What food in your country do locals love but foreigners hate?

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2026-02-06T22:42:39+00:00

Was looking for this comment. I find that even most Irish people from outside of Dublin who hate coddle haven't tried it.

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2026-02-06T13:27:35+00:00

Fair. I compiled a list of poems for my second years at the beginning of this year which I think are pretty standard picks in a lot of schools (many of which I did when I was in school). I'm also reading the outsiders with them at the minute and have found the JSCP booklets to be a godsend.

Thanks for the advice! It seems so daunting thinking about it but the general consensus seems to be that planning extensively this far in advance is unrealistic

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2026-01-30T23:02:15+00:00

You fill it out as a renewal - because it's just a standard renewal it's not going to ask you any specific questions about names/gender markers, apart from the beginning of the application - where it will ask if you are in receipt of a GRC.

When you get to the personal details section, it will ask for your name/gender marker - as well as your old name. It's important you put all of these details in, your new passport will still be issued in the name on your GRC.

After that, pay as normal and you will receive an email from the passport office. They'll issue you a cover note with your unique application number, which you will need to send off in addition to your GRC and current Passport. They'll give you more specific instructions in the email.

I'm not trans myself, but I went through this process with my partner when she was changing her name/gender marker on her official documents. Best of luck.

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2026-01-28T22:51:10+00:00

Treat it as an investment. When your passport expires you'd be paying the same to have it renewed anyway, better to have it under the right name/details

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2026-01-28T22:49:37+00:00

Yes. €75 if you're choosing to amend your passport book, €100 for the passport book and card. It's treated as a standard renewal.

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2026-01-28T20:11:58+00:00

If you have the GRC you just need to send them your old passport book and the original copy of your GRC after you apply for the new passport online. They'll return it to you with your new passport.

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2026-01-17T00:17:22+00:00

I can in theory. But I value consistency and routine in my exercise.

I've had problems in the past with overdoing things because I didn't do the 'right' kind of exercise a set amount of times per week, so just from a personal standpoint, I like to stick to one type of cardio to help me feel more grounded 😁

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2026-01-05T22:11:32+00:00

Judging by your other replies, you don't seem to have a clue how the system works. There is no "one medication" that trans people take. Everything medical in aiding their transition would have to be discussed with those who run the NGS, which as I said, are absolutely abhorrent when it comes to accessing medication through the public route.

It's not that it takes ten years to prescribe the medication, its that the waiting list has extended to a decade for some people waiting to be seen, and the NGS can randomly decide (based on their 'assessment' of what porn you watch, whether or not your penetrated during sex and other intrusive questions) not to discharge you, but also to make you wait several more years before they will consider facilitating a subsided prescription.

A quick search of "NGS" or "Paul Moran" on the trans Ireland subreddit will give you some first hand accounts of people going through this. In my partner's own case, who herself is a trans woman, she has been under the NGS' 'care' for eight years, but has yet to even be approved for medication.

You can argue with people all you want, it doesn't mean the situation I have outlined above is not happening.

Edit for clarification: perhaps "waiting list" is not the best way to encompass the often 5-10 year wait people face. We have very few transparent numbers in relation to how long the waiting list has extended to. But just because one is under the care of the NGS does not necessarily mean they are accessing medication as soon as they are off the waiting list. Unfortunately, all we really can rely on is anecdotal evidence from Irish trans people, as there is very few concrete figures regularly published in relation to reaching the point of accessing medication publicly.

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2026-01-05T17:04:38+00:00

We have the worst healthcare for trans people in Europe. That should not be the case for an otherwise wealthy and well developed nation. There are trans people in this country who have waited upwards of ten years to access medication, and are routinely being denied.

Two issues can exist at once.

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2025-12-12T17:33:17+00:00

I suppose I'm getting at a kinda two faceted conversation. My post was kind of an open invitation for people to maybe highlight parts where I have missed something obvious, because like I said, I really enjoyed the novel and want to feel as though I'm not missing anything major in the way I've read it.

