Gript-A source of misinformation. **Read OP before posting**

Only watching Operation Transformation and the Late Late Show is the most unrealistic bit, tbh.

But no Hollywood movies? No family in Australia/ UK/ America? Only eating bacon and cabbage, not even curry or a pizza? No modern music, or classical either? No mixing with other religions? (Ok, I'll give them that, those Protestants can't be trusted)

It's very simple, let's cut to the chase, it's part of the push for us to abandon our supposedly "backwards looking ideas of sovereignty". Imagine that.

We must replace notions of our Irish heritage and cultural awareness with the new ones that are given to our government.

So some loo-la takes a quote totally out of context and sticks it on YouTube as if it proves… what exactly?!?

Still waiting to find out which members of our government are unelected.

Nothing to see here at all...

I'd still wonder why it wasn't included in the Irish language version though

The comment about wanting nothing to do with a backwards-looking idea of sovereignty is, naturally enough, being presented out of context. He was referring to the Brexit referendum in the UK that represented a backwards-looking idea of sovereignty, and making the point that the Irish people want nothing to do with that idea of sovereignty:

Last year’s referendum was an ugly and negative affair. No amount of warm words and earnest statements can cover this up. There was no strategy for implementing Brexit. There was just a strategy for winning the vote through a combination of bluster and aggression. It was not a positive assertion of sovereignty; it was the culmination of 30 years of an increasingly corrosive scapegoating of Europe and immigrants for the homegrown divisions in British society. Those false prophets who promised an economic bonanza are now claiming that they have defied the critics and Britain is booming. This is nonsense. Public borrowing and taxes have already risen since the vote and the long-term damage to employment and standards of living is becoming ever more certain. Fundamentally, the narrow Brexit majority represented a rejection of strong rule-based co-operation between states. It asserted a narrow vision of sovereignty that developed in the 19th century and directly led to the two bloodiest wars in history.

Let there be no doubt about where Ireland stands. We want nothing to do with a backward-looking idea of sovereignty. We remain absolutely committed to the ideals of the European Union. We see the Union for what it is - the most successful international organisation in world history. While the extremes of right and left join together to attack it, they have no credible response to the fact that every member state has secured a significant rise in living standards and a Continent once defined by conflict is today defined by co-operation. The Union is flawed, but its successes are undeniable. There are certainly different views here. There are those who buy into the anti-EU narratives, but the overwhelming majority of the Irish people are determined that Ireland’s future will remain a European future.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-05-11/4/#spk_5

Just like the lesson in the book, is being presented out of context. I have no issue with acknowledging the fact that the lesson goes hard on presenting stereotypes of two extreme examples of families in Irish society, that isn’t an issue as I’m aware there exists in Irish society more grounded examples of both types of families, and not just limited to rural Gaeltacht areas or urban areas of Ireland, but interspersed across both areas, there are examples of both types of families. They were being purposely represented as extreme opposites for the purposes of facilitating class discussion and having the children engage their critical faculties. I’ll be honest, I chuckled at the portrayals of both types of families.

However, the real damage was done by the exclusion of the lesson from the Irish language version of the book:

“The absence of the comparative exercise from the Irish language version of the book, while welcome in one regard, also serves to highlight how conscious the authors may have been that their Punch-like caricature would be exposed to a more informed criticism from Irish-speaking students who are immersed, more than most, in the beauty of Irish culture and language,” she said.

The most reasonable and charitable explanation is that the publishers left it out of the book is because it would have caused the children of those Irish families being portrayed as a stereotype to question their family, when the lesson was intended to teach children that all families are different, all families are equal.

The comparison clearly was not an equally positive portrayal of both families.

Nothing out of context about MM's words in that clip whatsoever. He has intentionally sought to conflate any notion of Irish sovereignty as being akin to a failed brexit movement, to being exclusionist to the "greater party" that is the EU. That's who he's loyal to.

It's a common political feint to undermine any nationalistic pride in who we are. It's an ongoing stragety and as we're all such fans of gript here have some more of this cheap trick they try to hang on us.

Any strong sense of self identity as being intrinsically Irish in practice custom or tradition is to be eroded, it's out in the open so let's not pretend anymore OK?

Who was it again who said "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command"....

:)

An excellent outcome thanks in no small part to the parents involved who brought this to light and the gript coverage.

Now, the person(s) who wrote this and those who approved it need sacking next. Set an example that being what we are is not an affront, even to extremists on the far left.

From that schoolbook segment it really looks like the current Irish establishment regime has a real fear and paranoia over indigenous, traditional Irish culture. This is excellent news, because if you really want to protest against the government and its various branches of regimes, all you have to do is simply immerse yourself in learning more and more about our islands ancient native culture. You'll be helping yourself and also terrifying the Hell out of them, because they clearly are afraid of it and there is nothing they can do to stop you from learning and immersing yourself in it, or showcase their power by shutting/clamping it down.

Where's all this running down our culture stuff coming from ?

Our Irish culture is in rude health.

Music, drama, literature, heritage, sport etc. etc.

All blooming in every part of the country with local involvement supported by national organisations.

Just look around you.

I never heard anyone in the real world talking like this.

I must be mixing with the wrong sort.

Yep, it's confusing me. Lately I've gotten into the likes of Cormac Begley, both modern takes on traditional Irish music. On top of that, two of our best films in recent years are Irish language movies. I get a feeling that half the people who are so protective about Irish culture are unlikely to even be a fan of the arts in Ireland.

Would you stop with the third Reich stuff nobody's terrified of anything.

Especially today's kids.

I haven't seen the book, only the bit posted here.

It looks to me to be an effort to get kids to think about issues and decide for themselves.