A new frontier for nonsense | PODCAST EP98

[@hayleys-w5q]

The Irish people and their culture are literally the most wonderful in the world. I'm a Canadian who nearly bankrupts herself to go to Ireland every year because it is - but is rapidly becoming was - paradise. Open, genuinely good hearted people, the most gorgeous scenery in the world and eons of culture soaked through the place entirely. Save it. At any and all costs. That reprehensible textbook image is the most racist thing I've ever seen.

[@floodedcuts101]

That's nice 👍☘️

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

Well said

[@loadsbutty]

Thanks Hayley

[@AnnLawton]

Thank you Hayley.

[@Morningstar-xz5bl]

God bless you and yours, sure you're under the tyrannt Trudeau yourselves sadly😢

[@user-jo4tq5tk3i]

Im Irish i love my country and feel that whats happening to this country is criminal.

[@dmskorzenyable]

You ate not alone, pal. Check out Critical Race Theory and Diversity Equity and Inclusion, which has infected Irish and all western democracys. Things will become clearer. Get ready to be angry.

[@TauCeti973]

@@dmskorzenyable DEI = Conformity, Discrimination and Exclusion. Organisations in particular, over the last few years, struck gold when they changed equality o equity, they could now accelerate their pandering to the idiots and the idiotic media to ensure their bottom line stays strong. Most people think they're the same, but equity is a dangerous and damaging tool in the DEI armoury.

[@blondie7341]

It's not just Ireland though, the fact that it's happening to ALL white Western countries. It's not a coincidence abd it hasn't happened organically.

[@bigc5630]

Im an Irishman, I love my country, language, traditions, music and culture!!!!! I also enjoy various cuisine from all over the world, I have travelled extensively and enjoy other cultures, but at the end of the day,im a proud Irishman and Ireland comes first! I found that book deeply offensive and disturbing.

[@Mob135]

Racist!

[@bigc5630]

@@Mob135 Apparently so.

[@TOUGHEYES]

It's because you're not as much of an insular monster as they thought you were. That doesn't make it their fault, according to them.

[@noelfleming3567]

​@TOUGHEYES it's always someone else's way of thinking with this government

[@martinbrennan4489]

This government wants the Irish way of life gone. I just can't believe that people vote for them

[@davidnoel7113]

I can, because there Paddy's...plain and simple, pure mick Paddy's

[@eamon22]

There is no alternative !!!

[@derekmurray1462]

@@eamon22that’s bullsh1t

[@atmanbrahman1872]

Woke shite in all textbooks related to humanities.

[@tomgreene1843]

Vote non woke next time ...of whatever party .....iut will hardly be any of the main ones !

[@AnnLawton]

Norma Foley should lose her job. I lived abroad for a few years and always yearned to come back home because lreland is my country and l love the place. Seeing what the politicians are doing to it breaks my heart.

[@MK-pw9zk]

This too shall pass we are in this for the long term take heart😃💙🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@carolineryan411]

Great podcast. We are being indoctrinated to look down on our own heritage and culture. Thanks as always to John, Sarah and all at Gript.

[@twopintsofmilk]

Cheers Sarah, John and the Gript crew. God bless

[@abcschoolofenglish6982]

Dear John & Sarah, Talking means nothing without the force of action behind it. For too long, discussions and debates have circled around the issues that matter most to the Irish people, but words alone don't drive real change. The time has come for those in positions of influence-like yourselves as journalists-to demand accountability, to stop merely reporting the problems, and start pushing for concrete solutions. Every day we see the same narratives repeated, while the underlying issues remain unresolved. You have the platform to challenge not just politicians but the institutions and systems that perpetuate inaction. It’s high time that the focus shifts from what is being said to what is actually being done. The public is no longer satisfied with promises or excuses; they want to see results. We don’t need more conversations, we need a movement that brings tangible, impactful outcomes.

[@Aquines]

We are doing to ourselves what the Brits couldn’t do to us in 600 years and the ironic thing is not a word from the wrap the red flag around me SF

[@sarahmurphy-nf4yl]

Very well said.

