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

Maybe a bit controversial opinion but I'd say the opposite. I feel there is space for both parties to tweak their vision again. Both can probably afford to harken back to their roots. I'm sure FG would like to lean a bit more right and FF could lean a bit more left.

Exactly this. Who on earth would they mess with that sweet little deal by merging and potentially halving their vote?

Eventually they might run out of voters when the older people die off. That's a matter of whether they can court young people as they grow older. But in the meantime, they're likely looking at another decade or two in coalition.

This is great if you're someone who thinks things are going great as they are and we don't need to change much about how things are run.

If you own your own home or maybe even have one spare to rent. Things might be going quite alright.

There are over 100k registered landlords.

100k registered landlords at present, mostly middle aged and middle class, making up the vast majority of people who actually get off their ass and vote in this country, especially considering the low voter turnout in the last election. Rents higher than they’ve ever been, and more money to be made from letting properties to house asylum seekers, or “IPAs applicants” as they’re called these days. Of course that lot will keep voting for the status quo.
Check out the comments on the FF/FG social media pages, and on Martin and Harris’s own social media accounts. The vast majority of commenters are absolutely lambasting them out of it. I hear the same levels of extreme dissatisfaction among family members, work colleagues and friends. However the sad reality is, unless they turn up at the ballot boxes and try help outnumber the FF/FG fan base then nothing will change.

Make Home Economics a compulsory subject in school. Teach children ( both girls and boys how to cook) and about good nutrition. That way when they leave school they know how to nourish themselves.

Yes absolutely agree. These are importante life skills. Very much needed, again teaching people to fend for themselves, give them the skills and to do it themselves.

I’m the opposite . Living in the North I have come to appreciate the little Irish I have . And I would encourage it for all pupils

maybe, maybe not, some humans might just have a conscious, with or without religion, religion can be bloody damaging at the same time, in more ways than one, ive seen some serious life long, and even generational, emotional and psychological damage done from religion and religious orders

I wouldn't object to this but you'd run into opposition from the usual types who don't want the 'nanny state' performing parenting roles.

I think what you'll find is people looking for an alternative way to say "my generation are such rubbish parents, we haven't taught the next generation some basic life skills and DIY".or God forbid, they admit they don't actually know how to do those things themselves, so couldn't teach it to their children.

They've made it the state's failing rather than their own.

nope, religious organisations can be littered with highly dysfunctional humans, just like any other none religious groupings, the hierarchical nature of such groups is a perfect breading ground for such dysfunctional beings, that cause great harm to others, they can still have strong religious beliefs, yet cause great harm to others, of course, i have seen some positive outcomes from religious order also, but we must also acknowledge the serious damage done by some people of faith