Some Irish Women

efb

Are really successful.

The last two Presidents, Mary McAleese and Mary Robinson were excellent ambassadors and changed the role of President from a retired old male politician's club to something that can be used to sell Ireland internationally and use their position to highlight concerns regarding Human Rights across the globe.

Our most Recent T&F Olympic Medalist Sonia O'Sullivan, excelled in her sport for years. Katie Taylor 4 times world champion and ambassador for her sport.

I just want to add some balance to the very negative threads that have been on AH lately regarding women, Irish women in particular, so thought I'd get the ball rolling!

LH Pathe

No you're right.

Tombi!

An anti man thread would have been better.
Like all Irish men don't know how to cook/do the washing up/use a washing machine and need mammy to do everything. They're always only interested in sex. None of them move out. They never pay on nights out. They think if they pay a girl a drink it means they get sex.

Lots of things to say!

efb

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

An anti man thread would have been better.
Like all Irish men don't know how to cook/do the washing up/use a washing machine and need mammy to do everything. They're always only interested in sex. None of them move out. They never pay on nights out. They think if they pay a girl a drink it means they get sex.

Lots of things to say!

I know this is an alien concept to most boardsies (myself included) but I was going for a positive thread rather than a negative one!

Two wrongs don't make a right and all that jazz!

Tombi!

efb wrote: »

I know this is an alien concept to most boardsies (myself included) but I was going for a positive thread rather than a negative one!

Two wrongs don't make a right and all that jazz!

Ah I know, I was just having a laugh.

Truth me told I dunno any famous Irish women (or men) really.

But I'll tell you a story of a mate's girlfriend who (after meeing him that night for the first time) pretty much dragged him all the way to safety because she was worried about him.

efb

Well most of my mates that score guys are guys, and girls are girls, so we can't play the gender card! But we know how we think so thats an advantage I guess!

FearDark

Yawn... seriously.

mackg

Not famous but I'll go anyway: my older sister. Completed a degree and PhD while raising two kids, on her own for most of it. This included driving half the length of the country to speak at a conference in front of a couple of hundred people about 6 hours after our father died. Woman is fcuking unstoppable.

Armin_Tamzarian

They took our jobs!

efb

Armin_Tamzarian wrote: »

They took our jobs!

wrong thread buddy!

who the fug

two wimmen in a non job is not success, just window dressing

Festy

Stop fishing for thanks OP.

kneemos

By highligting it you are just propagating the prolem.

Daveysil15

efb wrote: »

Are really successful.

The last two Presidents, Mary McAleese and Mary Robinson were excellent ambassadors

Our most Recent T&F Olympic Medalist Sonia O'Sullivan, excelled in her sport for years. Katie Taylor 4 times world champion and ambassador for her sport.

Wow you managed to find 4 successful Irish women. Well done! You could find 4 successful women from any country.

Tombi!

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Wow you managed to find 4 successful Irish women. Well done! You could find 4 successful women from any country.

But these women are Irish! Imagine! Four, that's right FOUR women from Ireland that are good. It's unspeakable! Personally, I had to track down all four women to see if what the OP said was true.

From some of the bashing about how Irish women are horrible that goes on in AH, I'm not sure what ot think. Surely the posts here are 100% accurate and not at all biased?

No, this is not sarcasm, I'm 100% super serial

Sea Filly

Lulz at the thread title.

Nice lampooning, OP!

Festy

Never knew Katie Taylor was a woman.:eek::pac:

Sea Filly

FearDark wrote: »

Yawn... seriously.

This is a fascinating, thought-provoking post. Kudos.

efb

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Wow you managed to find 4 successful Irish women. Well done! You could find 4 successful women from any country.

so thought I'd get the ball rolling!

there's lots more than 4!, I wasn't going to name them all!

Sam Kade

How exactly are the two Mary's excellent ambassadors for for Ireland? They just shook hands, smiled, a little speech here and there and plenty of head nodding from Mary Robinson and got well paid for it. When Ireland went into recession Robinson had the cheek to solely blame the Irish people for causing it :rolleyes: The very same people that are now paying her a fat pension. Don't bite the hand that feeds you Mary

efb

Sam Kade wrote: »

How exactly are the two Mary's excellent ambassadors for for Ireland? They just shook hands, smiled, a little speech here and there and plenty of head nodding from Mary Robinson and got well paid for it. When Ireland went into recession Robinson had the cheek to solely blame the Irish people for causing it :rolleyes: The very same people that are now paying her a fat pension. Don't bite the hand that feeds you Mary

Were was the word in my text.

Who exactly caused the Irish recession? The Lehman Bros????

Sam Kade

efb wrote: »

Who exactly caused the Irish recession? The Lehman Bros????

Banks, Politicians, business people and the Irish public. Do you know what solely means?

kneemos

If women are so great why can't they bring out the bins.?

Tombi!

kneemos wrote: »

If women are so great why can't they bring out the bins.?

If men are so great why don't we do it for them?

efb

Sam Kade wrote: »

Banks, Politicians, business people and the Irish public. Do you know what solely means?

Are all these Irish?

Sam Kade

efb wrote: »

Are all these Irish?

Is that you Mary:rolleyes:

efb

Sam Kade wrote: »

Is that you Mary:rolleyes:

I wish!