No quitten we're whelan onto chitchat 12.

In fairness the fuel situation is changing daily. I'm sure it will be reviewed in July and extended if required.

Trump could do anything between now and then so at least there are some measures in place in the short term to cushion the blow.

Have you had the pleasure of sampling the "free school meals" their not ediable, 2 kids here refuse to touch them, and their sent home in the school bags to go in the bin.

For context the german shepard wont even eat them, when you give a dog "chicken nuggets" and it sniffs them and walks away its a good barometer of the quality if the meat

some people are conned into thinking it’s an awful existence and other people are conned into thinking it’s the pinnacle of human evolution, both are equally wrong.

Alan Dukes bought me a pint one evening in Athy, I think he was a regular in the pub I was in , We had a brief friendly chat and I offered to buy to a drink before I left, no way would he allow it.

So you'll eat it but another posters dog won't eat it, why the difference, is it different providers for your 2 schools?

Pretty much, there's a couple of different suppliers around the country and the meals can vary vastly between suppliers. My lad refuses to eat any of the potato products from the school, says there's a plastic taste to them, eats plenty of spuds at home.

They are all tendered seperately so theres a massive difference in the quality from school to school. The local school changed provider during the last tender and i understand the quality nosedived

There's a huge variety in the quality of school meals, the school I'm involved in began getting them this year, four companies sent samples in and two were very poor, one small supplier was good and the quality of the food is consistent, the principle reckons it's better than the lunch he brings but not a patch on what a lot of the kids bring for lunch.

I think it might be a bit harsh on the homeless Brian, no doubt you're correct about some but many these days are becoming homeless after eviction because the rent get too high. The other points I'll fully agree with though.

People seem to have a longing for the "good old days" that they seem to have rose tinted glasses for. The "good old days" were anything but for many.

@_Brian I more or less agree with you on the health service in this country, once you get in on the system you generally get what you need provided by excellent highly trained professionals. Does the system sometimes fall down yes it does and it can be terrible for the people affected when it does but 95% of the time it works well.

The problem is often around A&E, but these are a combination of thing, people there who don't need to be there & people with drug & alcohol problems.

I do think government need to better police the money they put into drug prevention & detection programmes as the country is a wash with illegal drugs & i do fear for the future of our children with how easy it is available.