Gerry Adams claims some politicians were drunk during debt debate - VIDEO

ancavker - " Oh and You really should be describing yourself as Cymbro-Norman, as the Normans who invaded Ireland came from Wales, after doing a little intermarrying there too!" They also intermarried with the Welsh aristocracy that had fled to Northern France after the anglo-saxon invasions.

Frank Hall,s comedy acts of the 70,s comes to mind in this.The Minister for Hardship with his side kick, for Gate Posts and Telegraph Poles, drunk during important debates like chewing gum loosing its flavor on bedposts overnight

According to The Irish Times journalist Dave Hannigan in his book "The Irish [and other] Foreigners", were all transients at the end of the day. Settled Travellers, with a small 't'. Maybe we should take the advise in the Gospel of Saint Thomas - "Be passers by!"

Anglo-Norman, such a great culture and yet it is gone? Oh and You really should be describing yourself as Cymbro-Norman, as the Normans who invaded Ireland came from Wales, after doing a little intermarrying there too! The level of ignorance on this site is stunning!

Your Viking cousins were responsible for Ireland's descent before you arrived (presuming you even have Norman ancestory). The ingenuity behind the "castles and other buildings" did not originate with the Normans. You absolutely ruined Ireland's economy and greatly reduced the living standards of the average person living in Ireland. Even in the 16 & 17th centuries, after the country had been thoroughly robbed, the average Irish peasant had a higher level of learning than most of your petty aristocracy (it is documented that many of the Irish slaves who were transported to the Carribean were better educated than the landowners there).

curtisjohnston- I am proud of the castles & other buildings in Ireland, I am proud of the commerce we brought to Ireland, We civilized Ireland. Sadly we were dragged down by assimilating with the native peasants whoose backward ways & drinking culture stained a great culture.

Are you also proud of how they rejected their own culture in favor of Gaelic culture after being fully exposed to it?

KilkennyCats- Extremely son...

"The Normans conquered both of those cultures" ... ... um, you're proud of that?

The strange and peculiar circumstances under which the IMF/ECB promissory note was signed without referring back for government approval, (disturbingly similar to the Anglo-Irish Treaty Articles of Agreement paper in 1922), ought be consitutionally challangeable. De Valera's conter-proposal of external association without oath of allegience is still extant in my humble estimation.

The strange and peculiar circumstances under which the IMF/ECB promissory note was signed without referring back for government approval, (disturbingly similar to the Anglo-Irish Treaty Articles of Agreement paper in 1922), ought be consitutionally challangeable. De Valera's conter-proposal of external association without oath of allegience is still extant in my humble estimation.

For a period in history, yes. The conquered all the way to Sicily.

The Norman were superior in the art of warfare also.

Adams is right. No one should be conducting business whilst intoxicated, more so whilst conducting business on other peoples behalf. Regardless of the argument that some make their worst decisions whilst sober. If only Gerry had have had the excuse of being intoxicated when deciding to shelter a pedophile and even more intoxicated when deciding to promote the pedophile into a role of authority within his party. However he must have been heavily intoxicated when allowing the pedophile to work with children in his constituency of West Belfast.

" Norman Culture was one of the greatest Cultures ever. I all spheres it was superior to saxon & celtic cultures in fact it conquered both of those cultures quicksmart. FACT" LOL. There was no such thing as a Norman culture - they just borrowed from French and Italian cultures (as well as the classically rooted Welsh culture which had transplanted to Northern France). It was an outstanding martial society, I'll give you that.