Irish leader Enda Kenny was unfairly slammed for telling the truth

gobshitepaddy goes on to slags our politicans when his country gave the world goerge w bush lol,he couldnt even pronounce the countries that his army were murdering millions of innocent civilians,why do you even come to ireland man,you obviously do not belong amongst the decent irish people and give the ecent people in america a bad name,how ignorant can you get,everything you say wrong an small minded,by any chance are you related to G W BUSH lol

Gobshitepaddy again trying to rub his two brain cells together and one of THEM is on the blink.Americans spending trillions of dollars on war and war products and causing the death of millions of innocent ordinary people in their quest to control the worlds resources.This coming from a buffoon whose country has over 6.6 million violent crimes (murder, rape, assault and robbery) committed in the US each year.Over 9000 murders EVERY YEAR using fire arms alone.When you think about it the NI conflict with it's less then 4000 dead over 30 years.It's quite easy to see where the maniacs are living.Gobshite!!!In your face.We Irish use caps at times because with a retarded mentality like yours IC doesn't give us the option of pictures for dummies.It's just a pity the Irish Americans on this site haven't got the guts to put the likes of you in your place.There is a smell of a trouble maker Brit from ya more than anything else.So I'll treat ya like one.Tell me when you have enough of American politeness.I'll give you more.

awoken32, I agree that the actions of dictators in Libya and Syria against their own citizens was/is appalling. Similarly crackdowns in Iran by their government are equally reprehensible, as are Israeli actions against the Palestinians. Bullies, one and all.

Gobbydawpaddy , its easy to see what side of the fence you are on and obviously you see Ireland through misty fogged over glasses. You probably read a lot about The Emerald Isle but obviously know very little facts about it otherwise you would not write the gibberish that you do.Firstly if you did know anything then you would not refer to Enda Kenny as Our Prime Minister--thats what they call the leader of the country in the Uk--not here. I'm sure you can look it up in Wikipedia or Google to find out what he is called in Ireland ? So , ordinary irish citizens lost the run of themselves by buying houses? are you sure the same did not happen in the USA ? And Spain? and lots of other countries. Your anti Irish bias shines through in every word you write. Why the large chip on your shoulder I wonder ? Whats the Irish education system got to do with anything . You live in a forgotten past of 50 years ago if you think we all sit in darkened rooms swilling bottles of whiskey and heading into town for some aggro--what planet do you live on I wonder? I would venture to guess that you never stood on Irish soil because if you did you would see a different reality.Even with our difficulties here right now we are still being hailed as a forward thinking country that is working its way out of recession and being put forward as a template for how other countries should be tackling this worldwide recession that every country including the USA finds themselves in.Why not pay us a visit some day and you will still see a country thats the envy of others and we are not letting the downturn get to us because the Irish have always refused to lie down and despite centuries of oppression we can still have a laugh--especially at clowns like yourself who don't know what you're talking about--only what you read in the papers and we all know the papers get it it right every time . I'm sure you would agree ?

mamaginnty suggests in her early post that 'I run down the Irish'. mamaginnty, the Irish don't need any help from me. Just look at the 'contributions' from certain Ireland based posters here, you know who they are. Even in their writing they can't avoid foul language. There was a story here about 2 visiting mutants to Tennesee who cut down an american flag for 'de craic'. I encounter visitors from Ireland every summer in New York and LA. They embarrass your whole country with their use of the 'f' word, the 'c' word, the term 'bx' etc., no class. I tune into a quality Irish radio station most weekdays and appalled that so many people cannot pronounce 'th'. You have elected representatives such as Willie O'Dea, Kathleen Lynch etc. who can't do so. Willie was a lecturer at NIHE in Limerick. Michael Martin refers to 'tis morning and last year during your election he told you 'debates is important'. Of course BBertie spoke of 'dis and dat and doze'. I arrived in Ireland yesterday, sat next to a guy at the bar in my hotel last night and couldn't understand anything he said, I just nodded my head and laughed when he did. People worldwide know where 'stab city' is. Visitors to Ireland witness the litter, the pools of vomit and urine in your streets at night. Anybody who tunes into Jay Leno on NBC knows who 'the drunken moron' is. The mess in Ireland has featured on the front pages of the NY Times, WSJ and FT. The IMF are presently in Ireland monitoring your budget decisions.The IMF only go to countries where people are deemed too stupid to manage their own affairs. As I said, the Irish don't need any assistance from me in embarrassing themselves.

correct johnny111 or libya or syria or iran or palestine you name it a country not affected by the worlds bullies

Ask the people of Iraq who has the most aggression gombeen.

