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Here What Happened Today: Thursday

Everyone’s talking about a plane that was shot down over Ukraine, Israel’s latest attack on Gaza and the crazy fog in Dublin.

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#UKRAINE: A Malaysian passenger plane with 295 people in board has been ‘shot down‘ over Ukraine en route to Kuala Lumpur.

#GAZA: Israel has launched a ground operation in Gaza. Earlier today three mortar shells hit Israel just as a UN-proposed ceasefire started.

#GERMANY: A German MP faces child porn charges for alleged downloads to his work computer.

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    Mute Jimmy Dunphy
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    Mar 30th 2012, 8:54 AM

    Is Michael Healy-Ray really that stupid ,,,,, Looks like the apple didn’t fall too far from the tree !!!!!

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    Mute Maureen Hession
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    Mar 30th 2012, 12:01 PM

    yes they are , and the very ones, that has there bread buttered by him , i heard , that these guys run, co, Kerry ,if your not with, them your out, and stay out ?. local Mafioso, i here say .big fish in small ponds .

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    Mute Dave O'Shea
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    Mar 30th 2012, 8:55 AM

    How on earth did that amadan Healy Rae get elected , are people in constituency really that thick????

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    Mute Cian Devane
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    Mar 30th 2012, 9:06 AM

    maybe we could put the dog into the dail instead of micheal.

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    Mute Paul Ringrose
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    Mar 30th 2012, 9:29 AM

    As a farmer said to me ‘why should I indicate ,sure everybody knows where I’m going .’ The rural attitude to visitors/tourists is that they should deposit their money at the county boundary and not annoy the natives with demands for service, unspoilt countryside etc. It takes a Healy-Rae to actually come out and say this ; tell us more Michael.

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    Mute Alan Aston
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    Mar 30th 2012, 10:14 AM

    Michael Healy Rae your ignorance knows absolutely no bounds!!

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    Mute Tim Booth
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    Mar 30th 2012, 9:28 AM

    Michael Healy Rae is supported by the plain people of Kerry – crap goes in, crap comes out.

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    Mute sarah
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    Mar 30th 2012, 9:28 AM

    It’s bloody obvious Micheal Healy Rae is a man that can smell money a mile away. He must be doing a reality tv show soon and needs the cash for the phone and text votes. This is the Td who cut the grass of developers houses in my estate only last summer after he was elected. He even had his ‘vote no1′ stickers still on his van with his picture so there was no denying it was him. My ghost estate is in north cork so he drove a bit from Kerry to help the developer who is living it up in the uk!

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    Mute Eimear Walshe
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    Mar 30th 2012, 10:42 AM

    I live in the country, and I know my way around. I have to say, country driving, particularly people over a certain age and in a certain profession, is shocking bad. No indicating, lucky if there’s one working brake light on the car. If a trailer is being towed, good luck. Then you can actually see the driver looking everywhere but the road. I usually have a rant about this a few times a week, when I’m stuck behind some numpty who doesn’t indicate, no brake light on the trailer, thinks road signs are just decorations for the roadside. And that Healy-Rae lad is a bigger numpty for questioning the need for road signs.

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    Mute Kevin Miller
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    Mar 30th 2012, 10:32 AM

    It says much for his chosen career that he is able to function as a member of the Dail, most of the political class see their job as being ” gettin in then gettin as much as they can ” this applies to most countries so we shouldn’t feel superior, but we do have a very good class of gobshites.

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    Mute Rob Queen
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    Mar 30th 2012, 12:01 PM

    In a lot of rural areas, the local yooves tend to take great delight in turning the signs. And a turned sign is defintely worse than no sign at all! Many’s the time I’ve headed off in the wrong direction thanks to a bit of late-night shenanigans.

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    Mute Gerry Kelly
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    Mar 30th 2012, 12:27 PM

    No money in signs as they are put in by the NRA also the bank hopes to “return to sustainable profitability by 2014.” by robbing the less well off..

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