Nolan Show

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yellowcard

Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 09:38:02 AM
Quote from: yellowcard on July 07, 2021, 09:24:14 AM
Quote from: Main Street on July 06, 2021, 07:28:16 PM
Ive been listening to his show since the DUP went belly up, I just catch up with selected bits on BBC Sounds. The first segment  in this  morning's show ranked with the worst. It dealt with Nolan ringing his church bells with gusto and ranting against the Irish Republic BIAS against NORN IRON UK citizens,  on behalf of the trials and tribulations experienced by  a Newry couple arriving into Dublin Airport from Edinburgh on a British passport, with no negative covid test who were subsequently escorted into a quarantine hotel. 

It irritates me to hear the term used Irish Republic, It's Ireland !!! the effin name of the country is Ireland , as is named in Dev's constitution.
The Republic of Ireland is just a description, it is not the name of the country. What we got is Ireland  and Northern Ireland. And on an Irish passport is Ireland  with a nice graphic of the whole Island.

I remember listening to Nolan a few years back (before I stopped) and he was asking listeners to recommend places to visit in the 'Republic of Ireland' on a short break since he had never been down south. He made it sound like it was an alien land far away but the fact that he hadn't been across the border said enough. His blatant ignorance and disdain for anything to do with Irish culture and tradition was always very obvious on air.   

Going to defend Nolan here, I don't think he is sectarian at all. He just stokes the flames from either side to get an argument going, get the ratings up, that is all he cares about. The stupid people are those that think he is biased against their side. I worked with a girl from Bangor who didn't believe me when I said he was a protestant from Belfast, she truly believed he was a secret shinner.

He is just a wind-up merchant and I listen to his show purely for the entertainment value of some idiot from the Shankill or West Belfast ringing in with their sectarian views.

He is from the Shankill himself so you would have to be incredibly stupid or uninformed to think he was a Shinner. I'm not saying that he is necessarily sectarian but he is most definitely very culturally British. His show though does depend and thrive on sectarianism. A peaceful harmonised society is not in Nolan's own interests and his show is borne out of the hatred and division. I agree that there is more of this hatred and anger on the loyalist side and Jim Allister and Jamie Bryson are perfect pupeteers for the type of show he wishes to create.

I can think of far better ways of getting my entertainment than listening to Nolan's shitshow.   

Dire Ear

""The stupid people are those that think he is biased against their side. I worked with a girl from Bangor who didn't believe me when I said he was a protestant from Belfast, she truly believed he was a secret shinner.""

You 2 will have beautiful children... :D :D

Snapchap

Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 09:38:02 AM
Going to defend Nolan here, I don't think he is sectarian at all. He just stokes the flames from either side to get an argument going, get the ratings up, that is all he cares about. The stupid people are those that think he is biased against their side. I worked with a girl from Bangor who didn't believe me when I said he was a protestant from Belfast, she truly believed he was a secret shinner.

He is just a wind-up merchant and I listen to his show purely for the entertainment value of some idiot from the Shankill or West Belfast ringing in with their sectarian views.

I would have to disagree. He is the anchor of the show and a recent analysis of the show I came across somewhere in the twittersphere showed that during the dates being analysed, something in the region of 45% of invited contributors were unionist compared to something like 12% nationalist. I can't recall the exact figures but it was striking. That is not just him stirring. It is a consistent sectarian bias from a public broadcaster.

I know I posted this before, but what typifies Nolan for me was his antics in February 2018 when stormont was collapsed, and talks were at an advanced stage aimed at reinstating the assembly. He spent months and months criticising politicians for not compromising to get the institutions back until lo and behold, the first day news leaked that a compromise may have been reached, Nolan was all over it the next morning like a rash, whipping unionism into an absolute frenzy over the news that the DUP had made an apparent compromise on an Irish Language Act.

