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The Tommy Tiernan Show Thread - Mod warning, see OP

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  • #5132
    FintanMcluskey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,621 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


    Lesalare wrote: »

      Sorry?

      I am Irish and I'm sick of people here mainly being full of ****e. All talk and no action.

      I'm currently doing a go fund me to help the homeless. It's like dragging blood out of a stone with a lot of people here. They all just "Like it"

      It’s very annoying when others don’t pay for your charity


    1. #5133
      dirkmeister
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,680 ✭✭✭dirkmeister


      F*ck him saying all the homeless charities


      My sister in law and her family were ran out of their home due to the scumbags next door.


      That was a house owned by a certain homeless charity.


    2. #5134
      Mad_maxx
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


      .anon. wrote: »
      Your post says more about you than about him. He's 100% genuine, even if you disagree with his Christian agenda.

      thats two opinions you confuse with facts in one post


    3. #5135
      Avalynn Big Bun
      Posts: 0 ✭ Avalynn Big Bun


      SeaFields wrote: »
      "Who do you love? .... I'm very surprised to hear you say that...."

      Look I know it's been said but he's a great interviewer.

      I really felt that.


    4. #5136
      Say Your Number
      Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,483 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


      Very atmospheric.


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    6. #5137
      appledrop
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,635 ✭✭✭appledrop


      Tonight episode not for me.

      Enjoyed the first guest but that was it.


    7. #5138
      Lesalare
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭Lesalare


      FintanMcluskey wrote: »
      It’s very annoying when others don’t pay for your charity

      Excuse me?

      My 'charity' effort of being backed by the Dublin Simon Community and the DePaul.

      What are you doing?


    8. #5139
      wetlandsboy
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭wetlandsboy


      ‘All the homeless organisations are doing a great job.’ Well, Mr McVerry, by definition are are not if they are all replicating each other and clearly not having any impact on the ‘homeless’ population.


    9. #5140
      Mental Mickey
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,669 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


      Yer one's putting me asleep


    10. #5141
      Brock Turnpike
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭Brock Turnpike


      sugarman wrote: »
      Yeah was asking myself the same thing, he had Mortician Elizabeth Oakes on last year.

      Yeah, that was the one. Cheers!


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    12. #5142
      FintanMcluskey
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,621 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


      Lesalare wrote: »
      Excuse me?

      My 'charity' effort of being backed by the Dublin Simon Community and the DePaul.

      What are you doing?

      I’ve been staying alive for nearly 40 years


    13. #5143
      take everything
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭take everything


      This is pretty good.


    14. #5144
      generalgerry
      Closed Accounts Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭generalgerry


      Mad_maxx wrote: »
      McVerry is just another poverty industry hustler

      I have a friend who lives in West Dublin. The Peter McVerry trust bought a house in their estate and moved in a family. The house is better than the house that my friend lives in, they pay f**k all for it in rent, and they are causing trouble every day while my friend is at work (and they are at home not working).

      This is seen as social justice in modern Ireland.


    15. #5145
      mr.anonymous
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 481 ✭✭mr.anonymous


      Three interviews with people with purpose.

      Enjoyed it as usual, will miss this after it finishes next week.


    16. #5146
      mgn
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


      Homeless is now big business, plenty in the Peter McVerry trust do very well out of it.


    17. #5147
      Mad_maxx
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


      generalgerry wrote: »
      I have a friend who lives in West Dublin. The Peter McVerry trust bought a house in their estate and moved in a family. The house is better than the house that my friend lives in, they pay f**k all for it in rent, and they are causing trouble every day while my friend is at work (and they are at home not working).

      This is seen as social justice in modern Ireland.

      yes it is


    18. #5148
      penelope2012
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 228 ✭✭penelope2012


      Well she actually was good on that harp a change from the usual musical endings that typically end this brilliant show.


    19. #5149
      SeaFields
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,551 ✭✭✭SeaFields


      The harp is a lovely instrument. It's not too common.


    20. #5150
      .anon.
      Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


      Mad_maxx wrote: »
      thats two opinions you confuse with facts in one post

      What sort of unpleasant person describes a tireless anti-poverty campaigner, who has dedicated his entire life to helping people less fortunate than himself, as a "poverty industry hustler"? Take a look at yourself, FFS.


    21. #5151
      .anon.
      Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


      wetlandsboy wrote: »
      ‘All the homeless organisations are doing a great job.’ Well, Mr McVerry, by definition are are not if they are all replicating each other and clearly not having any impact on the ‘homeless’ population.

