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Israel and Palestine

Last post by PureIsle « Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:58 am
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by isha » Sat Oct 07, 2023 3:29 pm
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I must admit this has caught me on the hop. Hundreds killed since yesterday.

Hama's and Hezbollah in Lebanon attacking Israel and Israel lashing...

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UN chief Guterres invoked Article 99 to force the Security Council to address the war in Gaza, warning the war “may threaten the maintenance of...
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Last post by PureIsle
Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:58 am
IMMIGRATION OUT OF CONTROL

Last post by Beatty « Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:41 am
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by Del.Monte » Thu Oct 06, 2022 10:19 am
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Listening to Pat Kenny's programme this morning and it really brought home what an utter shambles our government are presiding over. Thousands of...

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Ferns, Co Wexford next on the hitlist for a demographic shift and gerrymandering via demographic engineering
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Last post by Beatty
Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:41 am
Prime Time Investigates - withdrawing planning objections for cash

Last post by nlgbbbblth « Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:25 pm
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by BrianD3 » Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:47 am

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This is on tonight, sickening to see the cute hoorism that people engage in. No doubt the cost of paying these bungs to make planning objections...

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The two of them are porcine f*cktards.

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Last post by nlgbbbblth
Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:25 pm
Public disorder, riots, looting etc

Last post by marhay70 « Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:12 am
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by isha » Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:15 pm
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This is not the far right.

These are thugs. They are attacking a Garda for recreation. I wouldn't be a Garda for any money.

What I find really...

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Now did I say that.

No, of course not, that would be unthinkable.
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Last post by marhay70
Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:12 am
Ashling Murphy murder trial...

Last post by Fugue « Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:26 pm
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by Del.Monte » Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:17 pm
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Listening to the reporting of this trial is really hard going and the defense case today that the accused was trying to stop the victim from bleeding...

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Her father:

We have allowed this and her thinking to take over public discourse. It is a thinking that absolutely detests us. I see no other...
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Last post by Fugue
Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:26 pm
Children Stabbed in Dublin

Last post by marhay70 « Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:47 am
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by isha » Thu Nov 23, 2023 3:42 pm
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I'm not posting any more about this in the immigration thread as we have no idea who did this. It was just where I read about it first. It could be...

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The Gardaí have become the latter day Blueshirts.
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Last post by marhay70
Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:47 am
General Current Affairs Chat - Global and Local

Last post by The Kitchen Sink « Fri Dec 01, 2023 7:52 pm
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I don't know if it is useful having a different thread for each and every thing happening, some things are not really a whole thread in and of...

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Looks like big hair is having a moment. First Argentina, now that hotbed of far right politics, the....er, checks notes.... Netherlands....
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Last post by The Kitchen Sink
Fri Dec 01, 2023 7:52 pm
Re: WTF moment of the day

Last post by marhay70 « Wed Nov 22, 2023 6:47 pm
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by isha » Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:15 pm
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Don't want to be an arse but my GUBU moment just yesterday was Jessica Alves saying they have frozen their sperm so that when they get their uterus...

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Bike graveyard in China!!! They must be all out buying new BYDs (Chinese electric cars)

Obviously, they have no canals. :)
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Last post by marhay70
Wed Nov 22, 2023 6:47 pm
Brexit is Brilliant (or is it?)

Last post by CelticRambler « Sat Nov 18, 2023 7:41 pm
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by CelticRambler » Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:55 am
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Brexit is done, the oven-ready turkey has long since been cooked, Britannia has recovered her independence - and yet, and yet ...

So howzabout a...

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One of the YouTubers I follow (Anglo-French woman, owns a chateau about half an hour north of me) had an English guy come to visit last week (another...
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Last post by CelticRambler
Sat Nov 18, 2023 7:41 pm
Gender Theory Thread

Last post by isha « Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:36 am
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I was thinking that it might be best to have a thread especially just about this very broad subject matter. Otherwise posts get mixed in with Current...

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Jo Bartosch writes about BelongTo, the Irish gender cult which has quite significant influence in Irish schools and large government funding. This...
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Last post by isha
Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:36 am
Sky News - offensive language

Last post by Fugue « Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:33 am
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by BrianD3 » Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:35 pm

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Sky news has been covering the release of British government Covid emails and messages all morning and is constantly apologising for the language...

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Given the serious subject matter, I shouldn't have broken my hole laughing at the language used by the UK government during Covid. But I did....

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Last post by Fugue
Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:33 am
Turkish dictator threatens Israel

Last post by jmayo « Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:31 pm
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by Del.Monte » Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:01 pm

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Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Israeli Gaza fighting the prospect of a member of NATO attacking an Ally of America/UK etc. is...

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Just like every other muslim dominated shytehole of a country, their leader is playing to the gallery and convincing the gullible fools to fall in...

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Last post by jmayo
Mon Oct 30, 2023 12:31 pm
Coillte to sell 123,000 acres to British fund

Last post by knownunknown « Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:02 pm
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by kadman » Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:32 pm
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I was not surprised to hear this recently, considering burlington bertie did some devious stuff regarding coilte.
Considering the historical...

