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"Woke" An insult used by those who can't grasp the idea of common decency.

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@BocktheRobber
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5 years
My grandmother wore a hijab and used to say "Allahu Aqbar" and "Insh'allah". Well, actually, she wore a scarf and used to say "God is good" and "God willing". Luckily for my grandmother, she was white, Catholic and used to say these things in English.
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@BocktheRobber
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"Men's Rosary" in Limerick aka Irish Freedom Party), deliberately disrupting vigil for Aisling Murphy. Proud of yourselves, lads?
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@BocktheRobber
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@realDonaldTrump Don't worry about Mueller, Donald. Worry about the NY Attorney General, Barbara Underwood, who's about to nail the entire Trump family.
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@BocktheRobber
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5 years
Gemma O Doherty going into a Halal butchers with a video camera, asking where the pork is. Translate that back to 1933 Germany and somebody doing the same in a Kosher butcher shop. Any difference?
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@BocktheRobber
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Enoch Burke's Daddy drops him at the school gates, and his Mammy brings him to disciplinary hearings. Exemplary sharing of parental responsibilities. Enoch is a grown man who self-identifies as a schoolchild. His pronouns are "there, there". #EnochBurke
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@BocktheRobber
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6 years
I couldn't give a fuck if Michael D went for a bag of chips in the space shuttle. #Aras18 #RTEPT
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@BocktheRobber
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5 years
Boys A and B were convicted of #AnaKriegel 's murder, but what emboldened them was the vile bullying campaign inflicted on Ana by many other teenagers in Leixlip, both male and female. There were more than two perpetrators in Ana's murder.
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@BocktheRobber
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A half-wit in a ragged balaclava uploaded a video of himself threatening to murder not only Mary Lou McDonald but also the Garda Commissioner. He was immediately identified on Twitter and this morning had his door kicked off the hinges. 1/3
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@BocktheRobber
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2 years
Robert Troy bought a house from CAB and sold it to the Council at a profit. Why didn’t the Council buy it from CAB, and why didn’t CAB offer it to them?
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@BocktheRobber
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3 years
Your daily reminder that we all pay an extra 2% on every insurance policy to pay for the Quinn family's excesses, including that 100k wedding cake.
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3 years
Eoghan Harris says he was one of the "founders of the site" and he remained as an adviser to the site. It was a fucking Twitter account.
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@BocktheRobber
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3 years
All these racist fuckers complaining about athletes with African parents competing for Ireland. I didn't hear them moaning about Tony Cascarino.
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5 years
@thehill "I'm not sure that I've ever even heard of the Category 5. I knew it existed". He knew what existed, exactly, if he never heard of Category 5? "Category 5 is something that I don't know that I've ever even heard the term other than I know it's there". This man is an idiot.
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@BocktheRobber
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5 years
@piersmorgan One of the rare moments when I agree with Piers Morgan.
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@BocktheRobber
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19 days
It's a seriously stupid move to threaten the guy who controls the cops. This could mark the beginning of an operation to police the Far Right like the organised crime gang they are. /END
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@BocktheRobber
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6 years
@realDonaldTrump If anyone didn't already believe that Trump is evil, all they need to do is look at his deliberate separation of children from their parents. Only a monster would do such a thing.
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@BocktheRobber
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4 years
Lads, Daniel O Donnell would be the furthest thing possible from my taste in music, but you know what? He's fucking sound.
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@BocktheRobber
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4 years
I've been around an awful long time now. Never voted FF or FG. Always Labour or later the SocDems and Greens. But I have to say I've never seen the sort of vitriol that's directed against Leo Varadkar. Not even towards Cowen when he sank our economy. You'd have to wonder why.
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4 years
Shocking statement from Ronan Glynn. "Now is not the time for Communions." How will our children survive if they don't learn that a magician can turn a biscuit into an ancient carpenter?
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@BocktheRobber
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9 years
Gays don't need marriage when they have civil partnership. Just like Rosa Parks didn't need the front of the bus when she had the back.
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He's in custody now, possibly about to be accused of terrorist offences. If his phone or laptop yield any interesting messages, we might see quite a few of the usual suspects facing charges of conspiracy, terrorism or sedition. 2/3
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6 years
@realDonaldTrump How long before Trump claims he barely knows Donald Junior, never spoke to him and wasn't involved in appointing him as eldest child?
