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Re: Proposal to cut Limerick to Ballybrophy service “daft” - O’Sullivan

hoof — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:08:44 -0000

Maybe Jan can get a commitment now from her party leader and the Taoiseach in waiting to keep these services open. I would have thought the Nenagh - Birdhill - Castleconnell - Limerick strech was an ideal Commuter link.

And despite the city being ringed by railtracks, no one in power sees the potential of developing a commuter fleet to utilise this existing, underused asset. Yet they can talk about tearing a brand new line right through the bottleneck that is Galway City to provide LUAS type services in a smaller urban area.

I'll give them something up there, they can operate that squeaky wheel with some talent. Or else they had the FF tent bugged on Race Week and know where Bertie hid the money.

Re: Catch Up #2: Entertainment

hoof — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:35:46 -0000

Know this has nothing to do with the subject matter Squid, but to borrow from the film title : Nothing funny happened on my way to the Forum.....no access? céin fá?

Re: Catch up #1: Transport

hoof — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:41:42 -0000

Pity Aer Lingus haven't bothered to avail of this facility. At a time when they should be doing everything possible to entice customers, a time saving opportunity for passengers is squandered.

Needless to say bells and whistles will blow at our "national" airline to celebrate the opening of Dublins' U.S. Customs Post next year.

Re: Compromise Rules cancellation set to ocst Limerick €10m

hoof — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:04:32 -0000

I'd imagine most people have gone to these C.R. games expecting some "thuggery" and a few fights, probably in the same vein as those who attend Formula One might secretly go along hoping to witness a crash but openly talk about engines and tyres to the petrol-heads.

I couldn't care less if they kicked seven different colours of shit of of one another in this hybrid game, its the €10 million loss at this time to the local economy that gets me.

Strange though to see Australia playing the "economic circumstances" card. Couldn't imagine an Irish international sports team citing such an excuse so late in the day to cancel out a tour.

People considering emigration might bear that in mind when choosing their destination. Maybe the other mans grass isn't always greener.

Re: 88 year old woman mugged by children

hoof — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:20:56 -0000

Charming.

Their parent(s) will no doubt have every excuse in the book ready in defence of these innocents should they be caught.

What a feckless society we are turning into, while it remains to be seen as to who brought these little fucks into the world, chances are they may not be any strangers to such behaviour themselves.

Generations of scumbags breeding like pyjama clad rats.

Re: Opera Centre given planning permission

hoof — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:01:10 -0000

Well, if it was built, it could at least prevent further doughnutting of the city by the money-mad County Council such as the madness at the Parkway/Dublin Road. Maybe An Bord Snips proposal could yet prove the catalyst and finally merge a few of these overlapping entities that hamper proper regional development with a vibrant capital.

Big, big "if" on this Opera though. Nonetheless, welcome news should it come to pass.

Re: The Late Late Show: Gerard Hannan versus Frank McCourt

hoof — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:56:53 -0000

m-h. We're not all on Hannans side!

.....otherwise you're absolutely right, a gem of a novel that will outlive us all, as a Limerickman I'm certainly proud of Frank McCourt, Jim Kemmy, Michael Curtin, Denis O'Shaughnessy and others who have taken on the task of recording our citys more recent history in factual or fictional lore.

I thank them for the way they have shone a light through some dark days in the reign of the clergy and their forelock tugging legislature. Days which are hopefully in our past and gone from us, but are not forgotten within their pages.

Re: Element Six severance package described as “derisary”

hoof — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:47:56 -0000

Any sign of a Task Force on the horizon?

Re: Frank McCourt dies aged 78

hoof — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:01:34 -0000

Nice compliation and song, thanks Dominic.

Re: Happy Coleman murder: teen pleads guilty

hoof — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:23:46 -0000

@openminded. It's all a matter of public record, no need for alleging I or anyone else need engage the services of a "rumor monger" to muddy the waters of this case. Nor was I there to witness the unprovoked attack.

Finally, for someone who claims to be infatuated with this case for no other reason than the names that have been used to describe this "boy", I see you're not above starting to sling one or two about. I presume "know-all" is but the start.

So if you don't mind, openmind/nevermind or whatever, I do know one thing, when it starts to get to personal insults, then its clear you have nothing more to add than the very thing you seem upset about in the first place. i.e. namecalling.

