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RTE news Sharon Ni Bheolain

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  • 04-01-2016 7:22pm
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    wingsof daun
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    She apologized to Ciaran Mullooly for the so-called shenanigans that were going on behind him. 2 anti-water charge protesters were holding placards behind him. Has RTE banned showing of any peaceful protesters on it's airwaves now? Proves that RTE are not for the people. Sure, it's easy for you to pay for your water Sharon with your nice wage packet from RTE!


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    Harry Palmr
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    I didn't see this but I'll guess a bunch of noisy **** dancing about behind the correspondent didn't look too professional.

    Not sure why you are attacking Sharon Ni Bheolain for being able to pay her bills.


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    Agent_47
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    I didn't see this but I'll guess a bunch of noisy **** dancing about behind the correspondent didn't look too professional.

    Not sure why you are attacking Sharon Ni Bheolain for being able to pay her bills.

    They were not noisy, on the contrary, the presenter did not know they were holding protest posters up behind him. Fair play to them. Water, water everywhere.


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    HeidiHeidi
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    What in the name of God has the treated, potable water which we all enjoy, and now (finally!) have to pay for, got to do with the current flooding problems? :rolleyes:

    :confused:


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    Mr.Nice Guy
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    What in the name of God has the treated, potable water which we all enjoy, and now (finally!) have to pay for, got to do with the current flooding problems? :rolleyes:

    :confused:

    Finally have to pay for? Who provided the maintenance previously? Magical pixies?

    'It is better to walk alone in the right direction than follow the herd walking in the wrong direction.'



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    Baggy Trousers
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    It was priceless TV. The camera tried to zoom in to shut them out but they were perfectly positioned and timed.
    There is a govt and media blackout on Irish Water these days due to ongoing god awful PR and the election so it was a clever move.


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    AnonoBoy
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    Did she call them 'idiots'? If not she's still not as good as Dobbo!


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    Baggy Trousers
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Did she call them 'idiots'? If not she's still not as good as Dobbo!

    To be fair I think the idiots are the mugs paying water charges. An endorsement of waste, bureaucracy, corruption and cronyism.


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    Charles Babbage
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    Baggy Trousers wrote: »
    To be fair I think the idiots are the mugs paying water charges. An endorsement of waste, bureaucracy, corruption and cronyism.

    Yes, the mugs are those who pay for things, rather than those who just steal the product.

    Given recent weather conditions, how many of these protesters are storing the water falling from the sky instead of stealing Irish Water product?


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    NIMAN
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    wingsof daun wrote: »
    She apologized to Ciaran Mullooly for the so-called shenanigans that were going on behind him. 2 anti-water charge protesters were holding placards behind him. Has RTE banned showing of any peaceful protesters on it's airwaves now? Proves that RTE are not for the people. Sure, it's easy for you to pay for your water Sharon with your nice wage packet from RTE!

    Many of the protesters can afford water charges, it's not that much.


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    Baggy Trousers
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    Charles Babbage wrote: »
    Yes, the mugs are those who pay for things, rather than those who just steal the product.

    Given recent weather conditions, how many of these protesters are storing the water falling from the sky instead of stealing Irish Water product?

    :)

    http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/shane-ross/irish-water-was-slain-by-middle-ireland-not-paul-murphy-31541849.html


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    mickdw
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    What in the name of God has the treated, potable water which we all enjoy, and now (finally!) have to pay for, got to do with the current flooding problems? :rolleyes:

    :confused:

    Actually if I read correctly, they are quite interestingly and scandalously connected.
    Irish water took over water supply and also wastewater such as public sewers in towns etc. They did not however take charge of storm water drains and drainage. This would appear odd when previously all drainage would have been local authority responsibility.
    The reasoning - taking on the poison chalice that is storm water would be a money pit over and above that of the water supply infrastructure and it would not suit the long term objective of privatisation of irish water.
    It was easier to leave the hopeless case of flood defence and drainage in the hands of the tax payer.
    so yes, the flood water had nothing at all to do with irish water but thereon lies the scandal.


