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Nursing Home Care Refunds
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schmittel »
Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:55 am
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Starting a dedicated thread as I reckon this story is not going away anytime soon.
There is a piece in today's IT confirming both Simon Harris and...
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Think this won't be as easy buried as they hope
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Last post by Setanta Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:09 pm
Trump-Russia Conspiracy a Clinton/DNC funded hoax
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knownunknown »
Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:19 am
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If I had seen this thread title somewhere in the last few years I would have avoided immediately. Right wing nonsense surely. In fact I remember...
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“ The press versus the president”.
A scathing critique of how the media handled the Trump/Russia hoax from Columbia journalism review.
Might...
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Last post by KHD Fri Feb 03, 2023 3:41 pm
Occupants of a migrant camp attacked in Dublin
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kadman »
Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:20 pm
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I think some people have sunk to a new low, attacking people struggling to live.....
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What’s fake news? An Irish times reporter witnessed it and even asked questions.
I'm seeing now that Kitty Holland had a 7 minute phone...
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Last post by isha Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:24 pm
Memphis/tyre niclos riots
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Setanta »
Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:46 pm
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I distain Americas culture war/race shite
But 5 police officers stopped a fellow for reckless driving in Memphis....after attempting to flee on...
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When you have political establishment who egg each other on to build up a 'law & order' rethoric (or backtheblue hashtag)....famously Bill Clinton...
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Last post by knownunknown Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:09 am
eat insects - it's the future!
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mmercedes84 »
Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:40 pm
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I can imagine myself in the local supermarket with me and the oulwans examining the ingredients and me saying These ones dont have insects in them...
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Last post by KHD Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:43 am
Ireland's faux concern for Heritage
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Del.Monte »
Mon Jan 23, 2023 1:40 pm
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The latest fad sweeping the Western World for returning items to their countries of origin is being hyped in the Irish media with demands for the...
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I'd like to thank your post but the reference to the 6 counties make it impossible.. :mrgreen:
Your point about the Nazis is meh... but that is...
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Last post by Setanta Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:43 pm
Davos
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isha »
Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:58 am
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Why?
Who decided that our elected leaders should swan off at the beck of a lobbying group?
Why did one international NGO - the WEF - get so...
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Maybe Robespierre would agree(and eventually everyone turned on him) but what about people like Rosa Parks, Gandhi and MLK. I don’t think progress...
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Last post by Mirabeau Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:44 pm
Argos to leave Ireland
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Fratello »
Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:11 pm
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I didn't see that coming.
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I bought a lot of weights from Argos.
So thanks for the gainz brahz, may the gods of iron salute you.
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Last post by Mirabeau Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:37 pm
Celtic tiger repairs.
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kadman »
Wed Jan 18, 2023 4:53 pm
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And the announcement today means Mr Taxpayer will have to pay. That means you. Not the guilty parties like, Engineers, Architects, Developers,...
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True, the construction industry refurbs, retrofits or whatever they call them is the result of non compliance with the building regs, non...
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Last post by kadman Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:18 am
Is Ireland's housing crisis a myth?
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schmittel »
Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:17 pm
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We're bombarded by the media, politicians and talking heads telling us we have a chronic housing crisis because we simply don't have enough houses....
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This Joe o Brien must be extracting the urine crying on media that Ukrainians should get a pathway to housing. From what I’m seeing they are, they...
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Last post by Jack The Stripper Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:21 am
Nuclear Fusion - free energy for the workd - we're saved!
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Del.Monte »
Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:07 pm
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Researchers in the USA have announced a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion: but before you get too excited don't forget that in 1954, the Atomic...
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Putting my scientist hat on, the science is now done. It's an engineering problem now to build the machine :D
Just watched a video that explains...
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Last post by knownunknown Sat Jan 14, 2023 2:45 am
Harry & Meghan
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schmittel »
Thu Dec 08, 2022 7:48 pm
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Couldn't find a dedicated thread, so here we are to watch this car crash unfold.
Haven't watched the Netflix documentary, as everything I've read...
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I love it. It's family troubles laid bare for the world to see which is very sad and unnecessary but I find it fascinating to observe.
Harry is so...
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Last post by Diamonds of Frost Thu Jan 12, 2023 1:54 pm
UK 2021 Census - Gender ID, Sexuality etc.
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Del.Monte »
Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:52 am
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Heard this on the BBC yesterday and had to laugh as it backs up my belief that the whole LGBTQ thing is a massive case case of the tail wagging the...
