This is the real world, Peter!

It is impossible to drive through any city in Ireland now without encountering a protest of some kind or other. Everybody is protesting,against multiple unfortunate events befalling them, blocking the streets to the few remaining people that actually work in this country.

The students of Ireland are the latest to embark on nationwide protests.
The Union of Students in Ireland will hold a succession of protests on college campuses around the south of Ireland as part of its campaign against the reintroduction of fees.

Protests will be held by University College Cork, the Limerick School of Art and Design and the Institutes of Technologies in Carlow, Limerick Tralee and Waterford from October 7 – 14.

Hundreds of students, representing their individual colleges, will come out to voice their opposition to the reintroduction of fees at each event. A host of local TD's have also been invited to speak at the rallies.

Well students have always protested through the generations about something or other. It is practically a rite of passage.When you look back on RTE's Reeling in the Years, you will see the student leaders of yesteryear protesting. Most are now TD's or ministers in Government!

The very busy USI President, Peter Mannion, said solemnly:

“The students of Ireland want a winter of change. If the current crop of Irish politicians decide to reintroduce third level fees, the youth of this country will suffer greatly"

A winter of change for the students? What! No drink, no drugs or no mad sex? No skipping lectures? No texts to Mum or Dad looking for more money for booze, sorry, books?

Peter goes on: "The students did not create our economic problems, yet it is their futures that are at stake. The education of current and future generations should not be sacrificed to bail out the foolish spending of the Government.
The students of this nation are angry with proposals to tax education through tuition fees. This Government should be investing in education to secure the country’s recovery from the recession".

Well said, Peter! You have all the makings of a future leader of this country.
And for those who don't know, Peter's position as USI leader is a full time paid job with expenses. A bit like John O'Donoghue's job in the Dail when you think about it!
As Miley in Glenroe might say, "Will get up the feckin yard Peter and join the real world!

Vote YES for survival!

It is very simple really!
Either we stay out of the tent and piss into it or we stay in the tent and piss out?
Despite all the misgivings about the Lisbon Treaty, I say vote YES on Friday October 2nd! 2009.
Ireland cannot afford to offend Europe now given the perilous condition Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen have left this country in with 12 years of incompetence and corruption.
Voting NO just to kick the ass of the Government is stupid. Do it in a general election!
On Friday vote YES for survival! Simple as that! And yes I voted NO the last time too!