118 Comments

• merefalow | Mar 10, 2013, 12:07 PM EDT

  yes,next year will be better,the prices might have come back down.

• RobinForester | Mar 06, 2013, 04:42 AM EST

  Dresden Curtis Esq: Did you check out the 800 detention camps USA story, I double-checked it and it's true. One day these camps might be neede. Re: Awoken32 posts, when he writes you can sense communism, socialism and time served in prison. With regard to commies I was in Russia in 1975, shopping queues started at 6.00am mostly outside butchers shops, the shops did not open until 10.00am, and if they had no meat the manager was not allowed to go outside and tell the waiting people as it reflected badly on the State. When I saw this it was in winter and the women waiting were often elderly 60-70 years of age citizens. This was a real insight into a totalitarian state, we viewed the Lubianka Prison from across the street. Read up on it sometime and the JIM Crow Laws USA.

• curtisjohnson | Mar 06, 2013, 01:10 AM EST

  RF, only a moral imbecile believes that moral and political virtue are always congruous.

• awoken32 | Mar 05, 2013, 04:37 PM EST

  @RobinForester "your ignorance is not because the truth is not available to you.There have been "radicals"preaching it for thousands of years.No.You are ignorant because you shun the truth with all your heart an soul.You close your eyes an run away when a hint of reality lands in front of you.You condemn as "extremists"and"fringe kooks"those that try to show you the chains you are wearing.You dont want to be free.Responsibility an reality scare the hell out of you so you cling tightly to your own enslavement and lash out at any who seek to free you from it.When someone opens the door to your cage,you cower back in the corner an yell,"CLOSE IT".You are trapped in your own iron web

• RobinForester | Mar 05, 2013, 09:37 AM EST

  awoken: If you lived next door to me you'd say 'My, What Good Neighbours We Have', you'd ring me to ask will I pick you up outside the club because you were singing "Dublin Belongs to Me', Mood", and the bus conductor wouldn't let you on the bus because he said you-'were kay-'ly'. and surely that's all we want to do get on the bus with eveyone else. If you read todays Irish Central front page there's news about 5 or more Irish/USA Billionaires, what I forgot to mention when I was rabbiting on about not killing the Mayor or the President. I should have added 'we also have the RIGHT to be millionaires and billionaires and we all know men who made the effort to better themselves and did so. You never hear those men moan and groan about the Government do you, So it's down to the individual and not the State.

• awoken32 | Mar 05, 2013, 08:56 AM EST

  Your govermnent must love you RobinForester,Honestly you are the most obediant slave for your masters,you hear no evil speal no evil an see no evil,your actions are restricted by your blind faith you put in the very same corrupted to the core system that puts you down time an time again,myself my eyes are fully open to the system an im willing to put a bars through the cogs of its machine,the answer to curtisjohns question was easy,The government couldnt care less about you,the government wants you trapped in servitude,the most dangerous thingon the planet in the last century is government,Government have killed more people in the last 100years than in anytime in hstory,politicans destroy democracy,the education system destroys education,solicitors destroy the law,the healthcare systems destroys your health,religon destroys your spirituality eyc etc etc etc,the whole world is upside down on purpose,you are a slave neo

• RobinForester | Mar 05, 2013, 02:10 AM EST

  Eviction row puts spotlight on reality of repossessions Brendan and Asta Kelly, 71 and 63, were forcibly evicted from the Dublin property on Wednesday in unsavoury circumstances. They are — or were — successful business people, who took out a mortgage worth about €2m with Anglo Irish Bank to buy the property. While the details of the Kelly case are divisive, they were nevertheless man-handled out of their home. This story has highlighted an issue that is happening quietly across Ireland daily. Latest figures from the Central Bank for the last quarter of 2011 show repossessions were happening at least once a day. During those 90 days, 133 properties were taken into possession by lenders, 50 were repossessed on foot of court orders and the balance were voluntarily surrendered or abandoned. So most went quietly, but the outcome was the same. In March, a disturbing video was posted on YouTube showing the forced eviction of a woman from a house in Arklow. The woman, who was living in the house with her two children, was in rent arrears of €2,500. Two squad cars and four gardaí were present while she was lifted out of the house and taken away in handcuffs for breach of the peace.

• RobinForester | Mar 05, 2013, 01:52 AM EST

  Reference: The Potato Famine, Rent arrears and Evictions, here's a news snippet to chew over, the point I'm making is is South Dublin Council being unfair are acting like the English? A Dublin family has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing South Dublin County Council from evicting them from their home of almost 30 years. David and Catherine McGowan, who live with their three adult children and two grandchildren at Cushlawn Park, Tallaght, fear they are in danger of imminent eviction due to a dispute over rent arrears, the court heard. The house is subject to a tenancy agreement between the council and the McGowans since they moved in 28 years ago. The council claims there are rent arrears of €23,740. It secured a warrant for possession earlier this year. Senior counsel Conleth Bradley , for the family, said they disputed the council’s assessment of arrears and contended that it erroneously computed the family’s income for rent assessment purposes.

• RobinForester | Mar 05, 2013, 01:34 AM EST

  Curtis: Lets not kid oursleves Governments have 3 legs and hidden agendas and political motives to remain in power and Tammany Halls exist everywhere. In short what I think or want does not matter a great deal. The political legacy we obtain is often reflected in the laws that are passed, laws which regulate our behavior hopefully for the best, Common sense says even if I disagree with the law I have no right whatsoever to seek change through violent or unreasonable methods. I am not allowed to murder the King, the President or the Mayor, or the right to sway public opinion to my cause by disrupting society or causing injury to others, who, in practice. are invariably innocent bystanders. My individual rights of action are limited, therefore it's open to me to become an MP, Senator, Congressman or local councillor, if I am unwilling to do so then the blame is mine alone - not my neighbour or the State who maybe totally unaware I feel so strongly about an issue, I must accept that they have the right to ignore me, to walk away and to mount a counter-protest, or to adopt a couldn't care less attitude to me and the society we live in.

• curtisjohnson | Mar 04, 2013, 09:06 PM EST

  RF, do you believe the people that really run your country are you friends or enemies?

• awoken32 | Mar 04, 2013, 07:47 PM EST

  @IrelandNorth im from Dublin man lol

• RobinForester | Mar 04, 2013, 06:27 PM EST

  Ireland North: The question is are you my friend or enemy? And are you Irelands real friend, with your outdated hates thats not possible, think how you sound to others, would you as a tourist want to visit Ireland north or south with gadgies like you on the go. Preaching hatred as if it's a manly virtue. Today 3 loonies were arrested taking rockets into Londonderry to explode. Lets say they were not arrested, that they exploded these weapons and lets say 9 Irish people got killed and several injured. What good did that do, what valid point was made -hatred does not create jobs or prosperity, Belfast the last I heard was a ghost town, when did it last launch a ship or erect a new £200 million development. Empty towns, kids leaving to go to England, poor prospects and ypu-re to blame. Time to say no more, We want homes, jobs, wages and food on the table.

• IrelandNorth | Mar 04, 2013, 02:55 PM EST

  awoken32! Go easy on us poor auld 'Free Staters'. A dodgy treaty was imposed upon you in the 6 as much as it was on us in the 26. James Joyce had it right: "History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken!" Unity of the 32 is a macroeconomic imperative. The wealth we hold in common depends upon it! [Sherwood]Forrester! It's conventional to grant people their noms-de-postes. Give 'em a break! STEVENSTAR! An Irishman from the 26 would never use the term "southern Irish". Nor be pejorative towards fellow northerners, or westerners - ie Americans. Sowing the seeds of enmity and division is the devils work, (and conduct unbecoming an Orangeman from west Tyrone). PS HM EIIR visited the 26 in 2011, and the 6 in 2012. Gotcha!

• ancavker | Mar 04, 2013, 11:45 AM EST

  STEVEN: SO how exactly is it the Irish-Americans fault, as you say they come on a tour bus, and the locals employed in the tourist business present them a picture of Ireland. If you have something better or more authentic to present, than the Irish people should present it to tourists, American and otherwise. Now what would you present? Man U Jersey's, Jedward?

• awoken32 | Mar 04, 2013, 07:41 AM EST

  @RobinForester i never though we aggree on something,but you are right mass immigration cause division an havoc for the NATIVES of a country,The government an left wing lunatics pander to their every wish whilst abandoning their OWN people,another thing you didnt mention is.is that it creates slave labour wages,There is not one songle enrichment that it brings for the native population

• RobinForester | Mar 04, 2013, 04:21 AM EST

  England and Immigration: The English Government have decided our own people do not matter, that having a white-Anglo Saxon Norway/Dane type of person is a fanciful idea and we need to attract the finest brains and those with ambition. Too this I would say the finest brains are often contained in the finest bodies, the finest appearances with the finest manners, and often in the tallest people. I would argue all foreigners allowed to settle here should have skills, be educated, be law abiding and loyal, and as a precaution should be allowed in for a 1 year trial period to be assessed for suitability or rejection. What I think matters not a jot. We allow trailer-trash from the slums of 20 major nations including Bombay in, they were trailer trash back home and prove to be trailer trash here. For Council house homes they come first, if no house is available then they get booked into hotels for £100 per night, and once in they can 'send for their families and alleged children. This is the bottom line truth. You decide the matter, as no Govt Minister will interefere on our behalf.

