Surely it’s an honour for our country that the Taoiseach is invited to speak to Members of the major Bavarian Party in his Presidency role. Surely it provides an opportunity for the Taoiseach to influence this important grouping in respect of Ireland’s needs in the near future. Surely most of the readers would see the strategic value of this visit for all of us.
Oh dear, I forgot that the purpose of these contributions is to rid ones body of the overnight build up of vile and venom and to vent it on the head of some Minister or Taoiseach that just happens to be first on the news of the day!
Reason and logic don’t enter the picture.

Not half as bad as the morons that blindly follow the detached cretins called a government.

It’s not that, Mike. A good cohort of people on here blame everything from the weather to the fact that they haven’t had a ride since October on the government.

Every article, even on topics as unrelated as the mars rover or North Korea has posters who will launch in a generic, often barely literate unburdening of pent-up excreta on Irish TDs, ministers and the political system in general.

Newsflash – TDs are at best peripheral to your lives. Put the effort into something creative.

Michael, your vitriolic comment hardly deserves a response – the thumbs speak for themselves. Many of our people come from strong Fine Gael backgrounds and of course abhor the destruction of the Fianna Fáil and PD Government but taken in the round this Fine Gael government (Labour doesn’t exist) is the worst government in living memory- lies, broken promises, grossly incompetent and totally lacking in leadership, all at a time when Ireland needs to stand up and be counted. We will gladly share our files with you.

Michal J., lemme guess – it’s “vile (sic) and venom” when criticism is directed towards the Blueshirts, but perfectly acceptable and reasonable when criticism is directed towards Sinners, “lefties”, etc? Because you certainly pull your weight in the latter category.

On the topic at hand, I’m guessing Enda is going to wax lyrical about the supposed “Celtic comeback”, “green shoots” and sure isn’t austerity grand altogether. I mean, it’s not like there’s been any functional economic recovery since 2010, with no reduction in unemployment, but sure we’re grand with that, thanks Angela.

Like the Quisling worm that he is.

His creative writers will no doubt astound and entertain the gathering with new award winning catchphrases.

Don’t get me wrong, this is what Mr Kenny does and he does it well and yes Michael J it is an honor for our illustrious leader, but for me at least it’s perhaps a little embarrassing to have an impotent vacuous soundbite masquerade as Irelands answer to a political leader.

Michael J. TBH the normal person in Ireland does believe all of what you have said… Don’t let opinion on j.ie affect you….Its not a very accurate yardstick…Just look at any polls they do!!! The ULA and SF would win an overall majority if this site was the barometer of Irish life.. Thankfully its just online pub for people to rant and rave… If it keeps them happy, i guess it has a purpose..

@Declan Cotter
Ahh he’s back
Corks answer to KPMG Daddy
hows the brother in law doing?

Frank,
I think it best if we not comment or address each other… I really have no interest in you… Do me a favour and do likewise..
Declan

Declan, can I be your friend?

maybe you should have thought of that before you got your brother in law to
come on here and try to have a go at me,
very very childish on your part,

Sorry, what now? Where/when did this happen, Frank? Can you link it for me?

Was just reading this and thought of Michael and Declan: http://www.broadsheet.ie/2013/01/08/fair-play-though-in-fairness-35/

@Voodoo
look for my comment
http://t.co/NcbsQUFe
hope that works

Proper schoolyard stuff, that … you have to laugh.

Frank… No idea where you got the Cork thing??? Galway based actually… As for my cousin??? Are you for the birds?? You actually think I would go to the bother…or they would actually respond either… Afraid you just don’t rank that high in my life..
So lets just leave it…I really have no interest in anything to do with you…

Declan I will make this as easy as i can
When one makes a comment using a facebook account its very easy to pop into that persons account
and find out who exactly that person is.
When I did, i just had a quick check through his friends list and low and behold what did i find.
It was a pathetic excuse comment and as I said given the subject of the article was done in bad taste.
The days of schoolyard antics of getting the big cousin to stick up for you should be well gone for you
but as I said in reply to the man, its exactly what I expect from a blueshirt muppet!

Totally agree Mr Gannon and it makes me sick to the pit of my stomach when I see him swanning around having his ego stroked.
Is it possable to any more detached from reality .

Speaking of things that make me sick to the pit of my stomach… Ladies and Gentlemen ,may I introduce the troll called collins.
This saddo will stalk you and make snide comments if you call kenny a liar or make any other comments on kenny and his merry band of semi detached liars.

