The burning issues of the day
Derisory six year sentence for attempted rape..
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Del.Monte »
Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:59 pm
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The piece of pond life responsible had a conviction for rape of a 14 year old in Eastern Europe. How does a sick feck like this even get into the...
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I think we are slowly heading towards a time when we as irish citizens are starting to realise that our own interests as well as fears are going to...
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Last post by kadman
Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:33 am
Boris Johnson Steps down as an MP
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marhay70 »
Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:30 pm
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What a shame. Fine, upstanding type of chap.
Obviously didn't like the Commissioners' verdict handed to him today and jumped before he was pushed....
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If he does stand it will be in a very safe Tory seat where he couldn't loose, He wouldn't risk a seat in any way marginal
He can't just pick and...
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Last post by marhay70
Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:54 pm
Silvio Berlusconi dies
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95438756 »
Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:11 am
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No more bunga parties. I still remember when he was hit in the face with a model of a cathedral.
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Berlusconi was self made, not daddy made.
He was quite smart, a reasonably talented musician, built a business empire rather than continously lost...
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Last post by jmayo
Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:15 pm
AI
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kadman »
Wed May 10, 2023 2:16 pm
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When AI programmers detected a strange language between AI machines, that was secretly developed by AI machines to communicate with each other in...
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Interesting long video on the issues of AI ever expanding capacity.
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Last post by kadman
Wed Jun 07, 2023 8:08 am
Do Look Up
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by
isha »
Mon Feb 13, 2023 8:38 am
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It all started innocently enough, just a few stray weather balloons.
🎈🎈🎈
But now it's escalated to where Reuters - yes, Reuters - are reporting...
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I think that's God and angels and judgement you are talking about there, Del 🙂 I guess all cultures and time periods engender such thinking. I wish...
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Last post by isha
Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:32 pm
Is Niall Collins TD corrupt?
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schmittel »
Thu May 11, 2023 8:23 am
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Starting a dedicated Niall Collins thread to move away from distractions about the Ditch and as I think this story has legs, one way or another....
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So perhaps this story didn't have legs after all!
Given the Gardai confirmed they were looking into it, you'd think if they found nothing they'd...
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Last post by schmittel
Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:02 pm
Income Quintile Share Ratio
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isha »
Tue May 30, 2023 10:59 am
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Income Quintile Share Ratio is calculated as the ratio of total income received by the 20 % of the population with the highest income (the top...
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PS Those figures that look like 8 are zeros.
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Last post by isha
Tue May 30, 2023 11:00 am
General Election watch
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schmittel »
Sat May 27, 2023 10:29 pm
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With FG ministers flying kites about budget tax cuts and Leo doing interviews with the Irish Times positioning his party as the friend of those who...
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Heard Leo mentioning Autumn. So my money is on August or September
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Last post by 678904673
Sun May 28, 2023 12:44 pm
Will South Africa become a failed state?
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by
Calahonda52 »
Wed May 24, 2023 8:56 am
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is a good starting point
South Africa is heading into the southern hemisphere winter with the prospect of the country's worst-ever power cuts - up to...
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Good post CW:
This article gives a useful perspective
Kissinger at 100: how his ‘sordid’ diplomacy in Africa fuelled war in Angola and prolonged...
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Last post by Calahonda52
Fri May 26, 2023 7:32 am
Meta Fined
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kadman »
Tue May 23, 2023 10:54 am
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Here we are listening to advice and warnings about China, Tiktok, Huawei, ect,ect stealing data and sending it to China. And lo and behold a mega US...
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And so Facebook gets its own back
Maybe they can do what was demanded of construction/older workers in 08/09 and retrain.....heard there's a...
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Last post by Setanta
Wed May 24, 2023 5:31 pm
El Salvador's crackdown on gangs
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Norman Breaks »
Thu May 18, 2023 1:48 pm
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Pretty insane approach.
Basically granted the government wide reaching powers to arrest anyone, often just based on appreance.
Built a mega prison....
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Very off topic here. Let's try to keep it on track. Start a new GAA thread elsewhere if needed please.
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Last post by Norman Breaks
Tue May 23, 2023 6:35 pm
What might have been.
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marhay70 »
Sun May 21, 2023 1:57 pm
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Just in case our own Irish Tories of FF/FG try the same scam in the future, this is what you missed by sticking to your guns and taking to the...
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I think the whole political ideologies built around deregulation/being business friendly and privatisation of state services is a falsehood,supported...
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Last post by marhay70
Sun May 21, 2023 5:14 pm
China Owns A Lot of Important Things
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isha »
Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:14 am
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First confession, I don't know a lot about all of this. It is just something I have vaguely been keeping an eye on for a few years now, ever since I...
