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Adams apologizes for past IRA killings of Irish Gardai and soldiers in Irish Republic

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  • #32
    Janedoe10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 479 ✭✭Janedoe10


    http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/20204 jerry =peace


  • #33
    chipsdave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭chipsdave


    Get a life you ****ing Arsholes
    Gerry Adams is THE greatest Politician any of you creeps will see in your shallow lifetimes.


  • #34
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Why is he apologising, I thought he was never in the IRA?

    David Cameron wasn't on the streets of Belfast on Bloody Sunday.. why did he apologize a while back?


  • #35
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    chipsdave wrote: »
    Get a life you ****ing Arsholes
    Gerry Adams is THE greatest Politician any of you creeps will see in your shallow lifetimes.

    Hi Mary Lou.


  • #36
    Madam_X
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,327 ✭✭✭Madam_X


    anncoates wrote: »
    Hi Mary Lou.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0AkRThPCSU


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  • #37
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    chipsdave wrote: »
    I'm a big boy now. See, I can curse!

    :rolleyes:


  • #38
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,252 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    chipsdave wrote: »
    Get a life you ****ing Arsholes
    Gerry Adams is THE greatest Politician any of you creeps will see in your shallow lifetimes.
    taken in the spirit in which it was said. Thanks for the laugh.
    Quiet impressive number of posts in 5 months btw :)


  • #39
    murraykil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 460 ✭✭murraykil


    Without Gerry Adams the Provisional IRA would have still have come into existence. Without Gerry Adams they might still be in existence.


  • #40
    ricero
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    Fair play gerald


  • #41
    Dostoevsky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Dostoevsky


    Podgerz wrote: »
    Adams apologizes for past IRA killings of Irish Gardai and soldiers in Irish Republic

    I doubt it very much, given that the soldiers in question would have been British soldiers and there would have been no gardaí. The ignorance of the BBC has a lot to answer for on this point.

    Irish Republic


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  • #42
    mickydoomsux
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,287 ✭✭✭mickydoomsux


    Trying to gain a bit of political credibility by making a "timely" apology.

    A despicably opportunistic statement from a despicable human being.

    We all know you're dirty Gerry, stop pretending you're a peacemaker.


  • #43
    EireGreg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭EireGreg


    Fair play gerry better late than never... 32


  • #44
    Podgerz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭Podgerz


    Dostoevsky wrote: »
    I doubt it very much, given that the soldiers in question would have been British soldiers and there would have been no gardaí. The ignorance of the BBC has a lot to answer for on this point.

    Irish Republic

    Im sorry ..what? He was apologising for attempts to injure Gardai etc in the 26 counties, not the north.


  • #45
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    mickydoomsux wrote: »
    Trying to gain a bit of political credibility by making a "timely" apology.

    A despicably opportunistic statement from a despicable human being.

    We all know you're dirty Gerry, stop pretending you're a peacemaker.

    So there was no peace process then?


  • #46
    roughneck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭roughneck


    Lick arse to the fold ,how much is a vote worth in the ireland of the old .


  • #47
    OCorcrainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 428 ✭✭OCorcrainn


    There is already a thread here.


  • #48
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,305 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Iwasfrozen wrote: »
    Yeah well done for coming out and saying it.
    Julio Substantial Glassware wrote: »
    As a member of the defence forces it means something to me.

    Not a whole lot mind, I'm not jumping for joy. But putting this country on the right path means pain for us all, yes including Adams & Co.

    But why?

    Next we'll have McGuinness apologising for some sin he himself wasn't involved in, though might have been involved in, though wait, what month was that exactly? Oh and what year?

    What's he apologising for? Most Garda murderers were INLA or some other conveniently formed force.

    The IRA didn't shoot unarmed members of the Garda Siochana in the back, while running away to get assistance, so they said.

    Considering he's consistent and manipulating over everything, why the sudden admissal? Adams has a bit of a guilty conscience methinks.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #49
    Death and Taxes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭Death and Taxes


    washman3 wrote: »
    Well, at least its a move in the right direction.
    btw the killers of Garda Donohue will be caught, i have no doubt.
    40 years penal servitude,for all 5 involved, no ifs or buts or deals with one to rat on another. preferably lock them up and throw away the key.

    Penal Sevitude was abolished years ago.


  • #50
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,848 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    My name is URL wrote: »

    David Cameron wasn't on the streets of Belfast on Bloody Sunday.. why did he apologize a while back?


    Cameron could well have been in Belfast that day. Sightseeing or something.


  • #51
    Madam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭Madam


    Ah well we had the British apologising for Bloody Sunday, The Famine, Finucane's murder etc - why not the 'Ra for their atrocities:rolleyes: Get it all out in the open(much like picking a scab to see the nice new skin underneath;))


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  • #52
    Annabella1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭Annabella1


    remember that Adams is the TD for Louth where the killing happened
    There is another motive behind this apology....


  • #53
    GRMA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭GRMA


    Annabella1 wrote: »
    remember that Adams is the TD for Louth where the killing happened
    There is another motive behind this apology....
    Like what?

    Remember he topped the poll and would do so again easily even if he did not apologize.


  • #54
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 43,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    In the last elections, GA and the SF crew worked hard on getting the voters who wanted an alternative, but there was a large group who still wouldn't vote for him because of the history he was linked to, rightly or wrongly.

    Now, he's trying to build on that by moving away from that history so he can work on courting more voters than last time.

    It's a political ploy. Nothing more.


  • #55
    washman3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,646 ✭✭✭washman3


    WileyCoyote wrote: »
    Penal Sevitude was abolished years ago.

    Yes, we all know that.!! what we're saying is it MUST be RE-INTRODUCED
    Have you been reading the thread??


  • #56
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Teamshadowclan wrote: »
    In the last elections, GA and the SF crew worked hard on getting the voters who wanted an alternative, but there was a large group who still wouldn't vote for him because of the history he was linked to, rightly or wrongly.

    Now, he's trying to build on that by moving away from that history so he can work on courting more voters than last time.

    It's a political ploy. Nothing more.

    Well of course it is. Anything any politician says or does is for political gain. It doesn't mean that what he said should be swept aside with cynicism though. If it's a sign that they are willing to accept some responsibility for what happened, and drag themselves into the modern world then surely it's a good thing?

    Only the most rabid and illogical anti-republicans would see anything negative in the apology. Just as how only the most illogical and narrow minded people would have taken issue with Cameron's apology for the events of Bloody Sunday.


  • #57
    washman3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,646 ✭✭✭washman3


    Teamshadowclan wrote: »
    In the last elections, GA and the SF crew worked hard on getting the voters who wanted an alternative, but there was a large group who still wouldn't vote for him because of the history he was linked to, rightly or wrongly.

    Now, he's trying to build on that by moving away from that history so he can work on courting more voters than last time.

    It's a political ploy. Nothing more.

    Can we move this comment to Conspiracy Theories??
    You really need to get out more bud..!!;)


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