Humorous advert of the day award has to go to provast.nl in the Financial Times with it’s play on the keep calm and carry on me me of a few years ago .
Giggidygoo
Varadkar springs surprise on us – there will be a period of chaos. I’ve news for him. The rest of us knew that the minute the UK voted for Brexit, because we had Boyzone at the helm here.
I wonder if Varadkar ever heard the saying ‘Fail to plan, plan to fail’ ?
Eoin
Did you hear RTE’s chief political correspondent saying this morning that it was “against the national interest” to delve into the ramifications of a no-deal Brexit. It was unclear if he was referring to the political stance or the media stance, but why isn’t the media delving.
What will happen to a person travelling by car the 2 kms from Derry in Northern Ireland to Muff in county Donegal in the Republic? Will they be stopped by Gardai or other officials who will demand to see ID. What ID will they need. Which people will be denied entry? British passport holders? What about third countries with visas to visit the UK, like say, Commonwealth countries, like say, Zimbabwe. Will there be roadblocks? Will there be installations, premises that people must present at in order to gain entry into Muff? What about the car if it is registered in the UK with UK plates? Will the driver need an international driving licence? What about a green card for insurance? Will UK passport holders have their passports stamped? How long can they remain in Muff?
Surely we’re not having to wait 63 days to find out.
Cian
The truth is that nobody knows the answers to your Muff question.
It all depends on what the UK decide to do on Brexit.
If they abandon Brexit/get an extension/take the current deal – no change.
Otherwise there will be a hard-Brexit. But it won’t be a no-deal Brexit. There will be 10s or 100s of ‘mini-deals’ that will need to be done to ensure that planes can fly, that the Channell Tunnel remains open, that trade can continue at some level, that the interconnects continue to work, what happens to UK citizens in the EU and vice versa, …, and one of the mini-deals will involve you Muff problem. we can’t do anything because there are no decisions made, and the decisions aren’t Irish decisions – they are EU decisions.
scottser
I certainly hope there won’t be a law against muff driving..
Papi
Jo Pesci is mad against it, so I’m told.
Giggidygoo
Hah. Good one.
Muff is actuall one of places where newly ordained customs officers were sent to blood them They spent maybe a year or 18 months there until they got transferred nearer to where they preferred.
Spaghetti Hoop
I think Varadkar’s recent comments are extremely vacuous. And Coveney has ran out of words. And there they were playing hardball last year.
Eoin
We’re really missing out on the antics of the traveller family that is wrecking havoc across New Zealand. Some say they’re Irish though they seem to be based in England at present. The best one so far, apart from the little ‘un threatening strangers to fupp off or he’d rape them, is the allegation they brought ants into a restaurant to try to get out of paying the bill.
One of them has been convicted of shoplifting. Another was in court yesterday accused of assault and fraud. Their ring leader “John”, aka Joe, aka Miley speaks with a too-perfect English accent when he denies being Irish and insists he’s from the “English Commonwealth”. If you Google “rowdy tourists” in New Zealand, you’ll get better details and photos.
The cheeky chappies at the “independent” Central Bank didn’t get the memo that it wasn’t in the national interest to delve into the ramifications of a no-deal Brexit; they’ve published their quarterly outlook for the Irish economy today and they do delve in some detail into a no-deal Brexit. Growth would decline by “up to 4%” they say in 2019. Given they’re forecasting growth, in an orderly Brexit-cum-deal, of 4.4% in 2019 and 3.6% in 2020, that means the economy will grind to a halt in no-deal.
“our estimates indicate that the large-scale disruption in a disorderly Brexit could reduce the growth rate of the Irish economy by up to four percentage points in the first year. In the context of the current favourable central forecasts as set out in this Bulletin, this means that there would continue to be some growth in output in 2019 and 2020, even in a disorderly Brexit.”
The Guardian’s Ireland correspondent, Rory Carroll, getting called out on twitter for his previous work in Venezuela by documentary film maker Pablo Navarrete . https://twitter.com/pablonav1/status/1088722053266620416
“The Guardian has been at the forefront of smearing the Venezuelan government at least since @rorycarroll72’s arrival in Caracas in 2005. He was their 1st Latin America editor in 20 yrs. He asked to meet me and told me knew nothing about Latin America and didn’t speak Spanish.
Imagine the contempt The Guardian (ostensibly a leftwing newspaper) must have for its readers to send such an underqualified person to report on the regional “pink tide” wave, that was at its height at that moment, and that had Venezuela at its epicentre.
I lived in Venezuela for two years between 2005 and 2007. When I arrived I thought The Guardian was a leftwing newspaper. By the time I left I was clear it wasn’t. I felt almost ashamed at my naivety”
Giggidygoo
Soooooo. Will the army use marshmallows as ammo, seeing as the ‘bulletproof’ ‘agreement’ is a thing of the past?. Is the ‘cast iron’ ‘agreement’ now a ‘finger through the wet toilet paper’ agreement!
Vincent Lambe appears to be a heartless so and so, seen him in an interview, on BBC NI earlier.
https://amp-independent-ie.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/parents-of-james-bulger-demand-detainment-film-about-his-murder-be-withdrawn-from-oscars-37745101.html?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.ie%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2Fmovie-news%2Fparents-of-james-bulger-demand-detainment-film-about-his-murder-be-withdrawn-from-oscars-37745101.html
Humorous advert of the day award has to go to provast.nl in the Financial Times with it’s play on the keep calm and carry on me me of a few years ago .
