Northern Ireland 2125?

A newspaper alleges "uvf source" says something, so it must be true? Did you ever hear the saying, paper does not refuse ink?

I think you said  "The PSNI are treating the threats as coming from the UDA and UVF, STILL active paramilitary groups"

Have you a credible sourse for that, if not a link?

YOU said there would be damage from loyalists if there is dual language signs. And then said just because YOU warn of a real threat of violence does not mean you condone it or are exciting violance.

Is that your position? Just because people warn of a threat of violence doesn't mean they condone it or exciting it? or does that just apply to you and not others, ie. Makes you a hypocrite?

What total propaganda by a northern nationalist politician writer for sluggerotoole. I thought anphoblocht was pathetic but slugger is even more so.

It is news to me (but in sluggerotoole so must be true) that here in the Republic "free GP care being expanded to all citizens by 2026" and that "in the Republic, patient charges are being abolished, GP care is being made universal, and investment is shifting toward community-based, accessible public care."

I had to pay a hefty charge to visit a doctor for a 5 minute consultation recently, and a relative paid €100 to visit a+e over something relatively minor, waited 14 hours there too to be seen. Other people got up and walked out, fed up waiting. All this despite paying a good few thousand a year vhi.(private health insurance), in addition to paying high taxes like higher vat, higher vrt, higher excise duty etc compared to UK.

2026 is nearly here and no free healthcare slugger?

As someone else said:

If you moved south of the border right now, you would either need to get a medical card (one third of the population)- if entitled - or you would need to get a private health insurance policy (over half of the population). That’s what almost everyone who lives there does, because nobody believes the “public system” is adequate for anything other than an emergency.

“But it will all be sorted by Slaintecare”, they say. Slaintecare has been an ongoing thing for as long as I can remember. I can find very little information about its progress or when its implementation is set to be completed. The Labour government of 1945 rolled out a public healthcare system in less than five years. Slaintecare has been a topic of conversation for almost 20 years.

There are no hospital charges now.

Yes, you may have to pay a GP, but how many times do you visit the GP in a year? Say you spend €300, that is less than the extra payroll deductions that you would face in NI.

A&E is a disgrace in some cases in both jurisdictions, but likewise hospitals like Waterford or Kilkenny run their services without these people on trollies, it is not a function of the management of the hospital more than the jurisdiction.

Change of direction? I am paying more for GP visits now than at any other time in my life. As someone else said:

But it will all be sorted by Slaintecare”, they say. Slaintecare has been an ongoing thing for as long as I can remember. I can find very little information about its progress or when its implementation is set to be completed. The Labour government of 1945 rolled out a public healthcare system in less than five years. Slaintecare has been a topic of conversation for almost 20 years.

I will agree with you though that the NHS is not as good in N.I. since SF came to power. It used to be better. Maybe coincidence, maybe not. But it is still free up there, people do not need to have private health insurance as much as here, and taxes to pay for the service up north are not as high ( vat, excise, vrt etc).

And the end result is that the nhs in N.I. is still free, despite them having lower tax rates to pay for it ( eg vat, vrt, excise duties). And here there are high fees to visit a doctor, high a+e fees, high costs of health insurance (vhi etc) which many people struggle to pay, and do pay, because the HSE system is so bad etc. Fees charges by my doctor have been increasing over the years, not decreasing. That propogandist (northern nationalist) who wrote for sluggerotoole about here in the Republic "free GP care being expanded to all citizens by 2026" and that "in the Republic, 

"patient charges are being abolished, GP care is being made universal", has not a clue. He is feeding nationalists porkies about our healthcare here in the Republic that nobody here in the Republic would believe.

Or maybe you believe him about "free GP care being expanded to all citizens by 2026" ? If you believe that, you would believe a U.I. would be a fair and equitable place for that community / those who identified as Unionists too.

So you have conceded that the myth peddled by the Northern nationalist is untrue : he said that here in the Republic  "free GP care being expanded to all citizens by 2026" and that "in the Republic, "patient charges are being abolished, GP care is being made universal". lol.

As I said, he is feeding nationalists porkies about our healthcare here in the Republic that nobody here in the Republic would believe. Nonbody here after paying 70 to see a doctor, 100 to go to a+e etc. Not to mention our astronomical vhi charges that many here feel they have to pay, in addition to doctors fees , high taxes etc. Of course SF would do things better here says you. Yeah.

Its probably better to characterise the difference as follows:

Healthcare is free for working families living in N.I., but the service/outcomes are not as good.

Working families in the rest of Ireland contribute to healthcare costs via GP/A&E fees and/,or health insurance, but the service and outcomes are better.

Your personal experiences don't extinguish where things are at and where they are going.

North and South: The general practice dilemma  - Medical Independent

The dreadful state of the Northern Ireland health service: an argument for unity – or convergence? | 2 Irelands together

Ireland better than NI in terms of life expectancy and infant mortality: report | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

Your choice again, eyes open or head in the sand.

The average adult private healthcare premium here (vhi etc) is around €1,830 annually as of September 2025. Some people used to the NHS in N.I. do not grasp that. Plus €70 to see a doctor. Ouch.

I read all the articles you posted. Most of it very slanted reporting. For example, you have the Northern republican politician claiming, in writing - and he should know better - that here in the Republic  "free GP care being expanded to all citizens by 2026" and that "in the Republic, "patient charges are being abolished, GP care is being made universal". lol.

That is not a true reflection of reality, as you would know if you paid €70 here to see a doctor, €100 to go to a+e etc. Not to mention our astronomical vhi charges that many here feel they have to pay. Why do northern republicans like him tell porkies about our healthcare here in the Republic that nobody here in the Republic would believe?

Nothing racist or bigoted about his opinion above. He is not far from the truth. It is your opinions about him that are racist and bigoted if anything.

You called him a bigot. You wrote "You get the distinct feeling that this has become the last stand of these bigots in many ways.".

So you are rowing back now and only calling him a "sensationalist"? Even though you wrote "He has been called out multiple times for his bigoted and indeed racist posts".