Anyone with an elemental knowledge of history,even the sanitised European version,will have heard of the sieges of Limerick,Derry and Stalingrad and remember stories of the besieged having to consume rats to survive.
Sanctions is a nice word for siege.
Now I have seen the gobdaws who are directing the sanctions against Russia and trying to bring that country to its knees.
I'd say they know as much about real war as my arsehole knows about shooting snipe and wouldn't like to be depending on them if they do actually succeed in goading Russia into war with Western Europe ,which actually has no army and would ultimately be dependant on the Yanks.
These are of course so far away that they would be insulated from the immediate effects of conventional warfare .
They would want to stop acting the bollix and sit down and parlay realistically before it is too late.
You can be certain that the people pulling the strings will not be in the front line but as far from it as humanly possible.
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Aer Lingus Sale.Dunderrydrumbeat Position
We are an Island nation,dependant on transport to the wider world to facilitate our valuable exports.
Previous Governments have let our naval fleet wither and die.
It would be madness to let our aero fleet into foreign control.
Irrespective of the legalities and the weasel words being bandied about ,Aer Lingus should be retained under Irish control.
Pascal O Donoghue,the responsible Minister, has no problem introducing retrospective legislation to criminalise as many motorists as he can (and in this he is adhering to the blue shirt philosophy of criminalising as many plebs as possible a la his predecessor Leo Varadikar ) so he should have no objection in principle to retrospectively enabling the sale to be stymied by enacting whatever legislation is appropriate.
If the Government haven't the balls to stop the sale they might usefully give a Greek minister the reins for five minutes as these guys really care about their citizens and are not just messenger boys and girls for the Europhobes.
Previous Governments have let our naval fleet wither and die.
It would be madness to let our aero fleet into foreign control.
Irrespective of the legalities and the weasel words being bandied about ,Aer Lingus should be retained under Irish control.
Pascal O Donoghue,the responsible Minister, has no problem introducing retrospective legislation to criminalise as many motorists as he can (and in this he is adhering to the blue shirt philosophy of criminalising as many plebs as possible a la his predecessor Leo Varadikar ) so he should have no objection in principle to retrospectively enabling the sale to be stymied by enacting whatever legislation is appropriate.
If the Government haven't the balls to stop the sale they might usefully give a Greek minister the reins for five minutes as these guys really care about their citizens and are not just messenger boys and girls for the Europhobes.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Suck it up Lorraine Higgins
Two weeks ago our Taoiseach attended the funerals of those people killed because a magazine in France persisted in publishing insulting cartoons of people and religions many millions hold dear.
He and all other Western European leaders endorsed,by their presence at the funeral's ,the right to publish such cartoons as a cornerstone of democracy and as being essential tools of a Free press.
Personally I find this logic absurd and fear for democracy if its existence is bedded in and a cornerstone of the right to grievously and gratitously offend and if an inevitable outcome is the death of many innocent bystaners and if it fosters justifiable protest resulting in death and the fermentation of hatred.
But I swim against the liberal tide of journalism and political correctness which infects the written media and electronic media in this view, who think it great gas to goad Catholics in particular and Muslims more rarely on account of their deeply held convictions.
Now our Lorraine,who is quick to point out that she wears a legal hat as well as being a Labour T.D. in the West and who presumes to advise the Gardai on the public airways on how to do their jobs and investigate protesters against water charges for incitement to hatred because they labelled our President a dwarf and a parasite for refusing to refer the Water Charges Bill to the Supreme Court ,is fuming at the language used in legitimate protest and questions why the protests were not aimed at people who provided their own water schemes in rural Ireland and whom she calms to represent.
No doubt her legal mind can connect the protests against the President with the local providers of their own water ( provided because successive Governments ,including Labour influenced ones failed to cater for rural citizens despite their contributions to general taxation ) and no doubt you take her and her legal mind on if you disagree with her politics.
But I will risk this and point out that the head of the administration she supports considers objectionable commentary and insulting and derogatory behaviour a cornerstone of democracy and suggest she suck it up and stop behaving like a spoilt child that has lost her lollipop.
And try to remember that even Cromwell didn't try to steal the people's water.
But there again the liberal agenda is the most hypocricital of them all.
And Sean O Rourke should wise up and stop resurrecting this policy of condemnation as he tried on with Gerry Beades this morning.It was tried on by the pet media against the Party of another Gerry years ago.It didn't work then and it won't work now,
He and all other Western European leaders endorsed,by their presence at the funeral's ,the right to publish such cartoons as a cornerstone of democracy and as being essential tools of a Free press.
Personally I find this logic absurd and fear for democracy if its existence is bedded in and a cornerstone of the right to grievously and gratitously offend and if an inevitable outcome is the death of many innocent bystaners and if it fosters justifiable protest resulting in death and the fermentation of hatred.
But I swim against the liberal tide of journalism and political correctness which infects the written media and electronic media in this view, who think it great gas to goad Catholics in particular and Muslims more rarely on account of their deeply held convictions.
Now our Lorraine,who is quick to point out that she wears a legal hat as well as being a Labour T.D. in the West and who presumes to advise the Gardai on the public airways on how to do their jobs and investigate protesters against water charges for incitement to hatred because they labelled our President a dwarf and a parasite for refusing to refer the Water Charges Bill to the Supreme Court ,is fuming at the language used in legitimate protest and questions why the protests were not aimed at people who provided their own water schemes in rural Ireland and whom she calms to represent.
No doubt her legal mind can connect the protests against the President with the local providers of their own water ( provided because successive Governments ,including Labour influenced ones failed to cater for rural citizens despite their contributions to general taxation ) and no doubt you take her and her legal mind on if you disagree with her politics.
But I will risk this and point out that the head of the administration she supports considers objectionable commentary and insulting and derogatory behaviour a cornerstone of democracy and suggest she suck it up and stop behaving like a spoilt child that has lost her lollipop.
And try to remember that even Cromwell didn't try to steal the people's water.
But there again the liberal agenda is the most hypocricital of them all.
And Sean O Rourke should wise up and stop resurrecting this policy of condemnation as he tried on with Gerry Beades this morning.It was tried on by the pet media against the Party of another Gerry years ago.It didn't work then and it won't work now,
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Ireland's elite stand shoulder to shoulder
Assuming that reports that the PAC cannot even take evidence from civil servant Gerry Ryan relating to alleged tax dodging by the cream of Irish society are correct and I have no doubt but that they are,I am not in the least surprised,
I predicted this last November in my article "Tax dodging by the political classes "where I outlined the multiple scenarios that would result in any such investigation running into the sand.
Anmybody who cares about these things can only surmise that the powerful and mighty totally cover each others backs and that it is only the small people who are subject to the repeated full rigours of the law.
Shameful behaviour in a democracy.
Would make you puke.
I predicted this last November in my article "Tax dodging by the political classes "where I outlined the multiple scenarios that would result in any such investigation running into the sand.
Anmybody who cares about these things can only surmise that the powerful and mighty totally cover each others backs and that it is only the small people who are subject to the repeated full rigours of the law.
Shameful behaviour in a democracy.
Would make you puke.
Monday, January 19, 2015
Appeal Court and Criminal Fraternity ad idem O Brien judgement/
The recent decision of the Appeal Court relating to advanced age and infirmity i.e. that neither advanced age nor serious illness nor infirmity are reasons for avoidance of long prison sentences places the administration of justice as a matter of principle on a par with the modus operandi of those vicious criminals who by the same measure rob, intimidate and beat up their elderly and infirm victims irrespective of their age and infirmity.
Consistency .
Is justice now about revenge solely.
Have victims of these atrocities the right to insist on castration ,for example.
Or the amputation of hands for thieves.
Consistency .
Is justice now about revenge solely.
Have victims of these atrocities the right to insist on castration ,for example.
