Wish Bertie well with his new allotment

WalterMitty

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/irishsun/irishsunnews/4244994/Disgrace-of-spades.html

I would like to wish this much malaigned man well in growing his own produce.

retalivity

didnt that prick write a football column for the sun?

jesus.....even saying that now smacks of the state we were in

latenia

Were the 6 photos really necessary? I think we got the gist after 1.

Chuck Stone

I don't want to sound like I have a chip on my shoulder but I would love to shove those spuds up his arse until he puked mash.

Pride Fighter

No fan of Bertie, but I found that article distasteful and lacking in journalistic ethics.

luckyfrank

the not so teflon tosser

i71jskz5xu42pb

Pride Fighter wrote: »

No fan of Bertie, but I found that article distasteful and lacking in journalistic ethics.

What would you expect from from Paul Williams?

Amirani

Pride Fighter wrote: »

No fan of Bertie, but I found that article distasteful and lacking in journalistic ethics.

Agreed. Rag of a paper. If you're going to try a subtle character defamation at least do it properly...

lg123

NiallSparky wrote: »

Agreed. Rag of a paper. If you're going to try a subtle character defamation at least do it properly...

Screaming desperation. It's like an article a few transition year students came up with.

DEFTLEFTHAND

lg123 wrote: »

Screaming desperation. It's like an article a few transition year students came up with.

You know you may not be far off with that remark, I contributed more than I was capable of giving, under duress during my TY work experience. This included fabricating stories for the problem page.:pac:

the groutch

complete non-event. every citizen of this country is legally entitled to an allotment if they are prepared to properly maintain it.

Benny_Cake

Hasn't Paul Williams got other things to be doing with his time, like giving cool nicknames to various scumbags?

Immaculate Pasta

Pfft if Bertie Ahern did such a dire job of running the country, I doubt he'll be any good at running a successful allotment either.

I bet the man couldn't even run a bath ffs! :mad:

Arnold Layne

So thats where all the bodies are buried......probably bags of cash as well

Sunnyisland

Pride Fighter wrote: »

No fan of Bertie, but I found that article distasteful and lacking in journalistic ethics.

Thats the norm from Paul williams.



Pman got there before me.

galwayrush

A 6' X 3' plot, 6 feet under would be ample for him...

Run_to_da_hills

Pride Fighter wrote: »

No fan of Bertie, but I found that article distasteful and lacking in journalistic ethics.

What would one expect from a low life Murdock Rag,

44leto

I do genuinely wish him well with his allotment, I really don't think this is a story for the public interest. I never was a fan of Bertie even during the tiger era. But I never wholly blamed him for the collapse.

He was deemed corrupt by the Mahon Tribunal, if there is a case against him let the DPP pursue it. It strikes me as ironic that the gutter media which is all our media these days, come after him with a holier then thou attitude. I ask what was the media doing during the tiger era, reaping the benefits of their property spreads and advertising luxury goods. They are just as culpable as Bertie. They certainly weren't interested in economics.

johnwest288

get himmmmmmmmmmmm

mikemac1

And after we blew his cover, Bertie pleaded with this reporter to keep the location of his vegetable patch secret

Don't care about Bertie but that is a classless article.

And is this what Paul Williams is reduced to nowadays?
The once self appointed fearless journalist who faced down and investigated John Gilligan and co.
Claimed his life was threatened, he needed garda protection and someone tried to rig a bomb to his car.

Once he went after gangs, now he doorstops retired pensioners out gardening
Brave man

And this has me wondering.
Did he realy investigate John Gilligan or were his books a pack of lies?

Mr.Biscuits

Read the article ..

What an arsehole and what a step down from his heyday. Now look at him, trawling in the gutter.

I'm not a fan of Bertie either mind.

Mully_2011

I'm not a fan of the man but I still believe he should still be allowed to live his life in peace and quiet.

senorwipesalot

Jaysus lads, any chance of a dig out?

who the fug

The above article is why FF will be back in power.

Change of clothes, scene, and Bertie is not that bad

trollin trollin trollin

I always thought he looked familiar,now i realise he resembled my garden gnome

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01486/SS_1486257a.jpg

El Weirdo

mikemac1 wrote: »

And is this what Paul Williams is reduced to nowadays?

No, this is about his level. He's been pretty consistent over the years.

baldbear

Ha ha people actually still buy the sun! i think thats worse than electing a dodgy politician

I_smell_fear

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

Pfft if Bertie Ahern did such a dire job of running the country, I doubt he'll be any good at running a successful allotment either.

I bet the man couldn't even run a bath ffs! :mad:

YEAH! booo! thumbs down! go 'way outta that ya little pup!

ceegee

Regardless of my feelings about Ahern, this was a nasty, spiteful article only interested in taking cheap digs at the man.
Its one thing doing pieces like this on dangerous ex-cons (paedos etc) where its in the public interest to be aware of their presence, but there was no reason to publish this other than to try and embarass Ahern. He was doing some gardening for his daughter ffs. The comments about his clothes would make you think he was dressed like that all the time.

