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- Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
national service (for all) could be an interesting approach.... It costs a fortune to have national service - that's why more and more countries are dropping it. Basically take the average boarding school fees and multiply the annual cost by at least 10. I'd say 100 years ago when manual labour was...
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Go knock yourself out. https://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/republic-ireland/statistics Note : I'm the one quoting actual stats. Sure but the aggregate stats don't support your claim that Ireland is known far and wide as an easy touch for refugees. In 2018, Ireland with .9% of the EU popu...
- Thu Jan 16, 2020 5:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
- Views: 7843952
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https://www.thejournal.ie/an-taisce-appeal-apollo-house-building-4967958-Jan2020/ What a fúcking joke. An Taisce needs to be reformed or abolished An Taisce is funded by the taxpayer yet they have zero democratic accountability. No they're not. They're largely a volunteer organisation. They do get ...
- Thu Jan 16, 2020 5:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
- Views: 7843952
Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
https://www.thejournal.ie/an-taisce-appeal-apollo-house-building-4967958-Jan2020/ What a fúcking joke. An Taisce needs to be reformed or abolished An Taisce is funded by the taxpayer yet they have zero democratic accountability. No they're not. They're largely a volunteer organisation. They do get ...
- Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:03 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
As I intimated earlier, companies more interested in their executives personal tax rates than their own bottom line are probably not long for this world, and almost certainly not long to stay in Ireland, one way or the other. It makes no sense to present it as a case of one over the other. High per...
- Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Do you speak another language?
- Replies: 297
- Views: 23744
Re: Do you speak another language?
Fluent German (apparantly with a Dutch accent according to many Germans), rusty French and Spanish, some Hebrew and Swahili. Working in Amsterdam at the moment and I'm surprised how much Dutch I can read and understand. I'm also learning Welsh, but struggling. Will be working in Switzerland (Zurich...
- Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Why not see it as a rising tide lifts all boats scenario? I don't see much in the line of a rising tide. In fact, I don't see any upside of Brexit for Ireland. Besides the amusement of seeing an ostensibly sane neighbour experience a bout of collective madness, the likes of which we haven't seen si...
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Anyone else worried about the implications of the new Brexit deal for Irish business? Relocating to NI is going to be an huge draw for both indigenous and foreign exporters. North of the border, you get all the commercial benefits of being in the EU but you also get rebates for any tariffs involved...
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Anyone else worried about the implications of the new Brexit deal for Irish business? Relocating to NI is going to be an huge draw for both indigenous and foreign exporters. North of the border, you get all the commercial benefits of being in the EU but you also get rebates for any tariffs involved ...
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 4:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 39 found dead in Lorry in Essex
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- Views: 34629
Re: 39 found dead in Lorry in Essex
If that's your point, you are truly disgusting.bimboman wrote:Irrelevant and unlikely, the point is they left from there or France or Ireland, all safe places.
On the basis of absolutely fvck all, you're suggesting they had the option to hop out in France or Ireland and since they didn't, well tough.
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Exactly.Blackrock Bullet wrote:Here is a piece on Paris from a few years ago;
...Keep the core areas historic, but let millions of square feet be built nearby.....
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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Because whoever is meant to approve it will pick some reason out of their arse that has no grounding in reality. What individuals exactly are you talking about here? ABP have been pretty vigorous in terms of implementing the SHD legislation and and pretty much accepted every application. DCC planni...
- Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
**cough NCH cough*** No argument from me there - when you have politicians, the general public and the Trots from RTE and the IT getting their say into planning and infrastructure decisions, it rarely ends well. The castration of Metrolink is another example. But the damage was done well before any...
- Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Yes the Tara building was rejected by DCC despite it being allowed for on their own local area plan. You are deluded to think DCC won’t find an excuse and at that the heights mentioned in their plan are smaller than proposed here. As an example of Dublin's development being blocked by the planning ...
- Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Why do people bring up the likes of Paris and Amsterdam? They are still really expensive cities. Because we should have the ambition for Dublin to be an attractive, successful, densely populated city? Because Dublin is competition with capitals like that for FDI? The reason such cities are expensiv...
- Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Because whoever is meant to approve it will pick some reason out of their arse that has no grounding in reality. What individuals exactly are you talking about here? ABP have been pretty vigorous in terms of implementing the SHD legislation and and pretty much accepted every application. DCC planni...
- Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
That'll never be approved. Build more houses and apartments in Dublin! No, that's too big!! Why would it not be approved? Even without the SHD legislation, the area had approval for taller (50m/15 story residential) buildings. It's possible to be in favour of high rise development in Dublin without...
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40891
- Views: 2078093
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread - KO 11:59pm 31/10/19?
Unless I misunderstood. Can you please confirm if it would be OK for the EU to withdraw lifesaving treatment? I think you're a very confused boy. The EU doesn't run a health service, nor is the EU in charge of funding healthcare. So I've no idea how you think "the EU" is threatening to withdraw lif...
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:03 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread
- Replies: 40891
- Views: 2078093
Re: OFFICIAL Brexit Thread - KO 11:59pm 31/10/19?
Unless I misunderstood. Can you please confirm if it would be OK for the EU to withdraw lifesaving treatment? I think you're a very confused boy. The EU doesn't run a health service, nor is the EU in charge of funding healthcare. So I've no idea how you think "the EU" is threatening to withdraw lif...
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 3:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
In Schengen, once you're in you're in . Each Schengen country at entry point of Europe has to apply its national immigration policy to non EU citizens which means that although they have their own independent policy , that policy by and large has to be aligned across Schengen otherwise there is com...
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 3:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
In Schengen, once you're in you're in . Each Schengen country at entry point of Europe has to apply its national immigration policy to non EU citizens which means that although they have their own independent policy , that policy by and large has to be aligned across Schengen otherwise there is com...
- Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Well Merkel has some regrets and says she would turn back the clock, maybe it's just because her party got smacked at the next elections. https://www.ft.com/content/11150514-7e78-11e6-8e50-8ec15fb462f4 Sure. No problem with any of that - she's a politician and paid a big price politically in German...
- Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:43 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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Derriz ignoring reality and what actually happened. Why the bizarre need to defend her behaviour? What "reality" are you talking about? Give me your synopsis so I have some idea of the level of ignorance I'm dealing with. I live a 30 minute drive from the German border and have family and friends w...
- Sun Sep 15, 2019 1:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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@Derriz "GERMANY" is a member of this new thing called the EU. Not sure you've heard of it, seems fairly clear from your posts that you haven't. Now you're just bimboing - ignore everything and reply with a silly quip. 3rd country immigration is a national competency, like tax, etc. - it's as simpl...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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Can you not see / agree that regardless of the merits of what you state in regard to the law - the political impact of merkel's decision was profound? It's the political impact that i believe mullet is getting at. Mullet is being clearer about his objection and it's about EU law being broken by Ger...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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His argument is that it was never an EU issue what Germany decides to do with third country immigrants. Except that is is and is covered by EU Regulations No it fückin isn't. The UK have 5 million foreign born - 75% of them from 3rd countries. The EU has no control over UK regulation on how these 3...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 2:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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I'm not trying to ignore everything. You're not dealing with the substatitve point. Germany changed EU law without agreement and you have simply dismissed the rest as "They're a bit right wingy" I'm interested in a proper discussion and you're simply making the same point in a loop. In all seriousn...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 2:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
@Derriz "GERMANY" is a member of this new thing called the EU. Not sure you've heard of it, seems fairly clear from your posts that you haven't. Now you're just bimboing - ignore everything and reply with a silly quip. 3rd country immigration is a national competency, like tax, etc. - it's as simpl...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
- Replies: 145600
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It was a disaster because it was hijacked by the exteme right to try to stir up anti-immigrant feelings. There is no hijacking about it. People don't like a million people coming the their country without being asked. If youre the type that insists on painting any critisism of this measure as a hij...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 12:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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I may be reading him wrong but Derriz is already at the "you don't understand immigration" schtick in my opinion. I didn't put any guidelines on this so people could express their opinion. This then becomes "you're equating all immigration with X". We're all educated here lads, every knows about fr...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 12:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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It is not Mimboesque to suggest that Merkels solo run was a disaster. It was extremely damaging to the EU and documentaries made on the subject have gone into the fact that. Tusk in particular was very damning in the his assessment of Merkel and so was Hollande. It was a disaster because it was hij...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
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Merkel's solo run on refugees was also insanity and really undermined the EU. What does that mean? Sounds mimboesque. How did allowing refugees to apply for asylum in Germany affect really affect the rest of Europe, except to lift the burden from some poorer Eastern and Southern med countries? None...
