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Discussion in 'Current Affairs' started by Red7778, Aug 4, 2011.

  1. bobby benitez

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    He's a good egg.
     
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    The Netflix special should cover a good chunk of it.
     
  3. GaryMc

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    He should setup a gofundmepage to help with the legal costs if he wins. With amount of people who hate the rag, he’d cover it in no time
     
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    He's already accepted the settlement, it was too big of a risk for him to take to be fair to him.
     
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    And he's not keeping the settlement. It's going back into organisations highlighting and defending people from this kind of shit.
     
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    Probably just naivety on my part but I never knew the Garda commissioner was a govt appointment, always assumed it was an internal thing.
    They mentioned it on the radio earlier when they were discussing the minister refusing to attend the gra conference.
     
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    The jury for the Stardust inquest has returned a verdict of Unlawful Killing for each of the 48 victims.
     
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    Can't imagine the pain they have gone through.the fight and dignity the families shows is incredible.

    Butterly is a cunt of a human.shame on him and the state and everyone else that put so much into keeping the truth hushed.

    The state owe everyone a massive apology at very least.

    There are so many similarities to Hillsborough and how families and survivors were treated, the truth is at least now there forever.

    Thinking off everyone affected
     
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    Was listening to Prime Time last night after our game and the story about the croatian fella that was murdered in Clondakin is a shocker. I couldn't fully understand what happened but the second lad that was attacked was kicked out of his apartment the next day so after getting released from hospital he came home to find his things outside the house and the locks changed.
     
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    I dont know the circumstances behind his eviction,but the atmosphere towards foreign people now is absolutely toxic. People are seeing these protests and its instilling fear and anger towards all immigrants. That poor man won't be the last and we're not far away from a serious assault on a politician either.
     
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    I'm not that clued into this, I get the similarities to Hillsborough in the fight for justice and the time and obstacles put in their way, what I don't get is the why? Who and what where they protecting for so long and why?
     
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    Heard an article on the radio last week about that Croatian lad, there was a Croatian girl speaking and she said she's afraid to speak Croatian now when she's in public.
     
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    Reading up on Stardust , its incredible stuff and heartbreaking for the families.
    Never realized Christy Moore's song was banned and he was charged for contempt of court for it.
     
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    The Gardai,and particularly Drew Harris's attitude to whats happening is disgraceful. Escorting scumbags into libraries to harrass people in work, playing down the dangers of the far right, failing to deal with bad public order breaches,and now a week after a racially motivated murder,the Ireland is Full crowd can take over a ministers road and erect offensive banners on his property, without any interference.Compare that to how Debenhams protestors trying to get the money they were owed were treated. I've given them the benefit of the doubt up until now,but Im starting to wonder if decision makers in Fine Gael and Fianna Fail are making hay from this situation because its hurting Sinn Fein.
     
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    Haha
     
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