greens vote looks overstated on exit polls which might mean a few seats less than expected, particularly disappointing for our saoirse but a hell of a debut for her on the political stage
― daenerys baker (darraghmac), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 09:29 (four years ago) link
ppl give out and we're obv an awful shambles but listen dont the other lot make us look good at the same time
Low bar but yeah - I remember watching some videos on Twitter of people being excited at the tally for the gay marriage referendum and thinking about heading home.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
daenerys baker (darraghmac) wrote this on thread Seizing back control: The ILX lol brexit is how we're all gonna die thread. on board I Love Everything on 29-May-2019
lads
if we are to have a generically lazy brit bashing thread i feel it would go some way towards healing the wounds of a few weeks back if ye were to host it in its natural thread, the irish politics thread
― daenerys baker (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 May 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
let the record note the contempt with which this suggestion was treated
ukilxor self-contempt is as performative as any other rite of postcolonial privilege
― daenerys baker (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 May 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
I saw, and turned my face away at shame for my two adopted homes.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 30 May 2019 23:19 (four years ago) link
Where is Andrew Farrell's true home? Poll.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Friday, 31 May 2019 06:43 (four years ago) link
Please can we discuss this video and these pictures
On my visit to Ireland it's clear we cannot have a No Deal Brexit. pic.twitter.com/3KjOBE9NmE— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) May 30, 2019
President Michael D. Higgins with British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, meeting at Áras an Uachtaráin this morning. pic.twitter.com/62DUlNVfWJ— President of Ireland (@PresidentIRL) May 30, 2019
Good meeting with @jeremycorbyn in @merrionstreet today on Northern Ireland, #Brexit and Westminster. Main topics were restoring power sharing in Northern Ireland, our shared concerns about a no deal scenario, and avoiding a hard border. We’ll be staying in touch pic.twitter.com/bhM1yun7CZ— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) May 30, 2019
Great discussion with Irish Taoiseach @LeoVaradkar on the importance of ensuring an open border between the Republic and Northern Ireland, as well as maintaining a close trade relationship with Europe. We must avoid the damage to our economy that No Deal would cause. pic.twitter.com/linM6mJsJe— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) May 30, 2019
― gyac, Friday, 31 May 2019 06:52 (four years ago) link
Nice they'll be staying in touch
― FernandoHierro, Friday, 31 May 2019 09:51 (four years ago) link
Britvic discontinued its Drench and Pennine Spring water brands in Britain in favour of Ballygowan
interesting footnote in bottled water history: Yorkshire couldn't boast that the natural spring under the old Ben Shaws factory was holy and used by the Knights Templar + got completely owned by Limerick!
― calzino, Friday, 31 May 2019 10:09 (four years ago) link
I've never quite worked out Irish pay rates. an inlaw was earning 45k in her 1st entry-level admin job in Dublin several years back which made us go ???* but that side of the family always seems to land on its feet and be oblivious to their good fortune so I hesitate to assume it's representative
* our confusion was that this sounded like a lot, just to clarify, seeing as we had a conversation at cross-purposes with step-MIL along similar lines at one point, where we expressed surprise at someone (else)'s salary bcz it sounded high to us and she agreed with our surprise then said "that's terrible, how can anyone live on that?" uh... never mind
― a passing spacecadet, Sunday, 4 August 2019 18:53 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 5 August 2019 12:36 (four years ago) link
hi aps
felt it rather better to bring it here
i take it this offspring sprung off from a reasonably comfortable family? nothing unusual in the phenomenon that aspirations/understanding of what is tolerable is as tied to the manner and modes in which one (or one's family) has become accustomed to living over here as it is anywhere else.
