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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 Graham Dwyer’s conviction, same-sex marriage, and a sinkhole.
So here, in no particular order, are the standout comments from the week that was.
The 5 most popular comments this week
1. Strong words from Gonzo Doyle about Graham Dwyer’s murder conviction received 4,101 green thumbs:
Finally justice for Elaine and her family, he discarded her like an animal and went on with his life as normal, intriguing case, great work by all who made this day happen
2. The awful tale about an autistic boy forced to eat twigs by a group of young people upset Mark Byrne and many others. He got 2,518 green thumbs for saying:
What the hell is wrong with people? That’s horrific!!!
3. Tom Collins got competitive over a sinkhole in Dublin, and 2,438 people agreed with him:
They call that a pothole where I come from
4. Jason Bourne’s reply to Gonzo Doyle got 2,259 thumbs up from people who supported the sentiment:
And the nation breathes a sigh of relief..
5. Another comment on the Graham Dwyer verdict, this time from Neil Crowley, which got 1,997 thumbs up:
How in Gods name was he allowed to release a statement !!!!
The top 5 articles which received the most comments this week
1. Maynooth Students’ Union receive ‘sick and disturbing’ postcard from ‘Vote No’ campaign (466 comments)
2. Granny tells nervous grandson ‘You don’t need to ask me that question’ about marriage ref (379 comments)
3. We can’t back down over equality – we must demand more (358 comments)
4. ‘If we don’t do anything now, Ibrahim will die’ (299 comments)
5. Gerry Adams tells US television: ‘I never pulled a trigger, ordered a murder or set off a bomb’ (282 comments)
Standout comments of the week
John Kelly had some solid advice for world leaders whose passport numbers were accidentally leaked:
They can apply for new ones online.
The 10 day express service by post for
renewing; your only man.
In some good news, new figures showed that Irish kids are getting healthier.
However, Mrs Shalakalananaka isn’t entirely on board with modern versus traditional cooking methods:
Kids these days eat too much crap. When I used to cook dinner for my lot, I’d put whatever food I had into a big bot and boil it- carrots, potatoes, apples, bit of milk, bananas, slice of bread, cheese, butter and chicken legs, all healthy bits so they got their vitamins.Now the grandkids come over and I bake cake for their dinner. How times have changed.
During the week, 2fm presenter Louise McSharry announced she will return to the airwaves on Sunday, 19 April. The former DailyEdge.ie writer has been given the all-clear from Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Lots of you got in touch to send on your good wishes, with potty o shea saying:
She is a bright and beautiful girl. I always love listening to her bubbly voice on the radio! Good luck to you Louise health wise and in your upcoming marriage..
Many people were, rightly, impressed with Costica Nedelcu – the Panda worker who found €1,500 in a shoe … and returned it.
Scorpionvenomm summed it up well:
FairPlay to him, great to see that there is still good people in this world that’s genuine and honest
Last but not least, several of you had your say on TheJournal.ie‘s latest development – a paywall for the comments section*:
Michael Tobin is on board but doesn’t have the finances just yet:
This looks like a fantastic idea. I’d love to sign up immediately, but all of my money is tied up with a Prince in West Africa who is fighting a legal battle to get his fortune back.
I’ll definitely sign up when he makes me richer than Richie Rich.
Meanwhile, Con Manne sung the praises of the little-known Papal:
Glad to see they took my tips to the writers on board. Free speech must be paid for! This will eliminate all the frivolous diatribes from people who refuse to participate in a serious manner. I’ve already set up a Papal (a subsidiary of Paypal) account, run by the vatican bank. Anyone wishing to join me can send me their bank details. Confidentiality guaranteed.
*Yes, it was an April Fools joke.
With contribution by Aoife Barry
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Great intro there…NOT. Asking did you make the cut? Over a picture of Graham Dwyer.
I’ll take a stab at it and say it was deliberate.
No pleasure taken from top comment there on such a tragic story, anyone with a decent comment first on that story would have got top comment. It was however a fantastic result for Elaine, her family, the Gardai, the people of Ireland and the irish justice system.
Gonzo I don’t begrudge you getting comment of the week but I always feel that whoever gets the comment in first gets the most green thumbs. Even if they say something like “RIP and good wishes to all the family” on some tradegy or other.
Later on more thoughtful comments could be made but will not get as many green thumbs.
I know that myself when I am reading the comments I get fed up after about 30 comments and especially when they go off topic.
Just saying!
If anyone is looking to bulk buy thumbs message me.
The shinners love all that stuff
Totally agree, Dwyer not Doyle and very bad headline. Did you make the cut..
Hi Allan, thanks for the comment – every comments of the week article states ‘did you make the cut?’ in the subhead (not the headline) but I can completely see how that inadvertently links to the Graham Dwyer photo – rest assured it was completely unintentional.
Very inappropriate headline.
#1 Dwyer not Doyle!
I would like to complain to the journal about been bias again, i put a lot of good comments in this week ,
Top comment of the week surely goes to The Journal for posting “Did you make the cut?” beside a photo of Dwyer on Top Comment of the Week.
Top comment of the week surely goes to The Journal for posting “Did you make the cut?” beside a photo of Ireland’s stabbiest architect on Top Comment of the Week.
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