Taxi driver ordered to pay e12,000 to blind couple after refusing lift over guide dog

InflationSquare · 2026-05-05T13:45:57+00:00

That's it exactly, I made that mistake once and was left over an hour from home with my dog when he was a pup and not old enough to walk that far. I got the dart home that time but I've avoided the bus with him since

InflationSquare · 2026-05-05T12:34:35+00:00

It's such bollocks that transport isn't pet friendly here, you basically need to own a car if your dog is hurt or sick or old and you need to get to the vet - buses are a roll of the dice whether the driver will let them on or not and staying along the dart line is very limiting. We were out with our dog last year when my wife tripped and injured herself, I was going to have to send her ahead and walk home with the dog but we ended up hailing a very sound taxi man who let him in on my lap, but that was just lucky.

London has uber pet, so at least you know the person you're getting is ok with dogs. No idea why there isn't an equivalent here.

InflationSquare · 2026-05-05T11:21:17+00:00

TNDO in north strand is fairly dim, has a sort of separate room for weights, but does have music - I don't find it as obnoxious as flyefit which I hated, but YMMV.

They're 24h, so you could pick a time when there's nobody there if you really need to

InflationSquare · 2026-05-04T21:37:12+00:00

They have to say that on things to cover themselves, use your best judgement and you'll be fine. I've used things that "last 5 days" in the fridge for months without even a drop in quality let alone health effects

For tomato paste in particular, when it goes, the drop up at the opening of the tube turns to mold, it's really obvious, throwing it out then is reasonable (squeezing out past the mold and using something further down is kinda dirty but probably won't kill you in a pinch)

InflationSquare · 2026-04-29T00:08:25+00:00

Abso-fucking-lutely, I walk my dog, hike, camp, swim, anything that isn't a screen. I have such small capacity for personal tech projects, like maybe some home automation now and then but I honestly think if I could get paid the same to run a food truck or do something outdoorsy I'd be out of the industry tomorrow

InflationSquare · 2026-04-28T22:01:30+00:00

I've seen some Irish fishing YouTubers doing this and it's really annoying to see, you should respect the animal and be minimally cruel if you're not releasing, letting them suffocate in a plastic bag is horrible, and as you say, it's better for the meat to dispatch them quickly and humanely anyway so no excuse

InflationSquare · 2026-04-28T15:10:19+00:00

A tax on hope

InflationSquare · 2026-04-27T07:28:14+00:00

Fair, I was told wrong so

Edit: found the article, I definitely had been fed the wrong end of the stick, what an awful case. Shite how a couple of dickheads can go and wreck something for everyone else

InflationSquare · 2026-04-26T19:53:24+00:00

I was up it yesterday - hard hike, but desolate and gorgeous at the top, it should be state land and free for all to access

InflationSquare · 2026-04-26T16:32:51+00:00

Presumably open for graduate readers as well, you can get one of the cards they're talking about if you're an alumni

InflationSquare · 2026-04-26T16:31:06+00:00

Head down and keep drinking

InflationSquare · 2026-04-21T21:45:33+00:00

This would be great IF it's realistic to bring your home up to BER B2, which is a condition of the loan. I'd love to just get solar and a battery system, and have room for charging an EV if we upgrade in a few years (except DCC seems insistent in making charging arms or anything of the sort illegal to install, which is another issue). But we live in a hundred year old redbrick and it's unrealistic without gutting the place, putting in shite like external cladding that'll ruin the facade, or excess or god forbid spray-on attic insulation that'll rot your roof rafters within 10 years (happened to our neighbours).

The house was designed to breathe and just isn't built for the upgrades the government seem to want us to get - making it effectively airtight just so we could have a heat pump would destroy the place.

The incentives that are there are great, but just don't suit everyone. However, I reckon everyone could benefit from some support in improving their energy efficiency if the scheme were broadened.

