Everything Ireland thread

[Trollheart]

Not for me, luckily. One hour my power was out, and since then it's been okay. You're probably talking about hard-to-reach rural places where trees are down and the electricity repair men are having trouble reaching them.

[Psy-Fi]

Man arrested after 'serious incident' in north Dublin


Were any adult beverages involved in the melee?

[jimmy jazz]

Question for Big T:

What do you make of Louis Walsh? I ask because I saw the Boyzone documentary recently and I've decided he's a fucking weasel. Horrible, two-faced little shit. What's the consensus over at Trollheart Towers?

Also saw a gypsy site today. About a 5 minute walk from my house. Must have been 50 caravans there, several tiny little dogs running around barking and also they had a horse chained up, and it stunk of shit. Reminded me of you. Not the stinking of shit, the gypsies.

@Trollheart

[Trollheart]

Most Irish people would agree: Walsh is a weasel (perhaps that's unfair to weasels though) who used the hopes and dreams of impressionable youth to line his own pockets. He's pretty much been dining out on both Boyzone and Westlife forever and I don't see him having had any success since. I'm not very au fait with the boyband world, but I did find out, during my extended sojourn in their land for my special investigation Stranger in a Strange Land, years ago back on MB, that most of the managers (or many of them) screwed over their clients.

I hate the way the man plays up his Irishness, as if he's Phil Lynott or something, but only does so when it suits him. Karen used to call him "the melting candle", which I think is appropriate. I hate Simon Cowell, and I think Walsh is the Irish version. I think unless people are fans of the bands (and even perhaps if they are) there are very few who have a good word to say about him. I'm also reminded of his gaff on X Factor when a blind guy was auditioning, and Cowell put him down. Walsh grinned "Come on, Simon! The guy's blind!" This is the last thing any disabled person wants to hear, that they're going to be treated differently due to their disability. Fucking idiot. He's no Irish ambassador, that's for sure.

[Trollheart]

Sinn Fein stand up to Trump, will not take part in Paddy's Day visit to Washington. About time someone did.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0221/1498036-sinn-fein-us/

[Trollheart]

In other news, hands down where I live!

Human hand found in north Dublin school

[Saulaac]

In other news, hands down where I live!

Human hand found in north Dublin school

"...The hand could have been carried by seabirds from the coast and detectives will also check the missing persons register..."

Well that will teach the ship's captain to shout "All hands on deck!" with all those greedy birds about.

[Buck_Mulligan]

Sinn Fein stand up to Trump, will not take part in Paddy's Day visit to Washington. About time someone did.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0221/1498036-sinn-fein-us/

I don't think they are really "standing up" to Trump. They're taking an opportunity to score political points in Ireland, and that's OK.

[QuantumSync]

Sinn Fein stand up to Trump, will not take part in Paddy's Day visit to Washington. About time someone did.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0221/1498036-sinn-fein-us/

posted this one on my meme account a couple days ago

[Buck_Mulligan]

Shouldn't let the day go by without noting that the Irish rugby team beat Wales 28-18 and won the Triple Crown. Wins against Italy and France over the next month would give them the "Grand Slam".

[QuantumSync]

[Trollheart]

There was a time when they wouldn't even want coarse Irish blood in their veins! Oh, we remember the signs...

[Buck_Mulligan]

There was a time when they wouldn't even want coarse Irish blood in their veins! Oh, we remember the signs...

In forums such as this,I've seen people dispute that those signs ever existed. That said, I don't think they were widespread, and had mostly disappeared by the 70's. While truck driving in the 80's I drove the length of the UK every other week, if not more, and never encountered any issues.

[jimmy jazz]

In forums such as this,I've seen people dispute that those signs ever existed. That said, I don't think they were widespread, and had mostly disappeared by the 70's. While truck driving in the 80's I drove the length of the UK every other week, if not more, and never encountered any issues.

Heard the same mate. Meant to be a bit of a myth, though my granddad said it did happen. He came here in the 40s from Belfast. He could have been talking shit though. He talked a lot of shit tbf.

[Trollheart]

It's the "no dogs" part I have a problem with. I mean, who's not going to rent a room to a well-behaved golden labrador, come on?