Taoiseach remembers Michael Collins in Béal na Bláth speech that calls out misinformation

https://www.thejournal.ie/simon-harris-michael-collins-disinformation-6471003-Aug2024/

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16 Comments

  1. demonspawns_ghost on

    He should have paid respects to a national hero then fucked off. The men and women who gave their lives for this country would be rolling in their graves if they could see what passes for leadership these days.

    As above, so below.

  2. I don’t think Michael Collins would have agreed with a lot of Fine Gaels current policies. Especially their management of the housing crisis..

    I see Fine Gael being so far removed from him these days.

  3. >There is a small group of people who want a country whose history has been woven by mass emigration to diminish the value of migration.

    What does he mean by this, precisely? I thought it was widely acknowledged that our history of mass outward migration has been to our detriment? Why would you use this as a way of promoting migration?

  4. SoftDrinkReddit on

    it’s interesting that he says this because let’s be honest here

    Michael Collins if he was resurrected today and you explained to him what’s been going on in the last 102 years he would want the entire Dail shot for Treason

  5. Available-Lemon9075 on

    The irony of Harris calling out misinformation when the government were shown to be withholding material information that was in the public interest in relation to advice they had received about the referendums. 

    They deliberately misled the public in the hope of progressing the result they were advocating for. Dodgy behaviour. 

    People in glass houses and all that 

  6. Soundbite Simon pretending he’s going to take on social media sites, in fairness to
    him he’s consistent on it.

  7. I don’t mean any disrespect or anything. But I was told some years back that Beal na Bláth (or surrounding areas) is used by doggers.
    Anyone know that’s true?

  8. Potential-Drama-7455 on

    Calling out misinformation and then says this

    >On housing, Harris said it is Fine Gael’s view that every generation should be better off than the one before and once again pledged that 250,000 homes will be delivered over the next five years. 

    EDIT: Can’t believe someone downvoted this. Clown.

  9. External-Chemical-71 on

    That pencil necked chinless West Brit dweeb would more likely have been working for the British civil service and dodging bullets from Collins lads then involved in any first Dáil. It’s frankly insulting to hear the likes of him orate at such events.

  10. Dangerous-Shirt-7384 on

    Couldn’t warm to Harris at all as a minister but I think he’s a decent Taoiseach.

    Sometimes he chimes in when he’d be better off taking a step back but I put that down to experience. We could do a lot worse.

  11. AdmiralRaspberry on

    Nobody vote for him to be Taoiseach to be honest … let’s have an election.

  12. JarvisFennell on

    I seem to remember Fine Gael claiming Michael Collins as one of there’s with some commemorative pins recently. Some irony in that.

  13. 21stCenturyVole on

    “My ~~misinformation~~ propaganda good, ‘their’ ~~misinformation~~ propaganda bad.”

    The dictionary definitions of misinformation/disinformation need updating, to reflect their colloquial usage:

    “Propaganda – but excluding propaganda from those in power.”

  14. It’s always class to see the Southern hypocrisy continue without question.

    Old IRA good.
    PIRA bad