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I see Ewan calling for Jacko to step down. Does this man post when drunk or something? Jack will be massive addition to Kildare.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ewanmackenna/status/1226240888915087360

The best advice I could give you is basically do the opposite or think the opposite to McKenna. Better yet, just block him on twitter.

Ballbag of the highest degree.

Have to disagree.  Best journalist out there

I called Ewan out on this, he offered to buy me a pint and discuss.

Thickest skin of any man on the internet. Has has nailed the contrarian point of view.

A good journalist who puts out some great pieces mixed with a mediocre book (McGregor book).

However you are as well ignoring his rants on Twitter - usually takes the contrarian point of view in order to generate publicity or keep himself relevant.

Quote from: Taylor on March 03, 2020, 11:38:51 AM
A good journalist who puts out some great pieces mixed with a mediocre book (McGregor book).

However you are as well ignoring his rants on Twitter - usually takes the contrarian point of view in order to generate publicity or keep himself relevant.

better than the 99% of twitter that agrees with itself and labels anyone else a contrarian or  lunatic and trys cancels their careers

Ewan is bang on the money 90-95% of the time.

His takedown of Irish rugby is the stuff of legend.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YeVWCkis_ak&t=545s

I agree with plenty of what he says but the odd time ye tip in and see him and ye just think jesus take a day off man

I suspect that he has a touch of the Timmy O'Leary syndrome. Maybe he should lay off the beer/wine/ whiskey or whatever his favourite tipple happens to be, when he goes on Twitter.

Quote from: RedHand88 on March 03, 2020, 03:26:20 PM
Ewan is bang on the money 90-95% of the time.

His takedown of Irish rugby is the stuff of legend.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YeVWCkis_ak&t=545s

Ewan has 2 obsessions. Belittling and insulting the dubs and the Irish rugby team/players any chance he gets.

Facts rarely get in the way of his opinions, especially on twitter. Some of the things he's posted on Twitter and then later deleted are a joke. Jim Gavin in particular has been a target of his vile opinions.

He's from the Dunphy, George Hook etc school of punditry. Being controversial gets you the spotlight and an easy way to make money

Don't drink and go down a MacKenna rabbit hole... I'm not even sure why?? Well the drink obviously but even still I should know better!!

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Quote from: RedHand88 on March 03, 2020, 03:26:20 PM
Ewan is bang on the money 90-95% of the time.

His takedown of Irish rugby is the stuff of legend.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YeVWCkis_ak&t=545s

Ewan has 2 obsessions. Belittling and insulting the dubs and the Irish rugby team/players any chance he gets.

Facts rarely get in the way of his opinions, especially on twitter. Some of the things he's posted on Twitter and then later deleted are a joke. Jim Gavin in particular has been a target of his vile opinions.

He's from the Dunphy, George Hook etc school of punditry. Being controversial gets you the spotlight and an easy way to make money

I think Mickey Harte has been too. Ewen is a vile individual.

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Quote from: dublin7 on March 03, 2020, 06:43:31 PM

Quote from: RedHand88 on March 03, 2020, 03:26:20 PM
Ewan is bang on the money 90-95% of the time.

His takedown of Irish rugby is the stuff of legend.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YeVWCkis_ak&t=545s

Ewan has 2 obsessions. Belittling and insulting the dubs and the Irish rugby team/players any chance he gets.

Facts rarely get in the way of his opinions, especially on twitter. Some of the things he's posted on Twitter and then later deleted are a joke. Jim Gavin in particular has been a target of his vile opinions.

He's from the Dunphy, George Hook etc school of punditry. Being controversial gets you the spotlight and an easy way to make money

I think Mickey Harte has been too. Ewen is a vile individual.

It's only a matter of reading his tweets (the ones that haven't been deleted) to see.

He works like this; put out a tweet to get people talking - fair enough, I get what he does.

Gets the response his tweet has loaded up.

Goes personal on X/Y/Z.

There was talk he was on this board at one stage was there not?

Ewan has managed to get Gary Linekar engage with him on Twitter.

He will be creaming himself now even though Linekar just made a fool of him

He is made a fool of quite regularly (mainly by himself) but it never seems to phase him.

Quote from: Taylor on April 07, 2020, 02:06:49 PM
Ewan has managed to get Gary Linekar engage with him on Twitter.

He will be creaming himself now even though Linekar just made a fool of him

Really? I didn't read it like that.
Now, I'm no Ewan fan. In fact, I needed to search through Lineker's tweets as I stopped following Ewan some time ago, but:

Lineker reckons that the club (clubs) have realised the error of their ways and had a moral epiphany (obv major paraphrasing from me but this is the gist of it)
McKenna thinks it's more like the first was a commercial decision, and on realising the outrage the second was also a calculated commercial decision. That is, they realised the sh!t storm that had started and the damage to the brand would cost more in the long run.

McKenna's contrarian and downright insulting way of arguing makes it difficult to agree with him, but I think a lot of people have taken sides in this:
Liverpool fans - obviously
Rival club fans - deep down totally relieved it was Lpool and not their club, but using this as points in the bank for when the shoe is on the other foot
Lineker - Always takes the position that football is intrinsically good. Likes to cheerlead about the many good things that come about through football, but ignore all the nasty side. He will always take the players / clubs sides (where they dont differ) in things like pay disputes, financial wrongdoings etc

Quote from: imtommygunn on April 07, 2020, 02:58:07 PM
He is made a fool of quite regularly (mainly by himself) but it never seems to phase him.

This. He got absolutely pounded on Coravid-19 by the medical establishment when he tried to claim that we could have stockpiled in January. He hadn't a notion but still he comes back. That people retweet his shit is what grates me.

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Quote from: imtommygunn on April 07, 2020, 02:58:07 PM
He is made a fool of quite regularly (mainly by himself) but it never seems to phase him.

This. He got absolutely pounded on Coravid-19 by the medical establishment when he tried to claim that we could have stockpiled in January. He hadn't a notion but still he comes back. That people retweet his shit is what grates me.

Don't think I've ever seen Ewan admit he's got something wrong or been mistaken about something.

Linekers told him hes not a very nice person earlier,
Ewan heads off and few hours later hes back with some tax evasion/avoidance story about him thats three yrs old...

A petty petty man

Why is he so bitter? What is he bitter about?

I get Kimmage to a point but not this guy.

Quote from: imtommygunn on April 09, 2020, 09:37:49 PM
Why is he so bitter? What is he bitter about?

I get Kimmage to a point but not this guy.

He has a few loose screws perhaps?

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Quote from: imtommygunn on April 09, 2020, 09:37:49 PM
Why is he so bitter? What is he bitter about?

I get Kimmage to a point but not this guy.

He has a few loose screws perhaps?

I think he started out the road of being a shock jock with decent enough intentions but there is something about having a blue tick on twitter turns people. Now he's basically an online bully with a following.

He is serious for deleting tweets where he's been disproved/made a fool of.

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Quote from: imtommygunn on April 09, 2020, 09:37:49 PM
Why is he so bitter? What is he bitter about?

I get Kimmage to a point but not this guy.

He has a few loose screws perhaps?

Without doubt. And likes a drink even though he should steer clear.

I see Ewan just called Grant Wahl (of Sports Illustrated) an "odious p***k" on Twitter. 24 hours after he lost his job.

Ewan seems to be in full scorched earth mode during lockdown. Lashing out left, right and centre.

Jesus ye cringe for him at times, was close to hiding him tother day but just cant yet..

Man has never lost an argument in his life. in his own head

I honestly dont think hes into sport. He doesnt understand most of it for a start. His deleted tweets illustrate that. Its more about just taking people down a peg or two. Via google. Find a bit of dirt on a successful sportsperson and then make relentless accusations and arguments in order to tarnish their reputations. If you are not whiter than white in your personal life, watch out, Ewans gonna spout. No stranger to making stuff up either, my own favourite was when he told everyone on another forum that 2 Kildare players were legless drunk the night before a Super 8 match. And he was in Brazil yet he had no problem posting this absolute madeup bullshit on a public forum. He will read all this too as he scours messageboards looking for material that he can quote as first person stuff on twitter.

Yeah I also don't think he knows anything about sport. He has been flat out on Mo farah at times and knows nothing about running. A Kildare man who doesn't even seem to like Kildare. Just a bitter contrary individual who without social media would probably have gone away. No I doubt really like him lol. The personal attacks on people like gavin and Harte are shocking and to be honest pretty cowardly.

Quote from: GalwayBayBoy on April 11, 2020, 10:59:36 PM
I see Ewan just called Grant Wahl (of Sports Illustrated) an "odious p***k" on Twitter. 24 hours after he lost his job.

Ewan seems to be in full scorched earth mode during lockdown. Lashing out left, right and centre.

He's been torn apart for it by a few people. Appears to have a personal issue with Wahl, so is revelling in the absolute decimation going on at SI as it's has resulted in Wahl losing his job. Ewan thinks it's some sort of comeuppance. Man of the people indeed.

I agree with Mackenna on a lot of stuff, but he's a horrible little p***k.

https://twitter.com/DeletedMacKenna

Hes just called conor mcgregor an idiot and tagged him - it will get deleted no doubt 🙊

Quote from: Gael85 on April 18, 2020, 10:33:51 PM
https://twitter.com/DeletedMacKenna

No shortage of material anyway.

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https://twitter.com/DeletedMacKenna

This will be interesting when he sees this gaining popularity.

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Quote from: Captain Obvious on April 09, 2020, 11:13:28 PM

Quote from: imtommygunn on April 09, 2020, 09:37:49 PM
Why is he so bitter? What is he bitter about?

I get Kimmage to a point but not this guy.

He has a few loose screws perhaps?

Without doubt. And likes a drink even though he should steer clear.

His tweet history, spout nonsense followed by delete, would suggest that very strongly.

Quote from: Gael85 on April 18, 2020, 10:33:51 PM
https://twitter.com/DeletedMacKenna

I see this account has been suspended.

Also I see he spent the weekend attacking Tony Holohan and Leo.

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Quote from: Gael85 on April 18, 2020, 10:33:51 PM
https://twitter.com/DeletedMacKenna

I see this account has been suspended.

Also I see he spent the weekend attacking Tony Holohan and Leo.

Commenting on a Trump tweet today that was actually a parody account.

Strangely enough he has deleted that tweet as well.

If he is doing all of this for attention and to keep getting work/remaining relevant then it will be interesting to see how it plays out - otherwise it is quite sad to watch

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Quote from: Gael85 on April 18, 2020, 10:33:51 PM
https://twitter.com/DeletedMacKenna

I see this account has been suspended.

Also I see he spent the weekend attacking Tony Holohan and Leo.

Attacked Leo for posting up a picture on a night out for a meal. I'm guessing cocooning has drove him more insane.

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https://twitter.com/DeletedMacKenna

I see this account has been suspended.

Also I see he spent the weekend attacking Tony Holohan and Leo.

Attacked Leo for posting up a picture on a night out for a meal. I'm guessing cocooning has drove him more insane.

Complete arsehole that McKenna.

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Quote from: Gael85 on April 18, 2020, 10:33:51 PM
https://twitter.com/DeletedMacKenna

I see this account has been suspended.

Also I see he spent the weekend attacking Tony Holohan and Leo.

Yes I heard that account was closed down at weekend.  Disgusting tweet regarding Tony Holohan. He knew well about Holohan circumstances.

I see Conor Meyler and Conal McCann pulled him up on the tweet about Tyrone training.

Quote from: Gael85 on July 07, 2020, 04:05:18 PM
I see Conor Meyler and Conal McCann pulled him up on the tweet about Tyrone training.

He's still sticking with his sources though  ;D

I'd be willing to bet that McKenna hasn't a clue where Garvaghy is, let alone who is training there.

The locks have been on it from before lockdown ffs.

Complete stain is that MacKenna.

Hes completely lost the run of himself lately.

The weekend was particularly painful. He admitted his mistake but then proceeded to tear on and retweet every last sinner that was givin him abuse

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 07, 2020, 07:22:55 PM
The weekend was particularly painful. He admitted his mistake but then proceeded to tear on and retweet every last sinner that was givin him abuse

Mackenna in a nutshell. Attacked Tony Holohan with his usual brand of toxic personal abuse, deleted it and then put out a tweet looking for sympathy for all the abuse he received for attacking Tony Holohan as if he was some innocent victim.

I did enjoy the Tyrone lads calling him for proof of Tyrone training, but as usual he couldn't or wouldn't support his facts with proof. It's depressing the number of people who support on twitter though, especially his constant criticisms of how we dealt with Covid 19 in Ireland

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Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 07, 2020, 07:22:55 PM
The weekend was particularly painful. He admitted his mistake but then proceeded to tear on and retweet every last sinner that was givin him abuse

Mackenna in a nutshell. Attacked Tony Holohan with his usual brand of toxic personal abuse, deleted it and then put out a tweet looking for sympathy for all the abuse he received for attacking Tony Holohan as if he was some innocent victim.

I did enjoy the Tyrone lads calling him for proof of Tyrone training, but as usual he couldn't or wouldn't support his facts with proof. It's depressing the number of people who support on twitter though, especially his constant criticisms of how we dealt with Covid 19 in Ireland

He doesnt have proof of most things he tweets.

Along with looking sympathy for abuse he received after he himself abused someone  :o he now mentions more and more how this podcast he is doing is for free.
Along with complaining he isnt getting paid during Covid he does himself no favours.

He called out City and their fans many many times about the owners and gave plenty of abuse - City fans then rubbished a book he launched (think it was McGregor) with shitty reviews and he complained about it.

I dont think he gets irony or hypocrisy considering the untruths he tweets

Quote from: dublin7 on July 08, 2020, 12:03:44 PM
It's depressing the number of people who support on twitter though, especially his constant criticisms of how we dealt with Covid 19 in Ireland

The fellow behind @Care2much18 schools McKenna whenever he's critical of Ireland and Evan struggles with any comebacks leaving his followers disappointed and depressed.

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Quote from: dublin7 on July 08, 2020, 12:03:44 PM
It's depressing the number of people who support on twitter though, especially his constant criticisms of how we dealt with Covid 19 in Ireland

The fellow behind @Care2much18 schools McKenna whenever he's critical of Ireland and Evan struggles with any comebacks leaving his followers disappointed and depressed.

I think any followers of Ewan should understand the fact that he's in Brazil, apparently. And all he does is speak of Ireland.

Makes you wonder why he doesn't just come home.....

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Quote from: dublin7 on July 08, 2020, 12:03:44 PM
It's depressing the number of people who support on twitter though, especially his constant criticisms of how we dealt with Covid 19 in Ireland

The fellow behind @Care2much18 schools McKenna whenever he's critical of Ireland and Evan struggles with any comebacks leaving his followers disappointed and depressed.

I think any followers of Ewan should understand the fact that he's in Brazil, apparently. And all he does is speak of Ireland.

Makes you wonder why he doesn't just come home.....

He's in Portugal now.

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Quote from: dublin7 on July 08, 2020, 12:03:44 PM
It's depressing the number of people who support on twitter though, especially his constant criticisms of how we dealt with Covid 19 in Ireland

The fellow behind @Care2much18 schools McKenna whenever he's critical of Ireland and Evan struggles with any comebacks leaving his followers disappointed and depressed.

I think any followers of Ewan should understand the fact that he's in Brazil, apparently. And all he does is speak of Ireland.

Makes you wonder why he doesn't just come home.....

He's in Portugal now.

Lucky Portugal

Ewan calling Limerick professionals. FFS like the lads enjoy their victory. Great team who deserved their victory.

It kicking off between Ewan and Matt Cooper on the Twitter.

Quote from: Captain Obvious on July 08, 2020, 01:15:40 PM

Quote from: dublin7 on July 08, 2020, 12:03:44 PM
It's depressing the number of people who support on twitter though, especially his constant criticisms of how we dealt with Covid 19 in Ireland

The fellow behind @Care2much18 schools McKenna whenever he's critical of Ireland and Evan struggles with any comebacks leaving his followers disappointed and depressed.

I'm a wee bit lost here. Is @Care2much18 Ewan Mac?

McKenna is right on this one. How on earth can someone come out and say restrictions could be in place for 5 years when a lot of people are at breaking point.

Quote from: clarshack on February 09, 2021, 11:43:42 PM
McKenna is right on this one. How on earth can someone come out and say restrictions could be in place for 5 years when a lot of people are at breaking point.

I didn't hear the interview but it seems to be an incredibly ill-judged thing to say. As you said, people are really struggling, and the light at the end of the tunnel is the vaccine roll out - THIS YEAR.
Having said that, I can see some level of travel restriction staying in place for a few years, because there are certain parts of world that probably won't get their population vaccinated within the next few years (can't afford it, mismanagement of rollout etc), plus if boosters or a new vaccine are required for mutations that would also prolong things.
But there shouldn't be a need for national restrictions by end of the year I would hope.

Quote from: clarshack on February 09, 2021, 11:43:42 PM
McKenna is right on this one. How on earth can someone come out and say restrictions could be in place for 5 years when a lot of people are at breaking point.

MacKenna clearly didn't even listen to the interview

McConkey said a 3 to 5 year plan would be needed

And it will - because the threat of another serious outbreak will be there for at least that amount of time - so it's absoutely incumbent on the government and public health experts that we are prepared, and have a genuine strategy to keep Covid out

A 3-5 year plan does not mean lockdown for 3 to 5 years

But typical MacKenna, he creates a straw man and then argues against that - he can't do anything else

He has gone completely round the twist lately, there are serious signs there that he's becoming radicalised in a far right direction,  he's liking tweets from far right Tories and actual fascists like a guy called Gearoid Murphy who describes himself as a national socialist, MacKenna is a peddler of pure bullshit and on Covid he's genuinely dangerous

Sam McConkey, enough said.

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Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 10, 2021, 12:18:45 AM
Sam McConkey, enough said..

One of the most responsible voices during this whole pandemic

He has consistently refused to sugar coat things and how he was proven right

Instead of people sticking their fingers in their ears and singing la la la to themselves, they should actually listen to him, because he's a proper truth teller

MacKenna on the other hand is a blowhard clickbait spoofer who pontificates on stuff he knows the square root of f**k all about, and then when he gets his arse handed to him he blocks people

He's now reviled by pretty much all his former workmates in the Irish media, so is Colm Parkinson incidentally, they're well matched, two thundering gobshites

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Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 10, 2021, 12:18:45 AM
Sam McConkey, enough said..

One of the most responsible voices during this whole pandemic

He has consistently refused to sugar coat things and how he was proven right

Instead of people sticking their fingers in their ears and singing la la la to themselves, they should actually listen to him, because he's a proper truth teller

MacKenna on the other hand is a blowhard clickbait spoofer who pontificates on stuff he knows the square root of f**k all about, and then when he gets his arse handed to him he blocks people

He's now reviled by pretty much all his former workmates in the Irish media, so is Colm Parkinson incidentally, they're well matched, two thundering gobshites

Good man.  ;D

Last spring he said 120,000 people will die in Ireland with up to four million infected within a year. Acts so responsible in public alright and thankfully proven wrong.

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Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 10, 2021, 12:18:45 AM
Sam McConkey, enough said..

