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big shout out to Huge Tree On Beach (Aodh to his friends), one of my favourite types of guy

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big shout out to Huge Tree On Beach (Aodh to his friends), one of my favourite types of guy

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Imagine if you will a complete inversion of a boorish American on St. Patrick’s Day. Imagine an Irishman who aggressively celebrates the Fourth of July with unabashed gusto, who desperately tries to claim the significance of some alleged 1/32 American heritage, who wears a shirt with an eagle turning into an American flag and who drinks a specialty red, white, and blue novelty beverage until he collapses in a pool of tricolor vomit. Imagine some guy so invested in a superficial, touristy version of Americaness that he will nervously call the side with his $20 “authentic” hamburger “freedom fires” out of fear of offending. Imagine a guy who upon meeting any American will try to strike up a friendly conversation by asking them what their favorite gun is and talking about how personally inspiring he finds Abraham Lincoln.

You must understand, as you prepare to read the May 24th entry of this novel, that this Irishman is Bram Stoker.

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You know, there is just something very right about people starting a citizen's initiative for something as important as banning conversion therapy in the entire EU, then forgot about it until the very last moment, resulting in a Europe-wide panic that will very possibly get the missing signatures together in about five days (fingers crossed!).

Like, this checks out. This feels exactly like something that the queer community would do.

Obligatory link to sign the initiative: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

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Sorry I don't know fat frog I only know

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If this road was in Ireland it would have two potholes every 2 metres, the surface would be craggly with loose chippings towards the edges, grass growing in the middle, and the speed limit would be 80km/h.

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at the club fucked up on kerrygold pure irish butter

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Never dumb down or Anglicise your name

Every time you do that YOU'RE LETTING THE BRITS WIN

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people of Irish tumblr I come to you in my time of need

Am I losing the plot or did yellow snacks used to be square

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It's Joever: broke, America-centric

Tá sé Mickey Joe Thart: Irish cultural relevance, deep feelings of avoidable loss and failure

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remembering this one for later

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I love this country and couldn't see myself living anywhere else, but we are being scammed in all directions.

Even to loop back to the original post, I don't personally like tobacco or the industry. I don't like smoking. But someone who is addicted or gets some small relief or comfort from it shouldn't have to fork out almost €20 for a pack.

The amount of people who have ended up buying unregulated tobacco (not vapes, just dodgy cigarettes) from "some lad" because it's cheaper is mad. Even my mum once bought a pack from a friend of a friend branded "em@il" because it was half the price. And it's not about helping people quit. If it was, Nicorette would be available on prescription, or free entirely.

Making alcohol more expensive doesn't stop people drinking, it empties the social sanctuaries of pubs and has aul lads and wans on the meagre state pension drinking alone at home because they can't afford more than one pint and a pack of taytos with the lads in their local.

It gives those unfortunate enough to fall into alcoholism the new problem of even more severe financial strain which often extends to affect a whole family. If the government cared about tackling alcoholism, there would be more education that is less patronising and more realistic. None of this Catholic "alcohol abstinence pledge" pressure on kids.

WHEW sorry lads I have lots of feelings on the very broad subject and I'm trailing off.

Price levels vary significantly in the EU, with the highest prices being 2.4 times the lowest. Variations differ with factors such as tax and labour costs playing a role. Is your country more expensive than other European countries? Which goods and services are cheaper than the EU average in your country? Price level indices (PLIs) are designed to make these comparisons possible. They measure and compare the prices of goods and services between different countries. Essentially, PLIs indicate how much more expensive or cheaper goods and services are in a specific country compared with another country or group of countries, such as the EU or Europe. The "overall" indicator is the household final consumption expenditure, which includes the direct spending of resident households. This indicator reflects the total outlay on goods and services. According to Eurostat, the EU's official statistical office, price levels for household final consumption expenditure varied significantly across the EU in 2023. Denmark had the highest price levels at 143% of the EU average, followed by Ireland at 142% and Luxembourg at 135%. Conversely, Bulgaria and Romania had the lowest price levels, both at 60%, with Poland at 66%.

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The article doesn't only cover alcohol and tobacco (A&T), but you can compare restaurants and hotels, clothing, food and non-alcoholic beverages (F&NB), personal transport equipment, and consumer electronics. The comparison is for EU and non-EU countries in Europe.

Ireland is the second most expensive for A&T, and seventh for F&NB, both well above the EU average. The Netherlands comes in 10th for A&T (above EU average), and 27th (below EU average) for F&NB. Ireland is just a very expensive country to live in, although clothing comes in below the EU average.

@irishthings might find this interesting.

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Puffins running Hollywood rn

Byzantium (2012) has a really interesting way of turning into a vampire; basically you have to really want to die, then travel to a remote island, go into a dark cave full of eldritch horrors and make a deal with the ‘Nameless Saint’. Plus apparently take a shower in a waterfall of blood.

Unfortunately it loses some of the horror factor for me, because I know the island that they filmed on quite well. Mate, that’s Skellig Michael. It’s not eldritch, it’s full of puffins.

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Hey I'm not remotely joking, why do so few people IN IRELAND know about Cavan's Lake District?

I'm not being paid by Big Cavan to say this I'm serious how do people just not know about this?? I was here last year and on that little island with the tower ruin and it's STUNNING

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