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Simple, Ladybird should have brought out a version. Big font and lots if pictures.

I voted no to the Good Friday Agreement and would still have concerns. However these concerns should be dealt with politically. The armed groups are counter productive and are just preventing a political alternative from emerging. Their activities are pointless.

Comment of the week Conor

I think you will find that 2.1 million are predominantly from The Republic,the same Republic that sold them out to begin with.I voted no as did many others,yet ANOTHER occasion where the south bows to Loyalists.We give up Article 2 and 3,both communities have to vote for Unification (despite the state being created to suit unionists with zero concern for republicans) its laughable.The south kneels before loyalists its disgusting.

Robert, you have a very partitionist attitude. It was a national vote whereby a substantial majority voted yes. As a nation, Ireland voted for a settlement, a choice only between UK and UI and exclusively peaceful means to achieve unification. The war – and justification for it – is over.

Well said Robert, comment of the week !

As I said in an earlier post. Inspector clueless is single handedly dismanteling the garda .
This total clown is directly responsable for understaffing,station closure,equipment shortfall and now he wants 1000 to take a career break !!!!
Bondholders,mega wages,mercs & perks…. They are the most detached and deluded sleeveens to walk Irish soil.

Yes, John. Roll on the election. We can replace the pro-European parties with, em Sinn Fein. That’ll have the dissident Republicans running scared. Oh wait…..

You can’t slander someone on the internet. Slander is the term used for transitory statements ie verbal utterances. The word your looking for is libel. If you are going to be a pedant try at least know what you are typing about!

HaHajaaaaaa I do love when a troll is put firmly back under its bridge. John thanks for that :D

Totally agree, cant believe Shatter is getting away with reducing the police force when crime is increasing so significantly. Community policing and stations almost gone, no one to keep an eye on old people living on their own in the countryside. Makes me sick. However a new election won’t fix it – it’s not as if Sinn Fein will replenish the stocks!

At least it might get our current clueless minister for justice ousted. He seems adamant on dismantling our police force

The ” republic” didnt exist till 1948. The only sell out was the one where the Catholic Church was given a special position of power to run this country and make it completely unattractive for anybody , let alone Loyalists to become part of it. Loyalism doesnt see the north as a the lesser piece of the island of Ireland, its sees it as a part of the UK and we are the minority ( if a vote had been taken across the UK). Unfortunately its the rabble on both sides that think the solution lies in unintelligible violence. Most of morans, like the ones that vandalised O Connell St if asked, could tell you who Parnell or O’Connell were. Both towering over the Celtic shirted mob and probably wondering why they bothered.

Thank you John for explaining the friction between these groupings. We can all rest easy now knowing that this mob are not in any way linked to the murderers and criminals in the CIRA, RIRA, PIRA, INLA….or whatever these “Republicans” call themselves this week…

Splitters!

according to the Limerick leader a man in his 20′s who is currently part of the British armed services was told to stay in the UK by the guards because they had found that the group in Limerick was planning on killing him on his arrival to the city

@Gerry- do you think the economic Armageddon that this Government inherited- the €160billion the state owes….do you think it might be worth entertaining for a moment the idea that these might be contributory factors to the cuts in Garda resources? Why is it so hard for people on here to grasp the fact that we’re broke and there’s going to have to be cuts? What bit of that is so hard to understand? Nurses last night. Gardai tonight. Their employer, Ireland plc is not only massively indebted, it’s running at a loss. Seriously……

@vincent . Im fully aware of the state of the country finances thanks . but this goverment is making the wrong choices hitting frontline services hardest ( the people you will look for in the awful event that you are attacked in your home and end up in a&e) ever wonder why the government failed to introduce a new higher tax band on high earners ? a measure that would have brought in up to 300 million . Ever wonder why mr shatter / howlin have not lead from the front and taken a reduction in their inflated wages (3rd highest paid government ministers in the eu). The only reason shatter is targeting the Gardai in the justice budget is because he knows it is illegal for Gardai to strike . Ever wonder why shatter never tried to reduce the legal aid bill . Course he won’t . This will effect his cronies/ex colleagues down the law library .

@Gerry- the Government hasn’t targeted higher earners because our fragile growth is dependant on domestic demand picking up- something that tax increases would kill stone dead. Nurses can strike- they have been targeted too?

