On Thursday evening, after a day finalising a new documentary on Brexit and Ireland, which airs on RTÉ One on Monday night, I slumped down, like so many hundreds of thousands of Irish workers, knackered in front of the TV. It was well gone “wine o’clock”, so with a deserved glass in hand, I flicked through the options.
The range of choice these days, from Netflix and Amazon to terrestrial TV, is truly extraordinary. Finally, I decided to watch the end of a compelling documentary series on BBC4 about OJ Simpson. When you know how the story ends, tuning in at episode five is no big deal.
Coming shortly after the Netflix documentary ‘The People v OJ Simpson’, this one was called ‘OJ, Made in America’. An Oscar-winner, the documentary series is about the Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman murders, and OJ’s trial, acquittal, subsequent life and the overarching role of race which dominated one of the biggest media events in US history. In truth, it was a media circus as much as a criminal trial.
The quantity of quality TV and film content available to us now is mind-boggling. All around the world, TV and film is a massively growing industry. It is mainly an English-language phenomenon, already worth $130bn per year. The industry is set to grow in double digits as people like us change our viewing habits.
When it comes to film and TV, we are living in an age of great disruption.
In the past, the TV companies (usually large nationalised corporations) and the local cinema cartels controlled the distribution of TV and film content. Not any more. Technology has changed all that. The new players – such as Netflix and Amazon – in cahoots with the broadband providers have turned the TV world on its head and the upshot is that the old monopolies no longer control distribution. People are watching whatever they want, whenever they want.
This is bad news for the old business model, but like so many other disruptions it creates massive opportunities.
And the disruption is not only centered on content distribution, there is also another profound disruption going on and that is the end of patience. When I was a boy, the “Who shot JR?” slogan captured the nation. It was a cross-cultural mania: my Mass-going granny in West Cork demanded to know “Who shot JR” as did my wife’s strict Presbyterian grandmother in rural Antrim. What they had in common was patience — the patience to wait for the next series of ‘Dallas’ to find out what happened.
Nowadays, people want a box set to binge on. The notion of the cliffhanger gripping a nation for months on end is gone as we binge on three episodes in a row until, delirious from lack of sleep, we realise it’s 2am on a school night and we are addicted to “just one more episode”.
This is the new way of consuming TV and film.
The younger you are, the less patience you have. The end of patience implies that more and more content is being made, watched and discarded. But it is being consumed and because the model of consuming has changed where we pay subscriptions, the demand for content will be as voracious as the sum of our appetites.
This disruption in the production, distribution and consumption of TV and film provides an amazing opportunity for creative industries here in Ireland. Hollywood is bursting at capacity and giant American studios are scouring the world for ideal locations to make TV. Why not Ireland?
The other day walking through Dublin Airport, I marvelled to myself at the outrageous success of Ryanair. What right had a country like Ireland, with no history in aviation manufacturing, to end up having the biggest airline company in Europe? Had you suggested such a thing two or three decades ago, people would have thought you were bonkers, but it happened. Ryanair is the biggest operator in Europe by a country mile.
If Ireland can host the largest airline operator in Europe, why not the largest film and TV business in time?
Arguably, we are much better suited to build on an existing film and TV industry, and one that is already vibrant. Last year, Ireland had an embarrassment of riches at the Oscars’ top table.
Imagine if those movies had been made here as well as being driven by Irish creative talent?
For years, the Irish film and TV industries have been quasi-extractive. By this I mean Irish talent was often extracted out of here and fused with American or British capital, to write and star in films or series that were produced elsewhere.
So why not aim to produce it here and keep the value added in Ireland? Sometimes an industry makes sense for a country.
However, you can’t just produce films and TV series without the infrastructure. As someone who sometimes makes documentaries, it’s clear that over the past few years advances in technology mean studios are replacing locations. In film, this move is much more evident. So to be in with a shout of getting some of this global business, Dublin needs a state-of-the-art studio.
