The Irish

have we a government yet

just a civil service, itll be ok

Previous ministers stay in post till a new government forms so, yes.

Idk why you thought I didn’t know this.

xp we’re in safe hands with ye running the place anyway.

*spends entire morning trying to compose a topical limerick that doesn't mis-stress the word "limerick" *

Correct pronunciation is two syllables, fyi

depends on whether you need to rhyme with mrick for the county or boyyyyyyyy for the cidddyyyy tbh

It’s pronounced “biy”.

*morning becomes longer*

its pronounced langer

Dáil is trying to pick a Taoiseach, will I be fucked watching the whole thing? Depends how delayed this train is. Anyway, here’s the link.

https://www.pscp.tv/w/cR7I43R3LTI4ODE2MzM4MTV8MXlOeGFReWFQbGd4at4X_ZE1eK-ehsBsOoH3XdQmmmHhCsuI4skHSWv1w5cn

Is it in order for TDs to address the chamber in Irish, how many of them do/can

its in order, id say more do than can tbh

game of them

lol

lol

Trying to think how long it’s been since we had a Taoiseach who actually had Gaeilge? Is Michael D the nearest thing we have atm? Not that my spoken Irish is anything to brag about either (my worst LC subject!)

id be surprised

oh fuck

i was about to say michéal jesus

sorry michéal

What? I’m on a train with intermittent signal, pls take pity on me

bruton would v likely have had learned gaeilge i shouldve thought

gyac id literally half typed michéal martin prob has it and i remembered oof yes but never been taoiseach has he

v hard to say had enda it. id say he did maybe, hid a lot of light under a bushel did enda tbh

I thought MM would too with the name and being from cork like but no apparently not?

i didnt do Irish from christmas 5th year on, after dropping to pass

chafed on me, the mandatory aspect, well, everything about gaeilge chafes on me except the gaeilge itself tbh

Lol I thought the prick had been elected somehow there don’t scare me please

hmm

id say mm, ek would speak it better than a lot who speak it badly and claim fluency, dye get me

mechawl will be taoiseach sooner than later, as well to brace for it

Only man ever to be Taoiseach to save face

What manner of humiliation will he put up with for the Wikipedia category? We can only watch and hope

it's gonna be the tradeoff equivalent of when the greens agreed to the bank guarantee in return for closing three mink farms in donegal

anyway its been a busy week at work and a quiet week in politics, but rest assured i wouldnt let ye miss anything

fg have stayed very firm, have actually stepped up direct attacks on sf in order to leave ff the pressured candidate

sf candidates, actually under the eye of the media that were happy just to lol cordite the party during the campaign, starting to look a bit dodge

ff, the longer theyre left, are starting to develop collective nervous tics

the second captains podcast on the immediate aftermath was exceptional btw, it asked pretty much everything i wanted to hear asked and most of the answers left me better informed or thinking a little differently

Best electoral system in the woreld.

Yes I did see FG piling in on the SF candidate who was antisemitic

And like yes definitely fuck her out imo

But also

hmmm

FG like

The danger isn’t that SF will have dodgy candidates, the danger is that they’ll find a few more Mary-Lous and then everyone else is fucked

lol im running to irishtown for a kickabout, i demand u unpack that at length pls fore i return

Lol

A transparently dodgy candidate, any fool in the country can see that for themselves

However, the Mary Lou example is someone who has none of the previous associations and who is largely liked by much of middle Ireland. The danger is that SF select more candidates like her and then all the attacks are much harder to land.

I am very tired if this doesn’t make sense

ah i didnt see the critical 'else', my bad

i think sf

listen surely sv has a second captains subscription ffs, anything id say is kinda redundant until a few others could pick up the numerous threads arising from this podcast

football was a fuckin disaster so im somewhat repressible

He might but I barely have time or energy for my actual interests let alone podcasts like so

I prefer my political analysis in text form, ideally as obtuse as possible

fp

no no no absolutely not no
https://i.postimg.cc/DZ3S59rG/F717-DE55-DB05-4603-AD5-A-7914-A22859-AB.jpg
we do not need to take after the Brits with their shitty crisp flavours

Sv does not listen to second captains, make sure to direct one of those his way xp

xfp

i saw those tayto. will report back.

I've listened to a second captains or two, despite at best disinterest in sport, I think it might actually be a pleasant collection of accents (some of which I might not have considered pleasant previously).

but basically "I prefer my political analysis in text form, ideally as obtuse as possible"

the fps are for the o word, lads, just fyi re yr fps

You know I have been using the wrong fucking word? I meant oblique. Death to obtuse, oblique is the way.

My mum almost got adopted by the Coyle family in the 50s is a recurring story she tells me. Never sure if it is more tall stories, but there is the always the pleasant subtext that I wouldn't exist if she had!

which coyles now are they?

xp i am relieved. vm in favour of obliquity obv

af, they do the odd non-sport one, and make the odd one of those free access. p much always worth a listen id say

xp
the famous poTayto magnate family!

jaysus, huge if true