What's getting worse in society that the media isn't reporting on?

21-09-2017 02:53PM

The 70 gender nonsense

IvySlayer · 21-09-2017 02:56PM

Americans criticizing EUs immigration without thinking of the 8000+ gun deaths so far this year already in the US.

Terrorist attack = BAN ALL MUSLIMS

Gun crime = FREEDOM

awful_cook · 21-09-2017 03:03PM

Paleblood wrote: »

I worked in my local District Court for six months. There might be 50 defendants on any given day, but if there was one Traveller he was guaranteed to be one of the 5 or 6 case reports in the regional newspaper the following Wednesday. The same applied to Eastern Europeans, albeit to a lesser extent. If you were a Traveller or a foreigner you were getting named, even if there were many more cases that were more 'interesting' or newsworthy.

well RTE never identify travellers as travellers whenever the story is a negative one

since they attained ethic status , you would think this was required but not so far

pawrick · 21-09-2017 03:04PM

A sense of entitlement, I get the fact that most people in life will need a helping hand at different stages but it's become a lifestyle choice for many or an easy opt out to face reality.

BillyBobBS · 21-09-2017 03:25PM

pawrick wrote: »

A sense of entitlement, I get the fact that most people in life will need a helping hand at different stages but it's become a lifestyle choice for many or an easy opt out to face reality.

True but enough about politicians what about everyday folk.

razorblunt · 21-09-2017 03:33PM

Wesser wrote: »

Family break down . Man and woman had 2 children then marruage breaks down the. He finds a new partner and she already has children from a prev relationship and the have another child. And she ( wife no 1) finds a new man and he already has children from a prev relationship and then they also have children . So 5 sets of kids, alot of emotional baggage, alot of upheavel for the children, 5 sets of grandparents, very complicated child minding arrangements ....... assosciated with a lack of resilience in longerm relationships, multiple housing arrangements and lingering debt due to mortgages, squeezed house hold budgets due to maintainence payments going every which way.

PARKLIFE!

the-island-man · 21-09-2017 03:52PM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

The state of the roads in this country, primary and most secondary roads are ok but the rest of the road network that nearly everyone needs to use at some point are a disgrace in some places.

Potholes and dangerous turns in rural areas are causing accidents and very little is being done to fix these roads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjl8OIZijjY

Paleblood · 21-09-2017 03:55PM

awful_cook wrote: »

well RTE never identify travellers as travellers whenever the story is a negative one

since they attained ethic status , you would think this was required but not so far

Why should RTE identify someone as a Traveller if it's not a central element of the story?

Should that apply to race as well?

"A black man was arrested last night in connection with..."

If race or ethnicity isn't a factor in the case then why would it need to be mentioned?

beefburrito · 21-09-2017 04:00PM

Working conditions and employment legislation being shat on all over the country.

Celtic Tiger pup's getting too big for their boot's, zero hour contract's.

People having to bring their work home in a miniature suitcase,not realising their parents and grandparents left work in work and had a home life.

Idiots spending time pounding the roads causing untold damage to their knees, in ten years + the orthopaedic surgeons will be inundated with knee surgery prospect's....

wakka12 · 21-09-2017 04:01PM

Paleblood wrote: »

And the vast majority of Irish people that emigrated to the states in times of desperation were 18-35 year old males.

Yes, immigrants. We are talking about refugees, who if ge,uine, would not be almost entirely working aged males, a genuine group of refugees would represent an accurate cross section of the demographics of the home country

YOu cant compare legal immigration to false refugee status

topper75 · 21-09-2017 04:21PM

Paleblood wrote: »

And the vast majority of Irish people that emigrated to the states in times of desperation were 18-35 year old males.

The difference is when they were found to be illegal, they were deported.

That is the bit that is new here in Europe and cause for concern.

There will always be chancers. It is when the system gives up on processing and repatriating, you have a problem. :eek:

Many of the people travelling from developing nations to Europe don't have any plausible means of supporting themselves here and rely on payments from government for everything, even beyond attaining refugee status.

This was not the case with the Irish going to the new world so the analogy isn't helpful in understanding the threat we face in the future. African continent population will double by 2050. The Syrian one quadrupled since the 60s (no small factor in their war).