When a country is in recession crime increases, it’s been proven across the globe. We should not be reducing the police force at a time when crime is on the up. The amount of aggravated burglaries at the moment is frightening. We need more guards not less. The government can make the cuts in lots of different places but frontline staff i.e guards, nurses etc are needed now more than ever

@ruth- no health cuts, no Garda cuts. That leaves social welfare. So at a time of recession would you suggest cutting social welfare?

Why does it leave just social welfare Vincent . What about inflated salaries td’s , ministers , hse middle managers etc. what about legal aid . Why should some recidivist offender get legal aid every time he/she goes to court . Why not cut it after the 5th conviction . what about judges salaries . Chief Justice earns over 210k a year . Do u think she will notice a 3% rise in income tax . Get real Vincent . There is always choices . It just happens that in dear old ireland the government is more concerned with looking after vested interests and instead hit front line services because they are an easy target . I hope you never get confronted by some one in your home uninvited and are waiting a few hours for Gardai to come help . And then when they do come the matter isn’t investigated properly because of lack manpower/ overtime god forbid if it does happen I’m sure your attitude would be slightly different . get with the real world and step out of the ivory towers you seem to have surrounded yourself in .

in fairness i think michael mcdowell beats him to that title.

What does a mandate from the people of this island mean?Last time i checked 5/6ths of it was completely free of foreign rule so have no right to say the “war is over”.

yes the island of ireland.that would be correct.

Oh right, I suppose quite a number of people in Northern Ireland have Irish passports. I would imagine also quite a few also have British passports. The citizens of Northern Ireland are entitled to both. But back to your original point, Northern Ireland is a different jurisdiction to the Republic of Ireland.

Toorkeel
Sure didn’t we agree that Northern Ireland was a part of the United Kingdom and they couldn’t be a part of the Irish Republic unless we agreed to it in a Referendum?

We did indeed Michael, we did indeed. In fact, a recent poll in NI showed 70% of the citizens of NI are happy to remain in the UK….

toorkeel, the recent census results for the north showed that those of a protestant persuasion numbered 48 percent, also it showed that 48 percent considered themselves British.. that’s the first time since partition that the loyalist community aren’t a majority.. next time the number will be lower again, and so on.. All this chaos because Belfast only has the Union Jack for 15 days a year? What’s it going to be like when Sinn Fein nominate a First Minister?

If 70% support the union then logically there would be no support for Sinn Fein or any Republican party.
Dont believe statistics especially British ones

Different Jurisdiction.

When a large percentage of irish citizens hold irish passports in ireland i think he should be addressing it.

Judging by your quite misguided Facebook post you will fit right into the BA.Bet you change your tune when your in a dorm with loads of Loyalists with UVF banners who use a tricolor as a bathmath.Ive seen it.

That statement is included in the piece Seán.

@ Sean.. Sure nobody wants to hear that do they? That might be the truth and they’d have to believe it… Blame SF for everything ….

Lads, it’s in the piece.

Sinead for clarity the remarks were made at the gathering announced at the website below. It is a small group which left RSF in 2010.

http://www.rsflimerick.com/

“Will somebody please think of the children”

Sinn Fein, of course don’t issue statements on websites. They’re still trying to use up O’Snodaighs ink cartridges so every statement is printed 4.5 million times on A4 leaflets and distributed house to house.

I despise SF and had a good lol at first but that is a pathetic sad old joke now at this stage. Get new ones will ya.

@Vincent Dolan: Not alone are Republican Sinn Féin a separate group from this Limerick fringe group but they’re also a separate party to Ó Snodaigh’s party Sinn Féin. If you find all this confusing Vincent can I suggest you decline to comment in future for fear of looking silly.

@reada- did I confuse Sinn Fein with Republican Sinn Fein? Don’t think so. I think I actually contrasted Sinn Fein with RSF by pointing out their contrasting communication methods. Can I suggest you decline to comment in future for fear of looking silly?

They come running back when they realise the brits treat them like a bit of dirt on their boot,not as part of the course but as a human being.

Its may not be very reputable but it is the official site of the group mentioned in the article. They aren’t very reputable so its a perfect fit. Pffff yourself.