The wondrous adventures of Sinn Fein (part 3) Mod Notes and Threadbanned List in OP

Do the lads that called for Varadkar to step aside during an investigation agree that Mary-Lou should step aside now that her party is subject to a Garda investigation? Do they support the bullying and intimidation of the lone female staff member on duty? Or will they blame the OPW for leaving a lone female in charge? Always someone else's fault, I suppose.

Sinn Fein down to 30% on all polling today. Their performance must be judged as poor if they have such modest gains against the power swap coalition of chaos!

How is it a government of chaos? The vaccine roll out has been very successful. Since the start of 2020 Ireland has had the fastest growing economy in the world (due to multinationals but still).

Funny that, last I checked, the opinion polls have the government parties on 50%, so around half of the population must believe that the actions speak louder than the words. Yes, the government's communications have been bad, but that 50% recognise that behind that, they have been making the right decisions (e.g. where is Mary-Lou and her unvaccinated indoor dining now? What an idiotic position that was, gone all quiet and disappeared to hide her embarrassment).

It is something when the biggest anti-government whingers can only complain about the communications issues. We are in a pandemic, unprecedented decisions have to be made quickly and on the fly, if there weren't communications issues, that would mean they weren't concentrating on the important stuff. Make no mistake, the Irish people owe this government a huge debt for the steady way that they have steered us through the pandemic in the face of a calamity next door.

An awful lot of anger in that, Sinn Fein must be down in the opinion polls. It could be a lot worse - just look at the way that the numbers in the North have been far worse than the South for most of the pandemic, and a higher proportion of the population has been killed by the inactions of the DUP/SF government. Look across the water to England, and see the mess that Boris Johnson has made. We have been very lucky in comparison thanks to this government.

No government in the world can stop a pandemic from killing people, but they can manage it to reduce the toll, while also ensuring that some semblance of normal life can continue. So far, it appears we have done a good job. So long as ordinary people keep their heads for the next few months, we will be in a much better place, if they don't, as NPHET fears, or if a new variant appears, this could still go badly wrong.

As for last Christmas, thank god we didn't follow Mary-Lou's advice and keep the pubs open - an awful lot more would have died.

Investigation into IRA murder of Tom Oliver uncovers new DNA evidence (msn.com)

I wonder whos dna showed up at this murder scene ?

legacy issues for sf that just wont go away again

Last I checked we are on the Sinn Fein thread, so why wouldn't I be pointing out the complete idiocy that Mary-Lou has displayed on the Covid issue, back and forth on opening pubs etc. Does she still want unvaccinated people to be allowed in for indoor dining next week? Or have the numbers scared her into silence again?

No, I'm ignoring the silly personal attacks you made, you didn't make a single substantive point in your post, so not going down into the sewer.

Oh she has disappeared all right, off dealing with some other issue when Covid is the biggest threat to the country. Maybe you can tell me which way the wind is blowing in terms of opening up indoor dining to the unvaccinated.

Nope, I would keep the vaccinated only rule, even after everyone who wants to be has been vaccinated. Only those who can't be vaccinated for medical reasons should be excused.

Those who choose not to be vaccinated need to learn the cost. There was a time when you couldn't travel to certain countries unless you had certain vaccinations, those days are coming back.

What's with all the yous?

When I speak I say yiz but have the cop on to use proper English when I write it.