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Lahvlann: Up the reek without a coddle - 26/07 two 18 so to speak

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pc7

I'm late to the party, what is this about? If you spoke to someone online whos arrested? I'm a little lost?

Dan Jaman

pc7 wrote: »

I'm late to the party, what is this about? If you spoke to someone online whos arrested? I'm a little lost?

Operation Ketch - kiddy porn raids on 31 houses across the country, no arrests yet.

2smiggy

pc7 wrote: »

I'm late to the party, what is this about? If you spoke to someone online whos arrested? I'm a little lost?

i'm sort of listening from the start, and i still have no idea what the 'operation ' is or what's it about !!

pc7

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Operation Ketch - kiddy porn raids on 31 houses across the country, no arrests yet.

and was she online friends with someone arrested? or was she abused?

eta he just said she was abused

somesoldiers

some lady sent in a letter from the view point of being related to someone who was searched. she couldnt come on today but this lady separately dealt with her own fadder as a abuser

somesoldiers

there's a lad on Mountjoy square looking for a lodger

[Deleted User]

Why did she tell her younger kids her parents are dead? Better to tell them they are not nice very people who live far away.

[Deleted User]

Packed as Barbie Dolls for children.

somesoldiers

if its not "illegal" they cant stop it I guess

pc7

Stories like this make me so sad. Jesus, I look at my kids and their innocence and honestly if someone did something to them I really think I'd end up in prison.

BarryD2

This chap is getting a good bit of airtime

2smiggy

imagine how packs of woodbines she could have got for €155 :eek::eek:

somesoldiers

isnt their some bill out there that will solve all the touting issues?

Ally Dick

Whacker doesn't do her research

meep

Ah, good old ticketmaster topic.

Great to hear legislation is incoming to address above face-value reselling and bots. Wonder how long it will take them to get around it?

HeidiHeidi

Jaysus, this thread is quieter than on a Funny (sic) Fryday!

50-odd posts since the start....

Is it that bad?

I never got around to tuning in, looks like I might have been right!

alaimacerc

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

JI never got around to tuning in, looks like I might have been right!

It's nothing great, but it's bearable, due to lack of Joe.

[Deleted User]

Did day both have crooked noses?

Roger_007

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Jaysus, this thread is quieter than on a Funny (sic) Fryday!

50-odd posts since the start....

Is it that bad?

I never got around to tuning in, looks like I might have been right!

I was listening to some snippets in the car. I had to turn it off because I was in danger of nodding off due to PBHs monotone delivery.

[Deleted User]

Unfortunately there were no arguments, f-bombs, slander or anything controversial in the way that might entertain us.

ButtersSuki

alaimacerc wrote: »

What notions are those? Is DPM posher-sounding than Tánaiste? Less official and more Anglicised, for sure...

Are you actually being serious? Where do I even start on this one?

He utterly failed in Housing. He couldn't get out of it fast enough, despite his lofty and overly ambitious claims that he'd have it all sorted out by July '17.

He almost collapsed the government with his flip flopping on the Abortion Referendum before he was taken aside and spoken strongly too and then had a pardon the unfortunate expression "rebirth" so to speak and suddenly saw the light did hat he was told.

And he's been a complete disaster in handling Brexit. That the Brits are even worse doesn't by default make Coveney look alright. He comes across like a duck paddling frantically beneath the water whilst trying and failing to look calm above it...except he doesn't look calm.

As for the Deputy Prime Minister title; it simply doesn't exist and is inherently disrespectful and some would say offensive to the office to change the name to appear more West Brit or whatever the hell his objective was in applying such a monicker to himself and the office. It was a very ill-judged thing to do. We don't have a Prime Minister so how can we have a Deputy PM? We have a Head of Government. Has any Irish Tánaiste ever referred to themselves as "Deputy Prime Minister" ever before? I sincerely doubt it, but I'm pretty sure if they were they were criticised for doing so.

ButtersSuki

TWODAY'S De Brand NEW & IMPROVED so to speak 2-18 Joe Duffy Wurkday Calculator and dat:

Wurkdays in 2-18 and dat: 145
Joe Shows: 115
No Show Joe Shows: 30
Breakeens 4 Joe: 30
PBH (de full-time host of de show) Shows: 25
PBH guest appearances and dat: 1
D'Omen Shows: 4
AN Udder Shows: 0
Good Fryday No Show by nobody at all at all: 1

NEW FEATURE SO TO SPEAK:
Fateen's Estimated Fees (De FEF Matrix so to speak) to date dis year:
AT LEAST €287,500*

(not including de EXTRA FEES for 3 days of De Beast From De East TV + Radio Simulcast Xtravaganza + likely "Danger Money" for travelling to and from wurk in de snow and dat).

