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Originally posted by Keane View PostThis is a really good watch tbf. Varadkar and Mary Lou both making more hay than Martin I think but everyone landing blows. I'd say it's Leo's best performance. Can't believe how watery Martin has been through the whole campaign.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostSeems Pete won actually. So absolute collapse for Bernie who got twice that the last time in Iowa.
I doubt very much that RDIII's golf betting strategy of lumping on the lad with the stupidest name is going to prove as profitable in this race.
I think there is a chance that one of the very few that have the potential to beat Trump, I've only two on that list Amy Klobuchar and Bloomberg. Probably more likely that they contrive to get themselves into such a mess that they do something outrageous like putting Hillary up again.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Postthey won't coalesce
Mary Lou making a fairly mealy mouthed U Turn on the Paul Quinn murder.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View PostI'll have some of that
And im a mug !
The maximum stake for this selection is €9.73
Fine Gael v Sinn Fein - Highest number of seats - Fine Gael v Sinn Fein - Highest number of seats, Sinn Fein 13/8Last edited by oleras; 05-02-20, 00:24.This too shall pass.
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Originally posted by Theresa View PostI'll ignore your sleight on Vietnam.
What do you mean by the above? Surely there are cases where it can be proven with absolute certainty?
I'm against capital punishment fwiw.
Originally posted by Kayroo View PostEven where people confess you can’t be certain they did it. If you have 100 eye witnesses and CCTV footage, you can’t be certain the person didn’t commit the crime under duress, or by reason of automatism or mental issues or 100 other reasons. You might be absolutely certain of the action but not the motivation and if you can’t prove both, you can’t be certain of the crime as we require both a guilty act AND a guilty mind for almost any crime for which capital punishment could conceivably be used.
We cannot ever be 100% sure. In the absence of that, how can we ever risk being wrong?
Originally posted by Theresa View PostA situation where a person records them committing a murder, are clearly identifiable in the video and clearly identify themselves in a video, and the contents of the video show they are clearly of sound mind.
Yes I’m contriving a situation but it’s not that unrealistic. The chap that shot up the church in Christchurch is a close similarity to above I suppose.
You could argue that anyone who shot up a church of innocent worshippers is insane I guess but I dunno if that’s a fair argument either.
It’s a bit like the Law is an Ass comments, my mind changed when I studied law and you see the genesis of them is usually a far greater miscarriage.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostGone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostVote in Tipperary goes ahead on Saturday.
You could still get some other nutjob bringing the whole thing through the courts I suppose.
I don't see why they couldn't just reprint the ballot papers without her on it or even put a sticker over her entry.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostProbably a good shout, gobshites like Mattie were certain to challenge the constitutionality of the whole election whereas the dead woman's family and political supporters are unlikely to make any fuss.
You could still get some other nutjob bringing the whole thing through the courts I suppose.
I don't see why they couldn't just reprint the ballot papers without her on it or even put a sticker over her entry.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostSave to say the teachers have the worst chants of any protest that's passed by merrion square.
What do we want?
Not to teach!
When do we want it?
Not to Teach eh more Pay!
What do we want ?
Not to , MORE PAY
When do we want it?
The 25th of Every month, but preferably before that if the 25th falls on the weekend?
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostSave to say the teachers have the worst chants of any protest that's passed by merrion square.
Pity they are protesting against a Government that's on the way out, way less attention will be given as a result. Childcare is messed up, the hourly salaries the workers are on are MAD considering the responsibility and importance of what they do. I've no ideas on how to fix though, as I don't think the market can bare much higher fees and the only other option is more money from the government, and you're competing with the black hole of Health, and now Housing, for their massive slices of the pie.
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Originally posted by ionapaul View PostI was part of that march (with my wife and little fella!) briefly! Lasted from behind the garden of rememberance to just the Gate, that took 1 hour as it was slow to start as you'd expect, then I had to hop on a Luas to work.
Pity they are protesting against a Government that's on the way out, way less attention will be given as a result. Childcare is messed up, the hourly salaries the workers are on are MAD considering the responsibility and importance of what they do. I've no ideas on how to fix though, as I don't think the market can bare much higher fees and the only other option is more money from the government, and you're competing with the black hole of Health, and now Housing, for their massive slices of the pie.
Strange how union peeps never suggest this."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View PostWhat do we want?
I had a primary teacher who stank. He stank every day, stank , and I never knew what he stank of until I was an adult. He stank of drink. Every day.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostAh, I didn't realise it was child care. I thought it was part of the teacher parity business.
BTW I also think the school teachers on the lower levels are being screwed and that the lack of parity is wholly disgraceful. Don't blame the government for it though, even though they signed off on it; that's 100% the fault of the teaching unions pulling up the ladder behind them when austerity measures were necessary.
Our society is full of vested interests, just like every other society. Man it would be amazing if anyone got to smash up some of them! Easy to say but I imagine extremely difficult to do.
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Originally posted by Keane View PostIf he hasn't just lied about that figure of 20k homeless in NI I'm a Healy Rae voter.
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False. While the official figures are that just under 20,000 households presented as homeless in Northern Ireland in 2018, only 12,512 met the legal requirements of homelessness and were accepted as “full duty applicants”.
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Tipperary constituency voting has taken a strange turn for no apparent reason after the market reformed. It returned with betting much the same as before but has taken a turn.
