I'm not sure middle-class unionism is totally averse to a one state Ireland, it's more down to the culture from which the likes of the UDA is drawn. To deprive them of the Monarch to whom they have devoted themselves for 400 years is potentially fraught with danger and no matter what the result 0f a...

After 500 years it is time for it to be called native. Suggesting it is not native is like saying Afrikaans is noit native to South Africa or Arabic is not native to African countries. I think, judging from his/her contribution to this and other threads, that there may be more than a little prejudi...

English is not native in the sense that it is not indigenous. However it has been spoken on this on Island for so long that it has become another aspect of our culture. And I can't see that changing anytime soon Watched a documentary the other night which indicated that Celtic DNA is not as widespr...

How are we going to identify "far right". On the word of a Senior Garda officer maybe? Now I've never been a fan of the Provos or their campaign in the North, but that was one piece of legislation I found it difficult to agree with. Take the disturbances at Citywest or Coolock. I've no dou...

At some stage one gets the impression that it's the act of murder that's more appealing than the people being murdered. The far right always end up turning on their own, don't they? Private joke between myself and the other poster. I forgot that woke and sense of humour are far removed from each ot...

I expect them to seek asylum in the first safe country they land in, and to be distributed onwards once found eligible. I do not expect them to travel to the country of their choice, or to attempt the same ruse in country after country after having their claims rejected. It’s frankly ridiculous and...

Factually incorrect, as anyone who knows immgrants in their workplace could easily attest. That line of chat is just racism pure and simple. You are deliberately misinterpreting my post. Just as I don't have a problem with Irish people taking the legal route into Australia, I don't have a problem w...

Bloody immigrants The latest CSO figures show that almost half of those emigrating from Ireland are now aged between 25 and 44. Australia is a choice destination, with more than 10,000 Irish moving there last year alone. Those emigrating from Ireland will have a visa, a qualification Australia want...

** checks confession times in church ** I wouldn't worry about it. The invisible man who lives in the sky and sees and hears everything you do 24/7, is obviously on holiday, given that he can't see or hear all the famine, disease, hunger, war, natural disasters and everything else going on in the w...

One has to wonder what Zelenski was thinking when he removed the ban on young men leaving the country. Maybe with the success Ukraine is currently having against the infrastructure in Russia, he thinks drones and missiles can win the war..

Pantaloon Jeopardy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 04, 2025 8:59 am Are you there at the moment?

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Sure. 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/26/homelessness-armed-forces-veterans-england-rises 1990 20% of veterans homeless 2008 6% of veterans homeless https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/docs/default-source/campaigns-policy-and-research/litrev_uk_vets_homelessness.pdf?sfvrsn=110aad9f_2...

Brabantje wrote: ↑Wed Oct 29, 2025 5:16 pm My facts are straight.

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I'm suggesting what has always been will always be until the armed services get their shit together. Well then you need to get your facts straight. Granted there are some cases, within and without the armed services, which are worse than others, but there is nobody who cannot benefit from the right...

I've just explained to you that in the instance of veterans it isn't You explained nothing. Are you suggesting that the only future for people who have suffered PTSD is to live on the streets? Is society to abandon them because, maybe they are slightly more difficult cases? Both of the cases I ment...

Sweden elected their first right wing government in 2022 largely due to failures of their immigration policy. Not many saw that coming. They had the highest number of immigrants per capita, then came a historic right wing government and a reversal of immigration policies. We’re just a few years beh...

British soldiers have always ended up on the streets, as a result of being cast off after their usefulness or with undiagnosed mental health problems such as PTSD. This is not by any means a new phenomenon, nor has it anything to do with immigration. Of course it has to do with immigration. The sam...

I have a strong feeling this is why Farage is leading the polls. Farage has filled the large void left by the established parties. Is it racism or legitimate criticism? https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1982891800269631493 It's the result of years of pandering to the woke. I was listening to ...

Ah give me a break from the continous bullshyte about us trying to still rid ourselves of the church. The churches influence has been gone for decades. Some of us are able to remember how they had real power, how more than half the fooking country when to see the child abuse hider in chief when he ...

No idea im not on YouTube but i know what im seeing with my own eyes. Henry Street/Talbot Street up towards Parnell Street is a multicultural mess. A horrible melting pot of the worlds worst (including our own btw). Dublin is in real trouble. I have to say that was a very efficient dispatching of t...

The shinners are hilarious, they are like a big herd of sheep. For the last few weeks they were all hyped up because they believed Mary Lou was going to reveal some big surprise candidate and that’s all they cared about. When the army council finally got around to telling Mary Lou that she couldn’t...

Whether it leaves a lacklustre field or not, Steen is no loss. A throwback to the time and views of John Charles McQuaid, this is the Ireland we've been trying to rid ourselves of for forty years.

President Donald Trump patted Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on the back as the UK leader insisted Hamas would have “no part in any future governance of Palestine”. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-keir-starmer-hamas-israel-gaza-b2829267.html# Paradoxically, the Iranian P...

Looks like Steen has the votes of Independent Ireland, so I think she will probably get the other two. That leaves the line up FF, FG, Hamas and Opus Dei. A fine representation for the Irish people, looks like I'll have to spoil my vote as I couldn't countenance voting for any one of them, even to s...

This topic just keeps boiling back to the surface, the apparent evils of social media. That people can spread gossip, some of which may be ill founded and other times, closer to the bone. Jim Gavin calling foul today and writing 'strong letters' to Zuckerberg and Musk and maybe even this site. I've...