FrancieBrady wrote: » It abundantly clear that these lads will cling to 'one' funeral for as long as they can. It's all they have left to promote their own party - concentrate on the failings of another party and totally ignore failings elsewhere. the long and short of it is, everyone in every sphere right up to EU commissioner level have made mistakes with the regs.
blanch152 wrote: » He wrote every word himself, and will only share it with Paschal five minutes before it is delivered. He is making Martin wait until he hears it.
titan18 wrote: » Varadkar announcing loads on his twitter before O'Donoghue or McGrath have announced it themselves. He really fcuking annoys me.
McMurphy wrote: » And the Garda funeral that took place bang on in the middle of the Lockdown whatever about the shinners ill thought out funeral, at least the Shinners took place when lockdown was lifted?
McMurphy wrote: » No I wasn't asking if you were, I was specifically referring to this part. Do you think that the funeral of Garda Horkan, could have resulted in any "apathy down here"?
jmayo wrote: » Hey sunshine Garda Horkan's funeral was in Charlestown Co. Mayo. Are there massive number of cases in Mayo ? And how many politicians of the major parties attended that funeral ? Most of the crowd were locals, people that lived with, grew up and played sport with Garda Horkan and his family, The rest were Garda and a lot of Garda around the country held commeration services at their local stations. And having sadly seen another Garda State funeral in the town next door, the number of Garda attending Garda Horkan's funeral was way way lower than it would have been but for covid. So give it a fooking rest with trying to equate his funeral with that of Storey where you had the entire sinn fein party on top of each other.
blanch152 wrote: » Our rates are up because of the overflow from the North. Furthermore, they are still far behind the North. Michelle O'Neill is putting the whole island in trouble. Geographically we live on one island. Politically, there are two countries on this island. Which bit of that do you not understand?
Bowie wrote: » The two countries part.Boss, you were giving out about the 'government' in the north causing high covid rates, now we're seeing it the other side of the border you are blaming people from the north coming down. It's comedy stuff. IMO, MON's idea of an all island coordinated quarantine makes sense when you look at the border as compared to being on an island. Do you disagree? If so, why? This is how discussion works by the way.
Nobotty wrote: » I can see why you are getting a reputation for the anti leo posts,Even I'm starting to notice it
Bowie wrote: » The two countries part. Boss, you were giving out about the 'government' in the north causing high covid rates, now we're seeing it the other side of the border you are blaming people from the north coming down. It's comedy stuff. IMO, MON's idea of an all island coordinated quarantine makes sense when you look at the border as compared to being on an island. Do you disagree? If so, why? This is how discussion works by the way.
blanch152 wrote: » This is exactly the hypocrisy at play from the terrorism apologists. You get posters saying that our government is terrible and has let the country down by not imposing Level 5, when at the same time, their party is running with less restrictions and higher cases and is blameless!!
blanch152 wrote: » No, I have said that the government down here must be performing relatively better than the government in the North, because the figures are lower, absent any other reason. That does not mean they are blameless. But it does mean that any criticism from a Sinn Fein perspective must be considered in the above context.
Bowie wrote: » That's what he does. He must be horrible to deal with professionally.
McMurphy wrote: » If Donnelly and Martin did indeed purposely leave him out of the loop about NPHET wanting us to jump to level five, you can make a fairly reasonable assumption why tbh.
McMurphy wrote: » Just because you keep repeating it doesn't make it so blanch. Announced June 25th - to commence on 29th of June. Bobby Storeys funeral was June 30th.https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0630/1150536-bobby-storey-funeral/ Now, Unless you have a source that the regulations were changed on July 1st (the day after his funeral) in the north, I'd suggest you stop fooling no-one else but yourself.
McMurphy wrote: » The bizarre thing with blanch is - he's already been over this with me - me knows fine well Lockdown restrictions were lifted north and south at the same time in June, and when I already pointed this out to him, he tried another lie - that being that "all but essential travel was banned" - Lockdown restrictions being lifted meant just that. It was during the Lockdown that all but essential travel was banned. But sure when has the truth ever mattered to blanch when he's trying to score a shinner point. This is what you're dealing with on these threads.
blanch152 wrote: » Just to put you back in your box of gifs, I'll respond this time, with a link from the BBC:https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-53305886 "Churches said they were told the changes announced by the executive on Monday did not extend to indoor services, putting a question mark over Michelle O'Neill's attendance at the requiem mass for Mr Storey. New guidance on funeral services was not officially changed on the Department of Health's website until Thursday night - two days after Mr Storey's funeral." Put that in your pipe and smoke it. I will say that Francie is right on one thing - lots of people right up to EU commissioner level have made mistakes with the regs - but if you are in Sinn Fein, you don't apologise, you don't resign. A different party to all the rest.
Brendan Bendar wrote: » NI is up in a heap now, out of control. That’s what happens when a bunch of populists are given a bit of power. No hard decisions, just promise nirvana to everyone. No wonder they have no chance of forming a govt down South.
grayzer75 wrote: » Every party is involved in governing the north. The heap you refer to is the track, trace and test process - they are doing a lot more testing than the south and hence finding more cases. They are meeting today relating to implementing a 'circuit breaker' lockdown on the advice of the experts who they are listening to unlike Leo The Liar.
McMurphy wrote: » Keep up Blanch, I never mentioned "indoor funeral restrictions" this is another argument you invented and now wish to run with lol , I mentioned lockdowns being lifted, meaning people were free to travel to any other point on the island they seen fit. Besides, you have been harping on for long enough now that "it wasn't a funeral" - now it is? Is your real name Felipe Fillop?
blanch152 wrote: » When the lockdown was lifted, people weren't free to travel anywhere on the island to do anything they wanted. The advice was still to avoid unnecessary travel. There were still restrictions on gathering, breached in the case of the Storey political rally. You are getting more desperate in your defence. Look at Sinn Fein, they didn't breach this technical point of one of the restrictions, so everything is fine, even though they breached hundreds of other ones. Give up on this one, the funeral broke the regulations, the politicians attending should follow the example of Golfgate and resign.
1. Travel anywhere in Ireland One of the biggest changes will be the removal of all travel restrictions within Ireland, as the "stay local" advice has been discarded. This means you can visit anywhere in the country. However, the Government is still advising against all non-essential travel outside of Ireland, for now. Passengers arriving here from overseas will also still be required to self-isolate for 14 days
Brendan Bendar wrote: » Correct and right Blanch, these lads will dance on the head of a pin for months eventually trying to tire one out. Well done for putting them in their box.