DEFTLEFTHAND · 21-09-2017 04:39PM

IvySlayer wrote: »

Americans criticizing EUs immigration without thinking of the 8000+ gun deaths so far this year already in the US.

Terrorist attack = BAN ALL MUSLIMS

Gun crime = FREEDOM

Great point, I watched a doc on the Murder Capital of the USA recently. Chicago.

Holy crap what an absolute cesspool of criminality. I've a whole new found respect for the Police there and in the other problem cities across the country. I wouldn't do their job for love nor money.

21-09-2017 04:40PM

Matias Blue Alternator wrote: »

The 70 gender nonsense

70?

the purple tin · 21-09-2017 04:47PM

Homelessness in this country. Most politicians and media won't touch the issue with a ten foot pole.

Rumpy Pumpy · 21-09-2017 04:52PM

the purple tin wrote: »

Homelessness in this country. Most politicians and media won't touch the issue with a ten foot pole.

It's never off the media. The real debate is why there are so many charities trying to do the same things.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 21-09-2017 04:53PM

beefburrito wrote: »

Working conditions and employment legislation being shat on all over the country.

People having to bring their work home in a miniature suitcase,not realising their parents and grandparents left work in work and had a home life.

This is nonsense and people only have themselves to blame if they don't pull the plug, its more of the USA style of life where its all about your job, career etc. I'd wager that 90% of people working long hours and answering emails late at night are doing feck all anyway and are more preoccupied with appearing busy than actually accomplishing anything.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 21-09-2017 04:55PM

Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »

It's never off the media. The real debate is why there are so many charities trying to do the same things.

the real debate should be why so many of these 'charities' have such huge staff, facilites and well paid board members. I understand that you have to employ people to administer funds, but the ease at which they seem to be able to misappropriate funds is astonishing.

Press_Start · 21-09-2017 05:54PM

The hollowness of the country at the moment. A distinct lack of empathy for culture, a rise in suicides, the ongoing conflict between the working class and the middle-uppers.
Mostly though;
The contempt of the older generation towards the Millenial generation. The fact that new couples and families can't afford **** all at the moment despite any real effort put in by themselves. the fact that young peopel can't get a job without a qualification, which costs a fortune to get, is next to impossible to compete alongside and often overlooked, under appreciated and underpaid by the already employed previous generation. I think it's interesting how the news can run stories about banking, car insurance and interesting statistics abut the leaving cert results and school stats, howver the youngest adults have no clue how to function with today's climate, and noone seems to care.
Sorry for the rant but it does bug me.
Might need to make my own post about this in a fresh topic in a few minutes, want to know opinions.

VinLieger · 21-09-2017 06:07PM

People on both sides of the political divide shouting about their rights to free speech while at the same time trying to silence their opponents.

Im sure some will try point fingers and say well only the *insert witty vaguely insulting nickname* are guilty of doing it but its become more and more apparent that either side thinks their right to free speech overrules anyone that might diaagree with them.

iamwhoiam · 21-09-2017 06:28PM

Press_Start wrote: »

The hollowness of the country at the moment. A distinct lack of empathy for culture, a rise in suicides, the ongoing conflict between the working class and the middle-uppers.
Mostly though;
The contempt of the older generation towards the Millenial generation. The fact that new couples and families can't afford **** all at the moment despite any real effort put in by themselves. the fact that young peopel can't get a job without a qualification, which costs a fortune to get, is next to impossible to compete alongside and often overlooked, under appreciated and underpaid by the already employed previous generation. I think it's interesting how the news can run stories about banking, car insurance and interesting statistics abut the leaving cert results and school stats, howver the youngest adults have no clue how to function with today's climate, and noone seems to care.
Sorry for the rant but it does bug me.
Might need to make my own post about this in a fresh topic in a few minutes, want to know opinions.

The contempt of some of the older generation maybe more correct
I have great sympathy as have many of my friends for the struggles of the younger generation . The housing crises is hitting them hard and the spiralling rents is disgraceful and difficult to deal with . I am retired and saw a previous recession but at least people had a roof over their head and not living in fear of eviction .

ligerdub · 21-09-2017 06:29PM

VinLieger wrote: »

People on both sides of the political divide shouting about their rights to free speech while at the same time trying to silence their opponents.

