Kate Middleton, Rory McIlroy on our “Heroes and Goats” list this week

Why is Shatter a hero? He doesn't know Irish History. I'm with you Pazuzu!

Are there any qualifications to write articles for IC? So according to this author, Kate Middleton is a goat because some loser violated her privacy? What about the guy who took the pictures? He's not a goat? Oh yeah, don't tell me, he's the hero.

(1) Whatever nationality Roman Catholic Rúadhrí declares for in 2016, (an a certain centenary is imperative!), he's undoubtedly a petit-bourgeois lad playing a middle-class sport for a largely bourgeois audience of well-to-do merchants. (2) Referring to someone as a "thug" is hardly conducive to ongoing peace processes. A case of IrishCentral doing an Irish Star tabloidesque impersonation? (3) Shame transferring onto a given nationality for non-ideal behaviour during WWII to compromise it into involvement in WWIII is hardly heroic. If so, then such candidates should be entered for the King Puck festival in Kilorglin, Co Kerry, Munster/southern Ireland. (4) And one man's democratisation is another man's neo-colonialism. Oh what wicked webs we weave, when we practice to deceive!

Rory is a hero !!What Irishman North or south would want to represent the corrupt crooks in government who fleeced its people in broad day light and put on the green shirt when it suits them

What we don't need is more judges. Please spare us IC.

It's obvious to me now that IrishCentral trembles with fear of the despicable Alan Shatter and the other Elders of Zion when they disallow one pertinent comment and allow all sorts of calumny and invective against Irish Americans by everybody every day. COWARDS!!

I see I've been censored. So much for freedom of speech!

I think I'll return to my "fromage chevre" and leave the stupidity to O'Shea.

I'd say the author of the above nonsensical article is something of a goat himself, a caprone, as the Italians might say.

O'Shea: For your information, a person who robs only one of those desserts grabs a CANNOLO, not what you said. As regards most of your other "judgments", such as Hero for Shatter's hysterical and ahistorical outburst and "Goat" for Ms Midleton for trying to get a sun tan in privacy--they're utter nonsense, and slightly offensive.

Hey,goats ain't so bad.

I'm with you, willieric - except you're giving disrespect to goats.

my nomination for top goat on your next list.....JAMES O'SHEA, IRISH CENTRAL COLUMNIST.........anyone agree?

Re: #5. Could you not do a little fact-checking? Ambassador Stevens was not "gunned ... down." Although the sequence of events isn't fully clear, he died as a result of smoke inhalation, apparently in the embassy building, which was burned. This was a front-page story; you didn't have to look too far to get this information. To misstate it is egregious, and only incites people who are as casually acquainted with current events as you are.

Obviously, Irish Central needs to have its writers read "The Elements of Style" by Strunk and White. It's not a perfect book, but it's slim enough to read quickly and will correct 95% of the grammatical errors that keep popping up on this site. As for their choices of heroes and goats -- insipid comes to mind. A bull is a hero? Seriously?