Shouldn’t it be Moe Szyslak?

Not in my world lad lol

Sounded like???

Not if you understand the issues. See above and countless other comments.

That is precisely the point of having editorial independence.

Shut it down. It’s a piece of junk

That’s not really the issue to be fair. I’ve never read the paper, nor would I, but that’s not really the point. There’s a lot of ppl employed by it!

No Diarmuid. The issue is that some sneak snapped pictures of a half naked women in a private situation. Then sold those pictures for profit and were published for profit. Forget who she is, what would any woman feel? Would you publish such pictures online of any woman you know. Of course not, this is a nasty piece of work and O kane deserves to go. Think about what any woman would feel. Would o Kane care if his wife/daughter/mothers pictures were published. Of course he would.

You’re missing the point Paul. The punishment should fit the crime. All the innocent ppl working there certainly don’t deserve to lose their jobs!

There are a lot of people employed in criminal gangs !so we don’t touch em

What member of the Irish Daily Star broke the law tell me? Pretty silly comment!

If she wasn’t married to Wills the photographer would be called a stalker and arrested!

Of course he would but isn’t that the point? She’s photographed because of who she is? I still fail to see what all this has to do with what the Star did? They weren’t stalking her and didn’t break the law!

It’s a pair of tits for FS. Nobody died. There are kids bring bombed in Syria. Ok she should be browned off but really, half the population have them.

well actually Diarmaid according to almost all reports the photography probably did committee one or more criminal acts and so did the french publisher. Just because the person is in the public eye or the photos are “tasteful” does not make it ok break the law to take the pictures.

I defiantly don’t agree with it but perspective is required.

Robert the photographer was a french, private citizen. The Star got the pictures off the internet. I know, let’s arrest the internet!

oh well if they were on the internet it makes everything ok…. It matters not how the Star got them. Its about in what situation the photos were taken. As i said they seem to have been taken illegally and publish in France illegally, also while Ireland does not have a privacy law the constitution says everyone has a right to privacy, and while photos can be published if in the public interest, it would be interesting to see if pictures taken illegally of a woman’s breasts could be determined “in the public interest” regardless of who that woman might be.

Dance with the paparazzi you will always get burned, looks like her honeymoon with that lot is over. For a sycophantic social climber she’s done alright for herself.

Ok so Robert you win, let’s throw 80 innocent employees to the dole wolves cause a French man broke the law and an editor exercised poor judgment in a paper that regularly shows women and men’s private bits part owned by a porn king!

@ Diarmuid: Everyone keeps assuming the photographer was a man. It was actually a woman.

My bad Ryan, cheers!

Diarmuid, I never said the paper should be closed.I said the photos should not have been published. I think the editor should go though.

Unlike those who appear in Desmond’s adult publications, the Duchess didn’t consent to being photographed naked nor to have those photographs published. This was a deliberate invasion of privacy made even more dispicable by the actions of gormless, gutter rags.

Irrelevant. The man is a despicable purveyor of filth.

I suppose when you say it won’t be missed you speak on behalf of the entire country, Paul?

There’s clearly a huge market for them. Hence all the fuss.

Page 3 may be more appropriate under the circumstances..

Diarmuid

If you had a daughter and lets just pretend she’s just sixteen and someone follows her into a changing room in a department store and sneakily photographs her while she’s changing and a newspaper……
If you had a granddaughter and lets pretend she’s the same age as the Princess and in private removes her bathing top………
What’s the difference between the two stories and the instrument by which such a perverted and obscene invasion of privacy takes place. I mean the instrument is the newspaper and it should be closed down!

Mick you don’t need to resort to such clearly emotional statements. Diarmuid has not at any point said the way the photos were taken was perfectly ok. So less of the “imagine she were your 16 year old daughter” stuff.

