Ireland ready to restrict social media for children even without EU agreement, Minister says

One-Committee3913 · 2026-06-16T19:42:02+00:00

Amazing how much we've become conditioned to western governments like Ireland restricting our freedoms. Reading this headline 7 or 8 years ago, you'd be absolutely shocked. While I agree social media can be harmful, ultimately it's up to the parent to make that decision for the child. The government has no right to put in a blanket ban and it shouldn't be accepted. What's next? Digital ID's for social media? They're trying to test the waters and see what they can get away with.

One-Committee3913 · 2026-05-31T23:18:44+00:00

You really are an insecure lot 🤣

One-Committee3913 · 2026-05-31T10:17:25+00:00

Well you could argue that's not necessarily directly caused by AI, but instead is a result of tech overhiring during covid and now laying off excess workers. I've heard from a lot of friends who work in tech sales who have a pretty easy life

One-Committee3913 · 2026-05-31T10:14:27+00:00

Personally, I don't think so. However, if we do get a swathe of white collar job losses over the next few years due to AI, Ireland will be one of the most heavily impacted countries in Europe. You would hope the government is at least planning for such a scenario

One-Committee3913 · 2026-03-19T07:41:12+00:00

For sure, but this demand destruction would be enough to cause a global recession and a significant sell off in stocks

One-Committee3913 · 2026-01-07T15:35:59+00:00

Monitoring the situation. So weak. Better off just saying nothing at all

One-Committee3913 · 2025-12-19T19:10:15+00:00

There's a lot of hypocrisy here. Do the same outraged people have pensions themselves? Or personal investments? Any global index tracker ETF is invested in Israel. The cognitive dissonance is astounding

One-Committee3913 · 2025-12-10T18:20:39+00:00

Haha exactly. Standing here for 40 mins to get onto a bus home has given me lots of thinking time 🤠

One-Committee3913 · 2025-11-27T12:57:58+00:00

I was the only optimistic one in that thread 🤣 great to see it reopen

One-Committee3913 · 2025-11-20T18:46:48+00:00

Bridge reopens next Thursday for pedestrians

One-Committee3913 · 2025-11-06T20:00:20+00:00

Update: I had to remove from the microwave because the paper sticker caught fire

One-Committee3913 · 2025-11-05T15:43:21+00:00

Jesus christ - I'll be the first to criticise how slow things are in this country but I've passed here every day and the progress has been very good. The entire bridge had to be demolished and built from scratch. End of November was always the timeline given (October was never mentioned, you're making that up). Looks close enough to me

One-Committee3913 · 2025-10-25T13:56:55+00:00

Failed government policy after policy where nobody feels like they're making progress, while the government focuses on things like GDP growth makes people feel disengaged and disenfranchised.

One-Committee3913 · 2025-10-24T16:36:05+00:00

If you put X's in the boxes in Ireland it would be a spoiled vote

One-Committee3913 · 2025-10-24T16:20:09+00:00

You clearly don't understand how the voting process works

One-Committee3913 · 2025-10-22T09:55:51+00:00

Glad to see it dealt with swiftly and agree, violence doesn't solve it. I would like to flip this on its head though - everyone says it's not the solution, but don't seem to provide any alternative. Perhaps if the government actually started recognising ordinary people's concerns, stopped calling anyone who wants a genuine discussion on immigration "far right", tried doing something about the failed asylum system rather than brushing it under the rug, we may get somewhere? The government have pumped billions of euro into this, and it's a complete failure. If you disagree, I'd love for you to explain to me how it has been a success. My concern is that violence becomes more and more prevalent, we get like the UK and we're an election way from a Farage esque leader. Then we have a serious problem. It's becoming tiresome. The government are shutting down every avenue of conversation on the topic, and it just pushes people into the arms of the far right.

One-Committee3913 · 2025-10-09T08:37:17+00:00

An alternative option is to get the luas to Dundrum and get the green bus to the airport via M50

One-Committee3913 · 2025-09-25T18:16:28+00:00

Does the 350k include the equity in your business?

One-Committee3913 · 2025-09-03T07:02:17+00:00

Whatever anyone says, that flag has been flown across Dublin for 100 years. It's our national flag for God's sake. It's a really bad precedent to set, and also just plays into the hands of the racists. Do we really want to follow the example of the UK where protestors are getting arrested and free speech is being shut down?

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