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Replying To BarneyGrant:  "Sinn Féin not going to Washington over Gaza but were happy enough to go there when Biden was backing the Israeli blanket bombing. Explain that one?

Might have something to do with the piles of money and other assistance they got from the Clintons and Feeney and others when they agreed to do what no Irish nationalist never mind a republican claiming to be in line of Pearse and Sands would have even contemplated - running part of Ireland for Britain."
Doing what the people voted for.

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2078 - 22/02/2025 09:25:22    2592395

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Replying To Viking66:  "I suppose you and the lads in your local get more upset when England lose?"
A comment like that whatever you are trying to imply simply means you have totally lost the argument…. especially when you are fawning over a sport that is continuously playing players that are not even 1% Irish… now jog good lad…

ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3487 - 22/02/2025 11:49:44    2592418

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Replying To bad.monkey:  "Cause everyone in CHINA is genetically and culturely the same !!! Baaa haaa haa. Best post Ive ever seen on HS. Bravo !"
How did you come to that conclusion? I'm saying the majority of China is genetically and culturally different to Irishness people. That's not saying they're all the same as eachother.

Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3375 - 22/02/2025 12:59:28    2592429

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Replying To ForeverBlue2:  "A comment like that whatever you are trying to imply simply means you have totally lost the argument…. especially when you are fawning over a sport that is continuously playing players that are not even 1% Irish… now jog good lad…"
I'm not fawning over rugby, I enjoy watching it is all. There are lots of sports I don't enjoy watching, so I don't watch them. And I certainly don't waste my time, and other peoples, posting about them.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14821 - 22/02/2025 13:15:09    2592438

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Replying To Seanfanbocht:  "Doing what the people voted for."
The people of Ireland only got to vote once on Irish unity and separation from Britain. December 1918. 75% of members elected supported separation.

There has never been another such vote.

BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3427 - 22/02/2025 14:38:25    2592449

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An open post to no one in particular.

Rugby has caught the imagination of most people (if not all) in this country of ours some of which are in the second half of their lives including myself, while other sports were asleep at the wheel the game of rugby was quietly going about its business bringing the science of the game to a new level. Ireland is undoubtably on the world stage, sharing that same stage with Jameson Gibson Park, Josh van der Flier and a star in the making is Sam Prendergast.

Simon Easterby didn't panic when Ireland was down a man, they lost the lead and went in at H/T 3 points down, Wales looked as if they were slowly taking control of the game, among others I was really proud of Bundi Aki and James Lowe, it doesn't particularly bother me whether they were born in Ireland or not what is important is they wear the Ireland shirt with pride and they are Irish citizens.

A new type of atmosphere at provincial games which I like etc. Sorry I didn't start going sooner.

supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3109 - 22/02/2025 22:15:46    2592530

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