The Irish

What a bunch of fucking idiots. pic.twitter.com/WIkCLD6NIc

— Daithi K. (@tvcritics) April 21, 2020

there's been a bit of Irish anti-lockdown idiocy it seems.

just drop a giant glass dome over them, sorted

same rent a ghoul crowd as have been on the wrong side of everything else this past ten year

is that john waters (not that john waters) in the middle?

And Gemma O next to him

Reading up on him, he seems like a real piece of work, this Waters character... and he has a daughter with Sinead O'Connor!

hes a cunt

as close as we have to a peterson, but id argue worse tbh

this guy has been very good imo

Some interesting weaponizing of Ireland's death rate going on by very ignorant people.

"Ireland have the 9th highest death rate per capita".

Do we now.

— Danny Boy (@Care2much18) April 22, 2020

short story

we're doing much better than it looks on death per capita than the various comparisons would seem to show

though we wont really know anything til next year earliest

what do we make of the government's current "stop being naughty or we'll extend the lockdown" approach?

tbh they're going to struggle to keep people in check for the bank holiday weekend let alone beyond the 5th

i think it leaves them a little wriggle either way

experts will advise a lockdown for further with some limited exceptions

tabloids and twitter will demand freedom

they dont need to show cards for now but prob wise to flag that both options are open

Could do with a rainy spell for next weekend.
Been really nice all week.
& people are out using the public furniture and exercise machines around the park. Playing in the adventure playground.
So if there is another wave imminent will they continue to try to continue the isolation.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/lockdown-extended-for-another-two-weeks-for-the-vast-majority-39162734.html

makes sense. groups will need to be exposed in sections i think

Two weeks from friday seems to be a bit ambitious and reducing the social distancing rules seems a bit counterproductive.
I thought there wasn't any guaranteed immunity from having been through a bout of covid either.
So surprised by that news.
thought this was going to go oon for a while longer whatever.
Aren't there going to be a load more cases of infection after the coming weekend anyway, which would presuambly only be showing theirfull blown infection in 2 weeks time.
So sounds a little premature doesn't it?

How puppets work. pic.twitter.com/W9ocR99z8B

— Daithi K. (@tvcritics) April 29, 2020

Ionanist is such a good term.
I take it it's always used of somebody else rather than by the individual themself?

why is every man on irish tv a hotel manager?

https://irishboston.org/images/march/ryan-tubridy.jpg

"i'll have dearbhla add those 'additional expenses' (cocaine!) to your bill"

this is the basic vibe on literally every rte program

Sometimes I think about how there was an Irish laundry firm called Swastika Laundry which predated the Nazis rise to power but continued to use the name and distinctive logo well after WWII, up until 1987. pic.twitter.com/sB6vvjnyFr

— Mr Demos of Pnyx (@gem_ste) May 19, 2020

In his May 2007 interview with Jason O'Toole, former Minister for Health Cowen admitted to smoking marijuana, saying,

Anyone who went to the UCD bar in the '70s that didn't get a whiff of marijuana would be telling you a lie. I would say there were a couple of occasions when it was passed around – and, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale! There wasn't a whole lot in it really – (it was like) a Sweet Afton, as a 10-year-old, under a railway bridge on a rainy day, in small town Ireland in the late '60s. I certainly got more enjoyment out of a few pints.

I found it. The worst take. pic.twitter.com/oKLt7YnPnU

— Liam Hogan (@Limerick1914) May 31, 2020

and the replies particularly this thread

COME OUT, YE BLACK AND TANS
COME OUT, DEBATE ME MAN TO MAN

— 🐟🎄The Christmas Fish🎄🐟 (@TheXmasFish) May 31, 2020

Nelson Mandela founded the armed wing of the ANC, you dingbat. https://t.co/WGuad7OKLU

— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) June 1, 2020

reminds me of this, when history is Duntified by moronic libs!

