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Another scroll through thread. Thanks lads.

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No need to worry about Russia in 2025 folks because the Brits had their fingerprints all over Dublin-Monaghan in 1974.

That's the logic this genius employs.

The Brits haven't changed in 2025. 50 years and still no justice, victims families going to their grave denied justice and answers. That's the western world you adore.

Ask the victims of state terrorism and see what justice was served. Ask the Palestinians who are being murdered in their hundreds every day with British weapons and components, in full knowledge. Ask the Palestinians about the British PM who said Israel have the right to genocide them.

You have quite a twisted and sick world view.

None of that has anything to do with the threat posed by Russia today.

The threat in your wild imagination?


You need serious help.

Russia is an enemy.
The Brits aren't.  Neither are the Americans.

The Brits will always be an enemy. The Americans can't be trusted at the best of times and with the orange clown in charge should be totally boycotted

Liz Truss blaming the "deep state" for her failure as PM, new show coming out where she reveals who was at fault for tanking the economy..

Another thread ruined by you pair of doses.

Is there no moderators on here anymore???

Why even bother replying to that twat.

No one was ever turned away from the GAA on the basis of creed, colour or sexuality

Famously marginally fewer calories in a pint of Guinness than in most lagers.

Never knew that! All the more reason to drink it lol

Oh no should I like it because I am Irish - it's rank of the highest order, looks like it loves increasing the waste lines of those who partake from what I can see.

Maybe have a few and you wouldnt be so fucjing grumpy all the time!

I need no shovel Stout is putrid.

Ah Muchie!

Used to be a fan of coors on draft but gone off it recently and would rather a good Guinness. If you're behaving sticking to a few bottles of corona is decent as well

Each to their own is right!

Supermarkets are too dear as it is

Most of the staff in supermarkets have had a 40% wage rise since 2019. Have to pay for it someway.

And they're still vastly underpaid while Tesco etc make billions.

Near 13 quid an hour minimum, most staff are students, it's not a bad rodeo.

Not even 2 pints an in Belfast!

And its only £10 an hour for u21's..

I know for fact Sainsbury's pay the higher 18 up.

Fair play to them.

It's vile. There's nothing worse.

Maybe piss?

What would you consider a good lager that can be bought in most Irish pubs?

Nothing wrong with carlsberg.  Moretti, Peroni and Heineken are tasty although you'll not get it in the rural pub

Shouldn't have been in it anyway. Since when was Israel in Europe?

100%. Same with the Ozzies

Supermarkets are too dear as it is

Most of the staff in supermarkets have had a 40% wage rise since 2019. Have to pay for it someway.

And they're still vastly underpaid while Tesco etc make billions.

Near 13 quid an hour minimum, most staff are students, it's not a bad rodeo.

Not even 2 pints an in Belfast!

And its only £10 an hour for u21's..

Supermarkets are too dear as it is

Most of the staff in supermarkets have had a 40% wage rise since 2019. Have to pay for it someway.

And they're still vastly underpaid while Tesco etc make billions.

[128 YEARS]

Waste goes a lot higher

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/companies-which-have-made-millions-from-delayed-a5-road-scheme/a7817510.html

The companies which have earned millions of pounds from the long-delayed A5 road scheme can today be revealed.
In one case, an infrastructure firm received more than £60m in consultancy fees.

Another contractor company has collected over £20m.

The total spend to date on the project - which was originally given the go-ahead in 2007, but has yet to start - has topped £150m.

The 58-mile road from Derry to Aughnacloy, Co Tyrone, has been hit by a series of delays.

It was approved again by the Executive in October last year, with the final cost now estimated at £1.7bn.

However, spending on the project has continued to rise, and now stands at £153.7m.

This includes £80.6m on consultants, £56.3m on contractors' fees, £5.8m on geotechnical and archaeology investigations and £5.7m on land costs.


In response to a Freedom of Information request, the department has now revealed the biggest earners from the scheme.

In our request, we asked for a list of those who had received £1m or more.

The biggest recipient is Mouchel Limited, which was later acquired by the WSP Group. Mouchel/WSP has received £63.8m in consultancy fees - more than a third of the total expenditure to date.

Three sets of contractors' fees were paid out to companies which collaborated at various stages of the project.

Around £11m was paid as part of a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, BAM and FP McCann for section one of the scheme, between New Buildings and Sion Mills.

The three civils companies I can almost understand, although no doubt they have filled their boots.

But almost £65million in consultancy fees?

I'd love to see the detail behind those invoices.

I'd also love to financially audit those involved in signing them off as the maths does not stack up here.


Lets go high and call it:

£2000/day for a consultant

There are approx. 250 working days/year

This outfit has invoiced 128 YEARS worth of work*

Or 6 people have been working on this project, full time, at £2k per day for 21 years?

Honestly, our civil service is a total farce.  £65m signed off to an outfit so incompetent, they have been left chasing their tails by a bunch of DUP farmers.


* And still missed the fact that the planning submission didn't mention the Climate Action Plan as it should have.

Madness isn't it