This is why the decision taken on Thursday by Dublin City Council to set aside space for a world-class film studio in the new Poolbeg special development zone is such an encouraging one.
The City Council voted unanimously to include the site for a large Hollywood-style movie studio down in Poolbeg just beneath the iconic Pigeon House towers.
This is an excellent decision and one that shows real vision for the future of the city as a destination for high-end content, creative people as well as lots of other jobs. You might not realise that it takes loads of different types of workers to make films and TV, from painters and decorators, carpenters and set designers, to scriptwriters, musicians, actors and directors as well as accountants, lawyers and money men.
It’s a huge intertwined and overlapping ecosystem.
By setting aside space for this type of studio, the Council has shown true ambition for the city. This move could well be seen as the creative and artistic version of the setting up of the IFSC.
You need the vision to see that things can be done and you need luck in terms of whether your timing is right. Thirty years ago, the global finance industry was in its infancy, today it is huge and the IFSC gamble paid off. The omens for making TV and film globally now look much more attractive.
The Poolbeg studios could be the idea whose time has come.
Why does Dublin *need* one? What wrong wth the one launched recently in Limerick: http://troystudios.ie – oh that right, if its outside the pale nobody cares.
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[ The City Council voted unanimously to include the site for a large Hollywood-style movie studio down in Poolbeg just beneath the iconic Pigeon House towers. ] Un-fu(ken_believable. Dublin sh1tty council are presiding over a housing crisis, and would be better employed attending to the needs of the people for more residential housing. In particularly the need for residential development as close as possible to the employment and university activity in Dublin City. And this is what they give the people. If you want housing, try moving to Carlow, or somewhere at the end of a long commute. Dublin sh1tty… Read more »
My proposal : as many sites as possible, need to be strictly residential with supporting commercial activity.
And high density residential.
The demand is there.
DCC are morons. More concerned about celebrity pretenders than the people.
Great game today with Cork and Tipp. Well done Cork. Match of the Day is coming on now. Liverpool came 4th. Rte tomorrow will tell us that Liverpool MIGHT come 4th. Last Thursday and Friday we had the RTE Leo blitz. It was relentless. Im neutral they would say followed by LEO LEO LEO. On Friday Sean Barrett declared for Simon Coveney on the News at One. On the Three O Clock rte radio 1 news the news reader declared that it was all Leo and maybe later Sean Barrett MIGHT possibly declare for Simon Coveney. There used to be… Read more »
Regarding David’s article, I think that out of all decisions Dublin Council has made, this is one of the few that I would consider laudable rather than, like, totally outrageous, like further reducing the maximum height of the buildings. Or building a Port Tunnel that turns, leaks and is too low. Coupled with two tram lines that do not connect (as if it wasn’t bad enough that two railway stations also do not connect), giving them track width different to rail tracks (thus ensuring they will never connect), and breaking the camel’s back by the 145 straw – to celebrate… Read more »
Speaking of tractors. Guys – this is just ridiculous. I would support it if it was a car or a motorbike, but https://www.donegalnow.com/news/jail-farmer-caught-driving-tractor-disqualified/163730 Look: I was driving tractor when I was 12, and a motorbike at around the same age (at 80km/h). At the age of 16, I was driving a car on empty (and straigh – roads in Poland do not turn every 3 seconds) B roads at 150km/h. This is safer than people driving their cars on M50 at 40km/h blocking the entire motorway, or two lorries doing the same. My cousin, who was from a country-side, was… Read more »
Necessarily continuing the thread of immediately previous blog ;
And, it would be worthwhile for folks to read that thread.
Re ;
CRYPTO-CURRENCIES / CYBER-CURRENCIES
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Bitcoin
Ethereum ; Ethereum is the subject of great interest to interlocutors of that thread.
