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You said "It says nothing about criticising Israel being anti-Semitic".

Given that most people's problem with the IHRA definition is EXACTLY this, could you outline which other bit of the IHRA definition you have a problem with, that causes you not to accept it?

That's because most people, such as your good self, choose to, at best, misread or misunderstand what the definition actually says. You argued that Israel is a Jewish community institution ffs. A state is not a community institution. You have f**king idiots on here tying themselves in knots to protest that burning out Jewish ambulances in Golders Green isn't antisemitic FFS. Know what a local Jewish ambulance service is? A Jewish community institution.

And not that I owe you any explanation of anything whatsoever, the particular pieces that I have issues with are the suggestion that denying Jews have the right to self determination is in and of itself antisemitic, or that one evidences this by labelling Israel as a racist state, along with the one about not comparing contemporary Israeli state policy to the Nazism.

As I suspect you well know, the definition expressly states that criticisms of Israel that are thrown at any other country are not antisemitic.

Hold up. The definition does or doesn't reference criticism of Israel? You are claiming both.

The definition does REFERENCE criticism of Israel. Well done.

It DOES NOT say "criticism of Israel is antisemitic", which is what was and is repeatedly claimed.

Do you understand the difference? I most certainly did not claim that it both does and doesn't reference criticism of Israel.

Hold up indeed.

It says certain criticism of Israel is, and has unquestionably been used as a shield

You said "It says nothing about criticising Israel being anti-Semitic".

Given that most people's problem with the IHRA definition is EXACTLY this, could you outline which other bit of the IHRA definition you have a problem with, that causes you not to accept it?

That's because most people, such as your good self, choose to, at best, misread or misunderstand what the definition actually says. You argued that Israel is a Jewish community institution ffs. A state is not a community institution. You have f**king idiots on here tying themselves in knots to protest that burning out Jewish ambulances in Golders Green isn't antisemitic FFS. Know what a local Jewish ambulance service is? A Jewish community institution.

And not that I owe you any explanation of anything whatsoever, the particular pieces that I have issues with are the suggestion that denying Jews have the right to self determination is in and of itself antisemitic, or that one evidences this by labelling Israel as a racist state, along with the one about not comparing contemporary Israeli state policy to the Nazism.

As I suspect you well know, the definition expressly states that criticisms of Israel that are thrown at any other country are not antisemitic.

Hold up. The definition does or doesn't reference criticism of Israel? You are claiming both.

I see the lads warmed up for their clash of the titans fixture with Grenada by putting Real Murcia's B team to the sword.

Top stuff.

It's a B squad camp in all but name. There are 4 broadly first team squad players coming back from injury and then kids and lads worth having a look at now the English lower leagues are over. He got criticism for not calling up LoI players who would be ahead of most of these players in the pecking order. 7 debuts?

It is what it is and suits a purpose

I can see why

It's only a matter of time. I think a lot of people are waiting for Burnham to set out how he can become an MP and when. My guess is someone will resign and they'll announce that Burnham is running in the by-election

I think that is public knowledge as the plan.

Some craic if they couldn't win the seat?! Surely the number of Labour safe seats is dwindling, and can they really persuade someone in one such to give up a cushy/promising political career for someone who may or may not win a leadership battle?

I understand an older MP in or near Manchester will get parachute into the Lords. He can't lose on the basis 'this will be your new PM' and what constituency doesn't want that?

I really enjoyed "Michael" the biopic. It's well done, it's well shot and the music is of course great. I had no idea until after the film and I googled it, that the lead was his nephew Jaafar Jackson.  He does a great job for his 1st film.

Some things are covered that I didnt know about, and I feel some things have been glossed over a bit, but perhaps that is to be expected.  It looks like it'll be a 2 parter.  It'll be interesting to see how they handle the next part.

It will be. As you say, the nephew playing him, the Jackson Estate involved.

He wrote it, he's entitled to make his point ffs. And it most definitely is 'an act of pointed gleeful counter-programming'. It wasn't really the point I was making or interested in tho.

His point is that showing it is anti-semetic. If you think he has a point in that, you could get a job for yourself in some Israeli Government propaganda department.

Again. In typical Glinner fashion he actually has a point but decided to make it in a bombastic and gratuitously offensive way.

