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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
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Re: Israel declares state of war
Recent evidence for any "fatties"...and no, a picture from months ago of a couple of >30 BMI blokes sitting on the ground with their shirts off amongst a bunch of other Palestinian captives ain't it. Why do you cling so such myopic thinking when recent reports from non-Hamas and non-Palestinian sou...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9181
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Re: Israel declares state of war
Almost none. Unless you think the authorities are allowing their men to get fat while their children starve. Recent evidence for any "fatties"...and no, a picture from months ago of a couple of >30 BMI blokes sitting on the ground with their shirts off amongst a bunch of other Palestinian captives ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
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... So, in your mind, justification. Despite the pages of posts denying it As someone firmly in the camp of excusing and defending Israel's murder of 30,000+ Palestinans.. you're not exactly well positioned to be pointing fingers. It was 30k after week two. There's is a war between Israeli forces a...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9181
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Re: Israel declares state of war
Not just Biden, but the US in general historically. Saw an interview with US citizens who live in ilegal west bank colonies and have kids in the IDF. Proudly displaying their Trump hats and flags and saying "we need Trump back". Using dehumanising language to describe the Palestinians and talking a...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
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Re: Israel declares state of war
Unconfirmed reports that Israel has attacked Iran (one target evidently). Flightradar showing multiple flights being diverted as well. CNN now saying Isfahan (nuclear facility??) ABC News says 7 sites hit in Iran hit by Israel https://twitter.com/spencerguard/status/1781147523823845836?s=61&t=2-uFH...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
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Re: Israel declares state of war
Sensible Stephen wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:42 am The US needs to start acting like George Bush Senior did with regards to Israel.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
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Re: Israel declares state of war
Bibi publicly telling the Biden administration to do one. Not playing the long game. Although, to be fair he probably doesn't have a political future once the bombing stops. He was annoyed at the U.S. and UK urging restraint and very clear that any decision was Israel’s alone. Considering the U.S. ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
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Re: Israel declares state of war
nah, they just "retaliated".....for Iran retaliating for Israel attack on Iranian consulate in Syria
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
- Views: 7904750
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
jesus, that story about the 2 Croatian lads getting jumped (and i of them killed) in Clondalkin is really horrific.... https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2024/0418/1444392-killed-for-not-speaking-english-victim-in-attack-speaks-out/ A Croatian man who was viciously assaulted, and whose friend was kil...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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- Views: 7904750
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
if you were serious about trying to reform the HSE its not the nurses that you'd start off with - fcuk it, you could probably shave off a couple of €BN with no front line staff noticing and give the nurses a pay raise
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: URCR14 Bulls vs Munster
- Replies: 23
- Views: 721
Re: URCR14 Bulls vs Munster
Wonder if Snyman got a return ticket ? Hopefully he packs plenty of suncream
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
What the fudge do you reform? It's all well and good shouting "ADMINiSSTRATORS!!11!" on here but that means fudge all in terms of public health. People will f**king die if you upset the carthorse and you're the idiot in charge laughing at it all "for the public good." people are dying already so fc...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
You show a remarkable (and I have to presume deliberate) lack of understanding of how the Public Sector actually operates; in particular how the Health Sector unions can mobilise public opinion against any reform that they don't like (I include the doctors and consultants here ) - i.e. any reform t...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:07 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Soc Dems are going to hoover up a lot of that vote if they field enough candidates. Only untainted party left. Agree. They’re dopes but they’re clean and they’re harmless, they’ll do well. I've said it before, but I feel like they're a more natural place for left-leaning voters to turn than SF. Eve...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:01 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
The political debate about health is getting, well, interesting. Yesterday you had Harris claiming that the SF 'alternate' budget allocated less money to Health than the actual budget to howls of derision from SF. Today you had the SF document disappearing from the SF website, before appearing agai...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
- Views: 7904750
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
And your union negotiating strategy......? And your pr strategy to handle the shitstorm coming your way the first time a patient dies...? And your strategy to negotiate with the politicians (who actually control your budget).....? first time a patient dies ? :lol: University hospital Limerick anyon...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Shogun - A Miniseries of Japan
- Replies: 116
- Views: 9871
Re: Shogun - A Miniseries of Japan
Anna Sawai on Stephen Colbert the other night....(i prefer Mariko)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baOp3_vVSQU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baOp3_vVSQU
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
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Great to see actionable points there and constructive suggestions. Definitely not just broad meaningless statements heavy on vibes and low on details. i could explain budgets and KPIs and setting structures in place to reward performance but i'd lose you Definitely a consultant. Come in, talk bollo...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
- Views: 7904750
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
or figure out what exactly what work needs to be done, number and type of head to do same, hire talented people that will do it efficiently - pay them more but a lot fewer of them and save a couple of billion.... but no.....let's throw more money and heads at it with no one accountable/responsible ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
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Good post. Heard from someone involved with a hospital that they were running at 75% to 66% of their operational budgets for years. Basically told to "suck it up." They'd submit a budget for a year, an accurate budget, by the departments own standards, and be told "Do all that plus hire more people...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Good post. Heard from someone involved with a hospital that they were running at 75% to 66% of their operational budgets for years. Basically told to "suck it up." They'd submit a budget for a year, an accurate budget, by the departments own standards, and be told "Do all that plus hire more people...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
I've seen it argued that the HSE staff levels only got back to what they "should" be years after massive cuts during austerity. That's obviously a very subjective definition of "should". Comparing productivity to Headcount is less accurate than comparing to Whole Time Equivalents. Less than fulltim...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
- Views: 7904750
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https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/ross-ocarroll-kelly-our-daughter-came-out-of-the-womb-with-two-middle-fingers-raised-to-the-world-thats-not-down-to-us/ Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Our daughter came out of the womb with two middle fingers raised to the world. That’s not down to us ‘...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528263
- Views: 28743364
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
we had about 4 of them, we're down to 1 - we'll swap you Billy for Jake.....
