My favourite Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh quotes:
"Seán Óg Ó hAilpín. His father's from Fermanagh. His mother's from Fiji. Neither a hurling stronghold."
"The stopwatch has stopped. It’s up to God and the referee now. The referee is Pat Horan. God is God."
"Teddy McCarthy to John McCarthy, no relation. John McCarthy to Teddy McCarthy, still no relation."
"Anthony Lynch, the Cork corner-back, will be the last person to let you down. His people are undertakers."
"1.5 to 0.8 - well, from Lapland to the Antarctic, that’s level scores in any man’s language."
"I saw a few Sligo people at Mass in Gardiner Street this morning and the omens seem to be good for them. The priest was wearing the same colours as the Sligo jersey. 40 yards out on the Hogan Stand side of the field, Ciarán Whelan goes on a rampage, and it’s a goal. So much for religion!"
"Pat Fox out to the 40 and grabs the sliotar. I bought a dog from his father last week. Fox turns and sprints for goal. The dog ran a great race last Tuesday in Limerick. Fox to the 21, fires a shot, it goes to the left and wide. And the dog lost as well."
"He grabs the sliothar. He's on the 50. He's on the 40. He's on the 30. He's on the ground."
"Colin Corkery on the 45 lets it go with the right boot. It's over the bar. This man shouldn’t be playing football. He’s made an almost Lazarus-like recovery from a heart condition. Lazarus was a great man, but he couldn’t kick points like Colin Corkery."
"Pat Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now, but here comes Joe Rabbitte hot on his tail. I’ve seen it all now, a Rabbitte chasing a Fox around Croke Park."
"He’s not a big man, he’s not a small man, he’s what you might call a handyman."
"Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, I’ll tell you a little story. I was in Times Square in New York last week, and I was missing the Championship back home. So I approached a newsstand, and I said, 'I suppose ye wouldn’t have The Kerryman, would ya?' To which, the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me, and he said, 'Do you want the North Kerry edition or the South Kerry edition?' He had both so I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet."
There's a lot going on in Ireland, making it hard to know where to begin, but if we allow the Hate Speech Bill to pass, our vocal objections will become illegal. The political class are fully aware of what they're doing and have sunk into moral bankruptcy. They lack the integrity and the courage to resist pressure from taxpayer funded NGOs who believe our obligations to refugees have NO limits, who advocate for the idea that men can become women and vice versa, and who consider words like "woman" or "mother" unnecessary.
These groups also propagate beliefs that the world will end unless we abandon cars and pay green taxes, that we should accept blindly being overcharged for energy and food without question, and that one of our most important industries farming is responsible for climate change and they should be punished.
The list of moral bankruptcy in the past five years is extensive, and soon, robust objections and opinions, along with opinions from friends on your phone (that you may never have even shared) may be deemed illegal by giving authorities the right to confiscate your electronic devices and search your home on foot of a complaint or report from somebody offended by your words.
We've transitioned from outdated blasphemy laws to a new set of laws protecting various NGOs and groups from offence. Remember, you have no right not to be offended. This isn't about extremists inciting violence, as that's already illegal in Ireland and universally condemned. It's about the impending restriction on your ability to be offended or upset by another person's opinion or view.
Many of these laws are a result of our politicians pandering to Europe and seeking to impress their EU colleagues in hopes of future career opportunities after they're ousted in elections. We need people to vote for those representatives who object to this nonsense at all levels, either locally, nationally, and especially in Europe. Please be careful how you vote. Don’t vote for a person on one issue but make sure they align with your values on all and that they have the intelligence, integrity and measured skill to fight for you and be your voice.
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