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Leo Varadkar story in The Village??? - Mod Notes and banned Users in OP updated 16/05

Coillte_Bhoy · 2020-10-31 10:08:18

Was all over twitter late last night but very few details, gone now from their website and no further details on twitter this morning, anyone know the story? Mod warning added 21/03/21 Threadbanned Users Higgins5473 StackSteevens AdrianBalboa twowheelsonly blanch152 Lifted 04/May/21 costacurta smurgen nordiestar Dontmindme…

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#1652 02-11-2020 4:40pm
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McMurphy wrote: »

So far in the thread the Leo-ites have played the following cards.

Homophobia. ✓
Racism. ✓
Son of an Immigrant. ✓

Now we are witnessing the bully card.

Full house it is.

Not without justification.

Peter Flynt wrote: »

Is Varadkar using his office to ingratiate himself with young gay men?

Could that be the advantage he is gaining?

Can't be bothered going back over the others, but if you are happy to travel the same road as racists and homophobes, off you go.

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#1653 02-11-2020 4:41pm
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Truthvader wrote: »

MM backing Leo. Sinn Fein online troll army and Leo hater fetish crowd going crazy as evidenced in this thread which appears infested with hatred and spite. ' Night all enjoy your echo chamber

No hate in anything you ever posted Truth of course.

Did you apologise for the lie you told on this thread about Shinners calling him 'the Indian' yet?

Truthvader wrote:

Oh I see, why do the Shinners referring to him as "the Indian" then?

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#1654 02-11-2020 4:41pm
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Truthvader wrote: »

MM backing Leo. Sinn Fein online troll army and Leo hater fetish crowd going crazy as evidenced in this thread which appears infested with hatred and spite. ' Night all enjoy your echo chamber

My my that's quite extreme, MM expressing confidence in a government partner speaks more about being terrified of speaking out of turn. Leo has yet to explain himself fully in Dail, let's see how that turns out.

No hatred here, just absolute satisfaction that Leo for once is getting a spot of medicine, his habit of leaking has finally bit him were it hurts.

Is maith an scáthán súil charad.

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#1655 02-11-2020 4:44pm
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sligojoek wrote: »

The usual clickbait by Joe.

Ronan usually prefaces the promo with 'Here's Joe with what "might be" on the liveline'.

Pity, I was looking forward to the different camps calling in to push their respective lines.

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#1656 02-11-2020 4:46pm
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blanch152 wrote: »

Are you saying that it is ok for the Minister for Justice to interfere in a criminal matter?

If the MoJ can't do that, why is it inappropriate for her to comment on this?

Blanch, what do your beloved Green party have to say on the matter?

What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?

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#1657 02-11-2020 4:46pm
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blanch152 wrote: »

Not without justification.

Can't be bothered going back over the others, but if you are happy to travel the same road as racists and homophobes, off you go.

Lol. Nice sly insinuation there blanch.

Quote me, posting a single thing on this site ever that could be even marginally described as racist or homophobic please.

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#1658 02-11-2020 4:47pm
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McMurphy wrote: »

Lol. Nice sly insinuation there blanch.

Quote me, posting a single thing on this site ever that could be even marginally described as racist or homophobic please.

Not going to happen. The insinuation will be allowed to stay there unbacked up.

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#1659 02-11-2020 4:51pm
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FrancieBrady wrote: »

No hate in anything you ever posted Truth of course.

Did you apologise for the lie you told on this thread about Shinners calling him 'the Indian' yet?

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=114830393&postcount=9517

Of course, that poster claims not to be a Shinner, so you may be half right.

Outside of here, we have the likes of that lowlife councillor from Tallaght of Shinner persuasion, you know, the homophobic, misogynist one - Paddy something.

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#1660 02-11-2020 4:54pm
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McMurphy wrote: »

Lol. Nice sly insinuation there blanch.

Quote me, posting a single thing on this site ever that could be even marginally described as racist or homophobic please.

Never said you posted anything racist or homophobic. However, your defence of the posters on this thread who did speaks volumes.

Remaining silent on the homophobic comments could be ok, you chose to defend them.

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#1661 02-11-2020 4:55pm
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blanch152 wrote: »

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=114830393&postcount=9517

Of course, that poster claims not to be a Shinner, so you may be half right.

Outside of here, we have the likes of that lowlife councillor from Tallaght of Shinner persuasion, you know, the homophobic, misogynist one - Paddy something.

No idea if Bowie is a shinner or not. I think he claims not to be one. You cannot project blanch.

And here is what Holohan said exactly:

"Leo Varadkar’s blood obviously runs to India. His great-grandfather is not part of the history of this country. Now Leo obviously is. He’s an Irish citizen but his passion doesn’t go back to the times when our passion goes back to."

Bar the speculation on his 'passion', I see nowhere there where he calls Leo 'the Indian'. Point it out if you can see it.

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#1662 02-11-2020 4:56pm
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I went to Portugal for a few days and came back to this.

Ah Leo always delivering.

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#1663 02-11-2020 4:57pm
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blanch152 wrote: »

Never said you posted anything racist or homophobic. However, your defence of the posters on this thread who did speaks volumes.

Remaining silent on the homophobic comments could be ok, you chose to defend them.

