Ireland politics (Part 1)

tazdedub · January 30, 2017, 10:24am

Enda will be lucky to get a minute with Trump. He doesn’t give a fuck about US/Irish relations.

tazdedub · January 30, 2017, 10:26am

When is Boxer Moran taking over from Halligan?

Will he drop the “Boxer” part when he off representing the country?

myboyblue · January 30, 2017, 10:31am

Its not all about Enda, nor Trump.

Fagan_ODowd · January 30, 2017, 10:32am

It’s usually all about Niall O’Dowd.

myboyblue · January 30, 2017, 10:34am

Fagan knows the score. Nonetheless, its all about what goes on behind the aul bowl of sham. Leave Enda off to have the chats with Donald, and let the rest of the lads have the crack behind the scenes.

croppy_boy · January 30, 2017, 10:55am

Yeah it’s more about the people at the balls, trade summits that Enda and his entourage can try and entice to set up a service, order a product or back a project.

It would be worse not to turn up. The brave thing to so it to turn up and make a statement about immigration in the background.

You’ll have the like of RBB and Paul Murphy going off on one regardless though.

myboyblue · January 30, 2017, 11:10am

I see 20,000 people have signed an auld petition to stop Enda going across. You couldn’t make it up.

anon61956325 · January 30, 2017, 11:13am

Lovely.

Throw up a link there, pal. I’d say the comments are a hoot.

tazdedub · January 30, 2017, 11:14am

Finally something I agree with Enda on.

myboyblue · January 30, 2017, 11:20am

I’d rather not link to it in case some of the weaker minded ones actually sign the thing, but here’s a few screenshots. It seems to have been set up by the founder of SpunOut,

Bandage · January 30, 2017, 11:22am

Thanks for alerting me to it, mate.

Signed.

myboyblue · January 30, 2017, 11:23am

Special_Olympiakos · January 30, 2017, 11:23am

Enda is only going as he sees it as an annual holiday junket that affords status. Politics or business never came into it.

mikehunt · January 30, 2017, 1:01pm

He loves getting patted on the head by his betters.

iron_mike · January 30, 2017, 1:03pm

Eamon Ryan is coming up on Newstalk to explain why our fuhrer should stay at home Paddy’s day

tazdedub · January 30, 2017, 1:09pm

Does he realise that if they don’t go then they may lose the spot forever? Plenty other countries out there would gladly take that spot.

Also it’s not like it is going to influence Trump. I can’t see him saying “oh fuck the Irish are pissed at I better recind that order or they won’t come bearing thein gift of shamrock”.

croppy_boy · January 30, 2017, 1:12pm

Wait did the protests at Shannon not end rendition flights and the US interference in the Gulf States?

I don’t know what to believe anymore.

myboyblue · January 30, 2017, 1:53pm

I knew if we hung around long enough that we’d agree on something pal, but twice in two days. Its a modern day miracle.

Matty_Hislop · February 2, 2017, 11:26am

Stephen Donnelly, formerly of the Social Democrats, is joining Fianna Fail.

Julio_Geordio · February 2, 2017, 11:26am

FFFFS