No wonder country is f..ked

liabhroidi · 23-11-2011 6:38pm #1

What chance have we got with fools like this representing us?

Clouds of confusion as Galway councillor tells another to 'go f..k himself"

A GALWAY councillor has refused to apologise for swearing at a County Council committee meeting after he told a fellow councillor to "go **** himself"
Local area councillor Seamus Tiernan made the amazing outburst after he was told he was a "feckin eejit" for thinking that cloud computing was only suitable in areas with lots of rain.
He had told the Infrastructure Committee meeting this week that his native Connemara would be ideal for cloud computing because it has heavy cloud cover for nine months of the year."
The Independent councillor said that the Government should be doing more to harness clean industries for the Connemara area and he named wind energy and cloud computing as two obvious examples.
"Connemara in particular could become a centre of excellence for wind energy harnessing, as it is open to the Atlantic. Also in terms of cloud computing, we have dense thick fog for nine months of the year, because of the mountain heights and the ability to harness this cloud power, there is tremendous scope for cloud computing to become a major employer in this region."
However his mistake was pointed out by an incredulous Cllr Martin Shiels who said that "this is taking the biscuit. I've heard it all now. You must be a fecking eejit to think that the cloud computing had anything to do with climate."
Cllr Tiernan took umbrage at the remarks of his colleague and called for them to be withdrawn. When Cllr Shields refused to do so, Tiernan said "go **** yourself, Cllr Shields."
Chairman Sile Ni Baoill asked for both councillors to withdraw their comments, but Cllr Tiernan was repentant that Cllr Shields was wrong and that cloud comouting is linked to cloud cover.
"Tell me why large companies are opening server farms in cold wet countries then, he asked Cllr Shields.

cruizer101 · 23-11-2011 6:45pm

Brilliant, I love it, that made me laugh heartily, thanks OP.

Dermo · 23-11-2011 6:51pm

anyone got a link?

Our President for Life · 23-11-2011 6:52pm

Scarleh for him. Brings to mind those damn hungry gondolas all over again!

Dav · 24-11-2011 11:04am

Moved from the Media Coverage forum - I can't think of anywhere more suitable than this one for it.

who the fug · 24-11-2011 11:08am

Dav wrote: »

Moved from the Media Coverage forum - I can't think of anywhere more suitable than this one for it.

The missing Fr. Ted tapes forum

antoobrien · 24-11-2011 5:29pm

The concept is not as idiotic as it sounds, though I doubt the (fictional?) councillor realizes this. Google & Amazon have both purchased large properties here to take advantage of the climate. There's a reasonably good piece available on it here.

The big requirement for using outside cooling is, of course, the temperature of the outside air. That’s why Google has turned to both Finland, and now Ireland, for the construction of its latest data centers. Google is building a mega data center in Finland that won’t just tap into the cold outside air, but also the seas to pump cool water into the facility.

barbiegirl · 24-11-2011 6:01pm

This is hilarious. I actually laughed out loud at my desk

fatgav · 24-11-2011 7:34pm

It's brilliant, but I fear it's also a fake

Kinski · 24-11-2011 7:44pm

There is no Councillor Les Wynan...oops, I mean Seamus Tiernan.

Goodshape · 24-11-2011 7:47pm

Well, the only real Google results for councillor "Seamus Tiernan" are for other sites reproducing this same text. So... fake.

Funny, though.

liabhroidi · 24-11-2011 7:54pm

It's all true but they are council local area committee members, not councillors and they normally use their names in Irish. They were on Raidio na Gaeltachta yesterday morning.

Goodshape · 24-11-2011 8:52pm

liabhroidi wrote: »

It's all true but they are council local area committee members, not councillors and they normally use their names in Irish. They were on Raidio na Gaeltachta yesterday morning.

Really? It couldn't be... Could it?

I'd need to see another source. Where's this text copied from?

fatgav · 24-11-2011 9:25pm

Local Area Councils are comprised of councillors elected to a local authority from that area. They'd be the same people. This is unfortunately BS

noel farrell · 25-11-2011 4:11pm

we had much the same in carlow a few years back . the council were debating tourism on the barrow river. one said could we put gondolas on the river, lad at back stands up and says , that is all very well but who is going to feed them

Goodshape · 25-11-2011 4:22pm

noel farrell wrote: »

we had much the same in carlow a few years back . the council were debating tourism on the barrow river. one said could we put gondolas on the river, lad at back stands up and says , that is all very well but who is going to feed them

Which lent it's name to a good TV show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xNImrFuC8o

lahinch_lass · 25-11-2011 5:34pm

you know it's not unheard of for jurno's to get names mixed up..
there is a seamus walsh and a tiernan walsh among the galway county councilors....

antoobrien · 25-11-2011 5:43pm

lahinch_lass wrote: »

you know it's not unheard of for jurno's to get names mixed up..
there is a seamus walsh and a tiernan walsh among the galway county councilors....

