What’s your most controversial opinion? **Read OP** **Mod Note in Post #3372**

It's estimated that 75% of Liverpool's population has some Irish ancestry. They have very similar traits to Dubs

Handwash gel does not do even close to as good a job as an old fashioned bar of soap. Sure it might chemically sanitize your hands, but in terms of removing dirt and grind it is a poor alternative.

Re hospitality sector, many people appear to prefer if it imploded purely out of pettiness because of the one or two bad experiences they had.

VOWS NEVER TO RETURN.

Adults who are worse crybabies than their kids.

My C.O.
Rather than shouting from the rooftops that we need more & more social housing, we need to look at the reason that the population of a 1st world country with effective 100% employment and an educated workforce are unable to provide for themselves.

For Shamrock Rovers who for big games can fill Tallaght 9,000 or so home fans, yes it would be

Id imagine Pats and Bohs would easily sell close to 9,000 themselves if they had a game in Tallaght against any of the big sides

The crowds the 3 big Dublin LOI teams (sorry Shels) and Cork in Turners Cross can attract would easily sell out the home end leaving the away team with just the away allocation in Tallaght which is usually around 1000 (600 in Turners Cross)

My controversial opinion relates to the abortion discussion. The Americans are big into the rape and incest niche, as a reason to allow abortions. I don't think those should have anything to do with the broader argument at all. I think it misses the point of whether the woman should have the right to choose what she does with her body. Abortion is either an option or it isn't.

The argument puts the rights of the woman above the foetus in a small set of circumstances which are totally independent of the foetus, bases purely on how it was conceived. That makes no sense to me because the rights of the woman are what's in question when deciding whether abortion should be allowed or not.

Re Abortion:

There is no such thing as pro-life. People are not pro-life, they are pro-existence. Shown in a way that, as soon as the baby is born, a lot of them will usually fight tooth and nail to stop the new family from having any form of state support (and, in the case of the US, health insurance).

Inclusion in primary schools is not working. Children should be streamed based on their academic ability instead of shoving 30+ into one classroom with 1 teacher and expecting everything to run smoothly. There is a serious amount of children who have behavioural issues, don't want to be in school, don't have any respect for the teacher or any adult working in the school who are impacting on the learning progress of children who want to learn and do their work.

It's not though, forcing a woman to put her life in mortal danger or prolong a traumatic experience belongs in medieval history and not in todays society. We know its available and in extreme circumstances its at the minimum the lesser evil. I feel you are approaching the abortion debate the wrong way as it should be judged by the situation the woman is in.

Yeah, they brought in the model but didn’t bother to fund it effectively.

Yes there is but the govt. don't want to (a) fund it (b) discuss it because it'll ruin their 'we're all about inclusion' image. School could be streamed by genre…..academic schools, trade schools, cookery schools, art and drama schools, music schools, special schools (for children with moderate, severe, profound disabilities) etc. Primary mainstream schools should be organised by ability, interest in education and focus on special streams for children who show aptitude or interest in a variety of areas. Bottom line is the current system is so 'dumbed down' that the really academic children are being ignored, the anti-social behaviours are getting worse and everyone says 'nothing we can do'!