afatbollix

give it 2 weeks and everyone will have forgotten all about it..

RachaelVO

Nah, we should call it
Dominique Strauss Khan Downfall Square

Wheelie King

Let's just call it war criminal way, same difference.

King of Kings

Johnnymcg wrote: »

The indo is a rag

compared to the sun it's mainstream - anyway it's not too bad - although the sunday indo is a pile of ****e,

It's more the ****ing lunactic who wrote the letter that makes me say "WOW - you are thick"

later12

King of Kings wrote: »

What a nutcase the letter writer is, to suggest we name one of the busiest areas in Ireland after a man who has tenuous links to Ireland

Ranelagh?
Wellington Road?
Marlborough Road?
Nassau Street?
Westmoreland Street?
D'Olier Street?
Lansdowne Road?
Adelaide Road?
Anglesea Street?
Gardiner Street?
Mountjoy Square?
Belgrave Square?
Merrion Square?

These are just the ones that come to mind... I don't see the problem in naming a place after a man of dubious Irish identity.

Superbus

Garrett Fitzgerald Place.

Lustrum

Barack Obama Place sounds like the kind of place the Trotters would live!

kraggy

"US President Barack Obama is such an example of honesty, integrity, decency, morality, inspiration and encouragement that I suggest College Green (where is the 'green' anyway?!) be renamed 'Barack Obama Place'".

Yeah, so much so that he couldn't be arsed bringing a man through the judicial system and had him assassinated instead.

So much so that he appointed the men who are directly responsible for the world financial crisis to two of the most influential positions in world economics; Ben Bernanke and Timothy Geithner (Fed Reserve and Secretary of the Treasury respectively).

Obama is no goody goody.