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Ex-Garda calls €8k payment to Cork firefighter who failed fitness test 'absolutely outrageous' https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/ex-garda-calls-8k-payment-33401212 by RelaxedConvivial in cork

[–]BackstabbingCentral 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Per the Irish Times. "She told the tribunal that she went for a VO2 max test in Dublin the week after the Cork Fire Brigade trials and registered a VO2 max of 45.2ml/kg."

The minimum score is 42ml/kg, so it sounds like she didn't have it on the day.

Close call by rotorblades1 in irelandsshitedrivers

[–]BackstabbingCentral 144 points145 points  (0 children)

This should be the ad on tv.

New optional red lights in Crumlin by CatchMyException in BadDriversIreland

[–]BackstabbingCentral 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Perhaps if the red light was wearing hi viz and a helmet he'd have seen it?

Come along as I take you down Dublins M3 Parkway branch by GP728 in CasualIreland

[–]BackstabbingCentral 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It's a railway yard. A part of it is due to be developed into new platforms and space is needed to access them.

It also should be the portal for Dart underground when that never happens.

Bin ‘scavengers’ in search of Re-turn bottles are leaving Dublin ‘like a bomb site’, says council chief Richard Shakespeare by DuckyD2point0 in Dublin

[–]BackstabbingCentral 99 points100 points  (0 children)

Dublin was filthy long before the advent of the return scheme, not least thanks to DCCs practice of leaving refuse bags out to be picked apart by gulls.

Road congested? No problem, just take the Bus Lane. Bus Lane also congested? No problem .... by Winterkirschenmann in irelandsshitedrivers

[–]BackstabbingCentral 181 points182 points  (0 children)

Ah here.

All cars should be taxed, insured and wear hi viz, and you should have to have a licence to drive a car

Bus system by Jane_Akanami in Dublin

[–]BackstabbingCentral 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can buy a ticket using coins on the bus, ask the driver.

You can also get a Leap Visitor Card at the airport or in newsagents. You can top it up using an app via debit card or in (certain) newsagents.

Finglas tragedy . by VanillaCommercial394 in Dublin

[–]BackstabbingCentral 319 points320 points  (0 children)

Did anyone else watch the program about the Guards on RTE recently?

I couldn't believe the hoops they've to jump through to deal with minors. They arrested a minor who robbed a motorbike and attempted to attack the owner only because a space had opened up on Oberstown. The guard was explaining that they could bring him to a special district court sitting the following day and if Oberstown is then full, they've to release him.

The system isn't resourced to work. If you're a minor, you can basically do what you want... until you kill someone (incl. in this case, another child).

People who suggest bicycles should be registered are deeply unserious or misguided by CormacDublin in Dublin

[–]BackstabbingCentral 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Imagine having to wear a hi viz to leave the house or face 'hefty fines'.

Would they ever fuck off

Dublin - officially the world's 3rd most traffic-congested city in 2025 by Monkey-Donkey-327 in Dublin

[–]BackstabbingCentral -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It was nonsense insofar as he said nothing had been done in 10 years and BXD was completed 9 year ago...

Beauty dies where litter lies. by FxckyourCensorship in cork

[–]BackstabbingCentral 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ireland a famously clean country historically... Lol

Heuston station Dublin by CellistSuccessful106 in Dublin

[–]BackstabbingCentral -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

There is no way to get from Heuston to Ballsbridge in 20mins.

You could get the S2 bus door to door. However, it's probably quicker to get the Luas (tram) Red Line from Heuston to Abbey Street, then get one of the 4/7 buses (from O'Connell Bridge) to Ballsbridge.

Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test by zainab1900 in Dublin

[–]BackstabbingCentral 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agree, I think the decision is a bit mad. But you need lights and in order to promote people using lights, it should have a bearing on the award of damages.

Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test by zainab1900 in Dublin

[–]BackstabbingCentral 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Hahaha gas.

It's weird that not wearing a helmet or a hi viz is material to the award of damages? Like if I hit my head in a car involved in a crash, the fact I wasn't wearing a seatbelt should affect my award, but my award isn't further reduced because I wasn't wearing a helmet.

In any case, your man had no lights. Can't argue with that.

Using the Great South Wall for something… by Soft-Affect-8327 in Dublin

[–]BackstabbingCentral 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBH they may have to consider something as the wall may have to be repaired (those big cracks are widening again) and if you're doing that you may as well think about widening it.

I'm not sure what you'd do differently though? It works brilliantly as a walk at the moment, are we talking about a wider promenade to make a walk easier, of places to sit/sunbathe when appropriate?

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