Or the amputation of hands for thieves.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Nil me Chartlie
I for one do not buy into the wave of hysteria emanating from the liberal secularist media centering on the so called fundamental right of people who selectively hate religion and religious beliefs to denigrate ,belittle ,disrespect ,debunk ,insult and stir hate against people who hold religious beliefs of any sort and to represent this right as a cornerstone of democracy.
It is not that long ago since such reprehensible behaviour ,aimed at the Jewish faith ,orchestrated by Goebbels a communicator ,led to the acceptance of most of Europe ,including a large part of France ,to the dehumanising of that race and the attempted elimination of them entirely.
Caricature of their faith and its adherents by the production of belittling sketches by so called artists ,who misused their talents for the forces of evil played a big part in this process .
When the Brits misruled this country Punch magazine sketched the Papists of Ireland as apes in human form as the Brits stood idly by and let between a million and two million people die of starvation and many more die on the coffin ships as they fled the country in desperation and despair.
Militant atheists and secularists worldwide are totally bent on debunking religion and by the use of weasel words and using their baleful influence never miss an opportunity to put religious belief down.
I am a night owl and well remember from night time television the secularist support in the overthrow of Morsi,the democratically elected leader of Egypt by a military dictator.Of course these guys and gals voiced their support from afar in the bosom of liberal European and American academic shelter ,safe from the effects of the murder and mayhem they supported.
IN this country too the existing Jesus haters immediately seized on the misbehaviour of certain evil so called Catholics to attack all Catholics and institutions associated with them and stoke and fan a wave of anti Catholic hate .
The Taoiseach and then Tanaiste bought into this hysteria by withdrawing diplomatic representation to the Vatican for spurious reasons and took to lecturing them on morality and proper administration.
This from an administration which governs a country where families are evicted onto the streets in all weathers despite the pre election lies of the top men that evictions would not be tolerated and where ,according to one top medic,over 350 per annum people die because of administrative neglect in our hospital accident and emergency areas.
Is there a case to bring these people before the International Courts for overseeing such a level of neglectful death in a relatively rich country ?
I ,as a very imperfect Catholic ,am sick in the stomach of the incessant assault on my faith by a coterie of male and female journalists and opportunist politicians whose pens and lips drip poison against me and mine at every opportunity and whose aim in life seems to be to see how many notches of the murdered un born they can rack up in their belts .
Of course these hateful bigots know full well that the Catholic faith forbids retribution and this suits their cowardly ,disrespectful and odious comments and pronouncements.
I took the trouble to look up the baleful magazine, which with malice and full knowledge of the probable fracture of society resulting aforethought , to see first hand its belittling depiction of Religious leaders .
Knowing how sacred the belief in the Trinity is to Catholics they have portrayed this belief as a son mounting his father doggy style from behind with e triangle emanating from the son's hole which in turn contains a spirit ,a sneer and denigration of the Holy Ghost.This as art and this is satire ?And this is the cornerstone of democracy.?
Could the devil do any better ?
And this is the a essence of atheism ,secularism and democracy.And this is Charlie and worth fighting for ?
You must be joking !!
I know very little about Muslims nor their beliefs.I do however know that they share certain core beliefs with our Government in that both abhor the right of educated people to smoke and drink.These pastimes are forbidden in ISIS and we are well on the way here.
Our very own anti smoking and drinking Taliban think nothing of forcing dying people in our hospitals to crawl out of our grounds to the public road to have maybe their last smoke.In times past a dying man was allowed his last smoke before execution.Maybe it is a cunning plan to keep smokers from our hospitals and free up beds for those who are in agreement with the Taliban.
Methinks that a spell fighting with or against ISIS would do our legislators a bit of good and expose them to real danger.
It seems certain that certain Muslims regard Christians as infidels to be put to the sword and there is evidence that this has and is happening,This is reprehensible but where have the democratic upholders of free speech that are EU and France organised mass demonstrations in their memory and to prevent a recurrence?
No they would prefer to support those sneer at their Faith.
The war that is going on in Europe is one between Secularists and Religion,make no mistake about it..Cowardly secularists shit from a height on Christians knowing full well that their religion forbids retaliation,Cetain Muslims do reply with force and regard it as their duty to defend disrespectful attacks on their beliefs.
France and Europe need to start to show respect to people's religious beliefs and stop putting the lives of their citizens at risk by protecting those who chose to belittle and sneer at those beliefs.
Encouraging those whose life's works seems to be to offend the Muslim and Catholic believers at every turn by financing five million copies of the magazine instead of 60,000 per week is not the way to go about this.
It is interesting to note that when Russia entered the second world war the communist and arch secularist Stalin had sapped the spirit of his people so much by persecuting religion that the army was not prepared to fight seriously for their Country.It was only by reinstating religious fervour that they emerged from their stupor and that belief was restored.
When push comes to shove and matters come to a head on this issue it will be found that the secularist's will run for cover and away as always and expect those who they sneer at to protect them.
Don't expect the Religious turkeys to vote for Christmas ,as it were,in this instance.
It is not that long ago since such reprehensible behaviour ,aimed at the Jewish faith ,orchestrated by Goebbels a communicator ,led to the acceptance of most of Europe ,including a large part of France ,to the dehumanising of that race and the attempted elimination of them entirely.
Caricature of their faith and its adherents by the production of belittling sketches by so called artists ,who misused their talents for the forces of evil played a big part in this process .
When the Brits misruled this country Punch magazine sketched the Papists of Ireland as apes in human form as the Brits stood idly by and let between a million and two million people die of starvation and many more die on the coffin ships as they fled the country in desperation and despair.
Militant atheists and secularists worldwide are totally bent on debunking religion and by the use of weasel words and using their baleful influence never miss an opportunity to put religious belief down.
I am a night owl and well remember from night time television the secularist support in the overthrow of Morsi,the democratically elected leader of Egypt by a military dictator.Of course these guys and gals voiced their support from afar in the bosom of liberal European and American academic shelter ,safe from the effects of the murder and mayhem they supported.
IN this country too the existing Jesus haters immediately seized on the misbehaviour of certain evil so called Catholics to attack all Catholics and institutions associated with them and stoke and fan a wave of anti Catholic hate .
The Taoiseach and then Tanaiste bought into this hysteria by withdrawing diplomatic representation to the Vatican for spurious reasons and took to lecturing them on morality and proper administration.
This from an administration which governs a country where families are evicted onto the streets in all weathers despite the pre election lies of the top men that evictions would not be tolerated and where ,according to one top medic,over 350 per annum people die because of administrative neglect in our hospital accident and emergency areas.
Is there a case to bring these people before the International Courts for overseeing such a level of neglectful death in a relatively rich country ?
I ,as a very imperfect Catholic ,am sick in the stomach of the incessant assault on my faith by a coterie of male and female journalists and opportunist politicians whose pens and lips drip poison against me and mine at every opportunity and whose aim in life seems to be to see how many notches of the murdered un born they can rack up in their belts .
Of course these hateful bigots know full well that the Catholic faith forbids retribution and this suits their cowardly ,disrespectful and odious comments and pronouncements.
I took the trouble to look up the baleful magazine, which with malice and full knowledge of the probable fracture of society resulting aforethought , to see first hand its belittling depiction of Religious leaders .
Knowing how sacred the belief in the Trinity is to Catholics they have portrayed this belief as a son mounting his father doggy style from behind with e triangle emanating from the son's hole which in turn contains a spirit ,a sneer and denigration of the Holy Ghost.This as art and this is satire ?And this is the cornerstone of democracy.?
Could the devil do any better ?
And this is the a essence of atheism ,secularism and democracy.And this is Charlie and worth fighting for ?
You must be joking !!