As a Green voter are you not disgusted at Leo's antics

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#1664 02-11-2020 4:57pm
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FrancieBrady wrote: »

No idea if Bowie is a shinner or not. I think he claims not to be one. You cannot project blanch.

And here is what Holohan said exactly:

Bar the speculation on his 'passion', I see nowhere there where he calls Leo 'the Indian'. Point it out if you can see it.

Even Mary-Lou shot down Holohan on what he said, only you Francie have defended him. Not giving that lowlife any more airtime.

If you think Holohan's comment was not racist, you just drop further in my estimation.

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#1665 02-11-2020 4:58pm
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dundalkfc10 wrote: »

As a Green voter are you not disgusted at Leo's antics

Welcome back, how was your holiday in Portugal?

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#1666 02-11-2020 4:59pm
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blanch152 wrote: »

Welcome back, how was your holiday in Portugal?

Fantastic, and coming back to Leo on the brink of ending his tenure in Govt

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#1667 02-11-2020 5:00pm
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Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Blanch, what do your beloved Green party have to say on the matter?

Catherine Martin was on the TV news at one saying Vradakar has lots of questions to answer and she's looking forward to tomorrow
She toed the government 'not best practice ' line but she's not happy,that much you could see in her face
She doesn't like Leo at all and never has is my reading of her

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#1668 02-11-2020 5:01pm
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blanch152 wrote: »

Even Mary-Lou shot down Holohan on what he said, only you Francie have defended him. Not giving that lowlife any more airtime.

If you think Holohan's comment was not racist, you just drop further in my estimation.

I didn't defend him at all. I said what he said was ineffably stupid.

Now any time you are ready to point out where he called Leo 'The Indian'?

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#1669 02-11-2020 5:03pm
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Nobotty wrote: »

Catherine Martin was on the TV news at one saying Vradakar has lots of questions to answer and she's looking forward to tomorrow
She toed the government 'not best practice ' line but she's not happy,that much you could see in her face
She doesn't like Leo at all and never has is my reading of her

And so she should be. If this was a Green TD who done this, they would be out the door ASAP

Leo is ruined after this and couldn't happen to a better person

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#1670 02-11-2020 5:03pm
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Nobotty wrote: »

Catherine Martin was on the TV news at one saying Vradakar has lots of questions to answer and she's looking forward to tomorrow
She toed the government 'not best practice ' line but she's not happy,that much you could see in her face
She doesn't like Leo at all and never has is my reading of her

SF not going in soft either. Should be good fun tomorrow.
The man who wanted accountability now in the spotlight himself.

https://mobile.twitter.com/christinafinn8/status/1323287591492399104

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#1671 02-11-2020 5:03pm
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The opposition do not want another election now. That will have a determination on how far this story goes.

What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?

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#1672 02-11-2020 5:04pm
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the yanks do better email stories , why is Irish news always paler and less interesting

A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer

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#1673 02-11-2020 5:06pm
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State’s political standards watchdog asked to investigate Tánaiste Leo Varadkar’s leak of confidential GP contract

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#1674 02-11-2020 5:07pm
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Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

The opposition do not want another election now. That will have a determination on how far this story goes.

It's Leo's last few days in Govt. Cheer up, he had a good run at it

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#1675 02-11-2020 5:08pm
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Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

The opposition do not want another election now. That will have a determination on how far this story goes.

Why would Leo going necessarily bring down the Government?

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#1676 02-11-2020 5:09pm
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FrancieBrady wrote: »

Why would Leo going necessarily bring down the Government?

Leo going will help the Govt as he has shown he is the weak link and has been all along

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#1677 02-11-2020 5:10pm
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dundalkfc10 wrote: »

I went to Portugal for a few days and came back to this.

Ah Leo always delivering.

Here's hoping he delivers tomorrow.
No need for him to lose sleep over this.
It's like they say if you tell the truth you don't need a good memory.

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1323293675783376896?s=19

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#1678 02-11-2020 5:26pm
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Would it be safe to say that a comment from Simon Coveney is conspicuous in it's absence today?

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#1679 02-11-2020 5:34pm
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Mícheál said Leo was the Taoiseach in his statement this morning, imagine the state of mind he's in with Leo living rent-free in his head.

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#1680 02-11-2020 5:35pm
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Truthvader wrote: »

MM backing Leo. Sinn Fein online troll army and Leo hater fetish crowd going crazy as evidenced in this thread which appears infested with hatred and spite. ' Night all enjoy your echo chamber

I'm apolitical myself and used to like Varadkar, even rooting for him in the FG leadership contest and the initial heave against Enda Kenny before that. He's slowly slipped in my estimation though over time unfortunately.

I voted FG after the economic collapse but they somehow misspelled "reform" on the blank cheque they were given by the electorate at a time when they could have easily blamed the troika and FF for the very hard medicine that was needed in both public sector, private sector (insurance and law), welfare and criminality to name a few things.

I don't expect much better from the alternatives but damned if I'm happy to let this "bad practice" or whatever you want to call it yourself not be called to account.

Sounds like you've got everyone sussed on here though. Fair play. Case closed detective.

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#1681 02-11-2020 5:36pm
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FrancieBrady wrote: »

Would it be safe to say that a comment from Simon Coveney is conspicuous in it's absence today?

He's on prime time tonight.

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