Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all! We have been experiencing an issue on site where threads have been missing the latest postings. The platform host Vanilla are working on this issue. A workaround that has been used by some is to navigate back from 1 to 10+ pages to re-sync the thread and this will then show the latest posts. Thanks, Mike.
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

When did Gemma O Doherty go batshyt crazy?

24567…90

Comments

  • #52
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    marieholmfan wrote: »
    They don't just stop people telling lies ; they stop us saying things that we 'reckon' or that we believe unless we can actually prove their truth (unless the person is dead).

    So you're saying it should be ok to say whatever you want about a person without being able to prove what you're saying?
    Mr. Incognito wrote: »
    I dont have twitter

    Its a platform for vacous idiots.

    Easily avoidable and it's then a great platform for information etc.


  • #53
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    marieholmfan wrote: »
    They don't just stop people telling lies ; they stop us saying things that we 'reckon' or that we believe unless we can actually prove their truth (unless the person is dead).
    Hurrache wrote: »
    So you're saying it should be ok to say whatever you want about a person without being able to prove what you're saying?




    what Hurrache said.


  • #54
    marieholmfan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭marieholmfan


    Hurrache wrote: »
    So you're saying it should be ok to say whatever you want about a person without being able to prove what you're saying?

    About a public figure ; basically yes.
    Belief should be a defense to libel of a public figure.


  • #55
    Pa8301
    Closed Accounts Posts: 543 ✭✭✭Pa8301


    marieholmfan wrote: »
    About a public figure ; basically yes.
    Belief should be a defense to libel of a public figure.

    That is moronic.


  • #56
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Pa8301 wrote: »
    That is moronic.


    it is much worse than that.


  • #57
    marieholmfan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭marieholmfan


    Pa8301 wrote: »
    That is moronic.

    I don't think so. Current bar is clearly too high. Papers should be able to publish credible allegations of corruption against named individuals etc. without being sued. Even if they make an honest mistake.


  • #58
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    marieholmfan wrote: »
    About a public figure ; basically yes.
    Belief should be a defense to libel of a public figure.

    You're off the wall today, I thought you couldn't beat your post this morning about the UK threatening nuclear retaliation on the board of Airbus in the Brexit thread.


  • #59
    klaaaz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭klaaaz


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    She is a hate figure for the PC Left, don't know that much about her but anyone who kitty Holland is at war with, can't be all that bad

    She's a poster girl for the right wingers, a figure to be laughed at with her loonie views.


  • #60
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,782 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    She is a hate figure for the PC Left, don't know that much about her but anyone who kitty Holland is at war with, can't be all that bad

    Normally I would agree.
    However, she's now mooching around the Ben Gilroy mob, so that kills it for me.


  • Advertisement
  • #61
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    listermint wrote: »
    Someone told Gemma she could make money off being this way. A kind of alternative piers Morgan. And she continues on as is.

    Its not really rocket science

    How is she making money?


  • #62
    KungPao
    Registered Users Posts: 4,784 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Can’t say I’ve heard of this lady.


  • #63
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    marieholmfan wrote: »
    I don't think so. Current bar is clearly too high. Papers should be able to publish credible allegations of corruption against named individuals etc. without being sued. Even if they make an honest mistake.

    Definitely the libel laws protect the rich. On the other hand they can protect the poor too.


  • #64
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,472 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Alternative voices are required, as the Dail, media etc are an echo chamber. But John Walters and herself may be slightly over exaggerating the levels of immigration from outside the EU, still no harm for someone to keep an eye on these things and challenge the dogma.

    Her latest cause is a release Ben Gilroy from Mountjoy campaign. Ben seeks to undermine property ownership rights (the Banks own the property until mortgages are paid back - that is what we all signed up to, sorry)

    It seems Ben put it up to the beak in the High Court and naturally enough they threw him in the slammer.


  • #65
    Prince William
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Prince William


    Gemma has a lot more credibility than this forum, a popular former moderator from here is in prison for extreme child pornography ffs


  • #66
    Phileas Frog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Phileas Frog


    Prince William wrote: »
    Gemma O'dorathy has a lot more credibility than this forum, a popular former moderator from here is in prison for extreme child pornography ffs

    Who's that then? And what relevence does that have to do with Gemma's lack of credibility?