I posted here before that in the space of the ten days in/around that time in February '18, Nolan had Jim Allister on as a guest on his radio/tv shows on the 9th, 11th, 12th, on BOTH his radio and TV shows on 14th, on 15th and the 19th. That's seven times in ten shows. Who else (Bryson aside) gets airtime like that on any political radio or TV show? And then when the deal collapsed, guess who was back on his radio show/high horse, damning politicians from a height for failing to agree said compromise? I stopped listening to any of his output since.

If his show is not institutionally sectarian, then what is the explanation for his constant platforming of Jamie Bryson (an individual literally no other broadcaster gives time of day to), and Jim Allister - a man who, if twitter is anything to go by, continues to be on the show at least three times a week despite him being the leader and only MLA in the Assembly's smallest party?

You might claim that he only provides a platforms to two such extremist unionists as a means of winding people - but if that was the only reason, then surely he could offer some unelected dissident republican binlid with links to a paramilitary organisation an almost daily slot on his show, just to wind people up? The reality, as far as I can see, is that his show is a means of stoking sectarian tension and is done so from the conscious position of unionist bias. A bias which the bare statistics overwhelmingly back up.

Mario

#198
Quote from: Snapchap on July 07, 2021, 12:48:36 PM
Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 09:38:02 AM
Going to defend Nolan here, I don't think he is sectarian at all. He just stokes the flames from either side to get an argument going, get the ratings up, that is all he cares about. The stupid people are those that think he is biased against their side. I worked with a girl from Bangor who didn't believe me when I said he was a protestant from Belfast, she truly believed he was a secret shinner.

He is just a wind-up merchant and I listen to his show purely for the entertainment value of some idiot from the Shankill or West Belfast ringing in with their sectarian views.

I would have to disagree. He is the anchor of the show and a recent analysis of the show I came across somewhere in the twittersphere showed that during the dates being analysed, something in the region of 45% of invited contributors were unionist compared to something like 12% nationalist. I can't recall the exact figures but it was striking. That is not just him stirring. It is a consistent sectarian bias from a public broadcaster.

I know I posted this before, but what typifies Nolan for me was his antics in February 2018 when stormont was collapsed, and talks were at an advanced stage aimed at reinstating the assembly. He spent months and months criticising politicians for not compromising to get the institutions back until lo and behold, the first day news leaked that a compromise may have been reached, Nolan was all over it the next morning like a rash, whipping unionism into an absolute frenzy over the news that the DUP had made an apparent compromise on an Irish Language Act.

I posted here before that in the space of the ten days in/around that time in February '18, Nolan had Jim Allister on as a guest on his radio/tv shows on the 9th, 11th, 12th, on BOTH his radio and TV shows on 14th, on 15th and the 19th. That's seven times in ten shows. Who else (Bryson aside) gets airtime like that on any political radio or TV show? And then when the deal collapsed, guess who was back on his radio show/high horse, damning politicians from a height for failing to agree said compromise? I stopped listening to any of his output since.

If his show is not institutionally sectarian, then what is the explanation for his constant platforming of Jamie Bryson (an individual literally no other broadcaster gives time of day to), and Jim Allister - a man who, if twitter is anything to go by, continues to be on the show at least three times a week despite him being the leader and only MLA in the Assembly's smallest party?

You might claim that he only provides a platforms to two such extremist unionists as a means of winding people - but if that was the only reason, then surely he could offer some unelected dissident republican binlid with links to a paramilitary organisation an almost daily slot on his show, just to wind people up? The reality, as far as I can see, is that his show is a means of stoking sectarian tension and is done so from the conscious position of unionist bias. A bias which the bare statistics overwhelmingly back up.
Other parties are asked on regularly but have the sense to know they are better off avoiding Nolan. Just because you have Allister or Bryson on more than nationalist representatives does not show institutional sectarianism. What it shows to me is that unionism/loyalism is in disarray and these are the people that what to talk about the current issues on the show. Brexit, the protocol, the DUP leadership, Bonfires/12th. Do any nationalists feel that strongly about the current position on any of these issues?

