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John Hume RIP

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    circadian
    Registered Users Posts: 6,915 ✭✭✭circadian


    Rip John. A statesman if ever there was one.


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    jimmytwotimes 2013
    Registered Users Posts: 4,765 ✭✭✭jimmytwotimes 2013


    One of ireland's finest ever citizens and politicians.

    Sacrificed his own party to bring Sinn Féin into mainstream politics.

    A man who put peace ahead of any personal ambition.

    RIP


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    RandomViewer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


    RIP


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    PropJoe10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,254 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    A truly wonderful man and an example to us all. RIP.


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    Yurt2
    Registered Users Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭Yurt2


    For whatever reason, I had it in my head he had passed away a few years ago.

    A man who brought all of his body, mind and spirit in the pursuit of peace during a traumatic and unforgiving time in Irish and British history. Requiesce in pace.


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    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users Posts: 67,091 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    RIP John. A brave man who made a valuable contribution


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    Fr Tod Umptious
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    Greatest Irish person of my life time.

    Saw him give a lecture at Maynooth University in April 1994, just as the ceasefire was coming together.
    He was brilliant.

    An outstanding brave man, the whole island owes him a huge debt of gratitude.


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    osarusan
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    RIP. A giant of NI politics, and a man of real vision, bravery and integrity, central to so much of the progress that has been made.

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    [Deleted User]
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    A good man.


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    rolling boh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭rolling boh


    Definitely one of the most significant figures in our lifetime who worked tirelessly for peace and deserves huge respect from everyone R I P and thank you for all you have done .


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    gifted
    Registered Users Posts: 4,866 ✭✭✭gifted


    RIP... Worked tirelessly for peace. Always thought he would have made a great President if he went for it.


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    c68zapdsm5i1ru
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    Rip. He has left a wonderful legacy.


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    [Deleted User]
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    If there was a more influential advocate for peace I've never heard of him. He leaves behind an unparalleled legacy as a statesman. RIP.


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    J Cheever Loophole
    Registered Users Posts: 967 ✭✭✭J Cheever Loophole


    I'm desperately sorry to hear of the passing of a true giant of our times. I was lucky to meet him a couple of times and he was a wonderful human being. His characteristics of vision, honesty, integrity, selflessness and bravery, amongst many others, marked him out as being what a politician should be but so rarely is.

    He provided leadership when we in the North were desperate for it, through the darkest of hours and at a tme when such leadership carried the threat of a violent death.

    I mourn this morning the passing of a truly great Irishman.

    Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.


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    Redderneck
    Registered Users Posts: 335 ✭✭Redderneck


    Now, THAT'S how you do patriotism. RIP.


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    SchrodingersCat
    Registered Users Posts: 758 ✭✭✭SchrodingersCat


    The most important person of Irish politics in our generation. He put peace ahead of his own party he founded to bring Sinn Fein in from the cold.

    Ar dheis de go raibh a anam.


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    [Deleted User]
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    I heard about his death in a text message from a non Irish person this morning, just to say he represented a voice of peace and reconciliation that echoes far beyond this island.

    His commitment to peace was unflinching, he saw terrible injustice; he never believed the answer lay in armed conflict.

    He was, perhaps, the greatest statesman this country has seen since the Civil War.

    RiP


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    Eduard Khil
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Eduard Khil


    Sad news the man was a hero proved violence isn't alway the answer he did more for nationalism and the Irish cause than many others with words and wit.


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    dilallio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,728 ✭✭✭dilallio


    RIP


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    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    You can’t eat a flag.

    RIP


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    Gods Gift
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    RIP.
    Lots of people alive today thanks to him.


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    branie2
    Registered Users Posts: 10,296 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    He was a great man. RIP


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    coolshannagh28
    Registered Users Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭coolshannagh28


    A giant among men . RIP


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    Snickers Man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Snickers Man


    I'm not in the habit of praising politicians but Hume was the exception. Somebody who could represent the aspirations and (many) grievances of Irish people in the north without resorting to the nihilism of violence.

    The provos taunted him, and his supporters, with the playground sneer of the Stoop Down Low Party (SDLP), in much the same manner as rabid Brexiteers in Britain denounced their opponents as traitors and enemies of the people. Aithníonn cíaróg, cíaróg eile.

    In fact he was a giant, in the moral, intellectual and figurative sense of the word. He deserves a huge send off. Covid restrictions will probably curtail them significantly.

    Ní bheidh a leithéid ann arís. Is mór an trua.


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    TheValeyard
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    RIP John.


    Did amazing work to help bring about peace on this island. Even sacrificed his own party to do it.

    History will be kind to him

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



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    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,135 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    RIP to one of Irelands greatest ever politicians.


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    [Deleted User]
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    V.poorly with along while it seems

    RIP


    should never have been made share that nobel peace prize with trimble,deserved his own


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    elperello
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    RIP

    Condolences to his family.


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    [Deleted User]
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    RIP John Hume

    Thank you for all you done in the name of peace. You truly are one of the most important people of the 20th Century (and beyond).


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