Ireland to face EU checks on goods entering the Single Market: BERTIE

He talks more sense that the majority of cranks here.

Well if it's coming from the fella who says he had no bank account while minister for finance and won all his extra cash on the horses then it must be true.

Hello Brussels, this is Dublin here, dont even think of throwing us under the bus , if you do we are restoring full trade with Russia and getting cheap oil and gas, you dont back us up, then we own you no loyalty, we will look out for ourselves as you freeze this winter.

Thanks in advance for your support on this issue.

If the EU does not support us fully on this issue, well then we should no longer play nice, block the EU in their fast tracking of new members into the EU, buy Russian oil and gas, go from the teachers pet of the EU to problem child over night, go all out, create a special economic zone for China, naturally we will do everything to ensure none of these Chinese goods avoid import taxes are they are shipped onward to the EU.

EU puts a border on the north they show us how they really regard Ireland, no more friendly paddy, we bleed them dry for every cent we can get, bend every rule and break the spirit of every law, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, mother Ireland should remind them of how true this is.

Never going to happen.

The main parties here are not just supportive of the EU "project" but servile to it. Just look at the response to the Ukraine situation regardless of the impact it's starting to have here on already serious and worsening domestic issues.

Far from being a major player as our politicians like to suggest, we are merely a convenient pawn as the EU leadership try to ensure that Brexit is a failure so as to deter other member nations from leaving the club.

In the same way, Ireland was railroaded into a bailout during the financial crisis by the ECB because it suited EU interests.

We have far more in common with the UK than we do with the rest of the EU than some like to admit, and the effects of this EU-UK spat will hit us far more seriously, but that certainly doesn't matter to those in Brussels or their sycophants in Leinster House

The best outcome of all this is the public see the current politicians in Ireland are not fit for purpose and hopefully new blood and new parties enter the political landscape. Politicians that put Ireland first , the current ones are happy with a slap on the back and an atta boy from the EU, its pathetic.

I dont think anyone believes this economy is not going to crash, the Russian threat be it real or perceived has changed the EU position on Brexit, the EU wont now be so hard on the UK , we will be sacrificed to ensure UK is happy fighting for EU countries if push comes to shove.

Spending 4 years trying to negotiate an unworkable deal, constantly changing their minds and ultimately signing what they considered was a great deal, only to completely break the deal after 2 years would see no country deal with them, unless absolutely desperate, or completely to their advantage. it has nothing to do with rhetoric or hoping. What's the point in doing any deals with a country that breaks the deal within 2 years (especially for no other reason than they always intended to break the deal)???

No it won't. It will be the UK. TEH EU didn't vote for Brexit, nor did it do any deal with the UK that would result in a border. I really don't know why people trot this line out.

But the UK has not intervened in Ukraine??? Nobody has, nor will anybody. No country will intervene in a war with a nuclear state. The UK, along with most western countries has offered support to the Ukraine, and placed sanctions on Russia, but that is as far as it can go.

I'm not sure what any of this even means. But I can assure you, nobody in the EU/US regards the UK as "smelling of roses".

I have no idea how you interpreted my post as suggesting the UK would be sanctioned?

As for training, as my post said, the UK, along with many western countries are supporting Ukraine. But they have not, nor will not intervene. Nor will any country.

Training is not intervention. Throughout the second half of the 20th century, both the soviets and western countries engaged in countless wars. But the rule was simple - once one side is in, the other does not intervene. They support via financial aid and military aid (supplying weapons, training and advise), but never intervene. Intervention equals nuclear holocaust. Everyone knows it, and every ones knows the rules. After a brief respite in the 90's, in the Cold War pt2, Russia has not intervened in any conflict where western troops are fighting, and western countries have not intervened in countries where Russia is fighting. And that will continue throughout the Ukraine war and in the wars that come after.