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The burning issues of the day
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?
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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
Another Crypto collapse: Irish this time
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Calahonda52 »
Sun May 14, 2023 11:23 am
A major row has erupted between the shareholders of now collapsed Gigabyte Investments, a crypto-focused trading platform founded by James Kelly, the...
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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
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.
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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
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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.
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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
Far Right loon gets 10 years for planning attack in Ireland
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Del.Monte »
Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:16 pm
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I don't read hard copies or subscribe to any newspaper and missed this story completely until five minutes ago - was it even mentioned on RTE?
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If he had child porn in his possession he would have got a suspended sentence.
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Last post by mariannaspring Mon Apr 17, 2023 7:16 pm
PwC warns clients to sell assets before Sinn Féin gets into power
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Calahonda52 »
Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:25 pm
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A draft PwC report to their clients has advised them to accelerate their asset sales and boost their pension contributions in order to protect their...
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The country is gone down the sewer makes no difference now at this stage. All we are short now is a few hundred thousand Sudanese so Leo can get...
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Last post by Jack The Stripper Sun Apr 16, 2023 2:22 pm
Race and dating preferences
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mariannaspring »
Sat Apr 01, 2023 10:56 am
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Do you think that one can be racist for having a dating preference? I don't think so given as the majority of people don't choose what they find...
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It's always been pasty white Irish girls for me. Just more in common - culturally, sense of humor, language etc.
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Last post by Kaiser Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:28 pm
Céad míle fáilte for Joe Biden
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schmittel »
Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:09 pm
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I get that the office of POTUS carries with it a certain level of expected sycophancy, but the views and opinions of the office holder cannot be...
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Fine Gael has always tried to give the impression that they were good cop to Fianna Fáil's bad cop. Nothing could have been further from the truth,...
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Last post by marhay70 Sat Apr 15, 2023 6:33 pm
Kerry Babies Case
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isha »
Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:03 am
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Big development. Two local people arrested. DNA testing from samples taken after the baby was exhumed in 2021.
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Maybe this is weird but I have never felt animus towards the church. I stopped going to mass at sixteen, not as an act of rebellion, because I was...
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Last post by schmittel Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:47 pm
Is America now the 'black sheep' of the Western World?
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mariannaspring »
Wed Apr 12, 2023 11:24 am
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My uncle grew up in Ireland in the 70s and 80s. Everyone he talked to wanted to move there. He grew up and lived in California for some time, moved...
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My uncle grew up in Ireland in the 70s and 80s. Everyone he talked to wanted to move there. He grew up and lived in California for some time, moved...
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Last post by 678904673 Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:22 pm
Did we learn nothing from the English view of Education
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Calahonda52 »
Fri Apr 07, 2023 3:24 pm
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Dublin’s Institute of Education sold to UK group
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I did some grinds there before the Leaving - completely useless - and just an excuse to meet up with friends and go for a smoke. I see the founder...
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Last post by Del.Monte Fri Apr 07, 2023 6:03 pm
Sinn Fein - a picture paints a thousand words
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Del.Monte »
Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:32 pm
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In the light of Eoin O Broin's retweet. No words needed...indeed.
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Nearer, my god, to thee.
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Last post by Jack The Stripper Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:51 pm
Swedish police moving ahead with plan to deport UK woman with Alzheimer’s
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Calahonda52 »
Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:40 pm
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So a consequence of Brexit... it will also save the Swedish taxpayer
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What will poor old Britain defend Sweden with? Decades of penny pinching have seen the British armed forces reduced to a shadow of their former...
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Last post by marhay70 Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:44 pm
Branson's Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy
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Calahonda52 »
Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:07 am
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Like him or loath him, I do admire his entrepreneurial spirit, going back as far as Virgin Records on the quays in Dublin,
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I find the thought of Branson back flying balloons very deflating
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Last post by Del.Monte Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:11 am
Psychiatric euthanasia
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mariannaspring »
Wed Mar 15, 2023 3:06 pm
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Do you think it's right? Canada was supposed to expand it for those who sole wish to die was a mental disorder but they've delayed it until March of...
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I always hear this and it's true but I don't think it implies that happiness is a choice. This may be controversial, but I think that our personality...
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Last post by knownunknown Sat Apr 01, 2023 7:15 pm
On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots:Can Language Models Be Too Big
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Calahonda52 »
Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:23 am
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Really insightful and seminal article on the whole AI topic { Artificial Intelligence, not the other one, despite the word seminal!}
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Indeed
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