• awoken32 | Mar 03, 2013, 09:00 PM EST

  @warrenpoint, i apologise to you aswell for calling you a traitor,But i will say something to you,Listen i know an awful lot about multi-culture mass immigration an what it means for the native population in any country,we only live on a small island ok,now we are havibg forced mass immigration on our island with no mandate an its pure unbridled aswell,we are getting flooded,an its not like they are coming in an asimilating because they are coming in on mass,so its only natural that they will form their own community an start to grow ten fold,you have to look at the future when you talk about this matter.im not saying kill any person,im saying that when MY PEOPLE an that includes you an your family aswell,of course listen man you are my people,our ancestors fought an died on mass for us to have our emerald isle,me an you got a beutiful country passed onto us,now you just thin about what type of ireland you want for your irish youth,because make no mistake about it mass immigration is the death nail for ANY NATIVE PEOPLE,thats what its all about,its to break up the unity of native peoples,so its easier for the Ruling Elites to push the EUssr on all of europe,its gonna cause massive problem man,all ill say is look into mass immigration all accross europe,its atotal disaster thats just a fact man,takecare anyways

• warrenpoint00 | Mar 03, 2013, 08:23 PM EST

  Awoken32, I owe you an apology then, if you say that you are a true believer in the Irish nation as a 32 county republic, and disregard that miserable institute called the free state which is 26 counties ,as a republic,s, then I apologize to you.As you and I know it is not politically correct to have a republic within a free nation .Thousands of true Irishmen , did not pay the ultimate sacrifice for a corrupt failed statlet ,like the free state, and to encourage the very idea that the 26 counties is a republic is a disgraceful insult to the memory of all those patriot dead.The free state as we true Irish men are all aware, is an utter failure, and I cannot see how foreign migrants could have been responsible for this, because this statelet since its inception, has been ,and will always be a failure.

• awoken32 | Mar 03, 2013, 12:43 PM EST

  RobinForester who onws an controlls al-queada,you can make up any excuse for the mass murdering an robbing of natural resources from the middle east an africa,But at the end of the day its terrorism an exploitation of the middle easterns an africans,An its not for any european country its about wealth an power of the Ruling Classes it has nothing to do with the masses of any country,its about the centralisation of power,The middle east would trade their oil no problems but the Elite want it all,They wanna steal it by force.All of their wars are illegal an that is a fact,you think that the government care about you????lol,bit your life they dont

• STEVENSTAR | Mar 03, 2013, 12:32 PM EST

  LETS GET AWAY FROM ALL THE AMERICAN COMMENTERS ON HERE AND ALSO THE NORTHERN IRISH COMMENTERS ON HERE.. MY GOD SOME OF YOU SEEM LIKE A REAL BITTER LOT .... NOW FOR MY COMMENT.. IM 100% IRISH I LIVE IN IRELAND AND I WAS BORN HERE IN IRELAND AND HOLD AN IRISH PASSPORT SO IM ABOVE YOU TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON MY OWN COUNTRY... I PERSOANALLY AS AN IRISHMAN WOULD WELCOME KATE AND WILLIAM HERE JUST LIKE THE MAJORITY OF US SOUTHERN IRISH WELCOMED THE QUEEN IN 2012... TO THE DISMAY AND BITTERNESS OF ALOT OF AMERICANS AND NORTHERN IRISH WHO LOVE TO BICKER AND HOLD ONTO THE PAST.. WE HAVE MOVED ON HERE DOWN IN THE SOUTH MAYBE ITS TIME FOR ALOT OF YOU NORTHERN IRISH AND YOU AMERICANS TO MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIVES ALSO AND STOP BICKERING AND BITCHING LIKE A BUTCH OF OULD HOUSEWIVES AND HAVE SOME CLASS AND DIGNITY FOR ONCE IN YOUR BITTER LIVES !!! WE HAVE PEACE IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND NOW AND THATS HOW & THATS HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT..!!!

• RobinForester | Mar 03, 2013, 11:06 AM EST

  awoken32, How valuable is a job and why do men work? In Western cities the buses, trains and cars get running at 5.30 am taking workers to jobs. What we tend to forget is all forms of road transport need fuel to run it. We, and the US, Canada and Australia, need to protect our petrol/gasolene supplies, if you cut this supply and the lights go then the wheels stop turning all over the Western Hemisphere. If you look at terrorists groups as a whole they all claim to want freedom, higher wages, schools, hospitals etc, but once they've got power a steady stream of blackmail demands soon start and they all point to higher prices for unrefined raw oil and more income for them. (check your bills) Your cuddly, tiny-tot friend, the Palestinian crook Yasser Arafat was good at playing the oil blackmail game and when he died he had $3.6 billion dollars in his private Swiss Bank account, I'll spell it out for you ($ three thousand, 600 hundred MILLION dollars) You say you love Ireland, are you prepared to see its oil supplies cut and the whole population of Ireland unable to get to work or the shops, or able to have a job because your sympathies for the Arafats of this world are misplaced, think man, are you?

• awoken32 | Mar 03, 2013, 09:57 AM EST

  Robbin Forester ill leave you to your tel-lie-vision ok,You can keep thinking that your so intelligent whilst you swim in ignorance,Ive more things to be doing than to reach someone that is so indoctrinated,I will just leave you in the herd of sheeple,you sit there an type on your computer about the armies of the west like they are heroes,when the truth is is that they are the terrorists of the world,Owned an controlled by the Ruling Elite an fight for the interest of the ruling elite,with illegal war after illegal war,Bombing an murdering untold innocent people in the middle east an africa just to make the elites richer an richer,they are armies captured an used for the centralisation of power for the 1% whilst the 99% are suffering,you can call me a farm boy all you like but you wouldnt want to talk fact with me man,you just dont know,you just dont know,im done trying to reach you,The Royals should never be allowed into Ireland

• awoken32 | Mar 03, 2013, 09:49 AM EST

  @warrenpoint,listen man if you knew my past you would not call me a free stater,Beleive me,you havent a clue who i am,I tell you one thing,I believe that as far as the stolen land that is northern Ireand,I know for a fact that in the not so distant future Northern Ireland will become apart of the a United Ireland,You always try to make up stuff about what i think,ill tell you just so you dont get it twisted,Northern Ireland will be majority Catholic very soon an thats when we will see that times change an the natural order of things come back to the Land of Ireland,there is no threath of that reversing whatsoever which is why i dont place any enfaces on the matter,It will work its self out naturally,All the hard work has been done,its about healing an getting the younger generations to grow up without all the troubles of the past,Slowly but surely as the tide changes the people in the north will start to respect each other an a united Ireland will come about its destiny,But Ireland has a much bigger problem to solve at the moment,A live an real threath that has not been dealth with an must not be allowed to grow,i focus on that threth now

• RobinForester | Mar 03, 2013, 09:05 AM EST

  awoken26. If you ask me 'Your suffering from Guiness Fever', and need to come off it for a few months to clear your head. In the area where I live, NE England, medical practitioners recommend 12 cans of Newcastle Brown Ale to cure it, most former sufferers swear by it as a cure, and refuse to drink any other, so give it a try.

• RobinForester | Mar 03, 2013, 05:03 AM EST

  A suggestion for WarrenPoint to push on other forums, ''that her HM the Queen is presented with a garland of Shamrocks on St Patricks Day''. I know her mother presented Shamrocks to the Irish Guards Regiment in London and this always appeared on BBC News. Another suggestion is to sell lapel Shamrocks in aid of some charity, a good one would be to work with the British Legion on this and to point out to them you would like a list of Irish citizens killed in WW1, WW2, and currently Afghanistan, a 'news-point story is': The British Legion have raised millions for veterans (USA readers the British Legion is the UK Veterans charity with a massive following) the point is did any of this money go to Irish Veterans in all -32- counties. It was donated -for all veteran purposes- so are there in Ireland proper BL veterans homes. I think this is a valid point. And thank you for station the Royal Couple are welcome, I want closer Union between Ireland and the UK, and to drop the idea that we do not like each other, or are enemies, we are friends and any man who argues differently is wrong. My regards.

