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US Police committing suicide
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schmittel »
Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:17 pm
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Article in yesterdays IT - Police officer who responded to US Capitol riot is third to die by suicide
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That seems very odd..
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Last post by Riffmongous
Wed Aug 04, 2021 3:27 pm
Cork publican wants the pandemic to continue for another decade
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peasant »
Mon Aug 02, 2021 6:28 pm
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Tony Campion, owner of the Silver Key pub and restaurant in Ballinlough, Cork city was filmed in the outdoor area of his business saying he hoped...
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Covid is, in my opinion, here to stay, and something we need to get used to living with. It's never going to 'dissapear'. So in some respect, he may...
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Last post by Frank
Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:56 pm
Ireland among ‘top five nations’ to survive collapse of civilisation
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peasant »
Thu Jul 29, 2021 5:13 pm
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Wey - hey ...we're among the top five!
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It snowed for a few days and we were looting Lidl with bulldozers. I think our ability to cope is being vastly over-estimated.
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Last post by weldoninhio
Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:45 pm
“Racism” Misnamed?
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DeletedUser »
Sat Jul 24, 2021 6:36 pm
A couple of issues I’ve read about lately - there was a story about how members of the South Asian community were being “failed” by mental health...
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Last post by knownunknown
Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:30 pm
Are you afraid of Global Warming?
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seamus »
Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:45 pm
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Does it scare you to think about global warming and the future of our world as a result? I am unafraid.
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Global warming in itself doesnt bother me too much as in Ireland its effects are not that bad here, maybe even benefical if managed properly. However...
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Last post by Supercell
Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:51 pm
There may be trouble ahead
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BadaBing »
Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:24 am
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Could be the spark that sets the states on fire, forced vaccinations.
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I remember hearing Alan Dershowitz (famous lawyer) talking about this one time and it shocked me to find out that he believes the US government can...
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Last post by knownunknown
Sun Aug 01, 2021 2:18 pm
Porn for children
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BadaBing »
Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:11 am
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Where does it end, its a real tweet, she got so much criticism she deleted it, porn for children, the fall of the west cant be far off now, to even...
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In all fairness the media providers have a lot to answer for. I mean some us programmes of pageants ect with parents trying to relive their youth...
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Last post by kadman
Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:24 pm
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Last post by Memento Mori
Thu Jul 29, 2021 9:58 pm
Des O'Malley RIP
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Guburnor »
Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:50 pm
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Taoiseach leads tributes to former minister Des O’Malley’s ‘life of courage’ after death aged 82 -
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Interesting piece in The Phoenix today:
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Last post by Memento Mori
Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:34 pm
RTE propaganda arm of the government
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316670 »
Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:43 pm
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The only reason the government has not got rid of the license fee, i cant think of any other reason, its certainly not value for money, paying top...
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I just don't watch or listen to RTE. I think if I had stuck listening to them daily from the start of covid, I would be a nervous, depressed wreck.
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Last post by Memento Mori
Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:30 pm
GUBU moment of the day
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Guburnor »
Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:59 pm
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Our inaugural GUBU moment of the day is Katherine Zappone's new job. Thread here: Zappone made 'Special Envoy for Freedom of Expression'
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can we ban daily heil links please
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Last post by DeletedUser
Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:14 pm
Jesuits confirm sex abuse cover-up at Belvedere College
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schmittel »
Mon Jul 26, 2021 11:44 pm
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From todays IT - Jesuits confirm sex abuse cover-up at Belvedere College
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Again, you're allowing populist thinking to cloud you on this one, akin to oh those bloody bankers and the gubbermint .
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Last post by schmittel
Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:08 am
Norway’s beach handball team fined for not wearing bikini bottoms!
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mugball »
Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:39 pm
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Ha, seems like the governing body of beach volleyball knows what some have always suspected - many of the audience are not watching it for the...
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Timely article in the Examiner
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Last post by schmittel
Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:19 am
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Last post by 765489
Tue Jul 27, 2021 7:28 pm
No Longer 'just a private company'?
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knownunknown »
Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:28 pm
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The white house has just admitted to flagging posts for Facebook which they deem misinformation. Their reason for doing so is the low uptake of the...
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A lot of gay folk - men and women - are railing against the extremist side of gender ideology now.
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Last post by 46a
Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:50 am
Man sentenced after abusing his daughter for 7 years
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Dave Hedgehog »
Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:00 pm
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I am genuinely fecking flabbergasted reading this. Like what kind of a bastard does it take to not only think something like this up but to actually...
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The traveller women who recently went public about their shocking abuse were also the height of bravery
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Last post by archfi
Mon Jul 26, 2021 12:17 pm
Northern Ireland Protocol
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mugball »
Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:41 pm
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So yesterday the Brits said they wanted to rewrite the agreed Northern Irish Protocol:
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I liked this from today's Irish Times:
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Last post by commentator
Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:45 pm
1997 UK/NI State Papers released
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Guburnor »
Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:36 am
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Love it when these come out, and we get to look behind the scenes.
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I would have thought Fitzgerald would have been up there at the top of the list of the British Ideal Taoiseachs too.
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Last post by JayRoc
Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:03 pm
Poll Watch
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Guburnor »
Sun Jul 18, 2021 9:27 pm
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Not much of a Bacik bounce
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Also, with 3.5ish years left in the current Dail, you can't really imagine any of the govt parties will bring it down, barring some crazy scandal....
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Last post by schmittel
Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:52 pm
Funds ‘drive up cost of social housing by €50k per unit’
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hammerhead »
Sun Jul 18, 2021 7:02 pm
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Decent article in the business post putting a figure on the funds outbidding the state debacle.
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Buy social housing capacity off the private market. Pay market prices. Its not rocket science.
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Last post by GrowlerG
Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:21 pm
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