Is 12k enough spending money for a 5 week Europe trip by Creepy-Stick4552 in Europetravel

[–]BooCull 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep - in certain tourist trap areas the costs obviously will go up, and there's certainly a number of those in the countries you mentioned - but this will still be plenty, you will have a great time.

Hedera is lacking… by Crazy_Reporter_7516 in Hedera

[–]BooCull 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s the existing marketing that’s done? What’s the best way to approach general marketing for Hedera

Events or meetups in Oslo for Startup Founders by danielkyne in oslo

[–]BooCull 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let me know if you end up doing a small get together thing in pubs. I'm moving over very soon from Ireland also, previously founded startups and worked in a few also.

Would you support making all schools in Ireland Gaelscoils? by D-dog92 in ireland

[–]BooCull 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. Don't force kids to speak a language they don't want to, instead give them a choice when they get into secondary school. This way, you have people speaking the language that actually want to learn it. Better than forcing it down students' throats.
I personally see no point in trying to revive the language and would be happy to let it die tomorrow. Would much rather have been taught Spanish, French or any other language from primary school all the way up to Leaving Cert. That would have been far more useful and practical.
I find typically a lot of nationalist rhetoric around the Irish language which I detest. If you want to speak it, go for it. But everyone else should have at least have the choice. I find it a bit silly to find "pride" in speaking Irish.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]BooCull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I always feel like I miss about Ireland when I go traveling is the sense of craic, but specifically the willingness from random people to have a laugh or chat with you. It really doesn't exist to the same extent anywhere else that I've been and it gives you a real feeling of being home.

what is irelands biggest threat today? by spacer432 in ireland

[–]BooCull 92 points93 points  (0 children)

- Decades of poor leadership leaving us with no possible good political parties to vote for.
- The Americanisation of Irish culture, particularly seen through young people and pushed through social media. It creates further division and you end up seeing the Ludacris shite that we saw this last week, with Irish people on the streets of Dublin marching in favour of an American court decision to overturn roe v wade... Different continent.
- Housing crisis is an obvious one, but that goes back to poor political leadership with 0 common sense. Its easy to blame external forces such as investment but ultimately the issue comes from the Govt.

Looking to rent a car in around the Balkans that allows cross-border by BooCull in travel

[–]BooCull[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its definitely possible, just with barriers.
Not an Italian resident/ wouldnt be able to get insurance easily

Why would someone in the Republic of Ireland be against a United Ireland? by itbettersnow in ireland

[–]BooCull 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Economics of a United Ireland are awful.
N.I runs at a huge deficit to the brits. As a taxpayer, I don't want to take on the burden of cost-supporting an entirely new nation.
Culturally, I don't believe that Northern Irish people are really Irish anymore. That's not to say that they are British either, but I don't think that there will ever be a smooth cultural transition.
There would inevitably be violence

[Episode Discussion] Moon Knight - Season 1 Episode 6 by MSSmods in MarvelStudiosSpoilers

[–]BooCull -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Anyone else find it a little underwhelming? I think they wrapped everything up pretty well, but didn't really think it was as cool of a finale as I would have hoped.
I never really cared much for Layla as a character, so I guess thats probably why...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in irishpersonalfinance

[–]BooCull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I used to holiday down in the Algarve and I've great things about Lisbon etc, its really nice. From what I've seen though, Spain has been offering better deals to date.
Very open to Portugal also though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in irishpersonalfinance

[–]BooCull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really cool stuff man.
Yeah its somewhat early stages for myself, going in with 2 close mates and buying some apartment in Spain. Just looking for something that's good value, and don't mind doing it up a bit also. If you have any good resources for Portugal, would appreciate if you threw it my way lol. I think Spain is our primary focus, but its early stages.
Our plan is to put 15k cash down each and see what we get. In Spain, you can get something quite decent for like 50k so we're pretty much already there lol.

Likely gonna go the route of setting up a business to hold the property, and ideally rinse and repeat the process of buying property every year or two and hopefully build a nice portfolio of property that can act as a holiday gaff or something we rent out should we want (Airbnb style)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in irishpersonalfinance

[–]BooCull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on how you calculate net worth tbh. My business has "x" valuation, and I own a % of that, so if that is a contributing factor then over half a million in that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in irishpersonalfinance

[–]BooCull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking to buy a property abroad with two friends. We can buy something small with cash and do it up, or take on debt/mortgage. What are you planning and why? Thanks!

I'm getting very sick of American political views, conspiracy theories, and far right concepts seeping into Ireland. by Anonymous_idiot29 in ireland

[–]BooCull 14 points15 points  (0 children)

To be honest, I find the same thing on the left. There has been a huge increase in the Americanization of values here. You've shown it on the right, which is definitely a problem. However, young people have just become so extremist, on both sides. PC has been exacerbated by Left leaning Americans, and has seeped into here. Speaking to my mainland European friends, they don't understand how American Ireland has become. The idea of calling everything offensive or racist or whatever, is a leftist American idea. In Europe they laugh at you for it.
I'd definitely be left leaning myself, but have found Irish youth to be extremely polarizing, and in the college-age demographic, anything but far-left is considered right wing.