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was that druggie Gerry Ryan when he came out to the Leb- he was a pain the hole and
we had to be ordered not to tell him that to his face
He didn't have to go to the leb to be a prick... remember his satire of some ficticous submarine in the Navy.....went down like depth charge so much so that when he did eventually visit us he was told to **** off.
Hate parades? I bet the President does,too.
Especially Mary Robinson...oh Look..its big bird!!!!
Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
Yep.Celebrity visits are a pain. The amount of allegedly famous people that came out to the Don in replica Irvin flying jackets. It was always a malicious pleasure to tell them to get rid of it. Most of those twats tended to come around at airshow time,too. I had the pleasure of telling off the son of one TV personality to stop flicking switches in a cockpit. He whinged but his dad, in fairness, agreed with me and issued his own bollicking to the little dope.
now theres a waste of manpower for the Pres going off on a trip. Guard, all in No s, lots of brass, special branch the works they must have nothing else to do
Paddy Hillery, a pension fund , spent his time playing golf a complete oxygen stealer, C O daliagh at least he took his job seeriously and sent a proposed law to the supreme court or whatever and resigned on principle. After Dev, Childers and I think Mary Mac ,, the rEst were just a bunch, Mary Robinson resigned so as to JOIN the UN, was not born before the Dev era I thibk, although I took part in Uniform as a sluggie at his state funeral..
Paddy Hillery, a pension fund , spent his time playing golf a complete oxygen stealer, C O daliagh at least he took his job seeriously and sent a proposed law to the supreme court or whatever and resigned on principle. After Dev, Childers and I think Mary Mac ,, the rEst were just a bunch, Mary Robinson resigned so as to JOIN the UN, was not born before the Dev era I thibk, although I took part in Uniform as a sluggie at his state funeral..
I believe Hillary referred many pieces of legislation to the supreme court in fact 1982 springs to mind as a major one regarding property also 1984 and 1988. Ó Dálaigh was a coward and allowed a Minister of Defence speaking in the Dining hall in Mullingar Barracks to be the cause of him stepping down!!
An tUachtarain doesn't get an option, it is the DF that decides this obviously with input from the Department of An Taoiseach. It is protocol and is probably common in most countries.
now theres a waste of manpower for the Pres going off on a trip. Guard, all in No s, lots of brass, special branch the works they must have nothing else to do
The Branch would be there anyway.
You do realise the President needs Government permission to leave the country?
Like I said, Dev, Mary Robinson is on record trying to get the numbers and sizes of GOHs reduced. As a liberal, non-military peacenik, the last thing she wanted to see was lads with guns every time she moved out of the Aras. If the DF insist on wasting huge amounts of manpower to carry out parades, then it's the DF's fault, not the office holder.
He was an excellent President and any student of the Presidency will tell you the same thing!
I'll bear that in mind as I remember an endless guard of honour listening to speeches given both in English and Irish, where he walked away before the OiC was given a chance to ask for permission to dismiss the guard.
Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
Like I said, Dev, Mary Robinson is on record trying to get the numbers and sizes of GOHs reduced. As a liberal, non-military peacenik, the last thing she wanted to see was lads with guns every time she moved out of the Aras. If the DF insist on wasting huge amounts of manpower to carry out parades, then it's the DF's fault, not the office holder.
regards
GttC
Funny cause Mary Mc was on Nationwide this evening saying say important it was for the President to visit the DF overseas.
Well, there's a difference in visiting troops overseas, to acknowledge the good work their doing,etc,etc and trudging thru endless GoHs at home, consuming a hell of a lot of manpower and assets, that might well be wisely used elsewhere.
He didn't have to go to the leb to be a prick... remember his satire of some ficticous submarine in the Navy.....went down like depth charge so much so that when he did eventually visit us he was told to **** off...
Ó Dálaigh was a coward and allowed a Minister of Defence speaking in the Dining hall in Mullingar Barracks to be the cause of him stepping down!!
A thundering disgrace, that...
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