Pat Troy

@shaneodoherty @SuzyJourno Oh not you again, Unionists' favourite "Souper" and useful idiot.

Suzanne Breen - political editor of The Belfast Telegraph - today claims that IRA gunman, bomber and dead hungerstriker Bobby Sands is regarded as a "hero" by "the vast majority of nationalists" solely because he died on hungerstrike... Has she become unhinged? @SuzyJourno

@Independent_ie Do you ever think that you're not all that important in the greater scheme of things and that most people in the real world wouldn't have a clue who you are. Hopefully some day you'll learn that the best part of growing up is growing little.

Vogue Williams: ‘I was on a hike with my sister in Howth recently and I said hi to three people, and none of them said hello back to me’ buff.ly/5HEs484

@victorcarbunkle @mooreholmes24 Let me explain it to you very simply. Wearing one's county or club Gaa jersey is just an expression of pride in your club or county as opposed to other clubs and counties and it allows for a bit of banter between both. Absolutely nothing to do with antagonising Unionists. Simple

@mooreholmes24 I would always think, why do people need to wear a GAA top, or Rangers top to show ppl who they are. Each to their own I suppose

The wearing of GAA tops is less about a deliberate strategy to provoke or unsettle Unionists, although more would intend that than many would care to admit, and more about how central the GAA is within the cultural fabric of Republicanism. There is no denying the institution is an impressive one. Spreading right across the whole island and beyond. A genuine grassroots sporting body providing so many people, both young and old, the opportunity for camaraderie, community and competition. As great as all those things are, and they truly are great, none of it takes away from the GAA’s obvious and unavoidable controversial nature. Whether members realise or not, and many of them don’t, the GAA is inherently political - both historically and contemporarily. It’s in its DNA. It’s in its constitution. It’s all over the mechanics and paraphernalia of the institution. It’s downright ignorant and simply dishonest to pretend otherwise. Until GAA leadership and ambassadors tackle the ongoing glorification of terrorism within its institution, and surgically remove the political dimension within its own governance, it will never be viewed as truly inclusive - and why would it? If it continues to look the other way to sectarianism, allows clubs and cups to honour IRA killers, and advocate for political objectives, it will always be controversial, viewed with hostility by many, and never achieve the cross-community support that other sports enjoy. It has so much to learn from rugby and football, but instead, it brands them as “imported” or “foreign” games. The question really is; how much do those within the GAA leadership really care about that? It’s obvious that they don’t. In fact, they know their organisation is political, and view that as part of the GAA’s core identity. They don’t want to be like the FA, or even the Ulster Branch of the IRFU, which are genuine cross-community institutions. Setting all that aside, @JamieBrysonLLB recent remarks are valid. He is right in what he says. Unionists should be confident in who they are, but not by simply reacting to others. The British in Northern Ireland are equally proud of their culture, their colours, their institutions, and should have no hesitancy in expressing their identity with confidence and authenticity - without shame or restraint. Our post-conflict society had viewed cultural labels and single community symbols as controversial and sensitive. It went as far as perpetuating the idea that it would be considered offensive or inappropriate to wear or show such symbols. It’s fair to say that Nationalism, mainly a younger generation, has entirely discarded that mindset. And so they should. They are being unashamedly them - and fair play to them for it. Bryson’s point is more about encouraging Unionists to follow suit. Not reacting in petulance or provocation, but by being unashamedly themselves, with equal veracity. Be who you are. Wear whatever the hell you want. Do not hide your identity. Do not worry about “offence.” Proudly, and unashamedly, express that which is dear to you, and don’t do it just to poke someone else in the eye, but because it’s fundamentally part of who you are, and in turn, it will empower others to do the same. It will help cultivate and reinforce the confident, positive and proud community that is unashamedly British within Northern Ireland. No Surrender🇬🇧🇬🇧

@PatriotTommy1 @EoinLenihan @hermannkelly Maynooth's reputation is long gone for years. It's churning out ultra woke graduates at an alarming rate. It needs a radical overhaul to root out its culture of left wing indoctrination. It's a cesspit of wokery.

@EoinLenihan @hermannkelly She has dragged Maynooth universities reputation through the mud. They deserve it for allowing her to pass what is possibly the softest degree in academia.

I'll be called all kinds for saying it but I do not see how it is possible that Senator Eileen Flynn has the intellectual faculties to have passed a degree course in Maynooth. I am highly skeptical that she did so on her own. I am suspicious she wasn't allowed to fail in Maynooth just as she was parachuted into the Senate. She has embarrassed the nation internationally now on more than one occasion going viral on social media with people mocking the state of Irish politics. DEI does not work. Only meritocracy does.

@EoinLenihan Now that you mention Maynooth I'd hazard a guess she's a graduate of John O'Brennan's woke indoctrination courses. She obviously learned a lot of it by heart but hasn't a clue what any of it means in the real world. That's why she comes across as a bumbling and incoherent idiot.

@JamieBrysonLLB Jamie, you are so funny. "Unionism eating constitutional excrement with a smile" has to be one of your best yet and will stand the test of time. Where do you get them ? The thing about this imaginary "culture war" is it reinforces the fact that no law firm will ever employ you.

This article in today’s Belfast Telegraph has caused quite the meltdown. Nationalist social media is outraged. I’m told I must “retract”. Hell will freeze over first. I stand over every word. That was mild. The days of unionism being passive victims are over. Get used to it.

@ick_real How about Hanora.

