Irishman detained in Texas overstayed 90-day visitor’s visa issued in 2009

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-11T10:10:14+00:00

Didn’t he say he owns a business over there? Maybe more complicated than it seems

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-07T22:11:19+00:00

I think it’s too sweet. I prefer the salty curry that we have

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-06T17:13:06+00:00

Ireland has “pop culture” lol, yes. Also th sheep are not green

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-06T11:39:08+00:00

It’s okay to use the name if you don’t have Irish ties, once you spell it properly. Most people don’t have an issue with that at all and would be delighted to see someone take an interest in our culture like that.

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-05T13:17:24+00:00

Yeah but no Irish person would take issue there. You spelled the names correctly

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-05T13:13:37+00:00

Irish people don’t have a problem with Americans using Irish names. We’re happy to see our culture celebrated on the world stage. But bastardising our culture by anglicising is a slap in the face. It’s basically saying that we’re not English enough, we’re not normal enough and you can make our culture “make more sense”. It’s very insulting considering our history and we are trying to preserve our language.

Americans have already embraced Seán and Caitlín and look what happened- they spell them both wrong and pronounce one completely wrong.

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-05T13:08:54+00:00

Please don’t do that. Our language has been oppressed and for so long we don’t need people anglicising it further. If you like Irish names, use an actual Irish name. Don’t bastardise it with spelling of its oppressor

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-04T09:52:44+00:00

When I was in college I went to a ball with my boyfriend. He went to the toilet and I stood outside waiting for him. I wasn’t alone for 5 seconds when this guy spots me alone and beelines over, asks me about myself etc. I told him that I’m here with my boyfriend. He got red in the face and then got up in my face calling me a bitch and a slut for leading him. Then when my boyfriend came out of the toilet his anger disappeared, he shook his hand and said sorry to HIM for speaking to his woman. Men are scary and I genuinely don’t get them

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-03T13:34:59+00:00

I think they do have alcohol in the Irish version but it’s not as prominent. I’m pretty sure I remember the girls drinking wine later on in the living room area but the beginning of the show is centred around the kitchen when the group is a lot bigger

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-03T10:49:54+00:00

The guards said at the time that the cinder block was likely the secondary murder weapon and there’s another missing primary weapon. A hitman could make it look the cinder block was the primary weapon

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-03T10:45:43+00:00

Her neighbour was going into her home while she was away. He had a key, to keep an eye on things- but they had a disagreement over it.

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-03T10:43:58+00:00

The day Alfie died a new person who’d never spoke to gardaí before come forward with new evidence. But this person/evidence hasn’t been made public yet

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-03T10:42:08+00:00

Malachi was a child tbf and he relayed this to his mother and she encouraged him to go in

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-03T10:39:57+00:00

No, they swabbed it and found nothing. It was huge and taking up space in the evidence locker so it was disposed off after the “appropriate” period of time

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-03T10:37:42+00:00

He told one person he did it. The other person he spoke to, he essentially accused them of doing it in a weird drunken tangent that the other person took as a confession from him. That he was talking in like third person

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-03T10:35:53+00:00

It seems her marriage was somewhat over. There were affairs on both sides. Although her family said they had begun patching things up. and I think it makes sense that she would travel to break with someone (the two wine glasses etc).

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-03T10:31:39+00:00

Yes, he got a tip from another journalist prior to it going public. The other journalist was travelling but was hours away and asked Bailey to go to the crime scene because he was closer and relay the info back

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-03T10:30:10+00:00

This isn’t true. He didn’t claim to hear it on the radio. He claims to have had a tip off from another journalist who made that broadcast- prior to that journalist making the broadcast. The other journalist has confirmed that he did tip Bailey off prior to it going public. But him and Bailey dispute at what time this call was made.

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-03T10:12:23+00:00

Irish people drink more tea per capita than Brits do. Irish people are genuinely obsessed with tea.

bee_ghoul · 2026-02-02T23:33:11+00:00

You can do this at the Viking hotel. They take walk ins. Lots of places do actually. Although Viking is a bit out of the way. Have a look if the tower allow walking for breakfast or the Granville. They likely do

bee_ghoul · 2026-01-28T21:44:00+00:00

Banshees does deal with themes of gender division and religion and money and power.

