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bingo_bango

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

You're probably right. I just know a friend's kids had it paid for recently, as did the rest of their class. I also know friends down south see gaeltact trips as the privilege of the privileged.

Can you speak it?

On the first point, I do remember paying money, but it could have been part funded (no idea if the funding would have come from HMG or CCMS though, sort of why I was hoping you would know)

On the second point, I do speak it, but nowhere near as well as I used to. Family and friends aren't much good so I find it hard to practice.

lazer

bingo_bango wrote: »

On the first point, I do remember paying money, but it could have been part funded (no idea if the funding would have come from HMG or CCMS though, sort of why I was hoping you would know)

On the second point, I do speak it, but nowhere near as well as I used to. Family and friends aren't much good so I find it hard to practice.

If you live in Belfast the Dirty Onion in the cathedral quarter do an irish conversation circle once a week

GlynD

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-29636716

Well NI22. Seems your illustrious leader has form again. So hiding the fact his niece was abused wasn't bad enough... but seems she wasn't the only one he knew about.... How many more.??? I suppose he's just taking his lead from your precious "church"!!!!

I think this is a serious dent in the SF strategy of having MMG control the north and GA taking over in the south. IF GA isn't seen as the statesman they've been (oddly) trying to present him as then their plan of overtaking Fianna Fail is doomed.

Overall I thin k their plan was a good one and they've stuck to it. The problem seems to be a lack of flexibility. They outlined the strategy to senior party members and the whips are keeping everyone toeing the party line - and trust me their whips are good at it. They didn't take into account the fact that matters of truth would condemn them because they seemed to be getting away with it when they came up with the plan.

As time marches on more and more of the stuff they're desperately trying to keep hidden about the RA (and their internal affairs) is going to come to the public attention and people will be shocked. In the good old bad old days we weren't shocked because shocking things were happening every day. They're not anymore and the new generation of voters is more easily disgusted by revelations of past outrages.

So much for Marxist/Leninism eh? It kept the RUC out of West Belfast but it won't make GA Taoiseach anytime soon.

The_Hurricane

I personally don't think this will do GA any harm at all.

warmhands.coldheart

Cotta wrote: »

That's quite disturbing, however as usual nothing will come from it. Adams like others currently running NI or indeed the ROI as he is now have done much much worse than this.

Yeah, but you see when it comes to shootings, bombings, etc. etc. etc. they can always blame "the war" against "the Brits"...... BUT when it comes to child sexual abuse........ Can't blame that on anything other than being a pea-doagh-file..... !!! True Scummers !! Just the type of people you want in power !!!!

Cotta

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Yeah, but you see when it comes to shootings, bombings, etc. etc. etc. they can always blame "the war" against "the Brits"...... BUT when it comes to child sexual abuse........ Can't blame that on anything other than being a pea-doagh-file..... !!! True Scummers !! Just the type of people you want in power !!!!

Whenever GA hid the issue of his niece being abused by his brother, this revelation didn't hurt him politically in the slightest.

warmhands.coldheart

Cotta wrote: »

Whenever GA hid the issue of his niece being abused by his brother, this revelation didn't hurt him politically in the slightest.

Probably because people where not surprised.... just another Peado to add to the swathes they were outing in the ranks of the priesthood.....

Cotta

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Probably because people where not surprised.... just another Peado to add to the swathes they were outing in the ranks of the priesthood.....

Electorally though his performances have been just as good.

warmhands.coldheart

Cotta wrote: »

Electorally though he performances have been just as good.

Yeah but come on.... it is Dundalk !!

Cotta

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Yeah but come on.... it is Dundalk !!

He does come across as very warm, caring and charismatic on TV as does MMG. Look how unappealing the Unionists are in general.