I spoke to various people from around the world who said that the British PM leaving office when they have lost power is something many in Africa and Asia could only dream of from their leaders. It’s a sign democracy is working.
I love Bertie I am not Irish no where near but I remember when they were working on the good Friday agreement he had his heart and soul in getting a agreement I remember his mother died during the time they were trying to come to a agreement I don’t like sky news
By referring to Ireland as the "British Isles", the interviewer is insulting Ireland. Ireland is not a British isle, it is not an accepted term in Ireland, and it was dispensed with officially even if it was not used by any self-respecting Irish person or politician. It was agreed by the British in the 1998 Agreement that they would desist from referring to Ireland in that way. But obviously the British and their media, Sky News, do not respect Ireland's independence and its right to name and describe their own country as they see fit. And despite his supercilious demeanor this Sky News person is no different to most other British presenters who maintain the same crass prejudice regarding Irish sovereignty and independence.
The term British Isles is part and parcel of antiquated notions of the British empire which are long gone. The Brits use this term for Ireland to cause conflict as it's a political term. Even UK law uses the term British Islands to refer to the UK, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man as a single collective entity, but does not include Ireland. The manufactured term was introduced as the British Isles in the 16th/17th centuries by English and Welsh writers for both propaganda and political reasons. The term itself was always controversial to the Irish, but became more so after the breakup of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1922. The term is rejected by the Irish government, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Irish people. The term was formally disavowed in September 2005 by the Irish Government when Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern famously stated: "The British Isles is not an officially recognised term in any legal or inter-governmental sense. It is without any official status. The Government, including the Department of Foreign Affairs, does not use this term." We reject it. It's just another manufactured British term to establish some sort of false dominance over another nation of people on a different island…
@@imastaycool not really... British Isles not owned by Britain aren't anymore British than the English channel is English.. stop being over sensitive. The term Britain comes from a name Ancient rome gave to the islands that today are Britain and Ireland... that's your historical link.. not empire. Britannia, used by the Romans from circa 55 BC. America is America... does that mean it owns south America? Does south America get upset about its land being called the continent of America? .. probably not. Its just a historical word. All land today ruled by one leadership.. was once land that was ruled by many tribes.. and at some point in history conquest was how that land became one land.. in every situation. History...
The news reader is a Brit in the UK on a British news programme. He is quite within his right to use the term British Isles. It’s not an insult to Ireland or the Irish. It’s only an insult to irredentist 32 county Irish socialist republicans.
@@joecater894no the Romans/Greek's called Ireland hibernina not the British Isles nowhere in roman or Greek history are both islands collectively called or referenced to by that name, it's a name of ownership over Ireland, English, Scottish or Welsh people might not see it that way but British people definitely do
My dad was born and reared in Ireland and emigrated to America, specifically New York in his late teens because there was no opportunity there. Today me, his son works for an Dublin, Ireland based tech company. Just returned from a trip there business and pleasure. Times change. Millions of Americans have strong family ties to Ireland including parent or grandparent born there. Ireland is family, don't mess with family.
The fact he calls it Northern Ireland.... Him and his ilk are more Brit the British.... Centuries of Patriots spin in graves because of actions and inactions of these Plastic Patriots
Arlene had her own family tragedy during the troubles and her friend injured in a bomb on their school bus so she has her issues which clouds her judgement.
In the long run his party will disappear. Now that Sinn Fein has emerged as a third major party there is no rationale for a Fianna Fáil party. The electorate has a clear choice between a business friendly Fine Gael and a populist Sinn Fein which have stolen the role of both Labour and Fianna Fáil. Fianna Fáil is in effect a coalition of the two options and its members might as well choice the party representing that option. They will likely survive until then as a junior coalition partner of both of the other parties. At a certain point they will merge with one of these parties with those uncomfortable with the merger bolting and joining the other.
He may be a disgrace. But I can't think of much during this interview in which he was wrong. The British are finding it difficult to accept the terrible consequences of the Brexit vote.
Bertie stammers on about ‘cross community agreement/support’ in altering an agreement, when an international agreement can’t be altered, viz the GF/Belfast agreement BUT HE UTTERLY fails to make the same connection to the backstop,NIP and the Windsor Agreement! Bertie always spoke with forked tongue and she hasn’t matured him! The ironical thing is that the loyalist paramilitaries ‘liked’ him- strange!!
unlikely. whilst ireland is a nice place, it is far less significant power than UK (roi gdp is 1/6'ish of UK). Frankly, UKgov are highly unlikely to carry any grudge.. politics simply doesn't work that way..
Trevor is trying to get this guy to talk about Trevor’s narrative. It really does show where Sky “News” sits. This type of interview never occurs when UK government/Brexit ministers are interviewed. NI will never be sorted. Brexit was the final straw. Even my wife said to me the NI land border would be a major problem. Love how Trevor mentioned “the protocol” .. whoops .. he of course meant the “Windsor Framework” .. Protocol 2 by another name.
Even a sniff of a border on my island again and it'll be the coldest, darkest and most miserable days ahead for unionists and Brexiteers alike... It will never happen.
@@noodlyappendage6729 That is not necessary as that is what the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference is for, but the UK PM needs to start attending.
@@Kevin-lf4xx which land is that? As opposed to a land of invaders, colonisers and partitionists who spent centuries robbing food, jewels and even people from other countries.... Do one, little Englander.
The number of leading questions in this interview. Mr Ahern was more than able to sidestep the silly stuff and I think he was trying not to laugh at some points.
As an English person I hang my head I'm shame because of the cancer the royal family hsv vcaused no only to the Irish but to the world!! Strange how Ukraine soldiers are brave because they want their land from Russia but the IRA are terrorists for wanting their land from the British royal family!! I notice Charles is getting well into politics, the wef, .....no longer ruling from behind his government but out in the open..... government is merely an illusion given to the u$€[€$$ €@t€r$ because they were tired of being overthrown! They're nothing but parasites the BRF and the politicians! Wish they'd leave is all alone! Time to end the monarchy andvreturn Ireland to it's rightful owner also Wales and Scotland!
