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Man Knighted for riding a bike - should we have an Irish Honours system?

  • 29-12-2012 07:09PM
    #1
    Malibu Sunshine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭Malibu Sunshine


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/20852564

    Cyclist Bradley Wiggins has been knighted in the New Year Honours list after winning the Tour de France and then gold at the 2012 London Olympics.

    He's now a "Sir" at the age of just 32!

    Should we have a similar system in Ireland for honouring people?


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  • #2
    Death and Taxes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭Death and Taxes


    Malibu Sunshine wrote: »
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/20852564




    He's now a "Sir" at the age of just 32!

    Should we have a similar system in Ireland for honouring people?

    No, it would just be abused by the politicans :mad:


  • #3
    charlemont
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,725 ✭✭✭charlemont


    And who will have to pay for it ?? And it will probably entail setting up a new committee to oversee it staffed with political cronies, So a big No from me.


  • #4
    finnharpsboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,176 ✭✭✭finnharpsboy


    arise sir enda kenny


  • #5
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,350 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    We should just award people with sh1tehoods.


  • #6
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    finnharpsboy wrote: »
    arise sir enda kenny
    hehe...

    Sir Enda Sir Enda Sir Enda Surrender


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  • #7
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Sir Anthony O'Reilly


  • #8
    Icepick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,453 ✭✭✭Icepick


    no


  • #9
    Death and Taxes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭Death and Taxes


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Sir Anthony O'Reilly

    He is British! Bob geldolf on the other hand...


  • #10
    Corruptedmorals
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,195 ✭✭✭Corruptedmorals


    Louis Smith was too, where's the indignation for that? I want to see 'man knighted for doing flippy things and swinging around bars'. Excellent sportsmen/women are more deserving of that honour than other celebrities who get them, most of the time so I don't see the issue.


  • #11
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,466 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Sir Anthony O'Reilly
    WileyCoyote wrote: »
    He is British! Bob geldolf on the other hand...

    Sir Anthony is also an Irish citizen.


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


    If there are no honours in Ireland then why is Lord Henry Mountcharles on the radio every year hyping up his plans for Slane :confused:


  • #13
    Death and Taxes
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    Our man in Havana wrote: »
    Sir Anthony is also an Irish citizen.
    When it suits him, it doesn't suit him when it comes to paying irish taxes for instance!


  • #14
    decisions
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭decisions


    Yer man who did the illustrations for the roald dahl books is also getting one.


  • #15
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,466 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    WileyCoyote wrote: »
    When it suits him, it doesn't suit him when it comes to paying irish taxes for instance!
    Naturally. A simple flag of convenience for him.


  • #16
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    man rides big woman who used to know a lot about health, 2 knight hoods and the purple cross.


  • #17
    Death and Taxes
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    mikemac1 wrote: »
    If there are no honours in Ireland then why is Lord Henry Mountcharles on the radio every year hyping up his plans for Slane :confused:

    Lord Mountcharles is a "Lord" by heriditary title.
    A knighthood is a life honour bestowed on a person, different things.
    That said I dont see why we should recognise forigen heridary titles, Mountcharles conveniently didn't use his "title" when he ran for Dail Eireann in 1992. He was a FG candidate in Meath.


  • #18
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Yes, yes there should.

    I would like to be known as Sir Admiral Mattjack , Deputy Manager the fifth ,southern command.


  • #19
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,350 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    WileyCoyote wrote: »
    Lord Mountcharles is a "Lord" by heriditary title.
    A knighthood is a life honour bestowed on a person, different things.
    That said I dont see why we should recognise forigen heridary titles, Mountcharles conveniently didn't use his "title" when he ran for Dail Eireann in 1992. He was a FG candidate in Meath.

    Fuckin Gentry?


  • #20
    Malibu Sunshine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭Malibu Sunshine


    Sitec wrote: »
    I think we should, instead of "Sir" we could use "Boss". That'l learn em.


    It actually sounds better.

    I just said it in my head with my name and it made "Sir" sound like an episode of Glee.


  • #21
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Malibu Sunshine wrote: »
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/20852564




    He's now a "Sir" at the age of just 32!

    Should we have a similar system in Ireland for honouring people?


    Theres enough jumped up arseholes here as it is. Also 'Sir Denis O'Brien'.


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  • #22
    The_Gatsby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭The_Gatsby


    Sir Pat Kenny.

    On a serious note, I can't think of any Irish people I'd bother giving a knighthood to...


  • #23
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Lukebray wrote: »
    Sir Pat Kenny.

    On a serious note, I can't think of any Irish people I'd bother giving a knighthood to...

    Marty Whelan? - Years of daytime TV, stand-in work, voiceovers, graveyard shifts on the radio. The man has been a stalwart with little recognition. Arise Sir Marty!


  • #24
    cosbloodymick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭cosbloodymick


    Of course there should be no knighthoods in Ireland, this is supposed to be a republic.... oh hang on a sec!!!


  • #25
    BillyMitchel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    Isn't there Irish people who have turned them down or am I just making things up? Didn't John Lennon also refuse one??

    Pretty good achievement for his age, he seems like an alright kinda guy too.


  • #26
    The Davestator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,680 ✭✭✭The Davestator


    We have the freedom of the city award which is just as silly.


  • #27
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    you're not meant to call non British subjects Sir even after they've been knighted. The Queen told me that.

    She said Geldof smells as bad as he looks too.


  • #28
    GRMA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭GRMA


    Our man in Havana wrote: »
    Sir Anthony is also an Irish citizen.
    And a class A gob****e and a stain on our country.

    Wish him and his comics would fcuk off


  • #29
    Death and Taxes
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    GRMA wrote: »
    And a class A gob****e and a stain on our country.

    Wish him and his comics would fcuk off

    Sir Denis O' Brien controls the comics now!:D


  • #30
    Eve Grumpy Surname
    Posts: 4,333 ✭✭✭ Eve Grumpy Surname


    GRMA wrote: »
    And a class A gob****e and a stain on our country.

    Wish him and his comics would fcuk off

    Have some respect you guttersnipe, he has contributed more to Ireland than you ever will.


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  • #31
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Dayana Easy Plan wrote: »
    Have some respect you guttersnipe, he has contributed more to Ireland than you ever will.


    ....he did? when did that happen?


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