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Clarkeson shoots from the hip, you know where you stand with him. He won’t tell you he is a woman and wanting to ride you.
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Last post by Jack The Stripper Tue Jan 10, 2023 11:47 pm
Hospitals Crisis
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Del.Monte »
Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:51 pm
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The more I listen to what's going on, or not going on, in the HSE/Health Service/A&E, I just can't get my head round it. When is that fool Stephen...
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Less journalists and more subservient lickarses like Fergal Bowers who blindly parrot the government narrative and never deviate from the script....
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Last post by Jack The Stripper Tue Jan 10, 2023 11:10 am
Kosovo potential military flashpoint
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KHD »
Wed Dec 28, 2022 9:04 am
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There are rumours that the Quint grouping of countries have given Serbia 24 hours to remove the barricades in Northern Kosovo or else they will be...
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Despite seemingly an outbreak of peace last week
Kosovo is pushing for more NATO troops....this is far from over
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Last post by Setanta Tue Jan 03, 2023 1:50 pm
Former Pope is dead, the one that ignored child abuse cases
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PogMoThoin22 »
Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:29 am
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Just getting that in there before it gets whitewashed!
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Its irrelevant, yet it affects you, you don't give a toss, but you take an active interest... Making lots of sense here!
As for the crowds who...
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Last post by marhay70 Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:53 pm
Pele has just died
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Bishop_Brennan »
Thu Dec 29, 2022 7:16 pm
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BBC reporting it ..
RIP
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Thought this was a nice photo of Pele and Maradona.
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Last post by KHD Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:17 pm
Race theory
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knownunknown »
Fri Dec 30, 2022 6:55 pm
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Is race real or is science right that race is a social construct?
“By the 17th century, the term began to refer to physical (phenotypical) traits,...
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I was verbally abused by a black woman calling me a white bitch.
That is absolutely racism and yet apparently it’s laughable when you say.
The...
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Last post by DeletedUser Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:11 pm
Gunman opens fire in central Paris; 3 dead
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95438756 »
Fri Dec 23, 2022 11:57 am
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Awful stuff for time of year
BBC News - Two dead after shooting in central Paris
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Latest reports say that it was a racist whack job recently released from prison.
Looks like you were right, 69 year old pensioner recently...
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Last post by KHD Sat Dec 24, 2022 2:55 pm
Dole Day High Jinks
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marhay70 »
Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:47 am
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Always good to know taxpayers money is put to good use to support the underprivileged, apparently, in this case, in the purchase what appear to be...
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Hope your right........coz according to the RTE bulletins, more relations are expected to arrive from the UK to Rathkeale for the christmas. :shock:...
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Last post by marhay70 Tue Dec 20, 2022 9:26 pm
I have just witnessed a murder
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PogMoThoin22 »
Sat Dec 17, 2022 1:11 pm
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Last post by 4524689 Tue Dec 20, 2022 7:14 am
Thai warship capsizes 31 sailors missing
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95438756 »
Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:23 am
She has 100 crew in total.
BBC News - Thailand warship capsizes leaving 31 sailors missing
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Last post by 95438756 Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:23 am
Serious train accident in spain
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95438756 »
Wed Dec 07, 2022 9:06 am
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Over 10 years ago there was a prior serious train accident in Spain. Will they learn?
BBC News - Spanish train collision outside Barcelona injures...
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I’d imagine if they had remained in their seats until the train had stopped moving there could have been less accidents. This comes as a wake up call...
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Last post by Bishop_Brennan Sun Dec 18, 2022 11:04 pm
Fish Tank Explodes in Berlin hotel
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95438756 »
Fri Dec 16, 2022 12:30 pm
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You could not make this up. Two people injured.
BBC News - Berlin's giant AquaDom aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes
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This is literally the worst thing that ever happened in Germany.
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Last post by Mirabeau Fri Dec 16, 2022 6:16 pm
Irish Army UN Peacekeeper killed in Lebanon after his convoy comes under attack
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95438756 »
Thu Dec 15, 2022 12:39 pm
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Another Irish soldier has been seriously injured and underwent surgery
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Twenty years since an incident like this occurred in Lebanon. Wrong place, wrong time for the convoy? Mistaken identity? We'll probably never know...
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Last post by quodec Thu Dec 15, 2022 2:04 pm
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