@@niallkelly2990 I have thought that for a long time all the Irish Catholics in Britain go back to Ireland and all the unionists return to Scotland and the North of England where they originate from but then what would the Irish have to complain about then they will never be happy always play the victims 😏😏
I'm not a huge Bertie fan but I like the way he very subtly suggested that the British government to stop living in the past which Brexit is basically a consequence of.
@@ballshippin3809 : Well, how much better was it in the past? Remember, in the past Britain mainly survived by invading other countries and territories. There they engaged in killing, enslaving or otherwise subjugating the local native peoples. Then they stole their lands and natural resources in order to enrich a relatively small number of self entitled people back in England. That’s how Britain lived and survived. Of course that kind of behaviour wouldn’t be tolerated nowadays so Britain has to do things differently and toe the line but Britons don’t seem to get that fact…
@@RobertK1993 The UK has been a broken country since 1945. We are a vassal state of the US and the adoption of liberalism has led to the degeneracy we see today, it was inevitable that we would get a psychopath like Tony Blair in power.
Why do all the Irish people support an English football team and Glasgow Celtic. Instead of cork. Shamrock rovers. Sligo etc etc. and come to Britain every week. British people support British teams. And not Dundalk bohemians Galway etc. anyone know why this is.
I welcome the hate that the dup has for all things irish. It only advances the day of eventual reunification. Their bile has no effect on us , but it massively alienates the moderate nationalists in the north who would ordinarily be quite happy with the status quo. So I smile at the idiocy of their position.
Britain and even the UK as a whole is disunited politically, socially, culturally and linguistically. The poor political choices and decisions of Brexit have made the lack of unity ever clearer for the entire world to see. It's not just disunited, it's also completely imbalanced. Politically, it has devolved governments, but most of the power lies in Tory Westminster which has the UK at political loggerheads. These devolved governments squabble and fight amongst each other which details the disunity. Brexit was divisive and it shows how disunited the UK is with the occupied region called "Northern Ireland" and the country of Scotland voting No to Brexit. The UK is literally split down the middle in the Brexit debacle which makes it politically disunited. Furthermore, the UK isn't a voluntary union because Scotland is actively being denied another independence referendum post Brexit - this, again, makes it a disunited partnership + an imbalanced and undemocratic one. Welsh and Scottish independence is growing while talks of Irish reunification are on everyone's lips - this, again, demonstrates a disunited and imbalanced union. Socially, culturally and linguistically it is also divided and disunited as the different parts have their own culture and language + Britain has become increasingly "British Asian". Brexit itself limits multiculturalism and encourages exclusive nationalism and nativism which in effect breeds racism and xenophobia (the very core of Brexit and Brexiteers). Try convincing yourself that Grim Britain is united, but it's DISUNITED and IMBALANCED as well as UNDEMOCRATIC and UNJUST. And it's actively breaking up which is the ultimate win 😅
@@imastaycool I would've loved to see an independent Scotland; I'm fairly certain that would've triggered the re-unification of Ireland. Unfortunately, the Scots threw away the chance of a lifetime and are tied Westminister by the hip--they won't be leaving anytime soon. As for the ROI, pretty sure they'll reclaim their land in the north.
@@AdvocateOfJamaica The first vote was pre Brexit so people were "happy" with the status quo, but now a lot has happened since 2014 ie Brexit madness. However, the SNP have let themselves down with scandals and division (very Tory of them). It will all happen in good time and organically - can't rush these things. Cheers, buddy.
Bertie aherne a man who said he use to change large amounts of euros for sterling ,with his Manchester business friend, and then bring the sterling back in brown envelopes
Still the same old slippery shleeveen. What happened the £20,000 Ahern sold the musket Paisley gifted him as taoiseach at the opening of the Battle of the Boyne museum?
He was Ireland finance minister who had no bank account. LET THAT SINK IN, and said his friend lent him thousands he struggled to explain the guy was very shady to say the least, we jailed criminal for the same thing
He ruined Ireland and then ran away from the mess at the time of the crash. Couldn't believe a word he says. He told us the Irish people he didn't have a bank account. Glad to see the back of him . We won't forget Ahern.
IMHO not necessarily that surprising considering that over the last 13 years Prime Minister have had short periods in Office. Joe Biden does not "hate" Britain . Neither do leaders in Dublin. The use of the word " hate" is more a reflection of the politics it originated from.
We are liked and have many allies.... this is exactly what gets on Little England's nerves. Our passport outranks theirs. We have a day in the calendar year when the world turns green. Our country is outperforming Little England. They cannot stand it.
I don't agree with Bertie on much but this I do understand what he is on about The Royal Family have visited the Republic of Ireland more often in the last decade than any British PM this is true ,all the Royals have been here on extended visits the Palace has way better relations than No 10 has ,I suspect that Brexit is the only reason...The relationship with the USA is very close just like mine is I know my American cousins, I actually do that is an Irish and an American thing, Ireland has her relationship with places like USA 🇺🇸 Canada 🇨🇦 Australia 🇦🇺 New Zealand Mexico 🇲🇽 even Argentina 🇦🇷 but something is wrong with the relationship with the UK 🇬🇧 even though direct family live there ...I am scratching my head..
@@Achilles66666 or could be the massive chip on their shoulders Brits have now that Ireland is twice as rich while the English peasants freeze and starve..
@@Achilles66666 i know like it the genocide off millions happened nearly 200 years ago, its not like the uk is still in ireland staking its claim anywhere and still holding parts off the country bsck
@@Achilles66666 hundreds of years ago we have only had peace since 1998. Someone needs to go back to school and if im not mistaken dont the english harp on about ww2 and ww1 a bit too much. No other nation mentions those wars as much as the english.
