Northern Ireland Thread

We all have sides here about everything though. In Ballymena even the burger king and the mcdonalds are divided on racial lines. It's just the way of things.

Which is which? I've been in the McDonalds in Ballymena. Don't want to have been forced into eating Fenian meat. On the other hand it was full of screaming retards. Not sure what to think now.
 
Which is which? I've been in the McDonalds in Ballymena. Don't want to have been forced into eating Fenian meat. On the other hand it was full of screaming retards. Not sure what to think now.

No surprise that it was the mcdonalds you were in anyway... (joking).

The mcdonalds is at the bottom of the town (unionist) and the burger king is near the top (nationalist).

I've seen people have serious, heated arguments over the pair of them.
 
No surprise that it was the mcdonalds you were in anyway... (joking).

The mcdonalds is at the bottom of the town (unionist) and the burger king is near the top (nationalist).

I've seen people have serious, heated arguments over the pair of them.

Thank God for that. I almost booked an appointment to get some jabs. That McDonalds is possibly the worst place on Earth though. The bacteria were more intelligent than the patrons.
 
No surprise that it was the mcdonalds you were in anyway... (joking).

The mcdonalds is at the bottom of the town (unionist) and the burger king is near the top (nationalist).

I've seen people have serious, heated arguments over the pair of them.
given the Northern Ireland logic you probably risked a kicking if a McDonald's eater spotted someone eating a burger king or vise versa

what a sad shithole Northern Ireland can be....
 
The rumour mill has it that there will be 'massive' protests tomorrow with 'every' road blocked.

I laughed when I heard this, considering they can't block the outside of the Alliance party office, but Friday night, bit of drink in them, maybe they will get the numbers.

I walked home that way today, was tempted to have a go at some them, but I have a feeling I'd have better luck talking to the fleg. Plus I know of someone arrested for drunkenly taking the piss out of them.
 
They are calling it "Operation Standstill"

you can only imagine the objective
 
given the Northern Ireland logic you probably risked a kicking if a McDonald's eater spotted someone eating a burger king or vise versa

what a sad shithole Northern Ireland can be....

It is pretty mental at times.

The rumour mill has it that there will be 'massive' protests tomorrow with 'every' road blocked.

Which means that the short strand will be attacked again. For the thousandth time.
 
So this is for the benifit of all my friends who are confused or alarmed by the recent images being broadcast around the world, given that we are now 15 years into the peace process..

The capital of Ireland is Dublin . It has a population of a million people, all of whom will be shopping in Newry this afternoon. They travel to Newry because it is in the North, which is not part of Ireland, but still pay in Euros.

Under the Irish constitution, the North used to be in Ireland , but a successful 30-year campaign of violence for Irish unity ensured that it is now definitely in the UK. Had the campaign lasted any longer the North might now be in France.

Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland . It has a population of half a million, half of whom own houses in Donegal. Donegal is in the north but not in the North. It is in the South. No, not the south, the South.

There are two parliaments in Ireland . The Dublin parliament is called the Dáil, (pronounced "Doyle"), an Irish word meaning a place where banks receive taxpayers' money. The one in Belfast is called Stormont, an Anglo-Saxon word meaning 'placebo', or deliberately ineffective drug.

Their respective jurisdictions are defined by the border, an imaginary line on the map to show fuel launderers where to dump their chemical waste and bi-products. Protestants are in favour of the border, which generates millions of pounds in smuggling for Catholics, who are totally opposed to it. Travel between the two states is complicated because Ireland is the only country in the world with two M1 motorways. The one in the North goes west to avoid the south and the one in the South goes north to avoid the price of drink!

We have two types of democracy in Ireland . Dublin democracy works by holding a referendum and then allowing the government to judge the result. If the government thinks the result is wrong, the referendum is held again. Twice in recent years the government decided the people's choice was wrong and ordered a new referendum. Belfast democracy works differently. It has a parliament with no opposition, so the government is always right. This system generates envy in many world capitals, especially Dublin .

Ireland has three economies - northern, southern and black. Only the black economy is in the black. The other two are in the red.

All versions of the IRA claim to be the real IRA but only one of them is the Real IRA. The North's biggest industry is the production of IRAs. Consequently, we now have the Provisional, Continuity and Real IRA. The Real IRA is by far the most popular among young graffiti writers simply because it is the easiest to spell.

I trust this clarifies things and has answered many previously unanswered questions for you
 
So this is for the benifit of all my friends who are confused or alarmed by the recent images being broadcast around the world, given that we are now 15 years into the peace process..

The capital of Ireland is Dublin . It has a population of a million people, all of whom will be shopping in Newry this afternoon. They travel to Newry because it is in the North, which is not part of Ireland, but still pay in Euros.