Here are some useful links :
https://www.google.com/search?biw=1301&bih=641&noj=1&q=LIST+OF+COUNTRIES+WHERE+BITCOIN+IS+LEGAL&oq=LIST+OF+COUNTRIES+WHERE+BITCOIN+IS+LEGAL&gs_l=serp.3…1589279.1608347.0.1608846.77.44.0.0.0.0.897.2835.0j2j0j3j0j1j1.7.0….0…1.1.64.serp..73.3.787…0j30i10k1j0i7i30k1j0i67k1j0i22i30k1.6w11LDI-xlQ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_bitcoin_by_country_or_territory
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/041515/countries-where-bitcoin-legal-illegal.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ethereum
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethereum
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https://index.investopedia.com/index/?q=ethereum&o=40186&qo=investopediaSiteSearch
Only 55 Baddies … hmm … mm !
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/just-55-of-37000-civil-servants-have-lost-their-jobs-in-the-past-decade-35739888.html
For anyone who’s interested in a new way of making and managing movies, tv shows and other artistic content:
“SingularDTV: Be Your Own Economy”
https://medium.com/@SingularDTV/singulardtv-be-your-own-economy-f9cfb543b70d
Fine GAY-L Leader Contest & all that jazz prompts me to come out with the following ; Reckon that close to 50 % of politicians in SHAM-rock Re-PUB-lick are homo. It has been an increasing trend. Maybe yee did not notice it coming up ur rear. Lots of em hiding in ur face ; Sure, gives a new slant / bent on the term Gaelic ; Gay-lick. Thus, the updated appropriate name for this aul sh.t-hole should ; SHAM-rock Re-GAY PUB-lick. Anyway, has there ever been a definitely known to be homosexual leader of a country of whom we can… Read more »
Some more interesting news about Ethereum:
“Ethereum Enterprise Alliance Adds 86 New Members Including DTCC, State Street And Infosys”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/05/22/ethereum-enterprise-alliance-adds-86-new-members-including-dtcc-state-street-and-infosys-and/#65618ccf8ff2
The price has risen to $184 per unit today, up from $140 per unit yesterday afternoon.
Michelle, Hillary and Melania in Saudi Arabia – can you spot the difference?
https://twitter.com/Stevenwhirsch99/status/865927528258703360
For sure David, the TV and Film industry is set to shoot the lights out globally and Ireland can take its share of the spotlight. Building a studio at Poolbeg is a bright idea from Dublin City Council to add further to the magnetism of the King Kong of cities in Ireland. However if any non Dublin City Council funds are to be attracted for the project e.g. private sector investment, it would be far preferable and in Ireland’s best interests for the idea to take root in Cork, Galway, Limerick or Waterford. Agree with others who said Wicklow would… Read more »
We have to remember that MSM are largely a propaganda unit rather than a dispenser of news. Hollywood is also much the same.
Pentagon funds the Syrian civil war through fraudulent funding.
https://needtoknow.news/2017/05/pentagon/
Farage tells the media assemblage that they disseminate lies and deceit and both by commission and omission. Worse yet is the knowledge that the media are so contorted that they , themselves, believe that they are not corrupted but are doing the “right” thing. Twisted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qPy051z_PE
Hollywood – Time for a Conspiracy Film. Governments want to enslave the people because they are already enslaved to CERBERUS So they empower their CBs to do some of the heavy lifting. They also use their Security apparatus create and finance large scale terrorism. The purpose the central banks is to eliminate cash. Initially credit and debit cards and electronic transfers will be the weapon of choice. Eventually cash would no longer be legal tender. But then the flaw was spotted people might resort to other trusted means of payment such as gold or silver. So bitcoin was invented. This… Read more »
The universe was created by a big bang it is said but nobody explains what went bang. The universe is now expanding and expanding and will until it flames out and contracts to a black hole again. Likewise here on earth the big monetary bang happened in 1971 and the money supply keeps on expanding and expanding. And it will continue until it too flames out and is contracted to a black hole. The life cycle od f the universe is measured in billions of years but the fiat monetary cycle is more likely in billions of seconds. sooner rather… Read more »
Why NOT to buy property in China, and why China – not the US – is the biggest bubble collapse ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lAoTBVTTO8
Which brings me to my comment from last week: 98% of Bitcoin trade for the last 6 months came from China…
RTE ; Irish State’s official Pro-Homo & Bi & ahem, ahem … “Gender-Fluid” Propaganda Broadcasting Radio & TV & Internet Station which rewards its Performers with massive payments Kirsty Blake Knox May 23 2017 EXCERPT “Politicians have raised concerns about the impartiality of RTÉ’s coverage of the Fine Gael leadership campaign after managing director of news Jon Williams appeared to back frontrunner Leo Varadkar. Mr Williams had to delete a comment he posted on social media which appeared to be supportive of Mr Varadkar. “With Leo Varadkar as gay Taoiseach symbolizes Ireland’s transformation,” he wrote. The tweet was posted with… Read more »
Studio Ireland has a “cost over-run” by the fluffers ;
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/public-sector-cost-will-soon-outstrip-boomtime-levels-35744387.html
Three year old comment but timeless in the lesson imparted.
