Sean O'Rourke Today Show

Callan57 · 05-11-2015 11:56AM

Mooching around ... great expression there from Seán

touts · 05-11-2015 12:34PM

TheHomeService wrote: »

Is Diarmuid Ferriter the only historian in Ireland?

RTE believe that James Larkin and Padraic Pearse created the world sometime around 1912. Nothing of note happened in the universe before then. Diarmuid is a "Professor of Modern Irish History" (slightly old current affairs). It's a match made in heaven.

No decent historian bothers with RTE any more.

BarryD · 06-11-2015 11:50AM

The media and politicians seem to think that the 'homeless crisis' will be high on the forthcoming election agenda. Do they think we're thick? Homelessness bad and all as it is, only affects a relatively small number of our citizens and by and large those who don't vote anyways. The vast majority of the electorate will focus on 'mé féin' - the amount of money in their pockets and other local issues etc. Thus it has always been.

Callan57 · 10-11-2015 10:33AM

Is this genius for real? I'd love a swimming pool & a helipad should the Local Authority (the taxpayer) provide this for me too?????

neris · 10-11-2015 01:32PM

Callan57 wrote: »

Is this genius for real? I'd love a swimming pool & a helipad should the Local Authority (the taxpayer) provide this for me too?????

Paul Murphy will be making part of his election manifesto

alaimacerc · 10-11-2015 01:33PM

BarryD wrote: »

The media and politicians seem to think that the 'homeless crisis' will be high on the forthcoming election agenda. Do they think we're thick? Homelessness bad and all as it is, only affects a relatively small number of our citizens and by and large those who don't vote anyways. The vast majority of the electorate will focus on 'mé féin' - the amount of money in their pockets and other local issues etc. Thus it has always been.

It will, but the two might interact. People in private rented properties might be panicking about rent rises. People who own private rental properties may be all up in arms about how-very-dare-they constrain my constitutional rights to scalp my tenants in any manner I wish. If the government's got the balance in its measures wrong, it might be onto a hiding from the both ends at once.

serfboard · 10-11-2015 01:34PM

Callan57 wrote: »

Is this genius for real? I'd love a swimming pool & a helipad should the Local Authority (the taxpayer) provide this for me too?????

Well he's a Shinner and sure when they get in there'll be so much cash for absolutely everything, that I suspect if you ask nicely you may indeed get it ... :rolleyes:

Pearse Doherty would want to sit down with these knobs before the GE and tell them what's what ...

touts · 10-11-2015 01:53PM

That was just a puff piece. Sinn Fein needed one of their members to appear human so Pierce was wheeled out to talk about his heritage growing up as a traveler in Ireland while living in a house in Birmingham. Sort of like Sinn Fein talking about their fight for justice in Ireland.

BarryD · 10-11-2015 08:12PM

alaimacerc wrote: »

It will, but the two might interact. People in private rented properties might be panicking about rent rises. People who own private rental properties may be all up in arms about how-very-dare-they constrain my constitutional rights to scalp my tenants in any manner I wish. If the government's got the balance in its measures wrong, it might be onto a hiding from the both ends at once.

The 'homeless crisis' and the problems in the rental sector are related but they are two quite different animals. I'd agree that rental issues may well play a part in the election but people with rental problems are by definition in housing - they're not on the streets or in B&B's etc. It's unlikely that large numbers will be thrown out of their accommodation / houses by landlords or the courts, though there'll always be a number of ongoing cases. So talk of the homeless crisis having an effect on the election tends to be the opinion typically of agencies looking for more funding.

neris · 11-11-2015 10:15AM

bit insensitive there of conor faulknin with his comments about how susceptible we are to 3 vehicles closing the M50 down. Wasnt exactly like they had a fender bender

IvyTheTerrible · 11-11-2015 10:29AM

neris wrote: »

bit insensitive there of conor faulknin with his comments about how susceptible we are to 3 vehicles closing the M50 down. Wasnt exactly like they had a fender bender

Yeah and talking about muppets on mobile phones causing gridlock, when he doesn't have any idea what caused the accident this morning.

sligojoek · 11-11-2015 10:53AM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Yeah and talking about muppets on mobile phones causing gridlock, when he doesn't have any idea what caused the accident this morning.

In fairness, he did say he didn't know what happened.
I see his point about muppets (and that's being generous). There's a pedestrian crossing at our local school which is on the main road north to Donegal from most places further south. Every day I see people in cars and trucks going through the red light, texting and calling, while driving at speeds well in excess of the 50k limit. They should be pulled out and have the shyte kicked out of them. It's only a matter of time before a child is killed or seriously injured. One local guy spent a few mornings filming drivers but got taken in by the cops for having recording equipment outside a school.

