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  • #202
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,508 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It's funny to hear "housing crisis" when there's still millions worth of ghost estates sitting empty.

    "Housing crisis or, I don't want to turn my expensively built house into council housing"
    jobbridge4life wrote: »
    Which would be great if our economy weren't so wildly scewed towards Dublin. People need to live where the jobs are. Its not rocket science.

    Exactly - its not a housing crisis, its a bottleneck of money/jobs/resources in a few areas of the country with no de-centralisation or real incentive to have it any other way.


  • #203
    jobbridge4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭jobbridge4life


    retalivity wrote: »
    Exactly - its not a housing crisis, its a bottleneck of money/jobs/resources in a few areas of the country with no de-centralisation or real incentive to have it any other way.

    No its a housing crisis owing to the above.


  • #204
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »
    Take both those chances and still think MMA should be banned.

    I also don't choose to go fox hunting or watch that, and think that should also be banned, I also don't watch or take part in Orange Marches that go through non supportive areas and think they should be banned.

    So there are a few options where I take "two chances" and still think they should be banned. Hope that helps.


    Considering that all parties here are sentient and consenting, I fail to see what your two other examples have to do with anything, so no, no help at all.


  • #205
    kupus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,151 ✭✭✭kupus


    I think prostetution should be legalised.
    I think soft drugs should be legalised.
    Hard drugs users should have a quiet place to go and get their fix in a clean environment.
    And I think nimbys should be f88ked out of the country along with the Roma.


  • #206
    arayess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭arayess


    kupus wrote: »
    I think prostetution should be legalised.
    I think soft drugs should be legalised.
    Hard drugs users should have a quiet place to go and get their fix in a clean environment.
    And I think nimbys should be f88ked out of the country along with the Roma.

    where do I sign up for your newsletter?


  • #207
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    kupus wrote: »
    I think prostetution should be legalised.
    I think soft drugs should be legalised.
    Hard drugs users should have a quiet place to go and get their fix in a clean environment.
    And I think nimbys should be f88ked out of the country along with the Roma.


    Or they could all be moved into your back yard to live.


  • #208
    diusmr8a504cvk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    MOD
    There is an MMA forum for this type of chat. I think it might be a popular opinion if the MMA talk is taken over there -> http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1137
    What's the point in someone making an opinion if we're not allowed to discuss it? :confused:


  • #209
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,415 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    Parent and Baby car parking spaces shouldn't always be right beside the door. Disabled spots only.

    You might need the extra space for buggies, etc that's fine, but you can f*cking walk the same distance as everyone else.

    Super Valu car park near me, the disabled spots are further away (slightly) than the parent and child/baby slots.


  • #210
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,225 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    Parent and Baby car parking spaces shouldn't always be right beside the door. Disabled spots only.

    You might need the extra space for buggies, etc that's fine, but you can ****ing walk the same distance as everyone else.

    I disagree. It's bad enough reversing out of parking spaces with eejits who just walk right behind your car, but small children? That's an accident that will definitely happen.

    Parent & Baby spaces being closer to the entrance isn't just for the space required, it's for safety too.


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  • #211
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,415 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    Bad Horse wrote: »
    I disagree. It's bad enough reversing out of parking spaces with eejits who just walk right behind your car, but small children? That's an accident that will definitely happen.

    Parent & Baby spaces being closer to the entrance isn't just for the space required, it's for safety too.

    Not my problem parents can't keep control of their kids and stop them walking behind reversing cars.

    I've never had a problem with that in any case.


  • #212
    arayess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭arayess


    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    Not my problem parents can't keep control of their kids and stop them walking behind reversing cars.

    I've never had a problem with that in any case.

    yes because a dead child is so worth your comfort and smugness :rolleyes:


  • #213
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,415 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    arayess wrote: »
    yes because a dead child is so worth your comfort and smugness :rolleyes:

    Yes, because that's what's going to happen.


  • #214
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,225 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    Not my problem parents can't keep control of their kids and stop them walking behind reversing cars.

    I've never had a problem with that in any case.