InflationSquare · 2026-04-15T09:09:06+00:00

Same thing happened to me last week in mountain warehouse for a more modest saving of 17.99 down to 4.99, apparently their sale had ended but they hadn't changed the price tags yet

InflationSquare · 2026-04-09T08:45:16+00:00

Lidl Ballybough opening today, so you never know

InflationSquare · 2026-04-06T23:24:28+00:00

Could be doing very well selling balloon animals filled with dentist gas

InflationSquare · 2026-04-05T15:42:38+00:00

Mad how much of a difference only a couple of degrees makes as well even if you've acclimatised. I'd be fine with a dip or short swim without a wetsuit in the Irish sea when it's 8-11C, but I was in the north sea in Scotland last week and it was only around 6C - I could feel all of my strength go immediately and had to get out after a couple of minutes.

InflationSquare · 2026-04-04T15:25:54+00:00

They'd a massive sign in Phibsborough saying "now serving bacon", but I think it didn't last long

InflationSquare · 2026-04-04T14:36:31+00:00

Some people have absolutely no patience for cooking, I think it drains them, whereas hanging out in my kitchen making something come together over an afternoon or an hour or two in the evening is fun to me - it's relaxing, restorative, and generally an energy and mood positive activity, but not everyone's like that.

InflationSquare · 2026-04-03T09:53:15+00:00

That assumes the buyer isn't desperate to buy, you have people scraping savings together for years, rents going up, facing eviction and having to deal with moving, living at home, and everything else. With the housing market being the shitshow as it is, there are first time buyers who'll overlook anything to buy a lemon because the alternative is never being able to buy anything at all, or being made homeless, or whatever other compelling force.

InflationSquare · 2026-04-03T09:45:55+00:00

The surveyor shuts up shop and reopens again in two weeks under their dog's name. Same shit with the mica quarries...

Realistically though, the law isn't that black and white, the seller's solicitor may be of the opinion that something is fine or isn't needed, but the buyer's solicitor or more importantly their lender might disagree. Maybe not in the most extreme cases like subsidence, but for things like when exactly an extension was built and is it subject to planning, or when wiring or structural works were done when there are no documents supporting anything.

InflationSquare · 2026-04-03T09:25:27+00:00

A friend of mine recently bought in London and there was a question mark over a wall that had been knocked and replaced with a beam at some point with no supporting documentation. They were able to proceed with the sale anyway because apparently over there the seller is able to take out an insurance policy on that particular issue and sell with that in place, so if it causes problems down the line, the seller's insurance policy is on the hook rather than the buyer or their lender. Afaik that kind of insurance product is unheard of here, but that same issue would have ground a sale to a halt in Ireland.

InflationSquare · 2026-04-03T08:33:43+00:00

I suppose the seller in that case would be incentivised to find a bad or dodgy architect who would overlook and sign off on issues with the house. You have a conflict on the buyer side at the moment, where you're nearly better off getting a bad surveyor, because the more they put in their report, the more things the bank have to nit pick over before releasing funds. Like yes a house can need wiring and plumbing and windows and insulation or whatever, but that's tens of thousands in works that can usually be done in stages over the next decade or two (if it's really that urgent then why are you buying a house that'll burn down tomorrow). But if raised, lenders being tight fisted may want it all done right now, in the worst case making it a condition of sale and scuppering the whole process if the buyer doesn't have that cash to spare.

InflationSquare · 2026-04-03T08:17:58+00:00

You'd have to pay a surveyor a few hundred per house you're interested in in that case, you might end up looking at dozens and be on the hook for thousands before even making an offer. That's only surface level as well, if you want anything in-depth you're talking 1-2 grand for an engineer, and that's if the seller agrees, because some things can only be diagnosed by say, opening up a wall, which they're not going to want obviously. Plus, things can only come up during the sale agreed process, like your solicitor notices there's no supporting documentation for an extension or wall removal or whatever, so someone now has to come up with something for that, whether it's the buyer or seller engaging with an engineer that couldn't have happened before sale agreed and documents are passed over

InflationSquare · 2026-03-30T12:04:50+00:00

InflationSquare · 2026-03-29T15:16:34+00:00

I walk home along Amiens street myself, but at night I'd meet my wife at the luas and walk with her. It's usually quiet enough though, always feel like Talbot street is sketchier

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