      They're doing as good a job as they can, but charity is never going to fix the structural problems that they deal with. Only policy can do that.


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    23. #5152
      AMKC
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
      Ms


      appledrop wrote: »
      Yes the council built huge amounts of housing in 70s and 80 etc but sure they just lead to huge social problems such as Ballymun, Finglas etc.

      Today's approach is much better in that in every new housing estate built a small portion is set aside for social housing and much better social mix.

      I am not sure it is. My sister and brother in law bought a lovely house in an estate a few years ago but had to save hard to e able to pay for it and are paying a mortgage now and since then a lot of house in the estate have been sold to the council for social housing and he was not too happy about it I can tell you. Not sure about herself. It's not too ad if the people in them are good people but what if some turn out bad. My own estate was built before them rules and had no social housing in it.
      I have a friend who has a social house from the local council and she is a really good person has a great heart but just because of a bit of misfortune and bad luck in her life she could never afford her own home. So what I am saying is not all people in social housing are bad.

      Live long and Prosper

      Peace and long life.



    24. #5153
      Lesalare
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭Lesalare


      FintanMcluskey wrote: »
      I’ve been staying alive for nearly 40 years

      And doing nothing to help others other than sprouting off ignorance and banality on Boards.

      Anyone who actively tries to help those in need should be supported.


    25. #5154
      appledrop
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,635 ✭✭✭appledrop


      AMKC yeah I know some of it hasn't worked out when council goes in and buys it all up.

      The original idea is a small amount should be social housing which ensures a mix.

      I understand people can be unlucky with neighbours but as you said we can't just say all social housing tenants are bad they are not but we can't go back to days of building large council estates like Darmdale, Ballymun etc as that has been a disaster and lead to inter-generational poverty and disadvantage.

      I grew up in working class area myself so I've seen how it goes wrong.


    26. #5155
      AMKC
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
      Ms


      I thought the song at the end was lovely.

      Live long and Prosper

      Peace and long life.



    27. #5156
      Mad_maxx
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


      .anon. wrote: »
      What sort of unpleasant person describes a tireless anti-poverty campaigner, who has dedicated his entire life to helping people less fortunate than himself, as a "poverty industry hustler"? Take a look at yourself, FFS.

      hes a lot more than you describe , he espouses a hard left political system, let him put his name on a ballot or else stay off the bloody airwaves , he has no mandate


    28. #5157
      washman3
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,646 ✭✭✭washman3


      generalgerry wrote: »
      I have a friend who lives in West Dublin. The Peter McVerry trust bought a house in their estate and moved in a family. The house is better than the house that my friend lives in, they pay f**k all for it in rent, and they are causing trouble every day while my friend is at work (and they are at home not working).

      This is seen as social justice in modern Ireland.


      And this exact scenario is now replicated in virtually every city, town and village in Ireland. Seems that ordinary decent hard-working people have no platform to air any grievances or nobody to stand up for or represent them.
      The mantra just seems to be, 'suck it up,work hard and pay your taxes and respect those that are supposedly less well off'.
      McVerry and his ilk are never challenged about this. He needs to be interviewed by someone like Niall Boylan.


    29. #5158
      Karlos77
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭Karlos77


      Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
      Found the docoumentary, it's called The Funeral Director, was on December 11th 2019 and that was a repeat of it, ffs, talk about me leaving it for a rainy day, lol.

      It was a great documentary


    30. #5159
      2nd Row Donkey
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,424 ✭✭✭✭2nd Row Donkey


      Gasping for a pint of harp after watching yer 'wan at the end there.


    31. #5160
      External Association
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭External Association


      appledrop wrote: »
      Tonight episode not for me.

      Enjoyed the first guest but that was it.

      Opposite here. First guest was a nice chap but I don't want to hear all his ins and outs.

      Funeral directors a cracking interview. I knew what to expect as I saw the documentary.

      Fr. McVerry interesting, especially no love in his life, found that bizarre.


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    33. #5161
      Church on Tuesday
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


      washman3 wrote: »
      And this exact scenario is now replicated in virtually every city, town and village in Ireland. Seems that ordinary decent hard-working people have no platform to air any grievances or nobody to stand up for or represent them.
      The mantra just seems to be, 'suck it up,work hard and pay your taxes and respect those that are supposedly less well off'.
      McVerry and his ilk are never challenged about this. He needs to be interviewed by someone like Niall Boylan.

      No thanks.


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