Everything is relative. Compare the death of a woman who has led a long and fruitful life to a 16 year old girl having her head blown off.

the two issues are not comparable..the death of a 93 year old through natural causes is sad for the family and friends. the brutal callous murder of an innocent teenage girl is tragic and her killing blights our society. my heart goes out to her family and loved ones and friends. but ciaro there is no comparisonand your comment is just plain insensitive

how does saying..” may she rest in peace” attract a negative reaction??….thumbs down!!
i’m truly bemused……..

You should know better than to use Irish, a mhac.

I commented on an article the other week in Irish, basically saying the government was wrong to be cutting the poor and disadvantaged and got a pile of thumbs down!!

Maybe because most people don’t speak Irish

Maith thú, a Sheáin. Noelie’d be chuffed!

just a grammar question…raibh is past tense isnt it? why is it used in the saying ar dheis De go raibh a anam? and to add..may this lady rest in peace

Office of Taoiseach was created in the 1937 which made de Valera first Taoiseach, Cosgrove was first President of the Executive under the 1922 constitution.

*go

It’s also Caoimh, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Emer also changed Uí to Í when the family semi-anglicised their surname.
Ó Cuív was in favour of more readable Irish, decided to add ‘v’ to the Irish alphabet.

Some clarification courtesy of the Fianna Fáil press office: “Although the usual spelling would be ‘Uí’, we wish to confirm that the correct spelling in this case is ‘Í Chuív’, without the U.”

Thats true Marian, but her husband was involved in creating a new from of spelling, thus changing his name from Ó Caoimh to Ó Cúiv, so it wouldn’t surprise me that her name was Í Chuív, after all Uí is pronounced as Í.

I doubt FF are too worried. Eamon dropped the Ó from his surname so his name would appear higher up on the ballet paper.

And no, I’m not joking.

In english please?

what an insensitive comment. my father died 14 months ago aged 86..it was just as sad as when my mum.died age 65 and my best mate aged 35..death sir of a loved one is sad regardless of length of innings. grow up

@Ciaro: Poor taste in trolling an article about someone dying…

@Ciaro, loosing a loved one will always be sad no matter how old or young they are when they pass on, are you saying that the older ones gets that is not such a sad event for those they leave behind, just glad that not a friend of mine a I would hate to think I knew someone so insensitive and cold hearthed to even thinkg such a thing never mind to actually put it on here as a comment.

ar dheis Dé go raibh a hAnam.