Queen Elizabeth’s Christmas speech expected to give tourism boost to Ireland

Unrealist.lol I'm only stating what the BBC said Tommy.I even gave you a link.Who knows why the Brits offered the loan in the first place and Ireland excepted it.Who knows what deals are going on.I'm pretty sure whatever reason you think is probably the wrong reason anyway.It's all business,nothing else.Do you not think it's pretty stupid to speculate about Ireland rejoining the Commonwealth.Not that I have anything against the Commonwealth.But how does cheap bananas help anyone?As for the records been handed over.I'm living in Cork Tommy.At the end of the day it's NI who will suffer if they cause trouble.Do you really think it will hurt me? NI might as well be a million miles away.My kids will be safe down here.Will yours?

realist: Who say the Republic is going to rejoin the Commonwealth?? It is just a wast of tiem talk shop.

The intelligence/imaturity level of certain posters here never ceases to amaze me. Hope they are on Santa's 'nice' list. The Beano website might be a more appropriate forum for them.

sirpeter: Ireland, junk bond status - discuss....lol.

sirpeter: Lol....dear oh dear paddy you don't know very much about your own country's economic reality do you? Are you an Irish economist? Chuckle....I will simply ask you this, why would the U.K. offer and Ireland accept a high interest loan of nearly €8 billion? By the way, I suggest you save some tears for when the Republic rejoins the Commonwealth. My my that is going to hurt worse than Boston College handing over their terrorist records to the British government (something else that would "never happen"). Cheap bananas?....lol.

LOL @ Northern Ireland. The British economic black hole hahahahaha.

LOL @ The Commonwealth HAHA..Cheap bananas for the Brits hahahaha.

Unrealist.For your information the Brits and the Irish owe each other approximately the same amount of debt.But guess what?? The UK owes Ireland €113.5 billion and we owe the UK €104.5 Billion.(BBC Eurozone debt web:Who owes what to whom?)Do you ever get anything right?haha..That's right Tommy we are laughing all the way to the bank.

Realist-We havent started paying them back and it looks like we wont for some time plus theyre heading into a recession so no one is laughing.

sirpeter: Yes, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, the Commonwealth, Northern Ireland (of course), and €7 billion of Irish debt. I quote from one of your own newspapers, "....keep making those interest payments paddy, there's a good chap...." I'm glad you find it funny....Irish jokes are always the best and the British are laughing all the way to the bank....lol.

@antoman.That's the job.lol

Come back Lizzy and meet more of us! we are sound!

I suppose whatever She says will be posted on this site? I'll most likely be drunk or getting laid when she says it.

The old British monarchy.They were never the same after we gave them the boot.It was all downhill with the empire after that.Well at least they still have the Falkland islands and the Rock of Gibraltar.

Peace and goodwill to all peoples. Bless the Queen with her fond memories of the Republic. May she rule England the rest of her years in good health and happiness and may she and ireland be BFFL!