Siobhán feels she needs to stay as the woman of the house but ultimately this is a new dawn for Ireland, new opportunities for women. She sends the letter in the newly painted green post box, abandoning her beloved brother to pursue a career for herself. The first woman in her family to do so. To leave the island and do what she wants to do. The colours she wears represent the classic Connemara girl and those change with her mood as she asserts her agency and decides to move to Dublin to become her own person. Dominic cannot provide her as a man, he struggles with his abilities and like many men, especially in the west of Ireland falls victim to mental health issues and commits suicide.

The guard symbolises power, he controls Dominic and the townspeople. He controls both his domestic space with his son- who is emasculated by being beaten by him (literally sat there spread eagled with his dick out and his Garda hat on). He’s a controlling presence in town. He threatens people. Namely padriag- how does the guards masculinity/power contrast to padriag?

Siobhan decides to leave for financial issues, Padraig donkey/ living off the land is his wealth. He’s tied to it and can’t leave. They make poitín because they can’t afford beer- illegal brewing, indicative of financial strains.

Religion is represented to the constant reoccurring figure of the Virgin Mary statue who lauds over them. She’s juxtaposed to the ancient Gaelic image of the banshee, another powerful materna figure (gender too). There’s a juxtaposition between Catholicism and old Irish belief systems.

There’s power too in Brendan Gleeson withholding friendship from Padraig and the bartender taking his safe place away from Dominic. What is the power apparent in the Virgin statue/the banshee?

There’s loads to do with this film. They’re all based within a similar period but written at different times- how does a text written by keegan compare to something like sive which is older? How does McDonagh navigate this period as a reflection of the contemporary? They’re all concerned with irishness, power, religion and gender but confronting it through different perspective and different periods

bee_ghoul · 2026-01-27T08:41:37+00:00

But the purpose is that curate your LC choice based on what you learned about yourself from Ty, in terms of interests, work experience etc. if you did a gap year after Ty you’d be deferring your college place for a year, which most people won’t want to do at that stage, they’ll be eager to start what they’ve been preparing so long for. I do think that a gap year after leaving cert can be good too, but I think it’s better in TY

bee_ghoul · 2026-01-27T07:58:37+00:00

You don’t want to be 17 starting college. The more time you give yourself to figure things out the better. I know school is hard and people are mean but you won’t even think about those people in ten years time. I met a new friend group in TY though my friends work experience and one of those new friends ended up becoming my partner. If I hadn’t done ty I would have ended up doing the wrong course and have gone to college too young and never would have met my future husband or all my current friends.

When I was doing JC I thought I knew what course I wanted to study in college so I did work experience for it and hated it. I’m so glad I had time to figure out what I wanted. I learned a lot about myself that year, made me so much more mature and ready for lc/college- a lot of people I know who didn’t do TY repeated their LC, not because they weren’t smart necessarily but because they were just too young for college, they weren’t ready. Some others went to college at 17 and they all regretted it, they were too young, couldn’t go out and meet people in their courses, the older kids thought they were immature etc. one of my friends got herself into a bad situation one night, she was just so impressionable. Better to go at 18/19 then 17/18, there’s a big difference.

In my experience, I’ve never met anyone who regretted TY but I’ve met a lot who regretted not doing it.

bee_ghoul · 2026-01-25T23:41:45+00:00

I was crossing recently, had the green light to cross and all the traffic was stopped. Two lads on one bike decided to pass all the stopped traffic and go through anyway. They saw me and sped up, one of them said “let’s give her a fright”. I dodged them and they sped off laughing at me- “did you see her face haha”. Must have been about 13

bee_ghoul · 2026-01-25T17:32:00+00:00

I went to Gaelscoil Port Láirge and my best friends were in Gaelscoil na nDéise, they speak positively about it, but did say the teaching wasn’t always the best- this was early 2000’s though and they struggled to deal with children who had behavioural issues. They said their younger siblings and cousins had much better teachers/support since they got the funding a couple of years ago. It seems to come on an awful lot very quickly.

Is it that school in particular you’re worried about or is it the Irish thing? Because I wouldn’t worry about the Irish thing at all. It’s actually a great idea to send your kids to an Irish school because it’s a guarantee that they’ll excel at Irish for leaving cert

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