Grumpy Moore Street Traders

Woke Hogan wrote: »

It’s people from that very same county who will claim that they’re keeping the rest of the country afloat, despite the fact that residents of Ireland from outside Dublin pay the same rate of tax and get a fraction of the services people in the capital get.

The Chamber’s analysis of government spending across all 26 counties over the past 7 years found that the county of Dublin - made up of the four Dublin Local Authorities - was the second lowest recipient of capital funding on a per capita basis.

Dublin Chamber said that the findings counter the commonly misplaced claim that Dublin is a dominant recipient of Government investment.

David McWilliams: Dublin generates 56% of Irish tax, but can’t keep a cent of it

corner of hells wrote: »

I've worked in needle exchanges in drug services and still work with addicts in low threshold environment and have never heard of an addict using vinegar , or sticking a needle into an orange for citric effect.
Years ago addicts briefly used lemon juice before exchanges were properly resourced , the risk with lemon juice is that it's not sterile and can cause an infection causing blindness. I've never heard of an addict using lemon juice in Ireland.
As for sticking a needle in an orange, the first thing it does is blunt the needle and then if you decide to use that needle to inject you risk infection .
No addict ever wants to inject impurities into their veins, the risk of that is called a dirty hit causing crippling headaches for days.

Never heard or know of an addict injecting vinegar, lemon juice or jabbing their needle into a lemon or orange in Ireland.

Leandro Better Xenophobia wrote: »

Jesus I love a bit of hazlet, or fresh sliced cornbeef on Brennans bread

I've still got family in Matt Talbot, still living in my Nanny's old flat.

I was born in the tenements in Summerhill (on the corner of Ruthland St), we moved to Ballymun but my Nanny and most of the neighbors moved into Matt Talbot and surrounding area's.

Its hard getting 'townies' out of town. When I got married I lived in Sheriff St for awhile, then turned posh and bought a house in Eastwall.. When my son was knocked down in Eastwall I wanted to get out of the city and bought out in Portmarnock, my wife thought we were moving out to the countryside and moaned that she'd never see anyone again lol

I mostly like the new Ireland, I'd say over 50% of my friends now weren't Irish born but I do miss the Dublin character too.

My mother in law died recently, at her funeral in Sheriff Street my now grown up children and me had a laugh listening to the accents and remembering how they couldn't understand my mother & sister's accents.

''Ah hereeee leeeeve ih ouh' (or whatever way its spelled) is my wifes aunt and still living just off Sheriff St.

I recently reread Strumpet City, a brilliant read for anyone interested in a little bit of Dublin history.