One of the most responsible voices during this whole pandemic

He has consistently refused to sugar coat things and how he was proven right

Instead of people sticking their fingers in their ears and singing la la la to themselves, they should actually listen to him, because he's a proper truth teller

MacKenna on the other hand is a blowhard clickbait spoofer who pontificates on stuff he knows the square root of f**k all about, and then when he gets his arse handed to him he blocks people

He's now reviled by pretty much all his former workmates in the Irish media, so is Colm Parkinson incidentally, they're well matched, two thundering gobshites

Good man.  ;D

Last spring he said 120,000 people will die in Ireland with up to four million infected within a year. Acts so responsible in public alright and thankfully proven wrong.

He's done a complete 180 now and believes the whole thing is blown out of proportion. Slowly becoming a full blown Jim Corr.

I have two people blocked on twitter - him and Piers Morgan. They are both worth blocking as they are just complete morons.

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Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 12:25:08 AM

Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 10, 2021, 12:18:45 AM
Sam McConkey, enough said..

One of the most responsible voices during this whole pandemic

He has consistently refused to sugar coat things and how he was proven right

Instead of people sticking their fingers in their ears and singing la la la to themselves, they should actually listen to him, because he's a proper truth teller

MacKenna on the other hand is a blowhard clickbait spoofer who pontificates on stuff he knows the square root of f**k all about, and then when he gets his arse handed to him he blocks people

He's now reviled by pretty much all his former workmates in the Irish media, so is Colm Parkinson incidentally, they're well matched, two thundering gobshites

Good man.  ;D

Last spring he said 120,000 people will die in Ireland with up to four million infected within a year. Acts so responsible in public alright and thankfully proven wrong.

He's done a complete 180 now and believes the whole thing is blown out of proportion. Slowly becoming a full blown Jim Corr.

Anyone who doesn't think the whole thing is blown out of proportion needs to look at themselves.

Can you remember how many people the experts were telling us would die from it around this time last year. The bottom line is that it is a dangerous virus for a very small % of the population who are either elderly or compromised.

Quote from: imtommygunn on February 10, 2021, 08:30:27 AM
I have two people blocked on twitter - him and Piers Morgan. They are both worth blocking as they are just complete morons.

MacKenna is basically a four year old child who has had waaaaaay too much Coca Cola to drink masquerading as a "journalist"

He doesn't come across as a well balanced individual at all. He gets very bitter on various topics and it is hard to read something which is supposed to be investigative journalism from an objective viewpoint when he gets so toxic on it.

Have the papers distanced themselves from McKenna? He mentioned a lot that he was out of work due to covid and he was furlonged but every other journalist seems to be still working and papers still in print or online.

For a person so angry and critical of everything Irish he isn't half keen to comment and watch everything that goes on in it. Even in Brazil and now in Portugal I don't think he has missed a Late Late Show in years, yet he hates every thing about it.

And likely he reading this too....Hello Ewan, hows the weather?

Ewan isn't out of work because of Covid

He's out of work because he decided to torch his own career in favour of becoming a pound shop David Icke

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Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 10, 2021, 12:18:45 AM
Sam McConkey, enough said..

One of the most responsible voices during this whole pandemic

He has consistently refused to sugar coat things and how he was proven right

Instead of people sticking their fingers in their ears and singing la la la to themselves, they should actually listen to him, because he's a proper truth teller

MacKenna on the other hand is a blowhard clickbait spoofer who pontificates on stuff he knows the square root of f**k all about, and then when he gets his arse handed to him he blocks people

He's now reviled by pretty much all his former workmates in the Irish media, so is Colm Parkinson incidentally, they're well matched, two thundering gobshites

Good man.  ;D

Last spring he said 120,000 people will die in Ireland with up to four million infected within a year. Acts so responsible in public alright and thankfully proven wrong.

He's done a complete 180 now and believes the whole thing is blown out of proportion. Slowly becoming a full blown Jim Corr.

Anyone who doesn't think the whole thing is blown out of proportion needs to look at themselves.

Can you remember how many people the experts were telling us would die from it around this time last year. The bottom line is that it is a dangerous virus for a very small % of the population who are either elderly or compromised.

I remember Trump telling us that if the USA "did a good job" their death toll would be somewhere between 100-200k...

It's approaching 500k now very fast!

We're blowing it out of proportion though  ::) ::) ::)

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Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 12:25:08 AM

Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 10, 2021, 12:18:45 AM
Sam McConkey, enough said..

One of the most responsible voices during this whole pandemic

He has consistently refused to sugar coat things and how he was proven right

Instead of people sticking their fingers in their ears and singing la la la to themselves, they should actually listen to him, because he's a proper truth teller

MacKenna on the other hand is a blowhard clickbait spoofer who pontificates on stuff he knows the square root of f**k all about, and then when he gets his arse handed to him he blocks people

He's now reviled by pretty much all his former workmates in the Irish media, so is Colm Parkinson incidentally, they're well matched, two thundering gobshites

Good man.  ;D

Last spring he said 120,000 people will die in Ireland with up to four million infected within a year. Acts so responsible in public alright and thankfully proven wrong.

He's done a complete 180 now and believes the whole thing is blown out of proportion. Slowly becoming a full blown Jim Corr.

Anyone who doesn't think the whole thing is blown out of proportion needs to look at themselves.

Can you remember how many people the experts were telling us would die from it around this time last year. The bottom line is that it is a dangerous virus for a very small % of the population who are either elderly or compromised.

I remember Trump telling us that if the USA "did a good job" their death toll would be somewhere between 100-200k...

It's approaching 500k now very fast!

We're blowing it out of proportion though  ::) ::) ::)

Why are you referencing Trump as someone credible?

Robin Swann told us we would have 15k deaths in the first wave. Nearly 12 months on we have around 2k deaths, 60%+ over the age of 80, 93% with underlying health issues.

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Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 12:25:08 AM

Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 10, 2021, 12:18:45 AM
Sam McConkey, enough said..

One of the most responsible voices during this whole pandemic

He has consistently refused to sugar coat things and how he was proven right

Instead of people sticking their fingers in their ears and singing la la la to themselves, they should actually listen to him, because he's a proper truth teller

MacKenna on the other hand is a blowhard clickbait spoofer who pontificates on stuff he knows the square root of f**k all about, and then when he gets his arse handed to him he blocks people

He's now reviled by pretty much all his former workmates in the Irish media, so is Colm Parkinson incidentally, they're well matched, two thundering gobshites

Good man.  ;D

Last spring he said 120,000 people will die in Ireland with up to four million infected within a year. Acts so responsible in public alright and thankfully proven wrong.

He's done a complete 180 now and believes the whole thing is blown out of proportion. Slowly becoming a full blown Jim Corr.

Anyone who doesn't think the whole thing is blown out of proportion needs to look at themselves.

Can you remember how many people the experts were telling us would die from it around this time last year. The bottom line is that it is a dangerous virus for a very small % of the population who are either elderly or compromised.

I remember Trump telling us that if the USA "did a good job" their death toll would be somewhere between 100-200k...

It's approaching 500k now very fast!

We're blowing it out of proportion though  ::) ::) ::)

Why are you referencing Trump as someone credible?

Robin Swann told us we would have 15k deaths in the first wave. Nearly 12 months on we have around 2k deaths, 60%+ over the age of 80, 93% with underlying health issues.

https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/foi-dof2021-0031-weekly-death-totals-where-covid-19-sole-and-exclusive-reason-death

It looks like 113 people is the real number of people that died solely of Covid in the North during 2020. The remainder of the near 2k had underlying issues.

RIP to all those that died and sympathies to their families but there's no way these figures justify destroying the economy and most people's mental and physical healths.

Quote from: Angelo on February 10, 2021, 10:41:21 AM

Quote from: screenexile on February 10, 2021, 10:28:50 AM

Quote from: Angelo on February 10, 2021, 09:17:57 AM

Quote from: RedHand88 on February 10, 2021, 07:38:55 AM

Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 10, 2021, 12:51:54 AM

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 12:25:08 AM

Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 10, 2021, 12:18:45 AM
Sam McConkey, enough said..

One of the most responsible voices during this whole pandemic

He has consistently refused to sugar coat things and how he was proven right

Instead of people sticking their fingers in their ears and singing la la la to themselves, they should actually listen to him, because he's a proper truth teller

MacKenna on the other hand is a blowhard clickbait spoofer who pontificates on stuff he knows the square root of f**k all about, and then when he gets his arse handed to him he blocks people

He's now reviled by pretty much all his former workmates in the Irish media, so is Colm Parkinson incidentally, they're well matched, two thundering gobshites

Good man.  ;D

Last spring he said 120,000 people will die in Ireland with up to four million infected within a year. Acts so responsible in public alright and thankfully proven wrong.

He's done a complete 180 now and believes the whole thing is blown out of proportion. Slowly becoming a full blown Jim Corr.

Anyone who doesn't think the whole thing is blown out of proportion needs to look at themselves.

Can you remember how many people the experts were telling us would die from it around this time last year. The bottom line is that it is a dangerous virus for a very small % of the population who are either elderly or compromised.

I remember Trump telling us that if the USA "did a good job" their death toll would be somewhere between 100-200k...

It's approaching 500k now very fast!

We're blowing it out of proportion though  ::) ::) ::)

Why are you referencing Trump as someone credible?

Robin Swann told us we would have 15k deaths in the first wave. Nearly 12 months on we have around 2k deaths, 60%+ over the age of 80, 93% with underlying health issues.

Weird Angelo I distinctly remember you saying you only deal in facts. . . did Robin Swann tell us we would have 15k deaths in the first wave??

Or was this presented as the worst case 'nightmare' scenario if we did not have any measures in place to mitigate? There is a big disparity there and as someone who only deals in facts I presume you would want to clarify that!

Quote"In our modelling for worst-case scenario – and I'm not being alarmist here, folks, I'm being factual – at an 80% infection rate and 1% mortality, we could be talking in the region of 9,000 deaths," he said.

"That is without the protections that we've put in place as an Executive and that's without the personal steps that we're asking individuals to take."

Minister Swann added: "The scale of the surge coming towards us is of biblical proportion."

https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2020-03-19/nine-new-cases-of-coronavirus-in-northern-ireland

Exactly... possibly 15k deaths "without protections"

Quote from: screenexile on February 10, 2021, 11:35:59 AM
Exactly... possibly 15k deaths "without protections"

No, 9,000 "if people don't adhere to measures". And he's been complaining all year about people not adhering to measures.

And his "The scale of the surge coming towards us is of biblical proportion" prediction was a mile off.

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 11:44:14 AM

Quote from: screenexile on February 10, 2021, 11:35:59 AM
Exactly... possibly 15k deaths "without protections"

No, 9,000 "if people don't adhere to measures". And he's been complaining all year about people not adhering to measures.

And his "The scale of the surge coming towards us is of biblical proportion" prediction was a mile off.

Did you even read the article you posted??

Ask some nurses working on COVID wards what the surge was like?! Just because it didn't affect you doesn't mean it didn't happen!

Quote from: screenexile on February 10, 2021, 11:51:09 AM

Did you even read the article you posted??

Yes. Did you?

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Ask some nurses working on COVID wards what the surge was like?! Just because it didn't affect you doesn't mean it didn't happen!

It did affect me. But that doesn't mean it was ever remotely of biblical proportion.

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Quote from: Angelo on February 10, 2021, 10:41:21 AM

Quote from: screenexile on February 10, 2021, 10:28:50 AM

Quote from: Angelo on February 10, 2021, 09:17:57 AM

Quote from: RedHand88 on February 10, 2021, 07:38:55 AM

Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 10, 2021, 12:51:54 AM

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 12:25:08 AM

Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 10, 2021, 12:18:45 AM
Sam McConkey, enough said..

One of the most responsible voices during this whole pandemic

He has consistently refused to sugar coat things and how he was proven right

Instead of people sticking their fingers in their ears and singing la la la to themselves, they should actually listen to him, because he's a proper truth teller

MacKenna on the other hand is a blowhard clickbait spoofer who pontificates on stuff he knows the square root of f**k all about, and then when he gets his arse handed to him he blocks people

He's now reviled by pretty much all his former workmates in the Irish media, so is Colm Parkinson incidentally, they're well matched, two thundering gobshites

Good man.  ;D

Last spring he said 120,000 people will die in Ireland with up to four million infected within a year. Acts so responsible in public alright and thankfully proven wrong.

He's done a complete 180 now and believes the whole thing is blown out of proportion. Slowly becoming a full blown Jim Corr.

Anyone who doesn't think the whole thing is blown out of proportion needs to look at themselves.

Can you remember how many people the experts were telling us would die from it around this time last year. The bottom line is that it is a dangerous virus for a very small % of the population who are either elderly or compromised.

I remember Trump telling us that if the USA "did a good job" their death toll would be somewhere between 100-200k...

It's approaching 500k now very fast!

We're blowing it out of proportion though  ::) ::) ::)

Why are you referencing Trump as someone credible?

Robin Swann told us we would have 15k deaths in the first wave. Nearly 12 months on we have around 2k deaths, 60%+ over the age of 80, 93% with underlying health issues.

Weird Angelo I distinctly remember you saying you only deal in facts. . . did Robin Swann tell us we would have 15k deaths in the first wave??

Or was this presented as the worst case 'nightmare' scenario if we did not have any measures in place to mitigate? There is a big disparity there and as someone who only deals in facts I presume you would want to clarify that!

Yes, Robin Swann did say that. He said that we could have 15k deaths by April. 12 months on we have had the virus running rampant and the figure only at 2%. Over 60% of the victims are in their 80s  and 93% with underlying health conditions.

Is Covid as big a danger as cancer or heart disease? Why don't we stop taking half measures on those ailments?

once an underlining condition is identifed in a person we should just kill them off.. who cares if they could live 1/5/10/20 years with that condition. they dont count...

how at this stage of a pandemic or even just generally do people not understand modelling and predictions. there are built on assumptions, and based on certain criteria. if those assumptions and criteria changes then the outcome changes.

liverpool v crawley... prediction  is liverpool to win.. 2 days before the match liverpool decide to play their u-12s.  crawley win 43-0... as the assumptions and criteria changed the outcomr changed.

nobody can predict the future. What we saw in italy last march was a very real possibility..

MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Quote from: PadraicHenryPearse on February 10, 2021, 12:21:48 PM
once an underlining condition is identifed in a person we should just kill them off.. who cares if they could live 1/5/10/20 years with that condition. they dont count...

This is the type of hysterical nonsense you get from people who do not want discussion or debate on these things.

The only person trotting out those lines are the dogmatic posters who try and ram their own views down others throats.

It completely undermines their viewpoint that they have to act hysterical and misrepresent the other side of the argument.

There are a lot more consequences of lockdowns that there are from Covid, that is how I see it and we should be discussing this but the dogmatic nutjobs do not want discussion on the bigger picture.

See Ewan and Wooly are doing a number on poor wee Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh last night. That will end well.

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

So people who see the bigger picture and want restrictions eased for the sake of peoples mental and physical healths are now the equivalent of Gemma O'Doherty?
Do you have kids of school age?

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

100% true.

It's a game and the journalist shills look after their own interests. Journalism is an absolute gutter professionalism, people without an ounce of professional integrity.

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Parkinson is the ultimate me feiner. I'd not think he cares of anyone else's opinion or ever has, doesn't handle authority well. Fell out managers, clubs, counties, colleagues and his handling of the Eddie Brennan incident was typical - was someone else's fault.

With Joe.ie as is, I'd imagine the GAA hour on last legs. His sidekick, Conan, already moved on and it hardly warranted a mention by Parkinson. He has great guests and can get a conversion going but only where it fits his own way of thinking.

His covid discussions have been shocking.

He can't accept either that must people value club above county either going by his latest poll. Even with Inter county players saying it.

MacKenna & Parkinson are cut from the same cloth.

Both are complete and utter click bait merchants & you can see their credibility falling.

Zero knowledge on the subject but shoving their opinions down peoples throats.

There is a former inter county player going the same way who is criticising everything as he isnt getting what he wants (wont bother mentioning him).

Louther summed it up perfectly - me feiner is an apt phrase for these guys

Agree on Parkinson. A total knob. One thing stood out to me on his Twitter. He follows nobody but yet doesn't miss a beat on it. Most people will probably see it as nothing major but too me that just reaked of total arrogance as if he thought he was really that important...

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

Parkinson has no interest in anyone outside of himself. Remember that.

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 11:44:14 AM

Quote from: screenexile on February 10, 2021, 11:35:59 AM
Exactly... possibly 15k deaths "without protections"

No, 9,000 "if people don't adhere to measures". And he's been complaining all year about people not adhering to measures.

And his "The scale of the surge coming towards us is of biblical proportion" prediction was a mile off.

People for the most part are adhering to measures, but there are a few selfish people as always.

Also, I really understand this excuse that they were over 70, had underlying conditions etc. Would most of us here not have parents in this category?? Do they not matter?

Quote from: GetOverTheBar on February 10, 2021, 12:33:43 PM
See Ewan and Wooly are doing a number on poor wee Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh last night. That will end well.

Parkinson has proven form in being a misogynist

After the Jackson/Olding trial in 2018 he was vocal in supporting Laois footballer Gary "Psycho" Walsh's Twitter demands for the complainant, a young woman, to be publicly outed and named against the law

That's the sort of mindset he has

The likes of Parkinson and Walsh see stupidity as a badge of pride, absolute neanderthals

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

If you're going to publicly express opinions on current and social affairs, it's good to be in some way informed about what you're talking about rather than a total bullshitter and a neanderthal loudmouth like Parkinson

MacKenna is little better

They use their platforms squarely to corrupt and dumb down public debate and create profile for themselves, hoping to coin it in from online grifting

The pile on attempt by them against Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh is just the latest example of how thy have used their platforms in a despicable way

They deserve every bit of criticism and professional consequences that happen them

Irresponsible actions carry consequences, that's the very essence of personal responsibility

Quote from: Taylor on February 10, 2021, 01:06:51 PM
MacKenna & Parkinson are cut from the same cloth.

Both are complete and utter click bait merchants & you can see their credibility falling.

Zero knowledge on the subject but shoving their opinions down peoples throats.

There is a former inter county player going the same way who is criticising everything as he isnt getting what he wants (wont bother mentioning him).

Louther summed it up perfectly - me feiner is an apt phrase for these guys

Bet anything he's a Meathman - and I'm not referring to Colm O'Rourke, who is bad enough, but the guy I'm thinking of is an even bigger gobshite

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 01:21:52 PM

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

If you're going to publicly express opinions on current and social affairs, it's good to be in some way informed about what you're talking about rather than a total bullshitter and a neanderthal loudmouth like Parkinson

MacKenna is little better

They use their platforms squarely to corrupt and dumb down public debate and create profile for themselves, hoping to coin it in from online grifting

The pile on attempt by them against Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh is just the latest example of how thy have used their platforms in a despicable way

They deserve every bit of criticism and professional consequences that happen them

Irresponsible actions carry consequences, that's the very essence of personal responsibility

You're letting your dogmatic tendencies out of the bag.

All you want to do is shout people down who disagree with you.

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 01:21:52 PM

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

If you're going to publicly express opinions on current and social affairs, it's good to be in some way informed about what you're talking about rather than a total bullshitter and a neanderthal loudmouth like Parkinson

MacKenna is little better

They use their platforms squarely to corrupt and dumb down public debate and create profile for themselves, hoping to coin it in from online grifting

The pile on attempt by them against Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh is just the latest example of how thy have used their platforms in a despicable way

They deserve every bit of criticism and professional consequences that happen them

Irresponsible actions carry consequences, that's the very essence of personal responsibility

Maire also does work with OTB who Parkinson has constantly sniped at since he left but has ramped up in recent times.

Despite not following anyone on Twitter he knows what is going on, likely uses the GAA Hour account for that. Rich Ricci called it well.

Quote from: PadraicHenryPearse on February 10, 2021, 12:21:48 PM
once an underlining condition is identifed in a person we should just kill them off.. who cares if they could live 1/5/10/20 years with that condition. they dont count...

how at this stage of a pandemic or even just generally do people not understand modelling and predictions. there are built on assumptions, and based on certain criteria. if those assumptions and criteria changes then the outcome changes.

liverpool v crawley... prediction  is liverpool to win.. 2 days before the match liverpool decide to play their u-12s.  crawley win 43-0... as the assumptions and criteria changed the outcomr changed.

nobody can predict the future. What we saw in italy last march was a very real possibility..

With some it's because they're genuine eejits with goldfish brains

With others it's because they have abhorrent views

The latter are more dangerous

What's Parky's beef with Kieran Cunningham? Is it that Kieran is an actual Journalist?

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 01:39:18 PM
What's Parky's beef with Kieran Cunningham? Is it that Kieran is an actual Journalist?

I think he challenged him on some of his views and using basic reasonable journalist skills to fact check what he was saying, Parkinson took the hump, blocked him and then throw snipe remarks his way since.

Parkinson has unique skills in discussing a match that he hasn't watched never mind attend but bases his opinion  on what he thinks should have happened based on reputations and what he'd like to have seen.

Quote from: Louther on February 10, 2021, 01:44:49 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 01:39:18 PM
What's Parky's beef with Kieran Cunningham? Is it that Kieran is an actual Journalist?

I think he challenged him on some of his views and using basic reasonable journalist skills to fact check what he was saying, Parkinson took the hump, blocked him and then throw snipe remarks his way since.

Parkinson has unique skills in discussing a match that he hasn't watched never mind attend but bases his opinion  on what he thinks should have happened based on reputations and what he'd like to have seen.

For lads who proclaim themselves as freeze peach warriors, Ewan and Colin do a mean line in blocking people who don't agree with them

It's so funny how lads how proclaim themselves as freeze peach warriors are generally incredibly precious and delicate when they are challenged, the biggest snowflakes of all

Sure the whole thing is self evident hypocrisy and gaslighting

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Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 01:21:52 PM

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

If you're going to publicly express opinions on current and social affairs, it's good to be in some way informed about what you're talking about rather than a total bullshitter and a neanderthal loudmouth like Parkinson

MacKenna is little better

They use their platforms squarely to corrupt and dumb down public debate and create profile for themselves, hoping to coin it in from online grifting

The pile on attempt by them against Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh is just the latest example of how thy have used their platforms in a despicable way

They deserve every bit of criticism and professional consequences that happen them

Irresponsible actions carry consequences, that's the very essence of personal responsibility

You're letting your dogmatic tendencies out of the bag.

All you want to do is shout people down who disagree with you.

And you're using half quotes trying to pass them off as facts!

Quote from: screenexile on February 10, 2021, 02:01:27 PM

Quote from: Angelo on February 10, 2021, 01:31:50 PM

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 01:21:52 PM

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

If you're going to publicly express opinions on current and social affairs, it's good to be in some way informed about what you're talking about rather than a total bullshitter and a neanderthal loudmouth like Parkinson

MacKenna is little better

They use their platforms squarely to corrupt and dumb down public debate and create profile for themselves, hoping to coin it in from online grifting

The pile on attempt by them against Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh is just the latest example of how thy have used their platforms in a despicable way

They deserve every bit of criticism and professional consequences that happen them

Irresponsible actions carry consequences, that's the very essence of personal responsibility

You're letting your dogmatic tendencies out of the bag.

All you want to do is shout people down who disagree with you.

And you're using half quotes trying to pass them off as facts!

Nope I'm reporting what Swann said and it shows the type of hysteria elected officials are falsely creating over this.

Some people seem to be a bit slow to realise this.

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 01:25:12 PM

Quote from: Taylor on February 10, 2021, 01:06:51 PM
MacKenna & Parkinson are cut from the same cloth.

Both are complete and utter click bait merchants & you can see their credibility falling.

Zero knowledge on the subject but shoving their opinions down peoples throats.

There is a former inter county player going the same way who is criticising everything as he isnt getting what he wants (wont bother mentioning him).

Louther summed it up perfectly - me feiner is an apt phrase for these guys

Bet anything he's a Meathman - and I'm not referring to Colm O'Rourke, who is bad enough, but the guy I'm thinking of is an even bigger gobshite

He isnt but I know who you are talking about and he could be put in the same catagory.

No point naming these boys as that is ultimately what they are looking for - attention - me fein

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 01:21:52 PM

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

If you're going to publicly express opinions on current and social affairs, it's good to be in some way informed about what you're talking about rather than a total bullshitter and a neanderthal loudmouth like Parkinson

MacKenna is little better

They use their platforms squarely to corrupt and dumb down public debate and create profile for themselves, hoping to coin it in from online grifting

The pile on attempt by them against Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh is just the latest example of how thy have used their platforms in a despicable way

They deserve every bit of criticism and professional consequences that happen them

Irresponsible actions carry consequences, that's the very essence of personal responsibility

I think that is the key point - if they had any shred of knowledge on the subject or indeed they were using their platform for the good of the people then fair play but it is clear they arent.

Its all about increasing profile to make €€€€ from other peoples confusion/misery

Quote from: Taylor on February 10, 2021, 02:29:51 PM

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 01:21:52 PM

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

If you're going to publicly express opinions on current and social affairs, it's good to be in some way informed about what you're talking about rather than a total bullshitter and a neanderthal loudmouth like Parkinson

MacKenna is little better

They use their platforms squarely to corrupt and dumb down public debate and create profile for themselves, hoping to coin it in from online grifting

The pile on attempt by them against Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh is just the latest example of how thy have used their platforms in a despicable way

They deserve every bit of criticism and professional consequences that happen them

Irresponsible actions carry consequences, that's the very essence of personal responsibility

I think that is the key point - if they had any shred of knowledge on the subject or indeed they were using their platform for the good of the people then fair play but it is clear they arent.

Its all about increasing profile to make €€€€ from other peoples confusion/misery

That's a very subjective viewpoint of it.

Anyone who talks about the consequences of lockdowns is quickly shouted over by the dogmatic tones in the posts above. We should be having a discussion about the greater good, instead we just have Covid roared at us by a baying mob.

Quote from: Angelo on February 10, 2021, 02:10:35 PM

Quote from: screenexile on February 10, 2021, 02:01:27 PM

Quote from: Angelo on February 10, 2021, 01:31:50 PM

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 01:21:52 PM

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

If you're going to publicly express opinions on current and social affairs, it's good to be in some way informed about what you're talking about rather than a total bullshitter and a neanderthal loudmouth like Parkinson

MacKenna is little better

They use their platforms squarely to corrupt and dumb down public debate and create profile for themselves, hoping to coin it in from online grifting

The pile on attempt by them against Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh is just the latest example of how thy have used their platforms in a despicable way

They deserve every bit of criticism and professional consequences that happen them

Irresponsible actions carry consequences, that's the very essence of personal responsibility

You're letting your dogmatic tendencies out of the bag.

All you want to do is shout people down who disagree with you.

And you're using half quotes trying to pass them off as facts!

Nope I'm reporting what Swann said and it shows the type of hysteria elected officials are falsely creating over this.

Some people seem to be a bit slow to realise this.

He said if we did nothing there could "possibly" be 15,000 deaths and you're trying to pass it off as if that was his minimum number including all the restrictions which is just flat out wrong!!

That's not even considering that his initial statement said 9,000 and when pushed he said it could be up to 15,000 if there were no restrictions in place.

You've been found out using half truths again!!

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Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

If you're going to publicly express opinions on current and social affairs, it's good to be in some way informed about what you're talking about rather than a total bullshitter and a neanderthal loudmouth like Parkinson

MacKenna is little better

They use their platforms squarely to corrupt and dumb down public debate and create profile for themselves, hoping to coin it in from online grifting

The pile on attempt by them against Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh is just the latest example of how thy have used their platforms in a despicable way

They deserve every bit of criticism and professional consequences that happen them

Irresponsible actions carry consequences, that's the very essence of personal responsibility

I think that is the key point - if they had any shred of knowledge on the subject or indeed they were using their platform for the good of the people then fair play but it is clear they arent.

Its all about increasing profile to make €€€€ from other peoples confusion/misery

That's a very subjective viewpoint of it.

Anyone who talks about the consequences of lockdowns is quickly shouted over by the dogmatic tones in the posts above. We should be having a discussion about the greater good, instead we just have Covid roared at us by a baying mob.

It's not a conversation though it's sniping at genuine people calling them sheep with no mind of their own.

You presume politicians and the medical community don't know the consequences of lockdown and haven't weighed this against the dangers of letting the Coronavirus run rampant? You seem to think there's a group of us happy out that we can't go on holidays/play sport/ visit our relatives?

I've yet to meet anybody happy with the situation but we believe that by doing this now it will save the lives of the older people in the population. Lads like you pretending that we want to ruin everyones lives and half quoting people do not help the situation.

Also Ewan MacKenna is a p***k and Digger the same. 2 self important twats crying about the fact that there's no positive news out there yet it's very rarely you see either of them posting or writing anything positive!!

Quote from: Angelo on February 10, 2021, 03:02:37 PM

Quote from: Taylor on February 10, 2021, 02:29:51 PM

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 01:21:52 PM

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

If you're going to publicly express opinions on current and social affairs, it's good to be in some way informed about what you're talking about rather than a total bullshitter and a neanderthal loudmouth like Parkinson

MacKenna is little better

They use their platforms squarely to corrupt and dumb down public debate and create profile for themselves, hoping to coin it in from online grifting

The pile on attempt by them against Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh is just the latest example of how thy have used their platforms in a despicable way

They deserve every bit of criticism and professional consequences that happen them

Irresponsible actions carry consequences, that's the very essence of personal responsibility

I think that is the key point - if they had any shred of knowledge on the subject or indeed they were using their platform for the good of the people then fair play but it is clear they arent.

Its all about increasing profile to make €€€€ from other peoples confusion/misery

That's a very subjective viewpoint of it.

Anyone who talks about the consequences of lockdowns is quickly shouted over by the dogmatic tones in the posts above. We should be having a discussion about the greater good, instead we just have Covid roared at us by a baying mob.

But literally nobody says lockdowns don't have consequences - most people see they are necessary and the least worst option in a particular situation

It is the opening up from lockdown without any plan that has us where we are - back into lockdown

Long term strategy has been poo-pooed, ridiculed at every stage - this is the ideology of the idiot

Those who advocate an end to lockdown now also have no handle whatsoever on how this will affect the population, they have no handle on psychology

Much or most of the population is scared, and with good reason

They will be much more scared than they already are in a let it rip situation where the virus is rampant - Ireland let it rip from December 1st - and that was not even with full opening - it was limited opening - and by December 25th, we were up to our neck in shit, with the population demanding Level 5 - why? - because they were petrified - and rightly so

You can't wish a pandemic away - you have to have a PLAN

At every stage the anti-lockdown crackpots have rejected plans and rejected long term strategy

By this stage, it is clear this is a matter of dogma, abhorrent ideology, and just plain ignorance

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Quote from: Angelo on February 10, 2021, 01:31:50 PM

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Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

If you're going to publicly express opinions on current and social affairs, it's good to be in some way informed about what you're talking about rather than a total bullshitter and a neanderthal loudmouth like Parkinson

MacKenna is little better

They use their platforms squarely to corrupt and dumb down public debate and create profile for themselves, hoping to coin it in from online grifting

The pile on attempt by them against Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh is just the latest example of how thy have used their platforms in a despicable way

They deserve every bit of criticism and professional consequences that happen them

Irresponsible actions carry consequences, that's the very essence of personal responsibility

You're letting your dogmatic tendencies out of the bag.

All you want to do is shout people down who disagree with you.

And you're using half quotes trying to pass them off as facts!

Nope I'm reporting what Swann said and it shows the type of hysteria elected officials are falsely creating over this.

Some people seem to be a bit slow to realise this.

He said if we did nothing there could "possibly" be 15,000 deaths and you're trying to pass it off as if that was his minimum number including all the restrictions which is just flat out wrong!!

That's not even considering that his initial statement said 9,000 and when pushed he said it could be up to 15,000 if there were no restrictions in place.

You've been found out using half truths again!!

Hold on now. Nowhere did I ever mention minimum, they are your words trying to misrepresent my words. Robin Swann said there could be 15k deaths in the first wave.

That statement was proven to be complete and utter scaremongering of the highest degree and a million miles off, so not only are you trying to deny history, you are also attempting to put words in my mouth that I have never said.

If you feel the need to spread fibs to pedal your agenda then I think that says a lot about how flimsy your argument is.

Quote from: screenexile on February 10, 2021, 03:09:40 PM
You presume politicians and the medical community don't know the consequences of lockdown...

I've yet to meet anybody happy with the situation but we believe that by doing this now it will save the lives of the older people in the population. Lads like you pretending that we want to ruin everyones lives and half quoting people do not help the situation.

You accused me earlier of not having been affected by Covid. I lost a beloved relative to it last year. She had been infected while in hospital for another ailment, because the hospital had insufficient PPE. This was at a time when you could buy any number of masks in Lidl.

I don't trust the people who caused her to die in agony. They're more interested in covering their backsides than in saving lives. And when this is all over and the cancer wards are full with people who should have been treated last year but weren't, these people will be still running the show and still evading the consequences of their actions.

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 03:16:42 PM

Quote from: Angelo on February 10, 2021, 03:02:37 PM

Quote from: Taylor on February 10, 2021, 02:29:51 PM

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 01:21:52 PM

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 12:34:17 PM

Quote from: trailer on February 10, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
MacKenna has completely lost the run of himself. It also interesting to see Parkinson go full Gemma O'Doherty as well. Once Joe.ie goes bang he'll be completely unemployable.

Ireland, where if you honestly express opinions on current and social affairs, you risk career and financial ruin. And where if you always tell them what they want to hear, you'll be a made man.

What a kip.

If you're going to publicly express opinions on current and social affairs, it's good to be in some way informed about what you're talking about rather than a total bullshitter and a neanderthal loudmouth like Parkinson

MacKenna is little better

They use their platforms squarely to corrupt and dumb down public debate and create profile for themselves, hoping to coin it in from online grifting

The pile on attempt by them against Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh is just the latest example of how thy have used their platforms in a despicable way

They deserve every bit of criticism and professional consequences that happen them

Irresponsible actions carry consequences, that's the very essence of personal responsibility

I think that is the key point - if they had any shred of knowledge on the subject or indeed they were using their platform for the good of the people then fair play but it is clear they arent.

Its all about increasing profile to make €€€€ from other peoples confusion/misery

That's a very subjective viewpoint of it.

Anyone who talks about the consequences of lockdowns is quickly shouted over by the dogmatic tones in the posts above. We should be having a discussion about the greater good, instead we just have Covid roared at us by a baying mob.

But literally nobody says lockdowns don't have consequences - most people see they are necessary and the least worst option in a particular situation

It is the opening up from lockdown without any plan that has us where we are - back into lockdown

Long term strategy has been poo-pooed, ridiculed at every stage - this is the ideology of the idiot

Those who advocate an end to lockdown now also have no handle whatsoever on how this will affect the population, they have no handle on psychology

Much or most of the population is scared, and with good reason

They will be much more scared than they already are in a let it rip situation where the virus is rampant - Ireland let it rip from December 1st - and that was not even with full opening - it was limited opening - and by December 25th, we were up to our neck in shit, with the population demanding Level 5 - why? - because they were petrified - and rightly so

You can't wish a pandemic away - you have to have a PLAN

At every stage the anti-lockdown crackpots have rejected plans and rejected long term strategy

By this stage, it is clear this is a matter of dogma, abhorrent ideology, and just plain ignorance

There's a good reason why they are scared, the absolutely off the scale predictions that were made by the so called experts and level of deaths.

If you are under 40 you ought to be more scared about the next time you sit into a car or get behind the wheel as you have a greater chance of being killed by that than Covid - even when Covid is rampant. If you are in the 40-60 category, again your chances are very low. After that your vulnerability rises in accordance to the your age and health.

We were able to operate with minimal Covid from early Jun - end Sept with reasonable restrictions in place. The consequences of lockdowns are widespread, they will have far reaching and long term consequences - we are going to feel the effect so of them for decades financially, god knows what impact it will have on kids growing up in these times and their social development and education.

I cannot get the two faced reaction to Covid and flu. In January 2018 we had record death tolls in the north in a bad winter flu season and when I bring this up I am met with complete derision from the most fanatical of pro-lockdown people. Is absolutely incredible how they can dismiss the vast number of people who died in that month with flu cited by experts at the main cause of the spike in death, a figure Covid has not met yet they will justify the measures taken to fight Covid. It's rank hypocrisy.

No, the reason they are scared is because Covid is a killer, ultra-transmissible disease which has laid waste to people in large numbers even in a lockdown situation

When it is allowed spread, it has proven to be a disaster for the country

Fear is therefore entirely rational and justified

You are living in a land of make believe and have decided to enter a mind space which involves the wholesale rejection of reality and the belief that you know everything, even about something about which you are demonstrably clueless

Therefore there is simply no arguing with you, you are totally irrational

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 03:39:59 PM
No, the reason they are scared is because Covid is a killer, ultra-transmissible disease which has laid waste to people in large numbers even in a lockdown situation

When it is allowed spread, it has proven to be a disaster for the country

Fear is therefore entirely rational and justified

You are living in a land of make believe and have decided to enter a mind space which involves the wholesale rejection of reality and the belief that you know everything, even about something about which you are demonstrably clueless

Therefore there is simply no arguing with you, you are totally irrational

A killer to who?

If you are vulnerable or over the age of 60, you do have cause to be scared.

If you are under the age of 60 and not vulnerable then you should be much more scared about getting into a motor vehicle as you are statistically more likely to die.

60%+ of deaths are over the age of 80, 93% have underlying health conditions.

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Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 03:39:59 PM
No, the reason they are scared is because Covid is a killer, ultra-transmissible disease which has laid waste to people in large numbers even in a lockdown situation

When it is allowed spread, it has proven to be a disaster for the country

Fear is therefore entirely rational and justified

You are living in a land of make believe and have decided to enter a mind space which involves the wholesale rejection of reality and the belief that you know everything, even about something about which you are demonstrably clueless

Therefore there is simply no arguing with you, you are totally irrational

A killer to who?

If you are vulnerable or over the age of 60, you do have cause to be scared.

If you are under the age of 60 and not vulnerable then you should be much more scared about getting into a motor vehicle as you are statistically more likely to die.

60%+ of deaths are over the age of 80, 93% have underlying health conditions.

Considering a lot of vehicles that are on the road atm haven't passed an MOT in a long time that stat would be very true.

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Quote from: Angelo on February 10, 2021, 03:45:30 PM

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 03:39:59 PM
No, the reason they are scared is because Covid is a killer, ultra-transmissible disease which has laid waste to people in large numbers even in a lockdown situation

When it is allowed spread, it has proven to be a disaster for the country

Fear is therefore entirely rational and justified

You are living in a land of make believe and have decided to enter a mind space which involves the wholesale rejection of reality and the belief that you know everything, even about something about which you are demonstrably clueless

Therefore there is simply no arguing with you, you are totally irrational

A killer to who?

If you are vulnerable or over the age of 60, you do have cause to be scared.

If you are under the age of 60 and not vulnerable then you should be much more scared about getting into a motor vehicle as you are statistically more likely to die.

60%+ of deaths are over the age of 80, 93% have underlying health conditions.

Considering a lot of vehicles that are on the road atm haven't passed an MOT in a long time that stat would be very true.

If you are under 60 and get into a car with your parents you can drive home safely, but at the same time pass on covid to them which could potentially prove fatal to them. That is why people under 60 should get the vaccine. Not for fear for themselves but for what they could pass on to the more vulnerable.

I watched some of the primetime show on the RTE player at lunch time and that scared me far more than ever getting into anybody's car.

Quote from: dublin7 on February 10, 2021, 04:25:49 PM

If you are under 60 and get into a car with your parents you can drive home safely, but at the same time pass on covid to them which could potentially prove fatal to them. That is why people under 60 should get the vaccine. Not for fear for themselves but for what they could pass on to the more vulnerable.

He's talking about getting into a car and getting killed on the road, not dying from Covid.

11 months into this, there is no reason for any of us to be passing on Covid to our parents or other vulnerable relatives.

Quote from: dublin7 on February 10, 2021, 04:25:49 PM

Quote from: clarshack on February 10, 2021, 04:19:32 PM

Quote from: Angelo on February 10, 2021, 03:45:30 PM

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 03:39:59 PM
No, the reason they are scared is because Covid is a killer, ultra-transmissible disease which has laid waste to people in large numbers even in a lockdown situation

When it is allowed spread, it has proven to be a disaster for the country

Fear is therefore entirely rational and justified

You are living in a land of make believe and have decided to enter a mind space which involves the wholesale rejection of reality and the belief that you know everything, even about something about which you are demonstrably clueless

Therefore there is simply no arguing with you, you are totally irrational

A killer to who?

If you are vulnerable or over the age of 60, you do have cause to be scared.

If you are under the age of 60 and not vulnerable then you should be much more scared about getting into a motor vehicle as you are statistically more likely to die.

60%+ of deaths are over the age of 80, 93% have underlying health conditions.

Considering a lot of vehicles that are on the road atm haven't passed an MOT in a long time that stat would be very true.

If you are under 60 and get into a car with your parents you can drive home safely, but at the same time pass on covid to them which could potentially prove fatal to them. That is why people under 60 should get the vaccine. Not for fear for themselves but for what they could pass on to the more vulnerable.

I watched some of the primetime show on the RTE player at lunch time and that scared me far more than ever getting into anybody's car.

Well this post should win dumbest post of the day.

What vaccine prevents people from contracting and spreading the virus?

Maybe if RTE did a snuff piece on road traffic accidents, the shrewn wreckage and mangled corpses of fit and healthy young men and women then that might scare you too.

Every year over 1m people die from road traffic accidents globally, why do we tolerate this?

where is your outrage at this road deaths im 2018 angelo?? did you not care then. show me the posts!!!

Quote from: PadraicHenryPearse on February 10, 2021, 04:45:02 PM
where is your outrage at this road deaths im 2018 angelo?? did you not care then. show me the posts!!!

You're the one who needs to show outrage here, not me. I'm not the one saying its alright for people to die from road traffic accidents but not from Covid

I'm not the one saying it's acceptable that over 1m people die from road traffic accidents annually (mostly fit and healthy young people) while conversely saying that everyone should give up their lives, their jobs, their financial security, their friendship, their social life, their hobbies and their daily interactions for a virus that it is of very little threat to 80% of the population.

Now tell me why you think it's ok for people to die from road traffic accidents but not Covid. Why do we take half measure on road traffic accidents but ask people to give their lives up for Covid?

angelo, i am using your logic. If you have not posted outrage at over 1m road deaths previously then you are accepting it is ok for 1m road deaths. that is your logic. show me the posts that you made previously showing outrage at 1m road deaths. if you cannot show these posts by yoir logic you are happy to accept 1m road deaths a year.

i dont think its ok for people to die from road accidents. what half measures are you referring too? what is your solution to prevent road deaths? sorry i forgot you are ok with 1m road deaths.

Quote from: PadraicHenryPearse on February 10, 2021, 05:01:58 PM
angelo, i am using your logic. If you have not posted outrage at over 1m road deaths previously then you are accepting it is ok for 1m road deaths. that is your logic. show me the posts that you made previously showing outrage at 1m road deaths. if you cannot show these posts by yoir logic you are happy to accept 1m road deaths a year.

i dont think its ok for people to die from road accidents. what half measures are you referring too? what is your solution to prevent road deaths? sorry i forgot you are ok with 1m road deaths.

If you don't think it's ok for road accidents then why do we accept them?

Why don't we ban travel and hand out fine to people who are not on the road for essential trips?
Why don't we chip cars so they can't travel at excessive speeds?
Why didn't we drive the working from home initiative to save lives from road deaths?

Instead we take half measures on road deaths. Road deaths are going to kill more fit and healthy people every year than Covid will but we are happy to accept that through optics like wearing your seatbelt and penalty points.

On the other hand we full on Mad Max on Covid, you are not allowed go to work, visit family or friends, play sports, socialise etc.

How many people who die in road traffic accidents every year had underlying health conditions or were over the age of 80?

If you can't see the hypocrisy in your stance then you really need to open your eyes.

Why don't we ban alcohol and the amount of deaths and social ills it causes every year? Needless death and waste of resources spent every year on the ills of alcohol, not only do we not allow it, we enable and promote it.

The hypocrisy on Covid is shocking, we only care about one cause of death, a cause of death that is little threat to people who are young and in good health.

based on that response and being unable to produce previous posts reagarding your outrage at road deaths you (angelo) accept 1m road deaths? is that correct?

you accept the half measures?

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 04:38:00 PM

Quote from: dublin7 on February 10, 2021, 04:25:49 PM

If you are under 60 and get into a car with your parents you can drive home safely, but at the same time pass on covid to them which could potentially prove fatal to them. That is why people under 60 should get the vaccine. Not for fear for themselves but for what they could pass on to the more vulnerable.

He's talking about getting into a car and getting killed on the road, not dying from Covid.

11 months into this, there is no reason for any of us to be passing on Covid to our parents or other vulnerable relatives.

But that is what anti-lockdowners such as Angelo propose people do

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 04:38:00 PM

Quote from: dublin7 on February 10, 2021, 04:25:49 PM

If you are under 60 and get into a car with your parents you can drive home safely, but at the same time pass on covid to them which could potentially prove fatal to them. That is why people under 60 should get the vaccine. Not for fear for themselves but for what they could pass on to the more vulnerable.

He's talking about getting into a car and getting killed on the road, not dying from Covid.

11 months into this, there is no reason for any of us to be passing on Covid to our parents or other vulnerable relatives.

No one passes on Covid deliberately. If you don't get the Covid vaccinations you are clearly leaving yourself open to get Covid and the possibility of passing Covid on to your friends/relatives.

How do you think Covid is transmitted? Do you not realize the whole point of of lockdown/social distancing is limit social interactions and stop the spread of the virus.

Same principle applies to the flu Angelo keeps saying no one cares about. Someone goes into work with the flu and ends up spreading it to everyone else. They didn't deliberately infect everyone but that happens regularly. I'm sure nearly every one can think of a situation were this has happened to them or a family member

Quote from: PadraicHenryPearse on February 10, 2021, 05:54:24 PM
based on that response and being unable to produce previous posts reagarding your outrage at road deaths you (angelo) accept 1m road deaths? is that correct?

you accept the half measures?

You've changed the goalposts, this is about your hypocrisy and how you are happy to accept road deaths but want people to give up their lives to stop covid.

You need to address that issue.

Quote from: sid waddell on February 10, 2021, 06:03:09 PM

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 04:38:00 PM

Quote from: dublin7 on February 10, 2021, 04:25:49 PM

If you are under 60 and get into a car with your parents you can drive home safely, but at the same time pass on covid to them which could potentially prove fatal to them. That is why people under 60 should get the vaccine. Not for fear for themselves but for what they could pass on to the more vulnerable.

He's talking about getting into a car and getting killed on the road, not dying from Covid.

11 months into this, there is no reason for any of us to be passing on Covid to our parents or other vulnerable relatives.

But that is what anti-lockdowners such as Angelo propose people do

Completely incorrect.

I don't propose that whatsoever. I do propose easing back on draconian lockdowns and living with reasonable restrictions for the forseeable.

That type of post you made there is exactly why you have zero credibility, you completely twist and misrepresent the views of others in order to suit your own flawed position. I want to look at the big picture, you want to lock people up for life over  a virus that for most people is not a threat.

Quote from: dublin7 on February 10, 2021, 06:36:28 PM

Quote from: five points on February 10, 2021, 04:38:00 PM

Quote from: dublin7 on February 10, 2021, 04:25:49 PM

If you are under 60 and get into a car with your parents you can drive home safely, but at the same time pass on covid to them which could potentially prove fatal to them. That is why people under 60 should get the vaccine. Not for fear for themselves but for what they could pass on to the more vulnerable.

He's talking about getting into a car and getting killed on the road, not dying from Covid.

11 months into this, there is no reason for any of us to be passing on Covid to our parents or other vulnerable relatives.

No one passes on Covid deliberately. If you don't get the Covid vaccinations you are clearly leaving yourself open to get Covid and the possibility of passing Covid on to your friends/relatives.

How do you think Covid is transmitted? Do you not realize the whole point of of lockdown/social distancing is limit social interactions and stop the spread of the virus.

Same principle applies to the flu Angelo keeps saying no one cares about. Someone goes into work with the flu and ends up spreading it to everyone else. They didn't deliberately infect everyone but that happens regularly. I'm sure nearly every one can think of a situation were this has happened to them or a family member

This absolute stupidity.

Do some research on the vaccine ffs. It does not stop you picking up the virus or passing it on so it's of limited benefit to fit and healthy people.

Did you know that he never won Sports Journalist or Sports Writer of the Year award like he claims?
Won a possibly less prestigous award called Sports Reporter of the Year in 2012. The only other person to receive that award was Roy Curtis in 2013 so he is in esteemed company.
http://journalismawards.ie/previous-winners/

His latest output. The holocaust was a public health measure therefore all public health measures are to be resisted.

The guy has lost it big time

At one point I liked Ewan due to his willingness to call out bullshit if he seen it. However he increasingly has involved himself in agenda driven commentary and although he still makes some valid arguments on some issues, this tends to get drowned out by all of his other obsessive ramblings. He has recently taken to straying into politics yet what he knows about this subject can be written on the back of a postage stamp.

There was a niche for him as an investigative sports journalist if he had gone down that route (that would be his strength) but he has just turned into an erratic Twitter crank who lashes out at everything.

Quote from: yellowcard on April 08, 2021, 11:09:10 PM
At one point I liked Ewan due to his willingness to call out bullshit if he seen it. However he increasingly has involved himself in agenda driven commentary and although he still makes some valid arguments on some issues, this tends to get drowned out by all of his other obsessive ramblings. He has recently taken to straying into politics yet what he knows about this subject can be written on the back of a postage stamp.

There was a niche for him as an investigative sports journalist if he had gone down that route (that would be his strength) but he has just turned into an erratic Twitter crank who lashes out at everything.

I think he is stuck for money and is writing about the subject which is most relevant now or which will get most attention/attract the most noise.

You will see on his pieces now he is asking for donations - that would tell its own story

Quote from: Taylor on April 09, 2021, 10:10:45 AM

Quote from: yellowcard on April 08, 2021, 11:09:10 PM
At one point I liked Ewan due to his willingness to call out bullshit if he seen it. However he increasingly has involved himself in agenda driven commentary and although he still makes some valid arguments on some issues, this tends to get drowned out by all of his other obsessive ramblings. He has recently taken to straying into politics yet what he knows about this subject can be written on the back of a postage stamp.

There was a niche for him as an investigative sports journalist if he had gone down that route (that would be his strength) but he has just turned into an erratic Twitter crank who lashes out at everything.

I think he is stuck for money and is writing about the subject which is most relevant now or which will get most attention/attract the most noise.

You will see on his pieces now he is asking for donations - that would tell its own story

He got dropped by the Indo and none of the Irish papers will touch him so he's gone down this route now. He seems to spend his life on twitter and uses that to stay relevant these days

Quote from: Taylor on April 09, 2021, 10:10:45 AM

Quote from: yellowcard on April 08, 2021, 11:09:10 PM
At one point I liked Ewan due to his willingness to call out bullshit if he seen it. However he increasingly has involved himself in agenda driven commentary and although he still makes some valid arguments on some issues, this tends to get drowned out by all of his other obsessive ramblings. He has recently taken to straying into politics yet what he knows about this subject can be written on the back of a postage stamp.

There was a niche for him as an investigative sports journalist if he had gone down that route (that would be his strength) but he has just turned into an erratic Twitter crank who lashes out at everything.

I think he is stuck for money and is writing about the subject which is most relevant now or which will get most attention/attract the most noise.

You will see on his pieces now he is asking for donations - that would tell its own story

Very short term though. He will never get a gig again now he linked up with Grift and the NP./fash  He should have done what other journalists do with down time and written a book

Any future output is 'but he is the guy who thinks its your moral duty to cough at old people because of the holocaust'. The boy is cooked.

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 08, 2021, 09:28:21 PM
His latest output. The holocaust was a public health measure therefore all public health measures are to be resisted.

The guy has lost it big time

Where would I find this?  Tried googling a few terms without success.

Quote from: Jell 0 Biafra on April 10, 2021, 03:07:28 AM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 08, 2021, 09:28:21 PM
His latest output. The holocaust was a public health measure therefore all public health measures are to be resisted.

The guy has lost it big time

Where would I find this?  Tried googling a few terms without success.

https://twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/1380131941190631427?s=19

To be fair McKenna has been calling out the double standards in all this Covid BS. There is a tsunami of problems coming down the line. Our Government, our media and our public servants have their comfortable heads in the sand. 

Most people are drifting along in this made-up form of living. Others as sinking financially, mentally and health wise.

Quote from: From the Bunker on April 10, 2021, 12:24:12 PM
To be fair McKenna has been calling out the double standards in all this Covid BS. There is a tsunami of problems coming down the line. Our Government, our media and our public servants have their comfortable heads in the sand. 

Most people are drifting along in this made-up form of living. Others as sinking financially, mentally and health wise.

Or he has been a poor mans Dunphy/Brolly commenting on something he doesn't understand in alarming volume and alligning himself with the only group who agree with him in the fascist right?

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 10, 2021, 01:29:31 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on April 10, 2021, 12:24:12 PM
To be fair McKenna has been calling out the double standards in all this Covid BS. There is a tsunami of problems coming down the line. Our Government, our media and our public servants have their comfortable heads in the sand. 

Most people are drifting along in this made-up form of living. Others as sinking financially, mentally and health wise.

Or he has been a poor mans Dunphy/Brolly commenting on something he doesn't understand in alarming volume and alligning himself with the only group who agree with him in the fascist right?

Is he still with the wife?

Tbh he's probably a bit like a few posters on here on different subjects. He has decided he doesn't like a certain "narrative" and has just become more and more entrenched against it. The more entrenched he gets the more offensive he gets and the more ludicrous he gets.

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 10, 2021, 01:29:31 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on April 10, 2021, 12:24:12 PM
To be fair McKenna has been calling out the double standards in all this Covid BS. There is a tsunami of problems coming down the line. Our Government, our media and our public servants have their comfortable heads in the sand. 

Most people are drifting along in this made-up form of living. Others as sinking financially, mentally and health wise.

Or he has been a poor mans Dunphy/Brolly commenting on something he doesn't understand in alarming volume and alligning himself with the only group who agree with him in the fascist right?

if you are against level 5 lockdown for whatever your reasons are you are a right wing fascist? Wow

Quote from: Gmac on April 10, 2021, 04:40:06 PM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 10, 2021, 01:29:31 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on April 10, 2021, 12:24:12 PM
To be fair McKenna has been calling out the double standards in all this Covid BS. There is a tsunami of problems coming down the line. Our Government, our media and our public servants have their comfortable heads in the sand. 

Most people are drifting along in this made-up form of living. Others as sinking financially, mentally and health wise.

Or he has been a poor mans Dunphy/Brolly commenting on something he doesn't understand in alarming volume and alligning himself with the only group who agree with him in the fascist right?

if you are against level 5 lockdown for whatever your reasons are you are a right wing fascist? Wow

Have a read of Ewan's twitter posts. Nothing but angry, bitter misinformed rants. If you think Ewan's right then I'm sorry you're wrong

Quote from: Gmac on April 10, 2021, 04:40:06 PM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 10, 2021, 01:29:31 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on April 10, 2021, 12:24:12 PM
To be fair McKenna has been calling out the double standards in all this Covid BS. There is a tsunami of problems coming down the line. Our Government, our media and our public servants have their comfortable heads in the sand. 

Most people are drifting along in this made-up form of living. Others as sinking financially, mentally and health wise.

Or he has been a poor mans Dunphy/Brolly commenting on something he doesn't understand in alarming volume and alligning himself with the only group who agree with him in the fascist right?

if you are against level 5 lockdown for whatever your reasons are you are a right wing fascist? Wow

I didn't say that.

Read his twitter feed and output on far right sites.

Quote from: macker15 on April 10, 2021, 01:43:25 PM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 10, 2021, 01:29:31 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on April 10, 2021, 12:24:12 PM
To be fair McKenna has been calling out the double standards in all this Covid BS. There is a tsunami of problems coming down the line. Our Government, our media and our public servants have their comfortable heads in the sand. 

Most people are drifting along in this made-up form of living. Others as sinking financially, mentally and health wise.

Or he has been a poor mans Dunphy/Brolly commenting on something he doesn't understand in alarming volume and alligning himself with the only group who agree with him in the fascist right?

Is he still with the wife?

Says he is alone in the apartment so no idea

He come across as a deeply unhappy man.

Quote from: RedHand88 on April 10, 2021, 11:03:34 PM
He come across as a deeply unhappy man.

There a touch of Henry Sellers about him when he hits the bottle.

Quote from: macker15 on April 11, 2021, 03:54:47 PM

Quote from: RedHand88 on April 10, 2021, 11:03:34 PM
He come across as a deeply unhappy man.

There a touch of Henry Sellers about him when he hits the bottle.

