Things that make you go What the F**k?

[6th sam]

You've around 600,000 immigrants living in Ireland

Polish being the most, over 120,000 followed by the Brits with over 100,000 living here.. it drops a lot to the Romina's who make up 30,000 Lithuania's 0n 36,000 and dropping further for Nigerian's and Indian's around 10,000 each. The Spanish and Americans Brazilians French German and Italians make up the rest..

The Poles and and the Brits would be I think not a drain on the wellbeing of Ireland. The Indians neither, Lithuania and Latvia immigrants also have a good work ethic..

So its a very small percentage left that most people would feel is draining the health service or social services. The vast majority draining the system will be the lads down the street from you, who are local

Great summary MR. Working in the health service I would agree foreign nationals are not putting a drain on the health service, more concerning is that they actually underutilise health services and have significant health risks related to poverty , living conditions and other socioeconomic factors . Very few are taking attractive jobs which locals really want. They are comparable to thousands of Irish immigrants  who were treated with racist disdain back in the day. They should be welcomed and supported not least to learn from other cultures and improve .

[trileacman]

Didn't know we had BNP members on the board...
Any of you boys actually employ anyone from Roma community? Don't believe the stereotypes!

Haven't employed them but worked with them in the past. 3 of them were nearly killed one night after they pulled knives on each other after a nights drinking.

[Baile Brigín 2]

The open racism on display here is staggering. No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish Asians

It's the exactly what many Irish were subjected to in England, America and other places. People have short memories.

Most Irish were going to work

And so would the refugees and immigrants if they were let as per MichaelG's post.

Anyone from the EEA, Romans & Slovaks can work from day one. They don't.

They have no problems setting up the Euro wash places for many years. Working 7 days a week

What you mean the gangmasters who set them up and then get people over from Romania to work for buttons?! Entrepreneurial spirit is live and well!

Go and ask the people working 7 days a week what their terms and conditions of employment are and what their rate of income tax is. You'll find some Romanian fella driving a white Range Rover Sport will have them 20 to a house working for next to fcuk all.

That may be true, what does the owner of Randox drive?

Something fancy I'm sure, which he is perfectly entitled to drive.

Haven't saw any racist posts here either. 

We can't simply let anyone who wants in, it's basic management. If you are the manager of a hotel, you have a maximum limit to stick to, you just can't fill every breathable space with people if there isn't the services/facilities/budget to accommodate them. Our country has been cutting most services over the past 15 years and have little money or houses to accommodate endless numbers of illegal immigrants.  That's not being racist just rational.

I'll repeat...

If you think that the cutting of services is due to immigration (or that stopping immigration will help those services in even the slightest way) you are an absolute idiot.  Exactly the sort of idiot that the Tories love to appeal to.

Don't know what made you think I suggested that cutting of services was due to immigration but controlling immigration will definitely help the existing services - its hardly rocket science son.

So these services worked perfectly before immigration sped up?

[nrico2006]

The open racism on display here is staggering. No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish Asians

It's the exactly what many Irish were subjected to in England, America and other places. People have short memories.

Most Irish were going to work

And so would the refugees and immigrants if they were let as per MichaelG's post.

Anyone from the EEA, Romans & Slovaks can work from day one. They don't.

They have no problems setting up the Euro wash places for many years. Working 7 days a week

What you mean the gangmasters who set them up and then get people over from Romania to work for buttons?! Entrepreneurial spirit is live and well!

Go and ask the people working 7 days a week what their terms and conditions of employment are and what their rate of income tax is. You'll find some Romanian fella driving a white Range Rover Sport will have them 20 to a house working for next to fcuk all.

That may be true, what does the owner of Randox drive?

Something fancy I'm sure, which he is perfectly entitled to drive.

Haven't saw any racist posts here either. 

We can't simply let anyone who wants in, it's basic management. If you are the manager of a hotel, you have a maximum limit to stick to, you just can't fill every breathable space with people if there isn't the services/facilities/budget to accommodate them. Our country has been cutting most services over the past 15 years and have little money or houses to accommodate endless numbers of illegal immigrants.  That's not being racist just rational.

I'll repeat...

If you think that the cutting of services is due to immigration (or that stopping immigration will help those services in even the slightest way) you are an absolute idiot.  Exactly the sort of idiot that the Tories love to appeal to.

Don't know what made you think I suggested that cutting of services was due to immigration but controlling immigration will definitely help the existing services - its hardly rocket science son.

So these services worked perfectly before immigration sped up?

I'm sure they didn't work perfectly but they worked a lot better than they do now.

[Rudi]

First time in donkeys I have ended up in a&e, with my young fella. Waiting times are worse than ever. A succession of governments have failed us regarding our health service. Its just not fit for purpose. Auld ones standing up for hours on end, waiting to be booked in, absolutely shocking.
Then you have a kunt of Eamon Ryan & his bullchit green policies, do something useful that people get benefit out of.

[johnnycool]

Evidently the MP's in the HoC need to go back to working from home if this is what they are at;

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/top-tory-caught-watching-porn-26810579

Currently there are 56 MP's being investigated for Sexual Misconduct...

