Grouchy Marx (aka Rupert)
@grouchymarx.bsky.social
Leftie 68
#LeftAlliance
Aiming for a fairer world
Hate injustice & corruption
Free Palestine
Aussie retired to Ireland 2018
Irish Citizen 2025 🇮🇪
My life inside a children's home:
https://insideblog.nma.gov.au/2011/11/16/my-life-inside-a-childrens-home
#LeftAlliance
Aiming for a fairer world
Hate injustice & corruption
Free Palestine
Aussie retired to Ireland 2018
Irish Citizen 2025 🇮🇪
My life inside a children's home:
https://insideblog.nma.gov.au/2011/11/16/my-life-inside-a-childrens-home
Maybe Farage will now start a movement to Brenter.
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Maybe Farage will now start a movement to Brenter.
I reckon Yates understands conflict of interest perfectly well.
He just chooses to ignore it.
He's that kind of person.
He just chooses to ignore it.
He's that kind of person.
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I reckon Yates understands conflict of interest perfectly well.
He just chooses to ignore it.
He's that kind of person.
He just chooses to ignore it.
He's that kind of person.
Bet their hospita L records are networked with appointments by email.
Ireland's hospital records are still paper based with appointments made by posting letters.
Email has been around for over 30 years but, you know, we mustn't rush in to things eh.
It might improve the medical service!
Ireland's hospital records are still paper based with appointments made by posting letters.
Email has been around for over 30 years but, you know, we mustn't rush in to things eh.
It might improve the medical service!
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Bet their hospita L records are networked with appointments by email.
Ireland's hospital records are still paper based with appointments made by posting letters.
Email has been around for over 30 years but, you know, we mustn't rush in to things eh.
It might improve the medical service!
Ireland's hospital records are still paper based with appointments made by posting letters.
Email has been around for over 30 years but, you know, we mustn't rush in to things eh.
It might improve the medical service!
Two weeks ago Micheál Martin said, Ireland can't address climate change because it will polarise the community.
In 2025 taxpayers pay €18 billion in fines for not meeting targets.
Then he's at COP telling the world they need to unite and act now.
Total hypocrite.
#irishpol
In 2025 taxpayers pay €18 billion in fines for not meeting targets.
Then he's at COP telling the world they need to unite and act now.
Total hypocrite.
#irishpol
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Two weeks ago Micheál Martin said, Ireland can't address climate change because it will polarise the community.
In 2025 taxpayers pay €18 billion in fines for not meeting targets.
Then he's at COP telling the world they need to unite and act now.
Total hypocrite.
#irishpol
In 2025 taxpayers pay €18 billion in fines for not meeting targets.
Then he's at COP telling the world they need to unite and act now.
Total hypocrite.
#irishpol
An invitation to explore...
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
An invitation to explore...
Museum of Country Life is great isn't it.
Did you notice there's no mobile reception?
To build the tourism industry every major tourist attraction needs reliable mobile reception.
But that needs a government that thinks strategically, then spends to develop economically.
Maybe one day...
Did you notice there's no mobile reception?
To build the tourism industry every major tourist attraction needs reliable mobile reception.
But that needs a government that thinks strategically, then spends to develop economically.
Maybe one day...
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Museum of Country Life is great isn't it.
Did you notice there's no mobile reception?
To build the tourism industry every major tourist attraction needs reliable mobile reception.
But that needs a government that thinks strategically, then spends to develop economically.
Maybe one day...
Did you notice there's no mobile reception?
To build the tourism industry every major tourist attraction needs reliable mobile reception.
But that needs a government that thinks strategically, then spends to develop economically.
Maybe one day...
Could.
The Irish Government COULD do so many things but it always chooses the cheapest option: what's the least we can do to make us look good?*
Never, what's the best solution to fix this for the people and the national interest?
*Or wastes millions.
Children's Hospital €2.2 BILLION.
#irishpol
The Irish Government COULD do so many things but it always chooses the cheapest option: what's the least we can do to make us look good?*
Never, what's the best solution to fix this for the people and the national interest?
*Or wastes millions.
Children's Hospital €2.2 BILLION.
#irishpol
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Could.
The Irish Government COULD do so many things but it always chooses the cheapest option: what's the least we can do to make us look good?*
Never, what's the best solution to fix this for the people and the national interest?
*Or wastes millions.
Children's Hospital €2.2 BILLION.
#irishpol
The Irish Government COULD do so many things but it always chooses the cheapest option: what's the least we can do to make us look good?*
Never, what's the best solution to fix this for the people and the national interest?
*Or wastes millions.
Children's Hospital €2.2 BILLION.
#irishpol
After 13 years they'll be adults and likely transferred to a different waiting list!
The HSE is totally mismanaged.
Yet it's CEO is paid more than the Taoiseach or the President: €420,000.
#irishpol
The HSE is totally mismanaged.
Yet it's CEO is paid more than the Taoiseach or the President: €420,000.
#irishpol
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
After 13 years they'll be adults and likely transferred to a different waiting list!
The HSE is totally mismanaged.
