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Anglo-Irish diplomatic rift
The British foreign minister, Jack Straw MP, said in the British parliament yesterday that his meeting with the Irish ambassador was purely routine.
The British defence minister, John Reid MP, in an answer to a written question said that Navy manoeuvres in the Irish Sea had been planned for months. He was looking into reports that the Ministry of Defence in Dublin had not been informed of these manoeuvres until earlier today. In a statement from The Department of The Taoisheach, Mr Bertie Ahern TD, said he held meetings this morning with Mr Louis Walsh, the manager of several British and Irish popular musicians. The seven-car police escort for Mr Walsh was said to be purely a courtesy. Mr Ahern was heard to be humming How Do You Solve the Problem of Maria, a song from the musical The Sound of Music as he left his residence later in the day. It has also been learned that the British prime minister, Tony Blair MP, will be making a ministerial broadcast in the UK on several TV channels at 9pm tomorrow. Saw this post by Mediastar on another forum. Hilarious, had to share it Original can be found here(http://www.theinternetforum.com/foru...0&#entry178021 |
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if you are irish come into the parlour
Ha!Ha!
i suggest a new theme song for x factor alltogether now c'mon sharon sing up,IF your irish come into the xfactor there a welcome there from louis, |
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Yes, I think "Conwaygate" could well restart the troubles in Northern Ireland. How many lives could this cost?
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Yes, I think "Conwaygate" could well restart the troubles in Northern Ireland. How many lives could this cost?
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Your flippancy is very very unfunny
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The British foreign minister, Jack Straw MP, said in the British parliament yesterday that his meeting with the Irish ambassador was purely routine.
The British defence minister, John Reid MP, in an answer to a written question said that Navy manoeuvres in the Irish Sea had been planned for months. He was looking into reports that the Ministry of Defence in Dublin had not been informed of these manoeuvres until earlier today. In a statement from The Department of The Taoisheach, Mr Bertie Ahern TD, said he held meetings this morning with Mr Louis Walsh, the manager of several British and Irish popular musicians. The seven-car police escort for Mr Walsh was said to be purely a courtesy. Mr Ahern was heard to be humming How Do You Solve the Problem of Maria, a song from the musical The Sound of Music as he left his residence later in the day. It has also been learned that the British prime minister, Tony Blair MP, will be making a ministerial broadcast in the UK on several TV channels at 9pm tomorrow. Saw this post by Mediastar on another forum. Hilarious, had to share it Original can be found here(http://www.theinternetforum.com/foru...0&#entry178021 It might interest you further to know that the Irish editions of these papers are not carrying this story in the same way. |
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For the information of tabloid journalists and readers, it's not "Taoisheach" but Taoiseach.
It might interest you further to know that the Irish editions of these papers are not carrying this story in the same way. |
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Can you buy papers such as The Sun and The Mirror in Southern Ireland? Or you just talking about Northern Ireland?
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Yeah, they have specific Irish editions with all of this nonsense carefully edited out.
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Yeah, they have specific Irish editions with all of this nonsense carefully edited out.
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Why carefully edited out, havent the irish got a sense of humour ?
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Ah, interesting, never knew that. What does The Sun do for page 3? I assume topless girls wouldn't appeal to more conservative irish tastes.
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Yes, I think "Conwaygate" could well restart the troubles in Northern Ireland. How many lives could this cost?
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Well it depends on what you see as a sense of humour really. If you think calling people names such as we see on here is funny, then perhaps not. Or jokes about the IRA? Not appreciated.
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I wouldn't bother assuming then, if that's the best you can do!
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That article didnt mention the IRA., and its the article we are talking about here.
However, in the context of the original article, it actually wasn't funny. |
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Well, do they show topless girls or not?
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Well the conversation has moved on. I wouldn't bother assuming then, if that's the best you can do!
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However, in the context of the original article, it actually wasn't funny.
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Yes. They are just as sleazy, sexist and downmarket here.
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Can you buy papers such as The Sun and The Mirror in Southern Ireland? Or you just talking about Northern Ireland?
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Well, do they show topless girls or not?
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No and there's no tv there either, just leprechauns and women wearing blouses up to their chins and skirts to their ankles. duh
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And we all live in thatched cottages and have only recently gotten electricity. Therefore we're completely new to all this XFactor mularkey. So maybe Louis can be excused his faux pas, considering
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And we all live in thatched cottages and have only recently gotten electricity. Therefore we're completely new to all this XFactor mularkey. So maybe Louis can be excused his faux pas, considering
![]() Shhhhhhhhhh...don't use phrases like faux pas...we're not supposed to know what that means
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