Deleted User wrote: » We used a childminder at first and to be honest the creche brought them on a lot more. When they are older will potentially look into something like that or afterschool as an alternative. At the moment the creche is the best option, but it's incredibly expensive. Amazing the Government doesn't bring in some kind of tax relief for childcare costs.
Buer wrote: » I will always struggle to comprehend as to why people insist on mortgaging their lives away and causing themselves a life of untold stress for the sake of not being 10 miles further away.
Buer wrote: » Au pair isn't an option for a lot of people given the WRC ruling on minimum wage. It's not as cost effective as it once was and you give up your home to have someone living with you which is not appealing whatsoever.
[Deleted User] wrote: » We have a spare room and space wouldn't really be an issue. But I really wouldn't like to have a stranger living in the house. I like my privacy far too much. Also, I'm an absolute dreamboat so would be desperate frustrating for the young wan.
awec wrote: » I'd move further away if public transport wasn't hopeless. Our entire lives are based in south Dublin, if we could get there via public transport for cheap, quickly and regularly I'd be happy enough to move further away. Not the case unfortunately.
molloyjh wrote: » Yeah public transport is an issue. I used to live out near the airport. To get to Citywest on public transport would have required going into town to go back out. Obviously there's the option of driving but that's not always an option for various reasons. Routing almost everything through the city centre is so daft.
mfceiling wrote: » 100% with you on this Venjur. We need our own space so another person wouldn't fit in here. Most of my "well to do"neighbours have au pairs. One lady had her mam staying over one weekend. Came down to breakfast on the Sunday morning to be greeted by a gorgeous young Brazilian girl in yellow hotpants and a bra top!! Told her daughter to get her out of the house asap!! I'm happy enough with my childminder. A 30 something, gorgeous Brazilian girl who turned up today in a leather mini skirt and wellies!! She's a great girl mind you and we wouldn't swop her for the world.
thomond2006 wrote: » Photos or this is FAKE NEWS.
mfceiling wrote: » I'd love to Thomond but my missus would string me up for taking photos of her. To be fair she has a boyfriend and he might object to me asking if I could take a few pics of her - purely for research purposes.
awec wrote: I'd move further away if public transport wasn't hopeless. Our entire lives are based in south Dublin, if we could get there via public transport for cheap, quickly and regularly I'd be happy enough to move further away.
Buer wrote: » With the Luas cross city and the train, you can get across the city and county from north to your current vicinity fairly handily. Dublin will never have a tube style system in terms of frequency or reach. There are some solid options available for many areas though to go from north to south.
awec wrote: » The Luas covers a fraction of Dublin. The train is even worse.
Stheno wrote: » Is that the child minder whose bf won some signed rugby stuff and gave it to you?
Stheno wrote: » I'd a colleague who did this commute well over two hours each way @ Yeah_Right the Swords Express is a fab service worth the extra cost compared to Dublin Bus and they do taxsaver tickets Do you mind me asking what part of Swords you bought in?
Yeah_Right wrote: » It's a new development called Longview (I think). I got sick of house hunting, told the missus what I required and then let her pick. We move in end of the year. Looking forward to living out there.
Neil3030 wrote: » I live in a two-bedroom penthouse apartment overlooking the black forest. There's a tram 50-feet from my front door taking me into the centre of town in ~12 mins. I pay EUR400 per month rent.
thomond2006 wrote: » Are governments capable of doing anything about it though?
[Deleted User] wrote: » There's a very tall person outside Clay farm in a red jacket... Will I go over and say hi to awec?
Stheno wrote: » Only if they are so thin they make the famine statues on the quays look well nourished
Buer wrote: » Silly old George. He hasn't a rashers, to be honest and has no place in modern broadcasting. I'd put a significant portion of blame at Newstalk's doorstep on this. Everyone who has heard Hook in the last 5 years knows he has become completely outdated and has actually started to dig his heels in and become beligerent about his more right wing, headstrong views in recent times. When they reshuffled the schedule they should have shuffled him off the stage. I don't believe for a second that Hook's apology is actually genuine, though. I believe he's sorry he has put himself in this situation and nothing more. He regrets that but I don't think he understands properly what he said that was offensive. He has previous on the matter too. I'm not particularly left wing, personally, and I do think there has been something of a witch hunt on this. People say worse every day but you cannot say this sort of thing when you're in a position of responsibility and have a large audience. He has to go. I almost feel sorry for him as I believe Hook is someone that needs this sort of interaction and involvement to keep himself going.
Bazzo wrote: » That's been a long time coming. He stopped being anything more than a **** stirrer years ago.
Buer wrote: » I don't think he's a sh*t stirrer. I think he's a 76 year old man from a completely different generation and era that has little understanding or awareness of modern social structures. I think he was something more of a sh*t stirrer when it came to rugby punditry but mostly believed what he was saying in that role too. I would wager that we all know people that are of his generation (and younger) that hold similar views to the ones he has voiced. Some people are simply set in their way and aren't able/willing to adjust as society does. Some of us will be the same when we reach our twilight years. For that reason, I do feel pity for him. He's someone's husband, father and grandfather. They have to see him absolutely torn apart over comments he made without a second thought that he saw as entirely innocent. As I said above, I hold Newstalk significantly responsible for him being in a position to make those comments publicly to begin with.
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