    Can depend on the area but I know outside my nearest Tesco, I'm always more afraid of hitting a person while reversing out of a space than hitting a car. Because of the tight footpaths people just walk along the parked cars as they like. If there were children, the likelihood of seeing them while reversing is far worse.

    Also in terms of design, it's easier to group together the parking spaces which require more space together, then just fill the remaining area with standard spaces.


  • #215
    arayess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭arayess


    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    Yes, because that's what's going to happen.

    if a child gets knocked down then yeah that is what will happen.


  • #216
    fiachr_a
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭fiachr_a


    The Ballymun flats were decent buildings/architecture but they didn't belong in Ireland due to the bad weather and scumbags.


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  • #217
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,061 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    fiachr_a wrote: »
    The Ballymun flats were decent buildings/architecture but they didn't belong in Ireland due to the bad weather and scumbags.

    Well if the weather was a factor then they weren't good architecture, because good architecture takes into consideration the surrounds, the elements and the conditions of use.


  • #218
    fin12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    Not my problem parents can't keep control of their kids and stop them walking behind reversing cars.

    I've never had a problem with that in any case.

    I find the best thing to do in supermarket carparks or any shopping centre carparks the further you park away from the entrance of the shop or entrance to the shopping centre, the better and safer it is, I always park a good bit away from the entrance.:):)


  • #219
    greenfrogs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭greenfrogs


    I dislike people who drink excessively and make negative comments like that you're dry because you don't drink. To be honest I think it's sadder that you have to drink copious amounts of alcohol to have a good time. It's expensive and leaves you with a hangover. I understand getting tipsy or overdoing it on the odd occasion but on a regular basis, that's so boring. And then all the discussion on Facebook the next day. Oh my god I was so drunk, I'm dying, I feel so sick, what did I do last night.


  • #220
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    fiachr_a wrote: »
    The Ballymun flats were decent buildings/architecture but they didn't belong in Ireland due to the bad weather and scumbags.
    So you think the proliferation of 'scumbags' (your word) had absolutely nothing to do with the crap housing conditions in the area?
    Bad Horse wrote: »
    I disagree. It's bad enough reversing out of parking spaces with eejits who just walk right behind your car, but small children? That's an accident that will definitely happen.

    Parent & Baby spaces being closer to the entrance isn't just for the space required, it's for safety too.

    Good drivers reverse in and drive out. That way you have a clear view of the surroundings both ways.


  • #221
    zcorpian88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭zcorpian88


    Recently had a job interview in a retail outlet, a place that sells office equipment.

    Show up to the interview and I get interviewed by a middle aged Irish woman who runs the store and a young enough foreign girl who was five minutes older than me with somewhat of a dodgy accent. Going by her name I'd say she was Estonian or Lithuanian perhaps, either way from Eastern Europe. Interview did go well and I think I was more than qualified for the job, showed the usual positivity and researched the outlet quite well.

    It did really get up my nose that a young immigrant was interviewing me for a basic retail position and I really don't think she should have been in the room and it should have been just me and the Irish woman that clearly runs the place. Even found the foreign one on Facebook after I got yet another rejection letter from the place that had her name on it, she worked in a shoe shop like very recently and the shop went bust and she's in this other place now, interviewing Irish people who struggle to get work.

    To me it's just not right, might be an unpopular opinion but really I don't care.


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  • #222
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    zcorpian88 wrote: »
    To me it's just not right, might be an unpopular opinion but really I don't care.

    More bitter than unpopular.


  • #223
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,061 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    zcorpian88 wrote: »
    Recently had a job interview in a retail outlet, a place that sells office equipment.

    Show up to the interview and I get interviewed by a middle aged Irish woman who runs the store and a young enough foreign girl who was five minutes older than me with somewhat of a dodgy accent. Going by her name I'd say she was Estonian or Lithuanian perhaps, either way from Eastern Europe. Interview did go well and I think I was more than qualified for the job, showed the usual positivity and researched the outlet quite well.

