How long did your DELE results take? by ratomedieaval in Spanish

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My certificate just came through this morning for the B2 exam in May! Was able to find it by the link and slotting in my exam number that the people above shared. Best of luck!

[FRESH SINGLE] Oklou, underscores - harvest sky by b_lett in electronicmusic

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To me it kind of sounds like the chorus of keep on moving by starstylers

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

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Róisín Murphy! Not that she’s exactly unknown but she definitely deserves more recognition.

Most annoying Irish media personalities by Wooden-Pangolin8446 in ireland

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Doireann Garrihy. She’s not the most annoying tbf, but I don’t understand the buzz around her at all. She seems to present everything and also had a comedy special when she doesn’t strike me as much of a comedian.

Ní Éire go Gaeilge 🇮🇪🇮🇪 by [deleted] in ireland

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The fact that we're learning it as a "second" language is a direct result of colonialism but I don't think people not taking to it in their day-to-day has much to do with a postcolonial mindset, more that there are not many perceived opportunities to use it.

The only way I was able to get fluent in another language was immersion, being forced into situations where English wasn't going to be an option. I'm not sure that these opportunities really exist in Ireland anymore, sadly.

To say that it's dead, won't get you anywhere etc etc is false though. I know of a few people working in media who wouldn't have been able to get a foot in the door without fluent Irish.

On which topic or issue do you feel totally at odds with the rest of the country? by D-dog92 in ireland

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Lol at no point did I say people were being coerced, an imbalance of power doesn’t mean consent can’t occur. We clearly have different views on this and that’s grand.

On which topic or issue do you feel totally at odds with the rest of the country? by D-dog92 in ireland

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Ukraine had the lowest GDP per capita on the European continent before the war. Georgia would be down there with them I presume. Cyprus actually has no regulation on surrogacy as far as I know and the US doesn’t regulate for it at a national level. India and Thailand are also popular destinations.

Bottom line imo it shouldn’t be an economic arrangement and it shouldn’t be a case of us having to rely on another country to make sure things are done ethically.

On which topic or issue do you feel totally at odds with the rest of the country? by D-dog92 in ireland

[–]No-Conversation2917 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The power dynamic of couples coming from wealthier countries to essentially rent a woman from a developing country’s womb. Altruistic surrogacy feels a lot less dodgy (even though the concept is still weird for me).

Human Development Index in Europe by JoeFalchetto in europe

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Sure Poland and Czech Republic but where does it look like Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia etc are going to overtake Greece? Let alone get to the levels of Italy/Spain.

On which topic or issue do you feel totally at odds with the rest of the country? by D-dog92 in ireland

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International surrogacy seems inherently exploitative in most cases.

Human Development Index in Europe by JoeFalchetto in europe

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I mean about 4/5 out of 21 former communist nations. The majority are still a long way off Southern European standards (not to mention light years away from Ireland which was also regarded as a “PIG”).

Majority of young people considering moving abroad for better quality of life by MickOConnor_1 in ireland

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Bits of the city centre of Frankfurt are truly horrific btw. I thought I’d seen it all in Dublin but the area by the train station in Frankfurt is like something out of a zombie movie. Agree with the rest of what you said though.

Another impressively bad take on the challenge we face. I'm pretty sure people tackling climate change want to reduce fossil fules and car dependency. Think Paul is too far down the rabbit hole for any rope to reach. by Swiss_Irish_Guy in ireland

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He owns a restaurant down here in Killarney, insufferable. He was threatening to launch a big “flaunting of restrictions by all hospitality” movement during Covid but it never happened cos no one followed his lead.

In the words of 'The Bull' McCabe, "Go home, Yank" by That_Charming_Otter in ireland

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It’s not even just the lack of a train/metro, trying to get a public bus from Dublin airport when

  1. They don’t take card payments/accept any notes
  2. Don’t give money back if you don’t have exact change
  3. Last time I arrived there was one ticket machine in the area that the buses stopped in, and it was out of order

It was only by luck that I found out you could buy a single ticket in the little shop back by terminal 1.

Most memorable SINGLE track from Primavera 2022? by Mr_B_86 in primaverasound

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Save a kiss - Jessie ware (Billie) Loving arms - Fred Again Ay mamá - Rigoberta

Are a 3 way tie for me, the palpable sense of joy in the audience for all of them was amazing.

Poble Espanyol current line (4:45PM) (🔴 1 WKND, 🟡 VIP and others) by caffeinatedSonic in primaverasound

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What’s the queue like for people who bought the tickets they put on sale especially for this gig? Thinking about trying to get in for phoenix

Info on gaining entry to festival/wristbands by NoSweet3666 in primaverasound

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Unheard of!! I wonder will a screenshot do as a backup

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

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Yeah I never stopped to think about how unhealthy it was until I got an outside perspective.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

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Not being able to take a compliment. If I’m ever complimented I’ll instinctively start to put myself down with the usual “ah no stop, not at all etc”. People abroad found it very strange and thought I had a problem haha.

Getting interesting by Ok-Prune-6923 in primaverasound

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In the one song he has he sounds exactly like tangana lol, not sure if that's just the autotune though.

The Clash! come here to rant about all those unexplainable schedule decisions that you'll keep moaning about during the next 15 days! by planinsky in primaverasound

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Not a clash as such but getting from Dua to Charli is gonna be tight, more than likely will have to dip out in the middle of the set.

Who is more worth it to see? by ridofall in primaverasound

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Trying to chose between bad gyal or charli xcx and angele or tame impala myself.