I know very little about Muslims nor their beliefs.I do however know that they share certain core beliefs with our Government in that both abhor the right of educated people to smoke and drink.These pastimes are forbidden in ISIS and we are well on the way here.
Our very own anti smoking and drinking Taliban think nothing of forcing dying people in our hospitals to crawl out of our grounds to the public road to have maybe their last smoke.In times past a dying man was allowed his last smoke before execution.Maybe it is a cunning plan to keep smokers from our hospitals and free up beds for those who are in agreement with the Taliban.
Methinks that a spell fighting with or against ISIS would do our legislators a bit of good and expose them to real danger.
It seems certain that certain Muslims regard Christians as infidels to be put to the sword and there is evidence that this has and is happening,This is reprehensible but where have the democratic upholders of free speech that are EU and France organised mass demonstrations in their memory and to prevent a recurrence?
No they would prefer to support those sneer at their Faith.
The war that is going on in Europe is one between Secularists and Religion,make no mistake about it..Cowardly secularists shit from a height on Christians knowing full well that their religion forbids retaliation,Cetain Muslims do reply with force and regard it as their duty to defend disrespectful attacks on their beliefs.
France and Europe need to start to show respect to people's religious beliefs and stop putting the lives of their citizens at risk by protecting those who chose to belittle and sneer at those beliefs.
Encouraging those whose life's works seems to be to offend the Muslim and Catholic believers at every turn by financing five million copies of the magazine instead of 60,000 per week is not the way to go about this.
It is interesting to note that when Russia entered the second world war the communist and arch secularist Stalin had sapped the spirit of his people so much by persecuting religion that the army was not prepared to fight seriously for their Country.It was only by reinstating religious fervour that they emerged from their stupor and that belief was restored.
When push comes to shove and matters come to a head on this issue it will be found that the secularist's will run for cover and away as always and expect those who they sneer at to protect them.
Don't expect the Religious turkeys to vote for Christmas ,as it were,in this instance.
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Death of Michael Conroy
It is with the heaviest of hearts that I today learned of the tragic death of Michael Conroy,son of John,late of this Parish and a good friend.
He died in Mayo over the Christmas.
Go ndeana Dia trocaire ara a hanam.
He died in Mayo over the Christmas.
Go ndeana Dia trocaire ara a hanam.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Mass times Dunderry Parish Christmas 2014
Christmas Eve 24/12/2014
6.00 p.m.Kilbride.Vigil Mass
7.00 p.m.Carol Singing Dunderry
7.3o p.m.Vigil Mass.Dunderry
Christmas Day 25/12/2014
9.30 a.m.Robinstown.Mass
11.00 a.m. Dunderry Mass.
St.Stephens Day
10.00 a.m. Mass Dunderry
8.00 p.m. Mass Kilbride.
6.00 p.m.Kilbride.Vigil Mass
7.00 p.m.Carol Singing Dunderry
7.3o p.m.Vigil Mass.Dunderry
Christmas Day 25/12/2014
9.30 a.m.Robinstown.Mass
11.00 a.m. Dunderry Mass.
St.Stephens Day
10.00 a.m. Mass Dunderry
8.00 p.m. Mass Kilbride.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Lumberjacks move over.
Those older groovers of the Parish will remember the Dunderry show band of the above name who were very good musicians in their hey day and the crooners who fronted it .
Well after attending the concert of Scoil Ceol Dundoire last Sunday and the School concert of Christmas Carols in the Church during the week I have no hesitation in saying that there are a load of musicians and crooners of the highest calibre well on the way to competency and more on a variety of musical instruments and progress is encouraging and marked from last year.
A lot of the school kids attend the music school and it is a joy to behold the progress being achieved as the kids advance in age,from the faltering notes of the starters to the confident renditions of the older lemons.
Guitars .tin whistles,fiddles,pianos.keyboards and harps featured.
All to deadly effect.And the vocals were out of this world.
Both the Hall and the Church were full foe each performance.
You would want a rubber neck for the Church performance as adoring parents leaned hither and thither trying to capture their adored kids on camera and video.
And haven't we reached an awful impasse when the organisers had to issue warnings and invite any objections to photographing the kids performing.
How did we arrive at such a low point ?Is this political correctness gone bananas ?
Anymore great entertainment for all and a first for me."Fairy tale of New York" was sung ,to great effect as Gaelige.
And wouldn't ya know it .Christy Coogan's daughter ,a niece of Patsi,former lead singer with the Lumberjacks sang Kirsty' Mc Call's part in the Pogues famous song.
Auld tradition.
And lest anyone think that we had a musical drought since the Lumberjacks we have the Davey Family,Brian Darcy of Ham Sandwich and a rake of musicians tained by Cheolteas whose identity I dint know.
And the Church Choir is back in harness.
A Holy and Musical Christmas to all.
Well after attending the concert of Scoil Ceol Dundoire last Sunday and the School concert of Christmas Carols in the Church during the week I have no hesitation in saying that there are a load of musicians and crooners of the highest calibre well on the way to competency and more on a variety of musical instruments and progress is encouraging and marked from last year.
A lot of the school kids attend the music school and it is a joy to behold the progress being achieved as the kids advance in age,from the faltering notes of the starters to the confident renditions of the older lemons.
Guitars .tin whistles,fiddles,pianos.keyboards and harps featured.
All to deadly effect.And the vocals were out of this world.
Both the Hall and the Church were full foe each performance.
You would want a rubber neck for the Church performance as adoring parents leaned hither and thither trying to capture their adored kids on camera and video.
And haven't we reached an awful impasse when the organisers had to issue warnings and invite any objections to photographing the kids performing.
How did we arrive at such a low point ?Is this political correctness gone bananas ?
Anymore great entertainment for all and a first for me."Fairy tale of New York" was sung ,to great effect as Gaelige.
And wouldn't ya know it .Christy Coogan's daughter ,a niece of Patsi,former lead singer with the Lumberjacks sang Kirsty' Mc Call's part in the Pogues famous song.
Auld tradition.
And lest anyone think that we had a musical drought since the Lumberjacks we have the Davey Family,Brian Darcy of Ham Sandwich and a rake of musicians tained by Cheolteas whose identity I dint know.
And the Church Choir is back in harness.
A Holy and Musical Christmas to all.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Treatment of Marie Farrell an abomination
Marie Farrell is a mother and wife who has recanted evidence she gave against Ian Bailey arising from the murder of a French lady who lived in West Cork.
In short she alleges that she gave the false evidence because she was blackmailed ,forced and cajoled into doing so partly because some Gardai took unfair advantage of the fact that she,a married woman ,was in the company of a man who was not her husband on a certain night.
She has been pursued relentlessly by the Barrister representing the State,fully backed up by the presiding judge to reveal the identity of this man.
What the identity of this man has got to do with the alleged false identification of Bailey is beyond me.
It seems to me that it is being used as a stick to beat her with in an attempt to embarrass her and her family and that of the family of the man.
To me the behaviour of the judge and the state legal people is sending out a clear message to everybody who finds themselves in the position she alleges herself to be in as follows :-If you believe you were forced /blackmailed by the State into making false statements don't ever ever try to tell the truth and recant because the State and the Courts will use every scrap of their considerable wealth ,expertise and knowledge to crucify,discredit,humiliate and destroy you.
And there is no depths to which they won't sink to do this.
In short she alleges that she gave the false evidence because she was blackmailed ,forced and cajoled into doing so partly because some Gardai took unfair advantage of the fact that she,a married woman ,was in the company of a man who was not her husband on a certain night.
She has been pursued relentlessly by the Barrister representing the State,fully backed up by the presiding judge to reveal the identity of this man.
What the identity of this man has got to do with the alleged false identification of Bailey is beyond me.
It seems to me that it is being used as a stick to beat her with in an attempt to embarrass her and her family and that of the family of the man.
