Upcoming Events

National | Miscellaneous

no events match your query!

New Events

National

no events posted in last week

Blog Feeds

The Saker
A bird's eye view of the vineyard

offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb

offsite link The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

offsite link Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by

The Saker >>

Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

Human Rights in Ireland
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Sat Jan 25, 2025 01:55 | Toby Young
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link In Welcoming Trump, Let Us Remember Henry VIII Fri Jan 24, 2025 19:00 | Joanna Gray
We're all feeling a little giddy after the inauguration, but let us remember to put not our trust in princes, says Joanna Gray. After all, Thomas More effused at the coronation of Henry VIII, and look what happened to him.
The post In Welcoming Trump, Let Us Remember Henry VIII appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Have Covid Travel Requirements Gone Away? Fri Jan 24, 2025 17:00 | Dr Roger Watson
Back in 2022 and 2023 when Covid travel restrictions and vaccine passports were all the rage Dr Roger Watson published his country-by-country guide. Now, in 2025, he takes a look to see if any are still at it.
The post Have Covid Travel Requirements Gone Away? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link A Golden Age for American Meritocracy Fri Jan 24, 2025 14:15 | Darren Gee
The second Trump Presidency has already dissolved hundreds of DEI programmes and looks set to herald a new golden age of American meritocracy. It's a movement America and the world are hungry for, says Darren Gobin.
The post A Golden Age for American Meritocracy appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Think Tank?s Net Zero Survey Concludes the Public is the Problem Fri Jan 24, 2025 13:10 | Ben Pile
The Social Market Foundation has carried out a survey on public attitudes to Net Zero and concluded that the "uninformed" and reluctant public are the problem. Why else would they say no to heat pumps?
The post Think Tank’s Net Zero Survey Concludes the Public is the Problem appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

American Planes at Casement

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Wednesday March 12, 2003 20:24author by Justin Moran - Sinn Feinauthor email maigh_nuad at yahoo dot com Report this post to the editors

Training eh?

To ask the Minister for Defence if US military aircraft, or aircraft carrying troops or cargo for the United States military, have used Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, County Dublin, since September 2001; and if so the type and number of planes

- Aengus O'Snodaigh - Sinn Féin

REPLY


Minister for Defence (Mr. Michael Smith, T.D.,): I am advised by the military authorities that in the period in question there were twenty two (22) landings of United States Air Force military aircraft at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel. The aircraft in question were on routine training flights. The type and number of aircraft in question were as follows:

Aircraft Type Number
Learjet 12.00
DC 9 4.00
Hercules 4.00
727.00 2.00

author by Tim Houriganpublication date Wed Mar 12, 2003 20:36author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Training flights my ar$e.

Aiding and abetting a war crime is fairly serious.


author by King Mobpublication date Wed Mar 12, 2003 21:21author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Justin why don't you just flick the headlights of your car and guide them in like landing lights

author by Justin Moran - Sinn Feinpublication date Wed Mar 12, 2003 21:34author email maigh_nuad at yahoo dot comauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

Because some people opposed to the war might be interested to know American flights are coming through Baldonnel King Mob and be able to rise above the petty sectarianism and infantile political development you so proudly display.

author by Sheltapublication date Wed Mar 12, 2003 22:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Because Ahern is acting in a criminal, illegal manner in allowing the US war machine use Irish airports, surely direct action is an appropriate response to this criminality?

author by lone gunmanpublication date Wed Mar 12, 2003 22:21author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Lets start by bombing the Dail .Hammering Berties new jet,and shooting anyone who displays any dangerous intellectual capabilities[IE being to read without moving their lips,or counting to 20 without taking off their shoes &socks].

author by King Mobpublication date Wed Mar 12, 2003 23:15author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Or instead you could admit your parties only interest in the anti war movement is to pimp off a few extra votes.

Critizing a "anti war" party who has no problem being photo'd with a war monger isn't beinbg secterian it's pointing out a hyprocritical opportuntists attempt at defending the evil shits he serves...

Why don't you go back to serving coffee in the flight lounge in shannon

author by Andrewpublication date Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:19author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Congratulations to SF for actually getting this information confirmed - any chance of getting similar questions asked about Knock?

However this is no way excuses meeting up with Bush in the White House pretty much as he orders the start to the killing. This is pretty craven stuff and as far as opposing imperialism in Ireland (rather then just its British variety) seems to illustrate the dangers of jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Related Link: http://struggle.ws/stopthewar.html
author by Davidpublication date Thu Mar 13, 2003 13:32author address author phone Report this post to the editors

You guys are all fucking losers, dont you all see that nothing you do matters? You cant stop whats going on.

