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Please find the updated and streamlined forum charter below. Keep it lighthearted ; serious discussion is catered for elsewhere on the site. The mods utilise the 'Is this thread any craic' test (TM) to determine if the thread is lighthearted enough to stay in AH. So start threads with a view to them being a bit of craic.…
There are a lot of folk out there who are struggling a little more than they should be for various reasons. There is help out there for families who are worried about christmas, worried about the rent, or just worried about where their next meal is coming from. We would like to put together a list of resources for those in…
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/09/bill-to-ban-hare-coursing-overwhelmingly-defeated-by-125-votes-to-24/ I suppose, realistically this was always going to be defeated. Why do we have this weird attachment to this niche, minority activity from the Dark Ages?
I have had a huge interest in maps and geography since I was a very small child - I am generally fascinated with the way places and routes are related to each other in spatial terms, and I could pore over a good map for ages. So here’s a little thread on maps that I find interesting and fascinating - some represent data,…
One thing we uncIreland love is ripping the piss out of Sinn fein, especially if you are Fianna Fail or Fine Gael . So What are your jokes or flags about the bullying terrorist allied party? Mine is obviously the Day Today helium gag. Do we know if Coogan has any FF or FG allegiance?
There I've said it. I used give out about certain things in this place but having had a proper lurk and a bit of casual posting there now with maybe a couple months the place is disturbingly toxic for the most part. It's filled with toxic, disturbed little people of all persuasions. People with politics of all angles…
Here’s mine: The expansion of the EU should’ve stopped in 1995 with Austria, Sweden and Finland. The 2004 expansion with 10 new countries, (Czechia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Estonia, Malta, Poland) the 2007 addition of Romania and Bulgaria and 2013 addition of Croatia should never have…
New thread for all your trivial annoyances. See Mod Note below. As you have probably noticed some of the long running threads are not updating, at present. So this is a workaround. Old thread here Mod Note - If your post relates to more serious things whether current affairs, politics or suchlike, please take it to the…
Just Kidding! :pac: We were getting close to that magic number, so here's the new one. Th is watching a video of my niece on a swing she having fun on it and then chatting to her on video chat later she getting all excited because she saw a "wurdie" she meant a birdie :D Previous Thread Part 2:…
The Wherers thread is currently borked so this is a stopgap. @Gremlinertia @Mam of 4 @Princess Calla @Duvet Day @Sephiroth_dude @Grandeeod @Poochie05 @IamMetaldave @smurfjed @thomil @Pwindedd @SuperBowserWorld The @ function is a nightmare to use, who have I forgotten? Tableside having a drink to welcome the weekend. Let's…
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