    It did really get up my nose that a young immigrant was interviewing me for a basic retail position and I really don't think she should have been in the room and it should have been just me and the Irish woman that clearly runs the place. Even found the foreign one on Facebook after I got yet another rejection letter from the place that had her name on it, she worked in a shoe shop like very recently and the shop went bust and she's in this other place now, interviewing Irish people who struggle to get work.

    To me it's just not right, might be an unpopular opinion but really I don't care.
    She could speak 6 languages for all you know, and considering the usual people who will apply for an entry level retail job in this country a skill like that would be very valuable in an interview situation.


  • #224
    raze_them_all_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,768 ✭✭✭raze_them_all_


    zcorpian88 wrote: »
    Recently had a job interview in a retail outlet, a place that sells office equipment.

    Show up to the interview and I get interviewed by a middle aged Irish woman who runs the store and a young enough foreign girl who was five minutes older than me with somewhat of a dodgy accent. Going by her name I'd say she was Estonian or Lithuanian perhaps, either way from Eastern Europe. Interview did go well and I think I was more than qualified for the job, showed the usual positivity and researched the outlet quite well.

    It did really get up my nose that a young immigrant was interviewing me for a basic retail position and I really don't think she should have been in the room and it should have been just me and the Irish woman that clearly runs the place. Even found the foreign one on Facebook after I got yet another rejection letter from the place that had her name on it, she worked in a shoe shop like very recently and the shop went bust and she's in this other place now, interviewing Irish people who struggle to get work.

    To me it's just not right, might be an unpopular opinion but really I don't care.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toL1tXrLA1c


  • #225
    BehindTheScenes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭BehindTheScenes


    RainyDay wrote: »
    So you think the proliferation of 'scumbags' (your word) had absolutely nothing to do with the crap housing conditions in the area?

    It's more likely down to moving a bunch of gougers out from Sheriff Street and other parts of the inner city to a decent place where they had more space and knew nothing better than to fill it with their sprogs who then learned how to be gougers from them.


  • #226
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    zcorpian88 wrote: »
    To me it's just not right, might be an unpopular opinion but really I don't care.
    I don't get it, what's not right... foreign people being anywhere but the bottom rung of the employment ladder? I'm really at a loss here.


  • #227
    TheLastMohican
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭TheLastMohican


    fiachr_a wrote: »
    The Ballymun flats were decent buildings/architecture but they didn't belong in Ireland due to the bad weather and scumbags.

    I've lived in a few cities where high rise flats were really appreciated and sought after. Great views etc, lifts that work and a nice community.

    Am not sure how bad weather affected The Flats. I mean, have you heard the raucous laughter coming from inside the pub of the same name? While it was still there?


  • #228
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    There are far, far too many so-called "pedigree" breeds of dogs, many of whom have big problems health wise. They should be bred out of existence. Plus the world really doesn't need breeds like pit bull terriers.
    Ah that's not really true about bull terriers and the likes...they do help people with secretly low self esteem feel pretty "hard".


  • #229
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    zcorpian88 wrote: »
    Recently had a job interview in a retail outlet, a place that sells office equipment.

    Show up to the interview and I get interviewed by a middle aged Irish woman who runs the store and a young enough foreign girl who was five minutes older than me with somewhat of a dodgy accent. Going by her name I'd say she was Estonian or Lithuanian perhaps, either way from Eastern Europe. Interview did go well and I think I was more than qualified for the job, showed the usual positivity and researched the outlet quite well.

    It did really get up my nose that a young immigrant was interviewing me for a basic retail position and I really don't think she should have been in the room and it should have been just me and the Irish woman that clearly runs the place. Even found the foreign one on Facebook after I got yet another rejection letter from the place that had her name on it, she worked in a shoe shop like very recently and the shop went bust and she's in this other place now, interviewing Irish people who struggle to get work.

    To me it's just not right, might be an unpopular opinion but really I don't care.

    While constant rejection searching for a job is a pain in the arse, redirecting that anger and bitterness at some random immigrant isn't going to get you anywhere. It may well be that your attitude manifested sufficiently in that very interview for it to have played a role in you not getting the job.


