Joe Brolly

[Walter Cronc]

Did that article by Conlon actually appear in the printed version of the Independent? Its a horrendous piece of journalism. However, I must admit I felt a little uncomfortable by the way Joe used certain events to make his point. He was always going to evoke strong emotions with  the tone of his own article. (and he has caught the big fish that he was looking for) I just wonder did he need to revive the memories of those specific atrocities to make his point about flags and a national anthem. Once again, in my view Joe has given little consideration to the collateral damage of his words and has given this mouth piece Conlon an opportunity to sling mud in the direction of Ulster GAA and at the same time rake up a lot of painful memories in the media.

Anyone got a link to Conlon's article?

Lazy fecker

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=19930.msg1652089#msg1652089

Cheers Dinny.

[macdanger2]

Disgrace of an article. Dunno why anybody reads the Indo though, it's a rag

[ashman]

O Fheargail is some clown TBH . The Sindo did what it does.  Brolly gave the northern perspective .  When is his term over

[Take Your Points]

Disgrace of an article. Dunno why anybody reads the Indo though, it's a rag

Or uses it to express opinions or as a vehicle for self promotion.

[Rossfan]

O Fheargail is some clown TBH . The Sindo did what it does.  Brolly gave the northern perspective .  When is his term over

O Fearghail made a vague point about a possible future scenario.
Media put their own spin on it.

[longballin]

O Fheargail is some clown TBH . The Sindo did what it does.  Brolly gave the northern perspective .  When is his term over

O Fearghail made a vague point about a possible future scenario.
Media put their own spin on it.

O Fearghaill messed up and tried to climb down after the damage was done when he saw his views went down like a lead balloon.

[Rossfan]

He didn't "mess up".
He answered a hypothetical question honestly and reasonably.
Media ran with big headlines about the GAA President will ditch flag and anthem.
Then of course various people got wound up about things......

[Syferus]

He didn't "mess up".
He answered a hypothetical question honestly and reasonably.
Media ran with big headlines about the GAA President will ditch flag and anthem.
Then of course various people got wound up about things......

Mostly fleg waving people from the six counties..

[In hiding]

Its easy to get annoyed by Brolly, he would sicken your sh1te sometimes. But...
Why do some people feel the need to try appease everyone in this country. The Super Bowl, World Series etc all have the Star Spangled Banner belted out before they start. The Aussie Rules Grand Final has the anthem before it. God Save The Queen gets a rattle before the FA Cup and no one thinks it is wrong. Is Irelands Call necessary ? I don't think it is.
Worldwide before major sporting events the national anthem of the country is played and creates a great atmosphere.
I agree with Joe on this one

[Rossfan]

He didn't "mess up".
He answered a hypothetical question honestly and reasonably.
Media ran with big headlines about the GAA President will ditch flag and anthem.
Then of course various people got wound up about things......

Mostly fleg waving people from the six counties..

A few in Cork and Donegal too.

[In hiding]

He didn't "mess up".
He answered a hypothetical question honestly and reasonably.
Media ran with big headlines about the GAA President will ditch flag and anthem.
Then of course various people got wound up about things......

Mostly fleg waving people from the six counties..

A few in Cork and Donegal too.

Did anyone from Roscommon get annoyed with the President's views ?

[Rossfan]

Not formally with motions and the like.
Anyone that was mellowed when the facts were presented.

[In hiding]

Hard to beat civilised rational Rossies

[Rossfan]

Hard to beat civilised rational Rossies

Excellent post 

[muppet]

Sugarman is demanding an enquiry into something that would probably bring down our economy.

He has the moral high ground, certainly, but since McCreevy and Harney, our 'best little country to do business in' model is based on light touch regulation. And light touch means DON'T TOUCH.

We would lose most of our banking industry (and a few other sectors) overnight if we start having real investigations.

Personally, I think its wrong to blame McCreevy and Harney for that. Yes, we did not have heavy red-tape regulation. But our light touch regulation absolutely did not mean "Don't Touch". That was a case of the regulators being under the thumb of the bankers. There is not a hope that McCreevy or Harney would have agreed that a Regulator should ignore the lighter rules that were in place.   

When it comes to shipping, Irish-owned vessels are registered in places like Bahamas, Bermuda, Cambodia, Cyprus, France, Malta, Marshall Islands, Panama (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flags_of_convenience)

Dirty rotten flags of convenience b'stards.

But when it comes to aviation: http://www.thejournal.ie/aircraft-leasing-ireland-640059-Oct2012/ Half of the world's aviation fleet now managed from Ireland

This of course is great news and is all down to our genius, our tax regime and etc......

What do you think is wrong with this?
Aircraft leasing sector is a very successful niche for the country. Employs over 1,000 people (and very well paid!). Our tax regime is good, but absolutely nothing "hairy" about it or anything that the EU or OECD have ever complained about. Irish companies get capital allowances based only on genuine expenditure incurred on the cost of the aircraft, and pay tax on their profits at 12.5%.
Like any good venture, success breeds success. We've become known to have the expertise in this country for aircarft leasing, so more and more keep coming.
Not sure what anyone would have to moan about that? 

Didn't want to give the Indo the page views by reading it on their site so missed it until now, that is a disgraceful article.

Just the extremely distasteful Kevin Lynch paragraph or all of it?
Is it wrong to equate the sectarian massacre in January 1976 of three South Armagh brothers with the Kingsmill atrocity and the Claudy bombing?

They are here neither for our expertise, nor our tax regime.

And it isn't just leasing companies that register their aircraft here.

Why do you think Norwegian is coming here? We have Alitalia, FedEx, DHL and UPS operated aircraft registered here. The one that went down in Columbia used to be owned here.

Same as the banking.