Brendan Bendar wrote: » Were they up from Dublin Francie.
JohnnyFlash wrote: » You’ll never be happy with any sort of politics, politicians, or the establishment. You’re like that Gene Kerrigan dude on the back of the Sindo. Unrelenting negativity from one end of the decade to the other. All the problems and none of the answers. Easiest thing in the world to do. County hurling is proper stuff though, dude. The idea you think SF would do any better it laughable. They are politically incompetent. A party of simple populism and vague left wing sloganeering that appeals to people who aren’t the sharpest knives in the block. Fisher Price Politics.
markodaly wrote: » Ah so, SF didnt do anything wrong per say, it was that they misjudged the mood. Right so.... even though the rules defined in NI for funerals were clearly and utterly broken.... Spin away.
Muahahaha wrote: » Any sign of Varadkar or has he gone into hiding. He is the leader of a party who drove a coach and horses through six months of public health policy and yet he has been invisible in the media today, instead trying to hide behind a tweet. Thats not leadership, it cowardice. You would think that after he led Fine Gael to their second worst ever election result he would at least try to up his leadership game but its seems not, he is back in hiding again. People are fuming at FFG and rightly so. Millions of people took these restrictions seriously yet our betters in FFG think they are above them. The government have zero credibility on asking people to restrict their movements and already you can see on the Kildare thread people openly saying they are done with the lockdown because of what FFG done. If the cases keep going up and up now it is pretty obvious which parties are to blame, they've lost the trust of the public now and its all their own doing.
McMurphy wrote: » Except they weren't, see here Does an exception not mean what I think it means, or is blanch "spinning"
tobsey wrote: » An exception was granted because the authorities didn’t want another main shopping street bombed.
Decent people know that an exception shouldn’t have been asked for or relied upon by elected officials.
tobsey wrote: » An exception was granted because the authorities didn’t want another main shopping street bombed. Decent people know that an exception shouldn’t have been asked for or relied upon by elected officials.
satguy wrote: » The Garda driver that got them through the checkpoints should be sacked,, also his superior officer should be sacked also.. They asked us to stop calling them "Pigs" ,, maybe they should meet us half way ???
Bowie wrote: » I don't think Garda Horkan's family deserve such bile or the family of any deceased despite your politics.
christy c wrote: » That post clearly wasn't about the Garda. We see the SF fans telling us that the Garda funeral was not highlighted out of respect, yet he is dragged up any time it is convenient.
McMurphy wrote: » Repeat after me. No-one in the state seemed to have minded about the social distancing measures being flouted at a Gardas funeral out of empathy and respect for the deceased and his family. The shinners are equally as guilty of flouting the same social distancing guidelines at times too. The only reason it's brought up at all is to point out that the virus didn't care or know whom the deceased is, and what political allegiance the mourners had. Go.
FrancieBrady wrote: » Not at the time of the funeral or after it. Nobody any where complained about the Garda's funeral. Why? Out of simple common decency and empathy.
christy c wrote: » Your arrogance on display here again. It was brought up in the post I quoted for point scoring purposes.
FrancieBrady wrote: » What is being pointed out is the hypocrisy. Nobody...including SF, complained or said anything about the clear and obvious breaches of regs at the Garda's funeral. They didn't for a reason. Simple as. A funeral is not the same thing as a 2 day golf jamboree for select members of the state. It is not the same as a TD or public rep individually breaking a regulation either. There is a wider implication here and that is what the intense and, as far as I can see, undiminished anger is about.
christy c wrote: » Look, if yourself and fellow supporters had so much empathy, you would not be dragging his name in whenever convenient. You can defend SF without dragging up a murdered Garda when it suits.
JohnnyFlash wrote: » Less of the personals please, dude. This is a Senate of debate and argument, not a place for you and your ilk to abuse people and engage in the dark arts. I will admit I’m an extremely intelligent man, dude. FG does tend to attract people of above average intelligence. It’s a good fit. That seems to annoy the sort of people who spend their lives trying to defend the deep abnormality of SF as a political entity. Lot of anger out there, dude.
Yurt! wrote: » Oh yes, I forgot. Anger dude. You display none of it insulting all and sundry day-in day-out. Not at all. I have no doubt you were top of the class in whatever elite playpen produced you and your mammy says your great. Keep it groovy broski
McMurphy wrote: » Arrogance is: Firstly trying to imply lockdown measures were broken - that was proven to be a lie. Hide behind social distancing guidelines being flouted, and when pointed out that so too were the mourners at Garda Horkans funeral initially the excuse was "dead public servant something something dead IRA man" (we have covered how the virus doesn't care) The latest avenue people wanted to go down was that some rules were broken, and bizzarely in the same post link to how an exception was made for Storeys funeral. Last I heard the tin foil hat section of FG believe it was under the threat of "being bombed" and the other half use the utter, utter arrogant line of "decent folk wouldn't even ask for an exception" (golf gate) Have another go please Christy.
