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You are assuming they would understand the commands in Irish

Had i been close to that parade i would have called out a few foot drill orders to the participants , a good old Iompaig Tahart followed by another...

Department only approved the request around 1pm

From RTE. https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2019/0423/1045074-donegal-gorse-fire/

The ongoing problem is that they are describing a reformed pan-national, multi-denominational , police force as the enemy. Their offices and...

And because the chain of comms goes from local TD to Minister

Maybe Saoradh should have sent their elite foot stomping military surplus wearing troops to help out .

Because of course, on an Easter Monday, the entire DF would have been sitting around their barracks at 07.00 in case anybody needed them to fight...

Well, it goes without saying they aren’t the sharpest tools in the box... I’m glad I wasn’t there. I don’t think I’d have been able to resist...

Is it the AC/Army, DOD, or Minister that should be getting the stick or a combination?

DF getting a lot of stick for the delay in deploying the helicopters/troops on ground - request was made at 9am.

Air Corps deployed to Donegal to fight gorse fire. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Helicopters now in...

I'm guessing that they don't see the irony of the "Brits out" attitude with wearing the British Army working dress of days gone past.

Especially if it is 1980’s/90’s British Army working dress...

Should be illegal to wear a paramilitary style uniform in a parade

As amended by the 1987 Act which increased: - Section 264 to fine of IR£1000 and/or 6 months - And the fine in Section 265 to IR£200

Many people forget that the Defence Act already has provisions 3 months in pokey . Is a Tricolour not distinctive ? 6 months in...

It also needs to be illegal to produce or sell Irish military or police uniforms through various back channels. Look at the amount of kit that...

And photo-op for anybody who needs one standing in front of said airplanes, also keeping the crusties happy by having zero emissions or warlike...

Yeah, they'd need to be on FTT for about six months previous to pull it off...hardly cost effective

That was my next query..whats worse . her arriving on parade with some think akin to a chefs hat ( no offence to chefs) on her head, or the person...

Her NCO should be ashamed of it's self letting headdress out on a parade ground looking like a discarded sack.

Anyway ....

Its the people hearing or seeing the term that matters, not the person uttering it or writing it, that makes it that way. Personally I...

Well most of the rest of us do.

Looks like she was out the day they taught the Stand At Ease position......