[@Trainsandautomobiles]

Make them pay for this corruption Irish lives matter 💪🇮🇪☘️🇬🇧💪

[@davidnoel7113]

That's good coming from a Brit

[@patrioticbill89]

​@@davidnoel7113We Will deport them all and you can go WITH them

[@twopintsofmilk]

Ironically, I started learning how to play another Irish instrument the day that story dropped.

[@AC-ib3jj]

Good for you. Maybe it's time for another Gaelic revival

[@noelfleming3567]

What's next d fleadh will be looked upon as being far right maybe they will ban all traditional music

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

Heads should roll for that book. But will anything happen nope 👎 they’ll probably get a pay raise.

[@sarahmurphy-nf4yl]

Irish are too docile when it comes to politicians. We talk, and that's it. The same crowd of ejits continues in government. Ireland SHOULD HAVE BEEN MARCHING on the streets. DEMANDING a REFERENDUM for the EU IMMIGRATION PACT... We STILL SHOULD DEMAND a referendum foe the eu immigration pact!! 😮But will we!!?? NO. 😂😂 Bcos we're too DOCILE and our government knows that!!. AFTER BEING RULED BY BRITS for 800 YEARS... maybe. LEARNED HELPLESSNESS. CANT BLAME A CORRUPT GOVERNMENT for wiping their feet on our backs when we continually allow them to. IRISH has ZERO BOUNDARIES when it comes to OUR CIVIL RIGHTS AGAINST our OWN GOVERNMENT. NO WONDER THE BRITS RULED US FOR 800 YEARS. GONNA HAPPEN NOW AGAIN with the WEF, EU,.UN. We are just TALKING, COMPLAINING... DOOR MATS. Sorry for those I offend... but it's true, in MY opinion. And I am included in the 'WE'.😢

[@tommitchell1826]

Lets hope they look into what went on in schools ran by lay people the beatings and mental abuse carried out by some teachers was criminal

[@rosewatters4059]

I've been waiting all day for this 😊

[@mikey8718]

I'm a brit but this got me fuming, yes it's anti Irish, but fundamentally it's anti White, White family bad, interracial family good. Don't be fooled!

[@lawLess-fs1qx]

Lived in London before Blair. Sorry for your loss.

[@ClifftopTragedy]

Don't you know King Arthur, Cheddar Man, William Wallace and all up to Churchill were black Africans? I saw it on the BBC website. Only problem is that if Britain was always black, then generations of the black leaders of the empire were guilty of slavery🤡.

[@sonnyirish3678]

The whole thing is about state imposed anti White hatred.

[@Concernedworldcitizen]

Well it looks like that is the agenda Judging from all the representations of family on advertisements, you never see a white family shown anymore in UK or Ireland. If it was to be representative we would see 75-80 %white.

[@paddyt4043]

The crocodile tears from the education minister were very hard to listen too 🤮 The money wasted on this would be better spent protecting todays children...sa is still going on .

[@JohnBrennan-f2v]

Having sat as jury foreman hearing a rape and sexual assault case, personally by the end, I wondered why the case was ever brought!!! She basically was looking for him to be jailed, so she could walk off with her new partner and he was going to lose everything including the child they brought into the world together!!! He was no angel but she was far worse!!

[@daramccluskey]

I understand the percentage of false accusations of sexual abuse in family law / divorce cases in the US is generally accepted to be about 10 per cent. Most people probably underestimate the amount of false claims in this regard because they’d never consider doing it themselves but up to ten per cent of the population have personality disorders (which distort their perceptions of and representations of reality) and lots more are simply nuts. Honest reporting should include reporting the accepted levels of false / mistaken claims.

[@carlbyronrodgers]

The bike shed takes the attention away from other more important issues.

[@RoryMac-oz6gj]

Something else must be going on elsewhere

[@user-og2bm6hl4l]

The biggest scam of all is the Children's Hospital. Wake up.😅😂

[@RedKnight-fn6jr]

Why are politicians so fixated on cycling anyway - what about doing a few road projects?