To me the behaviour of the judge and the state legal people is sending out a clear message to everybody who finds themselves in the position she alleges herself to be in as follows :-If you believe you were forced /blackmailed by the State into making false statements don't ever ever try to tell the truth and recant because the State and the Courts will use every scrap of their considerable wealth ,expertise and knowledge to crucify,discredit,humiliate and destroy you.
And there is no depths to which they won't sink to do this.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
I have a long way to go.
Recently I attended again the Tridentine High Mass held each Sunday in Johnstown at 1.00 p.m.
I enjoyed it .
It is not for those in a hurry anywhere.
The celebrant is some man for one man.Not a political correct bone in his body.
He is a hermit and rarely appears in public.
Anyhow a met a couple who regularly attend the Mass and we spoke briefly.
It transpired that their home had recently been burgled ,much of value robbed and considerable damage done.
I am only too aware of the number of unresolved burglaries perpetrated on the elderly here abouts and sympathised with them citing my deceased grandfather who was wont to say "the curse of God on them"
Wrong spake by mise."No Daithi ,no Catholic can feel that ,We are praying that they see the error of their ways".
Sure I am only playing at this Catholic thing.
I enjoyed it .
It is not for those in a hurry anywhere.
The celebrant is some man for one man.Not a political correct bone in his body.
He is a hermit and rarely appears in public.
Anyhow a met a couple who regularly attend the Mass and we spoke briefly.
It transpired that their home had recently been burgled ,much of value robbed and considerable damage done.
I am only too aware of the number of unresolved burglaries perpetrated on the elderly here abouts and sympathised with them citing my deceased grandfather who was wont to say "the curse of God on them"
Wrong spake by mise."No Daithi ,no Catholic can feel that ,We are praying that they see the error of their ways".
Sure I am only playing at this Catholic thing.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Dunderry GAA Ladies come up trumps.
The Auction in Geraghty's last Saturday raise just short of E.5,5000.00.
Well done ladies and well done all contributors ,buyers and auctioneers.
Top drawer stuff.
Well done ladies and well done all contributors ,buyers and auctioneers.
Top drawer stuff.
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Top men in GAA are pussycats.
I am shaking my head at the craven way the top men in the GAA throw in the towel so cravenly to the rugby confraternity.
Earlier this week I heard a rugby head from Australia blatantly pitch for all Gaa players to participate in some new form of rugby which would soon be introduced here and worldwide and which will have Olympic status.
Later in the week I hear the top guys totally roll over and promise the use of all GAA grounds to facilitate the holding of the world cup in rugby here and heard the Secretary of the GAA laud the pleasant and cordial relationship he had with the Rugby crowd.
All he was short of doing was to confirm the Aussie rugby man's call to GAA players to take up the new form of rugby too.
After selling out the GAA rights to Sky and denying the poorer grassroots supporters the right to view certain championship matches for the first time in our history these guys seem determined to pass the advantage yet again to a sport which we are in competition with and to popularise it even further at the expense of our own Association.
All the bullshit about giving Croker to the Rugby boys for the English match in the national interest didn't amount to a tin of beans when it came to recruiting players from Rugby to the GAA nor did even one Rugby a school convert to the GAA as far as I am aware.
And of course the political establishment did sfa to settle the Garth Brooks situation in the GAA's favour.,thus causing it millions of euros in lost revenue
You would have thought that Sean Kelly who engineered the handing over of the stadium to the rugby people in the national interest and made his political name as a result might have remembered where he came from and get his finger out but not a word about it.Eaten bread is soon forgotten indeed.
One is tempted to say that were these guys in charge in 1921 the Auxiliaries might have had the keys of Croker bestowed on them after Bloody Sunday but I wouldn't go just that far.
Earlier this week I heard a rugby head from Australia blatantly pitch for all Gaa players to participate in some new form of rugby which would soon be introduced here and worldwide and which will have Olympic status.
Later in the week I hear the top guys totally roll over and promise the use of all GAA grounds to facilitate the holding of the world cup in rugby here and heard the Secretary of the GAA laud the pleasant and cordial relationship he had with the Rugby crowd.
All he was short of doing was to confirm the Aussie rugby man's call to GAA players to take up the new form of rugby too.
After selling out the GAA rights to Sky and denying the poorer grassroots supporters the right to view certain championship matches for the first time in our history these guys seem determined to pass the advantage yet again to a sport which we are in competition with and to popularise it even further at the expense of our own Association.
All the bullshit about giving Croker to the Rugby boys for the English match in the national interest didn't amount to a tin of beans when it came to recruiting players from Rugby to the GAA nor did even one Rugby a school convert to the GAA as far as I am aware.
And of course the political establishment did sfa to settle the Garth Brooks situation in the GAA's favour.,thus causing it millions of euros in lost revenue
You would have thought that Sean Kelly who engineered the handing over of the stadium to the rugby people in the national interest and made his political name as a result might have remembered where he came from and get his finger out but not a word about it.Eaten bread is soon forgotten indeed.
One is tempted to say that were these guys in charge in 1921 the Auxiliaries might have had the keys of Croker bestowed on them after Bloody Sunday but I wouldn't go just that far.
How the ruling classes cover their asses
Anyone interested in this subject ought now read my article on "Tax dodging by ther political classes,"
Just as I predicted.This will be dropped quicker than a hot snot.
And the people who call themselves journalists will lead the possee to see that it is dropped.
Just as I predicted.This will be dropped quicker than a hot snot.
And the people who call themselves journalists will lead the possee to see that it is dropped.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Dunderry V Boardsmill 30/11/2014 Div 3 Camogie league Final.
The continuing development and maturing of this essentially young Dunderry team was well tested by a very promising Boardsmill team at a well appointed Drumree on a pleasant Sunday afternoon weatherise (but not experience wise for me personally ).
After the disappointment of missing out on the knockout stages of the Intermediate Championship ,a factor which the management exploited as a motivator for this game,the young ladies were well up for the challenge.
They were not playing from a full deck as the Misses Blaithnid Keyes and Emily Bray were unavailable due to injury.They were definitive losses as it transpired ,but one girls loss is another girl's opportunity and their replacements were well up to the mark.
The team ,under the care of long time and dedicated managers,Tracey Fitzsimons and Evelyn Griffin ,assisted by Drumree man and trainer G.V.Troy, lined out as follows :-
Rebecca Scanlon
MIchelle Smyh Grainne Dowd Michelle Daly
Aisling Mac Donagh Danielle Clarke Emer O Shea
Tara Scanlon Labaoise Martyn
Aoife MInogue Aoife Mac Cormack Anna Stenson
Aoife O Shea Jane Martyn Emer Daly.
Subs,Megan Doherty,Laura O malley,Freda O Leary,and Niamh Martyn.
Like ourselves Boardsmill draw from a relatively few houses and are properly a family dominated club,a sense of unity and respect being fundamental to fielding successful and progressive teams.This policy has been for generations a basic principle of the wider GAA movement,which includes this team ,in Dunderry.
As an example of what I am talking about you will see that we have three sets of sisters on the team .It is worth noting that the dedication of Tracey and Evelyn is such that they have stuck to the job despite the fact that their own daughters were not available for selection on the day .
.In a nutshell we cannot afford divisive influences if we are to progress.
Referee for the day was Martin Ennis a good Longwood Gael,who I last encountered at the under 21 B Hurling Final,where we pipped them at the final post.I had seen him refeering football and hurling matches before now ,but I understand he is new to the Camogie scene.
Overall he has vast experience in the general refeering scene but has not ,as far as I know ,reached inter county status,but then very few do.Like us all he makes the odd wrong call.
I was a tad late for the game but Seanie Duffy and Caroline and Mark Stenson were of great help in getting me close to the pitch and placing my stool close to the sideline ,where I sat and had a mainly good view of the game.