• warrenpoint00 | Mar 03, 2013, 12:17 AM EST

  Awoken26, are you a free state donkey altogether lad? history tells us IRISH people,yes people like myself, real Irish people from the great and proud province of ULADH, that those who support a republic within a country must ultimately be accorded the status of "traitor".How can you possibly have a "republic" within an ancient country like Ireland.How can you possibly boast of a republic of Ireland ,that has only 26 counties of the 32 counties of ancient Ireland.Proves to me ,YOU, yes you sir are a free stater that supports partition of my ,yes sir MY country. Ireland =32 beautiful counties.Free state=26 counties.And you know what Asleep 26, FREE STATERS can be identified by the smell from their armpits as well .Good day you free stater,you, yes you sir.P.S ,do not forget to Cc your armpit buddies wounded feet,anglo saxon and wee will hamilton.slan agus beannachti

• RobinForester | Mar 02, 2013, 11:03 PM EST

  awoken: Stop telling people that you're Irish, are these your ancestors? Archeologists Unearth Alien-Like Skulls In A Mexico Cemetery?

• awoken32 | Mar 02, 2013, 03:44 PM EST

  Robin there is really mo point in talking to you about it,Thats your opinion,You belive anything ye want man

• RobinForester | Mar 02, 2013, 02:25 PM EST

  awoken32. If you Goggle 'OBL death / Esquire Magazine, there's several articles. The 'shooter' was kicked out of the Seal/ Army 12 months later. I think he asked the Army to allow him to go Public and they refused and warned him the USA Official Secrets Act applied to all Seal Missions. He took the huff. I think he guessed he could earn $35million dollars for his story. He used 3 bullets 1 in the eye, one in the forehead, and one in the head whilst he was dropping to the floor. The other men, heroes, piled into the room and had a fun-minute 'firing extra shots into OBL corpse'. As for 9-11, the aircraft fuel flames/heat melted the steel support column’s, which caused the total collapse. You’re mad dog uttering does not respect those who died, including the Plane Passengers and crews, office workers, the Police and Fireman. Our own British UK Firemen and Police got flown out free by British Airway to assist with rescues, and to attend the funerals of brother workers. Did any Irish Police/ Firemen fly out; I imagine they did so they deserve your thanks, not scorn. (Time to come in from the fields, boyo)

• awoken32 | Mar 02, 2013, 11:09 AM EST

  RobinForester you get all your imformation from the controlled media,which is all false,The twin towers were taken down by controlled demolition after the planes hit,Sure pilots all over the wolrd admit that they could not have pulled of those manouvers that those plains did,never mind some muslims who couldnt fly pigeon never mind a boeing 747,An as for Osama Bin Laden he was dead long ago an that pakistans story was rubbish,How conveinment that the made up seal team that killed Bin Laden all died in an air crash,yeh right,an they threw osamas body into the sea,yeh right,you beleive everything that the propagnda machine that is the controlled media tell ypu Robin,Man you havent a clue

• RobinForester | Mar 02, 2013, 10:40 AM EST

  Hereward (Awoken32). It was Mary Robinson who was at Downing Street, I recall her and Mary McAleese, the current incumbent is Michael Higgens. How on earth can 9-11 be an inside job, if that was the case the perpertrator would have 10 000 NY Irish cops after him. I notice you don't mention Pakistan harbouring Osama Bin Laden (they must have known about him) which suggests to me your protecting the Pakistani's. I do not accept that you thought 'Jihad' was an horse running in the 3.30 at Kempton.

• STEVENSTAR | Mar 02, 2013, 10:34 AM EST

  @@@@@warrenpoint00 | Mar 01, 2013, 11:33 PM EST YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN MATE .. WHY DONT YOU FOCUS ON LOBBYING YOUR AMERCIAN GOVERMENT ON YOUR CRAZY GUN LAWS OVER THERE? IT WOULD GIVE YOU SOMETHING MORE TO DO BESIDES ATTACKING PEOPLES ON HERE ANS MEDDLING IN IRISH AFFAIRS WHICH ARE NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS...

• awoken32 | Mar 02, 2013, 09:02 AM EST

  @ROBIN FORESTER Irelands president is a man for a start,If you dont think that 9-11 was an inside job you simply never looked into it for yourself,That was actually the best joke on your comment lol,The potato one FAILED

• RobinForester | Mar 02, 2013, 07:25 AM EST

  @awoken: Tell us the truth, was the last potato you ate out of a tin and were you 11 before you learnt they were a farm crop which 'came from out of the ground'. How you ever got the idea they grew on trees is amazing. The same with your 9-11 theory which you implied was an inside CIA job. Ireland needs all the wholesome publicity it can get - more so today than ever. The Presidents a lovely person who comes over to England often, she was in Downing Street last Monday, the same with your PM, he's probably sat right now looking for 'the great leap forward'. which in some respects I wish you also were, but maybe not in the same context. Do you have any tips for tonight at Shelbourne Park.

• awoken32 | Mar 02, 2013, 06:05 AM EST

  There you go again warrenpoint supporter of fianna fail fine gael an sinn fein an you call yourself a Republican,Now anyone that knows what a Republican would find that made that statement a pure hypocrite,Then you on to call all of the people that Republic of Ireland Traitors with the help of RobinForester cheering you on,An not only that you like all muppets like yourself throw the racist word at anyone that does not want their country to be invaded by the whole wolrd,Im not talking about killing africans or anyone else im talking about repatriation here so dont twist that again,You aint a Republican an you aint Irish either,Your a political correct puppet of the globalists,You support their agenda to the T,Thinking your in the same league as the Irish martyrs lol,Your nothing but a traitor judas just like Sinn Fein Fianna Fail Fianna gael

• RobinForester | Mar 02, 2013, 02:18 AM EST

  (@awoken): You may have noticed The Duchess and Prince William have been entered into a contest for the 'World's Most Perfect Couple', I want you to enter it with your wife, The Winner get's 5 days at Blackpool, to visit 'The Cavern' club in Liverpool, and throws the ball into play at the Glasgow Rangers Match of the Year against Celtic, and to shout 'Play Ball' (the wearing off a white shirt is not advised) So enter this contest now and represent the Kerry Ring Joseph Locke Teetotal Club.

• warrenpoint00 | Mar 01, 2013, 11:33 PM EST

  Awoken 32,You are not Irish, you are from the free state, a free stater you are and a nazi as well,yes sir YOU, you hate everyone that is not white ,not christian and anyone that does not speak English, you have said so yourself.Anyone including you,yes sir YOU, that refers to Ireland in a 26 county context, as a republic is a free stater and a traitor to all 32 counties of all Ireland .You disgusting Irish free staters are a disgrace to the memory of Irelands great chieftain warriors, UiNeill ,ODomnhaill,Sarsfield, Emmett and Wolfe Tone.As the song says,TAKE IT DOWN FROM THE MAST IRISH TRAITOR,IT,S THE FLAG ALL REPUBLICANS CLAIM, go back to sleep awoken, you big black woman,s panty hose,you.Yes you sir.You free state nazi.

• STEVENSTAR | Mar 01, 2013, 08:45 PM EST

  ancavker | Mar 01, 2013, 10:46 AM EST>>>> YOUR TALKING TO AN IRISHMAN WHO GREW UP ON THE RING OF KERRY AND EVERY YEAR THE TOUR BUSES BRING AMERICAN FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER.. MOST ARE MIDDLE AGED OR ELDERLY AND EXPERIENCE IRELAND FROM THE WINDOW OF THEIR COACH THROUGH THE GLASS .. INBETWEEN STEPPING ON AND OFF TO SEE THE SIGHTS OR NEXT TOURIST ATTRACTION TO THE SOUVENIR SHOP OR MAYBE A LATE NITE VISIT TO DIRTY NELLIES PUB TO EXPERIENCE SOME IRISH 'CULTURE' :) IM SORRY BUT YOU DONT EXPERIENCE A COUNTRY OR ITS PEOPLE THAT WAY .. AND THATS THE AMERICAN VIEW OF IRELAND ITS MYSTICAL HOLLYWOOD. 'QUIET MAN. MAUREEN O HARA THATCH COTTAGE IMAGES :-) ITS JUST NOT LIKE THAT !!

• STEVENSTAR | Mar 01, 2013, 08:39 PM EST

  IrelandNorth | Mar 01, 2013, 02:25 PM EST >>>>>> CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU DIDN'T FORGET TO TAKE YOUR MEDICATION TODAY ?? IF PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON DECIDED THAT THEY WANT TO LIVE IN IRELAND TOMORROW MORNING WELL .... IT'S NOT THE BUSINESS OF ANY MEDDLING AMERICANS....WHO LIVE 6-8 HOUR TIME DIFFERENCE FROM IRELAND ON A DIFFERENT CONTINENT AND WHO CAN ONLY TRAVLE TO IRELAND ON A 90DAY HOLIDAY VISA AND THEN HAVE TO LEAVE AGAIN :) ..NEW EU LAWS !!!

• curtisjohnson | Mar 01, 2013, 03:56 PM EST

  @RobinForester - so I take it you'll use my suggestions for you book then? " I knew Churchill was a good Prime Minister, but surely not has good as you what you claim" So you think his racism and hatred was a positive expect of his term in office?

• IrelandNorth | Mar 01, 2013, 02:28 PM EST

  Niall! Either you softwear is acting-up again, or someone is phising your copy!

