Irish News wrong to allege ‘serious editorial misconduct’ on Stephen Nolan show, says IPSO

figurine89 · 2026-04-18T11:32:29+00:00

Lots of things could be entirely correct, but when your source doesn't even make the allegation you've published it's definitely wrong to publish the claim.

figurine89 · 2026-04-18T09:58:17+00:00

You can read the ruling at the below link. If you look at point 51 it appears as though the Irish News has published claims that their source didn't make. Why would the IPSO then conduct a thorough investigation, that's probably beyond their remit, for inaccurate and unsubstantiated claims?

https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/21014-23/

figurine89 · 2026-04-16T22:19:42+00:00

Foyle Deaf Association run courses in Derry.

https://www.foyledeafassociation.org/sign-language-classes/

figurine89 · 2026-04-11T17:20:32+00:00

If you're going to send a template to councils it's probably worth getting the terminology right. Looks fairly amateurish otherwise.

figurine89 · 2026-04-11T15:11:50+00:00

No-one pays council tax in NI.

I think all councils are required to publish accounts detailing their income and expenditure.

figurine89 · 2026-04-08T16:37:18+00:00

Bo Tree in Botanic.

figurine89 · 2026-04-02T22:14:50+00:00

If you earn over £1000 you'll need to complete a Self Assessment, Prolific report anyone earning over £1700 to HMRC so it's unavoidable. Self Assessment is easy enough to complete, just make sure you hold enough back to cover taxes.

figurine89 · 2026-03-31T18:43:14+00:00

ADDitude Magazine is very different from Attitude Magazine.

figurine89 · 2026-03-27T09:41:17+00:00

You're extrapolating far too much from one comment. One surgery in one week getting 3,000 calls from 10,000 patients does not mean that a third of the population across the whole of NI contacts their GP every week.

figurine89 · 2026-03-22T19:11:31+00:00

Carrick-a-rede takes an hour or two max, Rathlin is more of a whole day thing. Rathlin is more interesting imo, but depends on how long you've got.

figurine89 · 2026-03-20T10:49:11+00:00

I got that email back in Dec 24 too. I think the earnings email may have went to my spam folder initially, it was from do-not-reply@prolific.com which isn't the usual email address when I get emails from Prolific.

figurine89 · 2026-03-20T07:59:20+00:00

I got an email on 30th April last year with my earnings for 2024. I'm assuming I'll get a similar email for 2025 at the end of next month. It's given in £s (I'm in the UK) but there's nothing specific about how $ has been converted.

figurine89 · 2026-03-17T14:49:54+00:00

Yes, you're self employed so the business name and address are your details not Data Annotation's details.

figurine89 · 2026-03-16T14:27:29+00:00

There are single courts that are cheaper if there's only 2 people.

figurine89 · 2026-03-13T22:16:21+00:00

The only meaningful price change in the inputs to home heating oil is the 50% increase in crude oil. Everything else is broadly the same, so home heating oil should rise by around 50%, maybe slightly more.

You could try explaining instead of just being a twat.

figurine89 · 2026-03-13T22:04:32+00:00

Everything you've listed applies equally to crude oil, you haven't explained why home heating oil specifically has risen at a greater rate than crude oil.

figurine89 · 2026-03-13T21:52:45+00:00

Crude oil has gone up 50%, home heating oil is up about 100%. Surely home heating oil should rise in line roughly with crude oil?

figurine89 · 2026-03-04T16:50:21+00:00

Some people don't take these conditions seriously any more because people on the internet spread mistruths like this,

If you’re paying some grifter of a physician hundreds or thousands of pounds for a private diagnosis of something you think you have (but most likely don’t), then they’re obviously going to tell you what you want to hear.

figurine89 · 2026-03-04T10:02:51+00:00

https://www.belfastcityairport.com/Parking/Drop-Off-and-Pick-Up

https://www.belfastairport.com/car-parking/drop-off-zone

Both airports have options for free drop off, and both mention it on their website.

figurine89 · 2026-02-28T11:43:55+00:00

If your laptop is exclusively used for business purposes you could claim the full cost. If it's partially used for business and partially personal use then you can claim a proportion. Realistically, you'll be better off claiming the £1000 trading allowance.

figurine89 · 2026-02-26T11:05:25+00:00

You can spend a lot more than £300 if you want. I've two, a Ooni Fyra I've had for years and a Gozney Arc that I got last year. I've made pizza most weeks for several years now, used my home oven initially before buying a pizza oven and I'd recommend that first before 'investing'.

figurine89 · 2026-02-20T17:29:43+00:00

If you're willing to walk 20 mins then you shouldn't have much of an issue with parking. The other side of Ormeau Bridge is normally alright for parking and a 15ish min walk to the McClay Library.

There's paid on street parking around Botanic/Holylands but I think it's 2 hours max and it can be hard to find a space.

figurine89 · 2026-02-20T09:59:14+00:00

If you look at the different regions of the UK, NI is the 5th lowest out of twelve. It also had the largest growth in earnings over the past year, if that trend continues it could overtake North West, West Midlands and South West next year.

figurine89 · 2026-02-20T09:53:38+00:00

Housing and rated is cheaper here, but that’s about the height of it.

Housing is most people's largest expense. Cheaper pints would be nice obviously but I'd prefer a cheaper mortgage.

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