@SV3tN8M4: no John, I have one account and am not paid by either the government nor The Journal. But you go ahead and keep posting this BS and at the same time complain of government misinformation. That’s the irony that I’m referring to, and it is clearly lost on you

@SV3tN8M4: You’ve got this completely wrong, John. Kevin seems like a fine person, but he and I are definitely separate individuals.

@Brendan O’Brien: well thank you Brendan, appreciate the back up, enjoy your weekend

@Kevin Kerr: Same to you, Kevin.

@SV3tN8M4: You are very literary, but you never actually make a point. Quoting what was said and trying to hold them to book is a lonely furrow.
Saying and doing are two separate actions, and politicians slide over this difference with ease, so trying to hold them to book is a waste of time. Surely you understand this .
Politicians and political parties are not something that will change. they essentially don’t give a shyte about you , you’re communities or your welfare, and when you let them off to ” F,” you too will move on….
Yes, we need to vote and preserve democracy , despite its flaws , but that’s our civil duty. For me that’s where it ends and I’m sure for many more..

Living and caring for those you love and just enjoying life isn’t difficult when you think inwardly.

@John Mc Dermott:
The workers are ready to take to the streets as soon as they get back from their second sun holiday.

@H Woo: Good man Woo Hoo, workers don’t get two sun holidays in a year, must be mixing them up with your pyjama brigade crew. Interesting to see Woo Hoo & Kevin/Brendan & all the Buster, Don, John Doe’s etc all the multiple identity crew out busy tonight, it’s heart warming to see them get caught out like Kevin/Brendan did this week. In all fairness Woo Hoo, your posts are so wacky, they can be funny. Then we have Mr Angry Head, back from giving lessons on etiquette at the golf club, trying to keep himself calm, till he explodes in a tirade, it’s quite amusing reading a lot of the psychopaths posts here.

@sean mcnamara: Drop the ‘t”. Bring back COBOL

@honey badger: You might be ok with Ireland standing idly by on the sidelines while Israel commits genocide but that’s for you and your conscience to deal with. Passing this bill would deliver a clear statement that we oppose this evil and barbaric regime. Simon likes to make all the right noises but he never backs them up with action. The opposition parties are giving him an opportunity to prove that this time he’ll be different but of course he won’t. He’ll do what he always does. Nothing.

@Declan Doherty: It won’t, though. According to Trocaire, we do about €500k – €1.5 million in trade with companies from the “occupied territories” in the region. Passing this bill will do nothing of any description that might end the war and get the hostages released. Zero.
If you want to inflate its significance, then by all means, go ahead. The reality will be very different.

@Robert Boyd: What utter uninformed, biassed nonsense.

@honey badger: The same Trocaire that are fully supportive of the bill.. I see you going on about it affecting “a few fruit sellers”, like the fruit sellers the Dunnes workers targeted during their strike during the mid 80s, when they stood up for people in another country suffering under an apartheid system. People are judged on their actions.. no matter how small.. it’s the principle that counts. You can try to deflate the meaning of this bill, by all means.. because whilst no one is in any doubt it will not stop the right wing butchers in the Israeli government in their ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.. It is the right thing to do. If it shows the Palestinian people that we stand in solidarity with them in the face of genocide.. I for one am 100 per cent in support of that.

@honey badger: always amuses me that those who say the occupied territorys bill will affect nothing are the ones most strident about condemning it, I can’t wait to hear what the israli government have to say about as well as their ambassador to Ireland at present hiding in israel.
yes it’s a small step undoubtedly but like the Dunnes stores worker’s who opposed south African apartheid it boosted an unstoppable movement, this is exactly what apartheid Israel is so afraid of.

@Brian: I’ve never heard of ethnic cleansing where the ‘victims’ are actually increasing their population.

@offside again: I suggest you look up the definition of ethnic cleansing.. here I’ll help you..’the mass expulsion or killing of members of one ethnic or religious group in an area by those of another.. trying to be a smart ass doesn’t suit people who aren’t very smart..

