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FIVE COMPLAINTS AROUND a Rose of Tralee contestant insulting Irish Mass have been rejected by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.
Two complaints around a separate contestant expressing her support for a referendum to be held on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution were also rejected.
During last August’s Rose of Tralee the North Carolina Rose gave her views on Irish Mass.
Three complainants took issue with her description of mass during her interview segment and the conversation that followed with the presenter Dáithí Ó Sé.
In the segment, the Rose - Maigan Kennedy – describes her experience as a North American Protestant attending a Roman Catholic mass.
She lightheartedly describes mass as “like a gym, and at the end the priest gives you a biscuit”. Ó Sé then questions – “was it gluten-free?”
Five complainants took issue with this description of Mass, claiming that it was insulting to the Catholic religion.
One complainant stated that the Rose was “allowed to ridicule, make fun of and generally rubbish the Irish Roman Catholic Mass”.
Another said that referring to the Eucharistic Host as a biscuit “should not have happened” and that it was “inexcusable”.
Another said the segment was an “abuse of free speech” and an “insult to Irish Catholics who believe in God’s teachings”.
In its ruling, the BAI found that the segment was in keeping with the “style of the programme” and that the Rose’s comments were “irreverent and humourous”.
The BAI found that while people may have been offended, the Rose’s comments were not:
of a nature that they would cause widespread offence and could be considered to stigmatise, support or condone discrimination against people on the basis of their religion.
The Eighth Amendment
Two complaints were also rejected by the BAI to do with a separate interview segment with the Sydney Rose the previous night.
In this case, the Sydney Rose – Brianna Parkins – made comments around a referendum being held on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution.
In her interview segment, Parkins said:
I think it’s time we give women a say on their own reproductive rights and I would love to see a referendum on the 8th coming up soon.
The comments sparked a lot of debate at the time, with Parkins winning praise from some quarters, but also being criticised from festival judges.
In its ruling, the BAI found that the comments were Parkins’ “personal opinion made in the context of a light entertainment interview whose focus was on her character and her interests”.
The Committee also found in its ruling that the presenter (Ó Sé) ”did not specifically elicit her views on the topic of Ireland’s abortion laws nor did he pursue this topic further”.
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Ryanair have just introduced a new route to Cancri 55 e however their pilots are not yet trained to land on diamond encrusted runways,the closet airport is Luton where a bus will take you the rest of the way.
No way Paul, I thought they could land on anything!
Tell me the truth but your not serious.
Hands off, it’s mine!
no use Michael the troika got there be fore ya
What a useless name. Cancri 55e. They should call it……………..”Lucy”.
prefer original
Twinkle twinkle little star.
price of diamonds will plummet
….but the shine will never diminish !
Surely the Americans will invade…(to bring democracy and stop oppression of course)
Dam u beat me to it ha
lame
When do we leave???
Couple of hours, need to top up the ship with some diesel
It’s a few thousand degrees celcius on the surface as it’s quite close to its sun/star… So you’d need some sun protection ;-)
With those temperatures?!!! We’ll have to go at night….
That would definitely be recommended ;-)
plus if we travel at the speed of light it will take us 40 years to get there… how old are you now?? I think I could do it…
Wonder what’s a girl’s best friend on this planet ?
Air and water I’d imagine.
And suncream too!
jackhammer
the Irish
Will that be the end of recession!?? A bit for everyone lol
Planet. Bling.
Isn’t this the plot to Avatar?
Sorry everyone but Ray Burke already sold the rights to it for a happy meal, Bertie supposedly got the toy.
-.-
Andrew. Firstly, congratulations on discovering you can green thumb your own comments. Secondly, if you hate this thread so much, why are you putting so much time into reading and commenting? It seems pathologically pointless.
Best comments of the week!!!! Still giggling :D
If you need to stop laughing hire a Neil Delamare DVD , you’ll stoney faced in no time, I’d loan you mine but I’ll need it for an ice scraper soon ;)
where? Comments above seem bland and predictible.
Big swinging mickey!!!!
Thank you, bit shy about it tho .
Seen as we’re on the subject, I hate those Meteor adds.
sure if it had oil America probably would have declared war!
if I knew how to delete this I would , someone already beat me to it
sure save it for next time. You’l want to be quick cos many ppl think its a clever one to roll out.
I am newly engaged and now a fecking diamond planet appears miniaturising my soon to be wife’s rock. Awkward!
Air and/or water . I’d imagine .
My head hurts
why
My sons always going on about an alien called Diamondhead, this must be where he’s from!?
“Jesus lads that was some trip… So who brought the kango??!!”
On the very bright side, it won’t take as long to come back , altho you may age a lot whilst there 18hours= 1 year
wrong. It takes 18 earth hours for the planet to circumavigate its sun. One circumnavigation of its own sun would be considered 1 year by the way we measure time. Its still 18 hours though. You would have aged by 18 hours same as if you were on earth. Now on the other hand you take
the time taken to get to the planet (40 light years, 80 round trip), the closer you get tot the speed of light the slower time goes. So in effect by the time you reach there and get back if you could manage to get close to the speed light then hundreds if not thousands of years could have passed on earth. Effectively transporting you forward in time compared to people living on earth.
Meanwhile De Beers is secretly building rocket ships for its next generation of slave labor.
Glass cutters must be having an orgasm with this news
should change its name to Lucy
I thought this was something to do with Jennifer Aniston’s engagement ring.
My sons always going on about an alien called Diamondhead, this must be where he’s from!?
It’s called “55 cancri e”
Well I’ll forget about investing in diamonds so ….. water it is.
wow!
VS I, II or flawless?
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