Anyway whats it to you if Military Aircraft land at Baldonell ? ?

After all Baldonell is a MILITARY BASE and is the proud home of the IRISH AIR CORPS. They are a MILITARY ORGANISATION AND A BRANCH OF THE IRISH ARMY WHICH IS THE IRISH MILITARY.

Any MILITARY AIRCRAFT has and can land at any MILITARY BASE because that is what it is there for, you stupid cunts. Dont you have jobs?

Your the kind of cunts who would stop the war if you could so you could say "yipee we the tree huggers have stopped a war and in this way we have also let a DICTATOR who TORUTRES his own people live a long and EVIL life and who RAPES females by BROKEN GLASS and TORTURES males by ACID BATHS. Hurrah for us the tree huggers"

No way, this WAR is GOING TO HAPPEN WEATHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT AND THE BEST THING ABOUT IT IS WHEN THAT EVIL BASTARD SADDAM IS GONE, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL REALSIE THAT YOU WERE ALL STUPID CUNTS LIKE YOU ARE NOW AND YOU WILL END UP BOWING YOUR HEAD IN SHAME YOU LOSERS.

THREE CHEERS FOR THE MILITARY OF EVERY GOOD NATION FOR THEY ARE OUR PROTECTORS AND YOU THE TREE HUGGERS WILL FIND OUT THAT WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FAN, YOU WILL NEED US TO PROTECT YOU. YOU SAD CUNTS.

author by BlackPopepublication date Thu Mar 13, 2003 14:38author address author phone Report this post to the editors

that's a pretty persuasive argument you make there; NOT !!

May your craven apology for the Dictates of Imperialism become an eternal brand upon your thick hide.

Ahern certainly won't have to teach you any lessons in Traitorship nor Treason.

Shalom, BP

author by Dingbatpublication date Thu Mar 13, 2003 14:51author address author phone Report this post to the editors

David,
I suppose the rape victim with the mutilated genitalia will be grateful for deliverance from evil by being incinerated, lacerated, asphyxiated ripped assunder or whatever the effects of the bomb that lands on their head to inflict its particular form of moral imperative action.

author by An Head-Doctor writes ...publication date Thu Mar 13, 2003 15:02author address author phone Report this post to the editors

David Loser's hysterical, tear-stained ranting and general lack of ability to spell, use grammar, coherence or even just release the Caps-Lock while suffering the above fit, identify him clearly as an Irish Army Soldier in the midst of a multi-faceted crisis which revolves around justifying his own ignoble existence.

As you will have noted, he is having little success dealing with his complex, and is more to be pitied than scorned, so if anyone has any pity please do console him in his grief ...

My therapy suggestion is to roughly double your Valium dosage, David, and to lay off dusting your nose with the old Columbian Marching Powder. Also, try to resist the compulsion to suckle on US/Brittisch War-Propaganda and read some History. Contine drinking steadily and leave yourself plenty of free time in the mornings for wifebeating or self-abuse.

Wishing you a speedy recovery,

Dr. Jackal

author by Sparkspublication date Thu Mar 13, 2003 22:02author address author phone Report this post to the editors

David,
Firstly, good luck with the Junior cert. Secondly, it's an IRISH military airport and the aircraft seen were US military. Now I know they're both military, but they're from different places, see. Now get back to studying like a good little girl.

author by HOMMERpublication date Fri Mar 14, 2003 23:51author address author phone Report this post to the editors

BALDONNEL IS A MILITARY ARRODROME NOT A MILITARY
AIRPORT!!

Aircraft from other countries have been visiting the base for YEARS!!

No one has never said anything about the visiting aircraft before G.W. BUSH started the war on terror. This is because all you TREE HUGGING CRUSTYS think that the word war will drag this country into a war.This fine state was not draged in to WORLD WAR TWO (If you know what world war two was) a LARGER WAR THAN THE WAR ON IRAQ.

author by Reily - No orgpublication date Thu Jun 01, 2006 05:23author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Hey, Who on a whole thinks that that irish should not have a place in our ciricululm?? Personally I think its a disgrace i think its our national language, the least we can do is make the effort to learn it. At the end of the day we all like to say that we are proud of our ancesteors and heritage yet none of us can even speak the tongue. That if any is arguement enough. I think that we should all at least be exposed to the language at an early age, its the only way that the tongue has any way of suvival.

Number of comments per page
  
 
© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy