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julian assflange posted:Martin McGuinness is dead Wow. That explains GA's Twitter feed earlier tonight.
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Mar 21, 2017 07:40
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Hopefully in some solicitors office somewhere and envelope with shitloads if revelations is being opened and sent to some journalists......hahahahaha
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Mar 21, 2017 07:48
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julian assflange posted:Hopefully in some solicitors office somewhere and envelope with shitloads if revelations is being opened and sent to some journalists......hahahahaha Gerry making panicked phonecalls as we speak
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Mar 21, 2017 07:54
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Entropy238 posted:Where does the €3000 a year figure come from? Just curious. possibly a bus, it's apparently not possible to print money any more and the EU definitely couldn't handle £7.5bn annually (roughly vodafone's annual tax-dodge)
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Mar 21, 2017 21:05
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Well Adams has made it clear no extension for NI negotiations is on the cardsquote:There cannot be continuous negotiation and re-negotiation of agreements already made. So Sinn Féin is opposed to any extension of Monday’s deadline.” https://sluggerotoole.com/2017/03/23/on-the-eve-of-martin-mcguinnesss-funeral-gerry-adams-issues-an-ultimatum-on-the-talks/ Its also been confirmed Foster will attend the funeral of McGuinness which is a decent gesture (remember when it used to be controversial for a DUP leader to attend a Mass). Not looking forward to a post Adams graveside oration election I have to say
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Mar 23, 2017 11:14
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How bad would it be if NI went back to direct rule?
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Mar 27, 2017 00:00
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julian assflange posted:How bad would it be if NI went back to direct rule? Lots of shouting and political deadlock and the chances of our unique softeners to shield us from full Tory welfare reform holding up are unlikely - things like domestic water charges (which Labour wanted to introduce under the last period of direct rule), rates increases and maybe some fiddling with free prescriptions. It will annoy a fair few folks but putting whitehall in charge of crafting budgets will probably result in some pretty deep cuts in areas where has been some domestic cross party consensus to ring fence spending budget pressures be damned.
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Mar 27, 2017 00:32
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Mar 30, 2017 11:15
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This loving country! http://www.thejournal.ie/sisters-of-charity-maternity-hospital-3345155-Apr2017/
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Apr 18, 2017 14:31
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julian assflange posted:This loving country! http://www.thejournal.ie/sisters-of-charity-maternity-hospital-3345155-Apr2017/ Is there anything to be said for torching a few convents? But really, if anyone is looking to get behind some marches or TD harassment about this let me know
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Apr 18, 2017 14:36
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It makes me so mad. I love this country but it makes me so so angry at times
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Apr 19, 2017 11:51
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for whatever it's worth https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/block-sisters-of-chairty-as-sole-owners-of-national-maternity-hospital
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I can't help but hope the current public anger at the church will help this law get chopped somehow: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/garda%C3%AD-silent-on-complaint-of-blasphemy-against-stephen-fry-1.3074334?mode=amp
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May 7, 2017 10:18
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julian assflange posted:I can't help but hope the current public anger at the church will help this law get chopped somehow: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/garda%C3%AD-silent-on-complaint-of-blasphemy-against-stephen-fry-1.3074334?mode=amp They did promise to hold the much delayed referendum to remove the references to blasphemy from the constitution at some time during the life of this government - but they've been talking about that since FG and Lab go in and its not much further along. They could push it up to counter the anger bubbling over the maternity hospital but referendums are expensive and I don't think they are that deeply in the poo poo yet, or that it would necessarily help em
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May 7, 2017 12:58
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I want Stephen Fry imprisoned for what he done. Leaving QI for The Great Indoors. No, give him the chair! Jokimg aside, has it ever been revealed who complained to trigger the investigation? Was it really ONE viewer who complained. If it is, that one REAL butthurt person.
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May 7, 2017 13:43
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It was one guy who complained, and then complained again 18 months later after nobody seemed interested in investigating it. Said he wasn't offended himself but just felt he should report the crime. My guess is it's someone from Atheist Ireland who wants to draw attention to the silly law.
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May 7, 2017 13:57
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happyhippy posted:I want Stephen Fry imprisoned for what he done. Sounds like it from the report, and the guards have a duty to investigate the complaint Way the blasphemy law was rewritten in 2009 though makes it practically impossible to prosecute him as it provides protection for political or academic speech so its not going anywhere
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May 7, 2017 14:00
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floofyscorp posted:It was one guy who complained, and then complained again 18 months later after nobody seemed interested in investigating it. Said he wasn't offended himself but just felt he should report the crime. My guess is it's someone from Atheist Ireland who wants to draw attention to the silly law. Yeah my bet is probably on someone wanting to remind everyone blasphemy is still on the books
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May 7, 2017 14:01
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I think if the government calls a press conference to announce a referendum on blasphemy before abortion people would be up in arms tbh
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May 7, 2017 14:02
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kustomkarkommando posted:I think if the government calls a press conference to announce a referendum on blasphemy before abortion people would be up in arms tbh Can they do both in the same referendum?
