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by Blackrock Bullet
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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I know people are saying that FG are losing a lot of bodies but the fact that you have a locals/European elections right before a General will be good for them to get people's names out there. I'm sure SF will be testing out whomever they can get to go second in some constituencies. It's going to be...
by Blackrock Bullet
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Leinster's Saffer lock is on his way back to SA
Replies: 14
Views: 937

Re: Leinster's Saffer lock is on his way back to SA

feckwanker wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:14 pm Genuinely was there need for an individual thread for this?
No harm

Gets a broader discussion, the Official threads are a bit of a pox imo
by Blackrock Bullet
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
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Oh that's interesting. Nice little shoot out with Geoghegan in Dublin Bay South or a spot in the Seanad? They should run one of them instead of Madigan. Fine Gael not having a seat in the DBS constituency is mental and splitting their vote is not smart. I can't see splitting the vote being an issue...
by Blackrock Bullet
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

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Simon bring sexy back :thumbup: https://m.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/kate-oconnell-invited-to-return-and-paschal-donohoe-has-choice-to-make-simon-harris-era-has-begun/a2052430416.html Oh that's interesting. Nice little shoot out with Geoghegan in Dublin Bay South or a spot in the Seanad? They ...
by Blackrock Bullet
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

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Simon Harris is a wet blanket but the social media campaign on him over the weekend has been hilarious, topped off with a typical Una piece in the Irish Times.
by Blackrock Bullet
Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

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FFFG merger. There is very little of substance to differentiate between both main parties. Both of them appear to sing from the same hymn sheet and have done for the past decade. Both parties have abandoned their hard core support, leaving them closer to one another in reality. What was the differe...
by Blackrock Bullet
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Varadkar is gone
by Blackrock Bullet
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
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More nimbyism. We now have a Artane resident threatening to take a JR of permission for one of Dublin's Bus Corridors, because as part of the works the current bus stop nearest to her will be moved. How this sort of nonsense is even allowed to get to a JR is beyond me.https://www.irishtimes.com/ire...
by Blackrock Bullet
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

‘It’s like the Hunger Games’: Parents battle for places in oversubscribed schools https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2024/03/18/its-like-the-hunger-games-parents-battle-for-places-in-oversubscribed-schools/ Something off about this story. She says she had his name down since he was one but...
by Blackrock Bullet
Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
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Quite amusing to see some of the “I won’t darken the door of the new Clerys types”.

We have quite a few simpletons living here. Thankfully it seems to be doing great.
by Blackrock Bullet
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

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My actual experience, over many years of being involved in preparing planning applications, is that when you write to Dublin Bus/CIE with regard to providing a bus service to a new development, is that they will send you a letter back saying simply that if the demand id there that they will provide...
by Blackrock Bullet
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Actually another thing that concerns me is with the government capitulating and free spending on social houses that we are just repeating the mistakes of 60 years ago. There's an example on Portland Row in the north inner city that desperately needs private housing. In fact Dublin City Council expre...
by Blackrock Bullet
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

This is all fine for stable growth. My point above is that I can see the population hit well above stable growth in 50/100 years. We're already behind projected "stable" growth. Check out the CSO projections from Census 2016 . The scenario with the assumptions leading to highest growth estimated th...
by Blackrock Bullet
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

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BB, Metrolink will help but it's still reactive and overdue. I'm in favour of existing towns being expanded as opposed to new towns being artificially made. These are mostly brownfield sites and various bits of infill. Green field is Metrolink. Mostly all on existing light and heavy rail and within...
by Blackrock Bullet
Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

BB, Metrolink will help but it's still reactive and overdue. I'm in favour of existing towns being expanded as opposed to new towns being artificially made. These are mostly brownfield sites and various bits of infill. Green field is Metrolink. Mostly all on existing light and heavy rail and within...
by Blackrock Bullet
Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

The future population? They won't all be refugees and won't all be on social welfare. I've no idea how it'll happen without it all going to shit though. In terms of putting them somewhere, well that's probably beyond our planning ability. My point is that we are struggling to meet housing demands f...
by Blackrock Bullet
Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Another pisstake with an amenable judge High Court overturns permission for 227 homes in Goatstown on public transport ground https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/03/12/high-court-overturns-permission-for-227-homes-in-goatstown-on-public-transport-ground/ That is f**king outrageous. 1.7k from t...
by Blackrock Bullet
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:34 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

You think it's true that the government have deliberately engineered a situation where we've a tent city 5 mins from Leinster house? Wtaf? Statto, you really aren't this stupid, so why do you manage to do such a good impression of a moron? Several weeks ago, Second Captains - fairly standard journa...
by Blackrock Bullet
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Another pisstake with an amenable judge

High Court overturns permission for 227 homes in Goatstown on public transport ground

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/202 ... rt-ground/
by Blackrock Bullet
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

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O'Riordain's lefty schtick won't win him many votes on this anymore. For a long while the "end Direct Provision" NGO lark was a vote winner but critically there was no flip side to it with a far right with an "end immigration" narrative to go against it. That is very much on the field now and most r...
by Blackrock Bullet
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

I see Paddy Cosgrave is on a normal one again
by Blackrock Bullet
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

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Government messaging on it and they vague wording has scuppered the Yes, Yes campaign. The government attitude that they can legislate to remove any ambiguity was a very weak argument. Word the fecking thing correctly be definite about what the consequences will be FFS. (I did vote Yes, Yes) There ...
by Blackrock Bullet
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

