So
You fight over a province for a century or so, to the extent where the violence and savagery perpetrated resonate around the world as one of the primary reactions at the mention of the two states involved.
Then, peace.
Then, twenty years later, you watch the NI news.
I'm not saying it was better when the NI news was bombs and murder. I'm not.
I'm just saying that if this is what we were fighting for, the tragedy and waste become ever more apparent.
Here are the NI news headlines.
― N Vogue (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
GREAT THREAD
― sheer presence, look and size (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
Parents were called to a school in Strabane today after a fight broke out in the canteen during lunch
― N Vogue (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:43 (seven years ago) link
A chicken farmer has claimed that the state body tasked with supporting growth and development has not supported his application for two new sheds.
this is like everytime our BBC Local News leads with "Man Paddles at Bridlington" etc
― sheer presence, look and size (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
These were the news headlines tonight.
― N Vogue (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
XP I would invite you to join in but the it would be more of a fitting meta commentary if we all started our own regional threads
― N Vogue (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
i believe you and i'm sorry for sullying the purity of this thread's conception, i've been poorly
a world with really boring low keys is a better world tbh
― sheer presence, look and size (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:46 (seven years ago) link
Nah it's good that you recognise the intent obv
And yeah this is a bewildered, amused but ultimately thankful thread I think
― N Vogue (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
Late summary due at half ten tonight. That's as good a gauge of my commitment to this as anything else I spose. I urge all regional news headlines in this vein to find a home here in the interim.
― N Vogue (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:54 (seven years ago) link
Regional news is always terrible and banal, no matter where you are. London is no different.
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
This is my truth show me yours
― N Vogue (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
tbf this region is supposed to be a "country"
― sheer presence, look and size (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
That's part of it ya
― N Vogue (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
One of my main objections to Scottish independence is how tawdry, crap and embarrassing the national news is going to be. Perhaps someone from a nation of roughly similar population can enlighten me on that one.
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
xp. supposed to be a country when it's only 2/3 of a province
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 19:41 (seven years ago) link
I'm sure Finnish, Danish, and Norwegian news broadcasts are amazing
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
Plenty of news in Trinidad but it does tend to be almost exclusively murder related, tbh.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
we'll have to up our murder game, been declining for decades
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/beat-the-wife-meal-deal-outrage-belfast-ribs-and-bibs-owner-plans-abuse-charity-event-36173503.html
The owner of a Belfast restaurant which sparked outrage after it put a sign out advertising its meal deal while advocating domestic abuse has pledged to hold a fundraiser for charity....Malachy Toner was speaking on BBC Good Morning Ulster. He said it was an "off the cuff" staff error and all involved were very sorry. He said he had employed people from disadvantaged backgrounds, "wasters and tubes," he said that couldn't get jobs.
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Malachy Toner was speaking on BBC Good Morning Ulster. He said it was an "off the cuff" staff error and all involved were very sorry. He said he had employed people from disadvantaged backgrounds, "wasters and tubes," he said that couldn't get jobs.
Good apology, that'll help a lot
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
Amazingly, I'm typing from within the walls of derry
― passé aggresif (darraghmac), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 22:28 (seven years ago) link
I did not watch the news
This thread shames me I have neglected it
― passé aggresif (darraghmac), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
No worries, you can catch up on the all the hot goss while you're up there.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 22:33 (seven years ago) link
True.
Tomorrow night, the NI HEADLINES LIVE FROM BELFAST
― passé aggresif (darraghmac), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 22:36 (seven years ago) link
― passé aggresif (darraghmac), Wednesday, September 27, 2017 3:28 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Derry's Walls surely
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 22:43 (seven years ago) link
Look I remembered the important thing didn't i
― passé aggresif (darraghmac), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 22:52 (seven years ago) link
Great bunch o' lads.
Newtownards: Group dressed as KKK members is 'hate incident'
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Monday, 29 October 2018 10:38 (five years ago) link
WTAF
― nashwan, Monday, 29 October 2018 12:26 (five years ago) link
i was in newtonards yesterdaypure coincidence i assure yis
― la bébé du nom-nom (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 29 October 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link
Aye, right.
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Monday, 29 October 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
disappointment to note that the headlines were essentially legit tonight
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Sunday, 16 February 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link