We have one outstanding adult inter county forward in the shape of Aoife Minogue who is our scorer in chief.But as man does not live by bread alone neither dies one player make up a team.And we do have a good team.
The older,well tried and tested and more experienced girls very properly formed the spine of our team and the emerging future stars were at midfield and on the wings.
Jane Martin ,who played at midfield thus far,has been tried at full forward during the year and ,I am told ,to good advantage.Today I could judge for myself.
AS I thought these teams are fairly evenly matched.There was committed end to end play ,some of it not too pretty stuff ,as both teams strove for dominance.Minogue was watched like a mouse under the gaze of an attentive cat.Despite this she opened our scoring when a well taken free fooled the goalkeeper and skipped into the net .It transpired that she scored a total of 1-3 of our overall total of 2-3 over the seventy minutes played,the remaining goal falling to Martyn after an impressive dummy sold to the full back.
For the remainder of the half our back line were under the most severe of unrelenting pressure as our goal line was under siege and how they held out is still a mystery to me .Rebbecca made at least three incredible saves in this half ,all the backs played out of their skins,with Aisling wommaning the trenches without regard to personal safety and with considerable skill.The midfielders had to channel back to help out their rearguard and did so with considerable skill and full effect and the forwards were dependant on the quick break when the rare ball did reach them.
When Minogue got a sniff panic broke out in the Boardsmill rearguard and she scored another few points before the half time whistle.(I didn't keep a written account ,much to my discredit ,but we went in two points to the good ,if I remember correctly.)
Martyn had the beating of her immediate opponent and when she got her hands on the ball laid it off to a better placed colleague ,mostly Minogue ,to effect.but in general the opposing backs were well versed in defending their territory and conceded few opportunistic scoring chances to us.Mostly we shot under pressure. But then again so did they.
There was good Dundrry support at the game ,so much so that all it took was for one person to intrude onto the pitch to follow the play and create a mass reactive intrusion that limited the view of those standing behind and this happened so often that I had to change my pitch a number of times to follow the platy with comfort ,but such if s life without a wife.
I was reasonably happy at the half time score but apprehensive
The second half repeated the pattern of the first but we were more involved in the play ,which was more end to end.It was dogged tough stuff in which all gave all that could to the cause.Martyn took a goal which raised Dunderry hopes momentarily and O Shea kicked against the upright ,but a dogged and skillful Boardsmill team clawed their way back into contention and the final whistle blew with us on the score of 2-3 and them equalling that .
Before the start of the extra time I went to the far sideline which was more sparsely populated to have a better view of the proceedings ,well assisted by Ciaran O Shea who carried my stool across and on which were located the parents of many Dunderry players and the subs and mentors.
The first period of extra time was a repeat of earlier proceedings with both teams struggling for supremacy and nether succeeding.The referee made some conrtroversial decisions which induced a n initial muttering amongst the Dunderry support,which soon ascended to a more voluble level clearly and undisguisedly directed at the man in the middle.
Whatever you think about referees you can't manage without them and my life experience says that you would be wise to keep your thoughts during action to yourself less you turn then totally against your team.
I advised this to trainer Troy ,whose response that he didn't give a about me,that he wasn't afraid of me and that he would say whatever he wanted no matter what I said ,took me totally by surprise .
In my fifty years involvement with the GAA in Dublin and Meath I have never experienced such an ignorant attitude from a trainer towards a former Chairman and existing President of the same club.
Not a only am I a former Chairman and existing president of the camogie Club but I am also hold similar positions in the GAA club and am also a member of the Executive there.
He has by his remarks debased not only me and mine personally but also debased and insulted the offices of Presidents of both Clubs and all offices I hold.
The fact that he did it so volubly and in front of so many supporters adds to the insulting behaviour and displays a complete ignorance of what membership and responsible behaviour of any GAA Club incorporates.
One only hopes that this attitude towards me is not being encouraged by any persons in authority within the Club and if it is I will get to the root of it.
Back to the game itself after that diversion.
Neither team scored in the first period of extra time and the final ten minutes commenced.
End to end stuff again but by degrees they crept more into dominance and our ladies ,in my view adversely affected by the voluble and spreading criticism of the referee.finally cracked and in the final ten minutes the defensive dam broke and and Boards mil register a combined goals and points total of 13 points to nada for us.
A heartbreaking result for us after a huge effort.
But better and more rewarding days beckon.
A brighter aspect to the day out was the performance of our Camogie tots ,under the tutelidge of the dedicated and well respected Stella Keyes who did beat a similarly aged Boardsmill as part of the half time entrertainment.
All in all an interesting and informative outing.
After the disappointment of missing out on the knockout stages of the Intermediate Championship ,a factor which the management exploited as a motivator for this game,the young ladies were well up for the challenge.
They were not playing from a full deck as the Misses Blaithnid Keyes and Emily Bray were unavailable due to injury.They were definitive losses as it transpired ,but one girls loss is another girl's opportunity and their replacements were well up to the mark.
The team ,under the care of long time and dedicated managers,Tracey Fitzsimons and Evelyn Griffin ,assisted by Drumree man and trainer G.V.Troy, lined out as follows :-
Rebecca Scanlon
MIchelle Smyh Grainne Dowd Michelle Daly
Aisling Mac Donagh Danielle Clarke Emer O Shea
Tara Scanlon Labaoise Martyn
Aoife MInogue Aoife Mac Cormack Anna Stenson
Aoife O Shea Jane Martyn Emer Daly.
Subs,Megan Doherty,Laura O malley,Freda O Leary,and Niamh Martyn.
Like ourselves Boardsmill draw from a relatively few houses and are properly a family dominated club,a sense of unity and respect being fundamental to fielding successful and progressive teams.This policy has been for generations a basic principle of the wider GAA movement,which includes this team ,in Dunderry.
As an example of what I am talking about you will see that we have three sets of sisters on the team .It is worth noting that the dedication of Tracey and Evelyn is such that they have stuck to the job despite the fact that their own daughters were not available for selection on the day .
.In a nutshell we cannot afford divisive influences if we are to progress.
Referee for the day was Martin Ennis a good Longwood Gael,who I last encountered at the under 21 B Hurling Final,where we pipped them at the final post.I had seen him refeering football and hurling matches before now ,but I understand he is new to the Camogie scene.
Overall he has vast experience in the general refeering scene but has not ,as far as I know ,reached inter county status,but then very few do.Like us all he makes the odd wrong call.
I was a tad late for the game but Seanie Duffy and Caroline and Mark Stenson were of great help in getting me close to the pitch and placing my stool close to the sideline ,where I sat and had a mainly good view of the game.
We have one outstanding adult inter county forward in the shape of Aoife Minogue who is our scorer in chief.But as man does not live by bread alone neither dies one player make up a team.And we do have a good team.
The older,well tried and tested and more experienced girls very properly formed the spine of our team and the emerging future stars were at midfield and on the wings.
Jane Martin ,who played at midfield thus far,has been tried at full forward during the year and ,I am told ,to good advantage.Today I could judge for myself.
AS I thought these teams are fairly evenly matched.There was committed end to end play ,some of it not too pretty stuff ,as both teams strove for dominance.Minogue was watched like a mouse under the gaze of an attentive cat.Despite this she opened our scoring when a well taken free fooled the goalkeeper and skipped into the net .It transpired that she scored a total of 1-3 of our overall total of 2-3 over the seventy minutes played,the remaining goal falling to Martyn after an impressive dummy sold to the full back.
For the remainder of the half our back line were under the most severe of unrelenting pressure as our goal line was under siege and how they held out is still a mystery to me .Rebbecca made at least three incredible saves in this half ,all the backs played out of their skins,with Aisling wommaning the trenches without regard to personal safety and with considerable skill.The midfielders had to channel back to help out their rearguard and did so with considerable skill and full effect and the forwards were dependant on the quick break when the rare ball did reach them.
