What did anyone think of the interview?

dammon (Meath) - Posts: 1291 - 15/01/2011 11:01:36    846720

Horrendous stuff if you ask me.

McGuinness is pretty funny when he gets asked questions about his IRA past-I remember his response to a question when he was testifying to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry about what the Green Book (IRA training manual) was, he responded 'I think it means a book that was green'-but the way RTE and other media allow Sinn Fein-IRA to get away with what they've done in the past is disgusting.

Next week, Would You Believe are doing a show about how the Vatican allegedly tried to hamper the Murphy Commission's investigation. We can expect the usual anti-Catholic Church things being pedalled, Mary Raftery will undoubtedly be allowed to go at length about how evil the Church is, no serious defence of the Church will be allowed to be presented, and so on and so on.

Don't get me wrong. The Church has done some seriously bad things, and everything does need to come out into the open. But the Provisional IRA killed thousands of people in a failed campaign...why are their former members and current apologists allowed to get away with it? Why aren't they confronted about the sins of the past the way a Catholic Archbishop would be?

Seamus89 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 3848 - 15/01/2011 11:38:51    846740

Did he not clearly state early on in the interview that gerry adams was in the ira. Maybe he didn't say it straight out but it was fairly clear and then he refuses to confirm it. It's not like it's groundbreaking news or anything but whats with the pretence?

mikeoc (Kerry) - Posts: 567 - 15/01/2011 11:42:04    846742

I think he came across very well, he is honest about his past which is commendable which is refreshing for a sinn fein man or indeed any politician. He comes across as far more open and honest than Gerry Adams. It's a shame for sinn fein that their southern candidates are of such poor quality compared to the likes of mcguinness.

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4649 - 15/01/2011 11:49:18    846746

sound man

laflour (Cavan) - Posts: 528 - 15/01/2011 11:53:20    846751

Seamus89
County: Kilkenny
Posts: 656

slate RTE all u want about martin mcguinness's past but where are u when it comes 2 FF'S present ans past behaviour, ur so brain washed u havent a clue tho u aint the only 1, us so called shinners can atleast see it how it is amd are a foward thinking party but no doubt the likes of u and ogall will jump back in with where is there mandate and blah blah blah but sure look where the parties who have no history of violence have got ireland, vote awat lads u shud be proud of yourselves.

Aussie_Duke (Tyrone) - Posts: 97 - 15/01/2011 11:56:50    846755

Met him last year down in Dublin at the All ireland ladies final Outside Primark in Parnell Street before the game, He was down supporting our neighbours Tyrone! My family would be friendly with him, Hes a sound man like to be honest I've met worse. The thing I like about him is the level of pride he has for his home county Derry, Also some of those questions last night were hard to answer but in my opinion Martin answered them well and cut Tubs in half at times! Very quick thinker it was a good watch. Fair play

Orlaith (Derry) - Posts: 4282 - 15/01/2011 12:05:09    846761

Of course you Shinners are a forward thinking party Aussie Duke, if a political party I supported had a history of killing and maiming men, women and children, of shooting off-duty policemen in front of their children or of putting bombs on schoolbuses, well then I wouldn't want to look back either.

You should be proud of yourselves.

Seamus89 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 3848 - 15/01/2011 12:06:42    846764

in my view i thought i took tubridy by the scruff of the neck and should whos boss. tubs decided to be critical for an interview for the first time in a good while and well it failed because he stood by his guns .....no pun intended just kidding and he was very good And loved how he refered to the souther part OF THE ISLAND and rightly so. Looked a small bit frail but as a fellow fisherman i say to ye all......tiocfaidh ár lá le síochan

gaamad1996 (Wexford) - Posts: 439 - 15/01/2011 12:36:37    846773

He's a sound man, I particularly like his stance on the royal visit to southern Ireland.

Sergeant_Slash (Cavan) - Posts: 2182 - 15/01/2011 12:37:50    846776

Seamus89
County: Kilkenny
Posts: 658

846764 Of course you Shinners are a forward thinking party Aussie Duke, if a political party I supported had a history of killing and maiming men, women and children, of shooting off-duty policemen in front of their children or of putting bombs on schoolbuses, well then I wouldn't want to look back either.

You should be proud of yourselves.

