No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Danzy · 23-07-2023 11:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888471#Comment_120888471

He was probably sick of the job, wanted to promote his book and created a stunt on which to resign over, on principal of course.

Next week he calls out the boy scouts for glorifying war.

Dozer1 · 23-07-2023 11:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120887746#Comment_120887746

Thanks Patsy some atmosphere in croker today disappointing to see the size of the kilkenny crowd today thought it was at least 2 thirds Limerick. Some team a credit to the county

tanko · 23-07-2023 11:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888799#Comment_120888799

Was there any tickets to be got before the match, was half thinking of heading up this morning to see could i get one.

23-07-2023 11:52PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888791#Comment_120888791

I think I've annoyed some ahem "far left" people on twitter tonight.

23-07-2023 11:56PM

The DUP comparison popped into my head too, reading that thread about a farmer's political party here from a few months ago.

whelan2 · 24-07-2023 06:04AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888240#Comment_120888240

My brother set up a couple of cheap cameras at my parents house. They go straight to my mam's phone

Say my name · 24-07-2023 08:19AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888826#Comment_120888826

A bit sickening all the same to see the support from those who should know better praising him for his actions and doubling down on calling farmer orgs far right. The gulf in separation they want from farmers is troublesome.

I'll gaze into my crystal ball again.

He was publicly calling for financial support for Irish Wildlife Trust a short while back. My guess is he found investors but investors for himself and his own anti farmer organisation with himself as dictator head leading this.

Siamsa Sessions · 24-07-2023 09:02AM

These lads care about the environment - that's how they start out.

But then the likes of RTE and the Irish Times give them a platform, and it becomes a paying gig. When you trade on controversy and drama thou, you need to keep ramping up the blood and gore and there's only so far you can go before you 'jump the shark'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark

That guy ran out of ideas on how to get the media to listen, so he started talking about right-wing conspiracies. Gibbons will be talking about aliens, Communists, or the Real-IRA soon.

Say my name · 24-07-2023 09:42AM

Another interesting titbit is the farmer's journal picture of Padraig is him with a number 2 haircut all over and thick rimmed glasses.

His supporters have his own media picture of him with no glasses and a barber's haircut.

Re the RTE and IT. RTE were told as part of their funding model that more environmental items had to be included. Catherine Martin, Green Party is the government minister for the RTE department.

If you were to ask Newstalk who Padraig Fogarty is. They'd reply. Who.? Hasn't been on their radar one bit.

24-07-2023 10:56AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120889163#Comment_120889163

One benefit to it is knowing who's who now.

What's sickening to me is how well, yep I'm going there again, James Rebanks and Caroline Grindrod work together. It should be an inspirational model, instead of the socialist control sit down peasant we know best model prevalent here.

Dozer1 · 24-07-2023 01:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888819#Comment_120888819

there were a few floating around outside Croke Park anyway, if you only wanted 1 it would have bee handy enough gotten.

wrangler · 24-07-2023 01:38PM

It must be due to karma that those that are flying to Greece at the moment are suffering the effects of Climate Change

whelan2 · 24-07-2023 01:41PM

Why would you still go ahead with your holiday, was someone complaining the other day about their hotel was burnt to the ground when they arrived

Tonynewholland · 24-07-2023 01:49PM

Pippa wants all farms to follow derogation rules.

carrollsno1 · 24-07-2023 05:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120890448#Comment_120890448

Like the brits in Spain i think it was at the start of the pandemic. Amazed when they landes over to be told to stay indoors it was as if they thought they were exempt from all the guidelines and they only applied to the locals.

whelan2 · 24-07-2023 07:16PM

A neighbour is just back from Rhodes. Torture. 45 degrees. Couldn't really go out until after 9 pm and then you had to eat outside. Very badly sunburnt. Tiny airport queueing for ages to check in etc in the heat.

Say my name · 24-07-2023 09:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120890498#Comment_120890498

Twitter is greatest gift and bane to Ireland.

Sadbh O Neil a former advisor to the Green Party and with 30 years experience of climate policy and go to commentator on environment for radio stations stated in a tweet that human sewage flows into rivers don't add nitrates to the waterways. When she was questioned on this she blocked farmers and deleted the tweet. Farmers know these things. When you're stuck behind a desk in a city and believe in your own self importance then you become gullible to local government authorities.

Anyway..🙄😆

Packrat · 24-07-2023 11:05PM

Those 3 mentioned need a good dose of climate change themselves. Sadbh o Neill, John Gibbons and Padraig Fogarty.

Anyone know if John Gibbons is related to the other farmer hater Michael Gibbons (archeological explorer) who is constantly re-educating the public that all farmers destroy every national monument on their land?

Birdnuts · 24-07-2023 11:51PM

Clucking bell - just seen a stat on Twitter saying in the period 2008-19 the consumption of beef in the UK fell 30% and lamb 50%!! Not surprising that UK sheep farmers are in even bigger dire straights then here with the Tory government signing deals with NZ for more lamb imports, likely hit prices here too with the border trade in NI:(

Danzy · 24-07-2023 11:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120892249#Comment_120892249

The only crowd signing worse deals for farmers than the Tory Party are the EU Commission.

Beef but especially Sheep.

_Brian · 25-07-2023 10:14AM

Anyone else trying for Coldplay tickets online.

not sure if internet connection makes any difference but sitting along a back road in the arse of Cavan with one bar reception isn’t filling me with confidence.

I’ve never bought on Ticketmaster before, I’m in the “Lobby”, that’s before the waiting room, before the que to get into the shop.

I think the last concert tickets I bought I had to go to multisound in Cavan, that was for Meatloaf in the Oasis !!

internet connection wasn’t so much a problem back then

roosterman71 · 25-07-2023 10:36AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120891838#Comment_120891838

Holly Cairns has weighed in behind Fogarty now

https://www.thejournal.ie/irish-wildlife-trust-padraic-fogarty-6127051-Jul2023/

Lime Tree Farm · 25-07-2023 11:00AM

You'd wonder do these crowd ever get away from the keyboard and travel down the country, even they couldn't miss but see how green and lush the overgrown countryside is.

Say my name · 25-07-2023 11:35AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120893284#Comment_120893284

Showing herself to be anti dairy more than pro wildlife.

I'm dairy and in dero and I've more wildlife than most. People like that should be called out for holding grudges against dairy farming. The farm where she grew up on used to be milking cows and then got out as claimed they couldn't make a living from it. Since then she seems to hold a grudge against those that stayed in milk and modernised or invested in the farm.

Siamsa Sessions · 25-07-2023 11:40AM

From Twitter

cal naughton · 25-07-2023 01:02PM

Holly Cairns will be doing very well to be re elected the next time. Being party leader of the soc dems she has to be seen to stick it to the farmer by her urban party voters but unfortunately for her she is in a constituency where a lot of jobs depends on agri.

It's a tight three seater. Michael Collins will romp home again. Chris O'Sullivan is making a big play with farmers down there and sinn Fein won't do as badly as last time and Clare O'Callaghan for them is also making a big agri play.