[@HoldFast-r7g]

Bread and circuses

[@bettymanning9807]

The greens think they invented the bike. 😤@@RedKnight-fn6jr The

[@gerryclaffey5737]

As a twelve year old boy in a De La Salle school , myself and the other 53 lads in the class were lined up along the three walls of the classroom by our lay teacher on a Monday morning . The teacher went from one boy to the next asking each to sing a song . If you wouldn’t , didn’t or couldn’t either through embarrassment, fear or a matter of your voice breaking at the time , you were beaten . One or two of his pet hates were beaten into the floor . Then he would coolly move onto the next in line . This psychological torture continued without interruption from head master or any other teachers , from the Monday until the Wednesday of that week . It wasn’t solely the religious who were often sadists , it was the majority of the profession in the late 60s and early 70s.

[@catherinedonoghue3508]

Agree with you 100%, corporal punishment was allowed in those days and boy did the lay teachers glory in inflicting it.

[@HoldFast-r7g]

The problem is that there's no political value in that story.

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

I remember walking along a harbour walkway with my children about 20 years ago and I saw a woman who ckeaned the school i went to as a teenager. She looked deep in thought and just started talking to me like she had to tell someone. She told me about her son who had killed himself because the abuse he received from a priest. How it deeply affected his life and the ripple effects. How no one believed him or her until it was too late. Whats worse is that the higher ups in the Catholic Church knew well what was happening and just moved these predators around to different parishes and even countries. The church had a huge part to play in a lot of heartache and damaged a generation. I feel that the words child sexual abuse just trips off the tongue and its weight is lost. If simeone did this to my child I would do jail time.

[@sarahmurphy-nf4yl]

Children molested in schools have 100% a right to seek justice from the state.... no matter how many years have passed

[@denisconnaughton2923]

Excellent again thank you.

[@IrishMags100]

How dare we love our own culture, very sad times indeed 💔☘️🇮🇪💚🙏🏼

[@kevintyrrell9559]

Another problem is that the traditional Irish family (family A) is presented with a lot of negative connotations where the family is stated as being exclusive of all non Irish cultural participation and the children are portrayed as potentially miserable because of this...its full on things they are not allowed to participate in, while Family B, the multicultural family is portrayed as happier being able to participate in anything they like, adventurous, fulfilled etc. The way the families are described is family A full of negative connotations with things they can't participate in and Family by being portrayed full of positive affirmations and happier. This is leading impressionable kids by the nose into belief the multicultural family is the better environment for them to grow up in with the traditional family being miserable and full of things they are not allowed to experience and cuts off options, opinions and forces conformity...and its all bullshit by the way. But when you look at it, the woke society is the society which is increasingly censorious, forces conformity and hates any diversity of opinion or thought which does not tow a party line and hates nuance of any kind. The entire exercise is not only willfully ignorant, its built entirely on gaslighting the impressionable into believing the "diverse" and multicultural world is free and fulfilling when it's actually constricting and delivers on none of its promises.

[@Brandysnaps7492]

I totally get how you were affected by that young american- israeli man who was taken at the music festival, I was so upset seeing those 2 little red haired kids in their mum's arms being pulled away by hamas. I can't get their mums face out of my head. As a mammy, I just can't get my head around the brutality.

[@micgarn3331]

I love my Ireland

[@Angela-gc3kr]

And yet it is being obliterated by the Gov and illegals.

[@phils3631]

The question should be ? How many ministers/politicians cycle to work ? For them to sanction a bike shed ? 🤪

[@Driffer7614]

It only takes 100,000 to stand outside the dail tell them get out, people came out for water rates come now , we can change this

[@MaryWall-ii2bg]

Completely understand Sarah how you feel

[@dmskorzenyable]

Great show as usual. I am looking forward to the round up of the week. Difficult subjects discussed with common sense.

[@ginalowe1924]

I think ireland should stay out of gaza situation, other then peace makes....taking sides does not help .and really what do people outside of the situation really understand about it...

[@deisegirl4123]

I agree with John that there’s potential for massive amounts of false claims when these cases can’t be proven. Ireland is renowned for having a lot of false claims for so called injuries from trips, falls, fake car insurance claims. I’ve heard of numerous claims for compensation for flood damage in my locality from people whose property wasn’t damaged at all. I normally agree with Sarah on a lot of issues but I certainly don’t think that 98 % of people are honest

[@HatchedCrown92]

Honesty is a lot more rare than people realise

[@lcoconstruction2660]

Our Politicians treat us the people with complete contempt! If you vote for FF, FG, SF, Lab or Greens you are part of the problem!

