{"id":3226,"date":"2016-10-15T00:26:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T23:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3226"},"modified":"2016-10-15T00:26:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T23:26:40","slug":"no-handshakes-offered-at-the-most-tragic-funerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/no-handshakes-offered-at-the-most-tragic-funerals\/","title":{"rendered":"No Handshakes Offered at the Most Tragic Funerals"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Remembering<\/a>
Remembering the dead as a result of repossessions and austerity… Pic: Bohermore Graveyard in Galway City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dedicated to and in memory of those who killed themselves as they could not cope with austerity and banks taking their houses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The dead to them unknown, they come, stand the living
\nSo they will be remembered at election time, when folk their votes are giving
\nA affront to God and decency, for decency its mistaken
\nBlind to the fact its self promotion, opportunity taken.<\/p>\n

But the suicides from austerity – the suits will not be seen
\nFree from false condolences there tragic events have been:
\nThey will not show at the funerals or the wakes
\nAs Ireland buried her children, dead through their mistakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dedicated to and in memory of those who killed themselves as they could not cope with austerity and banks taking their houses. The dead to them unknown, they come, stand the living So they will be remembered at election time, when folk their votes are giving A affront to God …<\/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],"tags":[2812,663,3263,586,2722,1806,3262,2810,1129],"class_list":["post-3226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austerity","tag-anti-eviction-taskforce","tag-austerity-2","tag-emf","tag-eu","tag-fianna-fail","tag-fine-gael","tag-suicude","tag-the-hub","tag-troika","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Q2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3728,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/enda-exits-legacy-of-lives-lost\/","url_meta":{"origin":3226,"position":0},"title":"Enda Exits – Legacy of Lives Lost","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"18th May 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Enda Kenny is set to retire as I speak as Fine Gael leader, and as prime minister when a replacement is found, and we look back on a legacy that will be shrouded darkly by the ghosts of the dead - those who killed themselves as a result of banks\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Austerity"","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The little people to be afraid of are not the leprechauns... its the citizens saying they have had enough of austerity and will take no more!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2069,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/we-are-spectators-on-another-greek-tragedy\/","url_meta":{"origin":3226,"position":1},"title":"We Are Spectators on Another Greek Tragedy","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th July 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cT2_ZOjkAqI As Alexis Tsipras capitulates to the EU\/IMF,we remember one of austerities victims... 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