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Higher Executive Officer - 2026 Open HEO Competition
The OPEN HEO 2026 Competition is now open for applications. Link is here: https://publicjobs.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-4/xf-47eb89d08dc9/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/3/opp/8195-Higher-Executive-Officer-in-the-Civil-Service-2026/en-GB Closing date for initial applications is 3pm on the 10th September, 2026.…
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US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/13/israel-iran-strikes-defence-minister-tehran-middle-east-live Reports stating that Israel have launched an attack against Iran
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National Strike - 14/10/26
So the brotherhood have decided to stage a national strike next week looking for progress with getting more money out of us without having to discuss reforms in the PS. Public facing workers like nurses and teachers are always rolled out first by the unions to show justification but will anyone notice if the backroom box…
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WORDLE
Anyone doing it? I never do crosswords or anything but I've become semi addicted to this even though I'm not great. After thirteen days I've a 54% success rate. My longest steak is 3 and my quickest guess is line 3 (twice). Was stuck on it for over twenty minutes one day but still couldn't get it 😞
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Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26
A continuation from here As always keep it civil. 2024 Election talk belongs here Mod Warning 10/1/26: Reopening thread now. I've deleted many posts that were just off topic bickering, warned a number of posts and applied bans for either trolling or excessive personal abuse. Going forward abusive comments towards another…
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Switching electric/gas providers (see first post for links)
At the request from a number of posters have posted the latest links for the perceived best tariffs currently available. ******************************** Latest MOD update for the below information is 6 October 2023. Both the BWG and CP links below have been axed by Flogas. A tip if using Bonkers...Unselect "Only show…
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Republic of Ireland General Discussion Thread 2026
New thread as the last thread seems to be broken. Please see mod note post #8790 before posting about the Israel ties.
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Off topic: chat
I know there's not much going on the genealogy world but there's no reason we can't chat. So this is a first for our board: an off topic chat thread. Please be nice! So where's everyone gone these days? Are you all on summer holidays? I'm not but I did just sit outside on freshly cut grass enjoying my lunch and my book…
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John Collison on why Ireland can't do infrastructure
Long piece in last Saturday's Irish Times by Stripe co-founder John Collison that argues part of the reason why we can't deliver infrastrusture is politicians delegating power to quangos and agencies. Colm Keena wrote a really good summary of it in the same edition, but I can't find a link to it. There's a fairly poor…
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BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion
Details of the BusConnects plan: At: http://www.busconnects.ie/ and an overview here: Note: threads merged and original opening post edited with details from bk's post -- moderator ORIGINAL POST BY LXFLYER: I'm opening this thread ahead of the NTA announcement of the Dublin PSO Bus Network Review later this month. The…
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Clues by Sam
https://cluesbysam.com/?rdt_cid=5271556445257896091&utm_source=reddit Is anyone doing Clues by Sam? Its an often difficult enough logic puzzle - I cannot figure how to link it, hopefully the link above will work. It does seem a bit impossible at times - the puzzle must be wrong - but its not, it can be done. I am…
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Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)
Replacing previous thread which has continuing page count issues. Previous Thread Previous Original Thread: Threabanned posters: brickstser69 slay55 mulbot engineerws
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Israel/Palestine Thread
https://news.sky.com/story/thousands-of-rockets-fired-into-israel-as-video-shows-palestinian-fighters-crossing-border-on-paragliders-12978797 Anniversary of the October war. But I'm surprised by this. Surely this will mean the end of the Gaza Strip as we know it. The military resources of the Israelis are huge. I do not…
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This week's EV bargain that I'm not buying V2
Latest thread!
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NYT: Pips
Seems to be a new game! Pips #24 Easy 🟢 2:45 Pips #24 Medium 🟡 1:49 Pips #24 Hard 🔴 6:26
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RTE LiveLine
Starting tomorrow 30 June 2025, PBH will start his audition for a permanent position to manage the RTE Switch Board. According to reports there are 5 talent in contention for the job, all existing RTE employees or with dubious contractor status: Katie Hannon: Stood in so much she has a free pass into the final selection,…
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48.ie - Was 7.99/month - 100 GB, all calls, all texts, 10 GB EU data - [Now 10.99]
€9.99 per month - 20GB - All SMS - 300 minutes - 7 GB EU data You can swap 100 minutes for 1GB, 200 minutes for 2GB or 300 minutes for 3GB. You can carry out a maximum of three swaps per membership providing you have sufficient minutes. Details: https://48.ie/memberships 4G data. This is one of the best value prepay…
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Strands : New NYT Game
Beta game from NYT: Word search with a few themed words to find One word to find stretches from one side of the square to another, no words overlap For every non-themed word you find, you earn a hint Not on app yet
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Connections
Seems a copy of Only Connects 'Wall'.
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Lidl mobile - €8.99 for the first 100K customers
Lidl mobile is launching next week. €8.99 for the first 100K customers for life.
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Liverpool FC - Talk /Gossip/Rumours 26/27
Hoping a New Thread may fix the posting issues.
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat
Lovely, crisp and wintery this morning :)
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2026 NFL season picks thread
Week 1 Patriots v Seahawks 49ers v Rams Saints v Lions Buccaneers v Bengals Ravens v Colts Browns v Jaguars Jets v Titans Bills v Texans Falcons v Steelers Bears v Panthers Packers v Vikings Dolphins v Raiders Cardinals v Chargers Commanders v Eagles Cowboys v Giants Broncos v Chiefs
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Amazon Prime Bargains - Chat Thread
Possibly worth having a chat thread for some of the stuff posted on the bargains thread. Anyway, in relation to this: Even at that price not worth the money. Took a chance on them around Christmas and have never worn them other than to try them on. The fabric is quite heavy for a t-shirt, but the main issue is that the fit…
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Globe Game
Kinda like Worldle meets pin the tail on the donkey https://globle-game.com/
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Polygonle
I've dropped a lot of these word games lately, but this is a new favourite. Longer words, 6 guesses and you're looking for letter patterns. Where the symbol at the top is the same in several places, that letter is repeated (assuming it's green). 22/08 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Gemma O'Dotty arrested
Dragged kicking and screaming from her car by Garda in shankill this morning, I hope that she is getting a cavity search right now
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6 Letters - Worgle
It was bound to happen. Called it in the Sedecordle thread. Worgle 50 4/6 ⚫⚫⚫🟢⚫⚫ ⚫⚫⚫🟢⚫🟢 ⚫🟡⚫🟢🟡🟢 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢
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Minute Cryptic
Daily Cryptic puzzle Minute Cryptic - 30 June 2024 "Tell us what you think of 1 divided by 3.14" (5) 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 I scored: 2 under par https://www.minutecryptic.com/
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Beef price tracker 2
NOW WITH EVEN MORE BEEF PRICES!! Previous thread here