{"id":2605,"date":"2016-03-21T02:22:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T02:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2016-03-21T02:22:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T02:22:16","slug":"myths-of-ireland-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/myths-of-ireland-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Myths of Ireland Present"},"content":{"rendered":"

No more we talk of the Tuatha De Dannan
\nOr the Danish fort dwelling Aos Si
\nNo more of the Pooka or walking the Fairy Paths
\nThe myths we tell is the reality that we see
\nSpread in manifestos handed out by liars at the door
\nDenied and broken when the election is won
\nIts what you do in an election one let slip
\nBefore more myths of Ireland present before us are spun…<\/p>\n

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\"No
No one really believed Fianna Fail when they said that abolishing Irish Water was a red line issue in the midst of Election 2016 here in Ireland. The speed they went back on their word did catch is all by surprise…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not a week after the election, Fianna Fail said that Irish Water was “not a red line issue” after campaigning to abolish it. As political promises go, it was a record how fast it was broken…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No more we talk of the Tuatha De Dannan Or the Danish fort dwelling Aos Si No more of the Pooka or walking the Fairy Paths The myths we tell is the reality that we see Spread in manifestos handed out by liars at the door Denied and broken when …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[571,55,54,130],"tags":[2720,2722,1201,962,2721],"class_list":["post-2605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austerity","category-current-affairs-in-ireland","category-ireland","category-politics","tag-election","tag-fianna-fail","tag-irish-water","tag-myths","tag-promises","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-G1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":676,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-dreams-of-de-valera\/","url_meta":{"origin":2605,"position":0},"title":"The Dreams of De Valera","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"23rd September 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"It is empty, the road, now There is no music, or sport. 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