Kevin Myers today

[Leopold Bloom]

Bloody good column in the Independent in which he basically denounces himself as a dimwit for not understanding the basket case that is Northern Ireland.

If you'd asked me though, Kev, I'd have explained it to you years ago: Northern Ireland's tragedy has been that it took Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness thirty years to grow up and cop themselves on and Ian Paisley fifty.

All the suffering and misery vividly recounted by Kev in today's column can be directly blamed on these 3 instances of retarded maturation.

[Aindriu]

Read it here http://www.independent.ie/opinion/an...g-1039808.html

A satirical but sad reflection.

[rockofcashel]

why am I not surprised, that an article entitled

"Don't mind me, I'm stupid and know nothing about anything"

would attract you immediately Leopold ?

[joel]

Read it here http://www.independent.ie/opinion/an...g-1039808.html

A satirical but sad reflection.

So - the guy has had another pay pedaling crap. Par for the course.

Is the idiot now going to be sacked?

[PaintingMedium]

what is the point of him writing this stuff? apart from the obvious "selling more papers", what is hoping to achieve? he calls muslims a disease, and from that article, he seems to want to dig up the past and try get tensions rising again? whats the point?

[Akrasia]

Bloody good column in the Independent in which he basically denounces himself as a dimwit for not understanding the basket case that is Northern Ireland.

If you'd asked me though, Kev, I'd have explained it to you years ago: Northern Ireland's tragedy has been that it took Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness thirty years to grow up and cop themselves on and Ian Paisley fifty.

All the suffering and misery vividly recounted by Kev in today's column can be directly blamed on these 3 instances of retarded maturation.

Why would you buy the independent.

Don't ever do that again.

[Halibut]

I've always enjoyed KM, even when he's wrong. It's not a big deal really. Well, unless he lands really good punches on you.

[Leopold Bloom]

why am I not surprised, that an article entitled

"Don't mind me, I'm stupid and know nothing about anything"

would attract you immediately Leopold ?

Well, don't ask me, ROC, because I'm stupid and know nothing about anything.

[Victor Meldrew]

what is the point of him writing this stuff? apart from the obvious "selling more papers", what is hoping to achieve? he calls muslims a disease, and from that article, he seems to want to dig up the past and try get tensions rising again? whats the point?

I used to like Myers in the IT (there's a surprise), despite him occasionally saying very dubious things about people a i care about so i'm not emotionally removed from his bile. Madam used to slap him occasionally to keep him bearable. The Indo seem to print any drivel, but then why should that surprise us. also in the IT we had the odd humurous piece that wasn't hate filled and deranged, but genuinely funny. ,

shame to see a former talent go to seed in the O'reilly loo rool factory.

[Halibut]

Well that's a point. I bought 2 Indo's after he left - just to see, but never kept it up.