If the UK government had spent more time giving attention to the Irish government much of the humiliation around Brexit could have been avoided. Furthermore, one of the strands in the GFA is the relationship between London and Dublin. There should be plenty of time made for meetings between both sides.
Lol. Bertie went missing from politics for a long time after he destroyed the country. Now an presidential election is on the horizon he suddenly shows up .😮
When talking about the islands of Britain and Ireland please do not refer to them as the British Isles, the term British isles is not acceptable to the Irish.......calling these islands the British Isles is a mark of disrespect to Irish people, Irish people are not British. If Britain and Ireland are to have a collective name please call them the islands of Britain and Ireland or else the British and Irish Isles.
It's also odd when the leader of Ireland talks about housing for migrants but when asked would it not be better to house the Irish homeless and he saids no so 26 year old that have broke the law get better help than Ireland own something really wrong and sinister going on in the British isles
British goverment officials rarely have ever visited the republic of ireland wheather to do with politics or bussiness or to do with anything i could say never while irish politicians would have to travel to london i think british politicians bycott the irish republic 😮
Ireland? Just be yourselves. Stop using history. British Irish are far and away closer than American Irish. Even today there are countless Irish priests in England and Scotland. Look at the rugby players names. Americans hating the British and insulting the French when they can’t cook a simple meal at home is a joke.
Why we're drifting further and further appart everyday scence Brexit northern Ireland is the only thing we have in common these day's and we won't even have that in common after another 20/30 years when the Brexit effect on the UK makes a United Ireland essential for anyone who is serious about having either a job or a deasent standard of living.
There is no such thing as Ireland anymore its just a state of the EU . As macron himself said other day when uk negotiates with France on Channel boats , the uk has to a deal with the EU not france
I find it even more difficult to believe that Karen Bradley, who did not know that electoral choices in Northern Ireland are generally dictated along religious lines, was appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. I equally am at a loss as to how Bertie Ahern not having a bank account when Finance Minister is relevant to what is under discussion here.
How Irish is Biden really? His surname is English. Nine of his 16 great grandparents were certainly born in Ireland. However, at least four of them (in addition to Biden) carry Anglo-Norman, not Irish, surnames (Stanton, Arthur, Basquille and Blewitt). It would thus appear that the "Irish" half of his ancestry is equally divided between those who were part of the British Ascendancy and the other half among those oppressed by it. Indeed, given that the non-"Irish" part of his ancestry includes some English, he may well be more English than Irish! One can't help but feel that his "Irishness" is at least partly an intellectual choice based on domestic US political calculations.
Fair play to Bertie. Our greatest Taoiseach ever. His work on the GFA was outstanding. I would say UK Irish relations will improve when Keir Starmer becomes PM .
@@noodlyappendage6729 I wouldnt be a fan of Starmer but he will ensure there is a UK because Scotland will start voting Labour again and away from SNP . Wales will be happy with a Labour Government and institutions in NI will be up an running. The best friend of nationalists in Scotland was Boris Johnson.
@@seaniek9175 It was Labour that caused this trouble in the first place. They created the division we have today by creating all of these devolved parliaments. Now people can argue with each other more then they ever have done in history and about any unimportant topic. Before that the UK was a pretty stable place.
Also, anyone who knows anything about the USA is aware that they have massive internal problems of their own and should not judge other societies from afar………..
Ireland is not an ally of the United Kingdom it never has been since its inception we are at best uneasy neighbours who try to stay on speaking terms that will never change regardless of Brexit the N Irish protocol or the future of N Ireland as part of the UK.
There’s more that unites us then separates us. But the entire idea of a 32 county Irish socialist republic is an anti-UK idea from the outset. And that is the idea the RoI is based on. Northern Ireland will remain in the UK because that’s what the people there want. I’ve got a good game plan for the UK if you’d like to here it?
@@noodlyappendage6729 me too, as the pro United Ireland crowd will never give a breakdown. They say they want it and that's it, no making of any points
What about the Queen? Tit for tat from Bertie Ahern, over all the negative comments about Biden's gaff-laden visit. Seniors should not have charge of nuclear weapons.
Your king literally came to Limerick and played some traditional irish music. Wtf would we have against the pm he’s half Indian. If the king was safe pretty sure he would be safe too Anyway nobody here cares if he comes or not we don’t give two f”cks about Tory’s it’s just the wigs with a new name
One thing that truly astonishes me is that the relationship, often good, between the UK and Ireland predates that with the USA by centuries. Why can we not celebrate what we have in common for a change?!
The UK has treated Ireland extremely well since independence, despite the Republic actively supporting terrorism until quite recently. For example it was the UK that bailed-out the Ireland when it's banks failed, and Irish citizens have free movement to the UK to live and work, and even vote in elections, despite the way Ireland has behaved. These rights continue despite Brexit and the way the Irish government behaved during Brexit negotiations. Despite this, there is still a tiresome resentment and bitterness towards Britain.
@@duncan-xg9sh this rubbish has persisted for years. The IMF & ECB funded the bail out. The UK ultimately completed an opportunistic loan given at punishing interest rates and when Ireland tried to pay it back early, the UK refused. It’s long been repaid in full.
Chto ne govoryat o natsiskom rezhime Zelenskogo v Ukraine? Chto ne govoryat chto Russkiye pobezhdayut po vsem frontam i uzhe unichtozhen 1 nemetski tank Leopard.
I can never understand that two people who live on two separate islands that close to each other could just have so much animosity between them.... they look alike, but it's only the accents that tell these two people apart.
The problem comes from irredentist 32 county Irish republican types. They have a dislike for the UK and British Unionists. They want to see the UK and British Unionists gone. That’s what this whole thing stems from.
