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RTE - Gareth Fitzgerald

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  • #32
    testicle
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    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    You increased your post-count by one just for that. :rolleyes: Well done.

    Likewise. :pac:
    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    Why must every thread on After Hours descend into bulls**t like this? Do you have to be a special breed of idiot or something?

    Yes, you are indeed posting here after all...


  • #33
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,829 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    PatsytheNazi wrote: »
    Accent like Sir Garret/Conor Cruise O'Brien/David Norris etc Politics - closet unionist/rejoin Commonwealth/partitionist etc

    So your accent defines you? :confused:


  • #34
    InTheTrees
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    dulpit wrote: »
    So your accent defines you? :confused:

    Oh yes, accent is very important when you cant understand what people are talking about.


    :pac:


  • #35
    PatsytheNazi
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    dulpit wrote: »
    So your accent defines you? :confused:
    Your getting off topic. If you want start a thread on what is a West Brit ?


  • #36
    smokedeels
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    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    Why must every thread on After Hours descend into bulls**t like this? Do you have to be a special breed of idiot or something?

    I hope the guy recovers.

    So do I, but his health shouldn't stop people criticising him.


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  • #37
    dulpit
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    PatsytheNazi wrote: »
    Yuor getting off topic. If you want start a thread on what is a West Brit ?

    Does spelling define someone too? :pac:

    Oh and on-topic: How old is Garret Fitzgerald now? Must be pushing on...


  • #38
    Minstrel27
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    dclane wrote: »
    What does this say about RTE???

    You listened to every RTÉ news bulletin this morning? I doubt this as somebody else on this thread heard it on 2FM this morning and somebody else heard it on Morning Ireland.


  • #39
    RayM
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    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    Why must every thread on After Hours descend into bulls**t like this?

    Autism. No, really. It's the only explanation I can think of, and it doesn't just apply to After Hours either - If you think this thread is bad, you should have a look at the stuff being said on Politics.ie. Whenever a well-known public figure is seriously ill, dying or recently deceased, some people (usually found on Internet discussion forums) appear utterly incapable of showing any empathy, instead grasping the opportunity to drone on about their usual narrow little obsessions and hobby-horses. The only rational explanation for such abnormal behaviour is that those exhibiting it might be on the wrong side of the autistic spectrum.

    Back on topic, I think it's understandable that RTE (or the Irish Times) aren't reporting this story as prominently as the tabloid media. Until the hospital or his family release a statement about his exact condition, the media has no business speculating about him.


  • #40
    gman2k
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    RayM wrote: »
    Autism. No, really......

    I think you are being unfair on people with Autism, as they have more intelligence than some of the internet warriors you refer to....

    Anyway back on topic, I hope Garret gets better, and best wishes to him and his family. He is a man who has actually given the country great service, none of which will ever be appreciated by the keyboard warriors.


  • #41
    Sonnenblumen
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    PatsytheNazi wrote: »
    Accent like Sir Garret/Conor Cruise O'Brien/David Norris etc Politics - closet unionist/rejoin Commonwealth/partitionist etc

    So you judge people not on what they say, but how they say it.

    Some backward logic there, I suppose a clue is in your sig.:(


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  • #42
    steddyeddy
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    PatsytheNazi wrote: »
    Well he wasn't in Haughey's league but Sir Garret didn't mind appointees of his to AIB dropping his debts of €200,000 :mad:. Regadless, the fella was a total waffler and West Brit. As it was said, if Thatcher blew her nose Sir Garret would apologise and clean it up for her. Wouldn't be missed.

    Absolute boll"x do you realise what he did for the catholic community in the north. Desiring peace in northern ireland does not make someone a westbrit. Nice touch with the wont be missed!


  • #43
    FlutterinBantam
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    dclane wrote: »
    I hear that Garret Fitzgerald is gravely ill in hospital. I learned this on BBC this morning. It's funny how our national broadcaster did not mention it this morning and to my knowledge they still have nothing up on their news site about him.

    What does this say about RTE???

    Spell the guy's name correctly FFS


  • #44
    Aidric
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    InTheTrees wrote: »
    He's a Good Man and we were lucky to have him.
    We still do.


  • #45
    PatsytheNazi
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    steddyeddy wrote: »
    Absolute boll"x do you realise what he did for the catholic community in the north. Desiring peace in northern ireland does not make someone a westbrit. Nice touch with the wont be missed!
    Sir Garret FitzThatcher did what Thatcher told him by singing the Good Friday Agreement - which was designed to try and stop the rise of Sinn Fein and nothing else.


  • #46
    RayM
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    PatsytheNazi wrote: »
    Sir Garret FitzThatcher did what Thatcher told him by singing the Good Friday Agreement - which was designed to try and stop the rise of Sinn Fein and nothing else.

    Urgh...
    Whenever a well-known public figure is seriously ill, dying or recently deceased, some people (usually found on Internet discussion forums) appear utterly incapable of showing any empathy, instead grasping the opportunity to drone on about their usual narrow little obsessions and hobby-horses. The only rational explanation for such abnormal behaviour is that those exhibiting it might be on the wrong side of the autistic spectrum.


