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The wondrous adventures of Sinn Fein (part 3) Mod Notes and Threadbanned List in OP

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Part 1 here
Part 2 here

All mod warnings from part 1 remain in effect

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If you want to discuss your threadban feel free to PM the banning mod (or myself if you can't remember who that is and I'll point you in the right direction).

The topic is SF, not other political parties or politicians from other parties

Final warning - permanent threadbans for any posters trying to make it a discussion of other parties (where there are already active threads running for most of them)

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[Deleted User]

Be nice to see who he wrote about. Phoenix has always tended to save their nastiest and most petty ‘profiles’ for former Stickies, Sunday Independent journalists (lots of former Stickies worked there), and FG politicians. There’s a much more juicy story about Eoin brewing, but this isn’t the thread for it.

James Brown

blanch152 wrote: »

Just wondering where the new transparency that Sinn Fein go on and on about has disappeared to in such a short time.

Japers, that's poor.

blanch152

skimpydoo wrote: »

I never said I was Eoin O'Broin, I just happen to know how Phoenix works having written for them.

If you are going to dismiss someone who has actually written for Phoenix. Who will you not dismiss?

Just wondering where the new transparency that Sinn Fein go on and on about has disappeared to in such a short time.

skimpydoo

blanch152 wrote: »

We don't think you are Eoin O'Broin though.

Media manipulation is not a good look, Sinn Fein are buried deep in it.

I never said I was Eoin O'Broin, I just happen to know how Phoenix works having written for them.

If you are going to dismiss someone who has actually written for Phoenix. Who will you not dismiss?

jm08

blanch152 wrote: »

We don't think you are Eoin O'Broin though.

Media manipulation is not a good look, Sinn Fein are buried deep in it.

I think you might be quite shocked at the pillars of society that provide info to Phoenix! Thats what it does - gets the inside track by providing anonymity.

blanch152

skimpydoo wrote: »

I wrote an article for Phoenix Magazine in 2018 and I had no byline. The only articles with Phoenix that have a byline are the ones attributed to Goldhawk.

We don't think you are Eoin O'Broin though.

Media manipulation is not a good look, Sinn Fein are buried deep in it.

blanch152

end of the road wrote: »

they don't, but they do want to insure they will actually be able to pay them.
nobody is protected from paying debts, but it is important that they will be able to afford them and pay them, hence the protections having to remain.

Sorry, let's be clear on this.

The Government have intervened to ensure that anyone losing income because of Covid won't be evicted. That is the correct thing to do to protect people affected by the pandemic.

Sinn Fein want to extend this protection to those unaffected by Covid, who have the income they always had, but just don't want to pay rent. It is as simple as that.

maccored

Deleted User wrote: »

Of course Gerry Adams wrote under the pseudonym Brownie during the 70's. It's where he once let slip that he was in the PIRA, a claim he has since denied.

brownie was a few different people afaik - plus as a character was meant to represent an IRA prisoner.

a very cool kid

NovemberWren wrote: »

@ a very cool kid.

This has everything to do with protecting second-house Investors and millionaire Landlords, who are FF,FG, and their unctious allies SF.

It is way time that the Local Council named the Housing List what it really is: The Millionaires List.

What's this now?

skimpydoo

Colonel Claptrap wrote: »

It appears Eoin O Broin did a Roy Greenslade and wrote unbylined pieces for The Phoenix magazine.

Not a good look.

For a party that holds mainstream media in such contempt, they seem more than happy to get paid for writing articles. As long as the author's real name is hidden of course.

I wrote an article for Phoenix Magazine in 2018 and I had no byline. The only articles with Phoenix that have a byline are the ones attributed to Goldhawk.

NovemberWren

@ a very cool kid.

This has everything to do with protecting second-house Investors and millionaire Landlords, who are FF,FG, and their unctious allies SF.

It is way time that the Local Council named the Housing List what it really is: The Millionaires List.

[Deleted User]

Be interesting to see who he wrote about. Phoneix Magazine has never been much more than a niche publication ran under the stewardship of one-time Provo sympathiser and SF supporter, Paddy Prenderville. It's why it's always ignored and has such a small circulation. Even so, Eoin is not a fan of anonymous 'journalism', so it would be good if he could clear up who he wrote about. It's unusual that he cannot remember to be honest. Hopefully it wasn't one of those hatchet pieces the magazine has become known for....

Of course Gerry Adams wrote under the pseudonym Brownie during the 70's. It's where he once let slip that he was in the PIRA, a claim he has since denied.

Fann Linn

Colonel Claptrap wrote: »

It appears Eoin O Broin did a Roy Greenslade and wrote unbylined pieces for The Phoenix magazine.

Not a good look.

For a party that holds mainstream media in such contempt, they seem more than happy to get paid for writing articles. As long as the author's real name is hidden of course.

He wrote 2 articles between 2007 & 2010 according to your article.
Never even heard of O'Broin then, apparently he was a councillor in NI.
Come to think of it, I don't think I could name my local councillor here from 11 years ago.

end of the road

blanch152 wrote: »

It seems to be saying that the government have extended eviction restrictions for those on reduced income because of Covid or on the PUP. That is the right thing to do.

However, those still earning their usual income will no longer be protected. Why does Sinn Fein want to protect the better-off from paying their debts?

they don't, but they do want to insure they will actually be able to pay them.
nobody is protected from paying debts, but it is important that they will be able to afford them and pay them, hence the protections having to remain.

Bubbaclaus

Mad_maxx wrote: »

so whats the answer , ban eviction outright ?

It's a nice idealic and I'm sure quite popular answer, but fails to consider all the knock on consequences that a permanent eviction ban would bring.