[rodney trotter]

Sulky racing in Limerick  https://www.independent.ie/videos/sulky-racers-cover-three-lanes-on-busy-main-road-41590579.html

[laoislad]

Sulky racing in Limerick  https://www.independent.ie/videos/sulky-racers-cover-three-lanes-on-busy-main-road-41590579.html

Tis me culture boss....

[Ethan Tremblay]

Is there a woke-ism  thread on the board?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-61242917

I had a read of that article, and although the point they are making is true, women are not realistically going to go for a run on their own through a city street in the middle of the night due to safety concerns, I would hazard a guess that if they had done the inverse, showed a woman running in a group during the middle of the day, there would be cries of misogyny, and that a woman shouldn't have to run in groups etc. 

It sort of feels at the moment, everyone is taking offence to absolutely everything

[RedHand88]

Is there a woke-ism  thread on the board?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-61242917

I had a read of that article, and although the point they are making is true, women are not realistically going to go for a run on their own through a city street in the middle of the night due to safety concerns, I would hazard a guess that if they had done the inverse, showed a woman running in a group during the middle of the day, there would be cries of misogyny, and that a woman shouldn't have to run in groups etc. 

It sort of feels at the moment, everyone is taking offence to absolutely everything

Anyone who goes for a run at 2am has issues, regardless of gender.

[general_lee]

Is there a woke-ism  thread on the board?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-61242917

I had a read of that article, and although the point they are making is true, women are not realistically going to go for a run on their own through a city street in the middle of the night due to safety concerns, I would hazard a guess that if they had done the inverse, showed a woman running in a group during the middle of the day, there would be cries of misogyny, and that a woman shouldn't have to run in groups etc. 

It sort of feels at the moment, everyone is taking offence to absolutely everything

In other news
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/in-defence-of-staring

[Estimator]

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/pupil-who-impersonated-teachers-sent-23814548

A pupil who impersonated teachers and sent abusive emails to members of staff has lost a legal battle over his expulsion from a grammar school in Northern Ireland.

The 18-year-old, who cannot be identified, challenged the decision to remove him due to the "appalling" online campaign.

But Court of Appeal judges backed a previous ruling that his application for judicial review should be dismissed.

The pupil was expelled from an unnamed voluntary grammar school in December 2020, a sanction subsequently upheld at an appeal tribunal.

His misconduct involved gaining access to an online learning system and sending offensive emails to members of staff over a three-month period.

He also impersonated teachers by sending emails in their names to colleagues.

"His biology teacher was a particular target of this appalling behaviour," Mr Justice Humphreys said.

At no stage did the pupil or his parents deny the seriousness of the wrongdoing.

However, they claimed the school failed to explore alternative sanctions and follow its own procedures.

The case centred on how the appeal against expulsion was dealt with by the tribunal.

In October last year a High Court judge dismissed the challenge after ruling that a careful investigation into possible alternative disciplinary action was carried out.

Citing clear evidence that the pupil's behaviour could potentially cause significant harm, he said procedural irregularities in the original school process resulted in no disadvantage at the "demonstrably fair" tribunal hearing.

Appealing those findings, lawyers for the pupil disputed a conclusion that the correct scheme was applied.

Mr Justice Humphreys acknowledged there were a number of significant failings in the school's procedures.

The parents had been denied an opportunity to make oral representations at a consultation meeting and to the Board of Governors, he pointed out.

But the judge ruled: "The tribunal found that the school had considered alternatives to expulsion, having received evidence orally from the Principal, the Chair of the Board and the appellant's parents.

"This was an entirely rational conclusion which was open to the finder of fact to make. There is no basis for such a finding to be impeached by way of judicial review."

Affirming the original determination, he concluded: "Ultimately, the question of the merits of the decision was a matter within the jurisdiction of the tribunal and there is no ground to impeach that finding."

[Milltown Row2]

Panic as tourists bring unexploded shell to Israeli airport

JERUSALEM, April 28 (Reuters) - An American family set off a bomb scare at Israel's main airport on Thursday when they showed security inspectors an unexploded shell which they found while visiting the Golan Heights and had packed for their return trip, authorities said.

Video circulated on social media showed panicked passengers scattering at Ben Gurion Airport's departure hall. The Israel Airports Authority said a man was hospitalised with injuries sustained as he tried to flee over a baggage carousel.

It said the family was allowed to board their flight after an interrogation by security staff, who declared an all-clear. Israel, which boasts high levels of aviation security, clashed with Syria over the Golan during the wars of 1967 and 1973.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/panic-tourists-bring-unexploded-shell-israeli-airport-2022-04-28/

They deserved to have the shell go off when they were packing their bags! Some people at the airport ya wanna knock them out for what they try and get past security!!

[Wildweasel74]

That pupil parents as usual had a sense of entitlement as the younger generation seems to have. Behaviour like that a expulsion, maybe blame their son and not the school.

[RedHand88]

Why go to the bother of going to the polling station