When Minogue got a sniff panic broke out in the Boardsmill rearguard and she scored another few points before the half time whistle.(I didn't keep a written account ,much to my discredit ,but we went in two points to the good ,if I remember correctly.)
Martyn had the beating of her immediate opponent and when she got her hands on the ball laid it off to a better placed colleague ,mostly Minogue ,to effect.but in general the opposing backs were well versed in defending their territory and conceded few opportunistic scoring chances to us.Mostly we shot under pressure. But then again so did they.
There was good Dundrry support at the game ,so much so that all it took was for one person to intrude onto the pitch to follow the play and create a mass reactive intrusion that limited the view of those standing behind and this happened so often that I had to change my pitch a number of times to follow the platy with comfort ,but such if s life without a wife.
I was reasonably happy at the half time score but apprehensive
The second half repeated the pattern of the first but we were more involved in the play ,which was more end to end.It was dogged tough stuff in which all gave all that could to the cause.Martyn took a goal which raised Dunderry hopes momentarily and O Shea kicked against the upright ,but a dogged and skillful Boardsmill team clawed their way back into contention and the final whistle blew with us on the score of 2-3 and them equalling that .
Before the start of the extra time I went to the far sideline which was more sparsely populated to have a better view of the proceedings ,well assisted by Ciaran O Shea who carried my stool across and on which were located the parents of many Dunderry players and the subs and mentors.
The first period of extra time was a repeat of earlier proceedings with both teams struggling for supremacy and nether succeeding.The referee made some conrtroversial decisions which induced a n initial muttering amongst the Dunderry support,which soon ascended to a more voluble level clearly and undisguisedly directed at the man in the middle.
Whatever you think about referees you can't manage without them and my life experience says that you would be wise to keep your thoughts during action to yourself less you turn then totally against your team.
I advised this to trainer Troy ,whose response that he didn't give a about me,that he wasn't afraid of me and that he would say whatever he wanted no matter what I said ,took me totally by surprise .
In my fifty years involvement with the GAA in Dublin and Meath I have never experienced such an ignorant attitude from a trainer towards a former Chairman and existing President of the same club.
Not a only am I a former Chairman and existing president of the camogie Club but I am also hold similar positions in the GAA club and am also a member of the Executive there.
He has by his remarks debased not only me and mine personally but also debased and insulted the offices of Presidents of both Clubs and all offices I hold.
The fact that he did it so volubly and in front of so many supporters adds to the insulting behaviour and displays a complete ignorance of what membership and responsible behaviour of any GAA Club incorporates.
One only hopes that this attitude towards me is not being encouraged by any persons in authority within the Club and if it is I will get to the root of it.
Back to the game itself after that diversion.
Neither team scored in the first period of extra time and the final ten minutes commenced.
End to end stuff again but by degrees they crept more into dominance and our ladies ,in my view adversely affected by the voluble and spreading criticism of the referee.finally cracked and in the final ten minutes the defensive dam broke and and Boards mil register a combined goals and points total of 13 points to nada for us.
A heartbreaking result for us after a huge effort.
But better and more rewarding days beckon.
A brighter aspect to the day out was the performance of our Camogie tots ,under the tutelidge of the dedicated and well respected Stella Keyes who did beat a similarly aged Boardsmill as part of the half time entrertainment.
All in all an interesting and informative outing.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
GAA auction in Geraghty's pub 6/12/2014
The GAA Club is strapped for cash.This may be because most of its members are strapped for cash also.Nonetheless there may be some who have a few bob to spare as Christmas approaches.
These latter people and all others of goodwill towards the GAA Club will have the opportunity to dig deep and part with some of their hard earned cash next Saturday evening in Geraghty's Pub.
There will be no tickets for sale for soccer or rugby matches which would encourage players to absent themselves from vital GAA Matches in the future ,please God.
These latter people and all others of goodwill towards the GAA Club will have the opportunity to dig deep and part with some of their hard earned cash next Saturday evening in Geraghty's Pub.
There will be no tickets for sale for soccer or rugby matches which would encourage players to absent themselves from vital GAA Matches in the future ,please God.
Monday, November 24, 2014
PRAYER urgently needed in Dunderry
If ever there was a need for prayer in Dunderry it is now.A number of well known families have members battling serious illness.
We hope and pray that the good Lord will give some solace to them in their hour of need.
We hope and pray that the good Lord will give some solace to them in their hour of need.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Insulting Catholics a hateful past time in RTE.
Circumstances dictated that I work long and lonely hours presently.I am a great listener to the radio,mostly RTE.
The casual and none too subtle insulting to all things Catholic permeates the Station and I might add that of all religions it is only the Catholic religion that is treated like this.
Earlier this week the woman who replaces Sean O Rourke while he is on holidays hosted a slot about the totally legitimate complaints concerning the bigotry of the student faculty in Cork University and the way they refused recognition to a Catholic Society who are of the Pro life viewpoint.
In my view, if this is true and is stood up,all funding should be withdrawn from the Students Union until such time as it reforms itself and they should be made repay whatever monies they advanced to other societies whilst refusing recognition to this Pro Life Group.
In any event what was supposed to be a balanced discussion was hosted by this replacement broadcaster.
We had a Catholic Priest who was putting his view of the situation in the one corner and an Atheist ,whose name escapes me but who is wheeled out at every occasion where that viewpoint is needed by RTE.And then we had a columnist from the Irish Times who stated that she was there as a referee.
Well the antagonism of the atheist towards the Catholic viewpoint was palpable and it transpired that the columnist from the Times was of the view that religion was a private matter (which begs the question just why she took part in the programme in the first place ) and that she was on the periphery of the Catholic faith just hanging on by her fingertips.
She went on to deride the pro life movement in general because of one only experience she allegedly had over a phone call with a pregnant student many moons ago.
And then she derided in words of extreme vitriol the actions of a dead man,who many would regard as a hero, because the way he corresponded with the Catholic Hierarchy over fifty years ago.
The dead can't sue for slander nor can they respond.I'd say you learn this at journalist school.
I doubt she is fit to lace the shoes of Sean Mac Bride nor never will leave the mark on history he did.
Not one word did she say against the alleged blatant discrimination in Cork University.
So much for balance from that quarter.
But the presenter tore into the Priest stating ,iter alia ,theist the Catholic Church was responsible for a rake of abuses over the years and it was probably payback time against Catholics.Just what you would expect from the RTE mindset.
Neither she,nor the other heads in charge in the station have the wit to recognise that, yes certain evil individuals within the Catholic Church did unspeakable evil against children etc and to blame the entire Church for the deeds of these evil people is a nonsense .
I am a member of the Church and I never abused anybody,neither did countless millions others and I find such statements by journalists who do know better gratuitous insulting.
It is generally accepted that about 4 % of child abuse was caused by religious and the remaining 96 %by non religious .
! % is far too much but to extrapolate that because 96% of abuse is caused by non religious Irish people and makes the entire Irish race into child abusers is just as absurd as saying that he entire Ca tholic Church was involved in abuse .
The dissemination of these sort of inaccurate casual and harmful untruths should cease.
And then we had this a guy ,whose name I forget, on what I think is the" living word",trash his parents for sending him to the Christian Brothers ,trash them further for involving him in attendance at Mount Argos Church for various ceremonies,belittle the Christian Brothers because they did corporal punishment ( like all teachers at the time ) , decry their promotion of Gaelic games as against the game of the squaddies.
And then he trashed Irish society in general as it was at the time.
I lived through those times.
The Christian Brothees educated me and many millions like me.I have the height of respect for them.I loved and still love the games of the Gaels and fair dues to the Brothers for inculcating them.
