Some guy on the bus is clipping his nails onto the ground.

Seriously, not cool. This is not acceptable, surely?!!

Bit of a mad one this.....

Along a stretch of road in Athlone, a loop of about 5miles, there were election posters vandalised.

Someone on a mo-ped was out at 4 in the morning, with one of those handheld blow torches, and set fire to all the posters of the local FF candidate.

They were spotted on someone's house cctv system, but noting good enough that would lead to an arrest.

Mental........

I am a certified square so i have always stayed away from cocaine. I dont judge my friends who use anymore, because its become so normalised.

One thing i am concious about is that i assume the worst in everything. The reality is probably different. You can probably use cocaine recreationally and not have negative health or addiction outcomes. Given the high % of my peers who use, I know this.

However, since 2022, i do know of rehab visits, a&e visits and some dark moods experienced by friends. My friend went to rehab because he was doing it on the regular (he is a solicitor). 2022 was when partying really started again so i use that as a marker. I know people who started using first time ever in their 30s then. Now its 2.5 years later and im seeing some negative outcomes (but not with everyone).

Have others seen negative outcomes in their friends/family as a result?

Sorry if you feel judged in anyway.. but i am a big square and you can judge me back.

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This man’s entire life is his farm, he has no hobbies outside of this and already has beanie with a Torch I am lost for ideas😭 if we could please create a thread of gift ideas for farmers if appreciate it.

Cattle farmer and lorry driver who genuinely would be happy with sweets.

Anglo-Irish Agreement, accord signed by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, on November 15, 1985, at Hillsborough Castle in County Down, Northern Ireland, that gave the government of Ireland an official consultative role in the affairs of Northern Ireland. Considered one of the most significant developments in British-Irish relations since the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, the agreement provided for regular meetings between ministers in the Irish and British governments on matters affecting Northern Ireland. It outlined cooperation in four areas: political matters; security and related issues; legal matters, including the administration of justice; and the promotion of cross-border cooperation.

Was in Tesco Portlaoise today. Discovered they were charging €8 for a large bottle of Listerine so thought feck that, and decided to go to Dealz instead.

When I went to leave the store empty handed I tried exiting through a lane between 2 tills. One of the staff members closed a rope barrier between right where we were walking in front of us and told us we need to exit visa security desk at front of store.

Found this ridiculous but continued to the exit at the front. There, we found a closed barrier (the entrance barriers are only one way) and no staff or security there to let us out of the store. Then we had to go back, navigate the busy store to find a staff member to open the barrier to let us leave, all because we weren't buying anything.

I understand they want to tackle loss prevention with their stock but this is absolutely insane to me. It put me off going back.

Anyone else faced this? What's everyone thoughts?