01/04/2026
A QUESTION FOR FOOLS:
When do you think Ireland was great ?
Today is April Fools Day, and we can’t think of a better time to address the whole “Make Ireland Great Again” slogan. It’s become a bit of a thing with the racist / anti Immigrant crowd, and apart from simply being a sheep like imitation of U.S. or British populists, it’s also completely stupid.
If you really believe that we can “Make Ireland Great Again”, could you please clarify exactly when it was great.
Was it when mass emigration was the norm for Irish people ? When extreme poverty and chronic unemployment saw thousands of our citizens each year with no choice but to leave our country in search of a better life abroad. When emigration was a safety valve for the failure of the state to guarantee any quality of life for its citizens, and even JFK would remark that our nations only export was its people. Is that when Ireland was great ?
Was it when the Catholic Church was the ‘guardian’ of public morality and behaviour ? When young women were thrown into institutions, including the Magdalene laundries, many for their entire lives, and treated as cheap labour. When babies were taken from their mothers and sold overseas in an adoption-for-profit racket. When the bodies of babies that died through neglect or abuse were thrown into septic tanks. When priests could r**e and sexually abuse young boys & girls, and rather than be punished would be shifted from parish to parish to find more victims. Is that when Ireland was great ?
Was it when our politicians allowed the same hypocritical Catholic moralists dictate our laws ? When divorce was banned (right up to 1996), abandoning people to loveless marriages, ensuring no escape from unhappy homes and ensuring women and children were trapped with abusive fathers. When contraception was forbidden, ensuring unsafe and unwanted pregnancies, and later on allowing AIDS to spread and kill unnecessarily. Is that when Ireland was great ?
Was it when the working class and poor had to suffer while a wealthy minority prospered ? When working class children were punished for minor infractions(such as mitching or stealing sweets) were sent to institutions and industrial schools, poor kids subjected to abuse, violence and mental torture that scarred many for life. When housing conditions were so poor that illness, diseases and poor health prospered in the over crowded and badly maintained tenements and flats. When he**in hit the streets, arriving at a time of recession and unemployment, blighting generations with its poison and soul destroying addiction. Is that when Ireland was great ?
So for all of those going around imitating their U.S. and Brit role models, please explain just when was it that Ireland was so great.
IT NEVER WAS !
And while it might be April 1st today, you are a fool every day.
A QUESTION FOR FOOLS:
When do you think Ireland was great ?
Today is April Fools Day, and we can’t think of a better time to address the whole “Make Ireland Great Again” slogan. It’s become a bit of a thing with the racist / anti Immigrant crowd, and apart from simply being a sheep like imitation of U.S. or British populists, it’s also completely stupid.
If you really believe that we can “Make Ireland Great Again”, could you please clarify exactly when it was great.
Was it when mass emigration was the norm for Irish people ? When extreme poverty and chronic unemployment saw thousands of our citizens each year with no choice but to leave our country in search of a better life abroad. When emigration was a safety valve for the failure of the state to guarantee any quality of life for its citizens, and even JFK would remark that our nations only export was its people. Is that when Ireland was great ?
Was it when the Catholic Church was the ‘guardian’ of public morality and behaviour ? When young women were thrown into institutions, including the Magdalene laundries, many for their entire lives, and treated as cheap labour. When babies were taken from their mothers and sold overseas in an adoption-for-profit racket. When the bodies of babies that died through neglect or abuse were thrown into septic tanks. When priests could r**e and sexually abuse young boys & girls, and rather than be punished would be shifted from parish to parish to find more victims. Is that when Ireland was great ?
Was it when our politicians allowed the same hypocritical Catholic moralists dictate our laws ? When divorce was banned (right up to 1996), abandoning people to loveless marriages, ensuring no escape from unhappy homes and ensuring women and children were trapped with abusive fathers. When contraception was forbidden, ensuring unsafe and unwanted pregnancies, and later on allowing AIDS to spread and kill unnecessarily. Is that when Ireland was great ?
Was it when the working class and poor had to suffer while a wealthy minority prospered ? When working class children were punished for minor infractions(such as mitching or stealing sweets) were sent to institutions and industrial schools, poor kids subjected to abuse, violence and mental torture that scarred many for life. When housing conditions were so poor that illness, diseases and poor health prospered in the over crowded and badly maintained tenements and flats. When he**in hit the streets, arriving at a time of recession and unemployment, blighting generations with its poison and soul destroying addiction. Is that when Ireland was great ?
So for all of those going around imitating their U.S. and Brit role models, please explain just when was it that Ireland was so great.
IT NEVER WAS !
And while it might be April 1st today, you are a fool every day.