You can tell when he's on the beer as his really toxic/abusive tweets tend to appear late at night or early hours of the morning. Then when he sobers up they tend to get deleted and he'll deny ever posting them.

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 10, 2021, 07:24:23 PM

Quote from: macker15 on April 10, 2021, 01:43:25 PM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 10, 2021, 01:29:31 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on April 10, 2021, 12:24:12 PM
To be fair McKenna has been calling out the double standards in all this Covid BS. There is a tsunami of problems coming down the line. Our Government, our media and our public servants have their comfortable heads in the sand. 

Most people are drifting along in this made-up form of living. Others as sinking financially, mentally and health wise.

Or he has been a poor mans Dunphy/Brolly commenting on something he doesn't understand in alarming volume and alligning himself with the only group who agree with him in the fascist right?

Is he still with the wife?

Says he is alone in the apartment so no idea

He prob has the madras to keep him company.

Quote from: macker15 on April 13, 2021, 10:23:51 PM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 10, 2021, 07:24:23 PM

Quote from: macker15 on April 10, 2021, 01:43:25 PM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 10, 2021, 01:29:31 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on April 10, 2021, 12:24:12 PM
To be fair McKenna has been calling out the double standards in all this Covid BS. There is a tsunami of problems coming down the line. Our Government, our media and our public servants have their comfortable heads in the sand. 

Most people are drifting along in this made-up form of living. Others as sinking financially, mentally and health wise.

Or he has been a poor mans Dunphy/Brolly commenting on something he doesn't understand in alarming volume and alligning himself with the only group who agree with him in the fascist right?

Is he still with the wife?

Says he is alone in the apartment so no idea

He prob has the madras to keep him company.

https://twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/1381334352706072576

As a Laois man, I've no great desire to see Kildare going well (not that we're even on their radar anymore) but surely O'Connor has done a decent job with Kildare this year? Promotion to Division 1 and a Leinster final spot.

MacKenna might amazingly have got something wrong! ;D

Quote from: The PRO on July 21, 2021, 10:38:30 AM
As a Laois man, I've no great desire to see Kildare going well (not that we're even on their radar anymore) but surely O'Connor has done a decent job with Kildare this year? Promotion to Division 1 and a Leinster final spot.

MacKenna might amazingly have got something wrong! ;D

O'Connor has done a solid job, with the players available and the draw for both league and championship he has delivered what was expected. Get a performance in the Leinster final and keep Kildare in Division 1 next year then we have progress and hope is restored. Kildare would be in the 9th to 12th best team the country group. Getting to 5th to 8th is the challenge since Geezer was moved on.

Can Kildare give Dublin a close game?

Jack is doing a steady job with the kingdom. Won all Ireland in  first season in his first and second stint with kerry and beat the dubs both years. Expect Jack to repeat the dose again. The when kerry win one they will go on to dominante over next few years.

Right, well someone didnt read the rest of the thread

Fella is having a mare on Twitter, even by his standards. Talking about Greta Thunburgs tits in order to defend Tate and sating rape victims partially are to blame

It's past sad and into plain odd

The things you do to try stay "relevant"
I follow him but now scan over 90% his tweets

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 30, 2022, 06:26:15 PM
The things you do to try stay "relevant"
I follow him but now scan over 90% his tweets

He has to be edgy to be noticed. Unfortunately it has also made him unemployable

How long does he spend a day on Twitter
? He goes to war daily with everyone and anyone!

He has said so much batshit stuff no show or paper with sponsors will touch him.

Is he working at the minute or just living it up in Portugal? How does he get by?

Quote from: RedHand88 on December 30, 2022, 08:40:13 PM
Is he working at the minute or just living it up in Portugal? How does he get by?

If he was living it up he wouldn't spend all day at home alone on Twitter. Was he not last doing some mad podcast?

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on December 30, 2022, 05:58:07 PM
Fella is having a mare on Twitter, even by his standards. Talking about Greta Thunburgs tits in order to defend Tate and sating rape victims partially are to blame

It's past sad and into plain odd

Talking about tits while making a tit of himself that's Ewan alright.

Quote from: RedHand88 on December 30, 2022, 08:40:13 PM
Is he working at the minute or just living it up in Portugal? How does he get by?

Has his own podcast called "think for yourself" . . . enough headers must listen to it to keep him solvent anyway. A complete clampit but if I remember correctly he used to write some decent sports articles back in the day. Now spends his time shouting at the world and abusing actual sports journalists who have a job saying they've sold themselves out because people will actually employ them!!

Sports Gemma

More to be pitied at this stage

Quote from: screenexile on December 31, 2022, 02:27:42 PM

Quote from: RedHand88 on December 30, 2022, 08:40:13 PM
Is he working at the minute or just living it up in Portugal? How does he get by?

Has his own podcast called "think for yourself" . . . enough headers must listen to it to keep him solvent anyway. A complete clampit but if I remember correctly he used to write some decent sports articles back in the day. Now spends his time shouting at the world and abusing actual sports journalists who have a job saying they've sold themselves out because people will actually employ them!!

Is he a David Icke type punter?

Ewan outraged at the darts now. OUTRAGED!!!

Sorry for the updates but hes just shared a screenshot of the page where MR2 compares him to Icke. We're famous lads 😃

Ewan's case shows the danger of social media. He has torched his career solely by what he says on Twitter.
In the past, we would have only heard from him weekly on an article that was run by a sub editor. No one would have known about any batshit views.
A person who has to delete so many poor posts made in haste and often gets caught out spreading fake Russian propaganda that then gets debunked really isn't suited to the Twitter format.

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on January 02, 2023, 10:43:12 AM
Sorry for the updates but hes just shared a screenshot of the page where MR2 compares him to Icke. We're famous lads 😃

What's the 'we're' shit  :D

Not a Twitter guy but lol who da feck reads this shit?

Lolol ok then you are! Im gona pm him that youre an Antrim ref, once he gets hold of somethin thats it yer snookered 😉😃

Ah hes an expert on allsorts, prob cant even mind why he was angry last night. Todays a new day for him. Back to Russia/Greta whatever

Is he a drinker ?

McKenna by the way not MR2  ;D

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on January 02, 2023, 05:10:18 PM
Lolol ok then you are! Im gona pm him that youre an Antrim ref, once he gets hold of somethin thats it yer snookered 😉😃

Ah hes an expert on allsorts, prob cant even mind why he was angry last night. Todays a new day for him. Back to Russia/Greta whatever

It will be detrimental to my career no doubt, death by twitter

Quote from: Saffrongael on January 02, 2023, 05:18:53 PM
Is he a drinker ?

McKenna by the way not MR2  ;D

I think he is tbh. Peeps who follow him closer than me would say tweets deleted regularly next day etc

MR2 must be one too havin read some his stuff on here 😉😉

I don't think his mental health would be in a great place tbh.

Quote from: imtommygunn on January 02, 2023, 06:07:55 PM
I don't think his mental health would be in a great place tbh.

People can just be a dick without any mental health problems

Agreed and it is a card some people can pull at times but I really think this guy has issues. He's ruining himself.

'Got sent this'. 'Back in work'. My hole.

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on January 03, 2023, 11:11:50 AM
'Got sent this'. 'Back in work'. My hole.

;D

Quote from: Saffrongael on January 02, 2023, 06:16:20 PM

Quote from: imtommygunn on January 02, 2023, 06:07:55 PM
I don't think his mental health would be in a great place tbh.

People can just be a dick without any mental health problems

taking pot shots at someone's mental health is fine if you disagree with their opinions #bekind

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on January 02, 2023, 10:43:12 AM
Sorry for the updates but hes just shared a screenshot of the page where MR2 compares him to Icke. We're famous lads 😃

How unfortunate for MR2 that his (probable) last remaining chance at achieving his 15 minutes of fame came at the árse end of a Ewan McKenna tweet  ;D
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FldSNnUWIAEElQz?format=jpg&name=large (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FldSNnUWIAEElQz?format=jpg&name=large)

Quote from: Main Street on January 04, 2023, 12:39:09 AM

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on January 02, 2023, 10:43:12 AM
Sorry for the updates but hes just shared a screenshot of the page where MR2 compares him to Icke. We're famous lads 😃

How unfortunate for MR2 that his (probable) last remaining chance at achieving his 15 minutes of fame came at the árse end of a Ewan McKenna tweet  ;D
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FldSNnUWIAEElQz?format=jpg&name=large (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FldSNnUWIAEElQz?format=jpg&name=large)

Devastated...

Suppose I'll just stick to winding people up here in, works a treat

Quote from: Gmac on January 03, 2023, 02:40:02 PM

Quote from: Saffrongael on January 02, 2023, 06:16:20 PM

Quote from: imtommygunn on January 02, 2023, 06:07:55 PM
I don't think his mental health would be in a great place tbh.

People can just be a dick without any mental health problems

taking pot shots at someone's mental health is fine if you disagree with their opinions #bekind

Is that referring to me? If so it's not a pot shot. The fella would be better away from a keyboard - I don't think all is well there.

I thought ye might enjoy this
https://twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/1629932708158644227


"Had misfortune of running into chunks of this Kildare panel in recent years. Gym monkeys. Single digit IQ. Huge talent for sure but unlikable idiots who think playing county and being humiliated is an achievement worthy of arrogance. Just morons. I'm embarrassed beyond results"

Quote from: The Wedger on February 27, 2023, 12:35:49 PM
I thought ye might enjoy this
https://twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/1629932708158644227


"Had misfortune of running into chunks of this Kildare panel in recent years. Gym monkeys. Single digit IQ. Huge talent for sure but unlikable idiots who think playing county and being humiliated is an achievement worthy of arrogance. Just morons. I'm embarrassed beyond results"

He seems a nice fella. I've absolutely zero love for Kildare teams to be honest but that's a ridiculous statement. 

That's a disgrace for any man to say about a football team. Any them Kildare lads cross him, shouldn't miss him especially that IQ jab. Man's a dick!

9 out of 10 times Ewan calls it as it is and upsets the applecart.

1 out of 10 times he has brain-fart moments that totally discredits all that good work.

There is some truth in what he says about Kildare Football, but his presentation is poor and comes across as bitter.

Quote from: From the Bunker on February 27, 2023, 10:26:40 PM
9 out of 10 times Ewan calls it as it is and upsets the applecart.

1 out of 10 times he has brain-fart moments that totally discredits all that good work.

There is some truth in what he says about Kildare Football, but his presentation is poor and comes across as bitter.

9 times out of ten is extremely generous!!

The main thing is that he is ALWAYS right even if he contradicts himself at least twice.

You can't ALWAYS disagree with the widely held view.

Quote from: From the Bunker on February 27, 2023, 10:26:40 PM
9 out of 10 times Ewan calls it as it is and upsets the applecart.

1 out of 10 times he has brain-fart moments that totally discredits all that good work.

There is some truth in what he says about Kildare Football, but his presentation is poor and comes across as bitter.

Think you got it the wrong way round. 5 years ago maybe, but he's off the deep end now. He'd be lucky if he's right 1 out of 100 now such is the absolute mad stuff he's spouting online

Quote from: Dreadnought on March 01, 2023, 08:25:19 AM

Quote from: From the Bunker on February 27, 2023, 10:26:40 PM
9 out of 10 times Ewan calls it as it is and upsets the applecart.

1 out of 10 times he has brain-fart moments that totally discredits all that good work.

There is some truth in what he says about Kildare Football, but his presentation is poor and comes across as bitter.

Think you got it the wrong way round. 5 years ago maybe, but he's off the deep end now. He'd be lucky if he's right 1 out of 100 now such is the absolute mad stuff he's spouting online

Have to agree with that. He has turned into nothing more than a contrarian about everything.
Think he has lost credibility at this stage.

Quote from: From the Bunker on February 27, 2023, 10:26:40 PM
9 out of 10 times Ewan calls it as it is and upsets the applecart.

1 out of 10 times he has brain-fart moments that totally discredits all that good work.

There is some truth in what he says about Kildare Football, but his presentation is poor and comes across as bitter.

Don't think I've ever disagreed more with anything posted here than this, he's a total f**king clown.

Quote from: From the Bunker on February 27, 2023, 10:26:40 PM
9 out of 10 times Ewan calls it as it is and upsets the applecart.

1 out of 10 times he has brain-fart moments that totally discredits all that good work.

There is some truth in what he says about Kildare Football, but his presentation is poor and comes across as bitter.

Strange take from a poster who is normally on point.

Its been a long long time since poor Ewan was correct 9 times out of 10.

I can never see past the vitriol on Mickey Harte. Pure spite and hate. Tbh the guy needs help.

There are days if you look at his feed he must send 1000 tweets and it's all rage and at all hours of the day and night.
It must be awful - but the main thing is that he is RIGHT! And others are just COWARDS for not saying it like it is.

Quote from: An Fhairche Abu on March 01, 2023, 08:46:55 AM

Quote from: From the Bunker on February 27, 2023, 10:26:40 PM
9 out of 10 times Ewan calls it as it is and upsets the applecart.

1 out of 10 times he has brain-fart moments that totally discredits all that good work.

There is some truth in what he says about Kildare Football, but his presentation is poor and comes across as bitter.

Don't think I've ever disagreed more with anything posted here than this, he's a total f**king clown.

Both of them are.

He tweets the same stuff over and over every day. Either "I was right about Covid...cowards, ruined, destroyed etc" "Ukrainian Nazis, Zelensky scum".

A lot of people with high iq turned out to be serial killers but mckenna will not talk about that.

Quote from: Eire90 on March 02, 2023, 09:46:26 AM
A lot of people with high iq turned out to be serial killers but mckenna will not talk about that.

I would love to know mc kenna's IQ

Ewan outdoing himself today. Pictures of starving babies while talking about city newcastle match....

Quote from: 03,05,08 on March 03, 2023, 07:32:11 AM

Quote from: Eire90 on March 02, 2023, 09:46:26 AM
A lot of people with high iq turned out to be serial killers but mckenna will not talk about that.

I would love to know mc kenna's IQ

His IQ doesn't matter. He has zero emotional intelligence and dishes out abuse at a phenomenal rate.
These days, everyone seems to be a 'scum' in his mind.

I always come back to the idea that he'll say absolutely anything in an effort to grow his numbers to try & monetize his profile. Some Ukrainian related nonsense 2nite, I don't for a second think he honestly believes half the stuff he tweets.

I see Ewan has been reading the board.

Hello Ewan ya big bollix ;D ;D

Quote from: Louther on March 07, 2023, 11:38:17 AM
I see Ewan has been reading the board.

Hello Ewan ya big bollix ;D ;D

:D :D :D :D

Jesus wept he's got wee Seamy on his pod tomorrow!!!

🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

Quote from: screenexile on March 08, 2023, 11:22:34 PM
Jesus wept he's got wee Seamy on his pod tomorrow!!!

🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

He knows Jamie's popular with the trolls so it will generate clicks

Quote from: screenexile on March 08, 2023, 11:22:34 PM
Jesus wept he's got wee Seamy on his pod tomorrow!!!

🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

I will be sure to listen to that...

(Will I bollocks).

Two attention seeking arseholes.

Its actually a little bit sad to see the direction that he has gone down. A few years ago I thought he was a good sports journalist with a questioning mind who wasn't afraid to ask difficult questions. He really should have stuck to that. 

However since lockdown he has gone into history, politics, epidemiology, social issues and any other topic that he can get a reaction from by holding the contrarian view. I can only put it down to a shortage of work and a lot of frustration at the way his career has panned out. I don't think he is a bad fellow nor does he believe half of what he actually says either but he sure has become an insufferable know it all. This attracts a special little army of sycophantic freedom party types who keep him going. He purports to call out bullshit so the Bryson interview should be a dream for him as there is so much material to call out. It'll be worth listening to see how he gets on.

Ewan jumping on the Lineker debate now. Youll NEVER guess what stance hes takin on this.....

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on March 10, 2023, 10:24:01 PM
Ewan jumping on the Lineker debate now. Youll NEVER guess what stance hes takin on this.....

I see Matt himself is coming in to it too.

(https://i.ibb.co/f2khBCx/Screenshot-20230311-070329-Chrome.jpg)

For a sports journalist he can't even spell Lineker

Any chance RTÉ could abolish their waffle and just show action?

This. Just think how much more of the games we could see. You're probably at 50% analysis these days and it's just getting more.

Quote from: yellowcard on March 09, 2023, 09:27:00 AM
Its actually a little bit sad to see the direction that he has gone down. A few years ago I thought he was a good sports journalist with a questioning mind who wasn't afraid to ask difficult questions. He really should have stuck to that. 

However since lockdown he has gone into history, politics, epidemiology, social issues and any other topic that he can get a reaction from by holding the contrarian view. I can only put it down to a shortage of work and a lot of frustration at the way his career has panned out. I don't think he is a bad fellow nor does he believe half of what he actually says either but he sure has become an insufferable know it all. This attracts a special little army of sycophantic freedom party types who keep him going. He purports to call out bullshit so the Bryson interview should be a dream for him as there is so much material to call out. It'll be worth listening to see how he gets on.

+1

I used to think he was an exceptional journalist, had serious respect for him

I now genuinely pity him - he just oozes pathetic desperation

Quote from: Franko on March 12, 2023, 08:38:43 PM

Quote from: yellowcard on March 09, 2023, 09:27:00 AM
Its actually a little bit sad to see the direction that he has gone down. A few years ago I thought he was a good sports journalist with a questioning mind who wasn't afraid to ask difficult questions. He really should have stuck to that. 

However since lockdown he has gone into history, politics, epidemiology, social issues and any other topic that he can get a reaction from by holding the contrarian view. I can only put it down to a shortage of work and a lot of frustration at the way his career has panned out. I don't think he is a bad fellow nor does he believe half of what he actually says either but he sure has become an insufferable know it all. This attracts a special little army of sycophantic freedom party types who keep him going. He purports to call out bullshit so the Bryson interview should be a dream for him as there is so much material to call out. It'll be worth listening to see how he gets on.

+1

I used to think he was an exceptional journalist, had serious respect for him

I now genuinely pity him - he just oozes pathetic desperation

He was once a very good sports journalist. But that's not his target market anymore.

He knows exactly what he is doing as he manages to insert himself into every single controversial issue with the contrarian viewpoint. He has to keep playing to that 'fan base' that he has built up after all they are now his main source of income. The fact is that the truth has never really mattered on Twitter, it's often just used as a propaganda tool by charlatans for their own benefit. Trump being the poster boy for this form of propaganda.

I'd invite anybody to play a game of guess the Ewan take every time a controversial issue comes up. You'd be surprised how predictable he has become but it comes back to that idea of him playing to his gallery.

He's on the sauce this evening 100%

Will be interesting to see how many of his tweets are deleted in the morning!

Just called BBC journo Rod Atkins a murderous p***k 🤷‍♂️

Tommy Tiernan was gettin it earlier also lol

He still claims to be liberal and left wing, yet always takes the Tory, MAGA, Putin, right-wing, anti-vax etc standpoint.
It's a bit like Tucker Carlson, it's all done for show and attention.

Today he is an expert in banking and solvency law.

