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The local election has been entertaining for me so far

So one of the moderators of my local Facebook group lost her cafe a few months back and has been posting more and more about what we need. Anyone who slightly disagrees with her is blocked or she gets into a fight with in the comments section. She then regularly posts that she won’t be bullied in the group. We all knew where this was going. She announced a few weeks back she’s running for the council and has since been publicly complaining that the candidates are putting too many posters and is contacting them to have them taking down( I’m sure there’s no other reason as to why she doesn’t won’t her rivals having posters up) and all her posts have one like on her new campaign page….. from her. This has been a fun development.

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2024/05/16
22:17 UTC

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The Boss in Cork

Is it just me, or is the sound a bit off? Otherwise, having a blast!!

What does anyone else think?

7 Comments
2024/05/16
20:04 UTC

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Found bird on road ..

Was driving along and I seen this bird in the middle of the road, obviously reversed back to save it from becoming a squashed pancake my a lorry of car.

Anyways.. it’s now with me chilling in the car while I go for a walk, tbh I’m not sure what to do with it ? When I nudge it off my hand it try’s to fly but falls to the ground ? Is it a baby or is it injured ?

My mam said to leave it in the garden in one of the garden beds above the ground..

Any advice plz

16 Comments
2024/05/16
19:15 UTC

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Buyers remorse on house

Not sure where to begin. I'm not happy with the house I bought. All my own fault for ending up in this situation. Rushed into buying the house, it was the first house I viewed since there was nothing on the market at the time, simple 3 bed semi detached, went 40k over asking. Since buying there's been so many better houses for the price I paid and even more bedrooms in those houses at that. Trying not to look at daft, it drives me mad.

Back to the house, it's mainly just the kitchen that bugs me. I am not sure how the sellers manged to get the kitchen looking so well on viewing, must of been some extraordinary lighting because the kitchen units are all ancient wood cabinets. The outside of them is painted but inside you can tell they are so old. They switched out all the appliances for older ones before closing (again my fault never got this included in contract) and the countertop is so dated and it's warping in places. I went so high on buying the house because I was of the opinion I wouldn't have to do any work on it but now I just feel like ripping out the kitchen.

I've decided to get the kitchen countertop and units resprayed, gonna cost just short of 1500e. See if that settles my mind. I don't really want to fork out for a new kitchen.

Can't believe I've ended up in this situation, more annoyed at myself than anything else. This is hardly a normal feeling? 😂 Buyers remorse maybe? Just feel like if I held out longer for the money I paid I could of gotten a way nicer house ugh.

99 Comments
2024/05/16
19:08 UTC

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Best use of an election poster in heavy rain waiting for the Boss in Cork

7 Comments
2024/05/16
18:18 UTC

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Building on the boundary wall

I'm building an extension out the back, neighbor agreed to build on the boundry wall as they may make use of it later on. I'm aware of this legislation below, but I'm wondering if we should sign a party agreement to show we were both OK with this? Or ot doesn't matter since we're covered by the legislation.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2009/act/27/enacted/en/print#part8-chap3

We've already started building, so we want to get something signed by all sook enough if needed Last thing I want later on is if we want to sell our house and I've issues

6 Comments
2024/05/16
18:17 UTC

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She had a good run…

78 Comments
2024/05/16
16:51 UTC

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Found a swallow that couldn't fly outside my house...

Brought it to vets and he kept it for a few hours and said it seems fine and nothing is broken. Said we should bring it back to where we found it and see if it will fly off but it still can't fly. Any idea on what to do if its not flying by the morning?

23 Comments
2024/05/16
17:02 UTC

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Nothing as strange as folk

There's some right weirdos in this country.

Somebody uploaded a missing person's appeal for their 79 year old missing family member, who has significant health issues, and there was one sole reply that said there was a creepshot in the reel underneath his photo, so they might want to remove it. Aside from the fact that the reel pics were about the size of a fingernail, of what you could see, there was no sexually suggestive picture of a woman taken in public without her consent. There were just pictures of the missing man and the pictures were indoors. Somebody commented on it later and they never saw such a picture either.

The person has since deleted their account. They only set it up today and had that singular appeal on it. So, instead of offering messages of support, their 79 year old missing family member is accused of being a peeping tom by some poster with a sexually depraved username.

Yesterday, a woman made a post who was in disbelief at all the good things that are happening in her life, as good things don't ever happen to her. One small part of the story mentioned moving into a new place. Somebody responded, without a word of congratulations, "are you renting or is it social housing?"

Somebody else wrote a wonderful poem to honour Ana Kriegel as her anniversary is this week. Somebody who fancies himself as John Milton was complaining about the calibre of the poem (which was very good). Talk about missing the bigger picture.

The 'nation of begrudgers tag' is well and truly deserved.

103 Comments
2024/05/16
17:00 UTC

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Any of ye lads ever deal with fraud through your bank ?

Sorry unsure if this is allowed but thought maybe this has happened to someone else. Two weird transactions appeared on my account last night, got a notification to approve in my app which suggests someone was using my card online. Denied of course and contacted aib today, said they would send it onto the fraud team and they will determine if I get my money back or not. Looked it up and it looks like a legitimate company based in london, so now I’m wondering if I have a leg to stand on with getting my money back ? Just such a weird occurrence, appreciate any insight

thanks

10 Comments
2024/05/16
16:42 UTC

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Irish lawyer at ICJ will not be popular with Israelis

75 Comments
2024/05/16
15:09 UTC

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Must a Garda state you are being issued with a fine/penalty points?

If you were stopped for whatever reason, does a Garda have to state they are issuing you with an offense?

7 Comments
2024/05/16
13:12 UTC

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Sound dampening

I want to sound proof between the joists in the house, ground floor to first floor. I understand the best way is to completely fill the cavity between each joist, so far it seems yellow insulation is the go to for this type of thing but just wondering if anyone had any other solutions or cheaper material suggestions? Cheers

39 Comments
2024/05/16
11:27 UTC

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Credit to the cigar smoking guy in a BMW who bought me a ticket after we had a chat about the machine not taking card payments yesterday. Legend

12 Comments
2024/05/16
09:59 UTC

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