As for asking on dissident republicans, in general working class inner city catholics are well represented politically. Working class loyalists are not, the DUP rile them up come election time to get votes but want nothing to do with them. I'm no fan of Bryson but his views are the views of loyalists around Belfast.

johnnycool

Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 01:50:33 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on July 07, 2021, 12:48:36 PM
Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 09:38:02 AM
Going to defend Nolan here, I don't think he is sectarian at all. He just stokes the flames from either side to get an argument going, get the ratings up, that is all he cares about. The stupid people are those that think he is biased against their side. I worked with a girl from Bangor who didn't believe me when I said he was a protestant from Belfast, she truly believed he was a secret shinner.

He is just a wind-up merchant and I listen to his show purely for the entertainment value of some idiot from the Shankill or West Belfast ringing in with their sectarian views.

I would have to disagree. He is the anchor of the show and a recent analysis of the show I came across somewhere in the twittersphere showed that during the dates being analysed, something in the region of 45% of invited contributors were unionist compared to something like 12% nationalist. I can't recall the exact figures but it was striking. That is not just him stirring. It is a consistent sectarian bias from a public broadcaster.

I know I posted this before, but what typifies Nolan for me was his antics in February 2018 when stormont was collapsed, and talks were at an advanced stage aimed at reinstating the assembly. He spent months and months criticising politicians for not compromising to get the institutions back until lo and behold, the first day news leaked that a compromise may have been reached, Nolan was all over it the next morning like a rash, whipping unionism into an absolute frenzy over the news that the DUP had made an apparent compromise on an Irish Language Act.

I posted here before that in the space of the ten days in/around that time in February '18, Nolan had Jim Allister on as a guest on his radio/tv shows on the 9th, 11th, 12th, on BOTH his radio and TV shows on 14th, on 15th and the 19th. That's seven times in ten shows. Who else (Bryson aside) gets airtime like that on any political radio or TV show? And then when the deal collapsed, guess who was back on his radio show/high horse, damning politicians from a height for failing to agree said compromise? I stopped listening to any of his output since.

If his show is not institutionally sectarian, then what is the explanation for his constant platforming of Jamie Bryson (an individual literally no other broadcaster gives time of day to), and Jim Allister - a man who, if twitter is anything to go by, continues to be on the show at least three times a week despite him being the leader and only MLA in the Assembly's smallest party?

You might claim that he only provides a platforms to two such extremist unionists as a means of winding people - but if that was the only reason, then surely he could offer some unelected dissident republican binlid with links to a paramilitary organisation an almost daily slot on his show, just to wind people up? The reality, as far as I can see, is that his show is a means of stoking sectarian tension and is done so from the conscious position of unionist bias. A bias which the bare statistics overwhelmingly back up.
Other parties are asked on regularly but have the sense to know they are better off avoiding Nolan. Just because you have Allister or Bryson on more than nationalist representatives does not show institutional sectarianism. What it shows to me is that unionism/loyalism is in disarray and these are the people that what to talk about the current issues on the show. Brexit, the protocol, the DUP leadership, Bonfires/12th. Do any nationalists feel that strongly about the current position on any of these issues?

As for asking on dissident republicans, in general working class inner city catholics are well represented politically. Working class loyalists are not, the DUP rile them up come election time to get votes but want nothing to do with them. I'm no fan of Bryson but his views are the views of loyalists around Belfast.

His views represent a couple of hundred people based on the last time he stood for anything. Nobody else, sure FFS at the last anti-protocol in Newtownards got a couple of hundred at best mostly bands and kids..

Do you think it would be right to have that dissie group in Derry on all the time?

Mario

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Quote from: johnnycool on July 07, 2021, 02:03:01 PM
Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 01:50:33 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on July 07, 2021, 12:48:36 PM
Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 09:38:02 AM
Going to defend Nolan here, I don't think he is sectarian at all. He just stokes the flames from either side to get an argument going, get the ratings up, that is all he cares about. The stupid people are those that think he is biased against their side. I worked with a girl from Bangor who didn't believe me when I said he was a protestant from Belfast, she truly believed he was a secret shinner.