The sooner you all recognise that Ewan is never wrong about anything, the sooner you'll understand his magnificence.

Quote from: The PRO on March 15, 2023, 08:41:11 PM
The sooner you all recognise that Ewan is never wrong about anything, the sooner you'll understand his magnificence.

He was explaining it all to a banker today.

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on March 15, 2023, 09:47:17 PM

Quote from: The PRO on March 15, 2023, 08:41:11 PM
The sooner you all recognise that Ewan is never wrong about anything, the sooner you'll understand his magnificence.

He was explaining it all to a banker today.

Ewan is more intelligent than all the bankers in the world put together so he doesn't actually need to work in finance to know everything there is to know about it.

Quote from: screenexile on March 12, 2023, 11:13:14 PM
He's on the sauce this evening 100%

Will be interesting to see how many of his tweets are deleted in the morning!

Just called BBC journo Rod Atkins a murderous p***k 🤷‍♂️

Tweet has been deleted!

Quote from: The PRO on March 15, 2023, 11:03:23 PM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on March 15, 2023, 09:47:17 PM

Quote from: The PRO on March 15, 2023, 08:41:11 PM
The sooner you all recognise that Ewan is never wrong about anything, the sooner you'll understand his magnificence.

He was explaining it all to a banker today.

Ewan is more intelligent than all the bankers in the world put together so he doesn't actually need to work in finance to know everything there is to know about it.

Being smarter than a banker is no boast, but the hubris was tremendous. It's not my fault you can't keep up with me with your actual technical knowledge

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on March 16, 2023, 12:24:05 AM

Quote from: The PRO on March 15, 2023, 11:03:23 PM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on March 15, 2023, 09:47:17 PM

Quote from: The PRO on March 15, 2023, 08:41:11 PM
The sooner you all recognise that Ewan is never wrong about anything, the sooner you'll understand his magnificence.

He was explaining it all to a banker today.

Ewan is more intelligent than all the bankers in the world put together so he doesn't actually need to work in finance to know everything there is to know about it.

Being smarter than a banker is no boast, but the hubris was tremendous. It's not my fault you can't keep up with me with your actual technical knowledge

Mask has slipped Ewan....

Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on March 16, 2023, 07:46:26 AM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on March 16, 2023, 12:24:05 AM

Quote from: The PRO on March 15, 2023, 11:03:23 PM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on March 15, 2023, 09:47:17 PM

Quote from: The PRO on March 15, 2023, 08:41:11 PM
The sooner you all recognise that Ewan is never wrong about anything, the sooner you'll understand his magnificence.

He was explaining it all to a banker today.

Ewan is more intelligent than all the bankers in the world put together so he doesn't actually need to work in finance to know everything there is to know about it.

Being smarter than a banker is no boast, but the hubris was tremendous. It's not my fault you can't keep up with me with your actual technical knowledge

Mask has slipped Ewan....

Explain?

The best line of tweets (from a week or 2 ago) was that the Ukraine War is over, you just don't know it yet, and he persisted with it. Must be a type of Schrodinger's war. :P

Quote from: bennydorano on March 16, 2023, 12:28:53 PM
The best line of tweets (from a week or 2 ago) was that the Ukraine War is over, you just don't know it yet, and he persisted with it. Must be a type of Schrodinger's war. :P

Today was a belter. He is covering the ministers Paddies day visit to Brazil for a Brazilian paper from Portugal. Because they wouldn't fly him over its an outrageous junket. When asked how he could cover an event from thousands of miles away he basically said it's already written and he is prioritising his podcast. Quite an admission about his first paid gig in years.

Quote from: screenexile on March 15, 2023, 11:53:03 PM

Quote from: screenexile on March 12, 2023, 11:13:14 PM
He's on the sauce this evening 100%

Will be interesting to see how many of his tweets are deleted in the morning!

Just called BBC journo Rod Atkins a murderous p***k 🤷‍♂️

Tweet has been deleted!

I see Ewans screenshottin us now lolol. Benny/Baile Brigin 2 youre famous 😃

Now do this one Ewan, where you call people murderous pricks then delete 😃

https://mobile.twitter.com/EwanMacKenna/status/1636537887448772608

His twitter feed is weird.

Quote from: seafoid on March 17, 2023, 01:19:35 PM
His twitter feed is weird.

He feeds off the notoriety. Nobody would be talking about him if he was being rational. I have to hold my hands up here, we should be ignoring him

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on March 21, 2023, 11:05:23 AM

Quote from: seafoid on March 17, 2023, 01:19:35 PM
His twitter feed is weird.

He feeds off the notoriety. Nobody would be talking about him if he was being rational. I have to hold my hands up here, we should be ignoring him

I agree

Quote from: seafoid on March 17, 2023, 01:19:35 PM
His twitter feed is weird.

If you want to find a really weird one have a look at Colm Parkinson's personal one. The man has gone full Graham Linehan as it seem his only personal thoughts are about trans women.

He has gone plain nasty over the last couple of days. Constantly talking about fisting and bestiality and threatening gay folk. It's genuine breakdown territory - if anyone knows him can they check in on him.

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 08, 2023, 11:23:36 AM
He has gone plain nasty over the last couple of days. Constantly talking about fisting and bestiality and threatening gay folk. It's genuine breakdown territory - if anyone knows him can they check in on him.

from what I can see in his tweets he is
Pro peace in Ukraine
Wants biological men out of women's sports
Keeping books about blow jobs and fisting away from 10 year old kids
Was Against lockdowns and massive handouts which are coming home to roost now
Boosters a waste of time .
Seem ok view points to me

Everyone is pro 'peace' in Ukraine, some people are pro suurendet and rewarding the invaders.

Quote from: Gmac on April 08, 2023, 04:37:05 PM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 08, 2023, 11:23:36 AM
He has gone plain nasty over the last couple of days. Constantly talking about fisting and bestiality and threatening gay folk. It's genuine breakdown territory - if anyone knows him can they check in on him.

from what I can see in his tweets he is
Pro peace in Ukraine
Wants biological men out of women's sports
Keeping books about blow jobs and fisting away from 10 year old kids
Was Against lockdowns and massive handouts which are coming home to roost now
Boosters a waste of time .
Seem ok view points to me

Yes, he's much maligned for swimming against the tide, giving reasonable opinion and asking questions.

But hey, just keep listening to your leaders and your mafia mainstream media.
Don't question anything and all will be ok.

Quote from: From the Bunker on April 08, 2023, 05:36:38 PM

Quote from: Gmac on April 08, 2023, 04:37:05 PM

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 08, 2023, 11:23:36 AM
He has gone plain nasty over the last couple of days. Constantly talking about fisting and bestiality and threatening gay folk. It's genuine breakdown territory - if anyone knows him can they check in on him.

from what I can see in his tweets he is
Pro peace in Ukraine
Wants biological men out of women's sports
Keeping books about blow jobs and fisting away from 10 year old kids
Was Against lockdowns and massive handouts which are coming home to roost now
Boosters a waste of time .
Seem ok view points to me

Yes, he's much maligned for swimming against the tide, giving reasonable opinion and asking questions.

But hey, just keep listening to your leaders and your mafia mainstream media.
Don't question anything and all will be ok.

It is not reasonable to take a demonstrably false claim, there is a book on the curriculum that reaches kids fisting and scat, and then state that everyone who objects to the far right storming libraries is a groomer who wants lids taught fisting and scat.

There is a reason he is called sport Gemma and he proved it in a vicious way over the last few days

Huge if true! ;D
https://x.com/EwanMacKenna/status/1915480802030477455?

Quote from: Dag Dog on April 24, 2025, 09:10:03 PMHuge if true! ;D
https://x.com/EwanMacKenna/status/1915480802030477455?

Huge if true very often is a disappointment.
That thought is going to haunt me a long time...

https://ewanmackenna.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/gaas-vulture-fund-imitation-costs-volunteers-millions-as-they-pay-for-non-existent-debt/

Clubs will be absolutely f**king raging if this is verified!!

PS. Ewan MacKenna is a complete bellend

Quote from: screenexile on April 25, 2025, 11:52:49 AMhttps://ewanmackenna.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/gaas-vulture-fund-imitation-costs-volunteers-millions-as-they-pay-for-non-existent-debt/

Clubs will be absolutely f**king raging if this is verified!!

PS. Ewan MacKenna is a complete bellend

Is hard to follow all that other than GAA hierarchy has been corrupt/dishonest?
Why is McKenna wrong to expose this?

Quote from: screenexile on April 25, 2025, 11:52:49 AMhttps://ewanmackenna.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/gaas-vulture-fund-imitation-costs-volunteers-millions-as-they-pay-for-non-existent-debt/

Clubs will be absolutely f**king raging if this is verified!!

PS. Ewan MacKenna is a complete bellend

No they won't. They'll do as they're told like they've always done. Support and protect the association no matter what. "Community based blah blah...."

I don't read this as a scandal so much as the legal transfer of a debt (and its repayment) from one body to another.

GAA central council were right to take on the debt. Should that then mean it's Christmas Day for Mayo? I'm not sure to be honest. They're still assuming a risk. And need to be wary of precedents.

And this is me commenting as someone who truly despises the staffing bloat / civil service mentality that central and provincial councils have created over the past 20 years.

Quote from: thewobbler on April 25, 2025, 12:20:46 PMI don't read this as a scandal so much as the legal transfer of a debt (and its repayment) from one body to another.

GAA central council were right to take on the debt. Should that then mean it's Christmas Day for Mayo? I'm not sure to be honest. They're still assuming a risk. And need to be wary of precedents.

And this is me commenting as someone who truly despises the staffing bloat / civil service mentality that central and provincial councils have created over the past 20 years.

The debt that Mayo owed was potentially written down by 50% if this story is accurate.
But Mayo are still repaying the full amount to Croke Park.
Why should that be the case? Why should Croke Park overcharge Mayo by several million euro?

Quote from: Tubberman on April 25, 2025, 01:01:15 PM

Quote from: thewobbler on April 25, 2025, 12:20:46 PMI don't read this as a scandal so much as the legal transfer of a debt (and its repayment) from one body to another.

GAA central council were right to take on the debt. Should that then mean it's Christmas Day for Mayo? I'm not sure to be honest. They're still assuming a risk. And need to be wary of precedents.

And this is me commenting as someone who truly despises the staffing bloat / civil service mentality that central and provincial councils have created over the past 20 years.

The debt that Mayo owed was potentially written down by 50% if this story is accurate.
But Mayo are still repaying the full amount to Croke Park.
Why should that be the case? Why should Croke Park overcharge Mayo by several million euro?

Because someone else would have bought the debt had central council not done so, and nothing would have changed.

It's not overcharging per se.

I wouldn't describe it as particularly moral, and it certainly doesn't fit an "association" model. But as mentioned above, Central Council assumed the risk for the debt. So it's not as simple as "here, Jarlath, go any pay that off for us and we will chat about it later".

Quote from: thewobbler on April 25, 2025, 12:20:46 PMI don't read this as a scandal so much as the legal transfer of a debt (and its repayment) from one body to another.

GAA central council were right to take on the debt. Should that then mean it's Christmas Day for Mayo? I'm not sure to be honest. They're still assuming a risk. And need to be wary of precedents.

And this is me commenting as someone who truly despises the staffing bloat / civil service mentality that central and provincial councils have created over the past 20 years.

My understanding of what he has said is that Mayo GAA owed debts to both Ulster Bank and Central Council.

Ulster Bank sold their loan of €5 million the GAA at a discount.

The source said there was an excess of 50% of a write-down.

For illustrations sake I'll say it was a 60% write down.

This means that the GAA paid Ulster Bank €2 million and took over ownership of the loan.

Mayo GAA now pay interest and repayments on the €5 million loan to the GAA instead of to Ulster Bank or to an actual vulture fund.

The notion that Mayo GAA should be the entity to "profit" from this illustrative €3 million write-off as opposed to the other 31 counties plus overseas is just nuts. Rewarding bad financial decisions by a county board by reducing their debt would be a terribe precedent to set.

I'd be gobsmacked if anything at all comes of this.

It really looks like Tim O'Leary is using Ewan to do some "tilting at windmills"

The reality described here is nowhere near "the GAA ripping off its own volunteers to tune of millions"

If you wanted to sensationalise this into tabloid speak but in the other direction with a pro-GAA spin you could say something like "GAA Central Council swoops to the rescue to keep Mayo GAA debt out of the hands of actual vulure funds; saving McHale Park from being knocked to build apartments"

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By the way. Down County Board have been repaying an exceptional debt for the past 15 years, due to the mother of all f**k ups in a purchase transaction.

I've no doubt at all Central Council could have cleared this in one swoop if that way inclined.

But you know what happens after that? More county boards take on more poorly planned, thought out and budgeted projects, safe in the knowledge that their dad will bail them out. That's the fastest way imaginable to the poor house for the GAA.

Quote from: thewobbler on April 25, 2025, 12:20:46 PMI don't read this as a scandal so much as the legal transfer of a debt (and its repayment) from one body to another.

GAA central council were right to take on the debt. Should that then mean it's Christmas Day for Mayo? I'm not sure to be honest. They're still assuming a risk. And need to be wary of precedents.

And this is me commenting as someone who truly despises the staffing bloat / civil service mentality that central and provincial councils have created over the past 20 years.

Is the issue not that mayo are still paying off the same debt even though the GAA bought it for 2.5m less (not sure of figures) so mayo people being fleeced

Quote from: thewobbler on April 25, 2025, 01:12:34 PM**

By the way. Down County Board have been repaying an exceptional debt for the past 15 years, due to the mother of all f**k ups in a purchase transaction.

I've no doubt at all Central Council could have cleared this in one swoop if that way inclined.

But you know what happens after that? More county boards take on more poorly planned, thought out and budgeted projects, safe in the knowledge that their dad will bail them out. That's the fastest way imaginable to the poor house for the GAA.

Yup there's definitely other counties in similar situations - Cork are with PuC debt.

Basically Croke Park/Central Council are acting as a safety blanket for when county boards screw things up financially. They are almost acting as a responsible father - basically they are saying to county boards, we'll step in if you screw up, but you'll be made to pay the loan back to me instead of the financial equivalent of a street punk who will do the financial equivalent of breaking your legs. The fact that any of the "profit" Central Council earns on these deals goes into the pot that is distributed accross all the various GAA units (including some percentage of these profits going to Mayo,Down and Cork and the other counties as opposed to these units getting write-offs at the expense of the counties who didn't screw up financially) Honestly I think this is by far the fairest/most morally correct way to deal with these sort of write-offs.

Quote from: Saffron_sam20 on April 25, 2025, 01:17:20 PMIs the issue not that mayo are still paying off the same debt even though the GAA bought it for 2.5m less (not sure of figures) so mayo people being fleeced

It's the least worst situation. Mayo people are not being fleeced by any means - they are simply paying the debt the county board took on to the friendliest possible creditor who will actually end up returning some of the money back to Mayo GAA according to the standard procedures for distributing funds in the GAA.

Once the GAA bought the debt (keeping it out of the hands of vulture funds [As an aside if a vulture fund did end up owning the debt it could have been an absolute nightmare in terms of them going after all and any Mayo GAA assets]) the GAA could have either told Mayo "We bought the debt for €2million, you don't need to pay us back the other €3 million" or said to Mayo GAA "You screwed up. We stepped in and bought this debt from Ulster Bank to keep it out of the hands of vulture funds. You still need to pay us back what you said you would when you took out this loan". This would basically have rewarded Mayo GAA with €3 million for screwing up. Instead that €3 million was retained by the GAA/Central Council and went into the pot of money distributed across the entire organisation.

Quote from: Saffron_sam20 on April 25, 2025, 01:17:20 PM

Quote from: thewobbler on April 25, 2025, 12:20:46 PMI don't read this as a scandal so much as the legal transfer of a debt (and its repayment) from one body to another.

GAA central council were right to take on the debt. Should that then mean it's Christmas Day for Mayo? I'm not sure to be honest. They're still assuming a risk. And need to be wary of precedents.

And this is me commenting as someone who truly despises the staffing bloat / civil service mentality that central and provincial councils have created over the past 20 years.

Is the issue not that mayo are still paying off the same debt even though the GAA bought it for 2.5m less (not sure of figures) so mayo people being fleeced

I assume the €2.5m has been put into central funds for other GAA related purposes? The GAA used their financial clout to take on the debt at a reduced rate, that surely benefited the organisation as a whole too. Mayo maybe getting a bit of a humping alrite and the GAA's aren't we a great wee amateur organisation image gets another layer of veneer removed.

Quote from: Truthsayer on April 25, 2025, 11:56:31 AM

Quote from: screenexile on April 25, 2025, 11:52:49 AMhttps://ewanmackenna.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/gaas-vulture-fund-imitation-costs-volunteers-millions-as-they-pay-for-non-existent-debt/

Clubs will be absolutely f**king raging if this is verified!!

PS. Ewan MacKenna is a complete bellend

Is hard to follow all that other than GAA hierarchy has been corrupt/dishonest?
Why is McKenna wrong to expose this?

He's not wrong pointing this out I just don't like him as an overall rule.

I get what people are saying and yeah it was probably the right thing for Central Council to take it over but surely something like this should be more transparent?

If you're a club paying a levy each month/year or a business contributing to Mayo helping to service this debt you'd hardly be too happy about it! Surely something of the write off should have been passed on or at least an open discussion around it.

Should interest repayments have come down rather than paying it on the full €5m?

Quote from: twohands!!! on April 25, 2025, 01:10:37 PMThe notion that Mayo GAA should be the entity to "profit" from this illustrative €3 million write-off as opposed to the other 31 counties plus overseas is just nuts. Rewarding bad financial decisions by a county board by reducing their debt would be a terribe precedent to set.

This is the piece that Ewan, raving gobshite that he is, has either apparently missed or deliberately ignored.

I'll reserve full judgment until more comes to light but people already frothing at the mouth about the GAA "ripping off Mayo" are displaying a sense of entitlement that beggars belief. Whatever about the "trading in financial instruments" allegation, the centralisation of the debt solely to Central Council protects Mayo GAA from outside influence. They'll not be coming looking to force them to sell McHale Park the first time they fail to make payments, that's for sure.

Quote from: Saffron_sam20 on April 25, 2025, 01:17:20 PM

Quote from: thewobbler on April 25, 2025, 12:20:46 PMI don't read this as a scandal so much as the legal transfer of a debt (and its repayment) from one body to another.

GAA central council were right to take on the debt. Should that then mean it's Christmas Day for Mayo? I'm not sure to be honest. They're still assuming a risk. And need to be wary of precedents.

And this is me commenting as someone who truly despises the staffing bloat / civil service mentality that central and provincial councils have created over the past 20 years.

Is the issue not that mayo are still paying off the same debt even though the GAA bought it for 2.5m less (not sure of figures) so mayo people being fleeced

Being fleeced? Who paid UB the 2.5m to buy the debt in the first place? Just volunteers from Mayo, yeah?  ::)

First of three exclusives....*pulls up seat*

Seemed well dodgy at the start but Two hands does make some good points tbh

Galway and Ros got bailed out too.
Maybe if HQ had made expertise available at the start  to Co Boards undertaking big projects a lot of poor decisions could have been avoided.

