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friendlyfun wrote: »

John Cummins reinstated into Fine Gael.

fair play to him, should do a good job for them

has someone hacked your account?

Harry Palmr wrote: »

has someone hacked your account?

that for me? not at all if it is

Greystones as two cabinet ministers and Waterford hasn't had cabinet minister in over 10 years.

CardBordWindow

Does anyone know what's happening down on the quay?
Seems to be a lot of fire brigade vehicles around.

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A few Garda cars up on Dominic Place with another car almost abandoned in the

middle of the road yesterday!

any word whats going on?

mooseknunkle

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Does anyone know what's happening down on the quay?
Seems to be a lot of fire brigade vehicles around.

Somebody in the river

https://www.facebook.com/waterfordcityfireservice/photos/a.10151965085209742/10159141794184742

mooseknunkle wrote: »

Somebody in the river

https://www.facebook.com/waterfordcityfireservice/photos/a.10151965085209742/10159141794184742

fcuk, i feared this, any word?

Johnboy1951

Wanderer78 wrote: »

fcuk, i feared this, any word?

It says

"Working together with Waterford City River Rescue, Irish Coast Gaurd and An Garda Síochána a search of the area took place until it was confirmed that the person was safe and not in danger."

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

It says

"Working together with Waterford City River Rescue, Irish Coast Gaurd and An Garda Síochána a search of the area took place until it was confirmed that the person was safe and not in danger."

read that thanks

whats_happenin

Oscar Madison wrote: »

A few Garda cars up on Dominic Place with another car almost abandoned in the

middle of the road yesterday!

A man passed away and gardai has to gain enter to find him. He was very sick

PTH2009

Remember the days of the Cablelink channel

Always had those cheesy power ballad songs on it with pictures of local services. WLR had a magizine programme on it for a while (Waterford@8)

I was in around the town at Christmas. Saw a book in the book centre for 52 euro when it was only 27 euro online. That's an absolute day light robbery. I'm all for supporting local but when they're taking the piss in some circumstances and and I'd rather not be fleeced.

friendlyfun wrote: »

I was in around the town at Christmas. Saw a book in the book centre for 52 euro when it was only 27 euro online. That's an absolute day light robbery. I'm all for supporting local but when they're taking the piss in some circumstances and and I'd rather not be fleeced.

tis next to impossible to compete with large online retailers, when you have to cover all your overheads, if you can afford to pay more, please do so, or we ll all end up working in warehouses on minimum wage and ****e working conditions, but if you cant afford it, so be it

dzilla

Wanderer78 wrote: »

tis next to impossible to compete with large online retailers, when you have to cover all your overheads, if you can afford to pay more, please do so, or we ll all end up working in warehouses on minimum wage and ****e working conditions, but if you cant afford it, so be it

Few bits I would always buy on amazon from the uk but i have found that you had to spend over 20£ to get free delivery so you are not really saving money because you end up buying needless stuff.

Started buying the stuff online now from Irish retailers and although they might be a few more euros expensive its probably cheaper and feels better all round.

Johnboy1951

Wanderer78 wrote: »

tis next to impossible to compete with large online retailers, when you have to cover all your overheads, if you can afford to pay more, please do so, or we ll all end up working in warehouses on minimum wage and ****e working conditions, but if you cant afford it, so be it

A €27 to €52 difference is way too much to pay.
There is something else at play there other than overheads..

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

A €27 to €52 difference is way too much to pay.
There is something else at play there other than overheads..

you d be surprised, taxes, insurance, utilities, and on and on and on.... its impossible to compete against behemoths such as amazon

What was the book and where did you see it? Did you check the P&P and post Brexit taxes?

JohnC.

It's also bad to make blanket statements based on what may be an extreme outlier.

RacoonQueen

I actually find books can often be cheaper from Irish shops than Amazon.

Writers get feck all from Amazon book sales also I believe, so have tried to avoid them for books since.

Harry Palmr wrote: »

What was the book and where did you see it? Did you check the P&P and post Brexit taxes?

The book

https://shop.thebookcentre.ie/Books/THE-ENLIGHTENMENT_9780241004821

Also this was before January 1 that it was 27 euro on Amazon.

Nokia6230i

friendlyfun wrote: »

The book

https://shop.thebookcentre.ie/Books/THE-ENLIGHTENMENT_9780241004821

Also this was before January 1 that it was 27 euro on Amazon.

If it's any consolation it's unavailable with Bookstation, Easons or Kennys; all Irish outlets.

Book Depository has it for €30.67.

Must be a fairly substantial tome to be going for those sort of prices; Atlas of the Irish Revolution & similar are same.

Nokia6230i wrote: »

If it's any consolation it's unavailable with Bookstation, Easons or Kennys; all Irish outlets.

Book Depository has it for €30.67.

Must be a fairly substantial tome to be going for those sort of prices; Atlas of the Irish Revolution & similar are same.

Perhaps they are are charging that price for that reason? Seems they only have two copies.

Garda car pulled across lane at the williamstoqn road roundabout thiis morning. So no entry towards tesco/ardkeen.any ideas?

er1983

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Garda car pulled across lane at the williamstoqn road roundabout thiis morning. So no entry towards tesco/ardkeen.any ideas?

Saw that aswell. Was wondering what was going on.

117 searching the suir from fiddown to portlaw, hope its just training

JohnC.

It's been out for quite a while. Can see the searchlight beaming down to the river.

JohnC. wrote: »

It's been out for quite a while. Can see the searchlight beaming down to the river.

thank god

https://www.facebook.com/waterfordcityriverrescue/posts/4164245723593973