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    liam7831
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    I thought most people were back to work today.........obviously not these two.....


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    Baggy Trousers
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    liam7831 wrote: »
    I thought most people were back to work today.........obviously not these two.....

    It was after 6pm chief :rolleyes:


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    Banjoxed
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    NIMAN wrote: »
    Many of the protesters can afford water charges, it's not that much.

    Give them a water butt, a thunderbox and a public standpipe. Plenty up here managed on that well into the 1980s before the group water scheme.


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    liam7831
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    Baggy Trousers wrote: »
    It was after 6pm chief :rolleyes:

    Ya well soldier they must av been working on the side of the river since it was only a few minutes after six :o


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    Baggy Trousers
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    liam7831 wrote: »
    Ya well soldier they must av been working on the side of the river since it was only a few minutes after six :o



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    McDave
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    wingsof daun wrote: »
    She apologized to Ciaran Mullooly for the so-called shenanigans that were going on behind him. 2 anti-water charge protesters were holding placards behind him. Has RTE banned showing of any peaceful protesters on it's airwaves now? Proves that RTE are not for the people. Sure, it's easy for you to pay for your water Sharon with your nice wage packet from RTE!

    What? RTE are now discriminating against protests on grounds of size? Must be a man with organ envy issues with his finger on the censorship button.

    Shame on Montrose. Free the Paysful Two.


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    liam7831
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    McDave wrote: »
    What? RTE are now discriminating against protests on grounds of size? Must be a man with organ envy issues with his finger on the censorship button.

    Shame on Montrose. Free the Paysful Two.

    They did look a little small alright :D


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    gctest50
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    MMdtUSq.jpg

    from :

    http://www.spayaware.ie/Spay-Aware-Spaying-Dogs.php


    we should spay Irish Water protesters to make a gene pool a bit deeper


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    CatFromHue
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    Watched it back there and genuinely have no idea how anyone can have a problem with what RTE did.

    If say there were people with either pro or anti abortion signs up behind Mullooley the same thing would have happened.


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    _Tombstone_
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    I still would, that's what she said.


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    mayway
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    What in the name of God has the treated, potable water which we all enjoy, and now (finally!) have to pay for, got to do with the current flooding problems? :rolleyes:

    :confused:
    Wow! In your fairy tale world all the people working on supplying the water used to do it for nothing!? It must be great on your planet.

    I wish the pro water tax people would educate themselves even 1% before posting their spew.


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    Fieldsman
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    The water protesters shouldn't have to pay for water. I mean the water poured on them by a water canon


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    AnonoBoy
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    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Watched it back there and genuinely have no idea how anyone can have a problem with what RTE did.

    I imagine the same people shouting that it's a disgrace would change their tune pretty quickly if it was a pro-NAMBLA protest.

    In other words - they think anything is ok because they support the protest and don't realise that ANY live TV program does not want distractions in the background regardless of what they're protesting about.


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    CatFromHue
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    Yeah I think that's right.


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    gctest50
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    mayway wrote: »
    Wow! In your fairy tale world all the people working on supplying the water used to do it for nothing!? It must be great on your planet.

    I wish the pro water tax people would educate themselves even 1% before posting their spew.

    Of course they didn't work for free.

    But now the money that was used to pay them could go towards "fixing up" pedestrian crossings and things to help keep schoolchildren a little bit safer crossing the road


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    mayway
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    gctest50 wrote: »
    mayway wrote: »
    Wow! In your fairy tale world all the people working on supplying the water used to do it for nothing!? It must be great on your planet.

    I wish the pro water tax people would educate themselves even 1% before posting their spew.

    Of course they didn't work for free.

    But now the money that was used to pay them could go towards "fixing up" pedestrian crossings and things to help keep schoolchildren a little bit safer crossing the road

    Bwahahaha!! I think you'll find the money has been pissed away putting in meters. You're assuming that these cretins have some interest in getting value for money. Let me burst that bubble for guy.


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    amdublin
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    mod:

    Way off topic, is no longer a discussion about a tv production or SNBh (was it ever?).


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