What is the greatest waste of money you've seen?

freshpopcorn

I saw this shared on Facebook recently.



What is the greatest waste of money you've seen?

Ruggabugga101

Bank bail outs.

Rodney Bathgate

Stay off Facepuke.

Irish Water.
New Children's Hospital.

E mac

Millennium Clock -voting machines -iodine tablets-COVID tracker app and prob in a few years that kayak water thing that’s being pushed forward in Dublin.

Northernlily

E mac wrote: »

Millennium Clock -voting machines -iodine tablets-COVID tracker app and prob in a few years that kayak water thing that’s being pushed forward in Dublin.

Apart from the rest how is the Covid tracker app a waste of money? Its a very functional app certainly providing value for the investment.

E mac

Northernlily wrote: »

Apart from the rest how is the Covid tracker app a waste of money? Its a very functional app certainly providing value for the investment.

How has it proved value for money ? If it was working it would still be promoted by powers that be instead it seems forgotten about.

jmlad2020

Northernlily wrote: »

Apart from the rest how is the Covid tracker app a waste of money? Its a very functional app certainly providing value for the investment.

Covid Tracker App doesn't work in Northern Ireland. Considering Donegal shares 95% of it's border with Northern Ireland, (and not to mention the other border counties-where cases where highest) contact tracing went to the dogs in these regions.

Plus the App was a load of **** anyways that barely anyone used.

Bill G

The Seanad

Red_Wake

Social Housing.

Burning the money would be more beneficial to society.

freshpopcorn

jmlad2020 wrote: »

Plus the App was a load of **** anyways that barely anyone used.

Stephen was great to tell us how many people downloaded but he never really mentions how many people actively uses it.

paw patrol

NGOs

E mac

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Stephen was great to tell us how many people downloaded but he never really mentions how many people actively uses it.

To be fair New Zealand is the only country that’s seems to have a working successful app.

Esse85

Harry McGuire

fits

There’s a page on Instagram called ugly Irish houses. It’s amazing what some spend money on.

Stihl waters

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I saw this shared on Facebook recently.



What is the greatest waste of money you've seen?

Is there a limit as to what you can do in a graveyard or is it a free for all where anyone can build monstrosities like this

One More Toy

Children's hospital
National broadband scheme

Guy:Incognito

Stihl waters wrote: »

Is there a limit as to what you can do in a graveyard or is it a free for all where anyone can build monstrosities like this

There are limits but some just ignore them it seems

freshpopcorn

Stihl waters wrote: »

Is there a limit as to what you can do in a graveyard or is it a free for all where anyone can build monstrosities like this

I think it depends on the graveyard!

Mad_maxx

Fernando Torres to Chelsea back in the day

E mac

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Fernando Torres to Chelsea back in the day

Or anywhere he went after Liverpool....

SnazzyPig

Esse85 wrote: »

Harry McGuire

I'm going to wait a few minutes before I agree...

I've been looking at websites of wedding decor suppliers and my God, the amount of tacky rubbish some people spend their money on. Flower walls, bird cages, fake trees, bikes, photobooths, doughnut walls.

All rotten looking.

Adyx

jmlad2020 wrote: »

Covid Tracker App doesn't work in Northern Ireland. Considering Donegal shares 95% of it's border with Northern Ireland, (and not to mention the other border counties-where cases where highest) contact tracing went to the dogs in these regions.

Plus the App was a load of **** anyways that barely anyone used.

Firstly, the Irish and NI tracker apps are compatible with each other as far as I know, they were developed by the same Irish company (who also developed apps for several other countries and US states). Secondly, almost 110,000 used the app today alone which seems to be a fairly consistent figure.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

I've been looking at websites of wedding decor suppliers and my God, the amount of tacky rubbish some people spend their money on. Flower walls, bird cages, fake trees, bikes, photobooths, doughnut walls.

All rotten looking.

Both of your examples seem alright to me, in the grand scheme.. although I do agree with your general sentiment about weddings.

Snotty

RTE

SnazzyPig

Esse85 wrote: »

Harry McGuire

SnazzyPig wrote: »

I'm going to wait a few minutes before I agree...

I agree.

AndrewJRenko

E mac wrote: »

How has it proved value for money ? If it was working it would still be promoted by powers that be instead it seems forgotten about.

So it's a waste of money because they didn't spend even more money on promoting it?

You know how many other places have taken the Irish app and re-used it?

Bass Reeves

Buying coffee/ tea and lunch every day at work instead of taking your lunch with you 3-4 days a week. Cigarettes as well. Both are within your personal scope to not waste money on

I see sheep

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I saw this shared on Facebook recently.



What is the greatest waste of money you've seen?

That's pretty cool.

piplip87

I've a mate, earns good money but he blows thousands on FIFA points every year. More often than not I end up with a better team than him. I mean it's an addiction at this stage for him.