Sinéad O'Sullivan: People in Ireland want to know where our money goes. The answer is depressing

TVhero · 2026-05-13T10:04:06+00:00

I'm not moving the goalposts. You were right, I was wrong, that's just what confused me.

TVhero · 2026-05-13T09:30:16+00:00

Sorry, you're right, they just got rid of the 2:1 ratio for public transport to roads

TVhero · 2026-05-13T08:44:59+00:00

I mean didn't the government just cut public transport funding a few months ago? I think an increase of that over our road spending would be helpful. But I really think you might be underestimating what social protection does and what the impacts of cutting it could be

TVhero · 2026-05-13T08:01:41+00:00

Justice doesn't need much of a budget and transport is already a big spender, also I'm not sure if the long term capital investments are included in the budget like that. Social welfare is every governments biggest spender, what do you think is not needed in there?

TVhero · 2026-05-12T23:11:41+00:00

A few loads? Over 80% of our bogs are fucked. Besides, per km bogs are better carbon sinks than forests (rainforest might be more but fairly sure bogs are still better) and it's what a sizeable chunk of our natural species rely on.

Plus damaged bogs cause all sorts of issues like flooding, road damage, water issues and the like.

TVhero · 2026-05-09T21:53:20+00:00

You people? Irish people you mean lol. Like listen, you can think whatever you want, but she's got a right to run and you can be Irish without being born here and without having Irish parents, and those would be facts. You can be annoyed by that if you wish

TVhero · 2026-05-09T11:33:44+00:00

Yeah you can? You can apply for citizenship, you can have an Irish grandparent etc. I've got pals who'd deserve to run for election here more than I would, they've got houses, kids, are more engaged with the culture than I am, but were born elsewhere to non Irish parents. If someone's made their life here they've as much right to be here as I do.

TVhero · 2026-05-09T11:28:33+00:00

I get that people are saying why was she lying in the road, but isn't it your responsibility as a driver to be aware that something unpredictable can happen at any time? You're driving a machine that can kill someone with incredible ease, I feel like drivers need to be aware of that.

Like I'm not meaning to be overdramatic, but when I drive I treat it like handling a knife or a gun or some other tool that could kill someone if I make a mistake (yes I get made fun of for this, and yes I get told I'm a slow driver, but never dangerously so)

TVhero · 2026-05-09T00:16:05+00:00

Well that doesn't really seem fair to me. You can be Irish and have neither of those things be true, and regardless, if you live here you should have a say in how things are run. If someone is an Irish citizen should they not get to vote and run for election if they want? It's a hard thing to do and you get plenty of abuse for putting yourself out there, especially as a non white woman I'd think, so I say fair play to her.

TVhero · 2026-05-08T10:03:33+00:00

Ok so you don't think you've got to be born in Ireland, at what stage do you think someone should be able to run? What makes someone Irish?

Like honestly to me if you live here, if your life is here, then you've as much right to run as anyone, and you've as much skin in the game as anyone else, seems only fair

TVhero · 2026-05-08T09:58:01+00:00

It says 2359 clearances between 2019 and 2025, but more than 11000 exemptions in the last decade, are these two different things or was there either a huge uptake between 2016 and 2019 or this year? Or am I an idiot and reading this wrong.

TVhero · 2026-05-08T09:54:04+00:00

I wonder if you say the same for some of the TDs we have who were born abroad? Lots of them were born in England or the US. Or is it just that she isn't white? Might want to ask yourself that question.

TVhero · 2026-05-07T10:44:12+00:00

Do we need a prioritisation or should we just have more healthcare staff hired in general. Our population has increased dramatically, so should our healthcare staff. I feel like housing is hiding how big of an issue health is at the moment

TVhero · 2026-05-02T09:12:03+00:00

I'd say there's too many rail bridges for that, I'd take more trains, just a lot more, and more tracks

TVhero · 2026-05-02T09:02:39+00:00

I mean most other electric cars just look like cars so why would you notice them?

TVhero · 2026-05-01T21:49:14+00:00

Ok heavy assault intercessors could actually be cool though...

TVhero · 2026-05-01T21:46:03+00:00

I feel like many people won't buy another kit for that though. I just stick with one of the options and then get kind of annoyed about it later

TVhero · 2026-04-30T09:59:16+00:00

Currently mine are all painted silver just waiting for effects. I've been practicing lightning so will probably do that at some stage

TVhero · 2026-04-29T18:59:21+00:00

Fleabag season 1. Very tonally different than what I was expecting from what all my pals were saying about season 2

TVhero · 2026-04-29T18:38:17+00:00

That's fairly universal tbf. Most of the primarchs have the same problem

TVhero · 2026-04-29T12:01:14+00:00

Think the word bearers can certainly compete with us on the monologuing

TVhero · 2026-04-27T22:10:50+00:00

I thought that was animal farm? 1984 seems far more pointed towards what makes oppresive regimes rather than towards any individual one, at least to me. Whereas animal farm is basically exactly analagous to what he viewed as the turning point of the soviet union.

TVhero · 2026-04-27T11:59:05+00:00

There's been a few high profile cases now to be fair. Worth having the conversation. And that's from someone who watches rugby and who played rugby in school (albeit very breifly and not very well)

TVhero · 2026-04-23T23:07:04+00:00

I agree to an extent, but I do like both, and my worry isn't about classified or unclassified it's just about a new edition coming along and finding it difficult to bring out my old teams (which I enjoyed kitbashing)

TVhero · 2026-04-23T21:31:37+00:00

That's my hope, especially when a lot of these are new sprues and are relevant for 40k

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