  • Advertisement
  • #67
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,302 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Prince William wrote: »
    Gemma O'dorathy has a lot more credibility than this forum, a popular former moderator from here is in prison for extreme child pornography ffs
    Who is Gemma O Dorathy?


    Look its a fairly low bar....people on an internet forum say a lot of insane things.....I think she has lost all credibility given some of the mad things she posts about.


    I dont know anything about the forum moderator, not sure how that is relevant.


  • #68
    Tell me how
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,935 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    seamus wrote: »
    She tried to keep it together but it was the failure to secure a nomination for the presidency that tipped her over the edge.

    She needs professional help, she's not well.

    I agree with this and do feel somewhat sorry for her.

    She got kicked off YouTube recently for posting a video from some guy which she linked on Twitter. I clicked in to the middle of the video right at the point where the guy was saying (I'm paraphrasing slightly) "we see conversations about Blacks and Hispanics, you know, people with below average IQ".

    I can only imagine what the televised presidential debated would have turned in to had she received a nomination.


  • #69
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Tell me how wrote: »
    I agree with this and do feel somewhat sorry for her.

    She got kicked off YouTube recently for posting a video from some guy which she linked on Twitter. I clicked in to the middle of the video right at the point where the guy was saying (I'm paraphrasing slightly) "we see conversations about Blacks and Hispanics, you know, people with below average IQ".

    I can only imagine what the televised presidential debated would have turned in to had she received a nomination.

    I won't shed a tear for her, goes out of her way to stoke controversy and draw attention to her twitter feed. A calculating narcissist, no danger of being sectioned any time soon.


  • #70
    gandalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    She's trying to become an Irish clone of Alex Jones/ Katie Hopkins. I've blocked her on Twitter as everyone should. She's obviously trying to set up a niche career for herself as an alt right commentator.


  • #71
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,357 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    She is a hate figure for the PC Left, don't know that much about her but anyone who kitty Holland is at war with, can't be all that bad

    And that kind of opinion is why we are where we are.

    The weirdo Gemma blocked me on Twitter for asking her is she actually knew WHAT the President of Ireland could do.


  • Advertisement
  • #72
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,467 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Arthur Daley wrote: »
    It seems Ben put it up to the beak in the High Court and naturally enough they threw him in the slammer.

    Here's why he's in prison

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=109159024&postcount=7012


    All you need to know about Ben of the family Gilroy :

    https://twitter.com/newsworthy_ie/status/1086612357877559296?s=19

    Scrap the cap!



  • #73
    WinnyThePoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭WinnyThePoo


    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    gman2k wrote: »
    I see she is now retweeting anti-Semitic (Soros) Russian propaganda from Sputnik.
    I hope the County Councillors who supported her presidential nomination are made aware.

    Funny enough there’s a conspiracy theory in your post, too.
    Which conspiracy?. Can you go into detail. I know you posted in the politics Russia propaganda thread about no such thing as Russian trolling farms but ran away when confronted with responses.


  • #74
    Odhinn
    Registered Users Posts: 8,136 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    It's only in the last few months she seems to have gone over the cliff. Now shes put her self in the same boat as john waters.


  • #75
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,302 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Here's why he's in prison

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=109159024&postcount=7012


    All you need to know about Ben of the family Gilroy :

    https://twitter.com/newsworthy_ie/status/1086612357877559296?s=19
    I always thought he was a bit of head the ball but reading that :rolleyes:
    It was fun to hear him try to say ethnically though lol


  • #76
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,467 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    marieholmfan wrote: »
    Why hasn't Veronica Guerin been disinterred to see if she was pregnant with one of the Haugheys' babies?

    Why aren't you campaigning for the exhumation of Veronica Guerin Dav3?

    The absurd libel laws in Ireland which require one to prove the truth of one's statements make it impossible to say anything other than the cozy consensus.

    ...wait, you're actually being serious? :confused:

    Scrap the cap!



  • #77
    lbc2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,291 ✭✭✭lbc2019


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    marieholmfan wrote: »
    Why hasn't Veronica Guerin been disinterred to see if she was pregnant with one of the Haugheys' babies?

    Why aren't you campaigning for the exhumation of Veronica Guerin Dav3?

    The absurd libel laws in Ireland which require one to prove the truth of one's statements make it impossible to say anything other than the cozy consensus.