@offside again: Drivel. What have I said that’s anti semitic? I’ve called out the far right butchers in the Israeli government.. you do know there are far right extrimists heading up the Isreali government.. ? Simultaneously driving Palestinian people off their land and attending festivals calling for the re occupation of Gazza “return to Gaza now! Return home! Return to our holy land! .. It is ethical! It is rational! It is right! It is the truth! It is the Torah and it is the only way! ” Ben Givr. This is the very definition of ethnic cleansing .. you are the clueless one. And utterly at that I might add.. use your eyes .. it might help you see whats going on right in front of them.

@offside again: You should be ashamed of yourself for supporting genocide. People who condemn the killing of tens of thousands of women and children are ‘blinded by anti-semitism’???? What are you blinded by?

As Bernie Sanders wrote yesterday, Israel ‘did not have the right to kill 42,000 Palestinians, two-thirds of whom were children, women and the elderly, or injure over 100,000 people in Gaza. It did not have the right to destroy Gaza’s infrastructure and housing and healthcare systems. It did not have the right to bomb every one of Gaza’s 12 universities. It did not have the right to block humanitarian aid, causing massive malnutrition in children and, in fact, starvation.’

@offside again: Truth is anti-Semitic now?

@Brendan O’Brien: here’s a hint : stop attacking Israel and release the hostages. Hamas have stated their aim is to eradicate jews. Maybe you agree with that. ‘Palestinians’ were out celebrating in the streets after oct 7.

@Thomas Sheridan: oh what a brilliant mind you have

@offside again: Israel is ACTUALLY eradicating Palestinians, and you have no problem with that. You should be ashamed.

@Brendan O’Brien: nothing to be ashamed of at all. Born in England, raised in Ireland. I am not responsable for my ancestors behaviour.
Recognition of Israels right to exist, cessation of terrorist attacks, release the hostages= no war. Why is that so hard for you to understand ?
You’re so stupid you don’t realise the west and its humanist values are under attack.

@John C Doe: What an original and intelligent retort John. Entirely predictable too. Well done.

@honey badger: I don’t care if it does nothing. It’s a statement that we don’t support Israel’s genocide. That we won’t stand silently by and watch just as so many bigger and more powerful nations are staying silent. Doesn’t matter now though as Simon has been shown up for the spoofer he is. He’s weak. A coward.. Makes me wonder through, why would you be so opposed to something so innocuous ? If it would have such a small impact why be so opposed to it ? What would it matter to you ? Unless of course you support the genocide in which case I’d prefer not to engage. I just can’t stomach people who support the cold blooded murder of children.

@Robert Boyd:
Government paid to look after the Irish first.

@Declan Doherty:
HAMAS surrender and release what’s left of the hostages makes better sence.

@Brian:
Bigger genocide going on in Yemen, but that’s differant it’s Muslim that are doing it, and not a client state of America.

@Brian:
You have yet to call for the Jordanian government to hand back the land the Palistine Arabs where removed from in the past.

@Declan Doherty: yawn

@John C Doe: who is this ‘ world’ that supports Israel. Outside US, UK, Germany. These do not constitute the ‘world’.

@honey badger: 1 brave woman working at Dunnes in early 80’s proves that statement completely wrong.

@H Woo: Why would they release the hostages when Mileikowsky has said he’ll keep butchering the Palestinians anyway. Which part of it being a genocide are you not getting ?

@offside again: How blessed you are to be bored by the topic. Eitherway, I don’t care. As long as I have breath in me, I’ll keep highlighting it. Yawn away.

@Declan Doherty: no rest for the keyboard warriors. There is so much shit going on in the world but that would mean taking time off from attacking Israel. You’re so brave.

@offside again: The people in Gaza are brave. The Israeli soldiers shooting children in the head most certainly aren’t. I’ve never claimed to be. I agree that there’s lots of shit going on in the world for sure. Why does that mean we shouldn’t highlight an active genocide that the western world (including our own government) is complicit in through their silence and inaction ? You don’t get to decide what issues matter most to others. We all get to decide that for ourselves thanks.

@Jim Ryan: No, as there are constitutional stuff to complete, the ending of Government and Dail has to be gone through to ensure that there aren’t any ” outstanding ” issues that may undermine the constitution. And all needs witnessing and recording. Same in most constitutional democracies that’s why all legislation needs to be passed next week, and any issues of a constitutional nature parked until to a Dail is created.

Of course this is a paraphrase of a lot of legal stuff…

@John C Doe: mastrobation not healthy for brain really…