Kennedy, I must commend your command of the english language.

Ah Kennedy, the Irish education system surfaces its ugly head. Has there ever been a study done on why the Irish have this 'aggressive' gene, in their posts here or on their urban streets on weekends? It is very easy to distinguish between Irish American posters here from Ireland based 'contributors'. The former make, for the most part, polite, intelligent contributions to the debate, whereas the latter, again for the most part, present this 'get in your face' approach, utilizing capital letters to emphasize their aggression. One can almost picture them sitting in a dark, cold room, their fingers pounding the keyboard, bottle of whiskey by the side as they prepare to venture into town for some aggro.

an also mr allen what are you talking about the irish people blaming the catholic church,are you talking about the so-called holy order that has been purposley abusing an murdering in innocent children throughout the world?? even to this day they still will not deal with the problem,they do not represent god they represent the exact opposite,an then you even bring up the english???? my god you are a anti irish racist,the same english royal family that are responcible for the deaths millions of irish people in the holocaut of 1845,an covered it up as the english elite have always done,through british bribary an terrorism,its one the biggest lies in history,the famine lol,yeh there was a potato plight that spead from america in 1845 over here,but was not the cause of the deaths,the cause of the deaths was food which was took by the royals armies,the irish were starved to death,YOUR AN AROGENT PEICE OF WORL PAUL ALLEN,WITH YOUR DISGUSTING ANTI IRISH POST

Truth truth nothing but the truth

ive never read such total tripe before in my life,mr paul allen you do talk some rubbish like a true presstitute from the system,blaming the irish people an their so-called greed for the financial collapse,not a mention of the real culprits here THE BANKING ELITE,which deliberatley brought this recession on in order to centralise power an wealth for themselves,recessions are an always have been by desighn rather than mistake throughout history an thats no differant today,systems an advertising were brought into the target countries of the recessions to hoodwink the people into borrowing money through tractor mortages an so on,with the mostliy ignorant governments encouraging the people to borrow aswell,to blame the population for the totally corrupted system that are experts in the feild of manipulation is totally wrong an moreover not independant journalism,its the words of a repeater that knows nothing about reality

Those who were born from 1980 onwards cannot be at fault for the burst or blamed for over spending.Those people didn't know any better.By the time they were ten in 1990 that was the start of the Celtic tiger.I remember it well.From then on money was starting to become freely available.By the time we joined the Euro with cheap money available and the banks ringing and sending letters to everyone that you now have a pre-approved load of €100,000 or €150,000 and it's just waiting for you in the bank.They thought this was the way life was.The real problem was the loads were not stress tested and they almost forced loans on everyone.Those born around 1980 never had to do without in their teens.There inexperience was their downfall.They didn't think in a million years it was going to get this bad.Kenny said it wasn't the ordinary peoples fault.He was right the first time.The government was lied to by the banks on how bad things were when they guaranteed the unsecured bondholders.You don't have bad soldiers just bad leaders.I know plenty who didn't party all that much.They continued to spend within their means.

@georgedillon - "Blaming Irish people because they had to pay $400.000 in order to purchase a modest three-bedroom row house home for their families" Yeah, and then re-mortgaging those same properties in order to fund a lifestyle they could only otherwise dream of. Civil servants taking three, maybe four separate holidays during ONE summer vacation. Changing the car every year. Re-decorating every year. Shopping Trips to New York......the list of excess displayed by Irish people of ALL classes and creeds has been too well documented to be exaggerated or dreamt up. I saw it at first hand during the years of the Celtic Tiger and the boom. And what I still see are those same people still in denial that the "good times" are over and looking for ways to try to stop them from being over. Kenny like anyone else for that matter has a right to revisionism. I dont think even he realised just how bad things were when he came into office. Well, he does now I'm sure. And he should not baulk at telling the electorate just how bad it is, and how much worse it is likely to get. "No pain, is no gain" as the saying goes!!

The author of this piece comes across as an apologist for the crooks in government who brought our country to the ground while at the same time playing golf with the equally crooked bankers--proven fact !! The cronyism that was Fianna fail government was equal to the mafia scamming billions while at the same time protecting their Pals and crony's in Dirty banks. Most of these crooks are still walking free but the net is closing in some cases. Mr Allen who wrote this piece is either close to these politicians or alternatively he didn't bother doing any research for the article. otherwise how could he have got it so badly wrong ??