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I don't want to be too specific, but that Journal article hints at the problem. Yes we all know the problem but if you go to the Railway Order you can see they’ve already dealt with it. https://www.metrolinkro.ie/ So what’s a the hilarious thing that’s gonna to come out? If the Railway Order is bas...
by Blackrock Bullet
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
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What news? The AG advice. Also as someone else pointed out, clearly Roderic leaked it to NGO mates of his who proceeded to tell the Ditch. When are these government lads going to figure out that these NGOs are not their pals. I dislike the Ditch but that attorney general advice is the best document...
by Blackrock Bullet
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

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One wonders how much money has been spent drawing up the plans. They’ve already lodged amendments on this. What is it that you think was funny when people found out? I don't want to be too specific, but that Journal article hints at the problem. Yes we all know the problem but if you go to the Rail...
by Blackrock Bullet
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
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The Ditch clearly waited until the last minute to drop that news. Desperately trying to insert themselves into some drama and scuttle the government. We know who was cheering that behind the scenes. I think I’ll go Yes Yes now. What news? The AG advice. Also as someone else pointed out, clearly Rod...
by Blackrock Bullet
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

The Ditch clearly waited until the last minute to drop that news.

Desperately trying to insert themselves into some drama and scuttle the government.

We know who was cheering that behind the scenes.

I think I’ll go Yes Yes now.
by Blackrock Bullet
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
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Not this? https://www.thejournal.ie/tii-will-dig-metrolink-tunnels-deeper-in-dublin-city-centre-6316640-Mar2024/ Metrolink representatives said that the damage reports remained valid. They did not confirm if the demolished buildings had been used when drawing up the reports. One wonders how much mo...
by Blackrock Bullet
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

CM11 wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:26 pm Not this?

https://www.thejournal.ie/tii-will-dig- ... 0-Mar2024/
TII have already fixed this issue.

I think the Darthmouth crew though this was their gotcha but TII have been ahead of all issues so far.
by Blackrock Bullet
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

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So that building by Tara St station is dead in the water. Shame. Christ it is sad that a 22 storey building would become Ireland's tallest. I write that from the 10th floor of a 17 storey building which sits in the shadow of a 30 storey building which sits in a shadow of a 44 story building all on ...
by Blackrock Bullet
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

So that building by Tara St station is dead in the water. Shame. Christ it is sad that a 22 storey building would become Ireland's tallest. I write that from the 10th floor of a 17 storey building which sits in the shadow of a 30 storey building which sits in a shadow of a 44 story building all on ...
by Blackrock Bullet
Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

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https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0304/1435959-un-committee-housing/ Last month, several NGO’s and representative groups travelled to Geneva from Ireland to brief the UN committee. Junket! It highlighted an absence of comprehensive measures to protect tenants living in poverty and to prevent forced evic...
by Blackrock Bullet
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7843234

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So that building by Tara St station is dead in the water. Shame. Should probably be just a station / shopping centre / hotel. I don't think it was known that Metrolink would be integrated when it was given over to Ronan. Tara is a kip and not befitting of the status it is getting or it's location.
by Blackrock Bullet
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
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https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0304/14359 ... e-housing/
Last month, several NGO’s and representative groups travelled to Geneva from Ireland to brief the UN committee.
Junket!
by Blackrock Bullet
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
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The time devoted to the Irish language for such poor returns is unreal. There is no way that people should be forced to sit in Irish classes in 5th and 6th year. Fuckit... Admit what it is, a nod towards our culture and history that was erased by a group other than ourselves (not counting our shite...
by Blackrock Bullet
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:15 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
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The major complaint I hear is how it's taught. You'd get more buy in if it was taught like the elective languages and not as if you were a fluent speaker. You hear this regularly and even from Gaelgoirs. What I'd say to them is that those in charge of the language have had the run of the classroom ...
by Blackrock Bullet
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
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And speaking of parents indulging the shite out of their kids. My son struggles with Irish, but can’t get an exemption. Why is it still a core subject? It's a complete waste of time beyond the Junior Cert to force people to "learn" it (nothing is learned beyond Junior Cert unless you want to put yo...
by Blackrock Bullet
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
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And speaking of parents indulging the shite out of their kids. My son struggles with Irish, but can’t get an exemption. Why is it still a core subject? It's a complete waste of time beyond the Junior Cert to force people to "learn" it (nothing is learned beyond Junior Cert unless you want to put yo...
by Blackrock Bullet
Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jaguares back in Super Rugby
Replies: 68
Views: 5146

Re: Jaguares back in Super Rugby

We used 'timezones' as the excuse to explain why SR was losing popularity. Since the Saffers have left, SR hasn't quite been gangbusters, right? The 'timezone' theory doesn't hold water. Rather than rehash tired, old, likely-false assumptions dressed up as 'facts', perhaps it's time we addressed th...
by Blackrock Bullet
Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jaguares back in Super Rugby
Replies: 68
Views: 5146

Re: Jaguares back in Super Rugby

ruggers85 wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:58 am
Blackrock Bullet wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:45 pm A complete mess.

New Zealand and Australian rugby needs an intervention.
Not just NZ and Aus..
The thing is that Australia and NZ have the ingredients to start fixing things but don't work properly together.