Death Notices

[5 Sams]

Lester Ryan's father RIP

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/father-of-kilkenny-hurling-captain-lester-ryan-dies-in-farm-accident-30925941.html

[5 Sams]

Maggie's Home Secretary Leon Brittan...looking at other discussion boards it looks like there will be a lot of stuff revealed about his "private" life now that he's dead...

[Agent Orange]

Maggie's Home Secretary Leon Brittan...looking at other discussion boards it looks like there will be a lot of stuff revealed about his "private" life now that he's dead...

Nonce sense.

[brokencrossbar1]

Maggie's Home Secretary Leon Brittan...looking at other discussion boards it looks like there will be a lot of stuff revealed about his "private" life now that he's dead...

Good riddance,  dirty rotten kiddie fiddler and also the one who was key to ensuring the ring of them went unexposed for years.  Rot in hell with your Fixit friend you bastard.

[Franko]

BBC's take - the last line is classic BBC!



Ex-Home Secretary Leon Brittan dies

Former Home Secretary Leon Brittan has died aged 75 after a long battle with cancer, his family have said.

The former Conservative MP was home secretary in Margaret Thatcher's government from 1983 to 1985.

First elected in 1974, he later became trade and industry secretary and stood down from the Commons when he became a European commissioner in 1989.

His family paid tribute to his "extraordinary commitment to British public life".

As an MP, he represented the constituencies of Cleveland and Whitby and Richmond in Yorkshire.

Commons Leader William Hague, the current Richmond MP, said he had been a "kind, assiduous and brilliant man", while former Chancellor Lord Lamont said he "would have risen to the top of whatever profession he had chosen".

BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said Lord Brittan had enjoyed a "meteoric political rise" to the Home Office, where he clashed with striking miners.

His family said he was a beloved husband, stepfather and step-grandfather.

They added: "We also salute his extraordinary commitment to British public life as a member of Parliament, minister, Cabinet minister, European Commissioner and peer - together with a distinguished career in law, and latterly in business.

"Leon passed away last night at his home in London after a long battle with cancer. We shall miss him enormously."

Lord Brittan came under the spotlight last year as part of the investigation into historical sexual abuse because he was home secretary in 1984 when ministers were handed a dossier on alleged high-profile paedophiles.

He insisted that the proper procedures were followed.

[seafoid]

King Abdullah of Saudi. A real bastard.

[lawnseed]

King Abdullah of Saudi. A real b**tard.

What did he do

[BennyCake]

King Abdullah of Saudi. A real b**tard.

Maybe he was supposed to be a bastard. The Saudi royals were puppets installed by the Yanks, after all.

[macdanger2]

Flags being flown at half mast on some state buildings for him 

[Agent Orange]

Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died in hospital in Athens. He was 68.

[Hardy]

Ah, RIP The Singing Tent.

[5 Sams]

Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died in hospital in Athens. He was 68.

RIP. Feck I'm getting old...I mentioned this in the office today and everybody said "Who?"

Glad I'm not doing a lift at that funeral.

[Milltown Row2]

Thought he'd be lot older

[mouview]

Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died in hospital in Athens. He was 68.

Hmm...  election results mustn't agree with him. Remember Gay Byrne interviewing him on TLLS years back; he was a big believer that  Armageddon was coming, and would start from the Middle East.

[armaghniac]

Michael Lambert, Roscommon and Ireland's oldest man, aged 107.