South dublin would be the very typical base of the type of dynasty that would certainly be disappointed if fiachra had to settle for anything less than 65k after getting out of trinners, for instance, because fiachra could hardly be expected to get a season ticket at donnybrook and a two bed in ranelagh for himself on anything less than that.
dublin is v liveable in or around 40k imo, and by that i mean flaneur about town* type of living**
*the cheaper but better parts obv
**please note the flaneur never aspires to owning an actual property within commuting distance
c.28k is about right as NN says for a starter out of a generic college course, your choice of career depending you should fly up from that or not etc etc
down the country you can live on about a fiver a month, thats to own and run a fair sized village inc blacksmith and a working port
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 5 August 2019 12:44 (four years ago) link
seems that we'll be getting a brexit then, whether the huge majority makes it more or less likely towards the no-deal end of the spectrum a matter of some debate.
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 13:59 (four years ago) link
otherwise, a GE will be likely in feb, and if trends across the water are any indicator a return of some sort for fg would be in order
online chatter would have them out, obv, but i think we've seen how unreliable that actually is tbf
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 14:01 (four years ago) link
https://www.redcresearch.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/SBP-November-2019-Poll-Report.pdfFascinated by the demo breakdowns here - big gap between FF & FG with female voters? Old people being blueshirts is clear enough.
― glindr jackson (gyac), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
interesting alright.
i dont know that FF would go for another stint in the current setup, certainly it would be fuel for mcgrath to push against martin if he tried it
fg(or ff)/green/lab ticks a lot of boxes if a coherent manifesto could come out of it at all
wonder if the latter two would have any interest in a pre-pact themselves to see what they could eke out
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 14:18 (four years ago) link
thing about old people, they tend to be replaced in their age group by old people
im not sure that will stay true as successive generations experience a lower quality of life, youd think/hope not, but as an electorate i also think we tend to weight up any putative alternative option quite warily also?
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 14:21 (four years ago) link
Surely same factors at home as over here? But ia, civil war politics is a hell of a drug. I always laugh at people here who call themselves “politically homeless” but then if I did move home I don’t know who I’d ever vote for.Also, I can’t stop thinking about John Finucane.
― glindr jackson (gyac), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 14:22 (four years ago) link
FG in 5th place with 'the kids' is interesting, but presumably incumbency counts for some of that?
(a bad paddy asks) What caused the drop off in independent support in 2016? Specific issues, or "I was able to picture myself giving them my first preference, and burst out in giggles"? Or was it just that it crystallised out into Renua / Social Democrats / Solidarity?
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
idk, i mean over there brexit just got into everything
theres some trepidation here about the place, but i really dont get the impression that most ppl would have it in mind as voting approaches. key that whatever happens or doesn't wont be any party's fault on this side, really.
other than that, there's about three different countries voting- comfortable/not, homeowner/not, rural/dub.
theres not a majority out of any of them, and yeah civil war or not the central two are the vehicles we have one way or the other, which is why i think green/lab key and might actually have their pick
fg unpopular, have been ruling to not-great results on the things key to the left, bit can still point to hand they were dealt, referendums were nice werent they, stability, yadda yadda
ff a more natural ally on the spectrum, have facilitated stability while not being to blame for anything as such, but eesh its ff yknow
the range of quite-likely results is quite energising tbh
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
(xp)
I caught a discussion between the main parties on Brexit when I was over in October - it was very civil, which was nice.
Yeah, I'd kill to have a graph that looked like that in the UK, even with most of them bowsies.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 14:37 (four years ago) link
andrew, if i had to guess (cause i sure dont remember actual events) id cynically say that independents are an easy bunch to threaten to vote for between elections (and particularly in those few years) and that threat shrivelled back to normal-or-thereabouts vote spread for them when an actual election happened
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 14:37 (four years ago) link
id be surprised if the independents propping up this govt didnt see a fall again from the 2016 result.
people will go back to parties, but possibly not the bigger ones
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
FG in 5th place with 'the kids' is interesting, but presumably incumbency counts for some of that?(a bad paddy asks) What caused the drop off in independent support in 2016? Specific issues, or "I was able to picture myself giving them my first preference, and burst out in giggles"? Or was it just that it crystallised out into Renua / Social Democrats / Solidarity?