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May 7, 2017 14:04
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Is Blasphemy a constitutional issue? Can't they just... get rid of it?
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May 7, 2017 14:11
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whats the penalty for blasphemy
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May 7, 2017 14:13
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julian assflange posted:Can they do both in the same referendum? Woah now, one at a time! Don't want to go crazy with the pace of reform! Still have referendums on the presidential franchise, lowering the voting age, establishing a universal patent court and lowering divorce requirements and changing the 8th to sort out The last times they bundled referendums together the government got defeated on one topic each time (abolishing the senate and lowering the presidential age requirement) so they are probably scared shitless about packaging anymore for one day kustomkarkommando fucked around with this message at 14:19 on May 7, 2017 |
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May 7, 2017 14:14
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Bedshaped posted:Is Blasphemy a constitutional issue? Can't they just... get rid of it? The constitution says blasphemy is an offence but fails to define blasphemy, the supreme court said in the late 90s that the common law definition was not compatible with the constitution. Then the government rewrote defamation and libel laws and put a definition in place to met the constitutional requirement, deciding that a referendum would be too much bother at that stage for a law that hadn't been enforced for 150 years
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May 7, 2017 14:16
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Kurtofan posted:whats the penalty for blasphemy €25000 fine
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May 7, 2017 14:17
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kustomkarkommando posted:€25000 fine not even burning at the stake? pretty weak
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May 7, 2017 14:24
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Kurtofan posted:not even burning at the stake? pretty weak We're a progressive nation!
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May 7, 2017 14:27
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New theoretical date for Kenny announcing his resignation is sometime after the EPP meeting in Wicklow over the 11th-12th. Or possibly when the ice caps melt or everyone has simply forgotten he exists. Whichever comes first. Not that it matters, what with Leo pretty much openly campaigning and Coveney getting himself lined up as the anti-Leo candidate with a couple of more openly principled conservative statements on abortion
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Kurtofan posted:whats the penalty for blasphemy Damning your immortal soul to the fires of hell.
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Kurtofan posted:whats the penalty for blasphemy Having your wife's gynaecological rights decided by a nun
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kustomkarkommando posted:New theoretical date for Kenny announcing his resignation is sometime after the EPP meeting in Wicklow over the 11th-12th. Or possibly when the ice caps melt or everyone has simply forgotten he exists. Whichever comes first. Enda's continual "ah, I'll be gone in a few weeks" messages are great. There's always something new just over the horizon that he has to stay on for. As both Leo and Coveney are fairly despicable, I can't help but find this hilarious as it no doubt is driving them both up the wall. I hope Coveney gets it, though. Hes at least open in his conservatism. And somewhat to the left of Leo economically. I think Leo's hard right Thatcherite views, packaged in a surface level millennial friendly "I'm gay and a minority, I'm cool and hip!" package is far more dangerous due to its deceptiveness.
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May 7, 2017 16:58
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Kurtofan posted:whats the penalty for blasphemy Mrs Browns Boys front row tickets.
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May 7, 2017 22:55
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happyhippy posted:Mrs Browns Boys front row tickets. It astonishes me how successful that is in the U.K.
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julian assflange posted:It astonishes me how successful that is in the U.K. Voting for Brexit, making Mrs Browns Boys a success... its all pretty much on the same level There's really just no accounting for good taste or common sense these days in the UK.
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May 7, 2017 23:47
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loving hell. Average rent now over €1100 and over €1700 in Dublin https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/dublin-rents-hit-1-784-a-month-as-costs-surge-over-12-months-1.3075896?mode=amp €400k for a two bed apartment in Clonskeigh: http://m.independent.ie/business/pe...t-35694452.html
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The sindo's front page today might cause a bit of a ruckus in next few daysSindo posted:An election worker for a serving politician had his mobile phone tapped by gardai and the bugging stopped only when an officer raised a concern it was being done for "political purposes". Im assuming FF minister/SF activist. Might put the wind up FF to push harder on Fitzgerald to give Noirín O’Sullivan the boot to cover their arses
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May 14, 2017 19:22
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Jesus, they really are riddled through and through with corruption. The entire Garda upper echelon needs to be replaced with foreign police officers, to get rid of the existing culture entirely. Theres no way anyone promoted from within will be able to do it.
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Kenny has finally bit the bullet and announced his resignation as party leader effective from midnight tonight. Going to stay on in a caretaker role until June 2nd.
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