Daily Mail headline sneers at Dublin hosting Olympic Flame

Pedant · 07-06-2012 01:13AM

You know that the country's gone to shit when you rely on Jedward as national icons to represent the country for a major international event.

K-9 · 07-06-2012 01:24AM

Ronnie Delaney was a touching moment, his is one of the Olympic stories, never mind an Irish one.

The 4 minute mile was the subject of so much media attention and rightly so, Bannister getting it and Landy, the Australian, also Delaney.

He was completely written off for the Olympics. Always comes across as a gentleman and an ambassador for the country.

omega666 · 07-06-2012 01:29AM

Biggins wrote: »

Quote from The Times (England) again.

This two sickening lads by the way that with a modicum of talent that they have, has used it to become very successful.
That means they are besides themselves, employing other Irish folk as they continue in their successful work, they are helping other theatre's around the country to stay open in this times by appearing there and creating more revenues for the owner and workers there too.
They are also still Irish residents and are still paying huge taxes into the state (unlike U2 that are using every opportunity to use loops in Irish tax laws) which means they are contributing to the welfare of the state big time.

What I find is a mockery is that we are willing (and disgustingly) going to knock these two successful lads for getting on so well, that we who think we have twice their brains, etc, have not done as well as them.

Aaaa hell, its easier to knock these two lads isn't it!

For the record, by ALL accounts of those that know them, they are two of the most likeable and harmless guys you will ever meet.
They don't drink, don't smoke, never is caught using bad language, never sneer other celebs (in the papers or outside it) as far as I know and is very, very good to their fans.
No wonder the papers and the begrudger's hate them!

it's easy to knock them because they're fully grown adults that act like 10 year old's. Seriously what the **** is wrong with them? they obviously have a medical condition and i'm not joking, it's not an act they put on that's the way they are in real life.

One of our top sports people should have been carrying the torch not those two clowns. I don't care how much money they have made from Abrakebabra
ads, it's embaressing that they are selected as a representation of Ireland.

af_thefragile · 07-06-2012 01:32AM

Its better than nothing. Its not like any time in the near future we're gonna see Dublin olympics 2039 or something...

wandererz · 07-06-2012 01:39AM

Naomi00 wrote: »

It's the London Olympics not the UK Olympics so it would be odd if they just went to NI and ignored the rest of the country.

You should perhaps watch the BBC weather report sometime. It never fails to go to NI and ignore the rest of the country.
I simply thought that is the way it is........is it not???? 1

LizT · 07-06-2012 01:49AM

wandererz wrote: »

You should perhaps watch the BBC weather report sometime. It never fails to go to NI and ignore the rest of the country.
I simply thought that is the way it is........is it not???? 1

With things like the weather I would say it's more a case of people in the North paying their TV licence which funds the BBC. We don't fund them at all so why should they bother giving us the forecast or local news?

Wattle · 07-06-2012 02:00AM

We should have got the Queen over put her in a jogging suit and let her do a few laps of the Phoenix Park holding the torch. Maybe that would keep the Mail happy.

ordinary_girl · 07-06-2012 01:10PM

As much as it pains me to say this, I do agree with the Mail. I get the feeling that if Ireland was hosting the Olympics we probably wouldn't want the UK muscling in on our glory so why did we do it to them? We're not even hosting the Olympics ffs!

Biggins · 07-06-2012 01:14PM

ordinary_girl wrote: »

As much as it pains me to say this, I do agree with the Mail. I get the feeling that if Ireland was hosting the Olympics we probably wouldn't want the UK muscling in on our glory so why did we do it to them? We're not even hosting the Olympics ffs!

It saddens me that people don't bother to check the actual facts behind this matter.

1. The twins are actually members of an athletic sports org.

John and Edward were also members of the Lucan Harriers Athletic Club and Dundrum South Dublin atletics club and have competed in several Irish athletic tournaments...

LINK

The twins, who are huge athletics fans and former international athletes themselves...

LINK

2. They run races and marathons (the latest one was in L.A.)

3.

It was the first time the torch has left Britain and Northern Ireland: the idea was to pay tribute to the peace process and to acknowledge that Northern Irish athletes also competed in Republic of Ireland squads.

LINK

4. They are heavily involved with promoting sports!

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUToJggSVAs

* http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/general/Iwan+Thomas-4053.html

...But its easier not to acknowledge this and just take the piss out of them!

Biggins · 07-06-2012 01:18PM

omega666 wrote: »

...they obviously have a medical condition and i'm not joking, it's not an act they put on that's the way they are in real life.

So SUPPOSING IF they - or anyone - had a medical condition (of similar nature or not) then its ok to take the piss out of them and knock them, intimidate them, for that or they with a supposed condition, still becoming successful despite this?

I feel its not right.

Duggy747 · 07-06-2012 01:18PM

Since when did Jedward become our ambassador's for everything?

Still, wouldn't insult my poo by using the DM to wipe it off.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 07-06-2012 01:22PM

I have no time for the DM but i think theyre right to question why two arsehóles were chosen to hold/run with the torch!

Biggins · 07-06-2012 01:27PM

CJC999 wrote: »

I have no time for the DM but i think theyre right to question why two arsehóles were chosen to hold/run with the torch!

*sigh*

swimming in a sea · 07-06-2012 01:28PM

I read the article and it was no way derogatory to Ireland, it wonders why the jedward fellows were allowed to carry the torch like the black american guy in england.

Some people love to think the daily mails main agenda is all about being anti irish.

They're one of the most popular papers in Ireland so thankfully not everyone still has that chip on their shoulder.

DubArk · 07-06-2012 01:30PM

So what if they carried the Torch!? Ireland a nation of moaneeee holes!! Kick everything down! Miss the bigger picture at whatever cost…
The mail knows it readership!!

MOAN moan moan moan …….

Biggins · 07-06-2012 01:31PM

swimming in a sea wrote: »

I read the article and it was no way derogatory to Ireland, it wonders why the jedward fellows were allowed to carry the torch like the black american guy in england.

Some people love to think the daily mails main agenda is all about being anti irish.

They're one of the most popular papers in Ireland so thankfully not everyone still has that chip on their shoulder.

The problem with The Mail is that a simple check by any journalist would answer the question they posed.

Hell, the answer is above in previous posts (see 70).
...But no, its easier to take the piss out of two successful lads that have made money, have represented Ireland internationally in sports and singing than actually bothering to learn some facts.

Quality newspaper reporting - not!

Sadly, whats worse, is that some of our own people go along with it in blindness of acknowledging real details.

Crooked Jack · 07-06-2012 02:16PM

Son Of A Vidic · 07-06-2012 02:22PM

Biggins wrote: »

One seriously has to take this paper cautiously to say the least.

Or better still for one not to even take the Daily Mail in their hand at all.

Unless to wipe their arse of course.

Daily Mail headline sneers at Dublin hosting Olympic Flame

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