http://www.cobdencentre.org/2014/09/our-obsession-with-monetary-stimulus-will-end-in-disaster/
Most Americans have faith in their federal government. Sure, they know there are people in high office who do things they shouldn’t. But at its core most people believe the government is an instrument of good in our society. For the record, I don’t believe any institution that has driven our nation into bankruptcy via the national debt, and has made promises to living voters that will be paid for by Americans not yet voting, or even born, to the tune of hundreds of trillions of dollars, is good by any moral standard. In fact I believe Washington’s current occupants… Read more »
TrAmp’s massive arms sale to Saudi Arabia Wall Street underwritten companies lined up include : Lockheed Martin McDonald Douglas Raytheon TrAmp says ; “It’s going to create jobs,” says the commander in chief. “And we want to thank you and Saudi Arabia, but Aah, 100’s of billions of dollars of investments into the United States. And, jobs, jobs, jobs.” Meanwhile Saudi Arabia building Wahhabi mosques in Minnesota. And, theses mosques send forth their Wahhabi preachers. In truth, relatively few “jobs” will be created. And, anyway, the workers will be making Bomber Aircraft. The workers will be bathed in the blood… Read more »
NEWS Re;
FRANCE’S MORON PUPPET OF THE BANKSTER OCTOPUS
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EXCERPT ;
“Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron has reiterated that he will not recognise Palestine as a state as it would hinder good relations between Israel and France.
Prior to his election win, Macron said he backs a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and that recognising Palestine would cause instability and he would not risk France’s relationship with Israel to serve the Palestinian agenda.
At a political rally Macron said:
“Unilateral recognition of Palestine, right now, will undermine stability …”
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http://www.globalresearch.ca/new-french-president-will-not-recognise-palestine/5591329
This article is from October 2016, but I think it is even more relevant now (I wonder if someone has a more up-to-date ‘Bitcoin vis-a-vis chinese capital outflows chart’, and for Ethereum too: David McWilliams – do you have it?)
https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/10/26/2178098/bitcoin-as-a-chinese-capital-outflow-proxy/
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DEEP & MEANINGFUL ANALYSIS HERE ; HEADING “One Orb to Rule Them All”: Trump channels Antichrist in Riyadh May 22, 2017 By Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor Riyadh, Saudi Arabia EXCERPT “In a scene that would have been funny had its implications not been so dire, Donald Trump, Saudi King Salman, and Egyptian dictator al-Sisi – three of the four most demonic rulers on Earth – all grasped a glowing orb and swore eternal allegiance to Satan yesterday. (Earth’s #1 demon-in-human-form, Bibi Netanyahu, was physically absent at the proceedings, but presided over them in spirit.) If you thought Trump’s doing… Read more »
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-21/greek-authorities-launch-mass-confiscation-safe-deposit-boxes-securities-homes-tax-e
Like I said and repeat. Have nothing in or connected to a bank if you do not wish to lose it. Use the banks for day to day cash use, only. Store spare cash at home, relinquish your safety deposit boxes. Go to private storage of all kinds. Confiscation comes to a place near you, soon!!