Don't forget about the 800 years of oppression though!.. It's not the British people. They're lovely. The animosity is for the British State / government.
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I'm not Aherns biggest fan but I have great respect for the effort and results himself and others achieved. We should never forget how bad it was.
UK PMs don't usually last long enough to make the trip next door these days.
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British Prime Ministers are irrelevant since Brexit no more British Empire we want relevant world leaders.
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I spoke to various people from around the world who said that the British PM leaving office when they have lost power is something many in Africa and Asia could only dream of from their leaders. It’s a sign democracy is working.
A love of Ireland does not necessarily equate a hatred of Great Britain. We must get out of that mindset.
It equates to the hatred of the United Kingdom. Which is my country. It’s not something I’m going to roll over on.
@@noodlyappendage6729 Pathetic.
@@noodlyappendage6729 Waiting with bated breath...what ya gonna do?
@@noodlyappendage6729 doesn't make sense
@@hapennyproductions3800 what doesn’t make sense?
I love Bertie I am not Irish no where near but I remember when they were working on the good Friday agreement he had his heart and soul in getting a agreement I remember his mother died during the time they were trying to come to a agreement I don’t like sky news
he's a crook.
He went to NI to help solve a problem and then returned to Dublin a few hours later to bury his mother.
@@taintabird23 but he came back again
Helped destroy the economy.
@@taintabird23 and bury his country in the process more like.
By referring to Ireland as the "British Isles", the interviewer is insulting Ireland. Ireland is not a British isle, it is not an accepted term in Ireland, and it was dispensed with officially even if it was not used by any self-respecting Irish person or politician. It was agreed by the British in the 1998 Agreement that they would desist from referring to Ireland in that way. But obviously the British and their media, Sky News, do not respect Ireland's independence and its right to name and describe their own country as they see fit. And despite his supercilious demeanor this Sky News person is no different to most other British presenters who maintain the same crass prejudice regarding Irish sovereignty and independence.
The term British Isles is part and parcel of antiquated notions of the British empire which are long gone.
The Brits use this term for Ireland to cause conflict as it's a political term.
Even UK law uses the term British Islands to refer to the UK, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man as a single collective entity, but does not include Ireland.
The manufactured term was introduced as the British Isles in the 16th/17th centuries by English and Welsh writers for both propaganda and political reasons.
The term itself was always controversial to the Irish, but became more so after the breakup of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1922.
The term is rejected by the Irish government, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Irish people.
The term was formally disavowed in September 2005 by the Irish Government when Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern famously stated:
"The British Isles is not an officially recognised term in any legal or inter-governmental sense. It is without any official status. The Government, including the Department of Foreign Affairs, does not use this term."
We reject it. It's just another manufactured British term to establish some sort of false dominance over another nation of people on a different island…
@@imastaycool not really... British Isles not owned by Britain aren't anymore British than the English channel is English.. stop being over sensitive. The term Britain comes from a name Ancient rome gave to the islands that today are Britain and Ireland... that's your historical link.. not empire. Britannia, used by the Romans from circa 55 BC. America is America... does that mean it owns south America? Does south America get upset about its land being called the continent of America? .. probably not. Its just a historical word.
All land today ruled by one leadership.. was once land that was ruled by many tribes.. and at some point in history conquest was how that land became one land.. in every situation. History...
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The news reader is a Brit in the UK on a British news programme. He is quite within his right to use the term British Isles. It’s not an insult to Ireland or the Irish. It’s only an insult to irredentist 32 county Irish socialist republicans.
@@joecater894no the Romans/Greek's called Ireland hibernina not the British Isles nowhere in roman or Greek history are both islands collectively called or referenced to by that name, it's a name of ownership over Ireland, English, Scottish or Welsh people might not see it that way but British people definitely do
My dad was born and reared in Ireland and emigrated to America, specifically New York in his late teens because there was no opportunity there. Today me, his son works for an Dublin, Ireland based tech company. Just returned from a trip there business and pleasure. Times change. Millions of Americans have strong family ties to Ireland including parent or grandparent born there. Ireland is family, don't mess with family.
This man knows his stuff regarding Ní why Ms Foster would make a childish statement like this is beyond a huge amount of people that knows the ropes
She's DUP no surprise there
The fact he calls it Northern Ireland.... Him and his ilk are more Brit the British.... Centuries of Patriots spin in graves because of actions and inactions of these Plastic Patriots
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Arlene had her own family tragedy during the troubles and her friend injured in a bomb on their school bus so she has her issues which clouds her judgement.
Ireland is seen by the US and EU as a team player. Enough said.
Who gives a fiddlers about Arlene or Johnston …Berty doesn’t nor do most Irish
Bertie knows a bit about fiddling.
Is he a musician?
He is a disgrace, his corruption still shadows his fall. And his party has never fully recovered from the scandal of bribery.
In the long run his party will disappear. Now that Sinn Fein has emerged as a third major party there is no rationale for a Fianna Fáil party. The electorate has a clear choice between a business friendly Fine Gael and a populist Sinn Fein which have stolen the role of both Labour and Fianna Fáil. Fianna Fáil is in effect a coalition of the two options and its members might as well choice the party representing that option. They will likely survive until then as a junior coalition partner of both of the other parties. At a certain point they will merge with one of these parties with those uncomfortable with the merger bolting and joining the other.
He may be a disgrace. But I can't think of much during this interview in which he was wrong. The British are finding it difficult to accept the terrible consequences of the Brexit vote.
Bertie stammers on about ‘cross community agreement/support’ in altering an agreement, when an international agreement can’t be altered, viz the GF/Belfast agreement BUT HE UTTERLY fails to make the same connection to the backstop,NIP and the Windsor Agreement!
Bertie always spoke with forked tongue and she hasn’t matured him!
