Comments on: Young Fine Gael dress up as Gerry Adams and Mary Lou wearing a Union Jack

By: John

John — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:58:18 +0000

The BULK of my post was about the FG approach, which secured the Anglo Irish Agreement. The British certainly did not consider Peter Barry to be a shrinking violet. He took a very hard line with the Unionists and the Thatcher Government. The Anglo Irish agreement smashed the Unionist veto. That was the work of an FG led Government. Similarly the Sunningdale Agreement of 1973, which established the power-sharing executive of UUP, Alliance and SDLP, was the work of the FG/Labour Coalition Government.

By: Damien

Damien — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:23:11 +0000

So because Charlie Haughey gave a gift to Maggie that equates to FG not being cow-towers? Right. Why is every FG argument about what others have done?

By: John

John — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:53:40 +0000

“Given Fine Gaelâ€™s gimp-mask-wearing style cow-towing to Maggie Thatcher and the British Governments all through the few years they were in power.”
I do not agree with the above comment.

I seem to recall CJ Haughey presenting Maggie Thatcher with a Georgian silver teapot at their first meeting.
The Anglo Irish Agreement signed by FG Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald and Margaret Thatcher in 1985 introduced a form of joint rule. It smashed the Unionist veto. It soon concentrated Unionist minds. Unionists began to realise that they would have to share power with Nationalists if this agreement were to be replaced.

Incidentally Peter Barry TD (FG) was Minister for Foreign Affairs and was heavily involved in the negotiations, which resulted in the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement. He became a hate figure for Unionists.

By: Jonathan Brazil

Jonathan Brazil — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:39:19 +0000

Wow! Totally wow! I hope that YFG are very proud of themselves for this. No longer are they just attacking the people with questions about why they should vote yes, they have now gone and turned a completely non-party issue into a major anti-party stunt. Such behaviour belongs in the world of professional satire not within the bounds of independent political decision making. I thought that Fianna FÃ¡il’s ignorant and dogmatic attitude on this was bad but this stunt is simply immature and groundless, and exactly the type of activity that is losing more and more support for the yes vote but more worrying is that it is further clouding any possible comprehension of the treaty by those who still don’t know the factual meaning of it. There’s so much playing of the man in this game that I don’t think that there’s even a ball on the pitch!

By: Justin Mason

Justin Mason — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:51:33 +0000

in fairness the Mary Lou McDonald “Shinner Spice” meme has been going around for years, since the last election. it’s quite funny too if you ask me….

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