Those crazy ****ing Irish!

Trollheart · 05-09-2015, 05:37 AM

Since I have, from time to time, got a lot to bitch about concerning my country (mostly with the government) I'm going to use this thread to keep you all current on the latest wacky goings on in Ireland. Some of it will be rants, some will be funny, some may be sad, but it'll all be with a big touch o' the green!

As of now, we had a bus strike for two days, carried deliberately out during a busy bank holiday. The reason for the strike was that Dublin Bus and the Irish Transport Authority want some of the routes currently serviced by the national bus service to be put out to private tender. This could mean a reduction in wages or even layoffs for some drivers, so I'm totally behind them, though it was inconvenient.

The thing is, Dublin Bus and the govt have threatened to sue the NBRU (National Bus and Railworkers' Union) to recoup the losses they say they made over those two days in revenue. Is that mad or what? You go on legitimate strike, we'll sue you for the money you lost us! What a country!

More later....

Trollheart · 05-11-2015, 07:34 PM

Serious moment....

We're following a story since yesterday wherein a baby girl, about 36 hours old was found in a (sigh) plastic binbag inside a carrier bag, naked, on a lonely stretch of road, near a gate leading into a field. The only reason she was found was pure chance, as a motorist stopped and happened to notice movement in the grass.

Jesus! I have the utmost sympathy with any girl (I'm assuming we're talking about a teenage or pre-teenage mother here) who finds herself in this position, but surely you would make sure at the least that you leave the baby somewhere she could be found: church, hospital, police station, even some public place like a pub or shopping centre. But at a gate near a field? What must she have been thinking?

It's a horrible situation either way. The only good thing is that the baby is now being cared for and doing okay, but as the mother is unknown, under Irish law the baby can't be adopted legally, so may end up in care until she reaches the age of eighteen. Awfully sad and tragic story.

Neapolitan · 05-11-2015, 08:33 PM

If anyone following the story, the baby found abandon in Rathcoole, County Dublin name is Maria.

Baby found abandoned in Dublin could be discharged from hospital shortly - Newstalk

**Frownland** · 05-11-2015, 07:44 PM

Why can't the baby be adopted?

The Batlord · 05-11-2015, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Why can't the baby be adopted?

I guess because a parent or guardian has to sign some consent form or whatever. I'm assuming the lawmakers were drunk when they wrote that one up.

Neapolitan · 05-12-2015, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I guess because a parent or guardian has to sign some consent form or whatever. I'm assuming the lawmakers had a little too much drink when they wrote that one up.

Those crazy drink driving Irish legislators.

Trollheart · 05-14-2015, 11:29 AM

Incidentally, do you guys pay for your water? We've just started getting charged, but I wondered if it happens over there in 'Murica?

The Batlord · 05-14-2015, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Incidentally, do you guys pay for your water? We've just started getting charged, but I wondered if it happens over there in 'Murica?

Well, yeah. It's a utility, so we have water bills and ****. Same as we pay for power (although here in Virginia, the power company is state-owned), gas, etc.

Neapolitan · 05-14-2015, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Incidentally, do you guys pay for your water? We've just started getting charged, but I wondered if it happens over there in 'Murica?

The next shocking news you'll tells is that you have to pay for your own beer.

**Frownland** · 05-11-2015, 09:02 PM

So are Irish orphans more ****ed over than your run-of-the-mill orphans?

05-09-2015, 05:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Those crazy ing Irish! Since I have, from time to time, got a lot to bitch about concerning my country (mostly with the government) I'm going to use this thread to keep you all current on the latest wacky goings on in Ireland. Some of it will be rants, some will be funny, some may be sad, but it'll all be with a big touch o' the green! As of now, we had a bus strike for two days, carried deliberately out during a busy bank holiday. The reason for the strike was that Dublin Bus and the Irish Transport Authority want some of the routes currently serviced by the national bus service to be put out to private tender. This could mean a reduction in wages or even layoffs for some drivers, so I'm totally behind them, though it was inconvenient. The thing is, Dublin Bus and the govt have threatened to sue the NBRU (National Bus and Railworkers' Union) to recoup the losses they say they made over those two days in revenue. Is that mad or what? You go on legitimate strike, we'll sue you for the money you lost us! What a country! More later.... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-11-2015, 07:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Serious moment.... We're following a story since yesterday wherein a baby girl, about 36 hours old was found in a (sigh) plastic binbag inside a carrier bag, naked, on a lonely stretch of road, near a gate leading into a field. The only reason she was found was pure chance, as a motorist stopped and happened to notice movement in the grass. Jesus! I have the utmost sympathy with any girl (I'm assuming we're talking about a teenage or pre-teenage mother here) who finds herself in this position, but surely you would make sure at the least that you leave the baby somewhere she could be found: church, hospital, police station, even some public place like a pub or shopping centre. But at a gate near a field? What must she have been thinking? It's a horrible situation either way. The only good thing is that the baby is now being cared for and doing okay, but as the mother is unknown, under Irish law the baby can't be adopted legally, so may end up in care until she reaches the age of eighteen. Awfully sad and tragic story. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-11-2015, 07:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Why can't the baby be adopted? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

05-14-2015, 11:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Incidentally, do you guys pay for your water? We've just started getting charged, but I wondered if it happens over there in 'Murica? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-11-2015, 09:02 PM	#10 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	So are Irish orphans more ***ed over than your run-of-the-mill orphans? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x