    ...wait, you're actually being serious? :confused:

    I thought it was sarcasm


  • #78
    Laneyh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 757 ✭✭✭Laneyh


    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    How is she making money?

    Anti Corruption Roadshow,
    Possible sponsorship from groups whose views she supports
    She has a youtube channel is trying to get support for that, if she had enough followers that would be monetised.


  • #79
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    WinnyThePoo wrote: »
    Which conspiracy?. Can you go into detail. I know you posted in the politics Russia propaganda thread about no such thing as Russian trolling farms but ran away when confronted with responses.

    The idea of Russian trolling farms influencing anything is in fact a conspiracy theory. The Russians are conspiring to affect democracy.

    In the actual case I was responding to apparently Sputnik said something about Soros, which was claimed to be anti Semitic. However Soros is in fact spending money on certain organisations, mostly above board, so no conspiracy to point that out.

    The Russians hacked the election is a collapsing narrative. On the other hand the US has just hacked Venezuelan elections.


  • #80
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    Laneyh wrote: »
    Anti Corruption Roadshow,
    Possible sponsorship from groups whose views she supports
    She has a youtube channel is trying to get support for that, if she had enough followers that would be monetised.

    I'd say she would make more money working for more mainstream media. That said she is, in fact, nuts.


  • #81
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    The idea of Russian trolling farms influencing anything is in fact a conspiracy theory. The Russians are conspiring to affect democracy.

    In the actual case I was responding to apparently Sputnik said something about Soros, which was claimed to be anti Semitic. However Soros is in fact spending money on certain organisations, mostly above board, so no conspiracy to point that out.

    The Russians hacked the election is a collapsing narrative. On the other hand the US has just hacked Venezuelan elections.


    you mean the election that the guy that the US backs lost? didn't do a good job did they. assuming they tried.


  • Advertisement
  • #82
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Laneyh wrote: »
    She has a youtube channel is trying to get support for that, if she had enough followers that would be monetised.

    She's been kicked off the platform.


  • #83
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    The idea of Russian trolling farms influencing anything is in fact a conspiracy theory.

    It's not.


  • #84
    Snickers Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Snickers Man


    gmisk wrote: »
    Who is Gemma O Dorathy?

    Muckross College girl with accent to prove it
    Glamorous widow
    Hob nobs with a series of cranks, eg,Ben Gilroy, Emmet Corcoran, John Waters
    Claims to be a lone crusader against liberal elites and corrupt mainstream media
    Ireland's queen of the alt-right

    Bit of a fruit cake, IMHO


  • #85
    Odhinn
    Registered Users Posts: 8,136 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    Snickers Man wrote: »
    Muckross College girl with accent to prove it
    Glamorous widow
    Hob nobs with a series of cranks, eg,Ben Gilroy, Emmet Corcoran, John Waters
    Claims to be a lone crusader against liberal elites and corrupt mainstream media
    Ireland's queen of the alt-right

    Bit of a fruit cake, IMHO




    Yet a few months ago she seemed grand. Next thing it's John waters, gender stuff and "globalists".


  • #86
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,352 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    lazygal wrote: »
    She's always been that way.
    Twitter just let's her express it more publicly.

    Remember when mad people used to just shuffle about, mumbling to themselves? Twitter allows them to shuffle about mumbling to everybody.

    It’s a mumble amplifier.


  • #87
    marieholmfan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭marieholmfan


    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    I'd say she would make more money working for more mainstream media. That said she is, in fact, nuts.
    She was literally fired for exposing the penalty points corruption.


  • #88
    marieholmfan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭marieholmfan


    Hurrache wrote: »
    It's not.

    It clearly is a conspiracy theory. Whether or not it is accurate is a second question.


  • #89
    lbc2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,291 ✭✭✭lbc2019


    marieholmfan wrote: »
    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    I'd say she would make more money working for more mainstream media. That said she is, in fact, nuts.
    She was literally fired for exposing the penalty points corruption.

    She wasn’t- she was fired for stalking the then commissioner - Daly and Wallace exposes the penalty points corruption tbf


  • #90
    paleoperson
    Registered Users Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭paleoperson


    I like her a lot. Seems to me like one of the few sane people left along with the likes of Dave Cullen, John Waters and people like that.

    The intellectual giants of Ireland.


  • Advertisement
  • #91
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,467 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    marieholmfan wrote: »
    She was literally fired for exposing the penalty points corruption.