• IrelandNorth | Mar 01, 2013, 02:25 PM EST

  STEVENSTAR! THE ONLY REASON THEIR IS ANY APPRECIABLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ULSTER/NORTHERN IRISH AND MUNSTER/SOUTHERN IRISH PEOPLE IS PROBABLY BECAUSE THE FORMER WAS PLANTED BY ANGLO-SCOTS, WHILST THE LATTER WAS PLANTED BY ANGLO-WELSH. REAL QUESTION IS, DO ULSTER-SCOTS GET ON WITH THE ANGLO-WELSH. OR ANYONE, FOR THAT MATTER? YOU SHOULD KNOW. YOU ARE ULSTER-SCOT!

• awoken32 | Mar 01, 2013, 01:41 PM EST

  ROBINFOREDTES But the fact is is that the north of ireland is apart of the UK at the moment an yes it is stolen land just like Israel an the settlers have named it a country,That is just the way it is for the time being,An as far the northerne irish being more Irish than the South that is complete rubbish also,You are entitled to your point of view,Sure you never let facts get in the way of your argument,You still beleive the Phils the greeks family were not nazis,warren point to me is a traitor sure look at his politicakl affiliations there a whos who of con men traitors that have commited treason on the Republic anyone that wants his country mass invaded,an invasion that will eventually leave his own people in the minority,In my book there is only one word for that an thats a traitor,Its a betrayal

• RobinForester | Mar 01, 2013, 12:31 PM EST

  @awoken32. Don't you realise you're inner thoughts speak out in every sentence you write, and those who don't agree with you are 'traitors', which to my mind is the most unpleasant of names to call anybody. No one on here is a traitor and all of us have a fond affection for Ireland. Speaking for myself, I personally always think of Ireland as all 32 counties, for reasons unexplainable I cannot get my head around the fact that you some people think you can divide a country by erecting a fence, placing a guards across the gates and declaring it 'a new country or land. For what it's worth I find the Northern Irish appear to me to be 'more Irish', than the 'Southern Irish'. I also find the Southern Irish more loveable, likeable and friendlier. This is my own viewpoint and I'm certain a few million others will disagree with me, if they do they are not traitors - just typical Irish - if you get my drift. I'm certain you will agree that all men are equal, and in the final analysis we are all brothers, I prefer the terms English language speaking brothers who people accept will stand shoulder-to-shoulfer together, 9-11 was our rallying cry, do join us as a friend.

• awoken32 | Mar 01, 2013, 11:14 AM EST

  @warrenpoint,Who said anything about gas chambers????an another thing you dont have a clue what the irish people think,you dont even live in the republic

• warrenpoint00 | Mar 01, 2013, 11:00 AM EST

  Your mind is clouded awoken32, must be from that gas you are experimenting with, and that which you plan to use on the poor old black people and Chinese people that unfortunately decided to come work and live in" YOUR" Irish free state.Go back to sleep you poor nazi and dream about it,Irish people will not allow it to happen.

• ancavker | Mar 01, 2013, 10:46 AM EST

  STEVENSTAIR: What is this different culture that you keep refering to between nortjhern Ireland and Ireland? So many in both parts watch the BBC,and root for English football teams. How many 50 year old Irish guys do I see running around with Manchester U Jerseys on every year when I am home. The sad fact is many of the Irish are abandoning what little is left of Irish culture and embracing English and American pop culture and have been doing it for years. There are still a few of the Irish left in the west mainly who value Iriwh culture. You will find them in northwest Cavan, Fermanagh, Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo and Mayo, and in north Kerry and parts of Galway and Roscommon. I find it amazing when people like yourself criticize Irish-Americans for acting or saying they are Irish, and yet when I go to Ireland every year I see all these Irish people running around copying and drooling over everything English or American. As my Aunt always says, ah sure now don't you know the Irish are an odd bunch? Odd bunch indeed!!

• ancavker | Mar 01, 2013, 10:38 AM EST

  Robin Forester: I saw an articel in the Observer that was addressing the lack of sectarianism in England vs Scotland over the years. They quoted the pecentage of English with Irish ancestors as between 3.5 to 5% and believe that is one of the reasons that sectarianism in England was not a major issue, as opposed to Scotland where there was far more Irish immigration based on the total population size of Scotland. As far as where more Irish immigrated to , England or the U.S., the numbers are debaateable to say the least. That being said England was much closer and cheaper of a trip then going to the U.S.

• jamieLM | Mar 01, 2013, 09:40 AM EST

  @Stevestar, "the 100's of Americans posting here day after day with their "Hollywood Disney Land" images of a united Ireland"... I dare you to list the names of these "100s" of Americans who are posting here "day after day" on IC about a united Ireland and let's talk about your level of education..."they are like that becUAse its lack of education and probably most of them not even ever been here on a holiday." Oh, and so now you're also an expert on the number of Americans who have ever traveled to Ireland? Why don't you give us the exact number of Americans who've visited Ireland in the past ten years, since you're so knowledgeable on the subject. Would that be about 5 or 10 out of the 100s who are posting here "day after day?"

• awoken32 | Mar 01, 2013, 09:31 AM EST

  Warren point is a judas to his people,I should have known he supports fine gael fine fail an sinn fein,All judas parties full of Traitors

• RobinForester | Mar 01, 2013, 01:35 AM EST

  CurtisJohnson: Warrenpoint has invited everyone to visit Ireland. I must assume this includes you. If you do visit England or Irleland (E/Eire) then may I offer you a few Blarney Rules to follow just so you know the score: Never ever assert or even intimate that a English/ Irish (E/Eire) white person is lying. Never impute dishonourable intentions to a E/Eire person. Always suggest that a E/Eire white person is from a superior class, you must never claim to have superior knowledge or are able to read and write because this will damage your credibilty. Never curse a black person. Never laugh derisively at a black person and accept without any hesistation that most E/Eire citizens think they are superior to white Americans . Never comment favourably upon the appearance of a E/Eire white female person. Do not use E/Eire ‘rest rooms or toilets’, or expect to be seated in restaurants or pubs. We do hope you enjoy your visit to Ireland, and sincerely trust you will pay your hotel bill before leaving. Thank you.

• RobinForester | Mar 01, 2013, 01:02 AM EST

  @curtusJohnson: I knew Churchill was a good Prime Minister, but surely not has good as you what you claim, Did you know that in England he introduced social laws (that): A white American could not offer to shake hands with an English/Irish (E/Eire) white male because it implied being socially equal. Americans and E/Eire were not supposed to eat together. If they did eat together, the E/Eire were to be served first, and some sort of seating partition was to be placed between them. And under no circumstance was an American to offer to light the cigarette of a E/Eire female as that gesture implied friendship. Americans were not allowed to show public affection towards one another in public, especially kissing, because it offended E/Eire whites. At all times American must use courtesy titles when referring to E/Eire whites, and were not allowed to call them by their first names. If an American person rode in a car driven by a E/Eire white person, the American person sat in the back seat, or the back of a truck. And in the USA E/Ire motorists had the right-of-way at all intersections and on all roads and highways.

• warrenpoint00 | Feb 28, 2013, 09:56 PM EST

  As a regular poster on this site,and I am sure I can speak for all of the Irish people here, and I mean all 32 counties of Ireland,well because I am quite friendly with the three main parties, Finna Fail,FineGael and Sinn Fein and I have their blessing on this as well and I say that we would all welcome Kate and Charles to our beautiful country any time, of course we welcome every one here to our country be it Chinese,U.S.A,The peoples republic ofAfrica ,Indian everyone is welcome that loves our culture and our country.Might I just add we do not tolerate racism in Ireland, as I am sure you are aware.We are a little wary of the british visitors though, the last time they came they did not leave for 800 years and they wrecked our culture,stole and pillaged, and then took over our seat of government in our country.They returned part of our country,IT Iis called the FRee State now, but imagine something that has been raped and pillaged for 800 years , it is not the same to us real Irish people now anyway, so well it still has a british aroma so we do not really want it.That is the view from Ulster ,the great seat of power where the last great rulers of All Ireland resided. Welcome to the Irish Free State William and Katey.Maybe one day you will visit IRELAND

• curtisjohnson | Feb 28, 2013, 09:04 PM EST

  I'll be expecting a credit in that book of yours, RF.

• curtisjohnson | Feb 28, 2013, 09:02 PM EST

  RF – “I've just started writing a book on hate and how it leads on to crime and for this reason may I invite you to contribute a chapter.” Here’s an idea – start with the backbone of british morality, WINSTON CHURCHILL – here’s some quotes to help you out RF – “ I HATE INDIANS. They are a BEASTLY PEOPLE with a beastly religion “I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a STRONGER RACE, A HIGHER GRADE RACE, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.” On the rebellion of the indigenous Iraqis –“ I am strongly in favour of using POISONOUS GAS against uncivilised tribes” on why famine relief was refused in India – “Relief would do no good, Indians breed like rabbits and will outstrip any available food supply” Leo Amery, the British Secretary for India, saw little difference between Churchill’s outlook and Hitler’s.