Callan57 · 11-11-2015 11:42AM

sligojoek wrote: »

In fairness, he did say he didn't know what happened.
I see his point about muppets (and that's being generous). There's a pedestrian crossing at our local school which is on the main road north to Donegal from most places further south. Every day I see people in cars and trucks going through the red light, texting and calling, while driving at speeds well in excess of the 50k limit. They should be pulled out and have the shyte kicked out of them. It's only a matter of time before a child is killed or seriously injured. One local guy spent a few mornings filming drivers but got taken in by the cops for having recording equipment outside a school.

Something else that we need to come down heavy on is parents pushing a buggy with one hand while texting with the other hand. Clearly they do not have full control over the vehicle they are steering & nearly took the legs off me yesterday ... it's a BIG problem :mad:

BarryD · 11-11-2015 12:05PM

Callan57 wrote: »

Something else that we need to come down heavy on is parents pushing a buggy with one hand while texting with the other hand. Clearly they do not have full control over the vehicle they are steering & nearly took the legs off me yesterday ... it's a BIG problem :mad:

Ah sure, just be done with it and ban mobile phones altogether. That'll solve all these issues

neris · 11-11-2015 03:10PM

BarryD wrote: »

Ah sure, just be done with it and ban mobile phones babies altogether. That'll solve all these issues

Brendan Bendar · 11-11-2015 05:57PM

BarryD wrote: »

Ah sure, just be done with it and ban mobile phones altogether. That'll solve all these issues

Now I know that was written in jest, but it highlights an issue

What issue Brenner, I hear you articulate.

The forking issue of banning the forking item rather than hammering the forker misusing the item!!

:mad::mad:

Call me Al · 12-11-2015 11:19AM

US embassy spokesperson: why use the minimum amount of words and answer the question you've been asked, when you can use multiples of what you need and not answer the question asked.

Callan57 · 12-11-2015 11:24AM

Call me Al wrote: »

US embassy spokesperson: why use the minium amount of words and answer the question you've been asked, when you can use multiples of what you need and not answer the question asked.

No you just read the pre-prepared script repeatedly regardless of the question asked :cool:

Call me Al · 12-11-2015 12:27PM

Callan57 wrote: »

No you just read the pre-prepared script repeatedly regardless of the question asked :cool:

Spot on! And exactly that occurred to me halfway through the whole spiel she gave. Keelan could have asked her anything. This director of policy or somesuch had her own Q&As ready to go.

serfboard · 12-11-2015 12:31PM

Callan57 wrote: »

No you just read the pre-prepared script repeatedly regardless of the question asked :cool:

I was about to reply to this and say did Seán not call her out on it until I read this ...

Call me Al wrote: »

Keelan could have asked her anything.

That explains it - and the difference in wages between Seán and Keelan ...

brooke 2 · 12-11-2015 10:29PM

serfboard wrote: »

I was about to reply to this and say did Seán not call her out on it until I read this ...

That explains it - and the difference in wages between Seán and Keelan ...

I don't believe Keelan even listens to the answers given to her questions!
:mad:

neris · 13-11-2015 10:15AM

Somthing seriously corrupt & wrong in the gardai and media if someones been investigated, they dont know theyre been investigated but the media are throwing the 1 name around wildly

Callan57 · 13-11-2015 10:16AM

Does this now mean that everyy former minister is going to have to contact a journalist & deny they are the person that was referred to in newspaper article?

Former ministers are not a huge group of people & IMO this kind of slur thrown out with no evidence, no process and totally impossible to defend against is an utter disgrace. IMO the "editor" of the so calls newspaper should be considering his position

Callan57 · 13-11-2015 11:12AM

I don't usually find Oliver Callan all that funny but I just love The Vrad Car

:)

neris · 13-11-2015 11:43AM

Forget the court system just make it the legal system according to the irish independent & joe duffy. I would love to see carey been proved innocent and the ex minister in question and take that independent rag to court and sues the bollox of them.

SEPT 23 1989 · 16-11-2015 11:47AM

who was that windbag?

Greenman · 16-11-2015 11:49AM

SOR seems to be taking alot of time off?

No problem for me I like Keelin.

Odyssey 2005 · 16-11-2015 12:33PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

who was that windbag?

Keelin Shanley.

alaimacerc · 17-11-2015 10:05AM

Greenman wrote: »

No problem for me I like Keelin.

Problem is suddenly that today we have a stand-in for the stand-in! :eek:

alaimacerc · 17-11-2015 10:17AM

neris wrote: »

Forget the court system just make it the legal system according to the irish independent & joe duffy. I would love to see carey been proved innocent and the ex minister in question and take that independent rag to court and sues the bollox of them.

Trouble is that as the Indo didn't actually name him, they'd argue that it wasn't reasonably foreseeable that he'd be identified on the basis of the information in the article. That's if he even has been correctly identified, of course!

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