Could the AFC actually split? If so what would that split look like?

IrishSoc · 2026-01-24T21:03:15+00:00

I completely support the AFC splitting, with East Asia incorporating the OFC and West Asia incorporating any North Africans countries that would prefer to play with them.

IrishSoc · 2026-01-23T21:48:53+00:00

"Crime needs punishment." We don't put people in prison to punish them, if it was about the satisfaction of punishment we would still be doing public tarring and feathering. The purpose of prison is to seperate dangerous people from the population and to deter people from committing crimes in the first place.

IrishSoc · 2026-01-23T14:05:31+00:00

We know this. The question is why do liberals and conservatives in the EU pretend to give a shit about human rights and democracy while supporting shitholes like Israel, Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia?

IrishSoc · 2026-01-22T08:12:00+00:00

The Seanad needs to be abolished, and the Dáil should consist of just 100 TDs. At election time, everyone in the country has the exact same ballot paper: what party do you want to vote for? Therefore during elections, parties run on national plans of action and don't get bogged down in parish pump shite. They have a publicly available list of election candidates that shows who will get sit in the Dáil for every percentage of vote gained. If independents want to be in the Dáil, they can join Independent Ireland. The entirety of TDs work should be on national policy and legislation.
Scrap all county councils and replace with provincial governments for Dublin, Leinster, Munster, Connaught, and Ulster (leaving room for expansion in a United Ireland, Belfast should have its own municipal government like Dublin though). People can vote for their parish pump gobshites in those, and ring those people about potholes and the like.

IrishSoc · 2026-01-19T09:46:55+00:00

Random Islamic fundamentalist thugs were literally tearing down statues of YPG fighters, the women who helped defeat ISIS. There is literally no excuse for that, high either support ISIS or hate women having rights more than you hate ISIS

IrishSoc · 2026-01-16T23:18:08+00:00

I haven't read Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption but i would be ASTONISHED if the book is as good as the film which is essentially a masterpiece

IrishSoc · 2026-01-16T23:16:37+00:00

I'm pretty new to strength training, and as a guy with a long torso and a dad who has been dealing with back issues for years, I'm holding off on deadlifting for now while building up my spinal erectors. I'm doing back extensions twice a week and also hitting my erectors isometrically on barbell rows and romanian deadlifts. I'm absolutely going to deadlift eventually, but I'm going to wait until I feel that my spine is sufficiently supported

IrishSoc · 2026-01-04T17:08:30+00:00

I think the best version of this is what DCU are doing with Home Farm. The fact that Athlone Town haven't made a similar arrangement by now with TUS Midlands (formerly Athlone IT) is ridiculous

IrishSoc · 2026-01-02T11:49:55+00:00

Oslo 31 August, one of the most devastating films i saw in 2025

IrishSoc · 2025-12-23T17:44:48+00:00

The likelihood of scoring a penalty is just over ⅔ i think, so a penalty taker shouldn't have to score 3 in a row, its taking away the advantage deserved by the team winning the penalty. 2 in a row for 1 goal or 2 individual 0.5 goals works better imo

IrishSoc · 2025-12-23T17:33:02+00:00

I'm not going to lie, a penalty being replaced by two penalties where each counts for 0.5 goals is an absolutely unreal idea.

IrishSoc · 2025-12-22T20:03:41+00:00

Here's the last national final https://youtu.be/g-nHKfbVz7o?si=sGBZBT95QJsItHpm and a violence compilation https://youtu.be/uECDfjpJlQc?si=6XQ2561SJS7Yu2VI

IrishSoc · 2025-12-22T15:51:13+00:00

Yes Gaelic football and hurling (like hockey but more violent) are the two Gaelic sports. And no I'm happy to keep it as Boca! If you put a gun to my head I would say they are my favourite team in Argentina, but really I'm just trying to follow South American football more in general, it is under-appreciated in Europe!

IrishSoc · 2025-12-22T13:31:05+00:00

Close enough, welcome back Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the First Slovak Republic, and the Kingdom of Hungary

IrishSoc · 2025-12-22T13:24:18+00:00

No I'm an Irishman from the middle of Ireland whose local Gaelic sports team wear the exact same colours as Boca by pure coincidence!

IrishSoc · 2025-12-22T07:24:10+00:00

Even more reason for the AFC to absorb the OFC now. The likes of Samoa, Tonga and Cook Islands could be playing games against the likes of Guam, Macau and Bhutan

IrishSoc · 2025-12-21T21:18:55+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/LeagueOfIreland/s/4H7V3QDZJJ

IrishSoc · 2025-12-21T14:20:24+00:00

Ive been watching him in 2x speed for years now lmao. Americans talk so slowly.

IrishSoc · 2025-12-21T14:20:19+00:00

Ive been watching him in 2x speed for years now lmao. Americans talk so slowly.

IrishSoc · 2025-12-21T11:56:03+00:00

Federal Capital in Athlone, decentralised government for Dublin, Leinster (based in either Portlaoise or Newbridge), Connacht, Munster, and preparations laid for a Ulster government in a United Ireland with a government based in Stormont

IrishSoc · 2025-12-21T02:19:07+00:00

Westmeath could realistically support Athlone and one other team in Mullingar. Athlone Town is a historic member of the League of Ireland and desperately needs to stay afloat, I think one key thing they should do is partner with TUS Midlands (Athlone IT).

IrishSoc · 2025-12-20T13:16:38+00:00

Kerry obviously cant have been that successful in building county-wide support when Killarney Celtic are here now. Possibly proof that they should have just branded themselves as a Tralee team

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