• STEVENSTAR | Feb 28, 2013, 05:11 PM EST

  @@Willie Frazer | Feb 28, 2013, 10:23 AM EST...I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU.. THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN IRISH DO JUST NOT GET ON... AS FOR THE ENGLISH, WELSH AND SCOTTISH..I THINK WE GET ON BETTER WITH THEM..FOR THIS REASON IS ALTHOUGH IM SOUTHERN IRISH CO CORK,, I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE A UNITED IRELAND .IT WOULD NEVER WORK. THE NORTHERN IRISH ARE A DIFFERENT BREED OF PEOPLE DIFFERENT CULTURE ALSO ... BOTH CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANTS .... BUT TRY TELLING THAT TO THE 100S OF AMERICANS POSTING ON HERE DAY AFTER DAY WITH THEIR ' HOLLYWOOD' DISNEY LAND' IMAGES OF A UNITED IRELAND AND THEY ARE LIKE THAT BECUASE ITS LACK OF EDUCATION AND PROBABLY MOST OF THEM NOT EVEN EVER BEEN HERE ON A HOLIDAY....

• STEVENSTAR | Feb 28, 2013, 05:03 PM EST

  @@@@IrelandNorth | Feb 28, 2013, 02:13 PM EST>>>>>>>>>>>>> AS AN IRISHMAN I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGLISH OR ANY OTHER BRITISH COMING OVER HERE TO IRELAND BECAUSE FOR EVERYONE ONE OF THEM COMING HERE IM SURE THERE ARE 2 IRISH IN ENGLAND AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY NEVER MAKE US Q UP, INTERROGATE US, FINGER PRINT US AND QUESTION US LIKE CROOKS LIKE WE DO WHEN WE EVERY GOTO AMERICA ON A HOLIDAY.. APART FROM THAT CULTURALLY THE IRISH AND BRITISH ARE VERY MUCH THE SAME.. IN IRELAND NOW WE ARE 'SWAMPED' WITH EASTERN EUROPEANS POLISH ROMANIANS CHECHS BULGARIANS.. WHO MILK THE IRISH WELFARE SYSTEM, DO NOT INTERGRAT AND HAVE AN ARROGANCE ABOUT THEM IS UNREAL..!!!ALOT OF THESE EASTERN EUROPEANS COME FROM POST COMMUNIST COUNTRIES AND WOULD LIVE ON A CAN OF BEANS FOR A WEEK SO WHEN THEY ARRIVE HERE AND CAN NOW CLAIM ALL THE FREE BENEFITS 188EURO A WEEK SINGLE PERSON FREE HOUSING, FREE CHILDRENS ALLOWANCE ALL 3 TIMES WHAT THEY WOULD GET AT HOME.. THEY REALLY DO THINK THEY HAVE LANDED IN DISNEY LAND I SEE IT EVERY DAY IN MY LOCAL TOWNS AND VILLAGES..SO QUICK KNOCKING THE BRITS !!! CHEERS

• RobinForester | Feb 28, 2013, 02:57 PM EST

  Ireland North, It puzzles me why after the Potato blight famine occurred more Irish people moved to England than America, and because of this 12.5% of the English population have an Irish ancestor or grandparent. I was looking at a map of England the other day and notice we have a number of new Irish cities and counties listed: There's Grand-Patrick-London, followed by Patrick/s-Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, Middlesbrough and Sheffield, then we have County Kilburn, Hampstead Heath and Chelsea, the even newer Counties Epsom, Cheltenham Newmarket and Doncaster. I'm not complaining, but I'm certain the Pakistanis might well be at having 674,786 Irish crowding them out?

• IrelandNorth | Feb 28, 2013, 02:13 PM EST

  Census of Ireland, 2011 reported 120,000 British subjects (mostly English) living/working/studying/retiring in the 26 counties. Reasons? To escape multicultural Britain! Somewhat at odds with a Camelot perception of England - methinks! The Englishman on the Clapham omnibus rarely if ever did Ireland any wrong. HM EIIRs grandfather, HM GVR (on getting wind of what skullduggery his Govt was up to in Ireland), threatened to abdicate if the Black 'n' Tans weren't withdrawn immediately. We live in end times. A little atonement and Christian forebearance is not misplaced. Líam agus Cáit will be head of a Commonwealth of Nations which will have a United Ireland as a member.

• IrelandNorth | Feb 28, 2013, 02:12 PM EST

  Census of Ireland, 2011 reported 120,000 British subjects (mostly English) living/working/studying/retiring in the 26 counties. Reasons? To escape multicultural Britain! Somewhat at odds with a Camelot perception of England - methinks! The Englishman on the Clapham omnibus rarely if ever did Ireland any wrong. HM EIIRs grandfather, HM GVR (on getting wind of what skullduggery his Govt was up to in Ireland), threatened to abdicate if the Black 'n' Tans weren't withdrawn immediately. We live in end times. A little atonement and Christian forebearance is not misplaced. Líam agus Cáit will be head of a Commonwealth of Nations which will have a United Ireland as a member.

• awoken32 | Feb 28, 2013, 12:53 PM EST

  Here comes warren no point again with his anti-irish pro-african an asian invasion of his country,I hope if you have a daughter she brings one home to your house,ye gobshite ye,Im my brothers keeper simply does not apply to you JUDAS

• awoken32 | Feb 28, 2013, 12:40 PM EST

  Prince Philips family were nazis ROBINFORRESTER if you cant accept that fact,What can i do

• RobinForester | Feb 28, 2013, 12:21 PM EST

  @Awoken: Prince Phillps father was a German, he was invited by the Greece nation to restore the monarchy which the previous Greek Govt had made flee. The new government wanted a King and a retrun to the old ways, so asked him to take on the job in the same way as when your local WMC club once honoured you by asking you to call out the numbers during Fridays nights bingo sessions. The Kings wife may have had a touch of the Irish about her has she was as nutty as they come and took to dressing as a nun even though she had never been inside a covent or had religious training. Like you she often heard voices, her children and close family were loyal Germans who did not owe us any loyalty or allegiance. Prince Phillp was a Greek, he was never a member of the Nazi party, and also Queen Victoria grandson, he served in the British Navy and, HM the Queen Elizabeth 2 fell hopelessly in love with him when she was 17. We need to accept that we have rich and poor, the aimless and the gormeless, and I want you to be made the King of Mirth and Mockery, a Prince amongst Clowns, whose family never PLANTED a pototo in their lives.

• Jcs | Feb 28, 2013, 11:29 AM EST

  To the two posters Stevenstar and stukfaust, why do you continue to use this particular Irish web page if it is so plastic as you say, and when it aggravates you so much.In a democratic society everyone,s voice must be heard,Americans included. Maybe you do not have a democracy in your own countries yet,and freedom of speech aggravates you.,so why not ,just log out.It would be the simple thing to do instead of getting all aggravated.

• warrenpoint00 | Feb 28, 2013, 11:17 AM EST

  Hey awoken32, you an Philip have something in common then,you are both horrible nazi,s.Your recent racist posts to this site suggest that you, yes you sir, hate people who are not white,not christian and who do not speak English.Imagine that,you, yes you sir and old Philip,something in common.You should be ashamed of yourself awoken.See I told you so, and by your own admittance there are more dangerous people coming to Ireland, and threatening your culture,than those poor old black people.So go on back to sleep,awoken, you big woman,s bra, you.

• awoken32 | Feb 28, 2013, 11:15 AM EST

  @WILLIE FRAZER CAN YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THAT FEELING WAS THERE IN THE REPUBLIC?IT WAS AFTER THE YEARS OF ABUSE OUR PEOPLE HAD TO PUT UP WITH FROM YOUR PEOPLE,AN YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IM TALIKG ABOUT,AN YOU KNOW YOU WERE ONLY TRYING TO ANTAGONISE THE IRISH BY COMING DOWN TO O CONNEL STREET IN DUBLIN,OLD WOUNDS TAKE TIME TO HEAL THERE WILLIE AS IM SURE YOU A FULLY AWARE OFF

• Willie Frazer | Feb 28, 2013, 10:23 AM EST

  If a could just say something here STEVENSTAR,a few of our people went down to the free state couple a years ago and we were not welcomed at all.As a matter of fact we were lucky tae get outa there alive,they hated us ,everybody in tthe state hated us,. except the guards of course.We never got out af the bus and we had to go straight back home to my BELOVED ULSTER.The taosich more or less tould us not to come back ,we were costing youse too much money and us only simple free Presbyterians just looking for love.

• stukafaust | Feb 28, 2013, 10:22 AM EST

  STEVENSTAR is right. This is a plastic paddy paper for distantly Irish-Americans who probably have as much British blood in them as they do Irish and they express this rather sad longing for Old World cultural substance by supping Guiness and eatting corned beef in Disney-like representations of Irish pubs and raising money for the IRA

• ancavker | Feb 28, 2013, 09:48 AM EST

  STEVEN: How come you and so many others like you in Ireland complain that Irish-Americans or otherwise comment about affairs in Ireland, and yet the Irish in Ireland think they are experts on all everything, and have no problem commenting on Americans or current events in the U.S. They are also epxperts on the Middle East and everywhere else.

