No quitten we're whelan onto chitchat 12.

Protected Groups Under LawIrish law protects against discrimination based on nine grounds in employment and the provision of goods and services. These protected grounds are: 

• Gender
• Civil status
• Family status
• Sexual orientation
• Age
• Religious belief
• Race
• Disability
• Membership of the Traveller community 

Most Subsidised Groups (by Social Expenditure) Based on social protection expenditure, the largest areas of spending and their primary beneficiary groups are: 

• Sickness/Healthcare: The largest proportion of social benefits expenditure, mainly through the Public Health scheme, benefiting those needing health services.
• Old Age (Pensions): The second largest category, mainly pension payments supporting retired and older people.
• Family and Children: The third largest function, mainly through Child Benefit payments supporting families.
• Disability: A significant portion of expenditure, primarily through Disability Allowance and Invalidity Pension, supporting people with disabilities and their dependants. 

Over two million people in Ireland receive some form of social welfare payment. 


I can see from your previous posts that you’re a good man to twist words when it suits you so a google search of the most protected and subsidised groups in Ireland brings up the above, not sure what group farmers fall into to become protected, don’t see farmers mentioned in the subsidised section either. Reply with whatever sh*t stirring woke BS you want I’m out.



You’ve answered the question right here. When you look at this debate from perspective of culmination it’s in fact you the consumer who is in the main the true beneficiary of these subsidies and not the farmer.

Was the bulmers for her mother or herself 😊

Now, now folks there are no refugees on your farm n yer being fed rage.

There's nowhere for yer kids to rent when in college, nowhere after it and many see no future here. Let's hope some come back to pay for the refugee and homeless industry when the corporation tax heads back to Donald!

Just back to farming topics travelling around the countryside in the last week couldn’t believe how green land is at the moment and how winter crops are doing at the moment. Hopefully the lambing and calving season goes well for everyone. Try to avoid the political stuff myself. Whelan 2 you have gave me an idea to attack a box of bulmers bottles in the house now with a bit of a longing for one.

Must be the stretch in the evenings has the longing for drink on us, I came in at 8 after an exercise class and opened one of the bottle's of red wine that's been there since Christmas, something I'd never do usually 😊

I hope all goes well and the tremors cease. I think we all pick up something as we move along, myself included. Late 40s here.God Bless.

That is a cracker of a wine. Been trying to get into going for different wines. Unfortunately have a list of ones that are rotten more than good. Had a Moldovan Pinot Grigio two weeks ago that was shocking poor haha