He has chosen to make himself irrelevant

I thought it was an apt choice by RTE to be honest on a few different levels, one being the writers current stance on genocide.

If "Glinners" is so upset he'll give his royalties to a charity of his choosing.

You know he won't. We are talking about him, so job done. It's all about poor oppressed him.

He wrote it, he's entitled to make his point ffs. And it most definitely is 'an act of pointed gleeful counter-programming'. It wasn't really the point I was making or interested in tho.

His point is that showing it is anti-semetic. If you think he has a point in that, you could get a job for yourself in some Israeli Government propaganda department.

Again. In typical Glinner fashion he actually has a point but decided to make it in a bombastic and gratuitously offensive way.

He has chosen to make himself irrelevant

What is his point?

It's a completely ridiculous and bigoted take he has

His point is RTE are using a Fr Ted episode to make a political point that he disagrees with without his sign off.

That wasn't difficult

It's only a matter of time. I think a lot of people are waiting for Burnham to set out how he can become an MP and when. My guess is someone will resign and they'll announce that Burnham is running in the by-election

I think that is public knowledge as the plan.

We are making a big assumption that the EU want them back or even want to renegotiate closer ties.

He wrote it, he's entitled to make his point ffs. And it most definitely is 'an act of pointed gleeful counter-programming'. It wasn't really the point I was making or interested in tho.

His point is that showing it is anti-semetic. If you think he has a point in that, you could get a job for yourself in some Israeli Government propaganda department.

Again. In typical Glinner fashion he actually has a point but decided to make it in a bombastic and gratuitously offensive way.

He has chosen to make himself irrelevant

He wrote it, he's entitled to make his point ffs. And it most definitely is 'an act of pointed gleeful counter-programming'. It wasn't really the point I was making or interested in tho.

I actually can see his underlying point here. FT is effectively being weaponised. As always, it's how me makes it.

The fella is pro Israel because his online enemies are supportive of Palestine. Nothing more to it.

A-levels now transfer into CAO points very unfavourably - also a factor i'm sure.

Some woman was saying in one of the articles that 3 A* A-Levels provided insufficient points for a lot of the degree courses in the South so it's not apples with apples. Partitionism is thriving!

It's literally apples with apples. To get into a course via the Leaving/CAO you need to matriculate. Everyone has to have numeracy and literacy in terms of LC maths and English. No wiggle room. You want to do a language, you need an honours LC in that language. Engineering honours maths. Science 2 honours sciences and so on.

If you did A level history, art and accounting, you are at a huge disadvantage if you want a degree from Dublin in Spanish or Biology. In fact possibly taking up a place in, say, medicine you probably can't pass.

It isn't partitionist to think the A level system is too deep and narrow, wheras the Leaving forces you to study things you aren't necessarily natural in.

Batchelors Announced as Official Beans Partner of the GPA

https://www.gaa.ie/article/batchelors-announced-as-official-beans-partner-of-the-gaa-gpa

I'd say the tender was extensive, enough to keep a few execs in full time roles

Is there any other union anywhere that gets corporate sponsorship?

Also will Batchelors, and they do a great pea too, sell many more beans off the back of this?

Irish students and other EU applicants receive priority for college places via the CAO system, as places are allocated based on Leaving Certificate points rather than residency, and CAO offers are designed to give applicants their highest preference possible.

Key details regarding preference and placement:Highest Preference First:

In Round One, students are offered the highest preference course for which they are eligible.


Preference System: Students list courses in order of preference (1 to 10) on their CAO application. If they receive their first choice, no further offers are made.

EU Status Priority: Applicants from the EU/EEA, including Irish students, are treated equally and have first access to places in the CAO system.

High Success Rates: Over half (51%) of applicants in 2025 received their first preference for Level 8 courses, and 80% received one of their top three preferences.

Non-EU students typically apply directly to universities and do not compete for these specific CAO places.

My daughters didn't really look elsewhere and had their sights on, one at Queens the other was just looking to go across to the Uk.

If I had my choice I'd have loved to been at a college in Dublin! But just had enough to get an apprenticeship lol

You think the CAO don't class people from the 6 as Irish?

Read the article. They even tell you how much points an A level is worth.