Preface ; Whilst I include a link which defends Libertarianism against Pope Francis’s attack on it, I do find fault with some of the common core of Libertarianism. And, whilst I would be a Libertarian or even a true Liberal [ e.g. my defence of the right to life of the pre-born child ], I actually am very much an advocate for what is presented here as Libertarianism’s opposite, vis. Autarky [ self-sufficient society ; A society which makes everything for itself ]. …………………………………. I as a Catholic can with a certain authority authoritatively state : 1. the Catholic Church… Read more »
BET THAT THIS WILL SHOCK U ! 8-)
HEADING
$100 in bitcoin in 2010 now worth almost $73 million
22 May, 2017 11:11
https://www.rt.com/business/389190-bitcoin-historic-price-high/
“A beginner’s guide to Ethereum tokens
What is an Ethereum token?”
https://blog.coinbase.com/a-beginners-guide-to-ethereum-tokens-fbd5611fe30b
Testy
https://www.henrymakow.com/2017/05/fbi-insider-trump-foiled.html
I wonder will Putin confirm the veracity of above report
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And, Re ; “Manchester Arena” bombing
http://aanirfan.blogspot.ca/2017/05/manchester-arena-false-flag-ariane.html
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http://www.tomatobubble.com/manchester_bombing_hoax.html
It was in the early 1970’s as I flew every 18 months to visit folks and family in Devon. This year is the 50 anniversary of my immigration to Canada. I became aware of strange similarities in policies fomented in the old world and the new at the same time. This caused an insight and the proclamation by me to any who would listen, and few did, that the Western Industrial Democracies were under a coordinated attack to destroy them. This essay confirms that any observant person can see the same. Knowledge is power, but the time is now short.… Read more »
Hollywood being a major center of propaganda for the destruction of family values, the basic structure of civilization, is hardly the type of organization I would invite into my community. They could not pay me enough.
Hollywood is a major propaganda arm for the destruction of western civilization.
A bummer for auld Mr. Bon-Bon so 8-)
And, hey, more proof that TrAmp is a bare-faced LIAR
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mnuchin-trump-never-favored-glass-steagall-and-wont-break-up-banks/article/2623486
Mornin all.
At least 1 male TD of present Dail is known to be frequent user of Gypsy so-called “rent-boys” ; I did not get detail if they children ; I did not get detail if they are raped by him ; It is simply that I got reliably informed of this T.D.’s prolific sexual use of Gypsy young males IN IRISH STATE. I trust that if Varadakar becomes next Taoiseach — & strongest indications are that he is about to be — will he be very strict in : expelling any willful “rent-boys” who entered Irish State on refugee basist ensuring… Read more »
Top 10 Survival Tips That Could Save Your Life (10th is kinda daft)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvNgan6ghU4
http://inside-poland.com/t/only-15-bears-in-polands-tatra-mountains/
The video inside that link – very, very, very funny. Probably the funniest video I’ve seen this year.
THE COUSINS OF ARABIA
Best to be vegetarian ;
However, they may take that declaration as an insult & thence chop ur head off.
Anyway, the Horse Racing industry in Ireland have deep relationship with the House of Saud ;
Have they somehow blood on their hands ?
http://www.truedemocracy.net/hj33/08.html
@ Grzegorz, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THE FOLLOWING POST BY ME AS IN ANYWAY “PATRONISING” OR “CONTEMPTUOUS OF VERY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS HELPING IRISH NATION, & OTHER TARGETS OF THE DREADFUL FEW” …………………………………. And there I thought all along upon having bought ur crypto-currency & being very careful with use of computer, that they would be very very safe. And, I was led to believe that one did not have to be a specialist in finance or trading or computers to invest in them. Futhermore, even if one should be skilled in the above niches one could always ignore these… Read more »
http://www.michaelsavage.wnd.com/2017/05/michael-savage-newsletter-were-supposed-to-get-used-to-this/
http://kingworldnews.com/john-embry-there-will-be-a-catastrophic-outcome/
another agrees with the outcomes approaching
@ Grzegorz,
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Per the following link u posted above ;
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1995/act/31/section/25/enacted/en/html
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Re; RELEVANCE ?
