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

This is hilarious 😂.

That is the third poll in a row that has seen support for Sinn Fein dropping by an amount in and around the margin of error. Little doubt about it now, there is a trend.

Also annoying any slightly centrist potential voters with the Gaza ambassador stunt at the ard fheis.

And the tedious doomed to fail No Confidence motion, amusingly, McEntee has a higher approval rating than Mary Lou in that poll today

Imagine being less popular than the leaders of "the most unpopular government in the history of the state", eh, Mary Lou?

Fionnán Sheahan: The fake gardaí in the election van with the TD’s posters – and a political party’s striking incuriosity

this occurred in 2002 and the trial of the first lot happened in 2005 reported here https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30180598.html

can't find any case against the man with the surveillance notes

In-depth knowledge of Serbian bot farms has its uses after all

Irish banks urged to respond to claims that payments to Gaza have been 'blocked' (thejournal.ie)

Once again, the so-called minister for finance in waiting does not have a **** clue how regulations around banking are made. Writing to the banks demanding why certain payments to Gaza are stopped. Surely he knows the consequences of a financial institution releasing a payment to a designated terrorist organization? Surely he knows these regulations are set by the ECB and it isnt a case of banks getting involved. Absolute muppet of the highest order

No its even better. SF supported the regulations that introduced these measures

there is absolutely nothing to see here, the payments are to the relief/aid funds in gaza hence the issue by the shaddow minister.

if they were to hamas directly then there would be no complaint and sending them money is of itself a criminal offense anyway.

So how do you know the payments are not going to Hamas?

Ok never heard the term “shadow” been used in Ireland. That’s a uk term. He isn’t a minister, he is a TD also

In terms of the payments we have no idea if they are or not going to Hamas so yes they should be blocked. In terms of Pearse, the guy hasnt a clue and just the latest in a long run of stupid media stories to keep him in the press so the numpty supporters thinks he is great

I love the way people take a comment and then go off on some random tangent.

We are talking about sending money from Ireland to Gaza, not stopping the day to day banking in the area.

Clear it up for you?

It's not a tagnet. So anyone living in gaza or any organisation in Gaza should not be allowed receive money into their bank account from anyone outside of Gaza? The suggestion that all bank transfer to Gaza shoukd be blocked is crazy tbh. Not every Palestinian living in Gaza is a terrorist.

You said the payments should be blocked as no one has any idea if it's going Hamas or not. It woukd be impossible to proof the payments are not going to Hamas, just like how it would be impossible to improve any payment smanyone sents to me isn't going to be used on something illegal.

Blocking payment to people because they might go to a terrorist organisation despite no actually evidence for this is ludicrous. It's only right and fair that banks are asked to explain their processes on this issue.

Sinn Fein have benn calling for a South Africa style truth and reconciliation commission for years now, so why are they so opposed to the legacy bill going through the UK parliament at the moment?

conditional immunity for murderers isn’t that palatable, but how else could this process work?

The same people who are complaining about the banks blocking payments to Palestine spent all last year complaining for Ireland to block all banking with Russia, throwing the Russian ambassador out of Ireland etc

They pick and choose what they want to get outraged over.

Like everything about Sinn Fein it's an incoherent mess from top to bottom.

it is surprising as it isn't true.

SF have not waded in on the side of hamas, but have condemned them without equivication.

Absolutely not true.

they aren't and he doesn't

sf are going to be the next government or the one after, no matter how much bad attempts at smearing is done.

that's an article whinging about sf supporting the palestinian people and condemning war crimes and genocide being committed by israel, which is quite right.

that does not equal in any way, supporting or flirting with hamas.