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 10:06 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bellicose Boris bonkers Brexit bonanza....
- Replies: 47602
- Views: 2026663
Re: LEAVE THE EU. £350m a week for the NHS..... UK PM.
If there are multiple choices and you honestly want to capture the preferences of the people, then STV is the way to go. No options should be removed - the more options, the less room for "interpretation" by politicians afterwards. By my reckoning, there would be about 8 options in the list. Of cour...
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bellicose Boris bonkers Brexit bonanza....
- Replies: 47602
- Views: 2026663
Re: LEAVE THE EU. £350m a week for the NHS..... UK PM.
From that article: few individuals and businesses have prepared for the impact of No Deal because they have believed government assurances that Boris Johnson is seeking a deal with Brussels. Anyone who believes this must be soft in the head. Boris hasn't even accepted Varadkar's month old invitation...
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 12:43 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Grim ways to go....
- Replies: 145
- Views: 9002
Re: Grim ways to go....
I still remember finding this pretty harrowing - particularly the fact that he was with his kid and the slow inevitable nature of it: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/ ... son-drown/
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 4:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Worst Film (that critics somehow liked)
- Replies: 483
- Views: 35610
Re: The Worst Film (that critics somehow liked)
Magnolia. What a load of wank. Boring pretentious wank. That and fecking Solaris the Tarkovski Solaris or the other one? Tu connais beaucoup d'anglos qui regardent des films étrangers ? French taste in film can be summed up by the fact that the biggest grossing and most popular ever film in France ...
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 4:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bellicose Boris bonkers Brexit bonanza....
- Replies: 47602
- Views: 2026663
Re: LEAVE THE EU. £350m a week for the NHS..... UK PM.
No you don't. Drivers license was enough the last time I flew Switzerland to Spain.bimboman wrote:You need to show a passport at both ends.
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Worst Film (that critics somehow liked)
- Replies: 483
- Views: 35610
Re: The Worst Film (that critics somehow liked)
Magnolia. What a load of wank. Boring pretentious wank. That and fecking Solaris the Tarkovski Solaris or the other one? I know the Soderberg remake is very poorly regarded but I liked it - enough to watch it twice. It's only an hour and half compared to nearly 3 hours for the Tarkovsky while still...
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bellicose Boris bonkers Brexit bonanza....
- Replies: 47602
- Views: 2026663
Re: LEAVE THE EU. £350m a week for the NHS..... UK PM.
NI wont agree to a border in the Irish Sea, because they do the vast majority of their trade with the UK . Vast majority ?....not at all. Their biggest market for exports in the Irish Republic, about 37%......We export about 1% to NI. My view is the the Republic is a more important trading partner ...
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:46 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Worst Film (that critics somehow liked)
- Replies: 483
- Views: 35610
Re: The Worst Film (that critics somehow liked)
What a fücking idiotic claim.Heymans wrote:Nothing in american film-making is about art, nothing. Its an industry.