Benefits St

Hootanany · 13-01-2014 10:13PM #1

Its on CH 4 now interesting TV it got me wondering do we have are own equivalent St in Ireland.

ChunkyLover_53 · 13-01-2014 10:14PM

Yes.
Athlone.

Chucken · 13-01-2014 10:14PM

Oh please don't do this.

13-01-2014 10:14PM

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hairyprincess · 13-01-2014 10:15PM

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You make an excellent point.

Chucken · 13-01-2014 10:16PM

hairyprincess wrote: »

You make an excellent point.

It's more a circley type thing than a point though.

hairyprincess · 13-01-2014 10:20PM

Chucken wrote: »

It's more a circley type thing than a point though.

You also make an excellent point.

Chucken · 13-01-2014 10:21PM

hairyprincess wrote: »

You also make an excellent point.

I like your positive thinking.

Hootanany · 13-01-2014 10:21PM

ChunkyLover_53 wrote: »

Yes.
Athlone.

not a area a street then the area

biko · 13-01-2014 10:22PM

Hootanany wrote: »

Its on CH 4 now interesting TV it got me wondering do we have are own equivalent St in Ireland.

I am not watching TV right now, perhaps you can fill the rest of us in on what it is?

13-01-2014 10:23PM

Chucken wrote: »

Oh please don't do this.

Its too late, the crash is set in motion, and now we all have to slow down and look.

westcoast66 · 13-01-2014 10:23PM

This is one program that I could never see RTE doing an Irish version of.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-01-2014 10:23PM

Oh good. At last a thread not designed to offend or to lead to a stereotyping argument. How refreshing!

Femme_Fatale · 13-01-2014 10:26PM

Occupying the point between feeling depressed for the people whose lives are sh1t, and annoyed at the minority arsehole contingent making life miserable for others.

All in all: grim.

Fuk this I'm going back to the Golden Globes...

Hootanany · 13-01-2014 10:27PM

Its about a street in Birmingham that 90 percent are on benefits a fly on the wall type of thang

Chucken · 13-01-2014 10:27PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Fuk this I'm going back to the Golden Globes...

Are you getting an award this year? :eek:

markesmith · 13-01-2014 10:27PM

Willow Park in Athlone.

I'm sure there are a few streets in Dublin like this?

Femme_Fatale · 13-01-2014 10:28PM

Chucken wrote: »

Are you getting an award this year? :eek:

Award...?

Phoebas · 13-01-2014 10:29PM

westcoast66 wrote: »

This is one program that I could never see RTE doing an Irish version of.

TV3 on the other hand....

Chucken · 13-01-2014 10:31PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Award...?

Sorry. I'm not sure what a golden globe is

Is it not an award for something?

A trophy type thing perhaps?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-01-2014 10:31PM

Hootanany wrote: »

Its about a street in Birmingham that 90 percent are on benefits a fly on the wall type of thang

So what do you want? Us to slag off an area of high unemployment here in Ireland so we can say they are all spongers or something? Of course we have areas with massive percentages of homes relying on welfare. What exactly do you want to discuss about it?

weirdspider · 13-01-2014 10:32PM

Dundalk?

Femme_Fatale · 13-01-2014 10:32PM

Chucken wrote: »

Sorry. I'm not sure what a golden globe is

Is it not an award for something?

A trophy type thing perhaps?

Only messing with ya. Not sure where I was going really. :pac:

Chucken · 13-01-2014 10:32PM

Gabriel Purple Bagpipe wrote: »

So what do you want? Us to slag off an area of high unemployment here in Ireland so we can say they are all spongers or something? Of course we have areas with massive percentages of homes relying on welfare. What exactly do you want to discuss about it?

Thats it in a nutshell.

Fox_In_Socks · 13-01-2014 10:33PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Award...?

AWARD!!! AWARD AWARD!!

/Fr Jack

Chucken · 13-01-2014 10:33PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Only messing with ya. Not sure where I was going really. :pac:

Don't be at me. I'm feeling a bit ditzy this evening

KyussBishop · 13-01-2014 10:35PM

Charlie Brooker has an ok article on it:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/12/benefits-street-poverty-porn-british-fury

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-01-2014 10:38PM

Was this on after Coronation Street, Sesame Street, The Street, or the Streets of San Francisco?

urabell · 13-01-2014 10:39PM

These people are victims of society, they are in no way lazy, dim or lacking self control.

Chucken · 13-01-2014 10:40PM

Gabriel Purple Bagpipe wrote: »

Was this on after Coronation Street, Sesame Street, The Street, or the Streets of San Francisco?

Hill Street Blues...;)

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-01-2014 10:41PM

urabell wrote: »

These people are victims of society, they are in no way lazy, dim or lacking self control.

Too right. But who said they were? Why even your wit to this contrived argument?

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