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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still looking at jail time or whats the story ?Miguel Indurain wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:51 am Bankruptcy case against Brendan Mullin has been stopped, according to the newspaper today. One less financial headache for the former Irish centre.
He was some player.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528263
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
I didn't assume anything, I read what you wrote. And I stand by the exact statement I wrote. My position hasn't changed. You have interpreted it the way you wanted to score some virtual Internet points. Go you. I stand by my factual reading of the words you wrote, in the order and context you wrote...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
The South African Snyman was let go by Munster, and picked up by Leinster because he wanted to stay in Ireland (allegedly on a pay per play contract). The Frenchman Frisch, was called up to the French squad. He still has a Munster contract afaik. The English developed Burns was let go by Ulster and...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Favourite Rugby Commentator
- Replies: 82
- Views: 1935
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528263
- Views: 28743364
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
So Leinster steal Snyman off us and sign Barrett, while we also lose Frisch and sign Billy Burns! :lol: It is objectively a bit shit Personally think something needs to be don about central contract situation The South African Snyman was let go by Munster, and picked up by Leinster because he wante...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
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Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
I'm confused, does this mean Munster supporters will like us more or less. Like c'mon we'll be bringing an all black to Limerick in December, how could they not like us ? I thought early yesterday was funny on here, but this is just outstanding ! we'll be bringing all the all blacks there in Novemb...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9181
- Views: 287324
Re: Israel declares state of war
So when will Israel respond? I presume they are not taking 300 inbound missiles on the chin whilst the yanks are saying take the win? :lol: Iran has a consulat in Munich, maybe Israel will bomb that one to take some of the heat away from the Middle East ? the Germans seem to be fine with most thing...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:13 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
- Views: 7904750
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
As a nation, we're still getting healthier thankfully, at least. Life expectancy hasn't missed a beat, about to hit 83 from 80 in 2010 and around 77 in 2000. i dont think we can put that down to the HSE - given all the advances in medicine, not least with robotics and AI and crazy stuff like having...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
- Views: 7904750
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Was there a big jump for covid? it compares 2014 to 2024, not much cost incurred in 2023/2024 dealing with Covid - obviously there was a huge spike in 2020-2022 but in tiem honoured fashion once you allocate funds to a government departments budget even for "once in a lifetime" type events they ten...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9181
- Views: 287324
Re: Israel declares state of war
So when will Israel respond? I presume they are not taking 300 inbound missiles on the chin whilst the yanks are saying take the win? :lol: Iran has a consulat in Munich, maybe Israel will bomb that one to take some of the heat away from the Middle East ? the Germans seem to be fine with most thing...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528263
- Views: 28743364
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Larmour was excellent I thought, especially defensively. great to see. He has been really really good the last while. Delighted for him. His rucking is really strong. Gets right under people and clears out really effectively. Seems to be taking the right option more and more. Osbourne has been quie...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 528263
- Views: 28743364
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Didn’t think Larmour had this in his locker: https://x.com/Murray_Kinsella/status/1779804666903056652 The pass out the back from Furlong was a thing of beauty. Had his best game for a long time. Twas on both counts. Great to see. Legend. Furlong had a cracking game from minute 1 ; congrats Leinster...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
- Views: 7904750
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Was there a big jump for covid? it compares 2014 to 2024, not much cost incurred in 2023/2024 dealing with Covid - obviously there was a huge spike in 2020-2022 but in tiem honoured fashion once you allocate funds to a government departments budget even for "once in a lifetime" type events they ten...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 146122
- Views: 7904750
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
As a nation, we're still getting healthier thankfully, at least. Life expectancy hasn't missed a beat, about to hit 83 from 80 in 2010 and around 77 in 2000. i dont think we can put that down to the HSE - given all the advances in medicine, not least with robotics and AI and crazy stuff like having...