Im sure some will try point fingers and say well only the *insert witty vaguely insulting nickname* are guilty of doing it but its become more and more apparent that either side thinks their right to free speech overrules anyone that might diaagree with them.

What is that based on? How many liberal speakers have been deplatformed or been silenced/censured for something they said compared to conservative ones?

I could be wrong, but I can't recall ever hearing (in recent times) anyone calling for silencing of somebody who was a rabid feminist/anti-Brexit/anti-Trump/pro-abortion etc.

Shenshen · 21-09-2017 07:12PM

beefburrito wrote: »

Working conditions and employment legislation being shat on all over the country.

Celtic Tiger pup's getting too big for their boot's, zero hour contract's.

People having to bring their work home in a miniature suitcase,not realising their parents and grandparents left work in work and had a home life.

I don't know what your parents and grandparents were doing, but my grandparents were farmers. They never left work. Ever.
My mother was stay-at-home for years, again, she never got to leave work "in work".

VinLieger · 21-09-2017 08:04PM

ligerdub wrote: »

What is that based on? How many liberal speakers have been deplatformed or been silenced/censured for something they said compared to conservative ones?

I could be wrong, but I can't recall ever hearing (in recent times) anyone calling for silencing of somebody who was a rabid feminist/anti-Brexit/anti-Trump/pro-abortion etc.

Good for you, i love being right

Paleblood · 21-09-2017 08:26PM

wakka12 wrote: »

Yes, immigrants. We are talking about refugees, who if ge,uine, would not be almost entirely working aged males, a genuine group of refugees would represent an accurate cross section of the demographics of the home country

YOu cant compare legal immigration to false refugee status

So you can't see any type of parallel between young men leaving a famine stricken Ireland and young men leaving a war-torn Middle East?

Amalgam · 21-09-2017 08:35PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Especially Gambling. You can only drink so much per day but you can throw the keys of your House on 1 card/bet.

It's the access rather than the age, you can gamble at the dinner table, in front of family and friends, with the phone.. and they'd be none the wiser.

It's a marriage killer. The warnings on the ads sexing it up need to be bigger than a discreet URL.

gw80 · 21-09-2017 08:39PM

Not really a "getting worse story" in fact the opposite actually,
But since the start of the year up to 500,000 Syrian refugees have returned to syria, and not to any of the areas held by the so called freedom fighters but to the government held (assad) areas, and not a whole lot of media coverage on it.

Funny that!

wakka12 · 21-09-2017 09:03PM

the purple tin wrote: »

Homelessness in this country. Most politicians and media won't touch the issue with a ten foot pole.

The media is literally obsessed with the homeless crisis are you joking?

The_Kew_Tour · 21-09-2017 09:11PM

Amalgam wrote: »

It's the access rather than the age, you can gamble at the dinner table, in front of family and friends, with the phone.. and they'd be none the wiser.

It's a marriage killer. The warnings on the ads sexing it up need to be bigger than a discreet URL.

Not arguing with that and you're right but I think lads just out of school or colllege might see it as way to make money. Not saying it would help greatly but it would be start. But agree on general

Clonmel1000 · 21-09-2017 09:12PM

the reporting of misdeeds from players of one sport v the reports of misdeeds from any other...

wakka12 · 21-09-2017 09:18PM

Press_Start wrote: »

The hollowness of the country at the moment. A distinct lack of empathy for culture, a rise in suicides, the ongoing conflict between the working class and the middle-uppers.
Mostly though;
The contempt of the older generation towards the Millenial generation. The fact that new couples and families can't afford **** all at the moment despite any real effort put in by themselves. the fact that young peopel can't get a job without a qualification, which costs a fortune to get, is next to impossible to compete alongside and often overlooked, under appreciated and underpaid by the already employed previous generation. I think it's interesting how the news can run stories about banking, car insurance and interesting statistics abut the leaving cert results and school stats, howver the youngest adults have no clue how to function with today's climate, and noone seems to care.
Sorry for the rant but it does bug me.
Might need to make my own post about this in a fresh topic in a few minutes, want to know opinions.

Very interesting actually and very true

What's getting worse in society that the media isn't reporting on?

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