Man Knighted for riding a bike - should we have an Irish Honours system?

Malibu Sunshine

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/20852564

Cyclist Bradley Wiggins has been knighted in the New Year Honours list after winning the Tour de France and then gold at the 2012 London Olympics.

He's now a "Sir" at the age of just 32!

Should we have a similar system in Ireland for honouring people?

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Malibu Sunshine wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/20852564




He's now a "Sir" at the age of just 32!

Should we have a similar system in Ireland for honouring people?

No, it would just be abused by the politicans :mad:

charlemont

And who will have to pay for it ?? And it will probably entail setting up a new committee to oversee it staffed with political cronies, So a big No from me.

finnharpsboy

arise sir enda kenny

ejmaztec

We should just award people with sh1tehoods.

MagicMarker

finnharpsboy wrote: »

arise sir enda kenny

hehe...

Sir Enda Sir Enda Sir Enda Surrender

mikemac1

Sir Anthony O'Reilly

Icepick

no

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mikemac1 wrote: »

Sir Anthony O'Reilly

He is British! Bob geldolf on the other hand...

Corruptedmorals

Louis Smith was too, where's the indignation for that? I want to see 'man knighted for doing flippy things and swinging around bars'. Excellent sportsmen/women are more deserving of that honour than other celebrities who get them, most of the time so I don't see the issue.

Our man in Havana

mikemac1 wrote: »

Sir Anthony O'Reilly

WileyCoyote wrote: »

He is British! Bob geldolf on the other hand...

Sir Anthony is also an Irish citizen.

mikemac1

If there are no honours in Ireland then why is Lord Henry Mountcharles on the radio every year hyping up his plans for Slane

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Our man in Havana wrote: »

Sir Anthony is also an Irish citizen.

When it suits him, it doesn't suit him when it comes to paying irish taxes for instance!

decisions

Yer man who did the illustrations for the roald dahl books is also getting one.

Our man in Havana

WileyCoyote wrote: »

When it suits him, it doesn't suit him when it comes to paying irish taxes for instance!

Naturally. A simple flag of convenience for him.

3ndahalfof6

man rides big woman who used to know a lot about health, 2 knight hoods and the purple cross.

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mikemac1 wrote: »

If there are no honours in Ireland then why is Lord Henry Mountcharles on the radio every year hyping up his plans for Slane

Lord Mountcharles is a "Lord" by heriditary title.
A knighthood is a life honour bestowed on a person, different things.
That said I dont see why we should recognise forigen heridary titles, Mountcharles conveniently didn't use his "title" when he ran for Dail Eireann in 1992. He was a FG candidate in Meath.

mattjack

Yes, yes there should.

I would like to be known as Sir Admiral Mattjack , Deputy Manager the fifth ,southern command.

ejmaztec

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Lord Mountcharles is a "Lord" by heriditary title.
A knighthood is a life honour bestowed on a person, different things.
That said I dont see why we should recognise forigen heridary titles, Mountcharles conveniently didn't use his "title" when he ran for Dail Eireann in 1992. He was a FG candidate in Meath.

Fuckin Gentry?

Malibu Sunshine

Sitec wrote: »

I think we should, instead of "Sir" we could use "Boss". That'l learn em.

It actually sounds better.

I just said it in my head with my name and it made "Sir" sound like an episode of Glee.

Nodin

Malibu Sunshine wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/20852564




He's now a "Sir" at the age of just 32!

Should we have a similar system in Ireland for honouring people?

Theres enough jumped up arseholes here as it is. Also 'Sir Denis O'Brien'.

The_Gatsby

Sir Pat Kenny.

On a serious note, I can't think of any Irish people I'd bother giving a knighthood to...

Agricola

Lukebray wrote: »

Sir Pat Kenny.

On a serious note, I can't think of any Irish people I'd bother giving a knighthood to...

Marty Whelan? - Years of daytime TV, stand-in work, voiceovers, graveyard shifts on the radio. The man has been a stalwart with little recognition. Arise Sir Marty!

cosbloodymick

Of course there should be no knighthoods in Ireland, this is supposed to be a republic.... oh hang on a sec!!!

BillyMitchel

Isn't there Irish people who have turned them down or am I just making things up? Didn't John Lennon also refuse one??

Pretty good achievement for his age, he seems like an alright kinda guy too.

The Davestator

We have the freedom of the city award which is just as silly.

phasers

you're not meant to call non British subjects Sir even after they've been knighted. The Queen told me that.

She said Geldof smells as bad as he looks too.

GRMA

Our man in Havana wrote: »

Sir Anthony is also an Irish citizen.

And a class A gob****e and a stain on our country.

Wish him and his comics would fcuk off

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GRMA wrote: »

And a class A gob****e and a stain on our country.

Wish him and his comics would fcuk off

Sir Denis O' Brien controls the comics now!:D

GRMA

GRMA wrote: »

And a class A gob****e and a stain on our country.

Wish him and his comics would fcuk off

Have some respect you guttersnipe, he has contributed more to Ireland than you ever will.

