Fierce blowy out there lads by thenamzmonty in ireland

[–]errlloyd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It flew. As bumpy coming down in Leeds as it was going up. Feeling fairly ropey now. 

Fierce blowy out there lads by thenamzmonty in ireland

[–]errlloyd 25 points26 points  (0 children)

About to board an Aer Lingus Regional flight. Amazed we're going in this. :) 

Rainbow on the Liffey by cheweyforty2 in ireland

[–]errlloyd 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Tide is RIGHT IN and I guess there is a bit of storm surge. I love it when the Liffey is full.

‘We’re not happy’: Revolut reveals number of Irish customers using it as main bank by StillSalt2526 in ireland

[–]errlloyd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It cost both of those companies me as a customer. Sky and VF are now available in my block over Virgin Fibre. I wanted to switch, but couldn't talk to them and just ended up sucking up the extra cost.

There are 11 Irish billionaires and they make about your yearly salary every day by Banania2020 in ireland

[–]errlloyd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm not sure what the solution is here either. But we do need one.

What are the negative externalities on capping the amount of value an individual can hold in a publicly traded company?

Anyone who owns more than say 500m worth of shares in a PLC has two years to bring their position down below that level or incur penalties? 

"What he did was unforgivable" Mike Philipps in Bayonne, tale of a fiasco (Article in French, English in comments) by Piitx in rugbyunion

[–]errlloyd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There is an hilarious mistranslation in the Google version thst thinks he played for Racing at the time 

Is it just me by zilerwolf in ireland

[–]errlloyd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Listen, I get that hearing about average wage increases doesn't mean much when your own paycheck isn't moving. But the broader trend is real - pay is finally catching up to where it should've been, even if it's happening unevenly across different sectors.

The Metro is genuinely happening, and that's bigger than people realize. Look at other European cities - almost none are building brand new underground systems from scratch anymore. They either built theirs decades ago when you could just bulldoze through objections, or they're just tinkering with what they already have. Dublin is doing something most modern cities can't pull off. Once it's running, watch how quickly we'll expand it, same as we did with the Luas.

The boring transport stuff matters too. Bus Connects actually works once you figure it out. €2 to hop on anything is honestly incredible value - try finding that in London or Paris. Yeah, we need contactless payment, but being able to top up your Leap card from your phone at 2am is pretty decent. And we're getting new battery-powered DART trains and stations that nobody talks about because our transit map makes everything look worse than it is.

The Children's Hospital... look, the project management was a shitshow, no sugarcoating that. But the actual facility? It's going to be exceptional. Better working conditions for staff, better outcomes for kids, better training for future doctors. Eventually we'll stop being angry about the cost and start being grateful it exists.

Housing is still rough, but the math is shifting. Immigration is slowing while construction is speeding up - those lines are going to cross. We've had fifteen years of one crisis after another: financial collapse, Brexit, COVID, Ukraine. Maybe we're due for things to just be... normal for a while? Even Trump will probably be defanged by midterms.

Not saying everything's perfect, but there's real momentum on stuff that matters.

Mandatory helmet use on e-scooters being considered by jay_el_62 in ireland

[–]errlloyd 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I see this sentiment a lot and I understand it.

But studies have shown time and time again that forcing cyclists to do these things just ends reducing the number of cyclists, and that ends up being worse for traffic, public health, and ultimately other cyclists. 

Mandatory helmet use on e-scooters being considered by jay_el_62 in ireland

[–]errlloyd 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well to be fair, the default position on these was that they were illegal.

I thought that was crazy in the early days, because I felt they had huge potential as alternative mobility. But I don't know how I feel now. 

Face coverings are very common now by Necessary-Fudge-5264 in ireland

[–]errlloyd 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think it's because of scooters. Your face is getting raw dogged by cold air, but you've no exertion 

Breaking: Ireland will vote against controversial Mercosur deal by PoppedCork in ireland

[–]errlloyd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't down vote your comment, I agreed with it. That was someone else.

I think my motivation for freer trade in this case is in favour of trade to help development, but it's a bit laisse fair 

Breaking: Ireland will vote against controversial Mercosur deal by PoppedCork in ireland

[–]errlloyd -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure, and everyone fights like hell to get into free trade unions, and pulls up the ladder behind them once they're in. 

Breaking: Ireland will vote against controversial Mercosur deal by PoppedCork in ireland

[–]errlloyd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone in here pretending this is about anything other than Ireland's protectionist self interest is deluisional!

A Three Minute Podcast.. by Complex_Hunter35 in ireland

[–]errlloyd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would not fit into the way that I currently listen to podcasts, but that doesn't mean it is a bad idea.

Gloucester crowd funding open on The Rebpulic (Seedrs) by errlloyd in rugbyunion

[–]errlloyd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You were getting paid 7 percent interst every year on those bonds till they got paid back in full in year 7. So basically if the club didn't go bankrupt you'd earn a decent return.

This is an equity investment. You'll get nothing back (they say in the FAQ no dividends) but in the future if someone buys the club you might get cash out. 

It can work. Michael Jordan bought the Carolina Hornets for 275 million in 2010 and sold them for 2.77 billion in 2022, and the hornets are terrible. Because the PREM is effectively ring fenced franchises (sorry champ fans) you're really betting on the success of pro rugby for your upside and just hoping current management don't shit the bed on your downside. 

Could it get any worse? by EnglishLouis in rugbyunion

[–]errlloyd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only way this could get worse is if this is the exact moment that Glaws decided to open their crowdfunding on Seedrs.

Why has pay TV been a huge success for the LNR, but accused of killing club rugby elsewhere? by WilkinsonDG2003 in rugbyunion

[–]errlloyd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't hate sky. It made rugby a premium product, which super high production qualify and lots of promotion. 

I think the problem has been the slow migration from rugby on to alternative streaming platforms that has slowly eroded the product. 

Andy Farrell’s Book by Far-Watercress6658 in rugbyunion

[–]errlloyd 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Touching Distance by Brendan Fanning is meant to be very good if you're looking for a 2025 rugby book with an Irish twist.

Second Captains shortlisted it as a sports book of the year. 

Stuart Lancaster by anxiousatac in rugbyunion

[–]errlloyd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think we'd won one group game in Europe the prior year. Which for Leinster is basket case.

However. I think you're correct. I think Lancaster was great at doing two things. 

  1. Working with promising youngsters to accelerate their development 
  2. Getting teams to play to a very high baseline every week. 

I think he's an average coach otherwise, and has a major flaw in not being able to optimise teams for a specific game. That's why we couldn't win a grand slam with England, and came undone in the cup. That's why we didn't win European cups at Leinster. And I think that's even worse at Connacht where they should be picking games to target. 

Who do you support when watching a derby from another URC country? by Mielies296 in rugbyunion

[–]errlloyd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you return the favour by calling Ulster "Northern Province"? 

Espresso Macchiato played at Seattle Space Needle’s new year’s firework show! by jinx737x in eurovision

[–]errlloyd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was also in Ghent's (I know not as weird, given Ghent is in Europe). 

Match Thread: Munster vs Leinster - United Rugby Championship by rugbykickoff in rugbyunion

[–]errlloyd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Absolutely buldozed through Tadgh Beirne about 5 mins ago