John Hume Ggggggggggooooooonnnnnnneeeeee

[EnergiseR]

Who would have thunk Winnie's hand across the water would break PR. A good journo mate went on the piss with Hume one night and says he is one of the nicest most genuine lads you would have met and he has met them all

[Camroc2]

A true Irish patriot, without whom there would not be peace in Ireland today.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilis.

[EnergiseR]

Done already. Inauspicious start to this new dawn

[Nols]

Legend. Did a phenomenal amount for his country.

[EnergiseR]

He really did. I see they are saying after a short illness but tbf he had dementia for years the poor sod. People forget the strain he was under. Puts the crap Michelle and Arlene get up to in context. This article is from.around when he stepped down and it's pretty visceral https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ernireland

[redderneck]

If there was a decent example of patriotism, he was its embodiment, for me. Not a pol, but a statesman. RIP. A hat tip to his father, who set it all in motion with "you can't eat a flag..."

The island has lost one of the greats of my lifetime; if not the greatest. I'll open a good bottle tonight.

[Camroc2]

If there was a decent example of patriotism, he was its embodiment, for me. Not a pol, but a statesman. RIP. A hat tip to his father, who set it all in motion with "you can't eat a flag..."

The island has lost one of the greats of my lifetime; if not the greatest. I'll open a good bottle tonight.

+ 1

If ever a man deserved a parting glass........a deoch an doras, that man is John Hume.

Sláinte, agus ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

[EnergiseR]

Realistically there won't be many remembered as fondly as him again

[bogbunny]

FHHD


RIP and thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping to sort out a lot of the shit in God's wee country. Thoughts with John's family and friends.

[dob]

He really did. I see they are saying after a short illness but tbf he had dementia for years the poor sod. People forget the strain he was under. Puts the crap Michelle and Arlene get up to in context. This article is from.around when he stepped down and it's pretty visceral https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ernireland

That's a very good article.

RIP.

[EnergiseR]

I think it gives a window into his boozing which could be boozy

[Sandstorm]

I think it gives a window into his boozing which could be boozy

He's Irish....

[EnergiseR]

I think it gives a window into his boozing which could be boozy

He's Irish....

A lot of people drank excessively in his generation. That has changed significantly for a significant proportion of the population. I always got the sense Hume was pained by a lot of what he saw, what he had to do, the compromises he had to make and just drank to dull a lot of it. He was a lovely drunk by all accounts. Anyway his boozing ensured he wasn't a saint and who the fück wants one of them

[Lazy couch potato]

Ar dheis dé

A true patriot!!!


Because of the likes of him I can head north to watch a game of rugby without worrying if some headbanger has decided today’s the day for an auld carbomb

I’ll always remember him crying at that funeral. Fuckssake showed the ridiculousness of it all

[Munster man!!!!!]

He is a absolute hero of a man. RIP. This island owes him alot