Yet it's CEO is paid more than the Taoiseach or the President: €420,000.
#irishpol
The HSE is totally mismanaged.
Yet it's CEO is paid more than the Taoiseach or the President: €420,000.
#irishpol
iPhones are very expensive and Apple makes massive profits.
If you're a billionaire you're charging too much for your product.
And paying your workers too little.
Pay fair, charge fair. You'll still be a billionaire.
If you're a billionaire you're charging too much for your product.
And paying your workers too little.
Pay fair, charge fair. You'll still be a billionaire.
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
iPhones are very expensive and Apple makes massive profits.
If you're a billionaire you're charging too much for your product.
And paying your workers too little.
Pay fair, charge fair. You'll still be a billionaire.
If you're a billionaire you're charging too much for your product.
And paying your workers too little.
Pay fair, charge fair. You'll still be a billionaire.
Or hospital waiting times.
If only he was in the Government he could do something about it.
If only he was in the Government he could do something about it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Or hospital waiting times.
If only he was in the Government he could do something about it.
If only he was in the Government he could do something about it.
🤣
Staggering, eh. I don't know why people keep voting for him.
Staggering, eh. I don't know why people keep voting for him.
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
🤣
Staggering, eh. I don't know why people keep voting for him.
Staggering, eh. I don't know why people keep voting for him.
No. That's what I learned.
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
No. That's what I learned.
See also: Children's Hospital. Open 2022 cost €600 Million.
Now, 'hopefully accepting patients in late 2026' €2.2 BILLION already spent.
BAM announced as successful tender 20 July 2016.
Signed August 2017.
Health Minister Harris signed the contract with no budget, timelines or building approval.
Now, 'hopefully accepting patients in late 2026' €2.2 BILLION already spent.
BAM announced as successful tender 20 July 2016.
Signed August 2017.
Health Minister Harris signed the contract with no budget, timelines or building approval.
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
See also: Children's Hospital. Open 2022 cost €600 Million.
Now, 'hopefully accepting patients in late 2026' €2.2 BILLION already spent.
BAM announced as successful tender 20 July 2016.
Signed August 2017.
Health Minister Harris signed the contract with no budget, timelines or building approval.
Now, 'hopefully accepting patients in late 2026' €2.2 BILLION already spent.
BAM announced as successful tender 20 July 2016.
Signed August 2017.
Health Minister Harris signed the contract with no budget, timelines or building approval.
At this stage all anyone need do to win an election in America is to simply say, 'Vote for me - I'm opposed to Trump.'
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
At this stage all anyone need do to win an election in America is to simply say, 'Vote for me - I'm opposed to Trump.'
Staggeringly telling in so many ways.
'*Give* people equality'. Sees his job to maintain INequality. Not steer the country towards a fairer and more equal community.
Equality is not an inalienable right?
Entititlment!
Jokes about it in national media!
And reckons he'd walk in the Presidency!🤣
'*Give* people equality'. Sees his job to maintain INequality. Not steer the country towards a fairer and more equal community.
Equality is not an inalienable right?
Entititlment!
Jokes about it in national media!
And reckons he'd walk in the Presidency!🤣
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Staggeringly telling in so many ways.
'*Give* people equality'. Sees his job to maintain INequality. Not steer the country towards a fairer and more equal community.
Equality is not an inalienable right?
Entititlment!
Jokes about it in national media!
And reckons he'd walk in the Presidency!🤣
'*Give* people equality'. Sees his job to maintain INequality. Not steer the country towards a fairer and more equal community.
Equality is not an inalienable right?
Entititlment!
Jokes about it in national media!
And reckons he'd walk in the Presidency!🤣
Irish Constitution Article 40.1
All citizens shall, as human persons, be held equal before the law.
So a forma Taoiseach is revealing he didn't understand the Constitution or understood it but deliberately ignored it. Or both.
Leader of the country not working within the Rule of Law.🙄🤦
#irishpol
All citizens shall, as human persons, be held equal before the law.
So a forma Taoiseach is revealing he didn't understand the Constitution or understood it but deliberately ignored it. Or both.
Leader of the country not working within the Rule of Law.🙄🤦
#irishpol
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Irish Constitution Article 40.1
All citizens shall, as human persons, be held equal before the law.
So a forma Taoiseach is revealing he didn't understand the Constitution or understood it but deliberately ignored it. Or both.
Leader of the country not working within the Rule of Law.🙄🤦
#irishpol
All citizens shall, as human persons, be held equal before the law.
So a forma Taoiseach is revealing he didn't understand the Constitution or understood it but deliberately ignored it. Or both.
Leader of the country not working within the Rule of Law.🙄🤦
#irishpol
OK. But in a spirit of reconciliation & move toward unity, we could hold inauguration on a day other than Rememberance Day/Veterans Day, when the Allies, & increasingly their former enemies, commemorate their war dead
11.11 has been known for over 100 yrs now
If a 1 day gap brings inclusion good🙋🏻♂️
11.11 has been known for over 100 yrs now
If a 1 day gap brings inclusion good🙋🏻♂️
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
OK. But in a spirit of reconciliation & move toward unity, we could hold inauguration on a day other than Rememberance Day/Veterans Day, when the Allies, & increasingly their former enemies, commemorate their war dead
11.11 has been known for over 100 yrs now
If a 1 day gap brings inclusion good🙋🏻♂️
11.11 has been known for over 100 yrs now
If a 1 day gap brings inclusion good🙋🏻♂️
Remembrance Day is always 11 November. Other events, such as Church Services, will be on the nearest Sunday, sometimes the same day.