  • #230
    Kev W
    Registered Users Posts: 2,536 ✭✭✭Kev W


    zcorpian88 wrote: »
    foreign girl who was five minutes older than me with somewhat of a dodgy accent.

    Not trying to be funny, what does "dodgy accent" mean here? Fake sounding?
    Honest question.


  • #231
    conorh91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭conorh91


    zcorpian88 wrote: »
    Recently had a job interview in a retail outlet, a place that sells office equipment.

    Show up to the interview and I get interviewed by a middle aged Irish woman who runs the store and a young enough foreign girl who was five minutes older than me with somewhat of a dodgy accent. Going by her name I'd say she was Estonian or Lithuanian perhaps, either way from Eastern Europe. Interview did go well and I think I was more than qualified for the job, showed the usual positivity and researched the outlet quite well.

    It did really get up my nose that a young immigrant was interviewing me for a basic retail position and I really don't think she should have been in the room and it should have been just me and the Irish woman that clearly runs the place. Even found the foreign one on Facebook after I got yet another rejection letter from the place that had her name on it, she worked in a shoe shop like very recently and the shop went bust and she's in this other place now, interviewing Irish people who struggle to get work.

    To me it's just not right, might be an unpopular opinion but really I don't care.

    Embarrassing. This is why we can't have nice things a serious debate on emigration. Because any sensible adult who may be critical of aspects of immigration policy is paranoid about being ssociated with people who think the Untermensch shouldn't dare advance themselves (if anything, my experience is that people from that part of Europe tend to work in employment below their standard of education and intelligence).

    Don't forget, the person who chose not to hire you is Irish, and running a business which sounds like it must be growing. Have you considered the possibility that she knows what she is doing? Both in hiring this woman, and not hiring you?


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  • #232
    newmug
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭newmug


    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    More bitter than unpopular.
    Quazzie wrote: »
    She could speak 6 languages for all you know, and considering the usual people who will apply for an entry level retail job in this country a skill like that would be very valuable in an interview situation.
    raze_them_all_ wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toL1tXrLA1c
    conorh91 wrote: »
    Embarrassing. This is why we can't have nice things a serious debate on emigration. Because any sensible adult who may be critical of aspects of immigration policy is paranoid about being ssociated with people who think the Untermensch shouldn't dare advance themselves (if anything, my experience is that people from that part of Europe tend to work in employment below their standard of education and intelligence).

    Don't forget, the person who chose not to hire you is Irish, and running a business which sounds like it must be growing. Have you considered the possibility that she knows what she is doing? Both in hiring this woman, and not hiring you?


    You's can sneer all you like. The elephant in the PC room is that there are foreign people here, taking our jobs, while Irish people are flocking to Oz and Canada for jobs of their own. Its not about bitterness or xenophobia, its about common sense. You have to draw the line on emigration somewhere.


  • #233
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    zcorpian88 wrote: »
    Recently had a job interview in a retail outlet, a place that sells office equipment.

    Show up to the interview and I get interviewed by a middle aged Irish woman who runs the store and a young enough foreign girl who was five minutes older than me with somewhat of a dodgy accent. Going by her name I'd say she was Estonian or Lithuanian perhaps, either way from Eastern Europe. Interview did go well and I think I was more than qualified for the job, showed the usual positivity and researched the outlet quite well.

    It did really get up my nose that a young immigrant was interviewing me for a basic retail position and I really don't think she should have been in the room and it should have been just me and the Irish woman that clearly runs the place. Even found the foreign one on Facebook after I got yet another rejection letter from the place that had her name on it, she worked in a shoe shop like very recently and the shop went bust and she's in this other place now, interviewing Irish people who struggle to get work.

    To me it's just not right, might be an unpopular opinion but really I don't care.

    You say that you had good experience. She probably had better experience, hence her being in that position. You mentioned her nationality and her age. Lemme guess, you had an issue with the fact that she was a woman too, right?

    I could care less about where someone is from. Or how old they are. They got in the position they're in for a reason.


