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The burning issues of the day
Lithium In Ireland.
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kadman »
Mon Oct 24, 2022 7:09 pm
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Now that we have discovered an important mineral asset in Ireland. Does this mean brown bags will be passed out in the dail in order to get control...
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Apart from Lithium in the water Gleann-na-nGealt is supposed to be where all the mad people in the World will gather at the end of days......
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Last post by KHD Wed Oct 26, 2022 9:24 pm
Housing - eviction ban a waste of time
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Hairy-Joe »
Tue Oct 18, 2022 1:22 pm
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Just listening to Darragh O'Brien on the radio and there is an eviction ban on the way. I think this is designed to fail for two reasons.
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Yes, that's a very real issue. However, (isn't there always an However), I see that as a lesser evil. My view is that public housing should be...
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Last post by Setanta Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:27 pm
Britain Implodes megathread
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schmittel »
Fri Oct 14, 2022 8:50 pm
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Every time I think about starting a thread to discuss Britain's self destruction and decline into irrelevance and status as a laughing stock, I...
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PM Rishi Sunak.
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Last post by isha Mon Oct 24, 2022 2:10 pm
And she's gone - Who had 6 weeks on prime minister bingo
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by 8760976543 » Thu Oct 20, 2022 1:39 pm
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What a shit show over there. Will Boris worm his way back in?
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I'm wondering now if maybe he would not bother - who'd do it? The economy completely busted after the insanity of repeated disastrous lockdowns. A...
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Last post by isha Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:15 am
Bono calls on the UK to 'lead' the world again
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Hugh_Bigazz »
Wed Oct 19, 2022 5:09 pm
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt
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Last post by Hugh_Bigazz Thu Oct 20, 2022 12:55 pm
Paul Kehoe calls it right about O'Connell Street
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Del.Monte »
Wed Oct 19, 2022 12:11 pm
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Rarely a TD that I agree with but he's dead right about O'Connell Street - an utter kip which has been going downhill since the 1970s from my own...
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My understanding was that results from Portugal were mixed but I confess not to have followed it too closely
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Last post by Hugh_Bigazz Wed Oct 19, 2022 8:40 pm
Mountbatten
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isha »
Mon Oct 17, 2022 8:31 am
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I am happy to see this court action will take place. It is very brave of Arthur Smyth.
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Well thankfully we should see less cases like this going into the future as now is an easier time to come out with this type of thing- against high...
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Last post by knownunknown Mon Oct 17, 2022 2:35 pm
Van Gogh in the soup..
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Del.Monte »
Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:15 pm
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More mindless vandalism - supposedly by Just Stop Oil activists - but this type of attack is more like something that agents provocateur would engage...
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Like I said in the first post - agents provocateur - anyway, Joe Duffy is on the case now.
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Last post by knownunknown Sat Oct 15, 2022 1:14 pm
Explosion at Donegal service station
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95438756 »
Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:53 pm
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Heard on virgin media news @ 5.30
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What I find worse is that everyone is talking about it and saying oh that's terrible.... .
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Last post by Hairy-Joe Thu Oct 13, 2022 8:10 am
Tralee Cemetry Murder
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Del.Monte »
Thu Oct 06, 2022 8:52 am
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Interesting to note the way the broadcast media are tip-toeing around this incident - not so the Examiner:
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I remember bringing an old office chair to the recycling centre and the jobsworth operative telling me I'd have to bring it to the tiphead because...
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Last post by marhay70 Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:55 pm
The National Lottery under the spotlight
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Del.Monte »
Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:37 pm
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The Office Of The Comptroller & Auditor General has discovered that the National Lottery's claim to return 90% of it's income to good causes,...
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Lookit, thread OP & followers The National Lottery will at most get a rap on the knuckles and then, business as usual.
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Last post by kadman Sat Oct 01, 2022 4:06 pm
Urbit
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isha »
Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:27 am
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Can anyone explain to me in simple language what is going on here?
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Thanks.
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Last post by isha Thu Sep 29, 2022 1:59 pm
Italian Elections
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Mirabeau »
Sun Sep 25, 2022 2:23 pm
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So, another European election, this time in Italy.
