Northern Ireland Thread

[Rooney24]

Cool, i'll see you in a century or two when the DUP catch up with reality.

you think it’s gonna be that quick ?

 

[ThehatchetMan]

That part i dont understand in the slightest. What does he think more time will achieve?

Probably hoping the DUP somehow get more support so they do better at the polls. There's nothing I'd love more than to see DUP or SF lose their position as FM/DFM. Hoping for an alliance miracle.

 

[balaks]

Potentially a very big day today with what looks like the protocol getting sorted out. Will this mean the DUP finally back down so we can all get on with it? Of course not. They already have created a new red line last night about EU laws and essentially none of this is really about the protocol at all - it's about the fact they will never go into government while there is going to be a Sinn Fein first minister. I honestly do not think Stormont will ever return unless they can change the rules about getting it up and running without the DUP.

The DUP once again are showing everybody in NI that they couldn't give a single feck about them.

 

[balaks]

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Bastards

 

[arnie_ni]

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Bastards

Know him fairly well. Shocking stuff. At kids footy training.

 

[cyberman]

Know him fairly well. Shocking stuff. At kids footy training.

Heard that with his son looking on?
Hopefully the cnuts are strung up

 

[Rooney24]

Sickening

 

[arnie_ni]

Heard that with his son looking on?
Hopefully the cnuts are strung up

Probably loads of kids not just his own

 

[balaks]

Hearing he passed away. In total shock

feck sake. Utter scum to do this and for what? Sorry for your loss mate as you knew him.

 

[Rooney24]

Hearing he passed away. In total shock

FFS. Horrible.

this is going to have big repercussions

 

[arnie_ni]

Hes been the face of the police recently catching all those big cases. Always on tv

 

[balaks]

Hes been the face of the police recently catching all those big cases. Always on tv

Shit he must be high up then

 

[balaks]

I wonder if this is drug related. RIP

It's almost certainly the dissident IRA

 

[Rooney24]

It's almost certainly the dissident IRA

Hearing it was a GAA training session and he was coaching it. So it certainly points that way.

what a disaster.

 

[ThehatchetMan]

It's almost certainly the dissident IRA

Can we be certain though after all the recent threats from unionists to return to violence. There's literally been posters in my estate saying that put up by them.

 

[balaks]

Can we be certain though after all the recent threats from unionists to return to violence. There's literally been posters in my estate saying that put up by them.

Not certain but almost certain yes

 

[ThehatchetMan]

Not certain but almost certain yes

Bastards

 

[Cutch]

Hearing it was a GAA training session and he was coaching it. So it certainly points that way.

what a disaster.

Was soccer training

 

[arnie_ni]

Hearing it was a GAA training session and he was coaching it. So it certainly points that way.

what a disaster.

Footy session. Soccer. Youth. Im between sessions when the next age group comes and thr younger ones go off. Loads kids witnessed it apparently

 

[DON’T PANIC ™]

Shocking, last thing this place needs right now!

 

[Cutch]

Hearing he passed away. In total shock

The news still not reporting this but may have their reasons I guess.

 

[DON’T PANIC ™]

The news still not reporting this but may have their reasons I guess.

Nolan just after saying he was still alive 30 mins ago according to his sources in PSNI.

 

[Cutch]

Nolan just after saying he was still alive 30 mins ago according to his sources in PSNI.

Hopefully is the case but I'm guessing there might be protocols to follow that could delay announcing when a police officer involved

 

[arnie_ni]

Just came to post the same hopefully everyone has been misinformed here locally

 

[balaks]

Just came to post the same hopefully everyone has been misinformed here locally

Fingers crossed mate

 

[arnie_ni]

Simon Byrne said critical but stable so hopefully good news

 

[Cutch]

Simon Byrne said critical but stable so hopefully good news

Hopefully for sure. Certainly fear the worst when you hear of someone shot multiple times. Really hope there's not going to be loads of kids traumatised by what they've seen or heard.

Ps: crazy that this thread started after an attack on a police officer also in Omagh. Ronan Kerr who's brother used to post on here

 

[BEST No7]

Scumbags. Hopefully he pulls through

 

[Ramshock]

He isn't dead?? Thank feck. Hope he pulls through.

 

[Ramshock]

It's almost certainly the dissident IRA

More than likely. Deleted my original comment as he is still fighting.

 

[Rooney24]

Policeman is critical but stable

 

[arnie_ni]

He isn't dead?? Thank feck. Hope he pulls through.

Yea stable but critical. I'll also delete mine

 

[McGrathsipan]

Makes me sad. Humanity is vile

 

[Raulduke]

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That is brilliant news - hopefully they have enough evidence to put those guys away for 20 years.

 

[arnie_ni]

That is brilliant news - hopefully they have enough evidence to put those guys away for 20 years.

Can't imagine any of these 3 being the shooters. They are probably just 3 high ranking officials in whatever version of the ira we have these days.

Purely speculation on my part

 

[cyberman]

Can't imagine any of these 3 being the shooters. They are probably just 3 high ranking officials in whatever version of the ira we have these days.

Purely speculation on my part

I’m thinking its mad loyalists after the threats of violence’s last week

 

[arnie_ni]

I’m thinking its mad loyalists after the threats of violence’s last week

I'd be extremely shocked tbh

 

[balaks]

I’m thinking its mad loyalists after the threats of violence’s last week

Very very unlikely - this has all the hallmarks of dissident republicans and by the looks of it the PSNI agree.

 

[golden_blunder]

Apparently there was an attempted hijacking in Derry last week, and a ‘viable’ device was found at the scene. Wonder where that was headed