― glindr jackson (gyac), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 14:59 (four years ago) link
this is pretty much it
pleasantly surprised how quickly its been visited on him, tbf
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
ahhhhhhhhh
― Catherine, Boner of JP Sweeney & Co (darraghmac), Monday, 27 January 2020 13:57 (four years ago) link
mary lou, paschal, joe are in my constituency
isnt that a foine range of headliners anyway
― Catherine, Boner of JP Sweeney & Co (darraghmac), Monday, 27 January 2020 13:58 (four years ago) link
Paschal is a classic Irish name. I know it’s not one of ours but I’ve never met a non-Irish one. Same as Jarlath.
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:09 (four years ago) link
fuck what dyou mean not ours
shook
― Catherine, Boner of JP Sweeney & Co (darraghmac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:12 (four years ago) link
ah chrisht the walls are falling in and i come in here for a bit of comfort and youve set the floor alight on me now
french!
quick guirt sez jarlath is still solid tho?
― Catherine, Boner of JP Sweeney & Co (darraghmac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
Yeah Jarlath (Iarlaith!) is rock solid Irish.
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:15 (four years ago) link
ok phew i thought yr "same with" covered origin as opposed to never meeting etc
― Catherine, Boner of JP Sweeney & Co (darraghmac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:17 (four years ago) link
my middle name is Paschal lol
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:24 (four years ago) link
The word "paschal" is the equivalent of Greek "pascha" and is derived from Aramaic "pasḥā" and Hebrew "pesaḥ", meaning "the passing over" (cf. Ex 12:13.23.27; cf. Is 31,5). The origin is not known. Some scholars refer to Assyrian "pasah" – appease or Egyptian "pa-sh" – remembrance or "pē-sah" – the blow. The Bible links "pesaḥ" with "pāsaḥ" – two literal meanings are: to limp and to perform a ritual dance around a sacrifice (1 K 18:21.26). Figuratively it may be understood, "to jump", "to pass", "to spare". It refers to the passage of God on the Passover night, when the Israelites left Egypt. God struck the houses of Egyptians and left the Israelites untouched, i.e. passed over.
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:32 (four years ago) link
jaysus all the way back ha?
― Catherine, Boner of JP Sweeney & Co (darraghmac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:38 (four years ago) link
ive a very good mate, sound socialist working man now not like meself, but hes badly afflicted
his brothers mot is running for the ... bad guys
― Catherine, Boner of JP Sweeney & Co (darraghmac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:39 (four years ago) link
which ones
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:43 (four years ago) link
srsly now, the very bad ones, yknow
― Catherine, Boner of JP Sweeney & Co (darraghmac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
I didn’t know Renua were still going
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:48 (four years ago) link
worse!
― Catherine, Boner of JP Sweeney & Co (darraghmac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link
_oh_
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 27 January 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link
I was looking at their list of candidates and it's striking seeing the varied realms of madness behind their eyes that they all describe themselves as "a first-time Dáil candidate for the N4tional P4rty" - I'm not sure that'll go as high on your CVs as you think, folks.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 27 January 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
hes appalled obv but hes staying informed for the stories
he got a manifesto to spellcheck a while back i shit u not
― Catherine, Boner of JP Sweeney & Co (darraghmac), Monday, 27 January 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
Christ. What is it, make Ireland 99% white again?
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 27 January 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
give or take
― Catherine, Boner of JP Sweeney & Co (darraghmac), Monday, 27 January 2020 15:13 (four years ago) link
dont be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the National Party!
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Monday, 27 January 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
I’m sure we’ve discussed this site before but this crowd are doing God’s work imoSome great archive stuff of Dev, Bertie and others, but ofc I see this cunt up first https://irishelectionliterature.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/paul-mcweeney-a.jpg
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 27 January 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
https://irishelectionliterature.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/paul-mcweeney-b.jpgI mean, this emigrant would like to return, but something about this guy makes me think he wouldn’t be welcoming my husband.
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 27 January 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link
shit theres a big possibility i work with a sister of his and all
― Catherine, Boner of JP Sweeney & Co (darraghmac), Monday, 27 January 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
sad lol
― steer karma (gyac), Monday, 27 January 2020 18:58 (four years ago) link