[@TauCeti973]

I think that this period in Irish history is tarred with shame due to our collective and Governmental stance on Israel.

[@TOUGHEYES]

I'm not an Abrahamic, I will not be judged by the actions of Abrahamics devoted to their blood wars.

[@daa5249]

What responsible does Hamas hold?

[@TauCeti973]

@@daa5249All responsibility of course. Iran and Qatar are also a disgrace, both openly sponsoring terror and rape and openly harbouring terror and rapist leaders. Harris has given a free pass to the rapists by supporting a palestine state at this time.

[@eamonnmcmanus4785]

Good video

[@cangeljan12]

John is right there's no fair trail in this

[@icantdenyreality3516]

Thanks to all the crew at Gript

[@aaronhanlon772]

The book needs to be investigated more deeply. We need to find out exactly who approved this book. Who exactly. And then we need to push to have them fired. Giving out about it is not good enough.

[@CatrionaBlack-b8t]

Great podcast as usual guys...but am I just imagining John in the conversation? Why has he been permanently removed from the thumbnail?! Am I missing something?

[@tomgreene1843]

If the bike shelter got an international award who would take the credit ? Let's have an investigation / report by one of th big consultancy firms ...but ensure it does not cost more than the shelter .

[@kevintyrrell9559]

@@tomgreene1843 generally in a construction contract the builder will submit a claim and the client representative (engineer / architect) will visit site, see the work being claimed for is done and approve the claim and sign it for payment to the builder. The claim is then sent to the client for query and payment. So it should be very easy to see who made the claim, approved the claim and paid the claim. It was just an 18 stand bike shelter. Ive seen them put in Apartment complexes for about €20k for expensive ones. All the builder has to do is dig out the ground for the concrete pads which support the canopy and put in a concrete slab for the bikes and fix the stands into the concrete. The shelter itself is about €15k to €20k and is pre-formed and just needs to be assembled on site. Its not fabricated by the builders. Only building work is digging out, laying concrete and fixing the shelter to the pads. Have no idea where €335k went...somebody got a brand new Ferarri out of it I think.

[@HoldFast-r7g]

Everyone has gotten away with it, including the contractor

[@kevintyrrell9559]

@@HoldFast-r7g absolutely. The cost of that bike shelter should have been no more than at most 1/10th of the cost...about €33k...with any Archaeological assessment of the site and professional fees etc...and that amount is even generous profit for the builder.

[@HoldFast-r7g]

@@kevintyrrell9559 friends in low places job

[@SinnFeinAreCommunists]

Good podcast

[@stephenflynn1003]

€366, grand , fucking ripping of us blatenly now

[@RedKnight-fn6jr]

As with all that waste of space in the streets. For all the disruption on the Malahide Road, one would expect something good like a new tramway or even a new dual carriageway.

[@RedKnight-fn6jr]

Regarding compensation payouts, I do think we need to get our priorities right. How can we fix the past when basic human rights are being denied in the present? Look at the housing crisis and the way in which humans are thrown onto the streets like thrash - many of whom are left to die. Look at the children needing spinal surgery who are not getting treatment in a supposedly modern country. Look at the way in which carers are being treated by the state and the way in which mothers are basically seen as wasters in the home. Look at the gender ideology being pushed on kids and the proposed practices of mutilation upon confused minors. Look at the callous way in which Irish people who build emergency accommodation for themselves and their children are being treated. Look at the way in which free speech is being suppressed. 2024 Ireland seriously needs to look at itself before throwing stones at past generations.

[@RedKnight-fn6jr]

I forgot to mention the 10,000+ children being murdered each year before they're even born.

[@franceskane1151]

So we are not far right to object about Irish culture only far right when it comes to immigrants

[@ConnemaraShooter]

Why was the exercise left out of the Irish version of the school book?

[@TOUGHEYES]

Because they didn't want hurls to the face.