I still have bad memories of a married lay teacher who beat us up with a stick regularly whilst a very young boy in National School .Immeasurably worse than any Brother I encountered.
I treasure the memories I have of serving Mass and the clergy I encountered .
I have only the fondest memories of my parents and appreciate totally everything they did for me.
And the society I remember,whilst it had its faults was one where you never locked your door,where breakins were as rare as hen's teeth and where a murder was so rare that it was a talking point for years.
Those were the god times man.
But of course RTE puts forward more nonsenical shite.
The casual and none too subtle insulting to all things Catholic permeates the Station and I might add that of all religions it is only the Catholic religion that is treated like this.
Earlier this week the woman who replaces Sean O Rourke while he is on holidays hosted a slot about the totally legitimate complaints concerning the bigotry of the student faculty in Cork University and the way they refused recognition to a Catholic Society who are of the Pro life viewpoint.
In my view, if this is true and is stood up,all funding should be withdrawn from the Students Union until such time as it reforms itself and they should be made repay whatever monies they advanced to other societies whilst refusing recognition to this Pro Life Group.
In any event what was supposed to be a balanced discussion was hosted by this replacement broadcaster.
We had a Catholic Priest who was putting his view of the situation in the one corner and an Atheist ,whose name escapes me but who is wheeled out at every occasion where that viewpoint is needed by RTE.And then we had a columnist from the Irish Times who stated that she was there as a referee.
Well the antagonism of the atheist towards the Catholic viewpoint was palpable and it transpired that the columnist from the Times was of the view that religion was a private matter (which begs the question just why she took part in the programme in the first place ) and that she was on the periphery of the Catholic faith just hanging on by her fingertips.
She went on to deride the pro life movement in general because of one only experience she allegedly had over a phone call with a pregnant student many moons ago.
And then she derided in words of extreme vitriol the actions of a dead man,who many would regard as a hero, because the way he corresponded with the Catholic Hierarchy over fifty years ago.
The dead can't sue for slander nor can they respond.I'd say you learn this at journalist school.
I doubt she is fit to lace the shoes of Sean Mac Bride nor never will leave the mark on history he did.
Not one word did she say against the alleged blatant discrimination in Cork University.
So much for balance from that quarter.
But the presenter tore into the Priest stating ,iter alia ,theist the Catholic Church was responsible for a rake of abuses over the years and it was probably payback time against Catholics.Just what you would expect from the RTE mindset.
Neither she,nor the other heads in charge in the station have the wit to recognise that, yes certain evil individuals within the Catholic Church did unspeakable evil against children etc and to blame the entire Church for the deeds of these evil people is a nonsense .
I am a member of the Church and I never abused anybody,neither did countless millions others and I find such statements by journalists who do know better gratuitous insulting.
It is generally accepted that about 4 % of child abuse was caused by religious and the remaining 96 %by non religious .
! % is far too much but to extrapolate that because 96% of abuse is caused by non religious Irish people and makes the entire Irish race into child abusers is just as absurd as saying that he entire Ca tholic Church was involved in abuse .
The dissemination of these sort of inaccurate casual and harmful untruths should cease.
And then we had this a guy ,whose name I forget, on what I think is the" living word",trash his parents for sending him to the Christian Brothers ,trash them further for involving him in attendance at Mount Argos Church for various ceremonies,belittle the Christian Brothers because they did corporal punishment ( like all teachers at the time ) , decry their promotion of Gaelic games as against the game of the squaddies.
And then he trashed Irish society in general as it was at the time.
I lived through those times.
The Christian Brothees educated me and many millions like me.I have the height of respect for them.I loved and still love the games of the Gaels and fair dues to the Brothers for inculcating them.
I still have bad memories of a married lay teacher who beat us up with a stick regularly whilst a very young boy in National School .Immeasurably worse than any Brother I encountered.
I treasure the memories I have of serving Mass and the clergy I encountered .
I have only the fondest memories of my parents and appreciate totally everything they did for me.
And the society I remember,whilst it had its faults was one where you never locked your door,where breakins were as rare as hen's teeth and where a murder was so rare that it was a talking point for years.
Those were the god times man.
But of course RTE puts forward more nonsenical shite.
Monday, November 17, 2014
The denigration of the people of Tallaght.
The political classes and the pet journalists ,who are practically bedfellows for their chums ,are at one in heaping opprobrium on the decent people of Jobstown,who recently had their democratic say and utterly rejected the candidate's of the main political parties.
I remember Bertie describing someone as a "Mouth",a spake which true Dubs will understand fully but will not be so obvious to others outside the pale.
Well having heard the likes of Vincent Brown ,Aodhan O Riordan and Cathal Mac Coille ,to name but a few, bully,intimidate and ,in my opinion,maybe libel Paul Murphy on the national airwaves, I can say with conviction that they are nothing but mouthpieces for the Government.
You will notice the contempt that these people and the Government have for those who speak with a Dublin accent , how they belittle them and how contrastingly they suck up fawningly to those with the more cultured accents of their buddies and chums,whose views they think sacrosanct.
It reminds me of the two sides in the Smithfield showdown over the now defunct horse fair,where on the one side you had ordinary non privileged and poor Dubs and on the other the educated well off snobs who can afford horses and ponies ,modern spec stables and manicured lawns for their spoilt offspring.
No more horse fair and fuck the poor Dubs ,and seize their horses and enact legislation which ensures they can never aspire to what their better spoken and rich contemporaries take for granted.
Sure they are only scum and let them take heroin and with a bit of luck thy will became methadone zombies and that is much preferable to allowing them anywhere near a horse or pony ,God forbid.
And keep these unruly mob of bowsies in Tallaght well away from our fragrant Ministers and put our kind of people in there to give them second chance education,having made a hames of them the first time round and use this delayed benevolence as a stick with which to beat them as they legitimately protest.
And Aofhan O Riordan's linking of the protest in Tallaght with a bomb threat was totally despicable as was his claim of a gun threat against himself.
He and his buddies in Labour have bitten the hand that feeds them and are turning on their working class supporters .
And by the way the fact that adults were failed by their teachers and left illiterate the first time round is some indictment of the teachers profession of which himself,and the all of the gang of four are members,Tanaiste included.
Now I would get it fierce hard to vote for Paul Murphy and those of socialist leanings because of the way they push for the medieval murder of the defenceless unborn and the zealous disregard they have for the younger life of the three involved (surely the father ought have a say too ),but in this instance of standing by their constituents I have the height of admiration for their stance and refusal to be bullied and intimidated.
The Government has long tried to blacken the anti water charge movement by claiming that dissident terrorists and all manner of unsavoury people are involved and are using what happened here as an attempt to dissuade people to stay at home and stop protesting ,
And their supine media and craven journalistic friends are so far up their ..... that they will stop at nothing to help them.
To hear these stooges you would swear that it was a capital offence to have a megaphone and that if you sit down and block the passage of a car you should be deported.And that if someone else in a demonstration misbehaves the fault is communally shared.(Does this principle of communal blame attach to all Gardai on duty if one lets fly and half kills someone ?)And don't count on legislation to outlaw this not being rushed through the house,as was the legislation causing the furore ,on the sly and in a few minutes.
No wonder the people of Rossport who demonstrate against their nemeses are so pissed.
The pious platitudes that "I fully support the right to demonstrate"which is chanted like a mantra by the political elite when being lined up for fawning interview by their media chums is always followed by a "but" in which it becomes clear that what they really mean is that these protests should take place out of sight,nor against them or their buddies and somewhere else,maybe an abandoned warehouse for example.
And what is the touch of a water balloon compared to the heartbreak of a parent waving goodbye to a child and grandchildren to the far side of the world ,a suicide or abortion induced by economic despair and the unspeakable distress of people being evicted from their homes as a direct result of Government policy and a series of broken promises on these issues.