He is just a wind-up merchant and I listen to his show purely for the entertainment value of some idiot from the Shankill or West Belfast ringing in with their sectarian views.

I would have to disagree. He is the anchor of the show and a recent analysis of the show I came across somewhere in the twittersphere showed that during the dates being analysed, something in the region of 45% of invited contributors were unionist compared to something like 12% nationalist. I can't recall the exact figures but it was striking. That is not just him stirring. It is a consistent sectarian bias from a public broadcaster.

I know I posted this before, but what typifies Nolan for me was his antics in February 2018 when stormont was collapsed, and talks were at an advanced stage aimed at reinstating the assembly. He spent months and months criticising politicians for not compromising to get the institutions back until lo and behold, the first day news leaked that a compromise may have been reached, Nolan was all over it the next morning like a rash, whipping unionism into an absolute frenzy over the news that the DUP had made an apparent compromise on an Irish Language Act.

I posted here before that in the space of the ten days in/around that time in February '18, Nolan had Jim Allister on as a guest on his radio/tv shows on the 9th, 11th, 12th, on BOTH his radio and TV shows on 14th, on 15th and the 19th. That's seven times in ten shows. Who else (Bryson aside) gets airtime like that on any political radio or TV show? And then when the deal collapsed, guess who was back on his radio show/high horse, damning politicians from a height for failing to agree said compromise? I stopped listening to any of his output since.

If his show is not institutionally sectarian, then what is the explanation for his constant platforming of Jamie Bryson (an individual literally no other broadcaster gives time of day to), and Jim Allister - a man who, if twitter is anything to go by, continues to be on the show at least three times a week despite him being the leader and only MLA in the Assembly's smallest party?

You might claim that he only provides a platforms to two such extremist unionists as a means of winding people - but if that was the only reason, then surely he could offer some unelected dissident republican binlid with links to a paramilitary organisation an almost daily slot on his show, just to wind people up? The reality, as far as I can see, is that his show is a means of stoking sectarian tension and is done so from the conscious position of unionist bias. A bias which the bare statistics overwhelmingly back up.
Other parties are asked on regularly but have the sense to know they are better off avoiding Nolan. Just because you have Allister or Bryson on more than nationalist representatives does not show institutional sectarianism. What it shows to me is that unionism/loyalism is in disarray and these are the people that what to talk about the current issues on the show. Brexit, the protocol, the DUP leadership, Bonfires/12th. Do any nationalists feel that strongly about the current position on any of these issues?

As for asking on dissident republicans, in general working class inner city catholics are well represented politically. Working class loyalists are not, the DUP rile them up come election time to get votes but want nothing to do with them. I'm no fan of Bryson but his views are the views of loyalists around Belfast.

His views represent a couple of hundred people based on the last time he stood for anything. Nobody else, sure FFS at the last anti-protocol in Newtownards got a couple of hundred at best mostly bands and kids..

Do you think it would be right to have that dissie group in Derry on all the time?
I think his views represent loyalism. I think he doesn't do well at elections as the loyalist vote is driven by fear of Sinn Fein, any vote for a party outside the DUP is splitting the unionist vote and is a vote for SF. Before I go down as a Bryson supporter I absolutely agree he shouldn't be on the show as much as he is, but he's controversial and that helps ratings. I just don't think you need 50/50 representation on the show. Representation should be driven by the issues being discussed. eg the NI protocol, as a nationalist i'm happy with it, i don't need my politicians on defending an irish sea border everyday. Unionists aren't so they will be the people on the show.

Snapchap

Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 01:50:33 PM
Other parties are asked on regularly but have the sense to know they are better off avoiding Nolan. Just because you have Allister or Bryson on more than nationalist representatives does not show institutional sectarianism.
Sorry, but I just don't buy that for a second. Are you seriously suggesting that they cannot find ANYONE from the nationalist/republican community to be a regular contributor to his show? That he would have a number of nationalist/republican contributors on as routinely as Allister/Byrson, if he could only just find one, is just fanciful stuff.

Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 01:50:33 PM
What it shows to me is that unionism/loyalism is in disarray and these are the people that what to talk about the current issues on the show. Brexit, the protocol, the DUP leadership, Bonfires/12th. Do any nationalists feel that strongly about the current position on any of these issues?
The Nolan show, and the problems with it, aren't a recent phenomenon. It has always, always, been a show presented by a unionist, from a unionist perspective, with invited guest overwhelmingly weighted towards the unionist side of the divide - and again the stats are there to back that up.
If you think he concentrates on unionist guests because you think nationalists are not concerned about something as huge as Brexit, then that's an odd enough claim, but besides that, how often do you hear Nolan devoting months unend to coverage of, for instance, state collusion, featuring the same handful of republican (maybe even unelected dissident republican) voices being platformed multiple times per week?

Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 01:50:33 PM
As for asking on dissident republicans, in general working class inner city catholics are well represented politically. Working class loyalists are not, the DUP rile them up come election time to get votes but want nothing to do with them. I'm no fan of Bryson but his views are the views of loyalists around Belfast.
The DUP are not alone in riling up Loyalism. Nolan does so too. Like I said, the proposed deal on resurrecting the institutions in Feb '18 fell apart, and if you listened to the tone of Nolan's shows in the days in/around then, and the daily appearances of Jim Allister (sometimes on two Nolan programmes in the same day), then you couldn't but accept he played his part in the deal collapsing.
As for claiming Bryson represents the views of loyalism, then need I remind you what happened when he tried to stand for election in 2014? The deposit to stand as a candidate was £5,000, and he managed to fundraise a rand total of £165. He also stood for election in North Down and finished in 42nd place, with a total of 167 votes.
No doubt Nolan is desperately trying to peddle the notion that unionists are outraged about the protocol and that Jamie Bryson is their voice - but in reality, how many have been turning up at their "mass protests" where he speaks? Research last week showed that the population is exactly evenly split on the protocol - 47% of the population backing it and 47% opposing it. Has that been reflected in Nolan's coverage? Or, as I suspect, have the discussions around the protocol been framed almost exclusively in terms of how opposed unionism is to it?

trailer

Quote from: Snapchap on July 07, 2021, 02:29:58 PM
Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 01:50:33 PM
Other parties are asked on regularly but have the sense to know they are better off avoiding Nolan. Just because you have Allister or Bryson on more than nationalist representatives does not show institutional sectarianism.
Sorry, but I just don't buy that for a second. Are you seriously suggesting that they cannot find ANYONE from the nationalist/republican community to be a regular contributor to his show? That he would have a number of nationalist/republican contributors on as routinely as Allister/Byrson, if he could only just find one, is just fanciful stuff.

Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 01:50:33 PM
What it shows to me is that unionism/loyalism is in disarray and these are the people that what to talk about the current issues on the show. Brexit, the protocol, the DUP leadership, Bonfires/12th. Do any nationalists feel that strongly about the current position on any of these issues?
The Nolan show, and the problems with it, aren't a recent phenomenon. It has always, always, been a show presented by a unionist, from a unionist perspective, with invited guest overwhelmingly weighted towards the unionist side of the divide - and again the stats are there to back that up.
If you think he concentrates on unionist guests because you think nationalists are not concerned about something as huge as Brexit, then that's an odd enough claim, but besides that, how often do you hear Nolan devoting months unend to coverage of, for instance, state collusion, featuring the same handful of republican (maybe even unelected dissident republican) voices being platformed multiple times per week?

Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 01:50:33 PM
As for asking on dissident republicans, in general working class inner city catholics are well represented politically. Working class loyalists are not, the DUP rile them up come election time to get votes but want nothing to do with them. I'm no fan of Bryson but his views are the views of loyalists around Belfast.
The DUP are not alone in riling up Loyalism. Nolan does so too. Like I said, the proposed deal on resurrecting the institutions in Feb '18 fell apart, and if you listened to the tone of Nolan's shows in the days in/around then, and the daily appearances of Jim Allister (sometimes on two Nolan programmes in the same day), then you couldn't but accept he played his part in the deal collapsing.
As for claiming Bryson represents the views of loyalism, then need I remind you what happened when he tried to stand for election in 2014? The deposit to stand as a candidate was £5,000, and he managed to fundraise a rand total of £165. He also stood for election in North Down and finished in 42nd place, with a total of 167 votes.
No doubt Nolan is desperately trying to peddle the notion that unionists are outraged about the protocol and that Jamie Bryson is their voice - but in reality, how many have been turning up at their "mass protests" where he speaks? Research last week showed that the population is exactly evenly split on the protocol - 47% of the population backing it and 47% opposing it. Has that been reflected in Nolan's coverage? Or, as I suspect, have the discussions around the protocol been framed almost exclusively in terms of how opposed unionism is to it?

This is stretching. Nolan is basing what he says in these instances off leaks from within the DUP and within Loyalism. RHI for example was driven completely by leaks with the DUP and Jonathan Bell in particular.
Nolan is a mouthpiece but he hasn't the power to topple governments. He's the conduit for the information and leaks that's all. And what's is more every party in NI uses him as such. How many times do you hear him say "the information given to the nolan show..." That's all from within the parties of government, especially  the big two.

Snapchap

Quote from: trailer on July 07, 2021, 02:47:13 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on July 07, 2021, 02:29:58 PM
Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 01:50:33 PM
Other parties are asked on regularly but have the sense to know they are better off avoiding Nolan. Just because you have Allister or Bryson on more than nationalist representatives does not show institutional sectarianism.
Sorry, but I just don't buy that for a second. Are you seriously suggesting that they cannot find ANYONE from the nationalist/republican community to be a regular contributor to his show? That he would have a number of nationalist/republican contributors on as routinely as Allister/Byrson, if he could only just find one, is just fanciful stuff.

Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 01:50:33 PM
What it shows to me is that unionism/loyalism is in disarray and these are the people that what to talk about the current issues on the show. Brexit, the protocol, the DUP leadership, Bonfires/12th. Do any nationalists feel that strongly about the current position on any of these issues?
The Nolan show, and the problems with it, aren't a recent phenomenon. It has always, always, been a show presented by a unionist, from a unionist perspective, with invited guest overwhelmingly weighted towards the unionist side of the divide - and again the stats are there to back that up.
If you think he concentrates on unionist guests because you think nationalists are not concerned about something as huge as Brexit, then that's an odd enough claim, but besides that, how often do you hear Nolan devoting months unend to coverage of, for instance, state collusion, featuring the same handful of republican (maybe even unelected dissident republican) voices being platformed multiple times per week?

Quote from: Mario on July 07, 2021, 01:50:33 PM
As for asking on dissident republicans, in general working class inner city catholics are well represented politically. Working class loyalists are not, the DUP rile them up come election time to get votes but want nothing to do with them. I'm no fan of Bryson but his views are the views of loyalists around Belfast.
The DUP are not alone in riling up Loyalism. Nolan does so too. Like I said, the proposed deal on resurrecting the institutions in Feb '18 fell apart, and if you listened to the tone of Nolan's shows in the days in/around then, and the daily appearances of Jim Allister (sometimes on two Nolan programmes in the same day), then you couldn't but accept he played his part in the deal collapsing.
As for claiming Bryson represents the views of loyalism, then need I remind you what happened when he tried to stand for election in 2014? The deposit to stand as a candidate was £5,000, and he managed to fundraise a rand total of £165. He also stood for election in North Down and finished in 42nd place, with a total of 167 votes.
No doubt Nolan is desperately trying to peddle the notion that unionists are outraged about the protocol and that Jamie Bryson is their voice - but in reality, how many have been turning up at their "mass protests" where he speaks? Research last week showed that the population is exactly evenly split on the protocol - 47% of the population backing it and 47% opposing it. Has that been reflected in Nolan's coverage? Or, as I suspect, have the discussions around the protocol been framed almost exclusively in terms of how opposed unionism is to it?

