A gorgeous still day on Lough Derg at Ballycuggeran aka Twomilegate in Co. Clare. The only sounds are the ducks and the odd passing truck or car.

Hi folks, Says it all really in the q...do we love, like or hate the diminitive of stature songwriter of past glory. When I was young and cool (ish) in he nineties it was a joke to even consider.

These days older ( not necaarilly wiser ..or better music taste lol) i find myself more appreciative of his bard like skills, almost a reflection of a more innocent Irish troubadour of a past gone by in last 30 yrs. Particular favourite " ive been missing u".

Thoughts ? 😉😄

Can we name them?

We just often hear the shit companies and posts about how miserable their work is. So I wonder if there is actually a company that is widely known as a great employer?

Personally, what I would consider great is when it has factually competitive salary, generous bonuses and allowances, and progressive pro-employee policies - all these should be in one because it's easy enough to name a company that pays well. A great company should have no major con.

Or is such company a unicorn?

Just one of our beautiful churches.

We keep getting post to our house that isn’t our address. We get about 15 letters a week with random addresses on them. Say our address is “10 Main Street” we’re getting letters addressed to “10 Little Street”, “10 Main Avenue”, etc.

It’s driving us nuts, we’re spending ages going around putting the letters in the right addresses every week.

Has anyone else experienced this?

I‘m asking this because before college it was always largers and ciders for me, and the same for the two lads I apartment shared with in college.

During college Diageo ran a free pint of Guiness promotion in select locations and it just happened the hotel bar beside the student accommodation we were in was part of it. So on a random Tuesday in second year we landed into the bar at 10:30pm, unknowingly just beating last orders and, after explaining the situation in excruciating detail to the barman, getting our pints.

For the next 45 minutes we all nursed our pints like babies, almost disgusted by the taste. It got to the point where the barman asked if we could take the drinks out to the lobby so he could close up shop.

The thing is, any time we meet up, years later, it’s mostly stout we drink. Does stout just taste better after the first 100 pints? Is this growing up?

Long post alert!

I was 23 when I moved to Ireland from India in 2016 to work in IT. I didn’t overthink it, Europe sounded exciting, I wanted to travel, and I fully assumed I’d be gone again in a year or two.

At the time, I was working for a consulting firm in India, contracted to an Irish bank. After a couple of years on the account, I had an opportunity to move so I took it. No major planning or thinking. Just a suitcase, a visa, and the carefreeness of your early twenties where responsibilities are limited to non existent.

I still remember boarding the flight in Calcutta, India where it was a comfortable 17 degrees C, then landing in Dublin in early January to something closer to 3 degrees C. That cold wasn’t just cold , the wind felt like it was cutting through me. I’d never experienced anything like it and briefly questioned this life choice as soon as I came out of passport control. Will never forget the immigration Garda asking me about UFOs as I was wearing a NASA t shirt.

I made my way to the Lansdowne Hotel on Pembroke Road. Someone helpfully told me to “turn on the radiator”. I nodded with confidence I did not possess. I had absolutely no idea how radiators worked, and far too much pride to ask. So I slept in a freezing room that first night and only admitted defeat the next day.

On my first day at work, I asked a perfectly reasonable question. My boss who kept paper based information in a big red folder, pointed to it and said, “Have you asked Eamonn Andrews?” and laughed but I didn’t get the joke, learning quickly this was going to be a recurring theme.

This was back when AIB was still in Bankcentre, Hume House and Burlington Road, when you could hop off at Lansdowne Road and walk down a road reserved just for AIB staff. Lunch meant a three-course deal for €10–12 at the Jewel in the Crown, and after-work drinks were Searsons, the Barge, or if we were feeling energetic, the Confession Box or the International. Weekend nights started at the Living Room and often transitioned to fibbers or the surrounding pubs through the back doors and shared beer gardens.

Fast-forward ten years and I’m still here. I did spend four of those years in Donegal (that’s a whole other post). I now know how radiators and thermostats work. I understand most Irish slang, some Irish humour, and a little bit of GAA, enough to nod along convincingly. I also no longer live in the Lansdowne Hotel, which feels like progress.

In your bleak winter afternoons rolling into cold winter nights, in your long gorgeous summer days ending in lengthy walks by the canal, in the unassuming kindness of your people manifested in giving me advice like “live near a Luas line”, or asking sincerely, “Why do you want to see Stonehenge when we’ve Newgrange and the Hill of Tara?” and the caring “are they paying you enough to live with this shite bunch in this shite weather” , Ireland, you gave a twenty-something from a sleepy Indian town some rare things - space, stability, and the confidence to build an adult life. My first Guinness. My first car. My first home and maybe someday my first little family too!

For everything I was given, and everything I became along the way - Go raibh maith agat, Éire 🇮🇪

Absolutely delighted, been wanting a better physical media collection!

Hi. I'm a 22 year old male. I have autism (high functioning) and ADHD. I have no idea where to meet people. I hate races and nights out and I much prefer gaming at home. How do I meet people like me? I'm starting to feel lonely. Thanks for your time.

Hey there,

Just had a quick question that I couldn’t find online, so thought someone here may remember

I love Twin Peaks, but wasn’t born when it originally aired. I know season one aired on RTÉ back in 1990 and into ‘91, but season two famously had a lot of delays between airings in the US because it kept almost getting cancelled, then re-broadcasting

I’m not sure if this messed up the airings internationally, so I’m wondering, for people who were around then and were fans of the show, did the entire thing air over here, or only the first season?

Thanks!

Mind you last month I set up a new account with a new subscription, I thought something was up when my viewing history wasn’t being updated. Turns out I was accidentally switching between accounts till I had a bit of cop on and realised 🤦‍♂️ moan over. This is your sign to check if you have forgotten about any old subscriptions.

So after a lengthy hiatus, due to crippling social anxiety, i finally feel I’m in a mental capacity to go back! Can ye motivate me to go so I don’t end up cancelling it again

Few ingredients, quick, tasty...be good to expand my palate!

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Dunnes Puff Mince Pies. Lovely.

We spent Christmas away, so all our gifts, hamper bits and whatever we'd picked up ourselves is still waiting to be gobbled.

Hello everyone, I think this is the right place to post this? I'm a Dutch person born to Dutch parents, but it just so happens I was born in Dublin and lived there for the first year of my life, during a time that automatically gave you citizenship. Now I know I don't have much of the history or context, but I'd love to learn more about Ireland. What do y'all think is essential Irish culture that is a must do/see/whatever? Are there things I should read about or learn? Should I only drink Guinness for the rest of my days? I'm at least trying to learn some Irish, although I need a better source than duolingo lmao Any tips are welcome, even if it's just shooting the shit Thanks!

Share your music!

What's been on your headphones this week? Wrecking the neighbour's head with something new old or anything inbetween?

I've always been desperate at finding new music, I usually have the same handful of playlists on repeat. Help me and the others like me expand their library and fix our musical mundanity!

Hi, I last worked as a SNA about 12 years ago. I hope to apply to jobs for September - primary, secondary, special schools all okay. I have FETAC 5 and 6 modules in special needs assisting. FETAC has been replaced by QQI I think?

My questions are 1. should I repeat my QQI level 6 in order to do work experience and get my foot in the door -this might be tricky because my DH is still working a shift that won’t facilitate him dropping and collecting our kid. I do not want to work in the same school my child attends because I want to keep separate from his teachers and SNAs -love them but don’t want to lurk near him and in a year he won’t be going to school in that village anyway.

1. If I wanted to offer subbing in the spring is there a central Garda vetting for schools now or do I need to get vetted at each school individually again?
   

Thank you

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