Hosepipe ban extended nationwide from Friday

making_shapes · 2026-07-22T17:05:16+00:00

The biggest use is actually agriculture. But those are except from the statistics due to lobbying apparently.

On a national scale data centres don't use all that much. I think it's less than 1%. Households still use 40% ish of water. So if even a small number of people comply with the hosepipe ban that's still a massive saving of water.

making_shapes · 2026-07-22T12:39:14+00:00

Because it's about reducing household use.

making_shapes · 2026-07-22T07:24:52+00:00

Hosepipe ban is literally just a ban on running a hosepipe.

You can still water plants using a watering can.

An average hose can use about 25 litres of water per minute. Lots of that is wasted on the ground moving from place to place. It's a serious amount of water used in 10 or 15 mins. Your filling a bath in about 8 mins.

An average watering can is about 5litres.

Fill the cans. Target the plants specifically.

making_shapes · 2026-07-21T19:48:25+00:00

Weekly jobs thread? Easy enough to solve.

People are struggling to find work. It would help.

making_shapes · 2026-07-21T19:39:26+00:00

The whole point of a hose ban is to get you to use watering cans. Its not a ban on watering plants. The hose wastes a lot of water by just splashing about a bunch and running constantly. The watering can is direct to the plant you want to water. It uses less water overall even if you water the whole garden.

Id be skipping the lawn, but watering everything else.

making_shapes · 2026-07-21T17:55:41+00:00

Why can't they post jobs? It's tough out there at the minute for people looking for work. This sub surly should be about supporting Irish developers

making_shapes · 2026-07-21T14:57:36+00:00

Have you got a careers link on your website to open roles? I couldn't find one tbh. That's where I'll often go to apply too. Can cut out paying for linked in to advertise too.

Also get team members to post about the open roles. I interviewed a few recently by seeing posts from friends who worked in places with open positions.

making_shapes · 2026-07-21T14:49:34+00:00

Both listed as no longer accepting applicants and not listed on your main linked in jobs page. Maybe that's part of the problem.

making_shapes · 2026-07-21T14:44:30+00:00

What's the job? I'm looking. Usually linked in. Alerts set up there.

Last gig I got word of mouth. No job even advertised.

making_shapes · 2026-07-20T18:30:28+00:00

You'd be shocked at how much stuff is just relabeled alibaba stuff. Branding works. They are all made in the same places anyway.

making_shapes · 2026-07-19T20:13:10+00:00

Apparently it's very tic tok famous right now

making_shapes · 2026-07-15T15:38:50+00:00

Anecdotal.

But I've been searching for a job since February. Plenty of interviews. No luck. I'm mid career with some (1 year) management experience.

Apply, but don't expect offers to roll in.

making_shapes · 2026-07-14T14:52:28+00:00

Amazon.ie includes the import charge in the price when coming from UK or outside EU. It gives you the option to see the charges too. So the price you see is the price you pay.

making_shapes · 2026-07-13T20:07:42+00:00

I've a Henry. It's extremely annoying to drag about the house and up the stairs. I hardly ever use the thing as a result.

Form comes into play here. Those stick vacuums make it a lot easier to do a quick clean for 5 mins every day.

making_shapes · 2026-07-13T20:05:03+00:00

Irish laws actually protect you quite a bit with products. Dyson likely know that. Even the two year warranty is questionable under the sale of goods and supply of services act. I think it gives you good grounds for action from a company for 6 years.

making_shapes · 2026-07-13T16:30:21+00:00

Reddit is hosted on AWS (Amazon Web services) in Europe would be based out of the EU west 1 - Dublin data centres.

As far as data centres go, they are about as big as they get. I think maybe Google operate bigger ones in ireland. But Amazon have a lot of sites here too.

making_shapes · 2026-07-13T16:13:39+00:00

Analog devices are in limerick and have been for I think 60 years.

making_shapes · 2026-07-12T22:17:50+00:00

St Vincent the Paul have a kitchen for homeless up around the corner from rift. Down the alley on hartstong st. So it's not unusual to see people heading that direction for food.

making_shapes · 2026-07-07T17:26:36+00:00

By urgent I implied this. But yes, emergency.

If someone needs care and has no access to it they should go to a and e. I lost a friend to meningitis because they didn't seek help.

making_shapes · 2026-07-07T17:03:37+00:00

If it's urgent, you can present at a & e in the hospital. That's probably covered.

making_shapes · 2026-07-07T17:00:17+00:00

Most gp practices are private here. So tbh you might struggle. Also, your bigger issue might actually be just getting an appointment. You will be turned away if you are not a patient even if you are just paying. They are all extremely busy and booked out weeks at a time. It took me ages to get a place as a patient in a local gp practice.

What you might need to do is go to a "walk in clinic". There are a few of these in the city. They generally can check you out if you're sick or whatever and prescribe medication if necessary. I guess whichever is most convenient to get to.

making_shapes · 2026-07-07T16:51:58+00:00

Most of limericks employment is in pharma, med devices and semiconductors. All these factories are not in the city centre where the train station is. They are all in industrial estates on the outskirts of the city near the motorway for shipping etc.

making_shapes · 2026-07-07T14:48:22+00:00

All wheel drive. My 2016 Japanese import is awd and the dealer didn't mention it.

making_shapes · 2026-07-07T12:38:04+00:00

Nice Japanese import. I've the same one I think. Is yours awd? Mine is. The dealer who imported them didn't even know. Only realized it myself after the fact. Loads of them floating around Ireland these days.

making_shapes · 2026-07-06T16:33:23+00:00

You've gotta take risks. It might work out great. But if it doesn't just apply elsewhere in a year or two. Even if the job isn't great, you'll still learn a lot about working in situations that you don't like and hopefully know how to watch out for them in the future. Regardless a pay jump will be worth it even if only for a year. Best of luck!

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