And then to push workers who probably would be unemployed but for this work into the front line and shelter behind their employment as a reason to desist protest is disgusting in the extreme.
I mean how low and self pitying can these people get.
Because of the neglect of successive Governments to supply proper scanning machines,clot busting medication and doctors fit to make the call on its administration to Navan Hospital until 2010 I am severely disabled for life (lucky not to be dead) and can only walk as far as a well directed fart .
I have not yet been on any of the demonstrations.
With God's help I will be on the next one.
I remember Bertie describing someone as a "Mouth",a spake which true Dubs will understand fully but will not be so obvious to others outside the pale.
Well having heard the likes of Vincent Brown ,Aodhan O Riordan and Cathal Mac Coille ,to name but a few, bully,intimidate and ,in my opinion,maybe libel Paul Murphy on the national airwaves, I can say with conviction that they are nothing but mouthpieces for the Government.
You will notice the contempt that these people and the Government have for those who speak with a Dublin accent , how they belittle them and how contrastingly they suck up fawningly to those with the more cultured accents of their buddies and chums,whose views they think sacrosanct.
It reminds me of the two sides in the Smithfield showdown over the now defunct horse fair,where on the one side you had ordinary non privileged and poor Dubs and on the other the educated well off snobs who can afford horses and ponies ,modern spec stables and manicured lawns for their spoilt offspring.
No more horse fair and fuck the poor Dubs ,and seize their horses and enact legislation which ensures they can never aspire to what their better spoken and rich contemporaries take for granted.
Sure they are only scum and let them take heroin and with a bit of luck thy will became methadone zombies and that is much preferable to allowing them anywhere near a horse or pony ,God forbid.
And keep these unruly mob of bowsies in Tallaght well away from our fragrant Ministers and put our kind of people in there to give them second chance education,having made a hames of them the first time round and use this delayed benevolence as a stick with which to beat them as they legitimately protest.
And Aofhan O Riordan's linking of the protest in Tallaght with a bomb threat was totally despicable as was his claim of a gun threat against himself.
He and his buddies in Labour have bitten the hand that feeds them and are turning on their working class supporters .
And by the way the fact that adults were failed by their teachers and left illiterate the first time round is some indictment of the teachers profession of which himself,and the all of the gang of four are members,Tanaiste included.
Now I would get it fierce hard to vote for Paul Murphy and those of socialist leanings because of the way they push for the medieval murder of the defenceless unborn and the zealous disregard they have for the younger life of the three involved (surely the father ought have a say too ),but in this instance of standing by their constituents I have the height of admiration for their stance and refusal to be bullied and intimidated.
The Government has long tried to blacken the anti water charge movement by claiming that dissident terrorists and all manner of unsavoury people are involved and are using what happened here as an attempt to dissuade people to stay at home and stop protesting ,
And their supine media and craven journalistic friends are so far up their ..... that they will stop at nothing to help them.
To hear these stooges you would swear that it was a capital offence to have a megaphone and that if you sit down and block the passage of a car you should be deported.And that if someone else in a demonstration misbehaves the fault is communally shared.(Does this principle of communal blame attach to all Gardai on duty if one lets fly and half kills someone ?)And don't count on legislation to outlaw this not being rushed through the house,as was the legislation causing the furore ,on the sly and in a few minutes.
No wonder the people of Rossport who demonstrate against their nemeses are so pissed.
The pious platitudes that "I fully support the right to demonstrate"which is chanted like a mantra by the political elite when being lined up for fawning interview by their media chums is always followed by a "but" in which it becomes clear that what they really mean is that these protests should take place out of sight,nor against them or their buddies and somewhere else,maybe an abandoned warehouse for example.
And what is the touch of a water balloon compared to the heartbreak of a parent waving goodbye to a child and grandchildren to the far side of the world ,a suicide or abortion induced by economic despair and the unspeakable distress of people being evicted from their homes as a direct result of Government policy and a series of broken promises on these issues.
And then to push workers who probably would be unemployed but for this work into the front line and shelter behind their employment as a reason to desist protest is disgusting in the extreme.
I mean how low and self pitying can these people get.
Because of the neglect of successive Governments to supply proper scanning machines,clot busting medication and doctors fit to make the call on its administration to Navan Hospital until 2010 I am severely disabled for life (lucky not to be dead) and can only walk as far as a well directed fart .
I have not yet been on any of the demonstrations.
With God's help I will be on the next one.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Tax dodging by the political classes.
One must admire the optimism and innocence of the gentleman in the civil service who sent particulars of alleged tax evasion by the rich and powerful to the Public Accounts Committee in the hope that it would be followed up.
As evidenced by the appointment of Liz O Donnell to the head of the RSA ,it matters not what Party you belong to ,rather what counts is what Club you fit into.
Now the politicians ,the judiciary and the top public servants are all part of the same Club and are locked together in an embrace of mutual entitlement and are like the dancers at Lanigan's ball "You step out and I'll step in again ".
The politicians appoint the judges and the politicians also appoint the top public servants and there is cross pollination inter Se.
And as they are inter dependant on each other there is little doubt that ,without being told to do so they cover each others backs.No need for a nod even ,a wink will do.
There are so many ways of running investigations into the sand and frustrating right thinking people that this cunning alliance are spoilt for choice.
You move a man here and swap a man there and place a woman yonder and keep at it until you get the person in situ who will do "the right thing ".
And you abolish a section here and appoint a new one there,all in the name of efficiency of course and transfer away supporting staff and heap as much shit as you can on the shoulders of the investigator until he gets the message and just gives up.
Or you bully him/her unmercifully ,break him and destroy him and force him to retire.
And when the guard changes you keep the new heads in the loop with a sneaky and discreet word fingering the man who won't take the soup.
And you go out of your way to reward those who help keep him down.
There is absolutely no chance whatsoever that any meaningful investigation will be undertaken into these allegations.
You can make up the responses with fair accuracy at this early stage even "Fully investigate already ","insufficient evidence found to warrant reopening them ","they are sub judice ""a witch hunt against the dead "" breach of Revenue law to disclosing informal on individual cases ","entitled to the Amnesty "They happened too long ago ".
Take your pick .
As evidenced by the appointment of Liz O Donnell to the head of the RSA ,it matters not what Party you belong to ,rather what counts is what Club you fit into.
Now the politicians ,the judiciary and the top public servants are all part of the same Club and are locked together in an embrace of mutual entitlement and are like the dancers at Lanigan's ball "You step out and I'll step in again ".
The politicians appoint the judges and the politicians also appoint the top public servants and there is cross pollination inter Se.
And as they are inter dependant on each other there is little doubt that ,without being told to do so they cover each others backs.No need for a nod even ,a wink will do.
There are so many ways of running investigations into the sand and frustrating right thinking people that this cunning alliance are spoilt for choice.
You move a man here and swap a man there and place a woman yonder and keep at it until you get the person in situ who will do "the right thing ".
And you abolish a section here and appoint a new one there,all in the name of efficiency of course and transfer away supporting staff and heap as much shit as you can on the shoulders of the investigator until he gets the message and just gives up.
Or you bully him/her unmercifully ,break him and destroy him and force him to retire.
And when the guard changes you keep the new heads in the loop with a sneaky and discreet word fingering the man who won't take the soup.
And you go out of your way to reward those who help keep him down.
There is absolutely no chance whatsoever that any meaningful investigation will be undertaken into these allegations.
You can make up the responses with fair accuracy at this early stage even "Fully investigate already ","insufficient evidence found to warrant reopening them ","they are sub judice ""a witch hunt against the dead "" breach of Revenue law to disclosing informal on individual cases ","entitled to the Amnesty "They happened too long ago ".
Take your pick .
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