Lowry from 1/50 at one stage to 1/6 now.
I placed 400 on Alan Kelly at 1/4 at 1pm and he is now 1/3.
Two Fine Gael suddenly in Top 5.Last edited by tipp86; 05-02-20, 16:32.Pm for rakeback deals
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I see Hitch’s mate Eoghan getting good mileage out of the new Daft publication that rents are down for the first time in 7 years by a whopping 0.1%. Dublin rents still up 3.5%, though that is the slowest increase since 2008, all other cities up too.
One thing that appears a decent indicator is that there are 10% more homes to rent in Feb than in Feb of last year.
Ronan Lyons is pretty decent at breaking down the economics of the housing sector. Ambivalent to RPZ but rental control is a terrible idea as the bedrock of housing policy.
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Whats not to like about the Greens cost rental housing plan?
Obv its not going to solve anything in a hurry and isn't going to make up a huge % of the market but as a long term plan it sounds like a no brainer and I haven't heard any of the main parties even take on Ryan over itTurning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by tipp86 View Poston Alan Kelly at 1/4 at 1pm and he is now 1/3.
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Is my mate Jack O'Connor running for them in Wickla or somewhere odd like that?
Is there anywhere I can see polling by constituency?Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostAre Labour even still in this election, havebn't heard a peep out of them in ten days!
Is my mate Jack O'Connor running for them in Wickla or somewhere odd like that?
Is there anywhere I can see polling by constituency?
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostWhats not to like about the Greens cost rental housing plan?
Obv its not going to solve anything in a hurry and isn't going to make up a huge % of the market but as a long term plan it sounds like a no brainer and I haven't heard any of the main parties even take on Ryan over it
If 30,000 units are needed to keep up with demand at an average cost of 230k(I think), that becomes quite substantial.
It covers the cost now but in the event some downturn, property prices may reduce and the state is facing down the barrel of a large liability with reduced tenancy. Now I think the economy would have to regress rather substantially but is that a risk?
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Had to dip my toe into the rental market yesterday to get a 2 bed for two lads over from Germany for 12 months. Seems fairly hectic out there but managed to nail down one in Rathgar for 1950 a month
90+% of emails to both private and letting agents ignored it seems.
By coincdence I had rented one in the same building back in 2002 for 950 a month.
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Originally posted by Dice75 View PostCan't be listening to a lot of this Election bollocks. Like it's been over 12 years and 3 GE's later since that poor lad was murdered up in Monaghan and now its decided it's a political football and the most important thing we need to be focusing on.
MaryLoo and the other fat yoke up North are mouthpieces."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostIf you're thinking of voting for a party to run the country in which you live, a reminder of who they actually are is no harm.
MaryLoo and the other fat yoke up North are mouthpieces.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostIf you're thinking of voting for a party to run the country in which you live, a reminder of who they actually are is no harm.
MaryLoo and the other fat yoke up North are mouthpieces.
People seem to be sick of the last 20 years of tripe and are crying out for someone to say something different although they will renage on 90% of their promises
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Originally posted by balfejohn View PostYou can put all parties into that category just change the fat jibe to whatever suits each party
People seem to be sick of the last 20 years of tripe and are crying out for someone to say something different although they will renage on 90% of their promises"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostYeah its pure silliness and lessons the actual event for it to be used as some out of context political thing.
That puts the issue to bed. Easy."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by balfejohn View PostAgree with u there
But unfortunately people are following the yellow brick road and seeing and hearing new riches
Both main parties to combine and make a super party"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Cooked that vegan curry Hitch posted a couple of times. Expected to be starving within minutes but it was actually reasonably filling. Something 'empty' about it when eating it, but nice and light for the odd evening.
Also been working on French omelettes. Jesus they're good compared with the Irish Mammy omelettes I'd been eating for my entire life.
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Originally posted by mcnugget View PostReading Paschal’s interview in The Currency this morning, he is clearly on a different level of ability to any minister of finance in recent times and any likely candidates this time round. It’s a pity himself, Leo and Coveney all share a charisma deficit.
expensive paywall at that!People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Dice75 View PostCan't be listening to a lot of this Election bollocks. Like it's been over 12 years and 3 GE's later since that poor lad was murdered up in Monaghan and now its decided it's a political football and the most important thing we need to be focusing on.
The fact is it's the lads Mother and family who are bringing it up and have been doggedly fighting his corner every day of their lives since he was murdered having been literally pulverised by SF / IRA people and then in death smeared by the man who is now Sinn Fein Minister for Justice in Northern Ireland and who continues to refuse to name to the police the people he knows were involved. You'll find countless mentions of the story in the media outside election time, I remember mentioning here a piece Newsnight did on it regarding brexit and the border not too long ago.
Mary Lou continues to answer to the men behind the curtain. When a minister in the North wants to act on policy he must clear it with an unelected backroom committee that still controls SF. If MaryLou goes into coalition talks its them that will tell her what she can and cannot concede.
Look, I know most of ye are kids and don't know or remember who these people are and what they represent. Ignore the past if you want to and just look at how they deal with dissent in their own party and how they deal with the media. Observe what is going on in the US and UK and ask yourself if a vote for SF brings us closer to or further away from that kind of authoritarian control of parliament and media?Turning millions into thousands
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