• awoken32 | Feb 28, 2013, 09:37 AM EST

  LOL Show some respect?oh excuse me you poor little person,the princess an the magnifcent prince are gracing us with their superior presence,Stukafaust go read anither hello magazine will you,Those two are not wanted in our country

• stukafaust | Feb 28, 2013, 09:30 AM EST

  Kate Middleton and her husband Prince William are not visiting Ireland. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are, to use their correct titles. Please show some respect.

• awoken32 | Feb 28, 2013, 08:53 AM EST

  @ROBINFORESTER people always throw around name calling when they have nothing factual to say,Can you tell me the connection between Prince Philip an the nazis???ANSWER he was in the nazi organisation as was his family when he was younger,Does that fact change your mind about the Royals now?Seen as you hate NAZIS.Of couse it wont,The 911 incident was a false falg event to bring about the war on terror so the elites could invade countries in th middle east,Anyone that beleives the controlled medias version without investigating it for themselves are diliusional,(that would be you),Listen i am Irish an my view of the Royal Family is fact,They are mass murdering imbreds that should be tried for crimes against humanity,An seen as you go on about nazis all the time,Look up Philips past,i can give you a links if you want,Nothing but facts here,You keep on name calling.But you are wrong

• RobinForester | Feb 28, 2013, 08:29 AM EST

  @awoken32. Please may we have your sincere views on Hitler, the Warsaw Ghetto and Treblinka tragedy, or the Prison riots in America. I've just started writing a book on hate and how it leads on to crime and for this reason may I invite you to contribute a chapter. Please tell us what you think when you read press headlines which state: '9 dead, 21 injured, girl of three killed by bomb'. Is this good news or bad? And what about 9-11 did you cheer for the terrorists? if you knew that little girls mother what words of comfort would you say to her and do you run up to people and scream at them 'Henry V111 killed my granpappy so I'm going to kill you'. And what right have you ro decide who can visit Irland and who can't?

• awoken32 | Feb 28, 2013, 07:25 AM EST

  Scousetony im irish born an bread from dublin,The Majority of Ireland hate that imbred family of murderers,They think that they have the divine right to rule???What roght have they to rule over the people?what makes their crimes forgivable??This is not about being anti-english like i said i have no problems with the normal joe soap english person,This is about being pro-humanity anabout doing what is right an not what is popular,People seem to not wanna remember who these people are that we are dealing with here,Power to humanity is the only way to be,These Royals as they are known,There is nothing Royal about them,They are what wrong with the world/humanity today,There is no point in trying to hide behind the truth,They are what they are,THE TRUTH IS BETTER THAN A LIE

• STEVENSTAR | Feb 28, 2013, 07:14 AM EST

  @Scouse Tony | Feb 28, 2013, 03:27 AM EST>>>>>> IM IRISH I LIVE IN IRELAND AND I WOULDN'T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THE COMMENTS ON HERE AS THEY ARE FROM 90%AMERICANS WHO WERE BORN IN AMERICA THEY ARE NOT IRISH PEOPLE, AMERICANS WHO THINK JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE GREAT GRANNY'S SISTER MOVED FROM IRELAND TO AMERICA 136 YEARS AGO MAKES THEM THINK THEY'RE IRISH... THE MAJORITY OF IRISH PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF HAVE NO PROBS WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY COMING OVER HERE...MATTER OF FACT WE THINK ITS A GREAT THING ..SO I WOULDNT WORRY ABOUT THE COMMENTS ON HERE. THIS IS AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER BASED IN AMERICA NOT AN IRISH ONE.. OK YOU HAVE MAYBE ABOUT 10 IRISH ON HERE WHO ID CLASS AS IRA/REPUBLICAN TYPES BUT SHUR THEY'RE WELL OUT NUMBERED NOW AND YOU GET BITTER PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO SPREAD HATE AND BADNESS LIKE THAT IN EVERY COUNTRY AND SOCIETY ACROSS THE WORLD, THEY'RE THEE BUT ITS BEST IGNORE THEM.. AS GOOD WILL ALWAYS CONQUER BAD..

• awoken32 | Feb 28, 2013, 06:03 AM EST

  Seanmor is another traitor

• Seanmor | Feb 28, 2013, 06:01 AM EST

  The future King of England and head of the Anglican Church, of which the Church of Ireland is a branch should receive a hearty Céad Míle Fáilte from the natives of the Southern Irish state,as should his lovely wife, especially from their fellow Anglicans in the Church of Ireland, the only denoomination that takes its name from the country - the whole Irish nation that is.

• RobinForester | Feb 28, 2013, 04:59 AM EST

  thetint: See:Parnell condemned those who murdered Lord Frederick Cavendish and T Burke in the Phoenix Park murders. Gladstone continued his dialogue with Parnell and remained committed to Home Rule. Towards the end of 1882, things appeared to be going the way of Parnell. In December 1882, the Irish National League was created to replace the Irish land League. Parnell wanted this new party to be under his control with the primary aim of winning Home Rule. By 1884, the Irish National League was very much controlled by Parnell. The strength of the party and Parnell's standing in Ireland at this time was shown in the results of the 1885 national election. The Irish National League won every seat in Ireland with the exception of Dublin University and eastern Ulster. Nationally, the 1885 election was won by Gladstone and the Liberal Party. Gladstone had made his support for Home Rule clear but this was affirmed in his own mind by the sheer success of Parnell's party in Ireland. Gladstone's support for Home Rule brought him into direct conflict with the Conservatives who believed that any weakening of London's role in Ireland would lead to the break-up of the British Empire as others within the Empire would seek to get the same as the Irish. (typo error last post / deal re-offered 1920s)

• awoken32 | Feb 28, 2013, 04:31 AM EST

  Scouse Tony we have nothing against the normal joe soap English peerson,We just hate the Royals,They represent everything thats wrong with the world

• Scouse Tony | Feb 28, 2013, 03:27 AM EST

  The Irish government have invited William and Kate because they can see the publicity and positive exposure leading to increased tourism and investment. I’m sure some Irish people will object and that’s their prerogative but if all you want to do is bang on about a history that no one can change you may as well turn the whole place into a theme park for the American faux Irish who think the place looks like a Kerry Gold butter advert.

• thetint | Feb 28, 2013, 03:03 AM EST

  RobinForester- you are a joke. Parnell negotiated a deal in 1920? He died in 1891 you fool.

• RobinForester | Feb 28, 2013, 12:47 AM EST

  ancavker: Ireland was offered Home Rule in the late 1920, it rejected it and the fanatics wanted a complete break from England. Honestly, the deat that was offered was excellent and should have been grabbed, the man who brokered the offer and did the work was Parnell, the mistake the Brits made was not grabbing him as our Prime Minister, he was a British MP. I'm blaming De Valera for refusing the offer and taking the wrong path, All the Irish wanted would have come to fruition, the flaw in my argument is if they had taken the best route, 20 years later Irish men would have been called up for WW2, but we only know that with hindsight. It was a good offer, and unknown then' but known now De Valera road was in the final analysis best for Irelands well being. I argue if Ireland is neutral then so should NI be neutral.

• RobinForester | Feb 28, 2013, 12:31 AM EST

  Warrent point, I spent 20 years roughing it in London. During these years my view of the Irish was formed by people watching, I approved 100% of the Irish mostly because most of them resembled myself age 15. For instance Heathrow Airport in it's corridors, runways and passenger terminals employ thousands of Irish youngsters who are landing jets, manning radar screens, saying to pilots 'Delta 384 your free to land, make your descent to runway 1. Do you not think we don’t notice this and are proud of them, and for them. So I object when our resident ''nit-pickers'' shame these kids and shame Ireland with their praise for the Armalite Brigade and, who attempt to 'ensnare others' with tales of Irish Slavery and Brit terror practices, tales which have now got out of hand. The point is no nations during the last 300 years as a clean history, even Robinson Crusoe soon got himself a slave and slaughtered the local wildlife. It was the done thing. But the world, our worlds moved on. My respects.

• RobinForester | Feb 28, 2013, 12:13 AM EST

  Warrent point, (

• warrenpoint00 | Feb 27, 2013, 08:46 PM EST

  Hello RobinForester mate,you seem to be a fine Englishman, we Irish, like the English, to a point, of course, You should know by now Robin ,and I can speak for the many, many irish people on this matter, that it is the british establishment and the union that the Irish have a problem with and not the English,Welsh or Scottish people. As for the visit of the royals, well what happened here was many years ago some royals came to visit and ended up staying in that part of Ireland for 800 years, and Robin they invited more of their foreign friends and they stole,pillaged and raped all in front of them.Now maybe that is why some of the Irish have a little problem with these visits,it makes them nervous Robin, of course you understand now ,why .Good day Robin.