The way that paparazzi get these photos is wrong. But I wish people were as vocal about it when it is a non-royal in the photo. Sienna Miller and many, many others have been photographed similarly and published in Irish and UK newspapers before. Kate isn’t the first and she won’t be the last (nor will there be one tenth of the outrage as there is about these photos)

I think Gary pretty much summed up my thoughts there. I have at no point excused the image being taken, I wish some ppl would read what this story is about and what I actually commented before writing such emotive responses!

If people lose their jobs it will be o’kanes fault and nobody else’s. He got it badly wrong. His arrogance spews out of his mouth in interviews.

me too they stopped supplying the sun

There’s also a bit going on today too. That doesn’t matter though. Bread and circuses. The herd are happy.

exactly nobody died and the media lied

She is barely a B-cup , awfully un-stimulating photos

Totally agree Joan…and i also had to agree with what he said about Kate not being our future queen.

Page 3 women choose to display and get paid. Kate Middleton didn’t. Is that acceptable.

But why are you calling it a newspaper? There’s hardly any legitimate news in it. It is tawdry gossip, tittle tattle, titillation and, unsurprisingly, tits. It objectivises and demeans women and is an insult to human intelligence.
As for the editor, he can take his share of the blame if this appalling rag is closed. But it is no more fit to be printed than was the News of the Screws, with their dirty tricks, criminality and all the garbage they printed.

Yes it is. it occurred in France which has strict criminal privacy laws. The photos therefore were more than likely obtained criminally. In those situations the reproduction of the photos in the media should only occur when it is a matter of utmost public importance, which is clearly not the case here. I listened to O’Kane on Saturday and he sounded like the typical smug git that seems to be the norm in Irish print media, suspension is the least he deserves.

Paul lets not pretend that page 3 girls are the only ones to be shown topless in The Star, The Sun etc. They have profited from similar paparazzi photos for decades. UK newspapers regularly show celebrities topless in photos taken without their consent. All of these are wrong, not just Kate Middleton. The reaction to these photos is hypocritical in my view.

Lets not pretend that this is in anyway new or an isolated incident. They have published 1000s of similar photos before in the UK.

Perhaps the editor should have used his brain and thought about job losses before he printed the picture. I would argue that ANYONE should have the right for privacy and if it was a picture of my Daughter I would sue also ! How any news paper or magazine would ever think that they would get away with any publication like that is beyond me !

What choice had Kate with these pictures being published?

Paul, you mean Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge? It’s not “Kate” to you little man.

What nonsense Martin! Why should you be given the opportunity to look at a person’s breasts against their will?

Spot on. My sentiments exactly.

They do if a co owner is British.

When a paper they have a share in breaks the law and degrades their reputation it very much gives them a right to decide what happens to that publication.

Actually the couple made no comment about this paper at all.the main issue is France where the law is strict on these matters and possibly Italy not sure of legal position there .It was one of Berlusconi’s papers ,need I say more.

My sentiments exactly

Luke, the British co-owner is Richard Desmond. The man owns Express Newspapers and Northern & Shell who publish magazines like OK! and New!. He also owns a company that in turn owns the adult TV channels Television X, Red Hot TV, and others. Yet this very same man who publishes not one, but two celebrity gossip magazines and owns adult television channels decided that this was outrageous and is now looking to shut down the paper. Why? Yes he is British and he is a co-owner of the paper but shouldn’t the Irish co-owner have as much say as he does? Like the Editor of the Star said, “She’s not the future Queen of Ireland” so what’s the big deal?

dead right

There are a lot of decent people concerned about what happened. Just check the thumb trend.

Get your facts right the Queen is head of the Church of England on earth but naturally when it comes to spiritual matters she defers to God.

It is not about who she is! How would you like it if some dirty peeping Tom was taking pictures of your girlfriend/mother/sister and selling them on or putting them on the Internet?

Paul there are a lot of decent people who couldn’t give two hoots either. Such utter nonsense.

Actually she was a common or until she married William so one of us and probably has more brains than some the commentators on this subject.