    No, she was fired for serious unprofessional conduct.

    Scrap the cap!



  • #92
    klaaaz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭klaaaz


    Odhinn wrote: »
    Yet a few months ago she seemed grand. Next thing it's John waters, gender stuff and "globalists".

    That's what right wingers do, they lie to their audience when seeking power. Luckily in this case, she failed to get nominated so in her eyes she can now show her true colours.


  • #93
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    She once worked for Independent News and Media, and after she was fired she became a darling of the left for a while. Sticking it up to the O’Reillys etc. But she was always a conspiratorial fruitcake by all accounts.


  • #94
    Odhinn
    Registered Users Posts: 8,136 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    No, she was fired for serious unprofessional conduct.


    "door stepping" callinan was perfectly fair enough - much as his ego might differ - and it was the first sign of hope for his victims over the years.


  • #95
    marieholmfan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭marieholmfan


    paleoperson wrote: »
    I like her a lot. Seems to me like one of the few sane people left along with the likes of Dave Cullen, John Waters and people like that.

    The intellectual giants of Ireland.

    Who the f uck is Dave Cullen and John Waters in fairness to him wrote every day like Sunday. He obviously also went mad.


  • #96
    paleoperson
    Registered Users Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭paleoperson


    marieholmfan wrote: »
    Who the f uck is Dave Cullen and John Waters in fairness to him wrote every day like Sunday. He obviously also went mad.

    He's a mighty fine youtuber, possibly the biggest serious youtuber in Ireland. Here's a mostly random example of his videos:



    His commentary is often unsurpassed. Great in both presentation and the points he raises, funny as well.


  • Advertisement
  • #97
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,132 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    paleoperson wrote: »
    He's a mighty fine youtuber, possibly the biggest serious youtuber in Ireland. Here's a mostly random example of his videos:



    His commentary is often unsurpassed. Great in both presentation and the points he raises, funny as well.
    Emmm you sure its not a parody?


  • #98
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    paleoperson wrote: »
    He's a mighty fine youtuber, possibly the biggest serious youtuber in Ireland. Here's a mostly random example of his videos:



    His commentary is often unsurpassed. Great in both presentation and the points he raises, funny as well.

    Agreed he really speaks a lot of sense along with Gemma, John Waters and I advice you check another excellent account called the Grand Torino. Much better than any mainstream media dogma.


  • #99
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    She is a hate figure for the PC Left, don't know that much about her but anyone who kitty Holland is at war with, can't be all that bad
    Nah I'm not gonna cut her slack because she annoys people I disagree with. Conspiracy theorists like her who firstly come up with ludicrousness that they will not and cannot support yet who insist it's fact and anyone who questions or refutes them is sheeple - into the Stupid pile. And think of the kind of dullards she attracts.

    Similar to John Connor.

    I don't mind Dave Cullen - much too obsessed with America though.


  • #100
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Prince William wrote: »
    Gemma has a lot more credibility than this forum, a popular former moderator from here is in prison for extreme child pornography ffs
    You gonna say who that is? Surely it won't be a problem if it's true? And if it is (which I doubt), how would Boards have known? How would the crime have anything to do with Boards whatsoever?

    Therefore how has she got more credibility than Boards?

    I hugely agree that an alternative to the bollox peddled by the mainstream media is needed, but lads ye are backing the wrong horse here. She's just as full of bollox - be more critical in your assessment of what she says instead of just rejoicing in the fact that she's socking it to the left or the government. You can do all those things but only if there is substance to what you're saying do you deserve credibility.


  • #101
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,219 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    If you were feeling charitable, you could say that the fairly sudden death of her husband, coming soon after she was fired from The Irish Independent, (he resigned from the paper also ,in support of her) probably has taken a toll on her psychologically.

    Her YouTube channel always has a poster of long missing child Mary Boyle displayed on the wall behind her.
    When a relative of the child repeatedly requested it be taken down, she ignored his request.
    He complained to YouTube, who shut her channel down for a day or so.
    Now she has reloaded the videos with the child's face blurred in some ( but not all)
    In her currant videos she has a sheet of A4 over the photo of the child's face, with the word "censored " written on it in marker, but the rest of the poster still displayed.
    It wouldn't kill her to just have taken it down when asked, now it makes her look paranoid and petty.


  • Advertisement
This discussion has been closed.
Advertisement