Its sh|te like this that makes me never give money to that rag

Joe10000

He will find it tough to get that rezoned.

holystungun9

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I don't want to sound like I have a chip on my shoulder but I would love to shove those spuds up his arse until he puked mash.

You can be sure that priest guy will jump in the way just at the last second.

Honk_If_You Hate Dubs

Pride Fighter wrote: »

No fan of Bertie, but I found that article distasteful and lacking in journalistic ethics.

What a surprise -- the Dubs pile in to defend their man.

So typical.:rolleyes:

WoollyRedHat

Lol Paul Williams sounds like a wannabe try-hard 12 year old who has threatened to take Bertie's Lunch money

Except he's not, he has purportedly trained to be qualified to make a career out of Journalism... I just hope the course he did has improved since then...

Honk_If_You Hate Dubs wrote: »

What a surprise -- the Dubs pile in to defend their man.

So typical.:rolleyes:

It's just calling a spade a spade...

No you're right, Dubliners adore Bertie, those be the days, give us back our Taoiseach!!!

ejmaztec

He'll have no trouble getting a bumper crop with all the sh1t he comes out with.

Mickey Dazzler

Paul Williams is a cunt and his breath smells of farts.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc7IygPb6QE

later12

That article actually made me feel a level of sympathy for Bertie Ahern that he really doesn't deserve.

Completely un-necessary intrusion of space. We may hate the guy, but he is entitled to a private life like everybody else.

Sometimes I think their privacy laws are one thing the French have actually gotten right.

Mountainlad

"The baggy jumper, grubby donkey jacket and gnomish woolly hat were in stark contrast to the designer threads he once donned for his finest hour as peace-broker in the North"

Why would he be wearing designer clothing while gardening? Harsh on gardiners I feel, making it out as though the fact that he was gardening was a blemish on his character. Terrible article.

i71jskz5xu42pb

mikemac1 wrote: »

And is this what Paul Williams is reduced to nowadays?
The once self appointed fearless journalist who faced down and investigated John Gilligan and co.
Claimed his life was threatened, he needed garda protection and someone tried to rig a bomb to his car.

Once he went after gangs, now he doorstops retired pensioners out gardening
Brave man

And this has me wondering.
Did he realy investigate John Gilligan or were his books a pack of lies?

Paul Williams, the Walter Mitty of Irish Crime.

MagicSean

If it helps to keep him out of politics then I'm all for it

steddyeddy

The article is typical tabloid rubbish but as regards sympathy for Bertie I have none. I dont blame him for all our economic woes but he is a gangster and a tax fraud and a criminal. If the gaurda in our country had any sense of duty intrusion of space would be the least of Bertie's worries. The man should be in a cell. So until then anyone who intrudes that mans space, beats him up, runs him over or any of the rest is ok in my book.

Mint Sauce

Is there anyway someone can quote the article. Not having the embarrisment or shame of having the s*n website in my internet history.

ejmaztec

MagicSean wrote: »

If it helps to keep him out of politics then I'm all for it

He lost the plot in politics, so he'll probably lose this one as well.

Honk_If_You Hate Dubs

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Lol Paul Williams sounds like a wannabe try-hard 12 year old who has threatened to take Bertie's Lunch money

Except he's not, he has purportedly trained to be qualified to make a career out of Journalism... I just hope the course he did has improved since then...




It's just calling a spade a spade...

No you're right, Dubliners adore Bertie, those be the days, give us back our Taoiseach!!!

You never stopped voting the **** in, even when he was clearly a tainted entity.

Dubs have ruined the country. :mad:

smellslikeshoes

I'm no fan of Bertie but that article is just pure intrusion. Leave him alone with his spuds.

Statistician

ceegee wrote: »

Regardless of my feelings about Ahern, this was a nasty, spiteful article only interested in taking cheap digs at the man.

Well I wasn't going to click on the link and read the article for two reasons:
1. I didn't want to promote the bertie brand.
2. For me reading about bertie is a bit like clicking on that hammers in the forest violence vid that was going around a while ago. It's just not something I want to see.

However, if it is a nasty, spiteful article, I'm very tempted. I love all that.

previous user

What a conniving,
this smacks of PR spin even now... he's trying to make
himself look like the ordinary man, trying to deflect the attention off the Mahon Tribunal..
what is he after public sympathy? whats his angle this time?

psychward

the groutch wrote: »

complete non-event. every citizen of this country is legally entitled to an allotment if they are prepared to properly maintain it.

Yeah ? Where can I get one ? I thought ones in Dublin were hard to get.


I doubt this article wasnt' stage managed to make Bartholomew look like hes not ''living it up''
I can picture once the photos are taken it's all ''get these filthy rags off me now go write your story making me out to be 'ordinary' like a good lackey'' and straight back to the Garda driven Merc then off to a villa of one of his wealthy mates in the South of France. (villas which for example Harney and McCreevey stayed in for free while coincidentally legislation was being prepared by government which had the potential to enrich said Villa donor quite coincidentally of course).