I dont think sinn fein are that keen on the EU either tbh, they'll probably see Brexit as ultimately a useful tool to push for a united ireland. Its not our place to 'rescue' Britain from Brexit anyway. If they had competent politicians it needn't be the absolute shitfest its turning into. Norway, Switzerland and Iceland manage just fine outside. They just have clowns in charge.
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I dont think sinn fein are that keen on the EU either tbh, they'll probably see Brexit as ultimately a useful tool to push for a united ireland. Its not our place to 'rescue' Britain from Brexit anyway. If they had competent politicians it needn't be the absolute shitfest its turning into. Norway, Switzerland and Iceland manage just fine outside. They just have clowns in charge.
I doubt that extends to drug dealing which they consider to be a community service.The irony of that statment while it is a criminal offence to be part of all three of those organisations.
Twenty years today for the GFA.
So has it been a success or failure? Or somewhere in between?
So has it been a success or failure? Or somewhere in between?
Limbo right now tbh.
Overall it has been a great sucess. Some people forget the misery that existed before it.
If all sides went back to war tomorrow it'd still be a spectacular success. If it lasted half the time it has it'd have been a spectacular success. Its nowhere vaguely close to being anything other than a massive success and anyone who suggests otherwise is a total feckwit tbh.
I read recently it was a case of bad luck according to a former British army intelligence officer. One of the soldiers was showing the other one around Belfast and didn't know about the funerals that day and took a wrong turn or something along those lines.
http://www.irishnews.com/news/north...s/-showboating-led-to-soldiers-deaths-698419/
Well we've had 20 years of relative peace after 30 years of almost constant violence so i would say it's been a success. Lets hope it doesn't get undone by the bullshit surrounding Brexit.
That just doesn't make sense as everybody would have known that a funeral was going on and be under heightened alert considering what Michael Stone had just done. Their service records will reveal all once they are declassified....if that ever happens.
Yeah i don't really buy it either. I doubt we will ever find out the truth about why they were really there.
Absolute success, anyone that thinks differently is a moron.
What's with the white gloves? Are they doing interpretive mime later?
Your man looking at his watch is probably anxious they get it over with so he can get on with the decorating.
I don't think she'll be happy there's a flag on the pasting table either.
That accent wall is terrible too. Can't be hard to trace the owner of that designer monstrosity.
Paramilitary shooting in the Turf Lodge Estate area of West Belfast.
Reports state the 20yo male sustained wounds to both knees and an ankle.
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Looks like they’ve started.
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Looks like they’ve started.
They're more a light purple, probably to reflect their loose and airy personalities.
Not the normal post for this thread (i.e not about politics), but that assault in Bangor is shocking. Hope they get sent down for a long time.
Absolute scum carrying out that attack, I felt sick watching it. Hopefully the young girl makes a full recovery and the idiots who attacked her as well as that mouthpiece behind the camera get what they deserve.
https://www.facebook.com/irishmirror/posts/1951953258177762
About time someone did the polices job for them, shame they are now more worried about trying to find who actually caught the two rats to press charges. (Two paedophiles have been on the run around South Armagh/border area for a few days, had been using a puppy to try and entice children apparently)
About time someone did the polices job for them, shame they are now more worried about trying to find who actually caught the two rats to press charges. (Two paedophiles have been on the run around South Armagh/border area for a few days, had been using a puppy to try and entice children apparently)
Would rather the police were left to it, thank you.
As opposed to glorified gangsters.
I’d prefer people like that weren’t roaming around my local area, gangsters or no gansters thank you. And the police were left to it, the two lads only got a few slaps by the look of it, few years ago two cnuts like that wouldn’t have been seen again.
You can use that logic to justify anything. And it’s fecking childish.
They're demanding more cookies, aren't they?
These things always make me laugh. I mean who wears outdoor camouflage paired with blue denim jeans for starters?
Exactly.
They were run out of Letterkenny a week before. One of them had 60 convictions and were on the run with their puppy routine!
I'm surprised they got away as lightly as they did.
These things always make me laugh. I mean who wears outdoor camouflage paired with blue denim jeans for starters?
They blew the budget on the fancy white gloves, there was nothing left for cargo pants.
*Latest update*
James White has been recalled to prison following his arrest in the Mullaghbawn area on Saturday 28th April.
Alex Guesto appeared at Newry Crown court this morning on a bench warrant and has been remanded into custody.
From PSNI Facebook page. I wonder how long they’ll be in.
James White has been recalled to prison following his arrest in the Mullaghbawn area on Saturday 28th April.
Alex Guesto appeared at Newry Crown court this morning on a bench warrant and has been remanded into custody.
From PSNI Facebook page. I wonder how long they’ll be in.
Is that those 2 fiddlers who thought it would be a good idea to hide in South Armagh?
Tarred and feathered I believe.
It's been kicking off in Derry over the past few days and over night in East Belfast. Police taking away bonefire materials this afternoon in East Belfast too and reports of a pipe bomb being thrown into the Short Strand. Time to hunker down for a couple of days, thought we'd left this shite behind.
The thing in Derry is a load of young fellas. It’s overblown and doesn’t deserve airtime. What does deserve to be mentioned is the residents of the bogside having a protest rally against the rioters and then showing support to their Protestant neighbors who have had stones thrown over the walls in recent nights. Good to see the 2 communities coming together to say enough is enough
I saw that last night on the news and it was really great to see.
I agree that it is very localised in Derry and the thugs that are throwing the petrol bombs have little or no support but they need a stronger police response and to take this scum of the street. They have the potential to kill and should be treated as the attempted murder that it is.
There were shots fired at police last night so I don't think it's unreasonable to surmise that dissidents have been somewhat involved in orchestrating the trouble so far and understandable that it takes the media interests to a new level. It would be a shame if it were to continue to get out of hand because Derry has been seen as the model of how to come to a settled compromise over contentious parades and the good work done over the years was clearly evident with that solidarity rally the other night. The problem is that loyalists will be using the trouble in Derry to whip up tensions against the police for a percieved lack of action in the Bogside while they have been, quite rightly, removing dangerous bonfire material in Belfast. Whataboutery and false equivalencies tend to resonate in these communities particularly with the lack of proper leadership.
The Guardian
BBC
The state of this place.
Stay safe, y’all. Disgusting scenes already and surely more to come.
I'll be spending the 'glorious 12th' in my house going nowhere near the streets this year as I do most years.
What's the glorious 12th?
Good weather yesterday
Not sure what's going on tonight, but I heard the police helicopter passing a few times already. The city is full of tourists too with the Maritime festival on.