Every Mayo Gael should be very glad that the GAA stepped in.

Every Gael in the rest of Ireland should be glad that this happened.

There is a lot of stuff Ewan just doesn't understand. Almost everything it seems. He has a good grasp of how to inject hyperbole into the mundane. But that's not a "talent" that sensible people appreciate.

It is a story that Mayo got themselves into such peril. But that's the only real story.

Quote from: Rossfan on April 25, 2025, 03:01:38 PMGalway and Ros got bailed out too.
Maybe if HQ had made expertise available at the start  to Co Boards undertaking big projects a lot of poor decisions could have been avoided.

In our case a local business man gave money. I don't think HQ bailed us out with any help on debt?

They helped Kildare too. But they also got us back on track in the longer term which costs less.

See the issue is that if the GAA didn't get involved and stood off, allowing vultures in, the same man would be SCATHING of the GAA.

Quote from: weareros on April 25, 2025, 05:14:42 PM

Quote from: Rossfan on April 25, 2025, 03:01:38 PMGalway and Ros got bailed out too.
Maybe if HQ had made expertise available at the start  to Co Boards undertaking big projects a lot of poor decisions could have been avoided.

In our case a local business man gave money. I don't think HQ bailed us out with any help on debt?

When the time was up to repay the businessman HQ paid off the 75% outstanding.
If I recall correctly we finally paid HQ off a few years ago.

Quote from: Captain Scarlet on April 25, 2025, 05:17:30 PMThey helped Kildare too. But they also got us back on track in the longer term which costs less.

See the issue is that if the GAA didn't get involved and stood off, allowing vultures in, the same man would be SCATHING of the GAA.

But in this case the GAA are the vulture fund.

So McHale Park is in danger of being sold?!
That's on the table if the GAA are a Vulture fund.

Quote from: RedHand88 on April 25, 2025, 06:53:14 PM

Quote from: Captain Scarlet on April 25, 2025, 05:17:30 PMThey helped Kildare too. But they also got us back on track in the longer term which costs less.

See the issue is that if the GAA didn't get involved and stood off, allowing vultures in, the same man would be SCATHING of the GAA.

But in this case the GAA are the vulture fund.

Snappy tabloid headline, true if they were pocketing the profits, but the distribution of it doesn't = vulture fund

Not the big wow! expose McKenna thought it was.
Most people wud hardly understand it... speaking for myself on that maybe!

Quote from: RedHand88 on April 25, 2025, 06:53:14 PM

Quote from: Captain Scarlet on April 25, 2025, 05:17:30 PMThey helped Kildare too. But they also got us back on track in the longer term which costs less.

See the issue is that if the GAA didn't get involved and stood off, allowing vultures in, the same man would be SCATHING of the GAA.

But in this case the GAA are the vulture fund.

Guaranteeing the debt from county boards that have over extended themselves. There's no one getting a big bankers bonus where they go and buy a yacht and holiday home on a European riviera.

The big exposé looks more like a 'damp squid'.

He's been "reading the Gaa forums"
Yous boys in trouble now

Quote from: weareros on April 25, 2025, 07:16:28 PM

Quote from: RedHand88 on April 25, 2025, 06:53:14 PM

Quote from: Captain Scarlet on April 25, 2025, 05:17:30 PMThey helped Kildare too. But they also got us back on track in the longer term which costs less.

See the issue is that if the GAA didn't get involved and stood off, allowing vultures in, the same man would be SCATHING of the GAA.

But in this case the GAA are the vulture fund.

Guaranteeing the debt from county boards that have over extended themselves. There's no one getting a big bankers bonus where they go and buy a yacht and holiday home on a European riviera.

But they're calling in more repayments than they're owed. They're screwing over one of their own county boards.

Quote from: Tubberman on April 25, 2025, 09:40:14 PM

Quote from: weareros on April 25, 2025, 07:16:28 PM

Quote from: RedHand88 on April 25, 2025, 06:53:14 PM

Quote from: Captain Scarlet on April 25, 2025, 05:17:30 PMThey helped Kildare too. But they also got us back on track in the longer term which costs less.

See the issue is that if the GAA didn't get involved and stood off, allowing vultures in, the same man would be SCATHING of the GAA.

But in this case the GAA are the vulture fund.

Guaranteeing the debt from county boards that have over extended themselves. There's no one getting a big bankers bonus where they go and buy a yacht and holiday home on a European riviera.

But they're calling in more repayments than they're owed. They're screwing over one of their own county boards.

Well that directly contradicts McKenna's story. He claims the amount that Mayo are to repay is exactly the amount to the debt that HQ bought. Well, plus the interest at the original agreed rate.

The amount that Mayo are being asked to repay is the amount they borrowed plus the interest they agreed. Anyone that thinks Mayo are being shafted doesn't understand shopping.

If the Gaa hadn't bought it , a spiv outfit would have and would have cranked the interest rate up to 10%/15% and more.

Gaa can't give Mayo a write down as it would be a green light to every county board to borrow money on overdraft and wait to be bailed out.

Central officers will have a fiduciary duty not piss the Gaa's money up the wall either.

This outcome is the best one for all parties, Mayo are effectively getting a subsidised interest rate versus the market, Gaa gets to hold financial discipline.

Quote from: Tubberman on April 25, 2025, 09:40:14 PM

Quote from: weareros on April 25, 2025, 07:16:28 PM

Quote from: RedHand88 on April 25, 2025, 06:53:14 PM

Quote from: Captain Scarlet on April 25, 2025, 05:17:30 PMThey helped Kildare too. But they also got us back on track in the longer term which costs less.

See the issue is that if the GAA didn't get involved and stood off, allowing vultures in, the same man would be SCATHING of the GAA.

But in this case the GAA are the vulture fund.

Guaranteeing the debt from county boards that have over extended themselves. There's no one getting a big bankers bonus where they go and buy a yacht and holiday home on a European riviera.

But they're calling in more repayments than they're owed. They're screwing over one of their own county boards.

They have spent about 2.5m euro of association money to prevent any vulture fund from being able to buy the debt.

Not Mayo money. Association money. You think they should do that and then write the rest of it off?

Quote from: BigGreenField on April 25, 2025, 10:21:33 PMe wall either.

This outcome is the best one for all parties, Mayo are effectively getting a subsidised interest rate versus the market, Gaa gets to hold financial discipline.

They'll also be able to negotiate and re-finance to their heart's content as required.

Still sounds like an incentive for county boards to lose the run of themselves. Certainly takes the risk out of it.

When do the GAA shout stop on this?

Quote from: RedHand88 on April 25, 2025, 06:53:14 PM

Quote from: Captain Scarlet on April 25, 2025, 05:17:30 PMThey helped Kildare too. But they also got us back on track in the longer term which costs less.

See the issue is that if the GAA didn't get involved and stood off, allowing vultures in, the same man would be SCATHING of the GAA.

But in this case the GAA are the vulture fund.

No. That's what Ewan wants you to think.

A loan is a loan. It's an agreement between two parties and everything is understood. Once you sign up the terms, you make the repayments. If you default, rules are in place for how it is handled. All in the contract.

If these financial mechanisms did not exist, the world we live in could not exist.

The purpose of a vulture fund is to maximise financial returns regardless of human cost. It's the separation of person from entity, and the entity will squeeze the person at every opportunity to enhance their profitability.

This is not what's happening here.

Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on April 25, 2025, 10:57:08 PMStill sounds like an incentive for county boards to lose the run of themselves. Certainly takes the risk out of it.

When do the GAA shout stop on this?

Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on April 25, 2025, 10:57:08 PMStill sounds like an incentive for county boards to lose the run of themselves. Certainly takes the risk out of it.

When do the GAA shout stop on this?

I'm really confused by how you're interpreting this.

I see that from the double quote.

Well, if the actual vultures are removed from the equation and the GAA are coming in like an easier option, then the risks (such as losing assets) are greatly reduced.
With this being the known process, county boards may be more willing to take risks.
Is that a good thing, seeing as the GAA just get the money off them anyway? I'm not so sure.
Where does it go if counties just renege on paying it back?
I get that it's within the GAA's interest to protect the county boards but to what end? They can't be covering everybody's arse.

Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on April 25, 2025, 11:13:32 PMI see that from the double quote.

Well, if the actual vultures are removed from the equation and the GAA are coming in like an easier option, then the risks (such as losing assets) are greatly reduced.
With this being the known process, county boards may be more willing to take risks.
Is that a good thing, seeing as the GAA just get the money off them anyway? I'm not so sure.
Where does it go if counties just renege on paying it back?
I get that it's within the GAA's interest to protect the county boards but to what end? They can't be covering everybody's arse.

How this came around - I believe - was an unusual set of circumstances whereby a lender exiting the Irish market, was having a bit of a firesale on risky loans within the jurisdiction.

And vulture funds - I believe - probably wouldn't be interested in taking on such a loan, as the negative PR they would face from squeezing a volunteer-led association, wouldn't be worth the effort.

But ultimately, Mayo are no directly better off than they were when dealing with RBS. They're a tad indirectly better off in that the parent organisation should have a little more cash to push around. But that'll be peanuts compared to their direct  outgoings.

So I'm not sure where the incentive is.

From what I'm reading, it seems Centrak Council have played this solid.

Quote from: BigGreenField on April 25, 2025, 10:21:33 PMIf the Gaa hadn't bought it , a spiv outfit would have and would have cranked the interest rate up to 10%/15% and more.

Gaa can't give Mayo a write down as it would be a green light to every county board to borrow money on overdraft and wait to be bailed out.

Central officers will have a fiduciary duty not piss the Gaa's money up the wall either.

This outcome is the best one for all parties, Mayo are effectively getting a subsidised interest rate versus the market, Gaa gets to hold financial discipline.

Quote from: gallsman on April 25, 2025, 10:30:31 PMThey'll also be able to negotiate and re-finance to their heart's content as required.

This paints a much prettier portrait.

Was the cockney looper O'Leary trying to rat out Mayo CB again?

We are off again on X.

Lots of screen shots re a trip Enda Kenny made in 2019.
It was some fundraiser and he got fancy flights, hotel, etc.

But not sure the key issue as it wasn't bankrolled by Mayo County Board...

Quote from: thewobbler on April 25, 2025, 11:37:20 PM

Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on April 25, 2025, 11:13:32 PMI see that from the double quote.

Well, if the actual vultures are removed from the equation and the GAA are coming in like an easier option, then the risks (such as losing assets) are greatly reduced.
With this being the known process, county boards may be more willing to take risks.
Is that a good thing, seeing as the GAA just get the money off them anyway? I'm not so sure.
Where does it go if counties just renege on paying it back?
I get that it's within the GAA's interest to protect the county boards but to what end? They can't be covering everybody's arse.

How this came around - I believe - was an unusual set of circumstances whereby a lender exiting the Irish market, was having a bit of a firesale on risky loans within the jurisdiction.

And vulture funds - I believe - probably wouldn't be interested in taking on such a loan, as the negative PR they would face from squeezing a volunteer-led association, wouldn't be worth the effort.

But ultimately, Mayo are no directly better off than they were when dealing with RBS. They're a tad indirectly better off in that the parent organisation should have a little more cash to push around. But that'll be peanuts compared to their direct  outgoings.

So I'm not sure where the incentive is.

From what I'm reading, it seems Centrak Council have played this solid.

If you think a US vulture fund gives a rashers what anyone thinks of them, I have some magic beans for sale.

The reality is McHale Park is an almost useless asset. There aren't a queue of sports teams in Castlebar that need a 28,000 seater stadium. Getting planning to level it would be almost impossible.

If Mayo CB welched on the debt, what do the fund do? Rent it back to them. But there is no way a county board can refuse to repay loans.

May not be the correct place but can someone give me a synopsis of Ewan McKenna v Mayo. I have no idea who he is or what this is about.  The reason I ask is that I'm confused by my Twitter timeline this evening.

McKenna seems to be threatening Mayo CB with legal action for attacking his credibility. On the assumption he's talking about potential defamation/libel proceedings I find the behaviour very strange. I know nothing about the situation so that's not a comment on who is in the right or wrong but it strikes me as odd that you are so concerned about your reputation that you publicly draw more attention to what you say is defaming/libelling you.

McKenna is a massive w**ker.

There's more than a touch of the Bryson's about Ewan. Shouts long and loud about topics he has little actual knowledge of.

As you can see from this thread his first GOTCHA SCOOP didn't get the traction, so now it's another bite with the Enda Kenny fundrasier trip to New York.

From the Times

Last week, O'Leary wrote to Jarlath Burns, president of the GAA, to outline his concerns about the Mayo county board's historical finances and set out some of the history of his own donations to the county. In his letter, he said that in May 2019 he had paid nearly $10,000 (€9,200) to send Kenny to New York for a fundraiser to coincide with the opening game in the Connacht championship

I don't even think it was an official Mayo GAA fundraiser? And no mention of how much was raised...

The usual MacKenna. High on ranting, low on facts.

He's even paying to promote his dirge on twitter.

I doubt it's him paying... TOT has deep pockets and deeper levels of resentment and vengeance

Quote from: p3427977 on May 16, 2025, 03:15:28 AMMcKenna is a massive w**ker.

I know I'm as guilty talking about him as the rest of us but the above should have been the first and last post of the thread... it covers everything!

So they must have tried all the real journalists first, then settled on Sports Gemma.

https://x.com/KCsixtyseven/status/1869405055092392062

Quote from: Dag Dog on May 20, 2025, 12:25:55 AMSo they must have tried all the real journalists first, then settled on Sports Gemma.

https://x.com/KCsixtyseven/status/1869405055092392062

;D

Fun & games 2nite at Mayo convention by the sounds of it. Probably not Ewan's doing but it's in his hinterland.

Gemma in meltdown this evening!!

Enjoyed the one about the 5 lads living in the warehouse in Dublin that's a bit mental!!!

Mayo GAA and Jarlath Burns condemn 'toxic' online campaign aimed at county board

Eavan Murray
Yesterday at 22:35
Mayo County Board, backed by GAA president Jarlath Burns, have denied claims of financial mismanagement and released a "snapshot" of threatening emails sent "incessantly" to board members.

Mayo chairman Seamus Tuohy said an online campaign was now "an adult safeguarding issue" and they could no longer ignore the relentless and targeted abuse.

GAA director-general Tom Ryan gave a presentation to delegates tonight which detailed the current and past financial situation of Mayo GAA.

Burns, meanwhile, condemned "toxic activity" targeted at Mayo GAA officers.

Following a vote Mayo delegates unanimously passed a motion condemning a campaign of abuse and intimidation and also a motion of confidence in all current officers of the county board.

Mayo secretary Ronan Kirrane read aloud a "snapshot" of the emails received by delegates. One email sent read: "In the next six months you will be publicly humiliated, probably lose your professional licence as a chartered accountant but worst of all your friends and family will turn their backs on you."

Another email said: "You are now the number 1 target. If we take you out – Mayo GAA will have a bright future."

Another said: "Please understand that I have serious intellectual and financial resources available to me to develop and sustain a campaign, and I am now fully committed to go all the way with this."

And another: "You need to understand that ignoring such offers comes with consequences. You and those like you who participate in corruption and/or cover up corruption will be exposed. And exposed in the most public manner."

Burns condemned the campaign that continues to be directed towards the officers of Mayo GAA by a small group of individuals. The county board confirmed it has reported the matter to An Garda Síochána and that it intends to seek legal advice on the matter in the next week.

"Mayo is a proud county with incredible GAA pedigree," Burns stated at the meeting. "It's a county that is respected by the entire GAA family across the island of Ireland. But without unity there can be no progression. The GAA has a duty of care to the officers in every club and county, not only under adult safeguarding policies, but also to promote and value the selfless work of the volunteers that make our Association what it is. This is what we are doing here in Westport.

"I've been very concerned about the threats, intimidation and toxic activity that has been directed against the officers, which is bound to have a negative impact on all aspects of the administration of Mayo GAA. It's now time for this to stop," Burns said.

Tuohy said the volunteers who make the GAA what it is must be protected.

"Fundamentally, this is an adult safeguarding issue – something we take extremely seriously in the GAA. There is no world in which it is acceptable to direct a campaign of harassment and abuse at individuals who volunteer their own time to serve this association," he stated.

"The GAA is built upon the support and commitment of volunteers up and down the country. If we allow our officers to be subjected to the levels of abuse and harassment that officers of Mayo County Board have had to endure over the past year, then there will be no GAA in the future," Tuohy said.

Ryan gave a detailed presentation to the meeting, which outlined how Croke Park acquired a €5m bank loan in 2015 relating to Mayo GAA.

Under the terms of the agreement, the GAA secured a €1m reduction in the capital value of Mayo GAA's loan, extended the repayment schedule to 29 years and reduced the loan interest rate from 3.2pc to 1.9pc.

This arrangement helped reduce Mayo GAA's monthly loan repayments from more than €46,000 per month down to €34,000 per month – a change that resulted in a cash saving of €150,000 per annum for Mayo GAA.

This renegotiated loan arrangement greatly improved the county board's cash flows and helped direct more funding towards the preparation of county teams each year.

Ryan outlined to club delegates how the loan arrangement has been reorganised further in recent years, with the loan term extended out to 32 years and repayments reduced further to €25,000 per month.

In total, the new loan arrangement has saved Mayo GAA over €100,000 in loan repayments to date.

The figures outlining these reductions in loan repayments and the amortisation of the loan have been fully disclosed in the accounts of Mayo GAA for the past several years, the meeting heard.

Meanwhile, the Irish Independent contacted a vocal critic of the Mayo County Board and put a number of the claims made at the meeting to him, including the contents of several emails.

The person said: "As you can appreciate this comes across as a very threatening email. I strongly refute all such allegations. My legal team in London will deal with the individuals who clearly have directed you to me."

Ewan and the cockney banker in full Gemma mode  ;D

Awful stuff.

Without naming names are these people high up in GAA circles in Mayo, linked to the county board previously or completely outside of that?

Quote from: Armamike on May 27, 2025, 12:04:08 PMWithout naming names are these people high up in GAA circles in Mayo, linked to the county board previously or completely outside of that?

I think it's fairly public domain at this stage that one was a big financial backer from England, eager to help them win Sam during the Horan era. Things turned sour when he asked how his money was being spent and supposedly they sent receipts that included expenses on bananas and new blinds for the county board office -Ewan has that question in his letter to Mayo County Board. They also accidentally cc'd him on correspondence where they called him a donkey, and compounded matters by playing Brendan Shine's "Shoe the Donkey" over the Tanoy during a game he attended. I think he was sent an apology for that. Don't think Martin MacDonagh could have written the script on this one.

So to sum up, the allegation is a moneybags funded a county, the money wasn't spent where he wanted it, so he has orchastrated a campaign against the county board and individuals within, having co-opted an unemployed sports journalist to do his dirty work. Some of the dirt dug up is legitimate, most is madness.

What can Mayo CB or Croke Park do here?

Seem to really hit a nerve for Ewan when his name wasn't mentioned in that meeting last night instead called a group of abusive toxic individuals  :D

Here if he donating to the county board it's up to them to sort it allocation. Not be dicated to by a sponsor.Esoecially one dropping the shorts on national tv. Don't seee much of a Mayo man in him more a hanger on.