[@tomgreene1843]

Well spotted!

[@noelfleming3567]

Yes but rte are silent about irish feelings

[@gavinfoley103]

I support Gript. I also think ye are much better on Irish topics than international news. Valuable insights on politics. I think less time on emoting or trying to preempt criticism more time on analysis would be a better balance. Keep up the great work. Thanks for yer efforts.

[@colettebyrne]

Thanks

[@mikegalway2023]

Honest to God folks, We are missing a trick here. We need to make this new bike "shed" a tourist attraction, commission a plaque with a description of its commissioning, history, and development etc. It needs to be turned into an monument representative of wasteful public spending. There needs to be bells and whistles and Xmas lights hanging off it so it shames everyone inside that building. It's right outside their door aswell. Perfect irish styled opportunity to make a statement to the politicians walking by it everyday

[@blondie80]

My dad is in his 70s now and his whole life he has had ptsd from the beatings Christian brothers gave him. He was left with damaged hearing from being pulled round by his ears, blows to the head as a small thin 12 year old. Those bastards used to send him home with black eyes and blood noses and his parents were so brainwashed they said nothing 😢😢

[@padrai9398]

😢

[@blondie80]

@@padrai9398 I said 12 there but we were talking about it yesterday and he said he gave up school at 12 he couldn't take it anymore. They were doing that to him from the age of 8. He went on to join the army and had a good life but he never forgot those beatings 😢

[@eschatos_hemera]

It is possible that there are one or two witnesses still living who saw this. Seek compensation.

[@blondie80]

@@eschatos_hemera corporal punishment was legal then so nothing can be done. He even had to go to hospital with his injuries and a Christian brother went with him and told Dr's he fell off his bike. The Dr was suspicious and questioned him on his own and he said he was too afraid to tell the truth. Unfortunately that's the way it was then. Was pure cruelty

[@kcribin5654]

There is no more Irish culture. The EU Reich have pulled that one.

[@user-up3hu2nl3x]

My company recently installed 4 similar structures at a total cost to the client of €62k including installation,,the unit installed at the dail is of a lower quality than the equipment we provide so im quite confident that €20.500 approx makes a profit.......

[@HoldFast-r7g]

Who was the company that did the dial job and what other public jobs are they doing and have done

[@user-up3hu2nl3x]

@@HoldFast-r7g the usual suspects,,,all government contracts must go to public tender so that information is known but unreported.....

[@HoldFast-r7g]

@@user-up3hu2nl3x friends in low places

[@MarHennessy]

Sarah that can affect you deeply in your soul, when you look at incidents like that, do continue to experience things you come across in this way, but make sure you notice yourself in that space by distancing yourself a bit more than you are, this isn't happening you but your sub conscious could think it is because of the deep way you look at it, so just to be aware of that space for your own emotional and spiritual maturity or more so growth.

[@9pwsscamel369]

I’ve found some of the recent podcasts somewhat rambling and lacking in energy. Could do with tightening up and a bit more zip. Would suggest getting some other contributors to give more of a springboard for John & Sarah.

[@ginalowe1924]

I dont see why the tax payer should have to pay compensation..and agree yes compensation has already been paid out....why didn't this information not come out before now.....dont think you can say a person was getting off on using corporal punishment how would anyone know that except the person themselves. Corporal punishment was in every school, home in the country at that time,that's just the way it was..it was the same in the uk, Europe ,the world..many countries still allow it in schools....are we going to compensate everyone in the country..

[@Karen-vw4fn]

Love the podcast great work

[@flamesintheattic]

The disappearance of Irish/Scottish/Welsh culture would be an unparalleled tragedy.

[@jimbanda]

Good show 👏👏👏

[@derekryan-q6b]

What I like about this podcast is that both of you speak your minds . I like to disagree and I like to be challenged and this podcast does that.

[@IrelandsCall-Outs-nm6kg]

Next thing to be rushed before the public in this run up to an election, one or more of the Kinahans will be lifted to great fanfare imo. Deservedly so, but i feel something is stirring , it will save the media parking at the bike shed etc....

