EVERY SATURDAY MORNING we take a look at all the best comments left on the site by our readers over the past seven days.

This week there was a lot of talk about the 8th Amendment, Albert Reynolds and what men want women to know…

So here are the standout comments from the week that was.

The 5 most popular comments this week

1 + 2. We’ll just leave these here, but you gave Tom Red 1,952 and then 2,738 thumbs up for it. 

3. There is no T in Paddy, but to be fair there is one in Patrick. But, still, Eoin is right, this is another thing to add to the DailyEdge.ie’s list of things that annoy us. And 1,788 of you. 

Americans calling March 17th St Pattys day

4. Here’s another really sound comment on the ‘What men want women to know’ article. This one from Brandon Steers got 1,606 green ones. 

No, The dress doesn’t make your arse look big. Chocolate cake makes your arse look big.

5. Another function of airplane mode on your phone? fergalreid has a good one that 1,400 of you liked.

Sometimes I’ll switch Airplane Mode on just to pretend that I’m going to my holidays.

The top 5 articles which received the most comments this week

1. National Women’s Council calls State refusal of abortion to woman ‘barbaric’ (478 comments)

2. Ireland in the international headlines again after rape victim is denied abortion (398 comments)

3. Bishop: Caesarean a “better outcome than abortion” but creates risks (269 comments)

4. Ibrahim Halawa beaten with metal chain in Egyptian prison, says sister (263 comments)

5. Ibrahim Halawa on hunger strike in Egyptian prison (255 comments)

The big issue this week

Tributes poured in for Albert Reynolds when his passing was announced on Thursday morning. Karen said:

Lovely man,proper gent and a proper out spoken to the point politician with heart. I fear he may be one of the last of them. True Irish man. Deepest condolences to his family a true loss,ar dheis Dè go raibh d’ainm dìlis.

Kate Ellen Egan added:

He was the last Irish politician who was his own man, didn’t come through in the dynastic manner and was a genuine family man . Newstalk have just done a nice commemoration RIP Albert ‘ar dheis Dè go raibh d’ainm dìlis’ ‘

And, finally, Brian Keelty said:

We have peace (for the better part) on this island because of the actions of this man… people are alive today because of his bravery and determination to stop the murders on both sides up north….. together with John Hume, David Irvine, David Trimbill and Seamus Mallon… They put aside their doubts and trusted in the other’s humanity…….. History will show him to be a great leader… and of course he has skeletons in the closet.. but his good outweighed his short comings.. R.I.P. Albert

While others questioned the eulogising of the good, while brushing over the bad.

Can we please have an unbiased review of his whole political career, the good and bad or do we brush over all of his controversies

That was a question posed by Philip. And we obliged here.

Puns and jokes of the week

There were some excellent suggestions on what to name your WiFi network. Here’s just a selection:

From molly coddled:

Mine is: I
It_Hurts_When_IP
:)

If you’re into The IT Crowd, you’ll like this from Dana Princessofpower Saretsky (great name dude, by the way).

This, Jen, Is The Internet

And, we just loved this from the same thread….

Some of our favourite comments

Reader Lorraine nominated two comments from people who lost loved ones to Motor Neurone Disease. The illness has been in the spotlight this week as people drench themselves in ice water to raise money for charity IMNDA.

The first was from Jennie Henderson who could not see why people were being negative about the initiative.

My mother only died of this on the 31st of July having been only diagnosed on the 14th Oct 13. This disease is so crippling not only for the patient but for their entire family. How our lives have changed since my mother was diagnosed and since her death life, will never be the same again. I dont care if people are getting sick of it in their newsfeeds etc etc, at least the world and social media are bringing this god awful disease to the forefront.

And another from Roland 303.

My mother died from MND several years ago. Those who post halfwit and condescending remarks have obviously never been touched by this disease. Who cares who does it and what their reasons are if in doing so they make a difference to people whose bodies are slowly shutting down. If it raises money for equipment and gives sufferers a much needed boost then it’s a good thing in my book. To those who don’t agree, take your negativity and shove it…..

This is just brilliant (read: so Irish) from Patricky.

When I was 16, I got a letter from a young one I shifted at Feile addressed to ‘Patrick with black hair who went to Feile & has an Irish setter, Some village near Cashel beginning with B, Tipperary’. There is no place to hide in this country.

Patricky, this author once got a letter delivered to her home address. The envelope said: Sinéad, Celbridge GAA.

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