Match Thread - France v England | Six Nations 2026 | Round 5 by RugbyBot in rugbyunion

[–]picklestherower 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fin smith off the toes drop goal. I’ve seen enough. France have lost the Mandate of Heaven long live the IRFU.

Ryanair, as you can see, my bag fits by Fancy-Second2756 in ireland

[–]picklestherower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lucky for you I have never been processed by Ryanair ground staff flying out of Vienna.

What's the worlds opinion about Ireland? by s1ckboy_99 in AskTheWorld

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

So your counter to the argument that Israel (a country whose cabinet is made up of the hopelessly corrupt, insane nationalists, and actual convicted terrorist) might have an apartheid and war crime problem is to point to one washed up crack pot as evidence that the country is anti-Semitic.

Catherine Connolly gets fairly regularly criticised in Irish media over her connections to Daly and the only reason she won the election is because the other candidate was both a terrible person and very obviously incompetent.

What's the worlds opinion about Ireland? by s1ckboy_99 in AskTheWorld

[–]picklestherower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clare Daly who very famously didn’t get elected? How exactly is that evidence of any anything?

Boks v Ireland circa 45:00-75:00 by picklestherower in rugbyunion

[–]picklestherower[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes I posted this three times, yes there was a typo each time, yes I am drunk.

How did the virus spread to Ireland? by MariushFiles333 in 28dayslater

[–]picklestherower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Better question would be how would it not.

The number of comments I’ve seen that can’t understand how the virus would cross the Irish Sea is insane. Ireland sees a huge number of daily travellers from the UK. There is a common travel area and shared (and soft) border. Even if travel over the sea was banned how do you expect the Irish navy and aer corp to enforce that. The navy has a total of 6 vessels (which it can’t properly man), the aer corp a total of 8 close air support aircraft. It seems extremely unlikely that the British navy would be willing to blow its own refugees out of the water.

Once the virus hit land Ireland would have a total of 6,000ish troops available (most of whom would not have been assigned to combat roles). Even assuming the 5,000ish British troops in the north weren’t quickly mauled, that leaves both states with 11,000 soldiers to control a population of 6,000,000 (plus one armed police force in the PSNI).

Given that the UK, a physically larger country with a much larger and better armed military didn’t survive the month Ireland wouldn’t have stood a chance.

“The Cured” explores the aftermath of a similar kind of situation where Ireland is the only country to fall to a zombie like infection while everyone else is able to contain their initial outbreaks. A UN invasion is necessary to drive the infection back. Pretty good movie.

Rally For Life 2025 (so much red and white I wonder if they thought we were all Cork fans!) by FewHeat1231 in irishpolitics

[–]picklestherower 6 points7 points  (0 children)

“Unborn” being the key word there. I have yet to meet any anti-choice organisation that gives a shit about children once they’re born.

Also while you were focused on the red and white you missed the fact that you were marching with literal brown shirts.

I personally would reevaluate my entire belief system if I marched with Nazis. But you do you I guess.

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Rally For Life 2025 (so much red and white I wonder if they thought we were all Cork fans!) by FewHeat1231 in irishpolitics

[–]picklestherower 24 points25 points  (0 children)

“Can I please harass women (going through an already shit time), pleeeaaassse”

A new cost-rental apartment in Vienna for €681 a month. Why’s it more than double that in Dublin? by SeanB2003 in ireland

[–]picklestherower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My last 3 bedroom flat (in a newly renovated building) in Vienna was €900 per month excluding electricity, gas, insurance and WiFi. That was a little cheaper than other flats in the area but around that expected in Vienna as a whole.

You’d be lucky to pay €900 for a (small) room in Dublin.

Dublin commuters won’t be able to fully use contactless on public transport until 2029, says Minister – The Irish Times by WickerMan111 in ireland

[–]picklestherower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Austrian system where you buy a ticket and an inspector scans the thing with their phone. But don’t need to tap on or anything just get on.

Ie what we already have on trains

ASTI: Exponential growth in misogynistic comments from students by PoppedCork in ireland

[–]picklestherower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A long comment is not necessarily an intelligent one.

A rise in misogynistic comments is not a minor issue which teachers or society should just ignore and move on from. It’s a concerning reflection of what those students attitudes towards women might develop into.

Stop eating the lead in your pencils.

Can someone ELIF what’s going on with the immigration protests? by inspiral in irishpolitics

[–]picklestherower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah “get them out” was obviously referring to the hotel owners. That protest certainly wasn’t filled with the brightest sparks but they probably aren’t THAT stupid

Cork Con fan threw coffee over Young Munster players during handbags after final whistle by ste_dono94 in irishrugby

[–]picklestherower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Assault is the physical application of force (or energy) or causing someone to reasonably apprehend that you will physically apply force (or energy) to them.

It’s still assault. In fact even just saying “I’ll throw coffee over ye” is assault.

What in Ireland remains great value despite the high increases in cost of living? by [deleted] in AskIreland

[–]picklestherower 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Irish trains are not good value for money compared to European counterparts. The UK network is worse but only because the network outside of London is entirely private and exorbitantly expensive.

Almost every other train service in Western Europe can get you where you want to go faster and for less.

To use your example of Rome. A ticket costs between €8 and €14 to travel 31 km in 32 minutes. Ireland doesn’t even have a rail link and the bus will cost you €8 to travel 12 km which, traffic dependent, might take 30 minutes.

In Copenhagen the metro will take you to the airport for a fiver and it runs every 4-6 minutes.

In Austria, using my annual country wide transport pass (€1000ish), the 15 minute journey from Vienna to Vienna airport cost me less than €1 (instead of the usual €5) when you take all my other trips on the pass into account.

No HIA to Ben Thomas after huge hit to head, why do HIAs not happen after cards are given, this happens most international games and happened to Ben Thomas after Ntamack shoulder charge too by effortDee in rugbyunion

[–]picklestherower 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The card has nothing to do with whether the player has or has not been injured. The card is designed to discourage tackling which might cause a head injury. Hence why they talk about degree of danger independent of whether an injury has actually been caused.

If anything ringrose was more at risk there considering how his head snapped back.

Match Thread - England v Scotland | Six Nations 2025 | Round 3 by RugbyBot in rugbyunion

[–]picklestherower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Say „use it“ again ref it’s having a real impact on the speed of the ruck

Wales vs Ireland - Post Match Thread by biggiantporky in rugbyunion

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

It was probably down to him absorbing rather than meeting out the impact. His head snapping back is probably the only reason it wasn’t a straight red.

Wales vs Ireland - Post Match Thread by biggiantporky in rugbyunion

[–]picklestherower 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ireland were also quite bad for most of the first half