I'm looking for a ridiculously old-fashioned girl's name for our new born . Think great-grandma name. Very old and rare. Any suggestions asap pls?

@JamieBrysonLLB Nobody gives fuck whether Unionists parade around the college grounds in their sash. It just looks stupid. The only culture war is in your tiny bigoted mind.

Fantastic night with the Ulster University Orange Societies. Great energy in the room at Drew Nelson House. Unionism needs to aggressively continue on the offensive in the culture war, and nowhere more so than in the Universities. Well done to organisers of the event!

@keira_con Clearly anyone can see it's fake. You're so dull and brain dead to believe anything!!

Wow it being alleged that restaurants and cafes through out Ireland are putting up signs like this, I checked this out and it is real,

@Berlinnaeus @stephenmcleary Can a chicken or a hedgehog claim to be a woman? I pity your poor suffering mother in heaven. I suppose you don't believe in that either.

@stephenmcleary Whatever she says she is, Stephen!

We already knew Aontú was a party set up by a man who believes women have too many rights. Now it seems Aontú believes this country should be bound by British courts.

@BaronoftheMaine @HoratioNelson0 I hate to burst your bubble but I very much doubt that many Rangers fans would meet the educational requirements to attend college. That's not sectarian, just stating facts. Wearing county and club colours is just an expression of pride as opposed to other clubs n counties.

Indeed, but a sizeable number of unionists do support Rangers. So to not see a single Rangers shirt throughout my three years of attending UU is strange. Regular county/club GAA tops are no issue in my view, they ought not to be seen as sectarian symbols. I am specifically referring to 1916 commemorative tops. They are politically pointed. To see them multiple times, but not a single Rangers shirt is strange in my view. FYI, I do not follow Scottish football.

Ulster Uni alumnus here, As a student, a witnessed many students in 1916 Easter Rising commemorative GAA tops, Celtic/ROI football shorts. You know what I never saw? A single Rangers shirt. Why is that? The cold house. Just like the South after partition. You can be a Unionist, so long as you shut up and comply.

@ManDearSir Never looked up once, probably scripted by Murphy or Bacik. Shocking.

Senator Doubles Down On Language Sen. Eileen Flynn on local Donegal radio this morning reiterating her comments from yesterday that the Fuel Protests were hijacked by the "Far-Right".

@OffgridIreland Have you got learning difficulties? Everyone has the right to peaceful protest but that is not absolute and shouldn't impede others going about their daily business. But you know that but instead spout nonsense on here daily.

🚨 BREAKING: Irish authorities are hitting peaceful protesters with multiple €40 fines for the "crime" of being on a public road during a lawful assembly. One person received several fixed penalty notices all for "obstruction" while exercising constitutional rights to peaceful protest. The documents literally reference being present at a peaceful gathering. They print the right to assemble in black and white… then slap you with a stack of €40 tickets for daring to use it this isn't policing. This is financial harassment designed to make rights too expensive for ordinary people. The message from the state is loud and clear "Protest if you want but we'll bleed you with fines until you shut up and stay home. When governments turn constitutional freedoms into a costly inconvenience, those freedoms cease to exist in practice. They become privileges reserved for those who never question power. How many more citizens will be nickeled-and-dimed into silence before the public pushes back? This is soft authoritarianism death by a thousand small fines. Know your rights use your voice before it costs too much. Or watch them vanish one €40 ticket at a time. Share this if you're tired of two-tier "justice" that punishes peaceful dissent while real chaos goes unchecked. #Ireland #FuelProtest

@Polito_loco What a horrible individual you are preying on the suffering of that poor man's family. How dare you? You know absolutely nothing about the circumstances of his death. Show a bit of respect to his family. Complete Gobshite.

Tragic news this afternoon. One of the protesters who took part in last weeks protests against government taxes has taken his life. Five days ago I said that depression, suicide, addiction issues would all happen on the back of losing their businesses. Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, their stooges in the media are far too busy smearing good and decent, hard working people of Ireland to car however. R.I.P.

@JamieBrysonLLB My God Jamie, your English is atrocious. Maybe join one of Linda Irvine's beginner Irish classes and you might become proficient at the language of your ancestors. Though I doubt it, like all know all's you are beyond teaching.

Universities are the incubator for the eco-system which floods the professional class. That incubator and thus the eco-system is wholly imbalance: unionism must get in the battlefield & break down that infrastructure.

@NoreenoS2 @MariaPIreland Keep smoking that pot and the conspiracy theories will keep flowing.

@PatTroy10 @MariaPIreland You’re some tosspot. The PSNI Black and Tans were brought into the republic and the guards stood with them. We will find all of you Pat and chase you out of our country. All enemies. All traiters will be hunted down for these crimes on our land.

@MarkDoran143024 @MariaPIreland And clowns like you and I are paying billions in farm subsidies to amadans like him.

@PatTroy10 @MariaPIreland He wouldnt really be protesting if he was to follow there laws you "tube". Also very difficult to take orders from someone you pay the wages of you "tube".

@pat78297373 @MariaPIreland And the even more gas thing is you and me are paying the farm subsidies to amadans like that.

@MariaPIreland And the gas thing is the farmer in that tractor is paying that so-called garda his wages! And feeding him as well!

@Ben_Scallan Holy Jaysus, is this what universities are churning out ? What in the name of God is a tri flag ?

Why do we all have to collectively lie and pretend this individual is qualified to be a legislator?