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Queen Elizabeth barred from Dublin pub --- banner says 'she will never be welcome' in Ireland

Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 06:19 AM

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The queen has been barred from a Dublin pub.

John Stokes, the father of Celtic soccer star Anthony Stokes, has hung a huge banner outside his pub saying her Majesty is barred from his bar which is called the Players Lounge.

The banner says the queen and the royal family are banned from the bar and saying she "will never be welcome" in the country.

He told the Sun newspaper "I'm just warning her that she won't get served if she decides to drop in for a drink, to save me the embarrassment of having to tell her if she turns up, because it's a well-known pub and she might.

"I don't believe she has any right coming here whatsoever.

"When you hear the figures being thrown around about how much it will cost to bring her over, it's a disgrace. Surely money can be better used elsewhere?

"My mother died of a brain hemorrhage when she was just 51 and they told us she could have been saved if she'd had a hospital bed. Why are we spending that money on this visit when we could invest in hospital beds?"

He admitted "I've had a few complaints already.

"One guy told me that his father had fought in World War One and that I was a disgrace, but it's my opinion. She has no right to come here."

Some locals disagree. Irish Labour politician Ciaran Lynch said: "People should be positive about the visit. If you look at the last number of years, we've had Tony Blair visit, the Irish people voted overwhelmingly for the Good Friday Agreement, and times have moved on.

"In terms of international exposure it will be a fantastic way of promoting Ireland as a welcoming country. We should all be very welcoming of the visit."

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shaunshaun | Sep 15, 2011, 05:03 PM EDT

i've got a sign above my door that states no gypo's or travellers are to knock on my door asking to put down a new drive.....but they must be thick because they still do...and while we're at it can you ask the irish travellers to get their caravans off the infant schools playground,and control your dogs as they're scaring the nippers.....

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shaunshaun | Jun 20, 2011, 01:52 AM EDT

oh and by the way when can we expect our £4 billion pound LOAN back.i noticed some more irish travelling scum parked up on public land again....time to vote in the nazi's in.....oh and a final point keep your unemployed students in direland,tey aint pinching jobs over here any more.

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shaunshaun | Jun 20, 2011, 01:48 AM EDT

well as she's not welcome there.....the pro ira terrorist supporting football club celtic will never be welcome in england..you pub bombing scum..you are welcome to play in scotland though..LMAO..

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harryfee | Apr 09, 2011, 10:41 AM EDT

why does mr stokes think that the queen would visit his establishment? maybe he should hire a few bouncers just in case she shows up.

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6countybrit | Apr 09, 2011, 08:33 AM EDT

Might visit the players lounge and leave a wee present. Apparently Stokes (Scumbag) dosn't mind English people as long as they are not British. Can't wait to you guys have a united Ireland so we can ply some of the terrorism back on you scum!

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6countybrit | Apr 09, 2011, 08:30 AM EDT

Stokes - Nothing more than a narrow minded bigot, but so am I and most of the rebel scum on here so there you go. Good to see Her Majesty will be gracing Dublins and the dirty Republics shores, rather her than me. Rumour has it that the now unoccupied 6 counties will be handed back and the Queen is coming to start discussions. Put the real IRA in government, it's what you scum want??

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hectorfromTG4 | Apr 08, 2011, 08:45 PM EDT

Send her back to Germany,her true home And all you west brits,you don't like Ireland?,then piss off!

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hectorfromTG4 | Apr 08, 2011, 08:28 PM EDT

She's not even English,she is a German,her real name is Elizabeth Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,she is an imposter!,just like Obama,he was not born in the USA,imposter!

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EireinAmerica | Apr 06, 2011, 11:21 AM EDT

I hate this situation with the queen's visit,..she should stay her side of the Irish sea,..but wouldn't it be hilarious if Dermot Morgan were around with Ardal O'Hanlon to do the Father Ted thing and protest,..."Down with this sort of thing!...Careful now!"

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EireinAmerica | Apr 06, 2011, 10:08 AM EDT

It is about time. Eamon De Valera tried to make the point a long time ago. The Irish need to assert themselves and catering to the former oppressor is not the right message to send. Because of history, it looks like we are bending over. We need to send a different message. God Bless John Stokes for standing up and telling the Huns that Ireland shall never forget her martyred sons and daughters!

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hancock | Apr 03, 2011, 12:17 PM EDT

I'm for the truth, what are you for?

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StevieWeavie | Apr 03, 2011, 12:13 PM EDT

When you expend your energies on what you are against, it weakens you. When you expend on what you are for, it empowers you." Mother Teresa

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hancock | Mar 31, 2011, 12:51 PM EDT

Their history in Ireland.

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Realist | Mar 31, 2011, 12:04 PM EDT

hancock: Lol....what's undemocratic about it? Some counties choose elected heads of state whilst others opt for maintenance of a constitutional monarch. The United Kingdom is in the latter category. The Queen exercises no real power and, in the case of the UK, is symbolic of the coutry's identity and unity. Comments such as "a relic of fairy tale era" betray the same immature lack of respect for another country's traditions as Mr Stokes did with the banner he was ordered to remove. As I've suggested before, there's more to this pathological hate of all things British which is a running theme within most of your contributions to this site. What is it?

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hancock | Mar 30, 2011, 03:44 PM EDT

It seems anti-democratic and a relic of fairy tale era to me. The House of Lords also strikes me as weird. I have been to the UK, I wasn't aware the queen was the most well respected head of state in the world. I guess no vote counted on that either?

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