  • #234
    Kev W
    Registered Users Posts: 2,536 ✭✭✭Kev W


    newmug wrote: »
    You's can sneer all you like. The elephant in the PC room is that there are foreign people here, taking our jobs, while Irish people are flocking to Oz and Canada for jobs of their own. Its not about bitterness or xenophobia, its about common sense. You have to draw the line on emigration somewhere.

    So if they take our jobs and we take their jobs doesn't it all work out?

    :p


  • #235
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    newmug wrote: »
    You's can sneer all you like. The elephant in the PC room is that there are foreign people here, taking our jobs, while Irish people are flocking to Oz and Canada for jobs of their own. Its not about bitterness or xenophobia, its about common sense. You have to draw the line on emigration somewhere.


    And there are Irish people in France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg etc "taking" jobs over there - free movement, that's how it works.


  • #236
    Mesrine65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭Mesrine65


    BehindTheScenes wrote: »
    It's more likely down to moving a bunch of gougers out from Sheriff Street and other parts of the inner city to a decent place where they had more space and knew nothing better than to fill it with their sprogs who then learned how to be gougers from them.
    You obviously know f*ck all about Sheriff Street or the inner city, except for your blinkered, ignorant opinions :mad:

    I grew up in these areas, granted there are gougers there as their are elsewhere, but a greater sense of community spirit you won't find anywhere else.

    It never ceased to amaze me the fact that those who had so little would be so giving & circle the wagons to help out a neighbour in times of need, without question.

    If you knew anything about the areas in question, you'd know this, but sure, don't let me tell you otherwise & carry on blissfully in your ignorance :rolleyes:


  • #237
    jobbridge4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭jobbridge4life


    Mesrine65 wrote: »
    You obviously know f*ck all about Sheriff Street or the inner city, except for your blinkered, ignorant opinions :mad:

    I grew up in these areas, granted there are gougers there as their are elsewhere, but a greater sense of community spirit you won't find anywhere else.

    It never ceased to amaze me the fact that those who had so little would be so giving & circle the wagons to help out a neighbour in times of need, without question.

    If you knew anything about the areas in question, you'd know this, but sure, don't let me tell you otherwise & carry on blissfully in your ignorance :rolleyes:

    I agree with this post almost entirely and have extensive experience in the area but I do take issue with the bolded. The inner city and working class areas do have a great sense of community but its a nonsense to suggest that it is unique to them.


  • #238
    raze_them_all_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,768 ✭✭✭raze_them_all_


    newmug wrote: »
    You's can sneer all you like. The elephant in the PC room is that there are foreign people here, taking our jobs, while Irish people are flocking to Oz and Canada for jobs of their own. Its not about bitterness or xenophobia, its about common sense. You have to draw the line on emigration somewhere.

    Yeah ****ing Irish people going and taking Australian and canadian jobs, ya have to dry the line somewhere.


    But drawing the line on emmigration? We should stop Irish people leaving Ireland?


  • #239
    Mesrine65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭Mesrine65


    jobbridge4life wrote: »
    I agree with this post almost entirely and have extensive experience in the area but I do take issue with the bolded. The inner city and working class areas do have a great sense of community but its a nonsense to suggest that it is unique to them.
    In my experience...

    I have never lived anywhere else but working class areas, so have no other reference point to debate.


  • #240
    jobbridge4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭jobbridge4life


    Mesrine65 wrote: »
    In my experience...

    I have never lived anywhere else but working class areas, so have no other reference point to debate.

    Well then with respect don't presume to tell everyone else they have inferior community spirit.


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  • #241
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    BehindTheScenes wrote: »
    It's more likely down to moving a bunch of gougers out from Sheriff Street and other parts of the inner city to a decent place where they had more space and knew nothing better than to fill it with their sprogs who then learned how to be gougers from them.

    And why do you think that Sherriff St and other parts of the inner city had a proliferation of 'gougers' (your word)? Could it have related to the housing conditions there?