What utter slurry you are spewing. Wait! Maybe you could get a job at the Daily Star!!!

hey ghandi you being a genius did you know Jesus was a Jew and probably black.that the world is round and appears blue from outer space and your diction is terrible ie”one of us and probably has more” “than some the commentators”what does that mean and she was never common came from a privileged background and her family have been using the media for their own promotion, common only by royal standards ,listening to people like you makes me want to go find the pics on internet and post them .I wont though because i do not agree with exploitation of peoples private parts no matter who they are or what their status is royals and celebrities should know better they use the media to promote themselves and then get pissy when they wont leave them alone its not a tap you can turn on and off and Kitty i would never work for a rag and you sound like another right wing royalist got some thing to say say it

Grainy because they were taken from so FAR away! Tells you something, doesn’t it?

Yeah, that he should have used a stronger lens. Shoddy photography.

They don’t need to be seen we all need to have a bit more respect for them and above all for ourselves.

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That’s silly Niall.

BTW Theres a definite trend here in the journal with people who sign their names in Irish. And they are difficult to debate with.

Paul, that’s a new low.

@paul furey
I’ve got to be honest here Paul you are annoying the fcuk out of me with your poor kate this & poor Kate that & now you are having a go at people with Irish names. You looking for an OBE ?

Well Peter, I just cant understand how so many people miss the point – and the point is that no one has the right to take pictures such as these of any woman – and publish them wheter for financial reward or not.

I have continously stated that the subject person (“poor kate” being your words – never mine) is not the issue but this scenario applies to any woman. No decent person would publish any such picture of a non consenting adult. Would you?

Maybe whenever you see my name – just skip over it, your choice.

As for the those who sign their names in Irish. Did you read their comments made in the Alan Ryan discussions – all heavily red thumbed, what about the anti American comments in the Mohammed movie discussions and how about all these photo discussions – 90% red thumbed due to their largeley bigoted comments. This all leads to very impossible debates or discussions. So the facts are when you see a comment made someone named in Irish (a) you can guess where they are coming from and what their angle is, (b) they wont be swayed and (b) the general public out here will heavily red thumb what they say. Very disappointing, but true.

You don’t know me, nor do I care what you say. Maybe you do know me, its hard to tell when sign anon.

Can I even get an OBE? Just sticking up for decency………..no matter who the subject is.

Do red thumbs really disappoint you? You need to get out more.

Look Paul I get the point regarding the privacy of any individual but this level of debate because a ‘royal’ got her tits out is pathetic. I also think that your comments regarding people with Irish names are……..actually forget it.

Paul you are a right wing ignorant redneck my name is Mulvany i have nothing to hide i also have 4 daughters and a son i do not condone the pics but if any of my offspring were to become celebrities i don’t think i would have to tell them to be carefull .I was born and spent most of my life in England but it was listening to morons like you who think that going on about a decent world will make a difference that made me return to Ireland stop reading Leviticus and get off your arse and do something about it and try and refrain from racist bullshit .By the way i don’t believe in George and the dragon or leprechauns and i don’t look down on those who do if it makes them happy fair play like religion makes people happy but is constantly being hijacked by zealots of all religions who only crave power and wealth how come when white collar idiots make a mistake we all pay and when a blue collar person makes a mistake he goes to jail not to mention the religious nuts who promote hatred against non believers (everyone else)and escape prosecution because they hide behind their god by the way here is something to think about how many religions have women at the head ?

by the way paul your surname do you have anything to do with the Furey brothers? probably not they were decent tolerant folk

by the way paul i was being silly at the end Katie Taylor went out and earned our respect after years of hard work what did Kate Middleton do ? marry a royal wow what an achievement if our Katie went topless she would be a lot more carefull and the press probably would not publish photos bit like Rock Hudson helps to be nice discreet and have powerfull people who know how to handle the press not irritate them. No excuse Liz is one of the richest women on the planet it could have been handled better or is this Diana 2!!!!!

I’m gettin’ a bit of practice in, I hear there may be a tabloid editor vacancy soon.