Out of line, Michael. That could easily be construed as a personal threat – either engage with the substance of what someone’s saying or ignore them.

I would agree with your comment if it wasn’t for one thing. Countries haven’t gotten a “dig-out” from Germany. They’ve accepted a loan to prevent a banking collapse and must pay a significant amount of interest on the repayments.

Germany stands to profit immensely from this crisis while also preserving their banking sector.

@ Don – well said. I’ve been living in Germany for about 8 years, and it drives me crazy how uninformed and simply bigoted many of the anti-German comments are on this site. The idea that Germany is sitting pretty while Europe drowns is laughable and an insult to those of us trying the scratch out a living here. The fact is that, while unemployment is lower, the day-to-day life of someone living and working in Germany is in no way easier than in Ireland, the financial worry for households is no less, and, unlike Ireland, we’re looking over the cliff-edge here. It’s going to get worse in Germany before it gets better, and I do believe that Ireland’s passed its lowest point in the crisis. Before people lash out idiotic and inaccurate comments about “Ze Germans”, please ask a few people who actually know about life there first and at least try to connect your opinions to reality..

Ecellent comments John and Don but don’t expect anything but abuse on this forum….. Ignornace is a very confortable state for the majority on j.ie….

Like this country and now alot of countries in Europe it is not the German people that the criticism is aimed at but their Government Banks Bankers Speculators Corporations yes German people are starting to feel the pinch too and are soon awakening up to the fact that they have been duped by the bastions of power who are robing the ordinary citizen to cover the costs of their high stakes betting ring .So when people say the Germans they say the power brokers that run the country and in finance it is because if you were to name all the Banksters and crooked Politicians you would be typing all day.

Jason, I completely agree with you that German banks stand to benefit in some way, particularly, in not collapsing under the weight of their capricious investments. Germany the country, however, could do without it for several reasons. In particular, calls for leadership from Germany have been met with unease in Germany, as voiced in particular by former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.

I wasn’t, however, saying that our bailout was a ‘dig-out’, I was in fact stating that this is how any economic support has been characterized by some sections of the German media. Lousy reportage is not limited to Ireland, the tabloid ‘Bild’ newspaper, for instance, was responsible for some serious rabble rousing against Greece. Apologies for any confusion.

I can understand that when people refer to “Germans” they mean a certain group of investors, politicians and industialists/bankers, but these cliques exist as a tiny minority of ever nation. Referring to them as “the Germans” is the same as referring to the relate cult few bankers, developers and politicians in Ireland as “the Irish”, which I’m sure many people who contribute here would take extreme exception to.

Hopefully.

Jaysus…they’ll be issuing him with a German passport next..

The only thing that is flourishing on kennys watch are soup kitchens only they are calling them different names .

Has the hob goblin not got better things to do….like..eh….oh yea sort out the mess he is making

He is way too busy continuing on the mess that the other eejits left behind. Can’t be bothered with his own mess, nope he goes and makes and even bigger mess than the other eejits before him!! Ohh that and photo ops and makeup classes, and I’v heard he’s learning German. As I’v said he’s wayyy too busy

Be patient Robert…he’s fkng things up as fast as he can..

As an Irish citizen and tax payer I’m fed up paying other peoples debt’s as well. Over €6.1 billion will be paid by the Irish tax payer to service bank debts this year.

Cian the German citizen doesn’t pay anybody else’s debts, it lends money at interest.

@Cian Doherty
What a hands down award winning muppet comment. If you don’t know what’s going on by now then put down your orange crayon and ask teacher.

1970s German stereotypes?What are you jibba jabberin about?

Don’t mind Michael j he is fg to the bone,don’t mention sf of he’l be off for the day

Really simple. Any mention of politics or politicians on this site brings out a cohort of basically morons who blame all ills on whatever TD is the subject of the article, utilise crass and crude language, have no collective memory of anything further back in time time than last Tuesday and offer no workable alternative to anything save a whine about something they feel somebody else (government, rich, whatever) should have provided for their entitled asses.

These people are usually green thumbed into the stratosphere. Clear enough?

I remember a time a short time ago when kaiser kenny said ‘ it was immoral to tax a person’s home’ but then again I can remember plenty of things he said that he has forgot or maybe it’s different when your lining your own pockets