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The original non-woke version but I like it and I'm also quite partial to King Prawn omelette.
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Last post by Del.Monte
Sat May 20, 2023 9:07 am
GAAGO
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Setanta »
Tue May 09, 2023 6:19 pm
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I know (suspect),sport may not be most popular among GUBUrs....but what is your view on the GAAGO issue?
Its a good app,and thankfully has never...
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Surprise, Surprise. The 2 biggest GAA football matches are on GAAGO.
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Last post by 678904673
Sat May 20, 2023 8:55 am
JK Rowling Tribute thread
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schmittel »
Mon May 15, 2023 7:54 am
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Just because she's a damn hero.
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I love her. She's amazing. She's great for sticking up for real women and she's funny as feck. That's enough for me.
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Last post by Seanybiker
Fri May 19, 2023 11:54 pm
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Last post by Calahonda52
Sun May 14, 2023 11:23 am
GPT Terrifying ..
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Bishop_Brennan »
Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:51 pm
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If you think I am overreacting to think this is terrifying, AI like this will be dictating what you can buy, where you can go and whether you can...
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I don't know if GPT had anything to do with this but if this was generated by AI - wow.
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Last post by BrianD3
Fri May 12, 2023 6:39 pm
Biden Corruption
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by
isha »
Wed May 10, 2023 2:57 pm
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Everyone everywhere loves a thread about Trump's corruption/badness.
But talking in public about the corruption of US President Joe Biden is...
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Everyone everywhere loves a thread about Trump's corruption/badness.
But talking in public about the corruption of US President Joe Biden is...
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Last post by Del.Monte
Wed May 10, 2023 8:19 pm
Join the Mile high club in comfort
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Calahonda52 »
Wed May 10, 2023 12:36 pm
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its a 6 person pod so all possibilities catered for: front or and back, top bottom etc, may even have non binary options
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What could possibly go wrong:)
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Last post by 678904673
Wed May 10, 2023 1:30 pm
Eurovision failure - yet again.
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Del.Monte »
Tue May 09, 2023 11:08 pm
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Can't say that I'm sorry - the Eurovision as a competition and Ireland's record in recent times are a standing joke. The talk of the Late Late Show...
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They need to send Dustin every year, only way to answer that joke of a competition is with another joke.
Otherwise it's humiliation in the SF, and...
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Last post by Bishop_Brennan
Wed May 10, 2023 8:52 am
ReconAfrica.
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kadman »
Mon May 01, 2023 12:11 pm
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I was somewhat amazed at something I read online during the week, about shipping forest waste from the Amazon to fuel power stations 7000 km away, to...
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You must've missed the memos, K: The bacterium Rhodococcus ruber eats and actually digests plastic and waste-eating bacteria digest complex carbons...
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Last post by CelticRambler
Mon May 01, 2023 1:12 pm
Why do the Irish/Brits take so many drugs?
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mariannaspring »
Sat Apr 22, 2023 2:21 pm
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First of all, this isn't a criticism directed towards drug users. I think adults should be allowed to do what they want with their body. That being...
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First of all, this isn't a criticism directed towards drug users. I think adults should be allowed to do what they want with their body. That being...
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Last post by Bishop_Brennan
Sat Apr 29, 2023 5:02 pm
What is a suitable custodial sentence for this impersonation
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Calahonda52 »
Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:09 pm
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Five held in investigation into criminal gangs pretending to be gardaí
I would think 40 years, with no parole, good behaviour bullshit, given that...
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Had any of them child porn on their devices as this would get them suspended sentence.
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Last post by Jack The Stripper
Tue Apr 25, 2023 6:00 pm
Ireland's suicide epidemic
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mariannaspring »
Tue Apr 18, 2023 9:14 pm
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Having lived in three countries, I don't think I heard about suicide as much as I have in Ireland. A lot of foreigners and Irish people who emigrate...
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Sad reading about this country that I'd never even heard of before tonight.
Going by those statistics it seems obvious that a high number of...
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Last post by Diamonds of Frost
Sun Apr 23, 2023 2:17 am
The Hutch trial
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Hugh_Bigazz »
Thu Nov 17, 2022 9:18 pm
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Have any of ye been following the Hutch trial in the kangaroo court, Gardai giving testimony anonymously and allowed to give their opinions that he...
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Bonkers stuff. The whole thing is like something out of a film from the shootings to now. If a lesser charge was attempted then maybe something would...
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Last post by Diamonds of Frost
Sat Apr 22, 2023 10:46 pm
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