*de fees are calculated at €2,500 per show x days dat Fateen is in so to speak. Dose fees are likely conservative and outdated as day are 2 years old so to speak.
I'm including Good Fryday as a Wurkday as it is not an official Bank Holiday/Holiday Day. Even Pat Kenny is in Newstalk FFS, but no-one in RTE of course of course.

DON'T FORGET - "We're here all summer" sez he.

ButtersSuki

TWODAY'S MUNDAZE De Brand NEW & IMPROVED so to speak 2-18 Joe Duffy Wurkday Calculator and dat:

Wurkdays in 2-18 and dat: 146
Joe Shows: 115
No Show Joe Shows: 31
Breakeens 4 Joe: 31
PBH (de full-time host of de show) Shows: 26
PBH guest appearances and dat: 1
D'Omen Shows: 4
AN Udder Shows: 0
Good Fryday No Show by nobody at all at all: 1

NEW FEATURE SO TO SPEAK:
Fateen's Estimated Fees (De FEF Matrix so to speak) to date dis year:
AT LEAST €287,500*

(not including de EXTRA FEES for 3 days of De Beast From De East TV + Radio Simulcast Xtravaganza + likely "Danger Money" for travelling to and from wurk in de snow and dat).

*de fees are calculated at €2,500 per show x days dat Fateen is in so to speak. Dose fees are likely conservative and outdated as day are 2 years old so to speak.
I'm including Good Fryday as a Wurkday as it is not an official Bank Holiday/Holiday Day. Even Pat Kenny is in Newstalk FFS, but no-one in RTE of course of course.

DON'T FORGET - "We're here all summer" sez he.

[Deleted User]

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Are you actually being serious? Where do I even start on this one?

He utterly failed in Housing. He couldn't get out of it fast enough, despite his lofty and overly ambitious claims that he'd have it all sorted out by July '17.

He almost collapsed the government with his flip flopping on the Abortion Referendum before he was taken aside and spoken strongly too and then had a pardon the unfortunate expression "rebirth" so to speak and suddenly saw the light did hat he was told.

And he's been a complete disaster in handling Brexit. That the Brits are even worse doesn't by default make Coveney look alright. He comes across like a duck paddling frantically beneath the water whilst trying and failing to look calm above it...except he doesn't look calm.

As for the Deputy Prime Minister title; it simply doesn't exist and is inherently disrespectful and some would say offensive to the office to change the name to appear more West Brit or whatever the hell his objective was in applying such a monicker to himself and the office. It was a very ill-judged thing to do. We don't have a Prime Minister so how can we have a Deputy PM? We have a Head of Government. Has any Irish Tánaiste ever referred to themselves as "Deputy Prime Minister" ever before? I sincerely doubt it, but I'm pretty sure if they were they were criticised for doing so.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/tanaiste

No fan of Coveney at all, but I guess explaining his position in government of Ireland to Fordeners might be helpful to him.

ButtersSuki

Deleted User wrote: »

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/tanaiste

No fan of Coveney at all, but I guess explaining his position in government of Ireland to Fordeners might be helpful to him.

Ah come on now, that's a pretty pathetic defence.

If the Taoiseach ever called himself the "Prime Minister" of Ireland he'd be ridiculed and vilified by the press for doing so. Same applies here, or at least should. The title is "Tánaiste", not Deputy Prime Minister and he should respect the office by only using the official title. Do you propose the Gardaí call themselves The Police now? And so on.

I don't believe it was an accident to use Deputy Prime Minister and not "Tánaiste" btw. As for Coveney's relationship with foreigners - he seems an awful lot more concerned with what they think of him than his own countrymen. I'd suggest there's a Fateen-like insecurity underneath the sheen.

ButtersSuki

Spotted on de Croagh Patrick webcam earlier:

dxhound2005

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Ah come on now, that's a pretty pathetic defence.

If the Taoiseach ever called himself the "Prime Minister" of Ireland he'd be ridiculed and vilified by the press for doing so. Same applies here, or at least should. The title is "Tánaiste", not Deputy Prime Minister and he should respect the office by only using the official title. Do you propose the Gardaí call themselves The Police now? And so on.

I don't believe it was an accident to use Deputy Prime Minister and not "Tánaiste" btw. As for Coveney's relationship with foreigners - he seems an awful lot more concerned with what they think of him than his own countrymen. I'd suggest there's a Fateen-like insecurity underneath the sheen.

