No quitten we're whelan onto chitchat 12.

Water John · 30-01-2026 05:08PM

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Sorry for his woes. That fracture his got on his wrist, from trying to break his fall, is called a Collis fracture TMK.

Base price · 30-01-2026 06:10PM

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I felt sorry for him over there as he doesn't like needles and he was on the phone to me (middle of the night here) before he had to go in for the operation and general anesthetic. I told him to tell the nurses that he doesn't like needles and by the sounds of it they were great. One of the nurses was a Irish girl and she looked after him.

_Brian · 30-01-2026 08:06PM

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My wife has been in the HSE 32 years. She said the worst thing you can be is “a bit sick”, you go to the end of the list because those who are very sick always get seen immediately.
I know my mum during covid was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and the system moved like lightening to get her seen, diagnosed and onto chemo within a week or two. For her it was too late and she opted to discontinue the treatment. But it was Swift. As with the public health nurses, NOTHING was a bother and anything we asked for was landed to the house or we could collect the next day.

Having said that we keep private healthcare because that’s how you get treated early and prevent it being an emergency.

John_Rambo · 30-01-2026 08:59PM

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Aussies are so quick to fisties for little to no reason. I narrowly missed a punch for the exact same reason, talking to the wrong girl. Then, when it calmed down I was deemed to be a "f%ggot" for having bleached hair (which was unheard of there at that time). It's a real problem, one punch fatalities. Glad your son is ok.

whelan2 · 30-01-2026 09:55PM

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Will you ever go over to visit him?

Naillers · 30-01-2026 10:37PM

HHoping to build a 3 bay slatted shed this year, was talking to a builder late last year and he was recommending a roller door instead of a sliding door...anyone here have a strong preference either way and why...?..thanks

Bass Reeves · 30-01-2026 11:27PM

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One advantage if sliding doors is they are easy to partially open and close again if you have cattle in a central passageway or a in an area around them. The same when you are putting cattle into a shed. Probably a lot cheaper as well

Grueller · 30-01-2026 11:29PM

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Very little price wise in them unless you go above 6 metres.

Tileman · 30-01-2026 11:44PM

sliding door all day. Riled doors are rattling and take time to open and close every time.

lmk123 · 30-01-2026 11:45PM

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I was in a shed a few weeks ago with a roller door, 3 years old, dots of rust all over it. I was there collecting shutters with the lad that did a tank for him, he reckoned the door is rusting was because the shed is near the coast (8-10 miles), might be something to keep in mind if you’re close to it.

Say my name · 30-01-2026 11:54PM

A roller door is prone to bending and breaking from wind and livestock damage too.

A sliding door is nearly bomb proof if made well.

Roller doors look well though.

visatorro · 31-01-2026 12:01AM

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Was thinking that, during the storm last year heard of a good few roller doors bent. Be some hardship if you couldn't get in to feed in a shed.

Jb1989 · 31-01-2026 12:12AM

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Why was he recommending it. As said above it makes no sense for animals

older by the day · 31-01-2026 12:30AM

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Bleached hair (in fairness)

I was never in aus, but it's a funny place. Smoking is brutal with the cost of ciggarettes, but it has one of the highest domestic violence rates in the world.

If they made Smoking easier, would it calm the men down a bit

https://bocsar.nsw.gov.au/topic-areas/domestic-violence.html#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%201,Survey%202021%2D22%20launch).

Aravo · 31-01-2026 09:13AM

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Have a shed here with a side by side opening. Put sliding door on one and roller on the other. The sliding door opens in front of the roller door. Didn't want 2 sliding doors overlapping. Would be tough on the fittings with the weight of the sliding doors, especially the outer one. Not facing wind. Some times the power goes and there is a manual chain opening which can take ages. Roller doors are ok for occasional use, sliding doors better for everyday use. Sliding door would be my preference.

Naillers · 31-01-2026 09:38AM

TThanks for the replies folks...I am not near the coast so just shouldn't be a problem for me....not facing the wind either and I was thinking I could use the chain if power was cut....I was looking for a very rough cost and the builder thought that roller might be that bit cheaper.... but given that my planning permission isfor a sliding door, ability to partially open sliding door and general advice here I will stick to tge sliding door......once again thanks for the advice

patsy_mccabe · 31-01-2026 10:42AM

You'll be able to load cattle onto a lorry or trailer between the sliding doors. Can't do that with a roller door. Roller doors always give problems over time. My experience anyway, with industrial ones in factories.

tractorporn · 31-01-2026 11:31AM

Clear test here this morning, had to do a trace test as an animal I sold last March went down on the other farm last December. Combined the trace and the annual test. It's amazing I had kinda put plans on hold re feeding and dosing all cos of the test. Handbrake is fully off now.

_Brian · 31-01-2026 11:36AM

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Have to agree.
Roller doors take minding, you can tip a sliding door and it will likely be fine or easily repaired. Tip a roller door and that’s it, have to get company out to replace slats. On wider openings you have to go super heavy duty or wind buckles them and they pop out of the side tracks. I can’t see any use for them in cattle housing. Maybe a workshop, but even then I think they aren’t suitable round most farms.

Bass Reeves · 31-01-2026 12:03PM

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I have seen them put into.a calf shed. They are less draughty than sliding doors. The farmer had a couple ordinary doors for getting in and out and for unloading calves.

Base price · 31-01-2026 12:24PM

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I would like to go but probably not this year.

Naillers · 31-01-2026 12:48PM

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Thanks Patsy… good to know too that rollers can give trouble over time...

Nekarsulm · 31-01-2026 04:00PM

Board Bia inspection here. Sliding patio door on dairy hard to close as rollers are rusting.

Told to gey it running smoothly.

Then came a follow-up Dept.Ag. inspection of the Board Bia inspector.

He didn't like the patio door either, he couldn't close it.

Also highly critical of dosing gun and empty dose bottle on floor of dairy.

We explained that we'd dosed the cows that morning, and as no milk being sent at the moment, what was the harm?.....

Now gotten a notice from him ( Dept. Ag) that a patio door, working properly or not, is not sufficient.

Have to fit a roller door outside the patio door.

Going to cost us about €750 -€800.

Jb1989 · 31-01-2026 04:11PM

I'd be doing no such thing

whelan2 · 31-01-2026 04:16PM

I'm sure no Brazilian farmer has a patio door and roller door on their dairy

bogman_bass · 31-01-2026 04:21PM

easy to have that bravado when it isn’t you going through it.
I say take your could and move on.
is replacing the patio door an option?

Jb1989 · 31-01-2026 04:25PM

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Ah now, I'm only after going through bord bia inspection last Monday, it's not bravodo.

You send in an appeal, stating the first inspector was happy with it, that it just needed oiling up.

Does nobody appeal anything nowadays?

Jb1989 · 31-01-2026 04:29PM

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Tirlan and bord bia say door should be tight fitting, and kept closed. Thats all.

50HX · 31-01-2026 04:47PM

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Ah yes more of the going to town on low hanging fruit while the fooker that refuses to do a tb test,no tags, slurry outside of close date, dead animals is somehow not taken to task.

I'd appeal that purely on the principle that it was to be repaired not replaced as per initial advisory.

There's too much of a subjective assessment on bord bia audits...make it either black or white & we all know where we stand then

bogman_bass · 31-01-2026 04:55PM

who would have guessed that a prominent Irish Limousine breeder would’ve mentioned in the Epstein files.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0131/1556073-epstein-helicopter/

it should be noted that he only would a helicopter to the man and probably had no direct contact with the man himself

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