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On reflection, I regret not buying a wee flat ( even a doer up) for my kids when they went to college in UK.
Renting in UK has got so expensive...robbed

£800-£1000 per month in Belfast
Be better of buying them a car but then miss out on the whole experience?


https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/norther-ireland-parents-spending-1000-on-student-digs-as-holylands-housing-shortage-bites-MR6JJFV365EJRHZ42CDIMQM5JA/

Anyboy know how much the new student accom. is in Belfast city centre? The ones beside UU.

Were they not built to take the pressure off the Holylands area?  Alhough students probably prefer the Holylands area for the craic.   

So what about Estate Agents, are they all slippery?

They have a bad reputation for a reason. Like a football agent playing 2 sides off against each other.

I think there was a time when anyone could just open up an office and be an estate agent. Maybe changed nowadays in that you have to do some sort of an exam/course?

Funny in a way that down the country years ago, you could have a one lad in the village selling houses and having a pub. Maybe even being the undertaker. 

I'd say in one way, they're happy they've got a manager. Especally one who knows the county football scene well enough. We all saw the mess in Derry this past 2/3 years with the search for a manager.

I think every county are after a top quality manager but, as we know, they're far and few between.

Fermanagh have got the job done relatively early which is a bonus.

On the people who aren't keen on DB, what were the options?

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2025/0915/1533619-youthful-tyrone-exuberance-battling-rural-club-issues/

Both clubs in a bit of a mess in fairness.

Is there many of them playing now?

Good underage but never pushed on.

Family name, like in a lot of cases, probably got them a good start.

Must have been a mess the way it ended up.


Will the semi-finals be in Dunsilly?

When is the recession coming?

No one at my level knows. But there are murmurings. The price of gold is usually a good indicator.

Gold price hits record high as investors seek safety

Just that I've been hearing about this recession for over 5 yesrs now.

It's all - that car's on credit and 3 holidays a year etc. etc. but still the same.

We have to get a serious hold on things here in Ireland. But we won't. We will have another recession - and when this happens there will be a serious unrest. People will look for people to blame and they won't be looking at the Government,  Fat cats IPAS suppliers or Europe. They will look at the trafficked immigrants. They will be used to blame the situation we will be in.

Any complaints from the Majority will be fogged of with the similar line auld Bertie used the last time ''Sure we all Partied''.


The bottom rung in any economic collapse are always blamed and the narrative is always discreetly hinted from above. Although they will always deny this. Not that they are ever really asked in the first place.




 

Sort of linked to the topic at hand, people are spending insane money. It's like it's 2005.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c930pyzygqxo

Simple. Don't go.

We have to get a serious hold on things here in Ireland. But we won't. We will have another recession - and when this happens there will be a serious unrest. People will look for people to blame and they won't be looking at the Government,  Fat cats IPAS suppliers or Europe. They will look at the trafficked immigrants. They will be used to blame the situation we will be in.

Any complaints from the Majority will be fogged of with the similar line auld Bertie used the last time ''Sure we all Partied''.


The bottom rung in any economic collapse are always blamed and the narrative is always discreetly hinted from above. Although they will always deny this. Not that they are ever really asked in the first place.




 

When is the recession coming?

Thoughts on Spillanes article in Sunday World?

He has it on very good authority that top manager in GAA is on 120,000 (assume its Jack). Next in line he says is on 100,000 who isn't even managing a team in the top 2 divisions (assume it Mickey).

How would he know that?

He's a complete spoofer, milking it himself for 30 years. A bluffer.

Surely Ireland, at international level, have a left back who is left footed.

She's O'Brien and mother Mc Kenna.

Irish? 

Good looking girl - model type.

Not sure what she even did. Hard to do a Go Fund me with limited details about what happened.

I'm liking the zero tolerance on drugs there. Even in the bloodstream. No messing there.

 

Rumour is Bubbles O'Dywer has been added to the ticket

Has Bubbles coached many club teams?

He's on a podcast and seems good enough craic. Some good stories.

Niall Corcoran time with Laois has ended for a second time as he  has joined Eddie Brennan on the Kilkenny coaching ticket .

What Kilkenny ticket are they on?

Hooray. Idiotic decision to do away with them last winter, should  be a public flogging of those involved before the Central Council meeting.

Of all years that the pre season comps were needed was last year with the new rules etc.

Madness to pull them last year alright.