Quote from: Wildweasel74 on May 27, 2025, 04:07:03 PMHere if he donating to the county board it's up to them to sort it allocation. Not be dicated to by a sponsor.Esoecially one dropping the shorts on national tv. Don't seee much of a Mayo man in him more a hanger on.

The London trader types are usually dysfunctional people. Sociopathic, arrogant and egotistical. They might be successful at the financials but are horrible people to deal with.

Quote from: Wildweasel74 on May 27, 2025, 04:07:03 PMHere if he donating to the county board it's up to them to sort it allocation. Not be dicated to by a sponsor.Esoecially one dropping the shorts on national tv. Don't seee much of a Mayo man in him more a hanger on.

He seems to have believed his 'investment' was equity, like buying into a soccer or rugby club. He seems to have expected seats on the board and a say.

Should this not have been very clear the first time they met?

Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on May 28, 2025, 12:25:14 AM

Quote from: Wildweasel74 on May 27, 2025, 04:07:03 PMHere if he donating to the county board it's up to them to sort it allocation. Not be dicated to by a sponsor.Esoecially one dropping the shorts on national tv. Don't seee much of a Mayo man in him more a hanger on.

He seems to have believed his 'investment' was equity, like buying into a soccer or rugby club. He seems to have expected seats on the board and a say.

Should this not have been very clear the first time they met?

Agreed, you are spot on regards this "sponsorship" with one sided assumed strings attached. 

QuoteUnder the terms of the agreement, the GAA secured a €1m reduction in the capital value of Mayo GAA's loan, extended the repayment schedule to 29 years and reduced the loan interest rate from 3.2pc to 1.9pc.

This arrangement helped reduce Mayo GAA's monthly loan repayments from more than €46,000 per month down to €34,000 per month – a change that resulted in a cash saving of €150,000 per annum for Mayo GAA.

This renegotiated loan arrangement greatly improved the county board's cash flows and helped direct more funding towards the preparation of county teams each year.

Ryan outlined to club delegates how the loan arrangement has been reorganised further in recent years, with the loan term extended out to 32 years and repayments reduced further to €25,000 per month.

In total, the new loan arrangement has saved Mayo GAA over €100,000 in loan repayments to date.

Yeah, sounds like the big, bad GAA is rightly screwing the poor Gaels of the West. Embarrassing reaction from some people here to a story evidently shockingly reported by a professional (and incompetent) contrarian.

Wouldn't have much time for Mc Kenna and some of his crackpot theories, or his banker mate, but not sure this is totally a case of "nothing to see here". Think this story could reveal more yet.

QuoteWouldn't have much time for Mc Kenna and some of his crackpot theories, or his banker mate, but not sure this is totally a case of "nothing to see here". Think this story could reveal more yet.

Go on, tell us then?

😂😂 not a sinner in Ireland has asked Gemma for his opinion!!

For the uneducated.... Why do you call him Gemma??

Gemma O'Doherty wannabe, I imagine.

Ah, thanks. Vaguely aware of who she is but avoid reading much as just appears another online nutter. McKenna doesn't come across as a very stable individual - waste of airtime too.

There's a few more online who have earned the Gemma moniker. Some I've seen include Tech Gemma and Restaurant Gemma.

Quote from: weareros on May 28, 2025, 10:01:09 PMThere's a few more online who have earned the Gemma moniker. Some I've seen include Tech Gemma and Restaurant Gemma.

Who is Restaurant Gemma?
I know Elon Musk is Space Gemma ;D

Quote from: Dag Dog on May 28, 2025, 10:14:31 PM

Quote from: weareros on May 28, 2025, 10:01:09 PMThere's a few more online who have earned the Gemma moniker. Some I've seen include Tech Gemma and Restaurant Gemma.

Who is Restaurant Gemma?
I know Elon Musk is Space Gemma ;D

This lad:
https://x.com/paultreyvaud/status/1900245509136150866?s=46&t=upCstAqzkTQY5JtOIziaYg

Quote from: weareros on May 28, 2025, 10:49:51 PM

Quote from: Dag Dog on May 28, 2025, 10:14:31 PM

Quote from: weareros on May 28, 2025, 10:01:09 PMThere's a few more online who have earned the Gemma moniker. Some I've seen include Tech Gemma and Restaurant Gemma.

Who is Restaurant Gemma?
I know Elon Musk is Space Gemma ;D

This lad:
https://x.com/paultreyvaud/status/1900245509136150866?s=46&t=upCstAqzkTQY5JtOIziaYg

Before social media these Gemmas were the fellas who sat on their own in the pub because everyone was avoiding them.

I'd imagine Ewan isn't in a position to turn down paid "work", and this guy is paying him to be the PR voice for his campaign.
He's best ignored so as not to give value to the "employment".
This guy is toxic, hopefully this comes to an end soon.

So he complained that there was no GAA on RTE over the weekend but RTE showed the other semi final in that rugby thing.

Problem is TG4 showed the rugby.

Sums him up. Nearly had a good point.

There not a minor munster hurling semi/ final on tg4 sat past?, not rte I suppose!

Quote from: Wildweasel74 on June 17, 2025, 10:56:29 PMThere not a minor munster hurling semi/ final on tg4 sat past?, not rte I suppose!

Don't be bringing facts into it.

Quote from: p3427977 on May 16, 2025, 03:15:28 AMMcKenna is a massive w**ker.

Agreed this post about sums it all up in a nutshell!

We have no cutting edge Journalists left anymore. They are all afraid of going against any Narrative and being cancelled. 
McKenna is all over the place - But at least he speaks his mind.

Quote from: From the Bunker on June 18, 2025, 02:53:22 PMWe have no cutting edge Journalists left anymore. They are all afraid of going against any Narrative and being cancelled. 
McKenna is all over the place - But at least he speaks his mind.

That's not a thing. Complaining that RTE showed x when they hadn't is just lazy.

Quote from: From the Bunker on June 18, 2025, 02:53:22 PMWe have no cutting edge Journalists left anymore. They are all afraid of going against any Narrative and being cancelled. 
McKenna is all over the place - But at least he speaks his mind.

This f**king nonsense. Any stupid **** can "speak their mind". Doesn't mean they've anything to say.

Quote from: gallsman on June 18, 2025, 03:16:01 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on June 18, 2025, 02:53:22 PMWe have no cutting edge Journalists left anymore. They are all afraid of going against any Narrative and being cancelled. 
McKenna is all over the place - But at least he speaks his mind.

This f**king nonsense. Any stupid **** can "speak their mind". Doesn't mean they've anything to say.

It also means that they may have something to say and are not afraid of the consequences.
We badly need these sort of Journalists - whether we agree or not with them.

Quote from: From the Bunker on June 22, 2025, 08:46:14 PM

Quote from: gallsman on June 18, 2025, 03:16:01 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on June 18, 2025, 02:53:22 PMWe have no cutting edge Journalists left anymore. They are all afraid of going against any Narrative and being cancelled. 
McKenna is all over the place - But at least he speaks his mind.

This f**king nonsense. Any stupid **** can "speak their mind". Doesn't mean they've anything to say.

It also means that they may have something to say and are not afraid of the consequences.
We badly need these sort of Journalists - whether we agree or not with them.

Ewan McKenna is one journalist we absolutely don't need.

Quote from: From the Bunker on June 22, 2025, 08:46:14 PM

Quote from: gallsman on June 18, 2025, 03:16:01 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on June 18, 2025, 02:53:22 PMWe have no cutting edge Journalists left anymore. They are all afraid of going against any Narrative and being cancelled. 
McKenna is all over the place - But at least he speaks his mind.

This f**king nonsense. Any stupid **** can "speak their mind". Doesn't mean they've anything to say.

It also means that they may have something to say and are not afraid of the consequences.
We badly need these sort of Journalists - whether we agree or not with them.

MacKenna really, really, desires the status of being the 'only one that speaks his mind and isn't afraid to stand up to the man'. Obviously a healthy society needs people like that generally speaking, but Ewan MacKenna is not that person. He doesn't have the talent or temperament. He's just a crank with clear mental health issues. A pitiful figure really.

Quote from: DeasBéalFeirste on June 23, 2025, 07:19:14 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on June 22, 2025, 08:46:14 PM

Quote from: gallsman on June 18, 2025, 03:16:01 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on June 18, 2025, 02:53:22 PMWe have no cutting edge Journalists left anymore. They are all afraid of going against any Narrative and being cancelled. 
McKenna is all over the place - But at least he speaks his mind.

This f**king nonsense. Any stupid **** can "speak their mind". Doesn't mean they've anything to say.

It also means that they may have something to say and are not afraid of the consequences.
We badly need these sort of Journalists - whether we agree or not with them.

MacKenna really, really, desires the status of being the 'only one that speaks his mind and isn't afraid to stand up to the man'. Obviously a healthy society needs people like that generally speaking, but Ewan MacKenna is not that person. He doesn't have the talent or temperament. He's just a crank with clear mental health issues. A pitiful figure really.

Even at the micro level. We all agree that the tv/streaming situation for Gaelic games is far from ideal. So if you have to make shit up to bolster that simple argument you are into flake territory.

Quote from: gallsman on June 18, 2025, 03:16:01 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on June 18, 2025, 02:53:22 PMWe have no cutting edge Journalists left anymore. They are all afraid of going against any Narrative and being cancelled. 
McKenna is all over the place - But at least he speaks his mind.

This f**king nonsense. Any stupid **** can "speak their mind". Doesn't mean they've anything to say.

Agree. Look regardless of anyone's political views or opinions, he went after Evanne ni chuilinn when she went into senate. Saying realy horrible stuff and when I pointed out her work in adoption (she's adopted) and did a doc on it. Her ivf journey (she wrote about it ) her writing a children book on gaa, and her work in keeping girls involved in sports he actually said she hadn't done any of that. So speaking your mind is grand but speaking bullshit and total untruth is an entirely different thing. As I say he could have had problems with her appointment in so many areas but he chose those that weren't based on facts or even reality.

Quote from: Dunneroyal on July 09, 2025, 07:56:52 AM

Quote from: gallsman on June 18, 2025, 03:16:01 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on June 18, 2025, 02:53:22 PMWe have no cutting edge Journalists left anymore. They are all afraid of going against any Narrative and being cancelled. 
McKenna is all over the place - But at least he speaks his mind.

This f**king nonsense. Any stupid **** can "speak their mind". Doesn't mean they've anything to say.

Agree. Look regardless of anyone's political views or opinions, he went after Evanne ni chuilinn when she went into senate. Saying realy horrible stuff and when I pointed out her work in adoption (she's adopted) and did a doc on it. Her ivf journey (she wrote about it ) her writing a children book on gaa, and her work in keeping girls involved in sports he actually said she hadn't done any of that. So speaking your mind is grand but speaking bullshit and total untruth is an entirely different thing. As I say he could have had problems with her appointment in so many areas but he chose those that weren't based on facts or even reality.

Quote from: Dunneroyal on July 09, 2025, 07:56:52 AM

Quote from: gallsman on June 18, 2025, 03:16:01 PM

Quote from: From the Bunker on June 18, 2025, 02:53:22 PMWe have no cutting edge Journalists left anymore. They are all afraid of going against any Narrative and being cancelled. 
McKenna is all over the place - But at least he speaks his mind.

This f**king nonsense. Any stupid **** can "speak their mind". Doesn't mean they've anything to say.

Agree. Look regardless of anyone's political views or opinions, he went after Evanne ni chuilinn when she went into senate. Saying realy horrible stuff and when I pointed out her work in adoption (she's adopted) and did a doc on it. Her ivf journey (she wrote about it ) her writing a children book on gaa, and her work in keeping girls involved in sports he actually said she hadn't done any of that. So speaking your mind is grand but speaking bullshit and total untruth is an entirely different thing. As I say he could have had problems with her appointment in so many areas but he chose those that weren't based on facts or even reality.

Yeah -agreed! There has to be a filter sometimes. The problem with modern Journalism is the filter is just to high.

He tweeted this two years ago and It's gone full circle for Ewan today.

(https://i.ibb.co/FqmTvsKb/Screenshot-20250712-161415-Chrome.jpg) (https://ibb.co/rfFrPbmG)

He's also curious as to why us Nordies get offended with the bonfires

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 12, 2025, 04:52:19 PMHe's also curious as to why us Nordies get offended with the bonfires

Contrarian seeks attention.

Quote from: Banks of the Bann on July 12, 2025, 06:09:34 PM

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 12, 2025, 04:52:19 PMHe's also curious as to why us Nordies get offended with the bonfires

Contrarian seeks attention.

Becoming too predictable

Contrarians start contradicting themselves.
It's always about the hot take rather than a consistent view.

Quote from: Fogarty on July 12, 2025, 07:10:25 PMContrarians start contradicting themselves.
It's always about the hot take rather than a consistent view.

The only man that has maintained his stances over the years is Paul Kimmage, but he's done it by realising he got his W on the Lance Armstrong scenario and offers few opinions / nails his colours to the mast anymore - bar calling people cheats /c***ts or whatever.

Quote from: bennydorano on July 12, 2025, 07:22:27 PM

Quote from: Fogarty on July 12, 2025, 07:10:25 PMContrarians start contradicting themselves.
It's always about the hot take rather than a consistent view.

The only man that has maintained his stances over the years is Paul Kimmage, but he's done it by realising he got his W on the Lance Armstrong scenario and offers few opinions / nails his colours to the mast anymore - bar calling people cheats /c***ts or whatever.

Calling Kimmage a journalist is pushing it these days. His articles are just a transcript (with PK: and XX: denoting who's speaking) of conversations with him fcking and blinding as if that makes it hard hitting and more honest.

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 12, 2025, 04:52:19 PMHe's also curious as to why us Nordies get offended with the bonfires

Let's be honest, do any northern nationalist/ republicanas really give an eff what they put on their bonfires? They are on the way out, to be pitied more than anything. Nobody I know honestly cares what they do

Quote from: Saffron_sam20 on July 12, 2025, 09:34:43 PM

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 12, 2025, 04:52:19 PMHe's also curious as to why us Nordies get offended with the bonfires

Let's be honest, do any northern nationalist/ republicanas really give an eff what they put on their bonfires? They are on the way out, to be pitied more than anything. Nobody I know honestly cares what they do

I'd say most people down south are confused as to why the bonfires that have insulting effigies or are dangerously tall, aren't just banned I.e. tell the organisers they have X days to take them down.
I realise that's far too simplistic, but it really shouldn't be.

I think this is the best description of the bonfires you will find  ;D

Trying to explain loyalist "bonfires" in the north of Ireland to an American (https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL7wn8poV5m/?igsh=MTFnemgyaG53OWw2aw%3D%3D)

Quote from: Tubberman on July 12, 2025, 07:37:08 PM

Quote from: bennydorano on July 12, 2025, 07:22:27 PM

Quote from: Fogarty on July 12, 2025, 07:10:25 PMContrarians start contradicting themselves.
It's always about the hot take rather than a consistent view.

The only man that has maintained his stances over the years is Paul Kimmage, but he's done it by realising he got his W on the Lance Armstrong scenario and offers few opinions / nails his colours to the mast anymore - bar calling people cheats /c***ts or whatever.

Calling Kimmage a journalist is pushing it these days. His articles are just a transcript (with PK: and XX: denoting who's speaking) of conversations with him fcking and blinding as if that makes it hard hitting and more honest.

Fair play to Kimmage. He has managed to make a career out of two hobby horses...They're all on drugs...and...It's a huge weekend for Rory McIlroy.

Quote from: Joeythelips on July 13, 2025, 12:03:04 AMI think this is the best description of the bonfires you will find  ;D

Trying to explain loyalist "bonfires" in the north of Ireland to an American (https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL7wn8poV5m/?igsh=MTFnemgyaG53OWw2aw%3D%3D)

I wonder if Sinn Fein could use environmental laws to go after the bonfires?

Basically play up the green angle and say they need to be limited because of how polluting and damaging they are to the environment?

Safety concerns for people at the bonfires and surrounding houses as well as environmental issues are things anyone should go after (in a normal society). Shouldn't matter if sf or not. In reality they should be let do their thing but in a safe and environmentally friendly manner. (A lack of sectarianness would help but not going to happen).

Sectarianess is the whole point of course.

Yeah. It's not feasible to take the whole thing away though.

Quote from: twohands!!! on July 13, 2025, 11:11:53 AMI wonder if Sinn Fein could use environmental laws to go after the bonfires?

Basically play up the green angle and say they need to be limited because of how polluting and damaging they are to the environment?

The "green angle" is precisely the reason anyone should "go after" the bonfires.

The fact you're suggesting they should "play up" the environmental disasters that are the bonfires to achieve another political goal only serves to fuel the narrative that nationalists are determined to attack and eliminate the culture of the other side and are underhanded enough to do it under the guise of something else.

Hardly can do that, when they are particular shy of solutions to clean up our rivers.

Only our rivers run free...but not from slurry and potassium nitrate

Rather than waiting until these bonfires are fully built and then talking about dismantling them - surely the authorities can step in earlier and stop them being built. They're not mushrooms, they don't just appear over night. The logistics of getting that many pallets delivered to a city location must be quite an operation. Or are the "authorities" not really interested in stopping them.

If I had the extra means and time Id be the one supplying the pallets.

Only Id dope them with fire retardant, let them build a giant bonfire then watch them struggle to get it lit.

Would be very amusing at least.

Ewan announces on Twitter he has cancer. I wish him the best

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on August 05, 2025, 07:52:59 PMEwan announces on Twitter he has cancer. I wish him the best

Just saw that. Desperate. He said in a reply that he could be in trouble too.

Aye didn't like the sound of that bit

As annoying as he is, hope he recovers.

Lads who is this loon Kieran Kelly?
Doesn't live in the country either. Should be sued.

https://x.com/CaptainKieran1/status/1968030605209375100

Quote from: Dun Eile on September 17, 2025, 09:23:00 PMLads who is this loon Kieran Kelly?
Doesn't live in the country either. Should be sued.

https://x.com/CaptainKieran1/status/1968030605209375100

Subject of discussion on the Race for the Aras 2025 thread. He's a maggot.

Quote from: Dun Eile on September 17, 2025, 09:23:00 PMLads who is this loon Kieran Kelly?
Doesn't live in the country either. Should be sued.

https://x.com/CaptainKieran1/status/1968030605209375100

Popcorn out. He'd want to have some sort of proof with all the shit he's coming out with.

Quote from: Armagh18 on September 17, 2025, 11:04:24 PM

Quote from: Dun Eile on September 17, 2025, 09:23:00 PMLads who is this loon Kieran Kelly?
Doesn't live in the country either. Should be sued.

https://x.com/CaptainKieran1/status/1968030605209375100

Popcorn out. He'd want to have some sort of proof with all the shit he's coming out with.

A right **** by the looks for it.

Ewan on the warpath again, this time against Declan Ganley. Ganley threatening defamation proceedings.

Get them both in a room and drop a nice big bomb on it. Everyone else wins.

is this honestly where we are at?

Good one!

I think he's sound on twitter.