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Seamus Mallon RIP

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  • 24-01-2020 6:53pm
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    10000maniacs
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    Former Northern Ireland deputy first minister and civil rights campaigner Seamus Mallon has died aged 83.
    A key figure in the civil rights movement and peace process.


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    PauloMN
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    One of the key figures in bringing NI from awful times in the Troubles to where it is today. RIP.


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    BuboBubo
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    R.I.P a true patriot.


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    TheValeyard
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    A real peacemaker. RIP.

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



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    sligojoek
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    A great man. RIP


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    banie01
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    A man who made Hume's vision a reality.
    A man who's contribution to the peace process and in particular to the mechanics of the GFA will only be appreciated in his loss.

    Ar dheis dé go raibh a h-anam.


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    Harry Palmr
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    One of the most admirable politicians on these islands.


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    [Deleted User]
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    What happened to him. Maybe I'm morbid but we seem to have stopped mentioning how someone died.


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    FrancieBrady
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    RIP Seamus. A decent man I met a few times.

    Like any politician, he made mistakes, not backing Hume because he feared for his party, being the worst. That agitated him to the end and he never seemed to reconcile that mistake and was very bitter about it all.


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    Kristopherus
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    Cancer.


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    FrancieBrady
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    What happened to him. Maybe I'm morbid but we seem to have stopped mentioning how someone died.

    He had cancer he knew he couldn't beat apparently.


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    sligojoek
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    He had cancer he knew he couldn't beat apparently.

    Only diagnosed last year according to Tommie Gorman.


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    RMAOK
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    RIP


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    is_that_so
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    One of the really good guys. RIP


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    osarusan
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    RIP. A truly important person in the history of modern Ireland.


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    kenco
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    RIP
    One of the greats of his generation and key to the ongoing stability since the Good Friday Agreement.

    I believe his late wife suffered from dementia so in fairness he shouldered more than his fair share....

    I loved his dark sardonic sense of humor! Describing the GFA as 'Sunningdale for Slow Learners' was a favorite...


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    Water John
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    Had a fierce abhorrence of violence in the tradition of Daniel O'Connell.
    Great respect for the man.


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    holyhead
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    A giant of Northern Ireland politics for over 50 years. A man who sought to achieve peace and equality in N.I. through peaceful means. He and Hume were giants. May he R.I.P.


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    Dexpat
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    That's sad. A great man. I remember him growing up during the troubles as being one of the voices of reason along with John Hume.
    RIP


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    Hamsterchops
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    10000maniacs wrote: »
    Former Northern Ireland deputy first minister and civil rights campaigner Seamus Mallon has died aged 83.
    A key figure in the civil rights movement and peace process.

    He did all the heavy lifting with John Hume & David Trimble, then somehow the peaceful SDLP got sidelined, and the not so peaceful Shinners reaped the rewards & came out on top :cool:


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    NIMAN
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    RIP to a proper politician.

    History will remember him fondly.


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    MonkieSocks
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    A man full of humanity,of courage and a will to find a peaceful solution to the complected problems of his time

    A vital part of the peace process.

    R.I.P Seamus Mallon

    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



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    [Deleted User]
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    One of the few politicians from the north that could be classed as one of the good guys.

    RIP Seamus.


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    markodaly
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    A giant of a man who was the bane of both violent Republicans and Unionists alike.
    Men like him are an example of what can be achieved by peaceful means without the need to go bombing and killing people to achieve a goal.

    Will go down in history as one of the great men of Ireland.


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    Lucy8080
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    " No Catholic pig and his litter will ever get a home in Markethill while I am here", declared a local Unionist Coucillor in the 1960's.

    A friend of Seamus, with 12 children and trying to escape living in a dilapidated property, was the target of this outburst.

    That was the spark that brought him into the Civil Rights Movement/Constitutional Nationalism (SDLP).

    R.I.P. Seamus.


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    Mad_maxx
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    Lucy8080 wrote: »
    " No Catholic pig and his litter will ever get a home in Markethill while I am here", declared a local Unionist Coucillor in the 1960's.

    A friend of Seamus, with 12 children and trying to escape living in a dilapidated property, was the target of this outburst.

    That was the spark that brought him into the Civil Rights Movement/Constitutional Nationalism (SDLP).

    R.I.P. Seamus.

    Yes indeed, yet apparently it's us who need to do all the running when it comes to community reach out


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