This is stretching. Nolan is basing what he says in these instances off leaks from within the DUP and within Loyalism. RHI for example was driven completely by leaks with the DUP and Jonathan Bell in particular.
Nolan is a mouthpiece but he hasn't the power to topple governments. He's the conduit for the information and leaks that's all. And what's is more every party in NI uses him as such. How many times do you hear him say "the information given to the nolan show..." That's all from within the parties of government, especially  the big two.

Of course he uses leaks, what "journalist" doesn't ffs. The point is how he covers a story. Talkback covered the same story that week, but William Crawley was able to facilitate debate around the actual deal and around the significance of it for the institutions getting back up and running. Nolan's coverage of it was entirely framed as a story of unionists being "betrayed" and "sold out". Crawley also did not provide a repeated daily, and sometimes twice daily, platform to an extreme unionist political minnow (nor to an unelected unofficial mouthpiece for the UVF) for their reactions to the story.

Main Street

Quote from: Snapchap on July 06, 2021, 08:27:38 PM
Quote from: Main Street on July 06, 2021, 07:28:16 PM
What we got is Ireland  and Northern Ireland.

You know what's worse than Nolan's terminology? People from the south trying to appropriate the name Ireland as as the name of the 26 counties and the 26 counties only.
You being deliberately dumb or does it just come natural??    I wrote "And on an Irish passport is Ireland (Eire)  with a nice graphic of the whole Island".


Snapchap

Quote from: Main Street on July 07, 2021, 03:51:10 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on July 06, 2021, 08:27:38 PM
Quote from: Main Street on July 06, 2021, 07:28:16 PM
What we got is Ireland  and Northern Ireland.

You know what's worse than Nolan's terminology? People from the south trying to appropriate the name Ireland as as the name of the 26 counties and the 26 counties only.
You being deliberately dumb or does it just come natural??    I wrote "And on an Irish passport is Ireland (Eire)  with a nice graphic of the whole Island".

More the quote highlighted in red that I was referring to. Nauseating how often some in the south refer to something being the case "both in Ireland and Northern Ireland".

Main Street

Quote from: Snapchap on July 07, 2021, 04:06:43 PM
Quote from: Main Street on July 07, 2021, 03:51:10 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on July 06, 2021, 08:27:38 PM
Quote from: Main Street on July 06, 2021, 07:28:16 PM
What we got is Ireland  and Northern Ireland.

You know what's worse than Nolan's terminology? People from the south trying to appropriate the name Ireland as as the name of the 26 counties and the 26 counties only.
You being deliberately dumb or does it just come natural??    I wrote "And on an Irish passport is Ireland (Eire)  with a nice graphic of the whole Island".

More the quote highlighted in red that I was referring to. Nauseating how often some in the south refer to something being the case "both in Ireland and Northern Ireland".
Selective nausea,  ignoring context,  deliberately dumb.  Now added to the ignore list.

Snapchap

Quote from: Main Street on July 07, 2021, 11:20:37 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on July 07, 2021, 04:06:43 PM
Quote from: Main Street on July 07, 2021, 03:51:10 PM
Quote from: Snapchap on July 06, 2021, 08:27:38 PM
Quote from: Main Street on July 06, 2021, 07:28:16 PM
What we got is Ireland  and Northern Ireland.

You know what's worse than Nolan's terminology? People from the south trying to appropriate the name Ireland as as the name of the 26 counties and the 26 counties only.
You being deliberately dumb or does it just come natural??    I wrote "And on an Irish passport is Ireland (Eire)  with a nice graphic of the whole Island".

More the quote highlighted in red that I was referring to. Nauseating how often some in the south refer to something being the case "both in Ireland and Northern Ireland".
Selective nausea,  ignoring context,  deliberately dumb.  Now added to the ignore list.
Aw no. How will I ever cope?

Eire90

nolan show is boring i cant listen to it anymore or talkback.

Eire90

I dont know if this is right place to put this but did not want to start new thread do you think we will see violence on  this weekend  or 12th  i think its going to be ok maybe minor things.