The ironical thing is that the loyalist paramilitaries ‘liked’ him- strange!!
Trever got schooled
Ahern as president, NEVER EVER, HE LEFT POLITICS BECAUSE OF HIS SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOUR.....
Berties memory has really improved over the years - he must be on strange cocktail of memory tablets?
Maybe Bertie should take him Horse Racing, Bertie is very Lucky at the races.
Because uk is salty that Ireland is getting better and uk is getting worse every day
unlikely. whilst ireland is a nice place, it is far less significant power than UK (roi gdp is 1/6'ish of UK). Frankly, UKgov are highly unlikely to carry any grudge.. politics simply doesn't work that way..
Ireland is another EU shithole
@@joecater894I don't think they are talking about "power".
@@joecater894 gdp per capita says differently pal and so does the standard of living too.
@@joecater894 GDP is irrelevant to everyday citizens, gdp per capita is what matters which Ireland has double that of the UK.
What does this broadcaster trevoir mean by the british isles😮 because the republic of ireland has nothing to do with the british isles 🤨
Trevor is trying to get this guy to talk about Trevor’s narrative. It really does show where Sky “News” sits. This type of interview never occurs when UK government/Brexit ministers are interviewed. NI will never be sorted. Brexit was the final straw. Even my wife said to me the NI land border would be a major problem. Love how Trevor mentioned “the protocol” .. whoops .. he of course meant the “Windsor Framework” .. Protocol 2 by another name.
Even a sniff of a border on my island again and it'll be the coldest, darkest and most miserable days ahead for unionists and Brexiteers alike...
It will never happen.
@@imastaycoolYou want to go and talk to the EU about that mate. The RoI is the EU member not the UK.
@@noodlyappendage6729 That is not necessary as that is what the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference is for, but the UK PM needs to start attending.
@@taintabird23 It isn’t needed. The UK can deal with its own business and territory and the RoI can deal with its own business and territory.
@@noodlyappendage6729 In relation to NI, it cannot.
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The land of the crooks.
Perhaps best to keep that subject well and truly out of it.
What's Ireland ever done?
@@Kevin-lf4xx which land is that?
As opposed to a land of invaders, colonisers and partitionists who spent centuries robbing food, jewels and even people from other countries....
Do one, little Englander.
The number of leading questions in this interview. Mr Ahern was more than able to sidestep the silly stuff and I think he was trying not to laugh at some points.
Its ok we have had enough "visits" by first the English and then the British over the last couple of hundred years. Just leave us alone.
As an English person I hang my head I'm shame because of the cancer the royal family hsv vcaused no only to the Irish but to the world!! Strange how Ukraine soldiers are brave because they want their land from Russia but the IRA are terrorists for wanting their land from the British royal family!! I notice Charles is getting well into politics, the wef, .....no longer ruling from behind his government but out in the open..... government is merely an illusion given to the u$€[€$$ €@t€r$ because they were tired of being overthrown! They're nothing but parasites the BRF and the politicians! Wish they'd leave is all alone! Time to end the monarchy andvreturn Ireland to it's rightful owner also Wales and Scotland!
Yet there's more 'Irish' living in the uk, than in Ireland.....
@@barneymagee3285 what did George Bernard Shaw once say ah the Irish which he was one can't wait to leave the place 🤣
@@barneymagee3285we'll swap for the British of the North and we'll take back whoever claims to be Irish
@@niallkelly2990 I have thought that for a long time all the Irish Catholics in Britain go back to Ireland and all the unionists return to Scotland and the North of England where they originate from but then what would the Irish have to complain about then they will never be happy always play the victims 😏😏
This man should be in jail !!!!
Along with half of parliament in the uk
A crook and a chancer.
I'm not a huge Bertie fan but I like the way he very subtly suggested that the British government to stop living in the past which Brexit is basically a consequence of.
Well lets be honest. Britain was a lot better in the past compared to the state it's in now
@@ballshippin3809 : Well, how much better was it in the past? Remember, in the past Britain mainly survived by invading other countries and territories. There they engaged in killing, enslaving or otherwise subjugating the local native peoples. Then they stole their lands and natural resources in order to enrich a relatively small number of self entitled people back in England. That’s how Britain lived and survived. Of course that kind of behaviour wouldn’t be tolerated nowadays so Britain has to do things differently and toe the line but Britons don’t seem to get that fact…
@@ballshippin3809 especially under Tony Blair give him that too much unfair by daft leftys and rightys
@@RobertK1993 The UK has been a broken country since 1945. We are a vassal state of the US and the adoption of liberalism has led to the degeneracy we see today, it was inevitable that we would get a psychopath like Tony Blair in power.
Why do all the Irish people support an English football team and Glasgow Celtic. Instead of cork. Shamrock rovers. Sligo etc etc. and come to Britain every week. British people support British teams. And not Dundalk bohemians Galway etc. anyone know why this is.
I welcome the hate that the dup has for all things irish. It only advances the day of eventual reunification. Their bile has no effect on us , but it massively alienates the moderate nationalists in the north who would ordinarily be quite happy with the status quo. So I smile at the idiocy of their position.
The 'moderate' nationalists of "the north" , love their PIP payments and their good old British mobility cars too much.....
Britain and even the UK as a whole is disunited politically, socially, culturally and linguistically.
The poor political choices and decisions of Brexit have made the lack of unity ever clearer for the entire world to see.
It's not just disunited, it's also completely imbalanced.
Politically, it has devolved governments, but most of the power lies in Tory Westminster which has the UK at political loggerheads. These devolved governments squabble and fight amongst each other which details the disunity.
Brexit was divisive and it shows how disunited the UK is with the occupied region called "Northern Ireland" and the country of Scotland voting No to Brexit.
The UK is literally split down the middle in the Brexit debacle which makes it politically disunited.
