The emergence of "Zombie" by The Cranberries as an Irish sporting anthem

In last election I voted for a SF guy who was working hard in the local area, but after the clowns like yourself and other SF supporters complaining about an Irish song being sang at rugby national game for enjoyment by a stadium full of people having a good time, and having sang the same song in the aviva at a Munster game with the kids at half time to get the fans behind the team. There is one thing for certain no SF vote in this household next election and a lot more Irish fans will do the same, now have to go and get west Brit put on my Munster jersey. Seen this is what shinners think all rugby supporters are.

It is certainly not an issue for an inclusive 32 county team. It is only an issue for those who may be opposed to such inclusivity.

The more i look at it, the more i think this whole targeting of the song was a planned and coordinated attack by certain elements which has spectacularly backfired.

If that's what you want to call it and it stops your phoney outrage great 👍

“The Miami Showband massacre was an attempt by the British Army and the UVF to kill all the members of the popular Irish showband by placing a bomb inside their van.”

There’s one example. Colour you shocked.

I have to 100% agree with the first sentence here. They IRA did not act in the name of all Irish people on the island of Ireland.

Most Irish people in the south stuck their fingers in their ears and whistled Dixie whilst Irish people in the North were murdered, burnt out of their homes and treated like blacks under the Jim Crow laws. They just didn’t care about them. Easier to turn a blind eye than risk having to do anything to help.

Thomas James Clarke

Born on the Isle of Wight in 1857, Clarke’s father was a soldier in the British army. During his time in America as a young man, he joined Clann na nGael, later enduring fifteen years of penal servitude for his role in a bombing campaign in London, 1883-1898.

The first bombs of the Dynamite War were planted in London in October, causing explosions on the London Underground near Praed Street (now Paddington) and Charing Cross stations. Over 70 people were injured. In February 1884 a small explosion in the cloakroom of Victoria Station in London injured seven people and several unexploded devices were discovered at Charing Cross, Paddington and Ludgate Hill stations. In May bombs were thrown into two London clubs, there was a failed attack on Scotland Yard and dynamite was discovered at the base of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square. In December 1884 Lomasney was killed when the bomb he planted at London Bridge exploded prematurely. With the exception of the attack on Scotland Yard (which housed the Special Irish Branch, established in 1884 to investigate the dynamiters), it could hardly be claimed that the targets were either military or political. The dynamite war targets included train and Underground stations – public spaces where the death or injury of civilians was extremely likely – and would today be described as terrorist in nature. It is difficult to argue that, assuming the bombs exploded, the dynamite war would not result in significant civilian casualties.

How many people do you think are aware of the interviews Dolores gave about the song after it's release, explaining that while it was written in reaction to Warrington, for her it represented a wider anti-violence message, while understanding and accepting that nuanced distinction?

And that's only trying to understand the intentions behind the song, it's a powerful, angry, confrontational song (and great for it) of course it could be used to portray all sorts of messages.

40,000 people were singing it for a singalong at a rugby match ffs.

Maybe you genuinely do think everyone must have attached the same singular meaning and understanding to it as yourself, if you're not just trying to be outraged that is.

Meanwhile, most people just don't want these politics coming into sports.

It lessens it for everyone if they are, can you not see that?

Thats still 1.9m. Again, most. Maths not a strong point? And pensioners just lose interest in sports?? Haha

Talking about your right to ridicule people's opinions is hardly the language of inclusivity is it?

F**k the outrage merchants, enjoy the sport. 👍

Phase 1 of operation shutdown has begun.

Just randomly start to accuse every poster of being 'outraged'

Hang on, are you not one of the “outrage merchants”, yourself?

As far as I can make out Megaman is not offended by the singing of the song himself but is offended on behalf of nameless others who may be offended by the singing of the song. Have I got this right?

British Ministry of Defence documents released in 2020 contain suggestions that British Army officer and member of 14th Intelligence Company, Captain Robert Nairac acquired equipment and uniforms for the Miami Showband killers, and that he was responsible for the planning and execution of the attack itself.