Comments on: Irish sports star Dónal Óg Cusack reveals he’s gay

By: Rod Chisholm

Rod Chisholm — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:57:41 +0000

Well done to him,it must of been pretty stressing for him to COME OUT, it is a shame football and rugby have not had the courage to have anybody COME OUT, this is the 21st century and ought to be more acceptable, on a lighter note he is pretty HOT.

By: Rose

Rose — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:43:43 +0000

And I STILL don’t get the Cork joke.

By: Rose

Rose — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:28:11 +0000

Well, if I find out it wasn’t, he’ll feel the lash of an Irish woman’s ire!

The support does everyone credit. but there’s also an article about homophobic chants at matches. not so good. I suppose he never expected universal approval, though.

By: AdrianT

AdrianT — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:31:25 +0000

I am sure Johnny’s comment were in jest, Rose

The support for Dónal does Ireland great credit.

By: theotherone

theotherone — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:34:32 +0000

JP: there’s nothing wrong with a good curse word here and there.

Personally I fvcl1ng love it

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:07:22 +0000

Exactly.

Now will somebody please explain the ‘Cork’ joke! Or is it too rude for my innocent ears?

By: Jean-Paul Bentham

Jean-Paul Bentham — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:08:48 +0000

Rose:

I’m with you. The English language has become universal because of its distinct ability to express thoughts, emotions and feelings clearly.

Wanna-be wits and sarcastic jokers need years of extra education, or else their comments come across like an ambigious lead baloon.

Those who have mastered the language, like you, hardly ever use sarcasm or swaer words to put a point across.

For example, there is nothing in the following ststement to indicate that it is sarcastic…nothing at all:

“Backward , intolerant Irish”

Comment by Johnny — October 20, 2009 @ 17:19

In fact, my reaction was identical to yours. The remark is neither sarcastic nor ambigious. Just plain stupid, eh Johnny.

Allow me to emphasize my point by quoting a comment that makes perfect sense, and which is loaded with clear meaning in excellent English, e.g., Will(22):

“Fantastic news, and what a brave man. All the sweeter this news is given his universal acceptance by GAA fans! For our British cousins reading this, the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) are not usually considered the most liberal of organisations in Ireland, so this is a big step for them, and a shining example of how Ireland is long past the 1940′s days of catholic domination.”

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:15:26 +0000

Well, thats the problem with text. Sarcasm doesn’t come across. It just looked like racism to me. I suppose its possible he was responding to Mick in post 26., who was either being sarcastic or doing a bad impression of a backwards Irishman, which doesn’t work in text, either. Anyway, the point still stands. The Irish are no worse than anyone else in this case.

give us a break, captcha! What the heck does THAT say?

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:53:32 +0000

Rose, looked to me like Johnny was being sarcastic

Good on young Donal!

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:42:11 +0000

Excuse me, Johnny? Racism is just as unwelcome here as homophobia. The GAA is no more backward or intolerant in this issue as the English FA or the Rugby League, and I am sure I read something a while back about the problems of being a gay American Football player.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:19:38 +0000

Backward , intolerant Irish

By: Glenn Fairclough

Glenn Fairclough — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:18:43 +0000

Well done and thank you… sports people need to be brave and tell it like it is… challenging the status quo and homophobia from the inside!!!

By: Mick

Mick — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:18:01 +0000

What an absolute disgrace! Jeezus , Mary and Joseph!

By: skybluedub

skybluedub — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:52:07 +0000

Was delighted to hear the news, he should be commended. All we need now is the Eircom League Players to come out.

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:46:02 +0000

Still don’t get the Cork joke, though.

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:45:24 +0000

Lets hope he’s not the only gay in the GAA for long.

I second that, and a knock on effect in other sports would be good.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:41:14 +0000

“I’m thinking about it. Don’t get it.”

Yeah, neither do I… maybe if his home town was called ‘Penis”, then yeah. But it would still be a cheap giggle

Fantastic news, and what a brave man. All the sweeter this news is given his universal acceptance by GAA fans! For our British cousins reading this, the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) are not usually considered the most liberal of organisations in Ireland, so this is a big step for them, and a shining example of how Ireland is long past the 1940′s days of catholic domination.

Lets hope he’s not the only gay in the GAA for long.

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:37:02 +0000

Maybe if they didn’t discriminate against devout but gay men there would be more ordinations and more understanding of real christianity in the Catholic church.

By: Simon Murphy

Simon Murphy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:06:47 +0000

No 12: Dave: “Hopefully, young Irish men contemplating the priesthood will read his book first.”

Last year only 2 catholic priests were ordained in the entire country of Ireland. Catholicism is as good as dead in Ireland.

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:08:32 +0000

I’m thinking about it. Don’t get it.