  • #242
    Mesrine65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭Mesrine65


    jobbridge4life wrote: »
    Well then with respect don't presume to tell everyone else they have inferior community spirit.
    With respect, that was not my intent, no presumption made ;)


  • #243
    BehindTheScenes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭BehindTheScenes


    Mesrine65 wrote: »
    You obviously know f*ck all about Sheriff Street or the inner city, except for your blinkered, ignorant opinions :mad:

    I grew up in these areas, granted there are gougers there as their are elsewhere, but a greater sense of community spirit you won't find anywhere else.

    It never ceased to amaze me the fact that those who had so little would be so giving & circle the wagons to help out a neighbour in times of need, without question.

    If you knew anything about the areas in question, you'd know this, but sure, don't let me tell you otherwise & carry on blissfully in your ignorance :rolleyes:

    According to John Lonergan the majority of prisoners in the Mountjoy come from Sheriff Street and Seán McDermott Street. That's a sizeable population from two very small areas. Can't remember where I read it but I think it was Re-imagining imprisonment. Granted there are reasons for this but there are large tracts of the country that were historically impoverished and they don't make up sizeable portions of the prison population.


  • #244
    jobbridge4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭jobbridge4life


    BehindTheScenes wrote: »
    According to John Lonergan the majority of prisoners in the Mountjoy come from Sheriff Street and Seán McDermott Street. That's a sizeable population from two very small areas. Can't remember where I read it but I think it was Re-imagining imprisonment. Granted there are reasons for this but there are large tracts of the country that were historically impoverished and they don't make up sizeable portions of the prison population.

    Great but the exceptions don't make the rule and it is an incontrovertible fact that poverty and criminality are linked the world over. Other issues of course also interact and interplay with the poverty such as substance abuse, lack of educational opportunities, family breakdown.

    So unless your point is that Sheriff St and Sean McDermott St are home to special breed of criminal human you really need to think about what you are saying.:rolleyes:


  • #245
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    jobbridge4life wrote: »
    I agree with this post almost entirely and have extensive experience in the area but I do take issue with the bolded. The inner city and working class areas do have a great sense of community but its a nonsense to suggest that it is unique to them.
    It may not be unique to them, but compare like with like.

    In central areas of cities like Dublin, it tends to be the poorer communities who have greater cohesion, probably out of necessity of course, than their wealthy neighbours in highly secure apartment complexes and townhouses.

    People in the latter type of housing don't need to rely on their immediate surroundings for their social needs. They have work & social networks outside of their living areas.

    I'm not sure how you'd measure it, but it wouldn't be one bit surprising if the poorest central Dublin communities were the most cohesive & community-focused.

    Why does any of this matter anyway?
    Well because if an area is to thrive, locals must be 'stakeholders' (horrible word) in that community. Otherwise they're, well, a bit parasitic: sinking resources without any valuable return.


  • #246
    arayess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭arayess


    raze_them_all_ wrote: »
    Yeah ****ing Irish people going and taking Australian and canadian jobs, ya have to dry the line somewhere.


    But drawing the line on emmigration? We should stop Irish people leaving Ireland?

    this argument pains me.
    Why should what irish people do abroad have any baring on how we conduct ourselves at home , our social or economic policy , or our laws.

    Why?

    Shouldn't we do what is best for ireland and that alone?


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  • #247
    FourFourRED
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,957 ✭✭✭FourFourRED


    That Mr Cian Twomey fella on FB isn't remotely funny.

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



  • #248
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    FourFourFM wrote: »
    That Mr Cian Twomey fella on FB isn't remotely funny.

    I think if you're over a certain age, or don't (fortunately) know anyone that acts like the girl he portrays, that's not an unpopular opinion at all.


  • #249
    jobbridge4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭jobbridge4life


    FourFourFM wrote: »
    That Mr Cian Twomey fella on FB isn't remotely funny.

    Who?


  • #250
    Kev W
    Registered Users Posts: 2,536 ✭✭✭Kev W


    jobbridge4life wrote: »
    Who?

    Mr Cian Twomey.

    There's a clue for the eagle - eyed in the post you quoted.


  • #251
    jobbridge4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭jobbridge4life


    Kev W wrote: »
    Mr Cian Twomey.

    There's a clue for the eagle - eyed in the post you quoted.

    Who?


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