A "shared future" ? Sinn Fein Lord mayor refuses to present award to Army cadet

[dillinger]

a member of an army that has terrorised this place for years. 

A 14 year old girl? Don't think she has done much in the way of terrorising. He was it seems doing a good job untill this. He was wrong, no excuses.

[muppet]

There's a raghead over there - go get'm tiger.

go get'm Lager.

[Minder]

Bit surprised at him, he had been coming out with all the usual sound bites and bullshit that the media here seem to love, why didn't he just suck it up and present the award and there wouldn't have been a word about it. I would say he has received some bad advice and will rightly take a fair bit of heat for it.

[Forever Green]

a member of an army that has terrorised this place for years. 

A 14 year old girl? Don't think she has done much in the way of terrorising. He was it seems doing a good job untill this. He was wrong, no excuses.

She is a  still a member of the British Army who are responsible for terrorising this country and whose country continue to occupy it. Why should he be giving an award to the army that a lot of his colleagues fought against?

[Maguire01]

a member of an army that has terrorised this place for years. 

A 14 year old girl? Don't think she has done much in the way of terrorising. He was it seems doing a good job untill this. He was wrong, no excuses.

She is a  still a member of the British Army who are responsible for terrorising this country and whose country continue to occupy it. Why should he be giving an award to the army that a lot of his colleagues fought against?

Why then was he giving out DoE awards at all? Where is this line drawn?

And as Mayor, does he not have a responsibility to all the people of the city? You know, the way the Mayor of Cashel did earlier in the year?

[Minder]

a member of an army that has terrorised this place for years. 

A 14 year old girl? Don't think she has done much in the way of terrorising. He was it seems doing a good job untill this. He was wrong, no excuses.

She is a  still a member of the British Army who are responsible for terrorising this country and whose country continue to occupy it. Why should he be giving an award to the army that a lot of his colleagues fought against?

What about Rev David Latimer, the former British Army chaplain that was lauded at the Ard Fheis? Surely he should have been run out of the place too?

[Maguire01]

You just beat me to it Minder.



So Latimer's fine, but a 14 year old girl isn't?

[sammymaguire]

Much ado about nothing 

[Forever Green]

No, Latimers not fine. As I already said, I am no lover of Sinn Fein and the path they have taken. It is hypocritical of them. I am sure a lot of Republicans would have been unhappy if a Sinn Fein member was handing out awards to the same army that have committed horrendous crimes in this country, who they fought against and I ask again why should he give an award to the army that have committed these crimes? Doesn't matter a f**k what age she is, she is still part of that army

[Eamonnca1]

No, Latimers not fine. As I already said, I am no lover of Sinn Fein and the path they have taken. It is hypocritical of them. I am sure a lot of Republicans would have been unhappy if a Sinn Fein member was handing out awards to the same army that have committed horrendous crimes in this country, who they fought against and I ask again why should he give an award to the army that have committed these crimes? Doesn't matter a f**k what age she is, she is still part of that army

Wa? You'd have preferred it if he did present the award?

[Orior]

1. Has any GAA Board members got a Duke Duke Duke Duke of Earl Earl Earl Duke of Edinburgh award?

2. What is the Irish equivalent of the Duke's award?

[Forever Green]

No, Latimers not fine. As I already said, I am no lover of Sinn Fein and the path they have taken. It is hypocritical of them. I am sure a lot of Republicans would have been unhappy if a Sinn Fein member was handing out awards to the same army that have committed horrendous crimes in this country, who they fought against and I ask again why should he give an award to the army that have committed these crimes? Doesn't matter a f**k what age she is, she is still part of that army

Wa? You'd have preferred it if he did present the award?

Na, maybe came across wrong that. I am saying that it is kinda hypocritical for them to hand out awards but then they had David Latimer at the Ard Fheis a few months back. That is todays Sinn Fein though

[Trout]

Saw this on Slugger, sums it up.

"So this "Irish republican" has no problems working for the Crown and handing out Duke of Edinburg awards but when it comes to handing a certificate to a wee girl in a uniform suddenly that is a bridge too far!?
This whole thing is farcical and, quite frankly, amusing in a sad sort of way. The mental gymnastics that these so called 'Irish republicans' go through to convince themselves and/or their supporters that they didn't accept defeat and are still true to some mystical ideal of Irish freedom get harder and harder to take with a straight face."

[EC Unique]

There's a raghead over there - go get'm tiger.

The Taliban must be shitting themselves if that's what's coming down the line

Lol. The milky bar kid for the front line!

[Armaghgeddon]

There's a raghead over there - go get'm tiger.

If he had a 16x scope he would no longer need those glasses and would look a little bit more intimidating.