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Irish flag to be taken down over Leinster house

  • 28-06-2019 10:11AM
    #1
    robertpatterson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 934 ✭✭✭


    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 .


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  • #2
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,971 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #3
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Are you from Northern Ireland, OP?


  • #4
    D3V!L
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,719 ✭✭✭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.


  • #5
    amcalester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭amcalester


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


  • #6
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


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


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  • #7
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


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


  • #8
    The Satanist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 686 ✭✭✭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?


  • #9
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,266 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Write a strongly worded letter OP, someone might care.


  • #10
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,266 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Autecher wrote: »
    Who gives a shít, it just polyester. It means nothing.

    Probably made in China too.


  • #11
    elfy4eva
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭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


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  • #12
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    Leave the flegs alone...


  • #13
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 28,401 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    robertpatterson wrote: »
    It's been reported . . .
    Where?


  • #14
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,956 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #15
    salmocab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,215 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #16
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Peregrinus wrote: »
    Where?

    Taxi Driver Weekly.


  • #17
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,263 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    April Fools Day was a whopping 89 days ago.


  • #18
    cgcsb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,598 ✭✭✭✭cgcsb


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


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,094 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


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


  • #20
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #21
    Bob Harris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭Bob Harris


    robertpatterson wrote: »
    It's been reported...
    Peregrinus wrote: »
    Where?

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


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  • #22
    joe40
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,851 ✭✭✭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.


  • #23
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,208 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


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


  • #24
    cgcsb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,598 ✭✭✭✭cgcsb


    here's a link

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


  • #25
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭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!


  • #26
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,778 ✭✭✭✭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.

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue



  • #27
    robertpatterson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 934 ✭✭✭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


  • #28
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,956 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #29
    Bob Harris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭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?


  • #30
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 28,401 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #31
    locum-motion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,144 ✭✭✭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!


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