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Assuming you are old enough to vote Seamus, based on the above, I can only conclude that you vote for an independent or The Greens. For the above statement precludes any support for FG, FF or Labour.

artisan (Down) - Posts: 1794 - 15/01/2011 12:49:25    846785

yeah seamus you continue to try to defend the actions of the catholic church in this country most right minded people know its indefensable but your right to compare it with what the IRA did because its right up there with it ,its a pity tubridy didnt interview Cowan in the same sort of style instead of the kid gloves way he did

b.mullins (Dublin) - Posts: 1413 - 15/01/2011 13:08:19    846789

b.mullins

Tubridy didn't have kid gloves on when he interviewed Cowen, far from it. Nor did he give Kenny an easy time. But he did go VERY easy on Gilmore.

As for the Church, look at the statement. I didn't defend the Church, I just asked why there are double standards between the coverage of the sex abuse scandals and the complete amnesia regarding the IRA's atrocities. As for defending the Church, well, yes I do defend it. I defend it because of the immense good that it's done all throughout history and throughout our country. A tiny minority of priests who carried out unspeakable acts cannot erase all the good things the Church has done and yet never gets any credit for doing.

Seamus89 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 3848 - 15/01/2011 13:16:37    846796

Seamus89
County: Kilkenny
Posts: 659

i have no problem admitting im a proud sinn fein voter ( in the north that is) i have no problem admitting that never have never will, the past is in the past and there is no doubting that we are now a political party who are growing and gaining more support like it or not and as times passes this wiLl continue as the people of ireland begin 2 open there eyes 2 the crooks that have run ireland in2 the ground 4 their own gain and u know what seamus the only thing u and ur failures have on sinn fein is 2 bring up the past thats all u have and it shows how desperate u are and how scared they are.

Aussie_Duke (Tyrone) - Posts: 97 - 15/01/2011 13:26:22    846801

Sergeant slash,didn't warch his interview,what was his reaction to a royal visit?

jackieblue (Antrim) - Posts: 521 - 15/01/2011 13:45:33    846813

A more likeable man than gerry but couldn't believe a word from his mouth,was he not a commander in the army responsible for the atrocities,i'm open to correction. And I didn't see him tearing tubridy to shreds as some people are suggesting,quite the opposite in my eyes.

jonny1951 (Mayo) - Posts: 1431 - 15/01/2011 13:50:38    846818

Artisan
Assuming you are old enough to vote Seamus, based on the above, I can only conclude that you vote for an independent or The Greens. For the above statement precludes any support for FG, FF or Labour

I have actually made this point to Seamus in another thread but he does not want to deal with the truth of it. The only difference between the "OLD IRA" and their subsequent heirs is the CAR BOMB.

derryman (Derry) - Posts: 3246 - 15/01/2011 13:52:21    846820

Seamus89
County: Kilkenny
Posts: 659

846796 b.mullins

Tubridy didn't have kid gloves on when he interviewed Cowen, far from it. Nor did he give Kenny an easy time. But he did go VERY easy on Gilmore.

As for the Church, look at the statement. I didn't defend the Church, I just asked why there are double standards between the coverage of the sex abuse scandals and the complete amnesia regarding the IRA's atrocities. As for defending the Church, well, yes I do defend it. I defend it because of the immense good that it's done all throughout history and throughout our country. A tiny minority of priests who carried out unspeakable acts cannot erase all the good things the Church has done and yet never gets any credit for doing.

Now Seamus are you sure you dont want to seperate into "The Old Church" and the modern Church or something like that.

derryman (Derry) - Posts: 3246 - 15/01/2011 13:54:34    846822

Seamus89 - You might have thought different if british soldiers were running up and down the streets of kilkenny in the 70's shooting innocent people. Thats one thing that gets on my nerves that us here in the south can shout down from our moral high horse when in fact we down know the half of what went on up there during the troubles. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael were all achieved through blood.
We can give out about sinn fein but what would we have down if the british were running around castlebar, galway, cork, dublin etc??

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11542 - 15/01/2011 13:56:15    846823

jackieblue
County: Antrim
Posts: 298

846813
Sergeant slash,didn't warch his interview,what was his reaction to a royal visit?

He seemed to me that he was in favour of it. He is after all heading up her administration in Northern Ireland.

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 15/01/2011 13:58:32    846826