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Is this still going ahead? It finally clicked with me, Gresham house are pushing this net zero carbon stuff, they own forests so they have carbon...
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Last post by knownunknown
Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:02 pm
The Ditch: political organisation or media??

Last post by Setanta « Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:09 pm
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by Setanta » Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:26 pm

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After the tanistes rather impassioned rant/speech in the dail today on the subject of the ditch reporting, depending upon ones POV

Do you think it's...

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I see Paddy Cosgrave is under fire.

No doubt many will revel in his downfall.

TBF he used use the existence and creation of Uber in a Dublin...

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Last post by Setanta
Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:09 pm
Sex Trafficking in Ireland

Last post by Guburnor « Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:07 pm
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by isha » Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:40 am

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Have a read of this article.
Erica from Ghana sex trafficked all round Northern Ireland for five years! The absolute filth who paid to abuse her....

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I'm locking this thread for the simple reason I find the direction it has taken to be pretty distasteful to say the least.

If some posters can take...

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Last post by Guburnor
Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:07 pm
Russell Brand

Last post by JayZeus « Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:00 pm
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by DeletedUser » Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:13 pm
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I’m as far from a fan of his as you can get but these allegations are absolutely ludicrous!!!

He’s a “complete slag” (by his own admission at the...

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LOL

Yeah, go ask me bollix.
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Last post by JayZeus
Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:00 pm
New leaving cert subjects

Last post by Cyclepath « Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:14 pm
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by JayZeus » Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:34 am

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“Climate Action and Sustainable Development, and Drama, Film and Theatre studies will also be phased in from 2025”

What the f…

Forget about the...

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I assume that student choosing these new subjects have an interest in that area, but like any pursuit the market will decide if there's a demand. The...

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Last post by Cyclepath
Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:14 pm
The Irish Light "newspaper"

Last post by Fratello « Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:01 pm
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by quodec » Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:14 pm
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Got a copy of The Irish Light co-called newspaper through the letterbox recently. It appears to be Ms O'Doherty and Mr Waters at the helm of its...

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As insane as some of that stuff is…. And some of it is truly off the rocker, some of the topics aren’t all that insane.

They need to intersperse...
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Last post by Fratello
Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:01 pm
GUNMAN has killed unknown number of people in Rotterdam Venue

Last post by quodec « Thu Sep 28, 2023 8:17 pm
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by 95438756 » Thu Sep 28, 2023 5:11 pm

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Developing. Serious.

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Two deaths confirmed so far!

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Last post by quodec
Thu Sep 28, 2023 8:17 pm
DRUG SHIP SEIZURE

Last post by knownunknown « Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:44 pm
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by Del.Monte » Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:44 am
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Once again we see that the elite ranks of our security services are up to the job when properly resourced and it highlights the need to greatly...

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Technically correct as the link provided by jayzeus describes the 440 million worth of cocaine found as an accident. They put diesel in a petrol...
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Last post by knownunknown
Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:44 pm
"National Treasure"

Last post by Setanta « Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:56 pm
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by Norman Breaks » Tue Sep 19, 2023 3:29 pm

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You hear the Yanks harping on about so & so is a national treasure . We, in Ireland, are a crowd of begrudgers, to be sure, but is there anyone, past...

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Plastic Paddy/West Brit that I am I've never heard of any of them. :mrgreen:

Grr🤣

Their present day top level hurlers,plus.a once-in-a-generation...

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Last post by Setanta
Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:56 pm
Is Ireland racist?

Last post by Fugue « Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:46 pm
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by mariannaspring » Wed Sep 20, 2023 7:40 pm

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Having a black cousin, she says that she has seldom experienced racism in Ireland bar a few drunk men calling her the n-word. She has lived in the...

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Relentless performance management by contemptuous boss classes of employees on 12 bucks an hour is the real discrimination in our neo feudal...

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Last post by Fugue
Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:46 pm
Min Roderic O Gorman DELETES reports re Children in Care

Last post by Fugue « Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:37 pm
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by isha » Wed Sep 13, 2023 4:53 pm

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I was going to put it in WTF but no, I would rather if ye could read this report - by Gript because feck all other media touches this kind of stuff,...

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Happy Days is right that some awful slurs have been directed at O'Gorman in the past, but this is obviously odd, and a legit source of curiosity.

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Last post by Fugue
Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:37 pm
Speed Limits to be Reduced

Last post by Beatty « Wed Sep 20, 2023 10:13 pm
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by isha » Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:15 am
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What say you Gubuzens?

I know the ability to drive pretty fast is held dear to the hearts of many. Almost a right to higher end speed levels. For...

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It is such a leap backwards.

Some horse breeds can go faster than 70km ph. Now imagine a speed limit that a horse can be more than twice as fast...
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Last post by Beatty
Wed Sep 20, 2023 10:13 pm
Lying to people about their appearance

Last post by 95438756 « Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:54 pm
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by mariannaspring » Sat Sep 09, 2023 8:14 am

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I was working last week and overheard my colleague saying how she never compliments her teenage daughter on her appearance but accomplishments (e.g...

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Much more prominent than ever here in banana republic especially post pandemic.

Don't patronize me

Think positive

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Last post by 95438756
Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:54 pm

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