Nodin

Dayana Easy Plan wrote: »

Have some respect you guttersnipe, he has contributed more to Ireland than you ever will.

....he did? when did that happen?

GRMA

Dayana Easy Plan wrote: »

Have some respect you guttersnipe, he has contributed more to Ireland than you ever will.

Yeah I dont think I could possibly make a worse contribution than he has

Nodin

Nodin wrote: »

....he did? when did that happen?

Through his many sporting and charitable endeavours to name a few.

Nodin

Dayana Easy Plan wrote: »

Have some respect you guttersnipe, he has contributed more to Ireland than you ever will.

....would ye like him to tug his forelock to the Great One, or will a quick doff of the cap do?

Cienciano

Thank fúck we don't have an honours system. After Hours would explode when they're handed out for one thing. Imagine Sir Ryan Tubridy. Jesus wept, thank fúck we don't have it.

Nodin

Dayana Easy Plan wrote: »

Through his many sporting and charitable endeavours to name a few.

And that cancels out the vile influence hes had through the indo, does it?

Nodin

Nodin wrote: »

....would ye like him to tug his forelock to the Great One, or will a quick doff of the cap do?

You quoted and replied to that comment already, should I type in txt speak for you? you might react quicker.

Nodin

Dayana Easy Plan wrote: »

You already quoted and replied to that comment already, should I type in txt speak for you? you might react quicker.

Tony O’Reilly, used his position to interfere directly with editorial policy. Prior to the 2007 general election, the Sunday Independent pursued a relentless campaign against the then taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, then immediately following a private meeting between Tony O’Reilly and Bertie Ahern, the line changed direction 180 degrees. The claims by the Sunday Independent now that such interference never occurred are plainly false.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0815/1224322198397.html

A former advisor to the Rainbow Government of the 1990s has told the Mahon Tribunal he was told that the chairman of Independent News and Media, Tony O'Reilly, was unhappy about not winning the State's second mobile phone licence.
Sean Donlon told the Tribunal that Dr O'Reilly expressed his disappointment during a meeting with the then Taoiseach, John Bruton, in July 1996.
Mr Donlon also gave evidence of a meeting with Independent News executives later that year. Mr Donlon said that at that meeting, he was left in no doubt about Independent Newspapers' hostility towards the Government parties if outstanding issues were not resolved.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0330/moriarty.html
(my bold)

The chairman of Independent News & Media (IN&M), Sir Anthony O'Reilly, said the Rainbow Coalition was not given hostile coverage in Independent titles because of disputes he had with it over a number of commercial matters.
He said he had no foreknowledge of the editorial carried on the front page of the Irish Independent at the time of the 1997 general election. The editorial was headlined "Payback Time" and called on voters not to vote for the parties that comprised the then Rainbow Coalition.
Sir Anthony said it was the policy of IN&M that its editors were not interfered with by members of the board. He said that if the tribunal wanted verification of this it …

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24731349.html

What a saint......

Nodin

Nodin wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0815/1224322198397.html



http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0330/moriarty.html
(my bold)


http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24731349.html

What a saint......

All mere conjecture.

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Dayana Easy Plan wrote: »

All mere conjecture.

Conjecture me bollix!

martic

Everyone in Donegal must have been knighted at some stage 'what's the craic sir?' 'that's some yok yer drivin sir'

Our man in Havana

"would you step out of the vekhile please, sir?"

WileyCoyote

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Conjecture me bollix!

No, it's speculation bollix period.

Duck Soup

In years gone by, only really rich people or leaders of large trade unions would get British knighthoods, so in an Irish context, that would have given you:

Lord O'Reilly of Beanz
Lord O'Brien of Voicemail
Lord Desmond of Studfarm
Lord Quinn of InDaWifesName
Lord Begg of OneOutAllOut

Knighthoods used to go to faceless civil servants, but now the preference is for sportsmen, TV personalities and musicians who've been at it for a while. So we'd expect to have had by now:

Sir Larry Mullen
Sir Gay Byrne
Dame Sonia O'Sullivan
Dame Twink
Dame Daniel O'Donnell
Sir Brendan Grace
Sir Paul McGrath
Sir Brendan O'Carroll

Richard Hillman

We couldnt use it as we would give it to every flash in the pan. Big Brother contestants, Gaa players, The Carter Twins, Samantha Mumba and the likes

DEFTLEFTHAND

Get rid of Higgins and pick out an ancestor of Rory O'Connor to become High King.

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DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Get rid of Higgins and pick out an ancestor of Rory O'Connor to become High King.

Ah feck off, not another civil war!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_O'Connor_(Irish_republican)

im invisible

Duck Soup wrote: »

Dame Twink

ba-dum tish!

im invisible

Irish Honours? i nearly failed the foundation level...

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im invisible wrote: »

ba-dum tish!

Ireland most obscene voicemails!!!
Dame cnutychops herself!:D

juan.kerr

Misleading thread title.

Could say the same for anyone that wins anything. Man knighted for talking. Man knighted for writing. Man knighted for driving a car.