[@paddyt4043]

Child SA is still rampant, it used to be just easier to identify them by uniform

[@attract1234]

Comming from west Belfast, I also felt for those hostages. Very sad..I dont take a view point in any other countries wars, as ive been through a war myself. But one point I do want to make, IF HAMAS wants the jews from thier country. WHY are tgey comming to IRELAND to invade it. Just think it a bit iconic and hypocritical of HAMAS and the other so called freedom fighters under Muslim control.

[@michaelcurtin39]

Attract1234 @ It’s the globalist plan to flood the Euro zone with all and sundry. We can attribute much to the pointless wars since 9-11 resulting in countless refugees. Hilary Clinton and Obama rejoiced killing Gadaffi and look at the mess they left in Libya, slave trading…..then Syria……now Palestinians. Do you not think that the Israelis have contributed to this mayhem and even suggested that the Palestinians should move here. The EU is hugely responsible for sustaining this war agenda - no true peace negotiations, just weapons and money we don’t have.- insane.

[@Insurancemom123]

I think you have to take that report in the context at what was going on at the time, now it may seem unbelievable in this day and age, but at the time the power given to the church was absolute and its hard to understand for anyone who didn't experience it first hand, but the abuse was absolutely rampent, but even worse was the community and others would look the other way and not speak up or report it, or they would report it and it would be ignored by the gardai, and then there was the times the order themselves would just move a priest on to another parish to harm someone else, and yes a true indicator with abuse is they basically hunt in packs, they will search employment in position of power like police or school and they do form gangs in order to perpetuate abuse, so those two things can be true.

[@Free12609]

We all feel sorry for losses on both sides, but let's remind ourselves that Israel army has killed 3 hostages before , they later admitted it was a mistake, they also killed 2 more hostages in Shajaiah that mistook them for HAMAS fighters , even though they were shouting in Hebrew , again Israel admitted it was another mistake so my point is we only heard one side of the story about the 6 hostages, we don't know what happened in that cross fires , probably we will never know, I know HAMAS ordered killing of hostages if Israel army is in the vicinity but HAMAS didn't say it killed the 6 hostages.

[@CianF171]

I go to concerts quite a lot, granted most of the acts I see are in the metal scene and usually getting a ticket isn't too bad but whenever its a big name they tend to sell out instantly so we usually all queue together and whoever gets through the queue buys all the tickets for the group because its not unusual for them to sell out super quick or the website to crash and you lose your spot and the usual issues that come with ticketmaster having a monopoly on ticket sales. Another major issue is the scalpers who just buy up tickets to resell at ridiculous prices that has plagued the website for years which is where I would be okay with some sort of crackdown but if the government is gonna do anything they should break the ticketmaster monopoly but I'm not holding my breath.

[@gillianstapleton8566]

People you went to school with ..that wasn’t what it was for me and I’m a lot older .. it was a depiction of what all Irish people are and were .. and it was simply untrue depiction. Eating potatoes and such a backward view .. while not thinking of why the Irish are only potatoes and the great Irish famine that wiped out over half the Irish population.. it’s only 100yrs since the Irish fought and gained sovereignty . It was the 80/90’s you went abroad and asked if you were British and were ashamed to say you were Irish. The unaccepting of change and mixing with people of other religions sounds more Islamic not than Irish .. the home of a thousand welcomes ..and that book put into schools of our children in a day and age that has a lot of children from other cultures sets our children up to feel that shame and be bullied ! Not to mention this is the first year the parents didn’t buy the school books in public schools so they were probably hoping to skip it in and no one would notice. They say the book has been removed but still sitting my child’s locker in school.. I’m so furious I’ve asked to bring it home to me so I can see what else is there and physical remove the pages of lies.. No matter what you say about the Irish they have a compare and contrast to the multicultural family depicted with darker skin and obviously not Irish as being the “cool” family accepting of all and open to all foods 🙄and people of different religious or ethnic backgrounds.. perhaps they should read the Quran since 15-25% are radically believers (as per intelligence surveillance around the world ) and of 1.2 billion equals 300 million.. equal to the population of United States.. that are anti the west and is ok to persecute and murder Jews and Christian’s. The peaceful majority didn’t make a difference in 9/11 it only took 19 of them to kill 3000 American citizens. If you look at history the peaceful majority made no difference..Germany ww2 the majority of Germans were peaceful citizens but how many millions died. The Irish children deserve to be proud of their history & heritage.. after 900yrs of various wars and occupation they fought back and gained Irish sovereignty.. were still poor and struggled for many years until really the Celtic Tiger years. Still Irish citizens leave this country in there droves today because there is no hope of them owing a home either privately or renting or earning a decent wage .. As for it saying Irish people had no relatives outside of Ireland.. I was very well aware of my American relatives that left their home in Ireland going way back and still leaving in my time ., we know have relatives we still stay in touch with many years on. Plus the Irish were known to give more to charities for disasters / famines and charity around the world a lot more pet head of capital than most other nations ever prior to the Celtic Tiger. So f the lies I’m still waiting on that book to be taken back from my daughters locker and not be bright to class each lesson.. there is no indication this book has been physical removed as yet. As for the apology.. someone that says an apology “ for those that MAY have found it offensive “ has no clue what they are apologizing for .. and as for calling people why had a problem as being “ too sensitive “ that’s what all abusers say ! I want a proper apology and one set aside the true and proper history of the Irish people!

