Is this the nice new rural girl or sa omeone else.
Portmarnock lass
I don’t think she is rural. Blondie one in her late 30s with a serious set of jabbers.
Well in the 40s I’d have thought
She’s about 50. Married to the Dutch chap who does the weather on the radio.
Wearing trousers does not suit Claire after all
Is that fucking bucket of shit of a man Ian O Doherty on the panel here. I hope one of the migrants attacks him if he starts talking shit
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Cant take current affairs serious on RTE.
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The epitome of a cunt. No imagination or subtlety to his immature rants. Doesn’t deserve any air time but unfortunately his hysteria passes for “balance” on basic human rights issues.
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Doherty is making a point saying why are the vast bulk of the refugees all men…rather then women and children.
Hard to argue with that in fairness.
He’s wrong in everything else he’s saying tho.
I assume the men go first to try and get something organised in new location before they bring their families.
Why does it matter? Do their lives not matter? Do you think children are as capable of travelling a thousand miles to the north coast of Africa as grown men?
Ah he’s a despicable bastard. The head on him
They’re single lads for the most part pal…it would be easier to digest personally if it was women and children first.
Rather then 90% young lads for economic reasons.
How do you know that
Just for my own information.
That makes even more sense that single men with no ties would take the gamble before a woman and her children.
It’s not like the smugglers give a fuck who they let on the boats
Of course their lives matter, but we have a homeless crisis here already…we are a first world economy in name only…but I don’t think we could support tens of thousands of young North African and middle eastern males.
They’re the stats…if it was mothers and young children it would be more palatable is my opinion…Emigration cant be completly open.
The Lost Boys of Sudan were all young men too. And there weren’t young girls because they were either adopted, killed, abandoned or sold into slavery. It didn’t make the young men less worthy refugees.
A book recommendation for anyone interested in this area - What is the What by Dave Eggers is a really excellent memoir/novel on refugees. Far more entertaining than one might expect.
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I wonder how many notifications O Doherty will have on his phone when he turns it on after the show. Thousands I’d say. Every mention. Every retweet. He’s too much of an ego to switch them off
We have taken a handful. They have a negligible impact on the homeless crisis which hadn’t been caused by the refugee crisis. We have far more unworthy causes we spend money on that we don’t need to start abandoning basic human suffering.
It’s well known pal…you can reference any statistic out there on it…these are young lads in many cases who’re making an economic decision.
I can appreciate that too…but we’re not an imperialist power capable of solving this issue caused by Western geopolitics.