Gawker: the irish

Happy St. Patrick's Day! (Except to Seven of You)

Richard — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:28:13 EDT

Just as St. Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland, four thousand years ago today, we are expelling some commenters on this fine Irish morning. Some were nasty or offensive, others rather obtuse and pigheaded. Some were nominated by you, others sealed their own fate when they hit "submit comment." Others still remain, slithering their way around the site, but rest assured that we'll catch you. Now, where's our parade? Find the banished after the jump.

JakobLodwik, because we don't think he's real.
TheBigDoggy, because of this and this.
badgertale, because we are scared of Carrie's mother and other nuts.
IronSheik, because you asked for it, and we don't disagree.
Arundel, for failing to see the difference between gossip and fact.
mitchel_stevens, for failing to maintain perspective.
freeoverunders, because eww.

Reebok Creates Fine Footwear For The Discerning Irish Fashionista

abalk2 — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:05:34 EDT

Hello, Irish friends! Why not spend this holiday running from the cops in style? Reebok has released a St. Patrick's day shoe that, should you be able to keep from puking on it, will not only look elegant but also feel oh-so-comfortable while you're kicking some pink-shirted guy into the gutter.

Reebok's St. Patrick's Day Special [Complex]

Irish People Demand Right To Drink Anywhere

abalk2 — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:54:31 EDT

So a bunch of angry Irish folks have put down their pints of Powers Gold Label long enough to feel aggrieved by something, which, let's face it, is their favorite thing to do after getting plastered and blowing up cars in heavily-populated areas anyway. This time Seamus and Co. are upset about "a St. Patrick's Day liquor ban on New York's commuter railroads, calling the move a gross act of stereotyping and discrimination."

"It definitely looks like stereotyping, and that's what the MTA should be faulted for," state Senator Martin Golden, a Republican of Brooklyn who is Irish, said. "Some people do get out of control, but to focus on that day, and on certain segments of the population like that, is totally wrongheaded."

All of which seems reasonable enough until you think back to, oh, just about any St. Patrick's Day you've ever spent avoiding belligerent paddies puking in alleyways and bitching about the British.

And have any of you tried to take the LIRR on that particular holiday? You could drown in the rivers of barf and blood. Plus you basically have to step over the bodies of battered gays to get off at Massapequa.

Whatever. You don't like it, Golden? Why don't you go on a hunger strike? It worked for Bobby Sands!

Ban of Liquor on St. Patrick's Riles Railroad Commuters [NYS]
Related: There's a profile of model Irishman Shane MacGowan in today's Times.