  • #47
    El Siglo
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    Met once at a talk in UCD was talking to him after it, seemed like a nice man, wouldn't have been a fan of any of his policies (especially after what he did to the north inner city after the Gregory deal). Hopefully he recovers, was always good craic seeing him and Vincent Browne having an argument.:pac:


  • #48
    steddyeddy
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    El Siglo wrote: »
    Met once at a talk in UCD was talking to him after it, seemed like a nice man, wouldn't have been a fan of any of his policies (especially after what he did to the north inner city after the Gregory deal). Hopefully he recovers, was always good craic seeing him and Vincent Browne having an argument.:pac:

    Completly agree with the gregory deal he was clearly out of touch with some members of society I still wish him the best though and hopefully a speedy recovery!


  • #49
    PatsytheNazi
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    RayM wrote: »
    Whenever a well-known public figure is seriously ill, dying or recently deceased, some people (usually found on Internet discussion forums) appear utterly incapable of showing any empathy, instead grasping the opportunity to drone on about their usual narrow little obsessions and hobby-horses. The only rational explanation for such abnormal behaviour is that those exhibiting it might be on the wrong side of the autistic spectrum.
    Urgh...
    Bin Laden was a well-known public figure but I doubt if you were on the threads about his death criticising people !!!!

    Besides, I don't buy into this Garrett the ' great ' man baloney. A hyped up ' statesman ' is deserving of ciritcism regardless if it's Haughey or Sir Garrett, Bruton, Ahern etc


  • #50
    Wolfe Tone
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    Wouldn't be a fan of his, hope he recovers though.


  • #51
    RayM
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    PatsytheNazi wrote: »
    Bin Laden was a well-known public figure but I doubt if you were on the threads about his death criticising people !!!!

    Garret FitzGerald is a former Taoiseach. Osama Bin Laden was the founding member of a terrorist organisation, whose aims included the complete destruction of western civilisation. Unless you're even more stupid than I already thought you were (which, given what I've read thus far, is very stupid indeed), I don't think any further explanation is required.
    PatsytheNazi wrote:
    Besides, I don't buy into this Garrett the ' great ' man baloney. A hyped up ' statesman ' is deserving of ciritcism regardless if it's Haughey or Sir Garrett, Bruton, Ahern etc

    Every high-profile politician is deserving of criticism, but I don't understand why the news that one is 'gravely ill' should automatically act as a trigger for tedious, obsessive cranks to launch into boring diatribes about how they're a "West Brit" and that they "won't be missed".


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  • #52
    Mental Mickey
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    RayM wrote: »
    Garret FitzGerald is a former Taoiseach. Osama Bin Laden was the founding member of a terrorist organisation, whose aims included the complete destruction of western civilisation. Unless you're even more stupid than I already thought you were (which, given what I've read thus far, is very stupid indeed), I don't think any further explanation is required.



    Every high-profile politician is deserving of criticism, but I don't understand why the news that one is 'gravely ill' should automatically act as a trigger for tedious, obsessive cranks to launch into boring diatribes about how they're a "West Brit" and that they "won't be missed".

    That's internet chat forums for ya. :pac:


  • #53
    Morag
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    Gareth Fitzgerald is a gentleman and a scholar and one of the older generation of politicians and statesmen who brought honour to the positions he held and never brought disrepute on himself.

    Gods be with the days when we had people like him in government, people that you felt you could trust and were smart and savy and working for the people and not themselves.


  • #54
    IvyTheTerrible
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    PatsytheNazi wrote: »
    Sir Garret FitzThatcher did what Thatcher told him by singing the Good Friday Agreement - which was designed to try and stop the rise of Sinn Fein and nothing else.

    Neither Thatcher or Fitzgerald were in power when the Good Friday agreement was signed.

    Presumably you mean the Anglo-Irish Agreement?


  • #55
    1huge1
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    Presumably he hasn't got the slightest clue what he is talking about more like...


  • #56
    sensibleken
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    does anyone else just laugh when they hear the phrase west brit?


  • #57
    RGDATA!
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    sensibleken wrote: »
    does anyone else just laugh when they hear the phrase west brit?

    i sigh.


  • #58
    Foxhound38
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    Whatever you thought of his policies, what is clear is that he was doing what he did out of a sense of public service and a genuine love of politics, in stark contrast to the motives of his counterpart in Charlie Haughey. We could do with a few more like him in the current Dail. I hope he recovers swiftly


  • #59
    RachaelVO
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    Foxhound38 wrote: »
    Whatever you thought of his policies, what is clear is that he was doing what he did out of a sense of public service and a genuine love of politics, in stark contrast to the motives of his counterpart in Charlie Haughey. We could do with a few more like him in the current Dail. I hope he recovers swiftly

    Totally agree, he was probably a bit out of touch, but god knows he tried, and as I said earlier in the thread, didn't get it all right, but he certainly didn't get it all wrong either. He has always struck me as someone with a bit of integrity, which is a rare commodity in politics!


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