Furthermore, the UK isn't a voluntary union because Scotland is actively being denied another independence referendum post Brexit - this, again, makes it a disunited partnership + an imbalanced and undemocratic one.
Welsh and Scottish independence is growing while talks of Irish reunification are on everyone's lips - this, again, demonstrates a disunited and imbalanced union.
Socially, culturally and linguistically it is also divided and disunited as the different parts have their own culture and language + Britain has become increasingly "British Asian".
Brexit itself limits multiculturalism and encourages exclusive nationalism and nativism which in effect breeds racism and xenophobia (the very core of Brexit and Brexiteers).
Try convincing yourself that Grim Britain is united, but it's DISUNITED and IMBALANCED as well as UNDEMOCRATIC and UNJUST.
And it's actively breaking up which is the ultimate win 😅
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@@imastaycool I would've loved to see an independent Scotland; I'm fairly certain that would've triggered the re-unification of Ireland. Unfortunately, the Scots threw away the chance of a lifetime and are tied Westminister by the hip--they won't be leaving anytime soon.
As for the ROI, pretty sure they'll reclaim their land in the north.
@@AdvocateOfJamaica The first vote was pre Brexit so people were "happy" with the status quo, but now a lot has happened since 2014 ie Brexit madness.
However, the SNP have let themselves down with scandals and division (very Tory of them).
It will all happen in good time and organically - can't rush these things.
Cheers, buddy.
Bertie aherne a man who said he use to change large amounts of euros for sterling ,with his Manchester business friend, and then bring the sterling back in brown envelopes
Most foreigners have used Britain at some stage 😂😂😂😂😂
I wonder did he,open a bank account yet.
If it's in a brown envelope its legal and above board in fianna fall
Still the same old slippery shleeveen. What happened the £20,000 Ahern sold the musket Paisley gifted him as taoiseach at the opening of the Battle of the Boyne museum?
Aww, little Johnny English with his perfect timed whataboutism. What a🤡🤡🤡🤡....😶😶😶😶
He was Ireland finance minister who had no bank account. LET THAT SINK IN, and said his friend lent him thousands he struggled to explain the guy was very shady to say the least, we jailed criminal for the same thing
Jerakala like most of FF and FG they spent most if not all of their time in government ripping off their own people
Why is boris not in jail???
bertie ahern cost the taxpayer 300 million due to his level of corruption.
With the state of the country at the moment you'd be thinking why has Bertie shown up now, wtf have this useless government got planned next .
He ruined Ireland and then ran away from the mess at the time of the crash. Couldn't believe a word he says. He told us the Irish people he didn't have a bank account. Glad to see the back of him . We won't forget Ahern.
NI is part of the UK until there are problems. Then suddenly they are Irish problem. Funny that.
IMHO not necessarily that surprising considering that over the last 13 years Prime Minister have had short periods in Office.
Joe Biden does not "hate" Britain . Neither do leaders in Dublin.
The use of the word " hate" is more a reflection of the politics it originated from.
It's just Brexiteers and orangemen playing the victim.
Not a fan of this crooked man
English is embarrassed by the dismissal failure of Brexit
How can one not like the Irish, just look at that kind face and welcoming smile! 🇺🇸💙🇮🇪💙🇬🇧
This man is a thug. Your generalizations are getting in the way of reality. He was and still is a f**Ker. No chance he'd win for president in Ireland.
That kind face and welcoming smile as minister for finance once said he "never had a bank account". Google Mahon Inquiry.
We are liked and have many allies.... this is exactly what gets on Little England's nerves.
Our passport outranks theirs.
We have a day in the calendar year when the world turns green.
Our country is outperforming Little England.
They cannot stand it.
@@imastaycool So what's your problem? Go play with your 'friends'.😄
@@MultiCugel it’s clear that the U.K. has the ‘problem’.
Maybe grow up a little?
I don't agree with Bertie on much but this I do understand what he is on about The Royal Family have visited the Republic of Ireland more often in the last decade than any British PM this is true ,all the Royals have been here on extended visits the Palace has way better relations than No 10 has ,I suspect that Brexit is the only reason...The relationship with the USA is very close just like mine is I know my American cousins, I actually do that is an Irish and an American thing, Ireland has her relationship with places like USA 🇺🇸 Canada 🇨🇦 Australia 🇦🇺 New Zealand Mexico 🇲🇽 even Argentina 🇦🇷 but something is wrong with the relationship with the UK 🇬🇧 even though direct family live there ...I am scratching my head..
@@Achilles66666 or could be the massive chip on their shoulders Brits have now that Ireland is twice as rich while the English peasants freeze and starve..
@@papi8659
Ouch 🤣
And people here don’t starve.. people are FATTER than ever
@@Achilles66666 i know like it the genocide off millions happened nearly 200 years ago, its not like the uk is still in ireland staking its claim anywhere and still holding parts off the country bsck
@@Achilles66666 hundreds of years ago we have only had peace since 1998. Someone needs to go back to school and if im not mistaken dont the english harp on about ww2 and ww1 a bit too much. No other nation mentions those wars as much as the english.
How about getting along guys?! It is long overdue……….
Because we arent desperate for 'Irish' votes the way Americans are!
That’s right! Plus what is there to talk about? We have the Belfast Agreement now it’s sorted.
If the UK government had spent more time giving attention to the Irish government much of the humiliation around Brexit could have been avoided. Furthermore, one of the strands in the GFA is the relationship between London and Dublin. There should be plenty of time made for meetings between both sides.
@@charles-sp7op yes. It’s sorted. The Belfast Agreement sorted that Northern Ireland belong to the UK once and for all. Job done ✅
@@noodlyappendage6729 unless a majority votes to reunite with Ireland and a majority in Ireland want to annex them.
I wonder how he paid for this advertisement?
