Irish flag to be taken down over Leinster house

robertpatterson

It's been reported that the Irish tricolour is to be replaced by the rainbow/LGBT flag over Leinster house for the next few days in conjunction with pride.
The European flag will remain however.
My feeling is that no flag should fly higher than the national flag, if any flag was to be removed it should have been the European one
I'm all for pride and the celebration but I think this is one step too far .

bear1

robertpatterson wrote: »

It's been reported that the Irish tricolour is to be replaced by the rainbow/LGBT flag over Leinster house for the next few days in conjunction with pride.
The European flag will remain however.
My feeling is that no flag should fly higher than the national flag, if any flag was to be removed it should have been the European one
I'm all for pride and the celebration but I think this is one step too far .

Why does it matter so much?
It's only for a few days and I think it shows how progressive we are as a nation.

El Weirdo

Are you from Northern Ireland, OP?

D3V!L

El Weirdo wrote: »

Are you from Northern Ireland, OP?

Name seems a bit nordy to me :rolleyes:

Back to Norn Iron OP , they love all the flags up there.

amcalester

Just checked a few websites and none of them mentioned the Irish flag being removed.

Deebles McBeebles

The question why not the Euro flag instead of the tricolour is valid. Are we more European than Irish?

Autecher

Who gives a shít, it's just polyester. It means nothing.

The Satanist

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

The question why not the Euro flag instead of the tricolour is valid. Are we more European than Irish?

Or are we more gay than Irish?

whisky_galore

Write a strongly worded letter OP, someone might care.

whisky_galore

Autecher wrote: »

Who gives a shít, it just polyester. It means nothing.

Probably made in China too.

elfy4eva

Can you link your source OP only ones i can find say it will be flown. I can't find one that says the pride flag will be put in place of the tricolour

frag420

Leave the flegs alone...

Peregrinus

robertpatterson wrote: »

It's been reported . . .

Where?

yourdeadwright

robertpatterson wrote: »

It's been reported that the Irish tricolour is to be replaced by the rainbow/LGBT flag over Leinster house for the next few days in conjunction with pride.
The European flag will remain however.
My feeling is that no flag should fly higher than the national flag, if any flag was to be removed it should have been the European one
I'm all for pride and the celebration but I think this is one step too far .

Its absolutely mental PC gone over board ,

Sure there was a lad who was born a women on the radio yesterday on the Jen's radios show on 2fm asking for donations for his own personally breast removal surgery WTF could you imagine the up roar if that was a girl looking for cash for a boob job ,

Its a personal surgery it should be advertised on national radio

salmocab

robertpatterson wrote: »

It's been reported that the Irish tricolour is to be replaced by the rainbow/LGBT flag over Leinster house for the next few days in conjunction with pride.
The European flag will remain however.
My feeling is that no flag should fly higher than the national flag, if any flag was to be removed it should have been the European one
I'm all for pride and the celebration but I think this is one step too far .

Well if the tri-color isn’t up then the others aren’t flying higher than it so you should be pleased

Your Face

Peregrinus wrote: »

Where?

Taxi Driver Weekly.

Insect Overlord

April Fools Day was a whopping 89 days ago.

cgcsb

I thought they don't fly the National flag over the Dáil on weekends anyway?

Ah, wouldn't a link in an op be a great invention.

Guy:Incognito

Is this thread brought to us by the same op as the one giving out about the pride flag on the gpo? Vaguely remember seeing that but didnt pay much attention

Bob Harris

robertpatterson wrote: »

It's been reported...

Peregrinus wrote: »

Where?

Nowhere. The first and only mention of it is in the OP.

joe40

robertpatterson wrote: »

It's been reported that the Irish tricolour is to be replaced by the rainbow/LGBT flag over Leinster house for the next few days in conjunction with pride.
The European flag will remain however.
My feeling is that no flag should fly higher than the national flag, if any flag was to be removed it should have been the European one
I'm all for pride and the celebration but I think this is one step too far .