Fuck offfffff
https://www.thejournal.ie/uk-court-family-irish-phrase-grave-headstone-5112813-Jun2020/

UK church asks family to translate Irish phrase on mum's grave amid concerns it could be 'seen as political'
Judge Stephen Eyre said non-Gaeilgeoirs might think the phrase was “some form of slogan”.

WTF? Plus a Church Court? Oh, right, it's Church of England.

absolute fuckin shitshow

I mean I'd never bet against it, but was there something in particular...?

Your man from labour falling asleep during a vote on workers rights wasn’t it

Imagine earning a TDs salary to go in & fall asleep at work. https://t.co/F8254sDK0Y

— Daithi K. (@tvcritics) July 16, 2020

this?

oh no I think that is US, but I got it off an Irish poster!

oh no scratch that it is Eamon Ryan from the green party and some other twat

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-15/apple-wins-eu-court-fight-over-14-9-billion-tax-bill

Fg are landlords and thugs

Which fucking prick wrote this????

https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/20/the-guardian-view-on-irish-politics-an-enviable-beauty-is-born

The new nation is the Irish Republic.

Before Brexit and Mr Johnson, Ireland might have taken an informal cue on handling the pandemic from its larger and richer neighbour.

Where is this leading? The coalition has a clear majority. All three parties voted decisively for it.

The post-pandemic reopening of pubs this week has had to be pushed back because of a spike in cases.

This is nevertheless a salutary moment. Step by step, Ireland’s old nationalist politics, shaped by Britain in so many ways, have moved on.

Ireland is prospering by doing things more rationally and in ways that are firmly rooted in the state’s membership of multilateral institutions. The many in these islands who yearn for Britain to do likewise can only look on as, in Ireland, an enviable beauty is born.

Deems (bless his soul) would've thrown that report straight into this thread

#yearnforbritain

Lol, was wondering when that guardian article would show up here!

The civil rights campaigner, Nobel Peace Prize winner and SDLP stalwart died at Owen Mor nursing home in his beloved Derry after a short illness.

One of the most influential figures in the modern history of this island. pic.twitter.com/6uhD0EOrWy

— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) August 3, 2020

The great love of his life, his wife Pat, said in 2018 that John Hume didn't remember much of what he achieved in his life - Sunningdale, the Anglo-Irish Agreement, the Good Friday Agreement.

It is a testament to his brilliance, that the island will never forget that work.

— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) August 3, 2020

Some people ask, “what makes you proud to be Irish? The culture, the music, the superior dairy products?” While these are all good shouts, the only true answer is “ilxors are unconsciously picking and using Hiberno-Irish, thereby confirming it as the site’s prestige dialect.”

ha, haven't noticed this. I'll keep an eye out

…the plot thickens:

Montreal!

Book Group: They're reading Helen DeWitt's "The Last Samurai" (nothing to do with the Tom Cruise movie!) over at Conversational Reading - Maybe we should do the same here?

Love and hate this depressing incestuous country and its cronyism

#Golfgate is more than the dinner itself. It's a perfect illustration of how cosy Ireland's elite are together - high court judge, former political journalist on Ireland's public service broadcaster, TD's, Senators, banking lobbyists and "good" families, all sitting down together

— Sorcha Ní Aoláin (@SJTHolland) August 21, 2020

I feel there might now be popular support for my platform of attendees to Oireachtas Golf Society events to be greeted by machine-gun fire - the problem is maintaining that support next year if Covid is no longer an issue.

There will be a lot of people thinking "The politicians giving out about this are jealous that they weren't there".

Also, they're not entirely wrong there.

I mean, yeah? Look at the names, that’s a pretty good list of your typical room where the decisions get made.

Taken by David Minihane off Castletownbere on Monday. Just wait for it...... pic.twitter.com/naumi7E7Xn

— Cork Beo (@corkbeo) August 22, 2020

whale say hi to me

i'm going to ireland in a couple of weeks! literally years since i was there not during christmas although this may obviously be in lieu of

Are you watching the ESB ad or wha