Is there any gen about a 2021 gong yet or a COVID one like the National Ambulance Service?
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Originally posted by Zulu_00 View PostIs there any gen about a 2021 gong yet or a COVID one like the National Ambulance Service?
Not like we are gonna be having massed medal parades this coming year anyway, TBH"Well, stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery and Arsenal scoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were truly no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player!" (Jimmy Greaves)!"
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Originally posted by trellheim View PostAnglo-Irish agreement signed 1921 provided for the Irish Free State and ended the War of Independence
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Originally posted by Auldsod View PostAgreement wasn't ratified until 1922 but you are correct, signed in 1921. There surely won't be a medal for it. Unlike 1916, it's divisive and finished up with civil war. Will be left well alone I'd expect.'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html
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Originally posted by Flamingo View PostTrue - certain quarters would spin it as a medal to celebrate partition. Politically, no sensible party would want to touch it with a barge pole. It would make “commemorating the Tans” seem like a party...
(https://www.finegael.ie/pdf/FG_GE20_Manifesto.pdf , Page 88 under "Commemorating the past")What are you cackling at, fatty? Too much pie, that's your problem.
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Originally posted by ODIN View PostDid a current party of government, who currently have the Minister of Defence, not have a section in their election manifesto on a commemoration medal for 2021?
(https://www.finegael.ie/pdf/FG_GE20_Manifesto.pdf , Page 88 under "Commemorating the past")
I wonder did they actual ask the leadership of the DF if there would be an overall appetite for such? I also noted that their manifesto said medals!
Of courses there are always those who want as much bling as possible whether it's issued, from a veteran's organisation or even private purchase.... I'll make no further comment there....
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Originally posted by Flamingo View PostTrue - certain quarters would spin it as a medal to celebrate partition. Politically, no sensible party would want to touch it with a barge pole. It would make “commemorating the Tans” seem like a party...Last edited by Laners; 4 January 2021, 14:58.Don't spit in my Bouillabaisse .
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The other side of it is that during 2016, no extra funding was provided the medal. Funds for this came out of existing clothing budgets. I'd prefer the money was spent on something practical rather than a this. It was our duty to do our bit during covid and we did it.
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Would it not make more sense to have a clasp or pin for existing service medals? Like a miniature harp or rosette to signify the holder served during these important years? Like the South Atlantic medal. Everyone who went south for over 30 days got the medal, (Including everyone at Ascension) but those who went beyond 35 Deg South operationally during hostilities on the Falklands got a clasp which was also on the ribbon.
Being lucky enough to serve at this time period does not, in my opinion deserve another medal. If we are going for new medals, a more sensible one would be to anyone who served between 1969 and 1998 in the Irish Security forces, who were de-facto fighting a war on terrorism.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostWould it not make more sense to have a clasp or pin for existing service medals? Like a miniature harp or rosette to signify the holder served during these important years? Like the South Atlantic medal. Everyone who went south for over 30 days got the medal, (Including everyone at Ascension) but those who went beyond 35 Deg South operationally during hostilities on the Falklands got a clasp which was also on the ribbon.
Being lucky enough to serve at this time period does not, in my opinion deserve another medal. If we are going for new medals, a more sensible one would be to anyone who served between 1969 and 1998 in the Irish Security forces, who were de-facto fighting a war on terrorism.
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