Under the Irish constitution, the North used to be in Ireland , but a successful 30-year campaign of violence for Irish unity ensured that it is now definitely in the UK. Had the campaign lasted any longer the North might now be in France.

Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland . It has a population of half a million, half of whom own houses in Donegal. Donegal is in the north but not in the North. It is in the South. No, not the south, the South.

There are two parliaments in Ireland . The Dublin parliament is called the Dáil, (pronounced "Doyle"), an Irish word meaning a place where banks receive taxpayers' money. The one in Belfast is called Stormont, an Anglo-Saxon word meaning 'placebo', or deliberately ineffective drug.

Their respective jurisdictions are defined by the border, an imaginary line on the map to show fuel launderers where to dump their chemical waste and bi-products. Protestants are in favour of the border, which generates millions of pounds in smuggling for Catholics, who are totally opposed to it. Travel between the two states is complicated because Ireland is the only country in the world with two M1 motorways. The one in the North goes west to avoid the south and the one in the South goes north to avoid the price of drink!

We have two types of democracy in Ireland . Dublin democracy works by holding a referendum and then allowing the government to judge the result. If the government thinks the result is wrong, the referendum is held again. Twice in recent years the government decided the people's choice was wrong and ordered a new referendum. Belfast democracy works differently. It has a parliament with no opposition, so the government is always right. This system generates envy in many world capitals, especially Dublin .

Ireland has three economies - northern, southern and black. Only the black economy is in the black. The other two are in the red.

All versions of the IRA claim to be the real IRA but only one of them is the Real IRA. The North's biggest industry is the production of IRAs. Consequently, we now have the Provisional, Continuity and Real IRA. The Real IRA is by far the most popular among young graffiti writers simply because it is the easiest to spell.

I trust this clarifies things and has answered many previously unanswered questions for you
Get with the times.
 
Donegal is in the north but not in the North. It is in the South. No, not the south, the South.

:lol: that must be hard to understand alright for those not familiar.

Dublin democracy works by holding a referendum and then allowing the government to judge the result. If the government thinks the result is wrong, the referendum is held again. Twice in recent years the government decided the people's choice was wrong and ordered a new referendum.

Sad but true

The Real IRA is by far the most popular among young graffiti writers simply because it is the easiest to spell.

:lol: reminds me of the graffiti I saw in Cork years back "Brist Out!"
 
How am I denigrating it? If people want to learn it then they can knock themselves out. I'm stating a fact that hardly anyone currently speaks it and the road signs are needless when people don't need it to be in Irish to understand it. Now kindly go find that traffic to play with.

The language is spoken by more people nowadays than it has been at any time since the mid 1800's.
 
"It's not a war, it's a very naughty Boyne" is probably the best I've seen.

Or that story line years and years ago where Mo from Eastenders got put in jail for battering Trevor with the iron.

"Free little Mo"

Random as feck and hilarious.
 
Just past City Hall on my way to the Bank from work.

I past 4 international TV crews, Belfast is dead this morning - real sense that something is brewing and if rumours are to be believed the PSNI will be stretched all over the city after 4pm today.

The City Hall has 5 Flag poles on top of the Building, the main one and 4 along the front - could the Union Flag not be flown off one of the 4 secondary flag poles? Could the Flag of St Patrick which is incorporated in the Union Flag and seen as cross community be flown?
 
Something else needs to be done to resolve this whole issue because neither side will back down -the protesters or the councillors, and it will just rumble on and potentially get worse. I get people standing up for what they believe in, but the cnuts that just riot and wreck areas for their own enjoyment are disgraceful.

I'm just getting fed up with the whole thing, I feel like taking my dogs and getting the hell out of the city, somewhere in the country where it's nice and peaceful.
 
Something else needs to be done to resolve this whole issue because neither side will back down -the protesters or the councillors, and it will just rumble on and potentially get worse. I get people standing up for what they believe in, but the cnuts that just riot and wreck areas for their own enjoyment are disgraceful.

I'm just getting fed up with the whole thing, I feel like taking my dogs and getting the hell out of the city, somewhere in the country where it's nice and peaceful.

Sligo??
 
It would resolve it .... for now.

I long term I don't think so, it sets a bad example it basically throws us back 14 years and that policy can be dictated and the end of a gun.
 

I'd still like to remain in my own country :smirk:

But not amongst all this shite. Although in all honesty, where I live is a quiet area anyway, we don't have any of that rioting shite on our doorstep.

I'm just fed up trying to get home when there's streets/roads being blocked, and I'm sure most are the same. I travel into the city centre to get my bus to go home.
 
Spray the feckers with a permanent dye and then refuse them the dole when they land in covered in dye!

#OperationSitIn
 
There's been well over 15,000 tweets with the hashtag #OperationSitIn

It's a movement to support all the local pubs and restaurants in this shitty time! as well as a big 'feck you" to the protesters!