Ted
@tedodalaigh.bsky.social
Renewable energy in Ireland, Environment, Politics/Elections, history, IT, Cork hurling, Munster rugby, cyclist.
Basically I agree, they weren’t always though as we saw in 2008.
November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Basically I agree, they weren’t always though as we saw in 2008.
I think you have to ask why? I 2004 we had too few homes, then we starting building up to 90k a year, then crash, then 6 years of negative equity. That for FFG is the terror. I think they would like to get it right but are terrified of going too far again, homeowners are the type that vote.
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I think you have to ask why? I 2004 we had too few homes, then we starting building up to 90k a year, then crash, then 6 years of negative equity. That for FFG is the terror. I think they would like to get it right but are terrified of going too far again, homeowners are the type that vote.
That’s fair, but for Strategic Infrastructure Developments surely there can be a very fast track lane that skips the backlogs. This is possibly the most important development in Ireland for the next twenty years
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
That’s fair, but for Strategic Infrastructure Developments surely there can be a very fast track lane that skips the backlogs. This is possibly the most important development in Ireland for the next twenty years
Why do our JRs take so long? There definitely are some who take JRs in the hope that a delay may make a project unviable. What can be done to ensure we meet Aarhus requirements that allow appeals and JRs but that the process for SIDs is complete within a year. Or does it need to take longer?
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Why do our JRs take so long? There definitely are some who take JRs in the hope that a delay may make a project unviable. What can be done to ensure we meet Aarhus requirements that allow appeals and JRs but that the process for SIDs is complete within a year. Or does it need to take longer?
Do we know what their problem is? Are they afraid of the disruption to business in the area or just the noise? Bunch of mé feiners.
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Do we know what their problem is? Are they afraid of the disruption to business in the area or just the noise? Bunch of mé feiners.
Pretty much losing an unlosable referendum there, simply removing it would have won. But the trouble with any referendum is there can be a lot of reasons to vote no, and the status quo is a really strong argument.
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Pretty much losing an unlosable referendum there, simply removing it would have won. But the trouble with any referendum is there can be a lot of reasons to vote no, and the status quo is a really strong argument.
Probably true, but the ‘womans place in the home’ has annoyed me for forty years and it will stay there for another forty now.
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Probably true, but the ‘womans place in the home’ has annoyed me for forty years and it will stay there for another forty now.
What was mad was that the government illegally spent a fortune supporting the referendum, but that money wasn’t enough to overturn the result. The right wing lost the court case, I believe because they could t find anyone who changed their minds because of the advertising.
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
What was mad was that the government illegally spent a fortune supporting the referendum, but that money wasn’t enough to overturn the result. The right wing lost the court case, I believe because they could t find anyone who changed their minds because of the advertising.
But yet they were heavily involved in killing the last two referenda, and won those based a lot on the same arguments.
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
But yet they were heavily involved in killing the last two referenda, and won those based a lot on the same arguments.
Consultants I think, earn in Ireland
a lot more than those in GB outside London. I remember an interview with a surgeon in 1998 ish,he said he was on 100k, but didn’t think he was in the top 5% of earners. If you are in a peer group and you earn less than your peers you can struggle to see others.
a lot more than those in GB outside London. I remember an interview with a surgeon in 1998 ish,he said he was on 100k, but didn’t think he was in the top 5% of earners. If you are in a peer group and you earn less than your peers you can struggle to see others.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Consultants I think, earn in Ireland
a lot more than those in GB outside London. I remember an interview with a surgeon in 1998 ish,he said he was on 100k, but didn’t think he was in the top 5% of earners. If you are in a peer group and you earn less than your peers you can struggle to see others.
a lot more than those in GB outside London. I remember an interview with a surgeon in 1998 ish,he said he was on 100k, but didn’t think he was in the top 5% of earners. If you are in a peer group and you earn less than your peers you can struggle to see others.
We need to work on being just as annoying away from home.
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We need to work on being just as annoying away from home.
I voted CC, not for the triple lock. I like what she has to day about domestic issues but don’t take it as an endorsement of berating Germany for responding to an invasion of its neighbour by a superpower.
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I voted CC, not for the triple lock. I like what she has to day about domestic issues but don’t take it as an endorsement of berating Germany for responding to an invasion of its neighbour by a superpower.
Richard why is this not being treated as a terror attack? This was an attempt to kill people as a message to others.
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Richard why is this not being treated as a terror attack? This was an attempt to kill people as a message to others.
Is he one of the Mamdanis from Skibb?
November 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Is he one of the Mamdanis from Skibb?
And that they/it were saved in the eighties
November 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
And that they/it were saved in the eighties
Thanks Joe, if it can be deemed a terrorist offence, are there greater penalties or greater facilities for the Gardaí to investigate?
November 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Thanks Joe, if it can be deemed a terrorist offence, are there greater penalties or greater facilities for the Gardaí to investigate?
Is this not an act of terror? They tried to kill those in the centre as a warning to others. Surely this meets the criteria for a terror attack. #speirgorm
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Is this not an act of terror? They tried to kill those in the centre as a warning to others. Surely this meets the criteria for a terror attack. #speirgorm
Why the Cote d’Ivore background?
November 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Why the Cote d’Ivore background?
But Ireland is special, everyone loves us, we don’t need a decently funded defence force. We are a reasonably rich country happy to sit behind Europe and the UK and the US and tell them that they are investing too much in arms.
November 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
But Ireland is special, everyone loves us, we don’t need a decently funded defence force. We are a reasonably rich country happy to sit behind Europe and the UK and the US and tell them that they are investing too much in arms.
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Rich Christianity at work
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Rich Christianity at work
I disagree. Ireland elected a left female president in 1990. We have had a socialist president for the last 14 years. It is not that Catherine Connolly got elected that they are arguing about. Which domestically is a very good thing. But that 13% spoilt their votes. Both are true.
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I disagree. Ireland elected a left female president in 1990. We have had a socialist president for the last 14 years. It is not that Catherine Connolly got elected that they are arguing about. Which domestically is a very good thing. But that 13% spoilt their votes. Both are true.