Reported where? This is just another bull**** story that will outrage some people.
Even when the story is false the sense of outrage exists which feed the notion that the world is all PC gone mad.

Cienciano

This culture of people getting offended over things that don't matter needs to stop.

cgcsb

here's a link

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2019/0626/1057540-leinster-house-lgbt/

Deebles McBeebles

cgcsb wrote: »

here's a link

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2019/0626/1057540-leinster-house-lgbt/

No mention of removal of tricolour. That's me done with the thread so, cheers!

TheValeyard

Im all for people celebrating pride and all, but a government building should just have the Tri-Colour and nothing else. No Pride, Papal, US, Pirate flags or anything else.

robertpatterson

Let that be a lesson to me!!
I left my phone down unlocked and someone thought it would be funny to post stuff.
Mods feel free to lock or delete the thread
First I knew about it was when I got notifications about the thread

yourdeadwright

TheValeyard wrote: »

Im all for people celebrating pride and all, but a government building should just have the Tri-Colour and nothing else. No Pride, Papal, US, Pirate flags or anything else.

I'd agree sure most people involved in pride just want to be treated like everyone else right ???

So like everyone else no need for a flag

Bob Harris

robertpatterson wrote: »

Let that be a lesson to me!!
I left my phone down unlocked and someone thought it would be funny to post stuff.
Mods feel free to lock or delete the thread
First I knew about it was when I got notifications about the thread

That's their idea of funny?

Peregrinus

I'm pretty sure that the national flag is only flown at Leinster House when the Oireachtas is sitting, and on St Patrick's Day and Easter Monday. If that's so, any flag flown during the pride parade (which is on a Saturday) wouldn't be flown instead of the national flag; it will be flown at a time when otherwise no flag would be flown.

locum-motion

robertpatterson wrote: »

Let that be a lesson to me!!
I left my phone down unlocked and someone thought it would be funny to post stuff.
Mods feel free to lock or delete the thread
First I knew about it was when I got notifications about the thread

I don't believe you. I call bull5hit!

Deebles McBeebles

Bob Harris wrote: »

That's their idea of funny?

OP works with the ghost of Ian Paisley.

The_Brood

Dublin city center is jam packed from head to toe in rainbow everywhere. Every single shop, building, street etc etc. Given how little attention every other issue recieves...as a once foreigner Id get the feeling the Irish care only and exclusively about LGBT and nothing else.

topper75

The blue rag combined with the LGBABC whatever you are having yourself flag seems to be the new combo for those who despise nationalism. The tricolour is offensive to them.

A leading U.S. corporate in Limerick flew this combination when Trump was in the midwest lately.

I don't really have an issue with the rainbow flag per se (homosexuals suffered much over many decades), but as a 'replacement' for the tricolour - I would.

joe40

The_Brood wrote: »

Dublin city center is jam packed from head to toe in rainbow everywhere. Every single shop, building, street etc etc. Given how little attention every other issue recieves...as a once foreigner Id get the feeling the Irish care only and exclusively about LGBT and nothing else.

I'm not there but I imagine it must look great in the sunshine

cgcsb

The_Brood wrote: »

Dublin city center is jam packed from head to toe in rainbow everywhere. Every single shop, building, street etc etc. Given how little attention every other issue recieves...as a once foreigner Id get the feeling the Irish care only and exclusively about LGBT and nothing else.

what is a 'once foreigner' ?

cgcsb

topper75 wrote: »

I don't really have an issue with the rainbow flag per se (homosexuals suffered much over many decades), but as a 'replacement' for the tricolour - I would.

When the prime time debate about adopting the rainbow as the national flag happens, I suppose you'll have a discussion point.

endacl

robertpatterson wrote: »

My feeling is that no flag should fly higher than the national flag

Take a spin up to Sallygap and pop a tricolour up on a stick.