If there's scope re the timing of inauguration the two events could fit.
Say 11am & 3pm?
If both sides want it, it could be worked out. I'm fed up with bickering.🙋🏻♂️
If there's scope re the timing of inauguration the two events could fit.
Say 11am & 3pm?
If both sides want it, it could be worked out. I'm fed up with bickering.🙋🏻♂️
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Remembrance Day is always 11 November. Other events, such as Church Services, will be on the nearest Sunday, sometimes the same day.
If there's scope re the timing of inauguration the two events could fit.
Say 11am & 3pm?
If both sides want it, it could be worked out. I'm fed up with bickering.🙋🏻♂️
If there's scope re the timing of inauguration the two events could fit.
Say 11am & 3pm?
If both sides want it, it could be worked out. I'm fed up with bickering.🙋🏻♂️
A narrow interpretation typical of Foster's provocative stance.🙄
All sides need to commemorate their war dead and remember the tragic folley of war.
The more we can stand beside each other in remembrance, the less likely any of us will repeat such tragic folley.🙋🏻♂️
All sides need to commemorate their war dead and remember the tragic folley of war.
The more we can stand beside each other in remembrance, the less likely any of us will repeat such tragic folley.🙋🏻♂️
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A narrow interpretation typical of Foster's provocative stance.🙄
All sides need to commemorate their war dead and remember the tragic folley of war.
The more we can stand beside each other in remembrance, the less likely any of us will repeat such tragic folley.🙋🏻♂️
All sides need to commemorate their war dead and remember the tragic folley of war.
The more we can stand beside each other in remembrance, the less likely any of us will repeat such tragic folley.🙋🏻♂️
So it's always 11 November?
Can't we move it one day either way?
Seems a bit bloody minded of whoever wrote the Constitution.
Not in the spirit of unity. Which wS fine in 1937 but doesn't help reconciliation today, eh.🙋🏻♂️
Can't we move it one day either way?
Seems a bit bloody minded of whoever wrote the Constitution.
Not in the spirit of unity. Which wS fine in 1937 but doesn't help reconciliation today, eh.🙋🏻♂️
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
So it's always 11 November?
Can't we move it one day either way?
Seems a bit bloody minded of whoever wrote the Constitution.
Not in the spirit of unity. Which wS fine in 1937 but doesn't help reconciliation today, eh.🙋🏻♂️
Can't we move it one day either way?
Seems a bit bloody minded of whoever wrote the Constitution.
Not in the spirit of unity. Which wS fine in 1937 but doesn't help reconciliation today, eh.🙋🏻♂️
Sure. DUP are cvnts.
But the Brits are honouring their war dead. My respect is for them, not DUP.
Why couldn't inauguration be another day? Or is it always 11.11? Not familiar with inauguration tradition.🙋🏻♂️
But the Brits are honouring their war dead. My respect is for them, not DUP.
Why couldn't inauguration be another day? Or is it always 11.11? Not familiar with inauguration tradition.🙋🏻♂️
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Sure. DUP are cvnts.
But the Brits are honouring their war dead. My respect is for them, not DUP.
Why couldn't inauguration be another day? Or is it always 11.11? Not familiar with inauguration tradition.🙋🏻♂️
But the Brits are honouring their war dead. My respect is for them, not DUP.
Why couldn't inauguration be another day? Or is it always 11.11? Not familiar with inauguration tradition.🙋🏻♂️
Meaning? You want others to respect us but you don't want us to respect others?
I have no sympathy for the DUP, believe me, but as a senior politician in that system Remembrance Day is, arguably, the most important day of the year. Millions died to stop fascism. They deserve respect. 🙋🏻♂️
I have no sympathy for the DUP, believe me, but as a senior politician in that system Remembrance Day is, arguably, the most important day of the year. Millions died to stop fascism. They deserve respect. 🙋🏻♂️
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Meaning? You want others to respect us but you don't want us to respect others?
I have no sympathy for the DUP, believe me, but as a senior politician in that system Remembrance Day is, arguably, the most important day of the year. Millions died to stop fascism. They deserve respect. 🙋🏻♂️
I have no sympathy for the DUP, believe me, but as a senior politician in that system Remembrance Day is, arguably, the most important day of the year. Millions died to stop fascism. They deserve respect. 🙋🏻♂️
Why schedule the Presidential inauguration on Remembrane Day though?
Respect is a two way street.🙋🏻♂️
Respect is a two way street.🙋🏻♂️
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Why schedule the Presidential inauguration on Remembrane Day though?
Respect is a two way street.🙋🏻♂️
Respect is a two way street.🙋🏻♂️