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Adam and Eve’s children were big into it

Israel are behind it, an even more dangerous Country to have nukes. You cant really blame Iran for wanting nukes when they have to to defend themselves from Israel (with an evil psychopath leader) and America with a crazy man in charge of them.

Israel would if they thought Iran were about to launch a huge attack, Trump is a lunatic who has moved the world closer to world war 3, he has shown other countries why having nukes is important

Why should they have to sell their land? You do realise that without the land, a farmer can't make a profit? Sure, if that was the case, they could sell a few cows to turn a quick buck!

And you're telling me that people should resort to selling the roof over their head, possibly their only asset, in times of financial hardship..Ok, so you go first..

The people who are protesting aren't looking for something for nothing. These are the self employed who probably work 12 hour days, in the case of farmers 7 days a week. It's not from their lack of hard grind or bad financial planning that they are currently in financial limbo. It's the cost of their biggest expenditure that's crippling them.

Anyone who actually thinks comfortable farmers are going out protesting (possibly law breaking) just to squeeze a bit extra out must really be lapping up whatever the government serves up.

The people protesting are no different from the general population (apart from maybe being harder working) and just think about all the responsibility of running a business compared to collecting a salary. What would drive your average office worker to go on strike? Nobody is going to do it on a whim. This isn't your something to do on a Saturday afternoon protest.

Does the Irish government want us to be more dependent on them? Yes I think so. Does it want us to be more dependent on them for food? Yes, I think so.

All the signs are over the last decades that the EU want citizens to be utterly dependent and therefore less willing and able to rise up against anything.

I've never protested by the way. I'm a sheep too. But you can see what's going on and it does make you sick how those in power use and manipulate people and turn us against each other and have us focusing on anything except the point itself.

If you disagree with the fundamental argument of protesters then fair enough. If you disagree because of being stuck in traffic or the style of this peaceful protest, or because of one incident or something then that says a lot and it says you are lapping up whatever the government is feeding you.

(When I say 'you' I'm not referring to the poster quoted, just in general - I'm agreeing with the quote above)

The lads who are out protesting would be better off getting a state job or get a job in the private sector if they think business isnt for them.

I don't think they were protesting to bring down the cost of global oil. Where did you see them say that's what they were protesting?

Oh course they do but you dont and cant in reality just pivot like that. Not to mention the psychological shift on a farmer or haulier. Its the case in almost all sectors and to think otherwise is very ill informed.

Plenty of logistics companies seeking HGV drivers.

Didnt see any vehicles from the big hitters in this industry on any of the protests. Which ones wete involved? Want to make sure they get no business from anyone I know going forward.

Helen McEntee pulling the sexiest card. At what point will it be called for what it is that she's only where she is because of who she is and not because she's actually suited for any sort of public job.

Flynn deserves all the pushback she is getting online.