• curtisjohnson | Feb 27, 2013, 08:44 PM EST

  RF - "May I add many young Irishmen or women will not be returning home because they've met an English girl or man and will be getting married here with both family’s love and blessings. Think about it?" Yeah, think about it - you are ruled by an oligarchy that is gradually replacing your population - lol.

• cillowen | Feb 27, 2013, 08:34 PM EST

  they'll be there with their bairn and natives will go gaga 0ver 'em. that what dysfuntional fubarred people do.

• RobinForester | Feb 27, 2013, 04:34 PM EST

  Some of the replies are comical to say the least, one clown says the British Royal Family are murderers, another say's they are 'devils, better still another poor demented soul whose almost certainly been drawing for British Social Security Benefits for years whilst living rent free on the British taxpayer 'sputters with rage about the cost of the Royal visit’ - as if he was paying one half-penny towards it. And, dear old Dresden Curtis-Johnson has so far not asked himself yet this straight forward question: ''If the Brits are so bad then how come Scotland recently rejected the referendum on Home Rule for Scotland and are fiercely opposed to the idea and Wales also? I’m certain f it was put to the vote tomorrow violence would be given the boot throughout Ireland N & S. And I'm 100% certain when all those hundreds of thousands of young Irish people return home for Xmas 2013 bearing gifts and wage slips their parents will say 'Thank God for the ordinary, hard working decent English people who took care of our sons and daughters and welcome them into their workplaces, homes and pubs. May I add many young Irishmen or women will not be returning home because they've met an English girl or man and will be getting married here with both family’s love and blessings. Think about it?

• Brolaur | Feb 27, 2013, 02:10 PM EST

  Big deal. Who really cares? Is this the best you can do, for news?

• IrelandNorth | Feb 27, 2013, 02:09 PM EST

  A dictatorship of the bourgeoisie was hardly anymore sympathetic to criticism than a dictatorship of the proletariate - in Russia or elsewhere at the time! Ireland doesn't need character references from unelected heads of state of neighbouring island jurisdictions. HM EIIRs 2011 was a loss making enterprise in that it failed to stimulate the British tourism market, maybe they're not as popular as imagined? It actually alienated visiting Aussies excluded by draconian security measures. But it's equally important not to be churlish either. She did pay her respects to the Irishmen and Irishwomen of 1916, standing to attention for a lusty Irish Army rendition of Amhrann na bhFiann under a fluttering Irish tricolour. And did make as conciliatory a speech from Dublin Castle about "... bowing to history but not being bowed by it." "Of wishing things had been done differently or not at all." "Of building a partnership of equals ..." etc. It's impossible to estimate the diplomatic value of such, so perhaps Liam agus Cáit's visit may not be entirely without merit. Though the Gold Card Irishry should foot the bill.

• awoken32 | Feb 27, 2013, 01:20 PM EST

  RobincowtowForester talking pro royal bull,That family are nothing but mass murderers an thats a fact,Anyone that knows anything about history will know this,Theyre DEVILS

• awoken32 | Feb 27, 2013, 01:13 PM EST

  THE ROYALS ARE MASS MURDERERS AN SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED ON THE IRISH REPUBLIC SOIL,NO MATTER WHAT MATERIALISTICAL ROBINTHECOWTOWFORESTER HAS TO SAY,THESE ROYAL FAMILIES ARE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD,ITS THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD THAT ARE SPAECIAL AN NOT THESE PARASITES IN THEIR IVORY TOWERS,WE HAD THE QUEEN AN PRINCE PHILIP OVER HERE AN IT ACTUALLY COST THE COUNTRY MONEY,WE HAD THE QUEEN AIB BANK ALMOST RUIN THIS COUNTRY WITH THE CON JOB THAT OUR TRAITOR PLOITICANS PLAYED ALONG WITH, TO THEIR SHAME,WE SHOULD FOLLOW ICELANDS LEAD,THEYRE COUNTRY IS BACK TO NORMAL ALREADY AN THEY HAVE THE BANKING CRIMINALS IN COURT,THE ROYAL FAMILY HAVE CAUSED NOTHING BUT MISERY FOR THIS COUNTRY AN MANY MANY MANY MORE,THATS HOW THEY ARE WEALTHY,ITS ALL FROM OTHER PEOPLES MISERY,WHO CARES WHAT MAGAZINE THEY ARE IN,THEY ARE NOTHING BUT SCUM

• RobinForester | Feb 27, 2013, 10:16 AM EST

  It's good to see the doom and gloom merchants are out in force, and even better to see several posters telling the Republican members that they do not represent Ireland or the Irish, the same as I do not represent the Brits or the British. I say let every crowned head in Europe come to Ireland, make them welcome, let Ireland sing. I've been watching on TV your Goverment Ministers; has it not occurred to you that they are 20 times better and more level headed than the goons we have to contend with. Royal visits will put Ireland on the world stage, it's an Oscar event, a Rosebowl event and excellent publicity. Ireland will appear on the national news stations in at least 14 major nations that matter. You caanot buy prime-time national news slots or front page news-press pages, so this visit will put over the golden message that Ireland is, and will always be a part of the all important English speaking family of nations we all care about and love. Please dont think Georgia, Missisppipi or Alabama is Burning, but Ireland in PEACE Forever.

• ancavker | Feb 27, 2013, 10:05 AM EST

  Robin: Irish nationalism did more harm than the famine? Are you serious? Irish nationalism tried peacefully to get Home Rule for Ireland, which was really not much at all, with no real powers or responsibilities. The British government put up obstacle after obstacle to prevent it, and refused to reign in their unionist brethern in the north. And so the Irish took their independence by force which they were entitled to do.

• johnbyrne | Feb 27, 2013, 07:38 AM EST

  The people are still paying for his grannies visit where do the quisling government think the money will come from for this one are we to tell the overseas aid that we have to deduct 30 million euros from their budget to cover security then you have shops who will have to close up who pays them.we the citizens have enough debts on our backs as a result of light touch ff & now fg/lab are throwing an other party when we have citizens made homeless by banks that are morally bankrupt & soul less. Children without a breakfast citizens who have to balance between EAT or HEAT we need to put our own country & the welfare of its citizens first on the list.this government if allowed to continue will do more damage than King John & Cromwell.Do I have a problem with another state visit well if our government will open up their own private accounts to fund it I had a problem with Obama. Prince Albert.& the Queen as we just cant afford this while our citizens go short.460000 unemployed 200000 gone abroad & they want to throw a party?

• calculus | Feb 27, 2013, 07:16 AM EST

  America committed GENOCIDE IN Vietnam, 9/11 was fully deserved. GENOCIDE was also performed against native Americans and in the Afghanistan/USAF out of Shannon, we don't want your child murderers polluting our country.

• thetint | Feb 27, 2013, 06:06 AM EST

  What is it with you Yanks that you can’t pass a discredited Royal without tugging your forelock and falling to your knees?

• STEVENSTAR | Feb 26, 2013, 10:04 PM EST

  THEY ARE BOTH VERY WELCOME TO MY COUNTRY AND ITS NOR FOR A SMALL MINORITY OF IRISH REPUBLICANS TO TRY AND RUIN THINGS FOR THE REST OF US AND ITS CERTAINLY NOT ANY BUSINESS OF AMERICANS POSTING ON HERE.. WHO HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CONNECTION WITH IRELAND OR THE IRISH BAR A GREAT AUNT OR A GREAT GRANNY MARY WHO MOVED TO AMERICA FROM MAYO A 100 YEARS AGO.. THE WORLD HAS MOVED ON AND SO HAS MY COUNTRY THANK GOD FOR THAT !!!

• curtisjohnson | Feb 26, 2013, 08:53 PM EST

  @RF - "Sometimes we need to 'remember that Irish Nationalism did more harm to Ireland than the Potato famine ever did. " Yes, Ireland was such a great place as a large slave labor camp where educating your children or owning property was a felony. We always have to pause to remember what a wonderful, egalitarian place Ireland was before Irish nationalism.

• curtisjohnson | Feb 26, 2013, 08:52 PM EST

  @RF - "Sometimes we need to 'remember that Irish Nationalism did more harm to Ireland than the Potato famine ever did. " Yes, Ireland was such a great place as a large slave labor camp where educating your children or owning property was a felony. We always have to pause to remember what a wonderful, egalitarian place Ireland was before Irish nationalism.

• FallsRNat | Feb 26, 2013, 07:21 PM EST

  Kate will entrance the irish as she did to all the RC girls in the North, she will do more in a single visit to rekindle hearts & minds on the island of Ireland than 80 years of bloodshed that has forged a great divide amongst the peoples of this land. Genocide was wrought on Ireland by the Royal Family, GB was a parliamentary democracy by then. The Irish lay great claim to their involvement in bringing the White race into the ascendancy in the US, bet a bit of genocide on the real americans didn't worry them, every country has a history of mistreatment of others, Britain doesn't have the sole representation in this area, Germany, RC Church, Roman Empire, Spain, France, Australia, US, Japan, China, Russia et al, the list is endless.