[@interestedpart2650]

Excellent

[@paddyt4043]

Some teachers will still bring this material and stuff like it to the classroom .. this podcast needs to get back on the enoch burke bus ....i lived in san francisco for 6 years , its not pretty , its just very ugly after dark

[@ginalowe1924]

Why, how would anyone even think up this kind of attitude twords the irish .......sorry it is not self loathing,. This book is a deliberate attack on indigenous irish...the minister for education is at fault and should lose her job... also the authors of the books should have to answer why they could write such a book,....

[@jamesnaughton5657]

Re. the textbook caricature, I think McGuirk and Ryan miss the obvious point that Gaelic culture is now celebrated by contemporary progressives. There was once a time when the D4 establishment might have sneered at it and associated it with bigotry, but no more. Now the middle classes vie for places at Irish-language schools. And wrapped up in Sinn Fein’s momentary popularity among the young was an ascendant nationalism, embodied by the likes of Fontaines DC and Kneecap, and the ironic affection for the Wolfe Tones. At the Trinity College Gaza protests, a banner in Irish had pride of place. So it’s wrong to think that the caricature is evidence of Official Ireland’s true opinion - a slipping of the mask. There will be many Irish progressives who are furious to see Gaelic culture associated in that way with bigotry.

[@HoldFast-r7g]

SF are not nationalists. They are international Marxists.

[@johndowney8007]

At the end of the day parents need to home school

[@elliegreen4738]

That ridiculous book was created to insult us and it was given enormous publicity. We were deliberately told about the crazy cost of the bike shed too. The question is why they're trying to distract us with this obvious bait.

[@quinsopher]

58:00 sounds like you had an artist wristband and parked in the staff car park (which you would need the artist wristband to access)

[@user-uz8rr7fi1w]

Im nearly 70yrs. Never worn Aran Jumpers, played tennis and had fresh organic foods self produced

[@katelawlor9610]

I literally know NOBODY who fits into that narrow box as per that ridiculous description of a traditional Irish family in that stupid school book. In fact, I don't even think I knew anyone back in the seventies (when I started secondary school) like that either. It's pure fantasy from people who have never walked around an Irish town or village. My mother used to make great bacon and cabbage and spuds btw and we might have had it once a week, but she made excellent spagetti and meatballs too. We also had curry frequently. Shepherd's pie was another favourite. She often prepared homemade burgers and chips too, which were better than any takeaway food. That stupid book is an insult to generations of Irish mammies.

[@Tymonie]

The English equivalent would be that you can't have tea and scones and have a union jack flag but should be eating chicken tikka masala and have a rainbow flag.

[@OldManRogers]

The hypocrisy and violence on both sides is terrible and the loss of life over some dirt in the desert is a bit sad.

[@feoil]

Oikophobia is an aversion to a home environment, or an abnormal fear of one's home and also a tendency to criticize or reject one's own culture and praise other cultures.