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6 years
Under Irish law, as it stands, doctors may legally remove a leg for medical reasons. This will lead to amputation on demand and needs to be stamped out.
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6 months
Do the Ireland-Is-Full clowns object to American tech employees moving in, taking up school places, occupying houses and overloading the GPs? Do they protest against unvetted male foreign hotel guests? Of course they don't. Know racism for what it is.
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@BocktheRobber
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6 years
They were selling these today in @Aldi_Ireland . I just had to buy one. Aren't cultural nuances great?
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@BocktheRobber
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5 years
Don't believe this bullshit about having to vote all the way to the end of the list. It's unnecessary. Vote for the people you want, in order of preference. If you don't include Nazis, bigots and racists, they won't get your vote, unless you want them to. It's that obvious.
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@BocktheRobber
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4 years
Here's a Limerick primary schoolteacher holding a banner with a noose on it.
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1 year
Hint for young Simeon Burke. Aspiring barristers are advised not to get themselves arrested before their final exams. If arrested, they are advised to accept bail so they can attend the exams. In addition, they are advised not to shout at the judge assigned to their case.
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@BocktheRobber
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6 years
I haven't noticed a huge outcry from the Iona Institute about the St Patrick's Guild fraudulent adoption scandal.
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3 years
Why are the Taliban so afraid of women? Why are Muslim extremists, Catholic extremists and Jewish extremists so afraid of women? I just don't understand it.
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@BocktheRobber
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4 years
No. These are not Irish slaves. These are Belgian miners. This image is being widely shared by racists to belittle the BLM movement. Call out the lie wherever you see it.
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3 years
@ianbrown When I feel unwell, I always consult a musician for advice. If I fancy a gig, I try to find a GP who does a bit of part-time busking.
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@BocktheRobber
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6 years
@Jim_Sheridan Is there no end to these Sherlocks? Have they no Holmes to go to?
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3 years
Astonished to hear that St Vincent's hospital doesn't even permit its physicians to prescribe contraception. These are the people we'll be gifting a maternity hospital to at a cost of €1 billion? #nationalmaternityhospital
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@BocktheRobber
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2 years
Is this the same Desmond Wisley who opposes accommodation for refugees?
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@BocktheRobber
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6 years
@realDonaldTrump Donald, you are one pathetic excuse for a man. The McCain family don't want your empty prayers and besides, you have no heart.
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1 year
Ammi Burke selected for Irish diving team. #EnochBurke
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6 years
Jacob Rees-Mogg, a man with no transferable skills and no cabinet background, who likes dressing up as a 19th-century politician, accuses Leo Varadkar, a trained medical doctor and seasoned government minister, of immaturity and inexperience. #Brexit
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3 years
You don't trust doctors? Fair enough. You don't trust scientists? OK. But do you trust nurses? Of course you do. Everyone trusts nurses, and they're also saying that we need to lock the fuck down right now unless we want our entire health system to collapse. #Omicron
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@BocktheRobber
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5 years
To the New IRA, the Alternative IRA, the High-Fibre IRA, the Gluten-Free IRA, the Low-Emissions IRA, the Organic IRA and whatever other sort of IRA floats your boat, here's a simple message. Fuck off.
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There we all were, saying how unfairly Eamon Casey was treated when all he did was have an adult relationship like any normal man. Now it turns out he was a child-rapist like all the rest and the Catholic bishops were hiding the secrets of his crimes. There’s no end to it.
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@BocktheRobber
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7 years
Brendan Conroy doesn't think 100 people can represent all Irish opinion. Where does that leave the dozen or so in Iona? #Liveline
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5 years
Leo Sherlock has blocked me. This is a pity because I'd like to ask him if he was ever dangled over a bridge in Drogheda by the ankles. I'd also like to ask him why. I'd also like to ask him if he was ever barred from every night-club in Drogheda. And why.
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4 years
This is what we had in Limerick before Penneys. @Primark
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@BocktheRobber
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6 years
I didn't notice the Daily Mail complaining about that 97-year-old immigrant who crashed into two British women at Sandringham.