• Smyrnian | Feb 26, 2013, 06:30 PM EST

  Awoken - Your message is lost to poor grammar, misspellings, improper punctuation and slang. Tidy it up if you wish to be understood and heard. Your credibility is at stake!

• awoken32 | Feb 26, 2013, 04:41 PM EST

  ROBINFORESTER YOU DO TALK SOME BS,SURE WE HAD QUEEN IZZY AN PHILIP OVER HERE AN IT COST THE TAX PAYER MILLIONS NOT MADE US MONEY,YOU COMING ON HERE TRYING TO SCAREMONGER THAT KATE AN WILLIAM WILL BRING US OUT OF THE RECCESSION THAT THEIR AGENTS IN THE RITCHILD BANKERS HAVE CREATED FOR US IN THE FIRST PLACE,ARE YOU FOR REAL,IRELAND SHOULD DO WHAT ICE DONE,BURN THE REST OF THE DEPT AN TAKE BACK OUR SOVERIGHTY PUT ALL THE THEIVES UP IN COURT,YEAH YOU NEVER HEAR OF ICELAND IN THE CONTROLLED MEDIA ANYMORE,I WONDER WHY?BECAUSE WHAT THEY DONE WAS SPOT ON,THEYRE COUNTRY IS THRIVING ALREADY

• RobinForester | Feb 26, 2013, 04:09 PM EST

  It would help many on this forum page if they borrowed a book on the 1917 Russian Revolution and studied it. Killing the Tsar, the Nobles, the factory owners and 'the bosses' destroyed Russia within 12 months. Lenin was all for giving the workers power and allowing workers rights, providing THEY DID NOT criticize him or Communism. So if you went to work and the machines were not running - you dare not complain (because that was a complaint and you'd be arrested) nor dare you take it upon yourself to fix the machines (because that was a bosses trait) so the workers sat and did nothing. For instance Russia was the worlds largest exporter of quality timber, with no sawmills operating, no electricity generated, no sales people to sell timber and no bosses to find new business and orders the country's number one currency earner went downhill and so did Russia. Ireland needs to attract business people, men who have wealth and who will take risks and create jobs, that's the COMPETITIONS AIM ALSO. To do this Ireland needs change, it needs to say welcome to foreigners and foreign investment, and to be able to see the connection between a Royal visit and good publicity for Ireland. I will say no more, either Ireland changes or you're going to fell the cold drafts of reality for a long-long time.

• awoken32 | Feb 26, 2013, 03:50 PM EST

  Robinfoster i just taught id learn you somethimg,The potato plight was real in the sence that it arrived in ireland from america in 1845 an it spread throughout europe also attacking the potato crop,But that was not the reason why Irish people nearly got wiped out,That was an attempted genocide commited by the Royal Family an their armies,Sure Ireland was full of meats cheeses corn etc etc etc,The TRUTH is that the british army came into Ireland an took all of the food from the people,Yes the irish were starved to death not the prodesdents or the english infact no other country throughout europe died on mass because of a potato plight,So if you are gonna make a point about the so-called Irish Famine look up the real history an not cover story for this atrocity,Sure just look at the guests at the queen jubilee,It was a whos who of dictators an mass murderers,The Royal Perched up on their high horses by the controlled media,Lets talk real about that family,The amount of innocent lives that they have killed throughout history it makes me sick that people still swan around them in a daze,HAIL HAIL HAIL TO THE QUEEN,what a load of sheeple,I my family were hungry an i had no money so i decided to go into a shop an rob a sliced pan of bread i would be up in court if i got caught,But the masses just except that the Royals are our overlords an we their peasants,They should all be brought up on crimes against humanity an dealth with

• awoken32 | Feb 26, 2013, 03:26 PM EST

  Anyone connected to that family of devils should be barred from stepping foot in the Republic my nextdoor neighbiour is pregnant an thats a good thing,Why should anyone care kate is gonna give birth to another devil

• IrelandNorth | Feb 26, 2013, 02:17 PM EST

  I trust Án Gárda Síochána na h'Éireann (ÁGSÉ) won't turn the Irish capitol into a mini police city state, like they did for HM EIIR's gig. I appreciate they were on tenter hooks about a possible republican spectacular. But searching citizens arbitrarily like myself rubbed people up the wrong way, and was counter productive. Although I'm no fan of monarchy, diplomacy that serves to bring about a departition of the Ireland may not be entirely imprudent.

• RobinForester | Feb 26, 2013, 12:21 PM EST

  Hi, it's a well known fact that those who gripe and moan never accomplish much. Sometimes we need to 'remember that Irish Nationalism did more harm to Ireland than the Potato famine ever did. The potato famine was a natural event, the other a man made grudge (or grievance) that's ran it's course. If Ireland pursues a down market image or always plays 'the underdog card' then no good will come off it. Let America be the best example of what I'm hinting at? An earlier poster mentioned 200 000 people are leaving Ireland NOW, why?

• pilib04 | Feb 26, 2013, 11:34 AM EST

  oonafitz,I agree, but it is incredibly insulting. When I taught at the high school, the students were never permitted to just change an occasional word. That is still plagiarizing! They had to rewrite and still give credit to the original author. The Irish Central writers indirectly credit the newspaper but never credit the actual writer.

• Opoets99 | Feb 26, 2013, 11:27 AM EST

  Lower your flags and march straight back to England, stopping at every home you pass by to beg forgiveness for a hundred years of theft, rape, and murder. - William Wallace

• johnshiel | Feb 26, 2013, 11:07 AM EST

  how 'bout more upmarket tourism opps that do not ape the excesses or the people who enslaved and abused the Irish so thoroughly, hmm?

• RobinForester | Feb 26, 2013, 10:36 AM EST

  In the face of the worldwide global competition for tourists, Ireland must do more to promote tourism and up to a point to capitalize on it’s `green-romanticism’. This Royal visit will increase for little cost awareness of Ireland as a tourist destination. World travellers need to view Ireland as safe to visit, accessible, well governed and capable of providing attractive facilities, with an hint of uniqueness, for instance golf, horse racing, and sea fishing spring to mind, and for my money Ireland needs more Sea Cruise embarking and destination points, more upmarket yachting facilities including yacht manufacturing centres, and to market itself as another Marbella or Monte-Carlo. All this is possible. I would suggest a new town is built with modern casinos, a new racecourse, and a new international horse race – how does The Ireland vs Kentucky Gold Cup Sound, with entries selected by three of Irelands leading trainers and jockeys vs three American trainers and jockeys selections (A sort of our thing race), with a strict and formal dress code during this event, including top hats, tails, and fine dresses. Slogan: Don’t just visit Ireland for the experience – visit it for the pleasure.

• McNamara31 | Feb 26, 2013, 10:27 AM EST

  Really...Who cares?

• oonafitz | Feb 26, 2013, 09:42 AM EST

  At least when they copy articles they have a chance of using correct spelling and grammar. Perhaps changing a word (besides showing their thoughts about out intelligence) is their way of trying to avoid plagiarism charges.

• ancavker | Feb 26, 2013, 09:21 AM EST

  The Irish in Ireland will be fawning and falling all over the place when they come.

• pilib04 | Feb 26, 2013, 09:01 AM EST

  Why do Patrick Counihan and other staff writers with Irish Central change the word "Dail" to "Parliament when they are plagiarizing news stories from Irish Newspapers????? Do they really think that those reading Irish Central don't know what the Dail is????? Patrick Counihan "Wrote" this: Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Gilmore signalled the move in the Irish Parliament. He said: “It is a priority” to deepen ties with Britain via events such as a visit by the couple.” Irish Sun writer Blanaid Murphy wrote this: Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Gilmore signalled the move in the Dail, saying it was a "priority" to deepen ties with Britain via events such as a visit by the couple.

• EamonnDublin | Feb 26, 2013, 08:57 AM EST

  Céad Míle Fáilte! His great-grandfather was an " O'Spailpín " from Termonfeckin in County Louth. Mrs. O'Spailpín used to wash for us when I was very young. Her Christian name was "Geraldine", but she said I could call her "Ree". I think she was psychic. Éamonn, Dublin, Ireland.

• johnbyrne | Feb 26, 2013, 08:55 AM EST

  Thats just what we need more tourists, were still paying for grannies trip. The country is broke we the citizens are under the cosh for debts we dont owe, 200.000 gone abroad 450000 idle is that the setting for a party, oh it looks good for the world but we the Irish have been pushed too far it wont be long before we start pushing back this government has betrayed the Nation daily, we are in a situation where the citizens have to decide if they will heat or eat on the same day children going to school hungry thats the real state of our country, suicide is no stranger to our shores at the hands of lending houses that have no mercy & no soul so before this puppet government decide to invite any visitors be prepared to put your hands in your vast pockets to pay for it & dont push more debt on the citizens who you have betrayed for your own benefit kenny said he would not like the word defaulter attached to him well here is an other word, QUISLING.