Mad_maxx

James Brown wrote: »

Because if you get evicted you are vulnerable to homelessness, (and being labeled a chancer). There is a direct link between tax paying renters being evicted and homeless rates.
More business for the government cronies but not a great deal with the tax payer expected to pick up any slack.

so whats the answer , ban eviction outright ?

Colonel Claptrap

It appears Eoin O Broin did a Roy Greenslade and wrote unbylined pieces for The Phoenix magazine.

Not a good look.

For a party that holds mainstream media in such contempt, they seem more than happy to get paid for writing articles. As long as the author's real name is hidden of course.

James Brown

blanch152 wrote: »

It seems to be saying that the government have extended eviction restrictions for those on reduced income because of Covid or on the PUP. That is the right thing to do.

However, those still earning their usual income will no longer be protected. Why does Sinn Fein want to protect the better-off from paying their debts?

Because if you get evicted you are vulnerable to homelessness, (and being labeled a chancer). There is a direct link between tax paying renters being evicted and homeless rates.
More business for the government cronies but not a great deal with the tax payer expected to pick up any slack.

blanch152

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Another Twitter dump

It seems to be saying that the government have extended eviction restrictions for those on reduced income because of Covid or on the PUP. That is the right thing to do.

However, those still earning their usual income will no longer be protected. Why does Sinn Fein want to protect the better-off from paying their debts?

Brendan Bendar

Another Twitter dump

a very cool kid

https://twitter.com/loreillysf/status/1375120908478742528?s=19

https://twitter.com/adrianshanahan/status/1375226097168695299?s=09

Stay classy

Fionn1952

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Mod

While ways of life have a link to Sinn Fein & their operation.

Can we get back more on topic.

I have used the paint for the kerbs to draw a line here.

But what colour was the paint, Ted?

I'm only teasing, point taken and topic dropped.

Ted_YNWA

Mod

While ways of life have a link to Sinn Fein & their operation.

Can we get back more on topic.

I have used the paint for the kerbs to draw a line here.

Fionn1952

jh79 wrote: »

Given it was 94 the memory is shaky. I dunno if it was within a mile of Island Discs but I definitely seen some.

Why would I make it up? I could easily get examples from google of sectarianism in NI. That just happens to be something i saw.

There are two spots in the entirety of Enniskillen you'd see painted kerbstones even in the 90s, both are estates, one is Coleshill and the other Chanterhill, neither of which someone is likely to have come across on a random dander around the town. Nowhere in the town centre itself was there a single kerbstone painted.

I'm not saying you're making it up, I'm saying either you were out rolling about a few dodgy estates or you're mixing it up with another town.

As for the lad missing a leg, around that time period I suspect I know who it was, and if I'm correct it was a motorbike accident. Not really in line with the portrait you were painting,

FrancieBrady

jh79 wrote: »

Why would I make it up?

Because you were trying to make a case for nobody investing in the place. It is called 'exaggerating' and 'cliché'.

[Deleted User]

Fionn1952 wrote: »

So it was one person missing a leg, that could've been for any reason at all rather than, 'people on crutches missing limbs' like you first said?

And perhaps memories are shaky with the years that have passed, but you didn't see a painted kerb within a mile in any direction from Island Discs (a shop I knew very well, I got many a Rory Gallagher bootleg from it).

Like I said, plenty of spots in the North you could level that criticism at, but Enniskillen wasn't one even in the 90s.

Given it was 94 the memory is shaky. I dunno if it was within a mile of Island Discs but I definitely seen some.

Why would I make it up? I could easily get examples from google of sectarianism in NI. That just happens to be something i saw.

Fionn1952

jh79 wrote: »

Island Disc was great. Stuff you couldn't get anywhere else. Unofficial live concerts and b sides. I remember it having some sort of chain fence for queuing.

It was only a few painted kerbs and one dodgy looking Rangers fan missing a leg.

To be fair I lived in Dublin in the Celtic Tiger era. Junkies everywhere and legal drugs in the headshops. Now that was a real eye opener.

So it was one person missing a leg, that could've been for any reason at all rather than, 'people on crutches missing limbs' like you first said?

And perhaps memories are shaky with the years that have passed, but you didn't see a painted kerb within a mile in any direction from Island Discs (a shop I knew very well, I got many a Rory Gallagher bootleg from it).

Like I said, plenty of spots in the North you could level that criticism at, but Enniskillen wasn't one, even in the 90s.

[Deleted User]

Fionn1952 wrote: »

The record store was Island Discs, the leisure centre was the Lakeland Forum. Not a single painted kerbs within miles of either in '95 (or indeed any other time within my lifetime) nor was there a coterie of amputees either.

I'm not doubting that you were in Enniskillen once upon a time, I'm just saying that your assertion that you saw a rake of painted kerbs and amputees is absolute b*llocks!

Island Disc was great. Stuff you couldn't get anywhere else. Unofficial live concerts and b sides. I remember it having some sort of chain fence for queuing.

It was only a few painted kerbs and one dodgy looking Rangers fan missing a leg.

To be fair I lived in Dublin in the Celtic Tiger era. Junkies everywhere and legal drugs in the headshops. Now that was a real eye opener.

FrancieBrady

wicklowstevo wrote: »

couple of hundred years after the hatred bitterness and sectarianism at the very least

Somebody else who has never been up here much.

blanch152

Fionn1952 wrote: »

What year was this? I was under the impression you were talking about something recent.

If it was a permanent fixture, you're talking about Troubles Gates, the last one in the North was removed in 2012 from Donegall Pass in Belfast, and hadn't been used in over a decade at that point, so I presume you're going back at least twenty years.

No, this was last summer. It was very strange. Google Maps took me the same way as in the morning, but it was a dead end. Had to turn around, find a different route.