No it looks like a hoax that was researched well enough to look plausible.

The other names mentioned are also wrong. The mayor and presumably chairperson of the county council is a bloke by the name of Maher and there's no Shile or Boyle (or Sile Ni Baoill) on the council.

See the website for the list of councillors

Goodshape · 25-11-2011 6:38pm

Also, the text in the OP -- and where I've found it reproduced on other forums -- looks exactly like it was copied and pasted from a news website. Headline, capital first word, etc.. and yet Google doesn't find any news sites reporting this, only web forums.

Mits · 25-11-2011 7:36pm

I laughed so much at this. I almost wish it was true.

Rattle · 25-11-2011 8:06pm

Goodshape wrote: »

.. and yet Google doesn't find any news sites reporting this, only web forums.

What, no newspapers have reported it yet? They must be learning at last.

antoobrien · 30-11-2011 10:38am

Rattle wrote: »

What, no newspapers have reported it yet? They must be learning at last.

It appears that the telegraph fell for it.

Report from a local Galway paper.

There's a bit on it in computer weekly

Panda · 30-11-2011 10:47am

liabhroidi wrote: »

It's all true but they are council local area committee members, not councillors and they normally use their names in Irish. They were on Raidio na Gaeltachta yesterday morning.

Wrong, its a hoax created by The Telegraph. Its just a ****ty paper trying to increase readership.

Heres a screengrab of the article before it was taken down.
http://omg.wthax.org/YI3PJ.jpg

Gophur · 30-11-2011 3:15pm

noel farrell wrote: »

we had much the same in carlow a few years back . the council were debating tourism on the barrow river. one said could we put gondolas on the river, lad at back stands up and says , that is all very well but who is going to feed them

You know, and I know, and everyone knows, this did not happen!

Every committee, council or body who has ever dealt with water will have been described as having someone who has said Don't feed the gondolas!"

Ellis Dee · 30-11-2011 3:23pm

One thing you could never say about the Wesht is that it isn't always good for a laugh. Like this front-page typo a couple of years ago::D

dilallio · 30-11-2011 3:51pm

Ellis Dee wrote: »

One thing you could never say about the Wesht is that it isn't always good for a laugh. Like this front-page typo a couple of years ago::D

Which was also a hoax, but a brilliant one.

Gophur · 30-11-2011 4:04pm

A very poor photoshop

jackiebaron · 02-12-2011 10:53am

liabhroidi wrote: »

What chance have we got with fools like this representing us?

Clouds of confusion as Galway councillor tells another to 'go f..k himself"

A GALWAY councillor has refused to apologise for swearing at a County Council committee meeting after he told a fellow councillor to "go **** himself"
Local area councillor Seamus Tiernan made the amazing outburst after he was told he was a "feckin eejit" for thinking that cloud computing was only suitable in areas with lots of rain.
He had told the Infrastructure Committee meeting this week that his native Connemara would be ideal for cloud computing because it has heavy cloud cover for nine months of the year."
The Independent councillor said that the Government should be doing more to harness clean industries for the Connemara area and he named wind energy and cloud computing as two obvious examples.
"Connemara in particular could become a centre of excellence for wind energy harnessing, as it is open to the Atlantic. Also in terms of cloud computing, we have dense thick fog for nine months of the year, because of the mountain heights and the ability to harness this cloud power, there is tremendous scope for cloud computing to become a major employer in this region."
However his mistake was pointed out by an incredulous Cllr Martin Shiels who said that "this is taking the biscuit. I've heard it all now. You must be a fecking eejit to think that the cloud computing had anything to do with climate."
Cllr Tiernan took umbrage at the remarks of his colleague and called for them to be withdrawn. When Cllr Shields refused to do so, Tiernan said "go **** yourself, Cllr Shields."
Chairman Sile Ni Baoill asked for both councillors to withdraw their comments, but Cllr Tiernan was repentant that Cllr Shields was wrong and that cloud comouting is linked to cloud cover.
"Tell me why large companies are opening server farms in cold wet countries then, he asked Cllr Shields.

What chance have we got when people like you actually believe this crap?

No wonder country is f..ked

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