Seeing as you've managed to come full circle and contradict your point, I'll leave it to you.

Re: Happy Coleman murder: teen pleads guilty

hoof — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:48:25 -0000

@openminded. Please try not to assume what my reaction would be were I in that position. Believe me when I tell you this, if any one of my family committed such a cowardly act, an unprovoked act of murder compounded by a further attempt to cover up his attack in claiming to have been previously "gotten at" by his victim, I would most certainly not be defending him here, in Court or anywhere else for that matter. Before you tell me that makes me a bad parent let me tell you how I might feel were I to find my own flesh and blood had taken an innocent mans life for no reason:

I would be asking myself how irresponsibile I had been in rearing such a child, who could be out past midnight on the public street, drinking, at the age of 14 and capable of committing murderous violence upon a total stranger.

I wouldn't try to condone his act by telling people just how wonderful he was to a young girl once, or that he was very quiet as a child. Because, knowing the circumstances -and comparisons with a "fistfight" are irrelevant- Happy Coleman wasn't looking for a fight with some kid because of any difference as you put it, he was going home after a match).

I wouldn't have had the heart to argue his case online or indeed anywhere, because as a parent, I believe I would have to share at least some responsibility for my own childs' actions and live with my failure to carry out my parental duty to control him and ensure he was not out at that hour at 14 years of age, drinking on the streets with a violent temperament.

Of course another few things I would have to do after looking into my heart would be to rehabilitate him, get him away from the company he kept on the streets, make sure he didn't become a prison lag and came out a chastened man. Ensure that he and his parents did everything possible to help the family of his/our victim.

All right you obviously love this boy as a family member, you think no matter what he has done, that deep down he's good. Fine, that's how you feel, but to the rest of us, he has killed, and for no other reason than the beer bottle this 14 y-o was drinking from was knocked over by a man passing by on his way home. Surely you must see this young man had issues far beyond the loss of a beer, some pent up anger, obviously with a lack of respect and oblivious to parental control (unless his parents were aware of his staying out and drinking into the small hours, which I must doubt).

How can you continue to defend him as some innocent party caught up by events. This was entirely of his own making and he deserves punishment. If anything he is more fortunate than other killers because his name cannot be published.

There's such a thing as defending the indefensibile.

Re: The Late Late Show: Gerard Hannan versus Frank McCourt

hoof — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:30:29 -0000

Classy dresser too!

Surprised he didn't break into a bar of "I tawt I taw a puddycat".

Still cringe when watching and listening to his contribution. Even when he was being put down, he couldn't shut the fuck up. A right ould Nana.

Re: 153 high-end jobs to go at Dell

hoof — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:09:16 -0000

Like we ever believed a word out of the mouths of WillieO and that super-incompetent Tánaiste Mary Coughlan about keeping high end jobs at Dell either way when the announcements of layoffs were made months ago.

Both hard-working Ministers conveniently on holidays and presumably unavailable for comment I take it, barring the usual platitudes drawn up by a departmental lackey..

Re: Frank McCourt may have “weeks to live” - report

hoof — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:04:11 -0000

Saddened to hear such news, I wish him and his family strength at this time.

Re: Happy Coleman murder: teen pleads guilty

hoof — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:14:07 -0000

Obviously he's a saint.

To answer your SHOUTED questions:

1.: How do you maintain he respects life while ignoring the way he callously took an innocent one for no reason.
2.: Whether he likes cum or not is his own business, I suppose a few years of incarceration will determine that.
3.: Where was this girls' family that they should have to depend on a murderer to "save" her. So, yes he's does.

"The aggressor is not always scum and dirt".....so now he's just an "aggressor". Keep diluting his crime and in no time at all you can celebrate at his homecoming - where no doubt a hero's welcome will "await".

Unlike Happy Coleman, he gets the rest of his life back, don't expect everyone else to love him for what he is.

Re: Mary worshippers barking up the wrong tree

hoof — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:08:57 -0000

After heavy rainfall over the weekend, the image has changed spectacuarly and now the trunk resembles a man with a furrowed brow and a small hairy animal attached under where his nose would be. He is also pointing a gun and close observers claim to make out what looks like a ministerial pension in the shape of an oak leaf being brandished.