UK. Should be leaving another Ireland 🇮🇪UK is occupier
Well said Bertie
All Trevor had to ask is, does Mr ahern have a revolut account?
I recall that when he was Minister of Finance he did not have a bank account.
He had the wardrobe
Or ask him about the time he told economists warning of a crash coming to "go k@@@ themselves" before the crash came that required an IMF/EU bail out.
Wonder how his betting account is doing.
A bit odd that bertie escaped prison time after his corruption in 2010.
Lol.
Bertie went missing from politics for a long time after he destroyed the country.
Now an presidential election is on the horizon he suddenly shows up .😮
And he will be elected!! The Irish need to look at themselves before pointing the finger at the UK always.
I’ll vote for him
Jesus Christ, he's hard to look at!
Should have asked him if he backed the winner of the Grand National yesterday.
yup
It's a bit odd, that in 2023, some politicians still covet another countries territory..
26 + 6 = 1
Get Britain out of Ireland!
@@stephenkane1074 26+6+22+48+33=1
When talking about the islands of Britain and Ireland please do not refer to them as the British Isles, the term British isles is not acceptable to the Irish.......calling these islands the British Isles is a mark of disrespect to Irish people, Irish people are not British. If Britain and Ireland are to have a collective name please call them the islands of Britain and Ireland or else the British and Irish Isles.
I object to the term British Isles. It is a total insult to Ireland and it's people.
brown envelopes and no bank accounts 🐷🐷 and a titanium neck as requirement
He is right not to have a bank account! He was on the 🏝
What job is that? Sunak could not wipe his backside with out making a mess of the job.
Bertie had the audacity to tell the tribunal he had no bank accounts.the man is a gangster
So what about Boris Johnson
Tresa may snubbed Ireland when she refused the honour of addressing the joint sitting of the Dáil
It's also odd when the leader of Ireland talks about housing for migrants but when asked would it not be better to house the Irish homeless and he saids no so 26 year old that have broke the law get better help than Ireland own something really wrong and sinister going on in the British isles
Ireland is not a British Isle.
Up the new Irish. We are a proud rainbow nation with ever increasing diversity. Tiocfaidh ár lá!
@@bernarendefmarn4429 Enjoy your new Islamic caliphate within a few decades 😆
@@ballshippin3809 We'll be fine, we survived the British.
@@taintabird23 Then get ready for the 2nd plantation, inshallah.
Fraud
British goverment officials rarely have ever visited the republic of ireland wheather to do with politics or bussiness or to do with anything i could say never while irish politicians would have to travel to london i think british politicians bycott the irish republic 😮
Why would a British leader visit Ireland? The Republic of Ireland won't even contribute to the RAFs defence of Irish airspace
Ireland? Just be yourselves. Stop using history. British Irish are far and away closer than American Irish. Even today there are countless Irish priests in England and Scotland. Look at the rugby players names. Americans hating the British and insulting the French when they can’t cook a simple meal at home is a joke.
Yeah should be more visits on both sides.
Why we're drifting further and further appart everyday scence Brexit northern Ireland is the only thing we have in common these day's and we won't even have that in common after another 20/30 years when the Brexit effect on the UK makes a United Ireland essential for anyone who is serious about having either a job or a deasent standard of living.
There is no such thing as Ireland anymore its just a state of the EU . As macron himself said other day when uk negotiates with France on Channel boats , the uk has to a deal with the EU not france
Matters relating to the Belfast Agreement are bi-lateral between the UK and Ireland.
Ships are sinking but the orchestra is amazing
A Chancer, !!! No not Chancellor! No indeed, never had a Bank account, no !!did not need one,, loved the Horsis,,yup a great man for the Horsis !
reformed conman is he?
The DUP...no no and always no
The years have not been kind to Bertie . 😊
Ahhh Bertie the bollix
Adams for president
God help us then IT’s peace we want.
@@bobbymcculloch2451 Adams was a bigger part of the piece process than Bertie.
Adams is a piece maker
Bertie is making a welcome comeback, we need him now to get rid of varuka, little Mickey and sleepy green. Let Bertie build.
If Bertie is going to run for president he will have to overcome Jerry.
Jerry who
@@bobbymcculloch2451 JORRRY there is only one JORRY ADDAMS 🇮🇪😎🇮🇪
How’s that ?
Still never heard of him. I’ve heard your name. William.
Neither of those chancers will be getting my vote anyway.
The last (only) time an Irish PM has visited the uk was in 2014.
to be fair, who would want to visit the UK?
Too much congestion for small UK
I'm pretty sure this is wrong!
@@edwardbernthal160 If I had a trade, or won the lottery, I'd leave myself.
It was only last year, 22nd March 2022
I find it extremely difficult to deal with that our finance minister Mr Bertie Ahern did not have a bank account.
I find it even more difficult to believe that Karen Bradley, who did not know that electoral choices in Northern Ireland are generally dictated along religious lines, was appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. I equally am at a loss as to how Bertie Ahern not having a bank account when Finance Minister is relevant to what is under discussion here.
He was a devotee of the two pocket system 🥸🇮🇪
How Irish is Biden really? His surname is English. Nine of his 16 great grandparents were certainly born in Ireland. However, at least four of them (in addition to Biden) carry Anglo-Norman, not Irish, surnames (Stanton, Arthur, Basquille and Blewitt). It would thus appear that the "Irish" half of his ancestry is equally divided between those who were part of the British Ascendancy and the other half among those oppressed by it. Indeed, given that the non-"Irish" part of his ancestry includes some English, he may well be more English than Irish! One can't help but feel that his "Irishness" is at least partly an intellectual choice based on domestic US political calculations.
Americans would rather admit to having chlamydia running through their veins than English blood. Surely that's what needs addressing.