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6 years
Some people seem to think they must fill out the entire ballot paper from 1 to 6. Wrong. If you're giving Michael D your No 1 vote, do not follow on with 2 to 6 for the others. Make sure nobody gets any transfers from MDH that might help them to claim expenses. #Aras18
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Three things to remember about Gript. 1. Gript is not a media outlet. 2. Gript is not a media outlet. 3. Gript is not a media outlet.
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@BocktheRobber
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3 years
@scrowder The company that manufactures Ivermectin is telling people not to use it against Covid19. Are they wrong too?
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@BocktheRobber
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6 years
@ashlava71 @realDonaldTrump Forgive me for saying this, but go fuck yourself.
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@BocktheRobber
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4 years
My garden will soon be producing more than we can eat, so I was thinking of setting up a stand outside the house with various kinds of seedlings on it. The sign will say "Please take one. If you have something different, please leave one." What do you think?
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@BocktheRobber
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4 years
Numbers of people in ICU due to Covid19 have quadrupled. Well done, Nazis, for convincing people there's no problem. Fucking clowns.
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Sixteen bishops officiated at Eamon Casey's funeral Mass. Every last one of them knew he was a child-rapist. These fine men control over 90% of our primary schools. Join the dots.
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3 years
John Waters and Gemma O Doherty launch urgent appeal for people to call them homophobes on national TV.
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6 years
Lads. Put down that quinoa salad, extinguish your Sherlock Holmes pipe, stop combing your beard. Tie your High Nelly to a recycled lamp-post. Get out there and fucking vote because as sure as shit, the NO guys will. #RepealTheEighth
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6 years
@realDonaldTrump You didn't go to the WWI commemoration. This is how a real President deals with rain.
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@LindaSuhler Yep. It's a nightmare. So bad that he's forced to spend a third of his life on a golf course.
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4 years
@AntiCorruptIre The sooner you get arrested, Gemma, the safer we'll be.
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@daviddinsmore12 @wolfiewire How do you know what my grandmother did?
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5 years
You wouldn't expect to see religious imagery displayed in a - fire station - post office - public park - train station - swimming pool - council office - police station - recycling centre or anywhere else funded with public money. So why is it permitted in hospitals?
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1 year
You have to hand it to Enoch Burke's family. For people with no sense of humour, they've put together a best-selling comedy show.
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6 years
Let's accept that Joan Freeman didn't know what the Iona Institute is, even though her niece is a founder. Let's accept that she had no idea they tried to monopolise every recent public debate. Can a person who is so uninformed really be a suitable candidate for #Aras2018 ?
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@BocktheRobber
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2 years
There are four nasty doses going around at the moment. Covid, RSV, flu and Enoch Burke.
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6 years
Michael Lowry fined the price of a second-hand car by the same judge who jailed a committed GP for the same offence.
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4 years
I know Europe has its problems, and I know many of us once looked to the USA as a kind of model. But here in Ireland I'm close to certain that if I'm ever stopped by the cops I won't be shot dead by some underpaid, undertrained fucking idiot in a uniform. That's a good feeling.
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5 years
When challenging Noel Grealish's anti-Nigerian bullshit, don't quote the lie he told the Dáil. Instead, say that according to CSO figures, Nigerians send home the price of one coffee a day and follow that by saying Noel Grealish falsely multiplied this number by 200.
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@BocktheRobber
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3 years
Somebody charged money for this. Somebody paid that money. It's probably only a small thing by some people's standards, but standards matter.
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"Northern Ireland’s centre of gravity could gradually move in a Dublin/Brussels direction," says 14-year-old petrol bomber. "That's my main difficulty with the NI Protocol".
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@BocktheRobber
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3 years
Chocolate can kill your dog. So can the raisins and grapes in cake and mince pies Food containing onions can be very bad for the mutts. Turkey bones can be fatal. This Christmas, don't give the dog any of these things from the table, no matter how much they smile up at you.
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Every greenway in the country is a monument to the malevolent vandalism of Todd Andrews in his campaign to destroy the rail system of Ireland. Let's not be too proud of greenways.
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@kyle_cocola @ashlava71 @realDonaldTrump Ok. He isn't pathetic. He's a cunt. Happy now?
