Sinn Fein? They have gone away, you know.

[armaghniac]

Maybe they could start showing some maturity and treat the National flag with respect instead of acting like lads  at a match waving the  County flag.

What? ... show as much respect to our flag and national identity as FF did when they lost Ireland's sovereignty to Troika.  If a bit of flag waving is all you have to complain about, then you're not doing too badly in the grand scheme of things.

This is the old thing trope that there are worse things. Yes, there are, but that doesn't justify this carry on.

[manfromdelmonte]

Maybe they could start showing some maturity and treat the National flag with respect instead of acting like lads  at a match waving the  County flag.

Take it down from the mast Irish traitors
It's the flag we republicans claim
It will never belong to free staters
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

That's the spirit. Sing a Fianna Fail song. It will be good practice for when ye go into government with them.

And if you know your history....

[Rossfan]

Maybe they could start showing some maturity and treat the National flag with respect instead of acting like lads  at a match waving the  County flag.

Take it down from the mast Irish traitors
It's the flag we republicans claim
It will never belong to free staters
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

That's the spirit. Sing a Fianna Fail song. It will be good practice for when ye go into government with them.

The dignified Healy Raes sang the Rose of Tralee

[Eamonnca1]

The title of this thread didn't age very well, did it?

[RedHand88]

Maybe they could start showing some maturity and treat the National flag with respect instead of acting like lads  at a match waving the  County flag.

Take it down from the mast Irish traitors
It's the flag we republicans claim
It will never belong to free staters
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

That's the spirit. Sing a Fianna Fail song. It will be good practice for when ye go into government with them.

The dignified Healy Raes sang the Rose of Tralee

They also said to hell with the planet. Have the Healy raes any plans to colonize the moon?

[Angelo]

Maybe they could start showing some maturity and treat the National flag with respect instead of acting like lads  at a match waving the  County flag.

Take it down from the mast Irish traitors
It's the flag we republicans claim
It will never belong to free staters
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

That's the spirit. Sing a Fianna Fail song. It will be good practice for when ye go into government with them.

A Fianna Fail song???

Don't think Dominic Behan had anything to do with Fianna Fail.

[Rossfan]

Maybe they could start showing some maturity and treat the National flag with respect instead of acting like lads  at a match waving the  County flag.

Take it down from the mast Irish traitors
It's the flag we republicans claim
It will never belong to free staters
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

That's the spirit. Sing a Fianna Fail song. It will be good practice for when ye go into government with them.

The dignified Healy Raes sang the Rose of Tralee

They also said to hell with the planet. Have the Healy raes any plans to colonize the moon?

They have all the necessary JCBs etc 

[Applesisapples]

Feck it lads, most people who have made up their minds to vote SF probably know they have 'tenuous' links with the IRA. They're hardly going to change their minds at the last minute. Especially when the establishment are looking down on them (SF that is).

FF entered the Dáil armed back in the 1920s for those who are unaware...

This is the same IRA now committed to exclusively democratic and peaceful constitutional change.

[tonto1888]

Going to be interesting to see how the US military stop overs at Shannon are dealt with. Will SF stand up to Trump and risk economic chaos

How would standing up to Trump over Shannon risk economic chaos

[weareros]

Maybe they could start showing some maturity and treat the National flag with respect instead of acting like lads  at a match waving the  County flag.

Take it down from the mast Irish traitors
It's the flag we republicans claim
It will never belong to free staters
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

That's the spirit. Sing a Fianna Fail song. It will be good practice for when ye go into government with them.

A Fianna Fail song???

Don't think Dominic Behan had anything to do with Fianna Fail.

Behan added some lyrics but the song and chorus you cited were written by a Fianna Fáil TD, James Ryan. Better that than Healy Rae singing Livin Next Door to Alice.

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

Going to be interesting to see how the US military stop overs at Shannon are dealt with. Will SF stand up to Trump and risk economic chaos

How would standing up to Trump over Shannon risk economic chaos

He already has a policy of bringing everything back in house. Slán abhaile medtronic, Boston Galway, Abbott vascular, phizer etc etc

[Angelo]

Going to be interesting to see how the US military stop overs at Shannon are dealt with. Will SF stand up to Trump and risk economic chaos

How would standing up to Trump over Shannon risk economic chaos

He already has a policy of bringing everything back in house. Slán abhaile medtronic, Boston Galway, Abbott vascular, phizer etc etc

Take off the tinfoil hat, you lunatic.

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

Going to be interesting to see how the US military stop overs at Shannon are dealt with. Will SF stand up to Trump and risk economic chaos

How would standing up to Trump over Shannon risk economic chaos

He already has a policy of bringing everything back in house. Slán abhaile medtronic, Boston Galway, Abbott vascular, phizer etc etc

Take off the tinfoil hat, you lunatic.

Or a more measured and reasoned retort would be.....

[johnnycool]

Going to be interesting to see how the US military stop overs at Shannon are dealt with. Will SF stand up to Trump and risk economic chaos

How would standing up to Trump over Shannon risk economic chaos

He already has a policy of bringing everything back in house. Slán abhaile medtronic, Boston Galway, Abbott vascular, phizer etc etc

he doesn't have that much sway.

They're all here for access to the European Market and favourable corporate tax rates. Not sure how the Donald could wane them off that particular teat because Mary Lou started making a bit of noise about US army flights landing in Shannon.

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

Going to be interesting to see how the US military stop overs at Shannon are dealt with. Will SF stand up to Trump and risk economic chaos

How would standing up to Trump over Shannon risk economic chaos

He already has a policy of bringing everything back in house. Slán abhaile medtronic, Boston Galway, Abbott vascular, phizer etc etc

he doesn't have that much sway.

They're all here for access to the European Market and favourable corporate tax rates. Not sure how the Donald could wane them off that particular teat because Mary Lou started making a bit of noise about US army flights landing in Shannon.

Hopefully you are right, he has been banging on about it since 2017. Could another country adopt Ireland's current approach to corp tax? My feeling is that we will not hear SF's pre-election pledge on Shannon mentioned again-its the real world now

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2017/0816/897749-trump-ireland-manufacturing/