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Quite a speech and while some of what she says maybe true it's a bit over the top to be attacking your neighbours like that.
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Last post by Del.Monte Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:28 am
Budget 2023
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Hairy-Joe »
Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:10 pm
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So, are we all sitting here in excitement as to what Pascal's giveaway budget will bring or will reality hit people that we can't afford to have what...
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Here is a serious point - if one were minded to vote for a right wing economically inclined party, who would they vote for?
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Last post by Hairy-Joe Wed Sep 28, 2022 5:34 pm
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot
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Del.Monte »
Fri Jul 08, 2022 7:56 am
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First reports have identified the shooter as a former member of the Japanese Defence Forces.
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Abe Funeral the Wacjob has a fanclub following too, now no doubt :(.
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Last post by 95438756 Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:51 am
Ireland's Immigration Stance - Have we bitten off more than we can chew?
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Kaiser »
Mon Sep 19, 2022 1:11 pm
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I was watching a report last night on Anti-war protests in St Petersburg. They were quite well attended on an Irish scale, though probably not on a...
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Last post by marhay70 Fri Sep 23, 2022 10:34 am
Frankenfoods
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isha »
Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:44 am
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I swear, all you have to do is wait a while, years in this case, and all the synthetic foods people create and then market enthusiastically to their...
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Yep, baking yer own bread is the way to go. They aren't comparable products, unless you are buying really good bread. It doesn't take long and you...
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Last post by isha Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:14 pm
Lawless Dublin
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Del.Monte »
Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:58 am
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Footage from Cherryorchard yesterday. Don't see what's all the fuss about - nobody was killed - yet..... :roll:
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What's really hard to believe in 2022, is that Ballyfermot and Clondalkin regularly have only one Garda patrol car between them. I remember hearing...
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Last post by marhay70 Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:28 am
Hungary not a democracy
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mmercedes84 »
Thu Sep 15, 2022 5:04 pm
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Well according to EU, as they bold kid in the class:
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If it was a pattern of behaviour I would, especially in support of some ideology or done by a coordinated group. Even more so if said groups were...
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Last post by marhay70 Tue Sep 20, 2022 1:36 pm
Is QE2 on the way out?
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quodec »
Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:18 pm
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...there seems to be, following the press statement this morning, a ramping up of media outlets on her imminent demise. 96 years old with 70 of those...
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Not all that interested but I did think to myself it's probably the last queen of England I'll see in my lifetime
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Last post by 8760976543 Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:31 am
Were homophobes protesting at Pride in the UK this year?
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Guburnor »
Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:17 pm
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Creating this thread because a few posters are intent on derailing the QE2 on the way out thread to answer this burning question. If it is so...
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So what if they were people should be allowed protest as they see fit. This lot always love playing the victim making something out of nothing.
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Last post by RandallWeems Fri Sep 16, 2022 4:23 pm
Swedish Elections
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Mirabeau »
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:11 am
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The Swedish General Elections started earlier this week.
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I'm not too well up on Swedish Politics to comment definitively but I'm wondering are far right parties all on the same point on the political scale?...
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Last post by knownunknown Thu Sep 15, 2022 11:15 pm
Diversity and inclusion in the Oireachtas
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Del.Monte »
Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:45 pm
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I've been expecting this nonsense for some time and it won't be long before we have quotas in the Dail for Ukrainians, Poles, Brazilians, Nigerians...
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They will promote this but its the last thing Tonto and his like will want when we get a crowd looking to put sharia law in this country. They wont...
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Last post by RandallWeems Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:35 pm
What are your thoughts on Weed decriminalisation or legalisation?
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Mr Daniel F. O'Leary »
Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:35 pm
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For the last few years now, many States in the USA have legalised or decriminalised the devil's lettuce .
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We already have wide spread use of the most destructive drug available in society, and thats alcohol. Its well known for the widespread trail of...
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Last post by kadman Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:58 pm
Siteserv & Denis O'Brien
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95438756 »
Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:36 am
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It happened in 2012. The competing tender was blocked. There was an interview with Tom Lyons on Today with Claire Byrne but Lyons did'nt have...
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Lessons will be learned!!!
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Last post by Hugh_Bigazz Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:53 pm
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