His "relationship" with foreigners is that he is our Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Brexit

He has held the position of Tánaiste for the last eight months. You said: Coveney btw only recenly added “Tánaiste” to his Twitter handle. He up to that point had “Deputy Prime Minister” only and only added “Tánaiste” AFTER being called out on it publicly.

How recently is that, and who called him out?

ButtersSuki

dxhound2005 wrote: »

His "relationship" with foreigners is that he is our Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Brexit

He has held the position of Tánaiste for the last eight months. You said: Coveney btw only recenly added “Tánaiste” to his Twitter handle. He up to that point had “Deputy Prime Minister” only and only added “Tánaiste” AFTER being called out on it publicly.

How recently is that, and who called him out?

I don't have the exact date as believe it or not I don't wait by the phone for a twitter update from Simon Coveney but it's definitely in the last 2 months. He was called out on it by a DUP (from memory, but definitely a Nordie) member and changed it. Said DUP person referred to him as such (DPM) and was corrected by someone from Young Fine Gael (from Meath if memory serves me correctly) "we don't have a DPM in Ireland, we have a Tánaiste". Said DUP member then promptly showed Coveney's Twitter handle and alas, the word "Tánaiste" was visibly absent, and said "that's what Coveney refers to himself as" (or words to that effect). Obviously someone had a word with Simon as it was added VERY quickly after this (same or next day). I'm walking my dogs right now and on the phone only so can't provide full links but I'm sure you'll find it fairly easily if you look. They should have told him to remove DPM completely IMO.

I'm not making any of this up, you can check for yourself.

BTW, for someone who claimed not to be a fan, you're certainly putting up quite a defence.

Apologies for the incorrect spelling of "recently" in my earlier post; as I said I'm walking the dogs and on the phone, though I try and avoid typos they will occasionally occur.

dxhound2005

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I don't have the exact date as believe it or not I don't wait by the phone for a twitter update from Simon Coveney but it's definitely in the last 2 months. He was called out on it by a DUP (from memory, but definitely a Nordie) member and changed it. Said DUP person referred to him as such (DPM) and was corrected by someone from Young Fine Gael (from Meath if memory serves me correctly) "we don't have a DPM in Ireland, we have a Tánaiste". Said DUP member then promptly showed Coveney's Twitter handle and alas, the word "Tánaiste" was visibly absent, and said "that's what Coveney refers to himself as" (or words to that effect). Obviously someone had a word with Simon as it was added VERY quickly after this (same or next day). I'm walking my dogs right now and on the phone only so can't provide full links but I'm sure you'll find it fairly easily if you look. They should have told him to remove DPM completely IMO.

I'm not making any of this up, you can check for yourself.

BTW, for someone who claimed not to be a fan, you're certainly putting up quite a defence.

Apologies for the incorrect spelling of "recently" in my earlier post; as I said I'm walking the dogs and on the phone, though I try and avoid typos they will occasionally occur.

You're mixing me up with someone else. I never claimed to be anything.

I can't check it, not being on Twitter. I can find zero on Google to support any of what you claim. Any searches for Coveney Twitter always shows Tánaiste.

All our recent holders of the position are on Google as Deputy Prime Minister, e.g. Fitzgerald, Burton, Cowen, Gilmore. Why is it not OK for the current office holder to use it?

ButtersSuki

dxhound2005 wrote: »

You're mixing me up with someone else. I never claimed to be anything.

I can't check it, not being on Twitter. I can find zero on Google to support any of what you claim. Any searches for Coveney Twitter always shows Tánaiste.

All our recent holders of the position are on Google as Deputy Prime Minister, e.g. Fitzgerald, Burton, Cowen, Gilmore. Why is it not OK for the current office holder to use it?

Apologies, it a someone else who said they weren’t a fan. I assumed it was a continuation of that conversation.

There’s a big difference between google (a global org.) and an Irish incumbent describing it as such, surely you can see that? Can you show me one example of where any of the parties you’ve named described themselves (not google, not the British/foreign press etc.) as such? I suspect you’ll find they referred to themselves as “Tánaiste”.

I didn’t make up what I stated about the Young FG’er and the Nordie btw - it’s there somewhere. You’re hardly suggesting I did are you? That would be a massive concoction that could be very easily disproved - why would I bother? Btw, this was mentioned on da lahv lahn thread at the time. I’m sure if it wasn’t Friday night and the thread wasn’t dead someone would confirm same.