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Wish Bertie well with his new allotment

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  • #2
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,848 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    didnt that prick write a football column for the sun?

    jesus.....even saying that now smacks of the state we were in


  • #3
    latenia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭latenia


    Were the 6 photos really necessary? I think we got the gist after 1.


  • #4
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    I don't want to sound like I have a chip on my shoulder but I would love to shove those spuds up his arse until he puked mash.


  • #5
    Pride Fighter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,727 ✭✭✭Pride Fighter


    No fan of Bertie, but I found that article distasteful and lacking in journalistic ethics.


  • #6
    luckyfrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭luckyfrank


    the not so teflon tosser


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  • #7
    i71jskz5xu42pb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭i71jskz5xu42pb


    Pride Fighter wrote: »
    No fan of Bertie, but I found that article distasteful and lacking in journalistic ethics.

    What would you expect from from Paul Williams?


  • #8
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,622 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Pride Fighter wrote: »
    No fan of Bertie, but I found that article distasteful and lacking in journalistic ethics.

    Agreed. Rag of a paper. If you're going to try a subtle character defamation at least do it properly...


  • #9
    lg123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,041 ✭✭✭lg123


    NiallSparky wrote: »
    Agreed. Rag of a paper. If you're going to try a subtle character defamation at least do it properly...

    Screaming desperation. It's like an article a few transition year students came up with.


  • #10
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    lg123 wrote: »
    Screaming desperation. It's like an article a few transition year students came up with.

    You know you may not be far off with that remark, I contributed more than I was capable of giving, under duress during my TY work experience. This included fabricating stories for the problem page.:pac:


  • #11
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    complete non-event. every citizen of this country is legally entitled to an allotment if they are prepared to properly maintain it.


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  • #12
    Benny_Cake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Benny_Cake


    Hasn't Paul Williams got other things to be doing with his time, like giving cool nicknames to various scumbags?


  • #13
    Immaculate Pasta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭Immaculate Pasta


    Pfft if Bertie Ahern did such a dire job of running the country, I doubt he'll be any good at running a successful allotment either.

    I bet the man couldn't even run a bath ffs! :mad:


  • #14
    Arnold Layne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 978 ✭✭✭Arnold Layne


    So thats where all the bodies are buried......probably bags of cash as well


  • #15
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Pride Fighter wrote: »
    No fan of Bertie, but I found that article distasteful and lacking in journalistic ethics.


    Thats the norm from Paul williams.



    Pman got there before me.


  • #16
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    A 6' X 3' plot, 6 feet under would be ample for him...


  • #17
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Pride Fighter wrote: »
    No fan of Bertie, but I found that article distasteful and lacking in journalistic ethics.

    What would one expect from a low life Murdock Rag,


  • #18
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    I do genuinely wish him well with his allotment, I really don't think this is a story for the public interest. I never was a fan of Bertie even during the tiger era. But I never wholly blamed him for the collapse.

    He was deemed corrupt by the Mahon Tribunal, if there is a case against him let the DPP pursue it. It strikes me as ironic that the gutter media which is all our media these days, come after him with a holier then thou attitude. I ask what was the media doing during the tiger era, reaping the benefits of their property spreads and advertising luxury goods. They are just as culpable as Bertie. They certainly weren't interested in economics.


  • #19
    johnwest288
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 665 ✭✭✭johnwest288


    get himmmmmmmmmmmm


  • #20
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    And after we blew his cover, Bertie pleaded with this reporter to keep the location of his vegetable patch secret

    Don't care about Bertie but that is a classless article.

    And is this what Paul Williams is reduced to nowadays?
    The once self appointed fearless journalist who faced down and investigated John Gilligan and co.
    Claimed his life was threatened, he needed garda protection and someone tried to rig a bomb to his car.

    Once he went after gangs, now he doorstops retired pensioners out gardening
    Brave man

    And this has me wondering.
    Did he realy investigate John Gilligan or were his books a pack of lies?


  • #21
    Mr.Biscuits
    Closed Accounts Posts: 750 ✭✭✭Mr.Biscuits


    Read the article ..

    What an arsehole and what a step down from his heyday. Now look at him, trawling in the gutter.

    I'm not a fan of Bertie either mind.


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  • #22
    Mully_2011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 385 ✭✭Mully_2011


    I'm not a fan of the man but I still believe he should still be allowed to live his life in peace and quiet.


  • #23
    senorwipesalot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭senorwipesalot


    Jaysus lads, any chance of a dig out?


  • #24
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,042 ✭✭✭who the fug


    The above article is why FF will be back in power.

    Change of clothes, scene, and Bertie is not that bad


  • #25
    trollin trollin trollin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭trollin trollin trollin


    I always thought he looked familiar,now i realise he resembled my garden gnome

    http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01486/SS_1486257a.jpg


  • #26
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    And is this what Paul Williams is reduced to nowadays?
    No, this is about his level. He's been pretty consistent over the years.


  • #27
    baldbear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,665 ✭✭✭baldbear


    Ha ha people actually still buy the sun! i think thats worse than electing a dodgy politician


  • #28
    I_smell_fear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭I_smell_fear


    Immaculate Pasta wrote: »
    Pfft if Bertie Ahern did such a dire job of running the country, I doubt he'll be any good at running a successful allotment either.

    I bet the man couldn't even run a bath ffs! :mad:

    YEAH! booo! thumbs down! :( go 'way outta that ya little pup!


  • #29
    ceegee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,242 ✭✭✭ceegee


    Regardless of my feelings about Ahern, this was a nasty, spiteful article only interested in taking cheap digs at the man.
    Its one thing doing pieces like this on dangerous ex-cons (paedos etc) where its in the public interest to be aware of their presence, but there was no reason to publish this other than to try and embarass Ahern. He was doing some gardening for his daughter ffs. The comments about his clothes would make you think he was dressed like that all the time.

    Its sh|te like this that makes me never give money to that rag


  • #30
    Joe10000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭Joe10000


    He will find it tough to get that rezoned.


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  • #31
    holystungun9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭holystungun9


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    I don't want to sound like I have a chip on my shoulder but I would love to shove those spuds up his arse until he puked mash.

    You can be sure that priest guy will jump in the way just at the last second.


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