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What is the Relevance of this link to :
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Thornton’s approach ?
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Common Law in Irish State ?
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Law systems [ options 8-) ] in Irish State ?
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What is the Relevance of this link to :
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Thornton’s approach ?
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Common Law in Irish State ?
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Law systems [ options 8-) ] in Irish State ?
@ Grzegorz,
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Per the following link u posted above ;
http://www.courts.ie/rules.nsf/0/6b446e7fedb539bf80256d2b0046b3de?OpenDocument
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Re; RELEVANCE ?
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What is the Relevance of this link to :
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Thornton’s approach ?
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Common Law in Irish State ?
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Law systems [ options 8-) ] in Irish State ?
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Re; SIGNIFICANCE
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What is the Relevance of this link to :
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Thornton’s approach ?
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Common Law in Irish State ?
2.1.3
Law systems [ options 8-) ] in Irish State ?
@ Grzegorz, Re; “COMMON LAW” SYSTEM vis-a-vis Irish State Irish “LAW” system & Irish “LEGAL” system are authoritatively said to be a Common Law system ; e.g. Website of the particular CROOKS / GANGSTERS known as The Law Society of Ireland ………………………………….. The Irish Courts System exists in a ‘common law’ jurisdiction. It shares this with : other English speaking countries, e.g.’s UK, USA, Canada, & … some non-English speaking countries, e.g. India. The system originates from the English legal system. Common-law legal systems place greater emphasis on previous court decisions than do ‘civil-law’ jurisdictions, e.g.’s France other European countries.… Read more »
HAVING GROWN UP WITH ORWELLIAN REGIME IN IRISH STATE ABOUT IRA SUBVERSIVES, HECK ! ;EVERY HOUSEHOLD [ EXCEPT Blue Shirts no doubt & other gilded species ] HAD THEIR HOUSEHOLDS SEARCH BY GARDA-LANDLORDS / LANDLORD-GARDAI WHEN THEY LOOKING FOR KIDNAP VICTIMS OF IRA & INLA, & ALSO BEING AWARE OF ORWELLIAN REGIME IN NORTH EAST OF MY IRELAND, & ALSO BEING AWARE OF ORWELLIAN REGIME DIRECTED BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT AGAINST IRISH IN BRITAIN — eg. Irish personel working in certain ministries were not allowed to enter certain parts of open plan offices which all other staff [ Nigerian, European, etc.… Read more »
Seriously, does Irish State have any politician capable of this insight & bravery & confidence, & competence inter alia ? ;
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PRETENDERS “Varadakar”, “Coveney”, “Adams”, & “Me-hole Martin” sure do not have this man’s ability or decency or guts !
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http://www.activistpost.com/2017/05/syrias-assad-just-explained-how-america-really-works.html?utm_source=Activist+Post+Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1d55930ac4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b0c7fb76bd-1d55930ac4-388143229
OF COURSE, EQUIVALENT EVIL STUFF AS THE HOUSE OF SAUD DO ARE DONE IN THE OCCIDENT ; incl. Irish State with limited official numbers But, massive & growing numbers with what Mizzzzzz-andrist Zappone is spear-heading aginst Irish Nation & against the foreigners too. Hey, why do not the so-called incensed Moslems in Ireland take on the issue of defending the pre-born child ? Nay, they will not ; Because, they are just following orders that stretch all the way back to The Dreadful Few ; Although some of the fanatic clowns do not, & would always refuse to, believe that… Read more »