Varadkar springs surprise on us – there will be a period of chaos. I’ve news for him. The rest of us knew that the minute the UK voted for Brexit, because we had Boyzone at the helm here.
I wonder if Varadkar ever heard the saying ‘Fail to plan, plan to fail’ ?
Did you hear RTE’s chief political correspondent saying this morning that it was “against the national interest” to delve into the ramifications of a no-deal Brexit. It was unclear if he was referring to the political stance or the media stance, but why isn’t the media delving.
What will happen to a person travelling by car the 2 kms from Derry in Northern Ireland to Muff in county Donegal in the Republic? Will they be stopped by Gardai or other officials who will demand to see ID. What ID will they need. Which people will be denied entry? British passport holders? What about third countries with visas to visit the UK, like say, Commonwealth countries, like say, Zimbabwe. Will there be roadblocks? Will there be installations, premises that people must present at in order to gain entry into Muff? What about the car if it is registered in the UK with UK plates? Will the driver need an international driving licence? What about a green card for insurance? Will UK passport holders have their passports stamped? How long can they remain in Muff?
Surely we’re not having to wait 63 days to find out.
The truth is that nobody knows the answers to your Muff question.
It all depends on what the UK decide to do on Brexit.
If they abandon Brexit/get an extension/take the current deal – no change.
Otherwise there will be a hard-Brexit. But it won’t be a no-deal Brexit. There will be 10s or 100s of ‘mini-deals’ that will need to be done to ensure that planes can fly, that the Channell Tunnel remains open, that trade can continue at some level, that the interconnects continue to work, what happens to UK citizens in the EU and vice versa, …, and one of the mini-deals will involve you Muff problem. we can’t do anything because there are no decisions made, and the decisions aren’t Irish decisions – they are EU decisions.
I certainly hope there won’t be a law against muff driving..
Jo Pesci is mad against it, so I’m told.
Hah. Good one.
Muff is actuall one of places where newly ordained customs officers were sent to blood them They spent maybe a year or 18 months there until they got transferred nearer to where they preferred.
I think Varadkar’s recent comments are extremely vacuous. And Coveney has ran out of words. And there they were playing hardball last year.
We’re really missing out on the antics of the traveller family that is wrecking havoc across New Zealand. Some say they’re Irish though they seem to be based in England at present. The best one so far, apart from the little ‘un threatening strangers to fupp off or he’d rape them, is the allegation they brought ants into a restaurant to try to get out of paying the bill.
One of them has been convicted of shoplifting. Another was in court yesterday accused of assault and fraud. Their ring leader “John”, aka Joe, aka Miley speaks with a too-perfect English accent when he denies being Irish and insists he’s from the “English Commonwealth”. If you Google “rowdy tourists” in New Zealand, you’ll get better details and photos.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6630707/British-gypsy-26-arrested-assault-reckless-driving-slapped-charge.html
The cheeky chappies at the “independent” Central Bank didn’t get the memo that it wasn’t in the national interest to delve into the ramifications of a no-deal Brexit; they’ve published their quarterly outlook for the Irish economy today and they do delve in some detail into a no-deal Brexit. Growth would decline by “up to 4%” they say in 2019. Given they’re forecasting growth, in an orderly Brexit-cum-deal, of 4.4% in 2019 and 3.6% in 2020, that means the economy will grind to a halt in no-deal.
“our estimates indicate that the large-scale disruption in a disorderly Brexit could reduce the growth rate of the Irish economy by up to four percentage points in the first year. In the context of the current favourable central forecasts as set out in this Bulletin, this means that there would continue to be some growth in output in 2019 and 2020, even in a disorderly Brexit.”
Pages 23 onwards deal with a no-deal Brexit. Delve away, the government (and perhaps RTE) doesn’t want you to!
https://www.centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/publications/quarterly-bulletins/qb-archive/2019/quarterly-bulletin—q1-2019.pdf?sfvrsn=6
The Guardian’s Ireland correspondent, Rory Carroll, getting called out on twitter for his previous work in Venezuela by documentary film maker Pablo Navarrete .
https://twitter.com/pablonav1/status/1088722053266620416
“The Guardian has been at the forefront of smearing the Venezuelan government at least since @rorycarroll72’s arrival in Caracas in 2005. He was their 1st Latin America editor in 20 yrs. He asked to meet me and told me knew nothing about Latin America and didn’t speak Spanish.
Imagine the contempt The Guardian (ostensibly a leftwing newspaper) must have for its readers to send such an underqualified person to report on the regional “pink tide” wave, that was at its height at that moment, and that had Venezuela at its epicentre.
I lived in Venezuela for two years between 2005 and 2007. When I arrived I thought The Guardian was a leftwing newspaper. By the time I left I was clear it wasn’t. I felt almost ashamed at my naivety”
Soooooo. Will the army use marshmallows as ammo, seeing as the ‘bulletproof’ ‘agreement’ is a thing of the past?. Is the ‘cast iron’ ‘agreement’ now a ‘finger through the wet toilet paper’ agreement!