You’ll be happy, and nobody else will give a polite shyte.

Job done.

Ash.J.Williams

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Is this thread brought to us by the same op as the one giving out about the pride flag on the gpo? Vaguely remember seeing that but didnt pay much attention

pride flag over the GPO? o lord save us

after wolfe tone strongbow and queen meadbh all fighting there for our freedom!

KungPao

I think it’s a fabulousss idea.

Hedgelayer

As a gay man, I think it's a stupid Idea to take down the tricolour, putting up that embarrassing rainbow flag...

Seriously it's an absolute ridiculous Idea, who cares it's pride, proud of what being not straight...

What an embarrassment, no pride celebrations in my life.

I stay well away from that sorded scene, guy's prancing around dressed as dog's and in bondage gear...

Feck that

Fionn1952

TheValeyard wrote: »

Im all for people celebrating pride and all, but a government building should just have the Tri-Colour and nothing else. No Pride, Papal, US, Pirate flags or anything else.

Nah, there are still a few of us Nordies under cover down here! What we need is MORE flags! Stick up the Pride flag, a few Jolly Rogers, one for each of the provinces, maybe an Ivorian flag and an Italian flag while we're at it.

Come on lads, I'm getting withdrawals!

Ten of Swords

Journal reported this a few days ago, comments on the article are predictable

https://www.thejournal.ie/pride-flag-leinster-house-4698879-Jun2019/

JohnnyFlash

The whole pride thing seems to be have become yet another way for companies to pitch their wares to people while showing how progressive they are. McPride.

Ten of Swords

Hedgelayer wrote: »

putting up that embarrassing rainbow flag...

You're going to upset a lot of Peruvians from Cusco and Russians from the Jewish Autonomous Oblast with that attitude :P

marketty

The_Brood wrote:

Dublin city center is jam packed from head to toe in rainbow everywhere. Every single shop, building, street etc etc. Given how little attention every other issue recieves...as a once foreigner Id get the feeling the Irish care only and exclusively about LGBT and nothing else.

Mad into it now there's money to be made from it. There's gold in them there gays

cgcsb

Hedgelayer wrote: »

As a gay man, I think it's a stupid Idea to take down the tricolour, putting up that embarrassing rainbow flag...

Well that's not happening. The OP is faux outraged.

Hedgelayer wrote: »

Seriously it's an absolute ridiculous Idea, who cares it's pride, proud of what being not straight...

What an embarrassment, no pride celebrations in my life.

I stay well away from that sorded scene, guy's prancing around dressed as dog's and in bondage gear...

Feck that

Oh jeeze, join the DUP so :rolleyes:

jimgoose

Well, I guess we don't look like no steers, boy! :cool:

Guy:Incognito

Hedgelayer wrote: »

As a gay man, I think it's a stupid Idea to take down the tricolour, putting up that embarrassing rainbow flag...

You should definitely ring the OPW and shout at them.

They're probably bored and could do with the excitement.

Or, in the spirit of not reading stuff and just ranting anyway, ring Bord Gais for no reason.

LeBash

Pride day is now more tacky than paddy's day.

I'm cringing at all the companies falling over themselves with pride stuff when in actual fact it's just a PR exercise organised by a marketing department looking for a thumbs up on social media.

A proper protest in support of stopping violence against LGBTQ etc etc should be the aim of the day and not the tacky parade followed by a p1ss up that makes a night as busy for emergency services as Halloween.

Cienciano

LeBash wrote: »

Pride day is now more tacky than paddy's day.

I'm cringing at all the companies falling over themselves with pride stuff when in actual fact it's just a PR exercise organised by a marketing department looking for a thumbs up on social media.

A proper protest in support of stopping violence against LGBTQ etc etc should be the aim of the day and not the tacky parade followed by a p1ss up that makes a night as busy for emergency services as Halloween.

That sounds exciting. And paddys day should just be a mass to celebrate St. Patrick. Christmas too.