whelan2 wrote: » One of our Angus bulls had a pig tail post wrapped in his ring this morning
Apoarantly that's what's happening in Rome right now. There were some of the top guys arrested by the police and now there's a big increase shootings all over the city.
That said they mentioned that the culture of acceptance and tolerance of these overlords and gangs was very much declining in in society.
Yes that’s correct. The pollen affects the horses.
I wonder will anything come of the talk of a new political party. I'd have a lot of confidence in Michael Fitzmaurice, don't agree with everything anyone says but he seems to me to have 100%+ more sense than the usual wafflers. I know I've no one I want to vote for in the next election, yet.
Same here. All I have is a list of people I don’t want elected.
Lol, I know that feeling
The IFJ have nailed their colours to the political mast anyway, with a front page headline saying Sinn Fein are the devil entirely.
No mention of who’s been in power for the past 20 years overseeing and signing off on CAP payments being continually being reduced, bureaucracy and paperwork multiplying, eejits like Eamon Ryan being welcomed into Government, Larry building his cartel, supermarkets driving food prices to the floor - the list goes on.
With friends/representatives like FF and FG, who needs enemies?
I’m no Sinn Fein voter (yet!) but a small bit of balance wouldn’t go astray. Headlines like that say more about the media who publish them than the people they’re supposed to be reporting on
If you had Eoin O'Broin in Dara O'Briens job, Lynn Boylan in Noonan or Ryans job, I can't see Claire Kerrane being able to handle them and the dept, things might even get worse. I haven't been of any party for many years now but I see SF as being very similar to the lot we have today, just with a different agenda which also would be anti farmer.
The day Sinn Fein end up in power will be the worst day of their lives. Hurlers on the ditch is their schtick.
There's a few fg lads not running next time. It may be a good time to start one.
IFJ would be better employed informing its readers on the radical reworking of the CAP post 2028 in response to Ukrainian accession etc. then gaslighting on behalf of FFG. IFA recent statements on these matters also show a total detachment from reality🙄
Surely the big court case in Dublin this week will open some eyes about the party and how it operates
Bit of a stretch that - yer man Dowdall was long expelled from the party( funnily enough FFG criticized SF at the time for doing it). Also its not as if FFG have been squeaky clean when it comes to the law recently given the amount of revelation's the journalists at The Ditch have uncovered in the planning process regarding dodgy dealings concerning government TDs and CCs .
Bit of a stretch comparing handling and using illegal firearms to a dishonest planning permission application.
I really hope something comes of it. I had been thinking of going to that meeting in Athlone but got sick the day before so didn't manage it. My concern was the circumstances wasn't there like were for the Dutch, lack of high profile figure and the situation having got to clashes with police on the streets level. There's an opportunity here if the right people can get, and stick, together.
That's probably why there is a lack of housing in this country. How many people do we all know, whether single or married, who bought their first home, a semi- detached in a housing estates in the suburbs. Some then go on to build a family home in their home parish. Suddenly it's seen as a crime, is it any wonder we have an existing problem with lack of housing.
You do know that incident occurred nearly 10 years after he was expelled from the party?? In other news Blue Shirt hero Michael Collins murdered several British Agents in Dublin recently......
PS: Corruption in the planning process over the years has seriously impacted on communities over large parts of this state, if politicians feel they r above the law in this area then we basically haven't learnt anything from the many expensive tribunals that uncovered some of this rot, not to mention the issue of public confidence in the planning system that has seen the recent meltdown in the likes of An Bord Pleanala over failure to follow basic law and procedures in the planning process
100%.
I'm incredibly worried that people will vote SF on the basis that "they can't be any worse"
Things can always get worse, a lot fucimg worse.
The incident where he shot at his uncles house though was before he was a councillor and it was known by SF before they ran him as a candidate.
Its obvious now that he was up to his neck with the provos, especially his friendship with Gerry McCabes killer, that can't have gone unnoticed by SF and yet they ignored it
I’d have to say there is line drawn for me between 21 century gangland drug dealing and murder, and the rising that happened last century. I couldn’t compare them at all.
From talking to people that voted for sf last time, it would appear there was a lot of protest votes went their way
SF are the trump of Irish politics. He said he could shoot someone on 5th avenue and they would still vote for him.
Same for SF, beat someone to death in a shed, break absolutely every bone in his body but tell someone you know the secret to making them rich and they will vote for you out of greed and stupidity.
I see this doing the rounds, another argument in favour of a new political party imo
They were talking about the curlew on morning Ireland this morning. I’m not sure if it was Aine Lawlor or Rachel English asked the question “is it because of drainage of farmland that the curlew has all but disappeared?”
I’m pretty certain until all this rubbish talk of rewetting lately, she wouldn’t have asked such a stupid question. Just goes to show there’s a big difference between intelligence and education.
Is it all but written in the sand that sf are going to lead the next government? Without any coalition with ff or fg? Imagine either fg or ff not being government but also not being the main opposition party either.
You could be right but there’s a saying, “a week is a long time in politics”
Remember how Martin McGuinness was ambushed before the presidential election. SF have so many skeletons in the closet, I can’t see how they are going to be able to keep all under wraps.
Was the false imprisonment, torture and firing on his uncle's house before or after his time with the party. Hard to believe they knew nothing about him with the company he was keeping on both sides of the border.
Its the truth... bringing in an untested party based on a protest vote is obscenely dangerous for us all, you can be sure as property and land owners it will be worse for us, money for the "cant work, won't work" brigade will have to be taken from someone..!
Biggest issue will be borrowing on international money markets ff/fg are seen as a safe pair of hands, if Sein Fein get in that goodwill evaporates and borrowing costs shoot up over night
Ohhh, diddnt see that coming... Its stuff like this that needs to be take into account
Unfortunately the "can't work, won't work" brigade will not even consider that when it comes to election time. IMO the other worse scenario would be SF coalescing with the Greens which is another possibility.
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