[@gw8147]

Between 1980 and 1990 we took the ferry every summer from Rosslare to Cherburg for camping holidays in France. This fact really highlights just how disingenuous and misleading that depiction of the Irish family was.

[@corrocot1]

These 2 didn't feel any "emotional impact" for the 17,000 Palestinian children who were murdered by the Israelis.

[@michaelcurtin39]

Not forgetting that occupiers have killed many of their own (in so-called friendly fire - it’s a Defence Forces tactic). How the US keep sending money and weapons there reflects the sick mind of Western power and constant warring.

[@dogwhistle8836]

Can have feelings for made up numbers

[@fivetwoeight528]

Hope they ban St. Patrick's day celebrations, but keep the day off.

[@johnm7323]

Can you guys equalise your audio? I listened to this in the car and had to turn it up when John was talking and then turn it down when Sarah was talking because it was so loud.

[@jtothecc2421]

It's funny that a friend of John's was upset the Azof Nazis got stuck in Mariupol. Id say they're triggered by the reconstruction of said city 😂😂

[@sarahmurphy-nf4yl]

Eamon Ryan must have SIGNED OFF on the BIKE SHELTER in my opinion.😁 🤣 😂

[@123emser]

So one of ye left a festival in the middle of the night and one of ye broke out of a festival. You two are the exact type of journalists or politicians I want in my country...two boring feckers who are more concerned with truth and reality than getting wasted and acting irresponsibly. Go John and Sarah

[@twopintsofmilk]

John doesn't like large crowds, therefore he doesn't like the fleadh, therefore he's not on the far right.

[@paddyt4043]

John you would win votes and you could do both jobs ...

[@Beanbag777]

Nobody is calling out the authors

[@johnduggan8656]

The book is wrong on so many levels. This country has been “multicultural” for 800 years. That “multiculturalism” is still problematic in Northern Ireland. On the other hand it is what has produced modern Ireland by a process of acculturation. Padraig Pearse’s father was an English immigrant to Ireland who came in the second last wave of English immigrants to Ireland. I could give countless other examples. Multiculturalism has always existed but now it has been politicised by the left. I think they do not want that process of acculturation to continue for their own political purposes. Many on the right on the other hand do not seem to realise that it has always gone on.

[@HERITAGE12]

in relation to the bike shelter and the childrens hospital (along with what i see going on in the NGO sector and the illegals) the more i see and the older i get , the more i begin to agree with tax evasion. seriously WHY am i handing my hard earned money over to these cleptocrats ?

[@Tymonie]

The anti-Irish textbook content comes from the same fashionable mindset as the report on abuse in schools run by Catholic religious orders. For decades in most places, these were the only schools and their staffs since the 1970s were more lay than religious but the religious dimension gets identified as though it was the cause of the abuse. Do we think that kids in that era did not get clobbered and abused in non-Catholic schools? The department of education comes out squeeky clean and bad old Catholic Ireland gets it in the neck yet again.

[@beananti5820]

Distractions, distractions distractions, what are they really up to

[@DDCCO61]

As long as they keep their hands off our Leprechauns.

[@softwaretechnologyengineering]

55:10 Misanthropy!

[@damienhugh]

39 in the hellhole I had to suffer Terenure College. And I reckon you can at least double that

[@alanmurphy9603]

It's clear that the people running the Oasis concert built the bicycle shelter!

[@gillianstapleton8566]

All I say is Jimmy salvile .. a lot of his stories going way back involved a number of people coming together to abuse children… we weren’t the only country or church that horrific abuse claims were made .. many stories all of similar nature a different institutions, different locations and different times .. the one thing that’s similar is the abuse that was inflicted and suffered by the survivors. But it also happened all around the word. When word got out they were simply moved to a different location where they wouldn’t be known to prey on more innocent children and victims. No real punishment no justice. The only thing different today is social media where people share their stories.

[@LauraN13]

I was asked by a very nice American in Budapest where I was from. When I said I was Irish he wouldn't believe me 😅 I asked him why don't you think I am Irish and he said because you don't have ginger hair. I told him most of us don't 😅 BTW I have dark brown hair 🙋‍♀️

[@markgilligan4199]

They need to go to prison for fraud.