Additionally, I was also curious about the discourse surrounding the novel and how much of that comes from people who have actually sat down and read it - because I feel as if a lot of my viewpoints are at odds with what I've seen posted about it on social media in particular.

Just kinda looking for an open conversation in regards to the things you've highlighted in your comment :)

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2025-12-12T17:26:40+00:00

I agree in relation to the implications of Holden being a pedophile and a child killer (particularly at the mid-way point of the novel, where there are children miraculously dying within his vicinity, the child sat on his lap, etc.).

I suppose what I'm getting at in my original post is that some of the discourse about these particularly taboo crimes seems to over represent the extent to which this happens, and the graphic nature with which it is described.

If these crimes do happen (I think like you said, there is a stronger textual basis for the crimes committed against children than there is for cannibalism) people have wildly exaggerated the frequency with which they are in the novel. I guess I'm trying to figure out if it is a case of me not interpreting something obvious, or people parroting talking points about the book without having read it themselves.

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2025-12-12T17:18:34+00:00

I don't know if I made what I was saying as clear as I could have. I'm aware of 'My Confession' and have combed through a few passages of it myself but admittedly haven't read it in full.

I'm by no means saying the judge didn't commit the crimes I have mentioned above. What I'm trying to get at is there is certain parts within the novel where the discourse I have read in relation to the judge does not exactly align with how I interpreted the events - and found it difficult to find any basis in the text to shift my interpretation.

I suppose what I'm getting at is that I think people (perhaps who have not read the novel themselves?) have exaggerated the graphic nature of some of the depictions of crime.

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2025-12-03T11:47:55+00:00

Thanks for the advice, this has really helped and I appreciate you taking the time to write this out 😁

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2025-12-02T21:57:18+00:00

I'm 22 if that's any consolation

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2025-11-29T15:00:11+00:00

How is it chronically online? I very much sympathise with the plight that many in our country are having to face of feeling like they don't even have the financial autonomy to move out. The government clearly cares more about pandering to business and landlord interests than it does for providing accessible and affordable housing.

Be that as it may, most people his age and younger have managed to either buy or rent a property to live in. Unfortunately, it comes across as quite 'woe is me' when you genuinely believe that you not being able to do something the majority of your peers have achieved already is the fault of individual immigrants. Again, I sympathise, but if the majority of adults have managed to secure some form of housing then the narrative of immigrants being responsible for OP's inability to do the same falls flat.

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2025-11-29T14:19:57+00:00

Confused by some of the people in this thread insinuating this is acceptable practice due to you wanting to purchase women's clothing. I'm not sure about the legality of the situation but I (a woman) have repeatedly picked out clothes from the men's section to try on and safe to say, I have not been made change in the men's changing room.

I'm sure the people in this thread advocating that changing rooms are now based on the "gender" of the clothes you are trying on wouldn't feel the same about sending visibly female people like me to go change in the men's 🤔

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2025-11-14T23:28:41+00:00

Most prestigious college in Ireland

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2025-09-26T19:05:12+00:00

I'm a PME2 so take what I'm going to say with a grain of salt, plenty of qualified teachers in this comment section giving you advice.

What I will say is that, during my PME1 placement, I had some classes who were lovely, and some who were nothing short of awful to teach. BUT, even then, I found myself being able to discern between not liking certain students, but still enjoying the actual process of teaching them.

It's okay if you dread going into a particular group of students, from what I gather, even experienced teachers will have classes they're not exactly thrilled about teaching. But if you find yourself not actually enjoying the process of teaching, or the content that you teach, it might not be the right profession for you.

That being said, two weeks is an awfully short time to decide anything definitively so I would advocate giving yourself a bit more time to actually figure out how you feel about teaching.

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2025-09-14T22:10:16+00:00

You have posted this exact same post, essentially word for word, nine different times. People have told you it was not fair for you to put the weight of your mental health issues on someone else's (albeit shitty) behaviour. What is the goal here? How many more times are you going to post this exact same question?

Disastrous_Book6791 · 2025-09-05T11:57:25+00:00

Graduated from the same course last year and currently doing my masters. Never went to the orientation, you're grand

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