@@Backpfeifengesicht45 I’m English American and proud
@@TheIceman567 a rarity
Because uk is a coward😂😂
More like Ireland is irrelevant 😂
The boi
Fair play to Bertie. Our greatest Taoiseach ever. His work on the GFA was outstanding. I would say UK Irish relations will improve when Keir Starmer becomes PM .
I agree he is fair!
There won’t be a UK if Starmer becomes PM.
@@noodlyappendage6729 I wouldnt be a fan of Starmer but he will ensure there is a UK because Scotland will start voting Labour again and away from SNP . Wales will be happy with a Labour Government and institutions in NI will be up an running. The best friend of nationalists in Scotland was Boris Johnson.
The man is a crook.
@@seaniek9175 It was Labour that caused this trouble in the first place. They created the division we have today by creating all of these devolved parliaments. Now people can argue with each other more then they ever have done in history and about any unimportant topic. Before that the UK was a pretty stable place.
Oven ready deal must be reheated
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
Betty took thirty
Another ganster with no bank account
Rip off merchants.
Also, anyone who knows anything about the USA is aware that they have massive internal problems of their own and should not judge other societies from afar………..
Spoken like your neighborhood British hysterical blowhard....😶😶😶🤡🤡🤡🤡
Bertie knows what he is talking about Trevor!
Rishi done a good job😂😂
hes ok him....
I watched Idris Elba in the movie Beast, thumbs up recommend 👍
Another thief
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Ireland is not an ally of the United Kingdom it never has been since its inception we are at best uneasy neighbours who try to stay on speaking terms that will never change regardless of Brexit the N Irish protocol or the future of N Ireland as part of the UK.
There’s more that unites us then separates us. But the entire idea of a 32 county Irish socialist republic is an anti-UK idea from the outset. And that is the idea the RoI is based on. Northern Ireland will remain in the UK because that’s what the people there want. I’ve got a good game plan for the UK if you’d like to here it?
@@noodlyappendage6729 I'd very much like to
@@noodlyappendage6729 me too, as the pro United Ireland crowd will never give a breakdown. They say they want it and that's it, no making of any points
and yet we need the british navy and air force to defend our airspace and waters lol.
@@G94-u4c that's very true its an odd relationship the British/Irish one for sure.
When we can put the border where it belongs instead of around enermy encampments in the North it's bad enough a French colony In the south
Our viewers in Ireland??
British Isles??
Ah lads, grow up.
Friend of Gerry Adams....
So what does being anti British mean?
I don't think it odd for anyone to not want to visit Ireland 😕
What about the Queen?
Tit for tat from Bertie Ahern, over all the negative comments about Biden's gaff-laden visit.
Seniors should not have charge of nuclear weapons.
What Gaffe ?
Why would they. UK leader wouldn’t be safe to visit. Better not to bother.
Check that with your King and his mother before opening your ignorant mouth.
Only in the north not safe in the republic your very safe
Loads of Brit’s living here in Republic we moved on . Northern Ireland wild north
Your king literally came to Limerick and played some traditional irish music.
Wtf would we have against the pm he’s half Indian. If the king was safe pretty sure he would be safe too
Anyway nobody here cares if he comes or not we don’t give two f”cks about Tory’s it’s just the wigs with a new name
One thing that truly astonishes me is that the relationship, often good, between the UK and Ireland predates that with the USA by centuries. Why can we not celebrate what we have in common for a change?!
The UK has treated Ireland extremely poorly and the US the opposite.
@@LeMerch ireland has treated itself rather poor actually. Grown men crying about religion splitting a country
Irelands relationship with the UK lacked consent. Whereas Ireland/USA relationship is much more natural
The UK has treated Ireland extremely well since independence, despite the Republic actively supporting terrorism until quite recently. For example it was the UK that bailed-out the Ireland when it's banks failed, and Irish citizens have free movement to the UK to live and work, and even vote in elections, despite the way Ireland has behaved. These rights continue despite Brexit and the way the Irish government behaved during Brexit negotiations. Despite this, there is still a tiresome resentment and bitterness towards Britain.
@@duncan-xg9sh this rubbish has persisted for years. The IMF & ECB funded the bail out. The UK ultimately completed an opportunistic loan given at punishing interest rates and when Ireland tried to pay it back early, the UK refused. It’s long been repaid in full.
Maybe it's time for the UK to give Ireland part of its country back.
Or stop calling us the British isles like both our population and government have clearly asked them. That would be a start
There is a world of difference between what joe bidden thinks of the UK and the US as a hole
Who thinks of the UK and the US as a hole. It's nit very polite to think of two famous countries like that.
Chto ne govoryat o natsiskom rezhime Zelenskogo v Ukraine? Chto ne govoryat chto Russkiye pobezhdayut po vsem frontam i uzhe unichtozhen 1 nemetski tank Leopard.
Slava Ukraïni
The UK armed forces are implicitly responsible for the defence of Ireland. That should not be forgotten.
Let America defend them instead. I'm sure they could base a carrier permanently off the Irish coast.
@@B-A-LAmerica will always defend Ireland!
@@anniegrath1417 well said
Bahahahhhhaaaaaa
And don’t forget all the Irishmen who fought and died in your world wars!
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Excellent man Johnson 😢😢😢
No he and his supporters are uneducated Brexiteer clowns 🃏
Hardly strange given the incompetence of the Tories.
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I can never understand that two people who live on two separate islands that close to each other could just have so much animosity between them.... they look alike, but it's only the accents that tell these two people apart.
This is not about skin colour ffs....
The problem comes from irredentist 32 county Irish republican types. They have a dislike for the UK and British Unionists. They want to see the UK and British Unionists gone. That’s what this whole thing stems from.
Lots of anti-english sentiment at the moment in Ireland.
@@noodlyappendage6729 That simple is it?
Don't forget about the 800 years of oppression though!.. It's not the British people. They're lovely. The animosity is for the British State / government.