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6 years
Government to pay €1.5 million for Irish sporting bodies' Olympic preparation, spread over two years. Government to pay €35 million for Catholic mass-rallies, spread over two days. #PopeInIreland
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6 years
Conor McGregor confirming his status as an absolute bell-end.
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3 years
Many decent people are saying they supported the Dublin protest out of conviction, which is fair enough. But if the rally was organised by fascists and if all the arrangements were made by fascists, then you've been part of a fascist rally. Does that make you proud?
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6 years
Every now and then, when interviewing a representative of the Iona Institute, maybe our broadcasters might consider explaining to their audience what it is. A religiously-motivated political pressure group.
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6 years
Why are the media preventing Maria Steen and Cora Sherlock from speaking out about the Magdalenes? Disgrace.
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1 year
Let's say the #Inch protesters are assured that the single unvetted men in the hotel are all American tourists. Will they still be worried about overcrowding, plumbing, fire safety and the number of extra people in the area? Will they still be saying Ireland is full? #Clare
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6 years
If John Charles McQuaid rose from the grave today, someone would have to tell him that a Fine Gael government led by a gay, half-Indian Taoiseach had overseen referendums allowing same-sex marriage and abortion.
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Anti-vaxxers like to complain that they live in a two-tier society. Eh, no. If they were refused a vaccine, that would be a two-tier society. Rejecting it yourself doesn't count.
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@RealCynicalFox Just a crazy idea, but maybe the Ukrainian high command have already worked out the best strategy. Maybe their generals are highly-professional planners. It's an insane thought, but what if they actually know what they're doing, without the help of Twitter?
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@AfghanIraqVet71 @cspan @AOC Well, actually she's making Yoho her bitch.
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2 years
Contributor to @RadioBrendanRTE talking absolute nonsense about Ukraine. The country is not divided between Russian speakers in the East and Ukrainian speakers in the West. Russian is universally used right across the country and no, it was NOT banned.
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@realDonaldTrump Trump's campaign manager is now a convicted criminal and going to jail. Trump's personal lawyer is an admitted criminal and going to jail. Trump has more to worry about than threatening Clapper.
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@jack In this tweet, @Jack demonstrates to the world that he has no idea how propaganda works. Maybe if Alex Jones spread his hate message in machine code, Jack would finally get it.
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How will Rónán Mullen pass his lonely days now that he has lost every single issue he ever campaigned on? #Legisl8
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@QuinlivanTD You'd have to wonder if the @Limerick_Leader or the @limerickpost will report this as enthusiastically as they covered previous antics of the Irish "Freedom" Party.
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First, Covid19 took away my friendships. And then it took away the places I love. After that it took away my mornings and my nights. But now. Now it has taken away my chance to pick up a telescopic yardbrush in Lidl and that is simply too much.
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@Rusty_Gait @cd_hooks @TheStalwart Maybe if you had an IQ of more than 30 you might.
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Now that abortion is a legal service in Ireland, maybe @RTE journalists might stop referring to Aontú by the loaded term "Pro-Life" and instead describe them accurately as anti-abortion.
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Reluctant NUI graduates like me, please swallow your misgivings and sign up for Senate elections to vote against Ronan Mullen. Remember, it's because of our sense of decency that Mullen manages to slide into his Senate seat every time. Do it. Sign up. Kick the fucker out.
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Success! My long-dormant and never-used elitist NUI voting rights have been reactivated, with a single aim in mind. Take that, Rónán Mullen! Rise up, you apathetic NUI grads. Hold your nose just this once and vote him out at the next election. Get back on the register.
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@Alan__Shatter Your defence of genocide grows more despicable by the day. I once believed you were a man with a heart.
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3 years
I have a simple question for those who object to the latest advice from NPHET on the Delta variant. How many deaths do you think would be ok? Give us a number and we can work back from that to figure out the re-opening date.
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71% of Irish adults fully vaccinated. 86% of Irish adults partially vaccinated. 100% of Irish anti-vax nutters losing their minds with rage.
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They say there's a massive storm coming tomorrow but I don't believe this. Storms aren't real. Storms were invented by elites to keep us living in fear so they can control us. There's a huge anti-storm rally tomorrow. Please go along and show your support. Bring an umbrella.
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How do we expect people to do antigen testing properly when most of them can't even work out how to put on a fucking mask?
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