Mis-selling to the elderly

The financial institutions are at it again.

This time their focus is on screwing the elderly.

Prime Time highlighted the abuse of our elderly citizens by banks tonight.

Permanent TSB came across as being blatant liars.

Have a look at the broadcast and judge for yourselves.

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A little bit of this and a little bit of that!

Train

Amazing how a wildcat strike by train drivers can affect 10,000 passengers in one foul swoop!

All because a train driver didn’t want to move from his passenger train to take another guy on a training drive.

Boo to you ….. it could only happen in Ireland.

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What next - a Dunnes Stores Degree?

Retail Management Degree with Lidl - what next?

A Lidl degree …. what next?

A Dunnes degree?

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The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH)

The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH)

A great site that we’ve been using in school.

It’s a great architectural resource …. it contains information about the great houses and gardens of Ireland.

Search for that great house by county!

Enjoy!!

Europe fails to recognise talent!

Dustin\'s Eurovision bid ends in failure

Dustin has failed in his bid to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Better luck next time Dustin.

Perhaps Bosco might consider giving it a shot next year?

Michelle Smith - an embarrassment to Ireland

Michelle Smith - an embarrassment to Ireland

I saw Michelle Smith (de Bruin) on television tonight.

Smith received a four year ban for tampering with a urine sample.

It was contaminated with alcohol.

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Fungi the dolphin distracted with nookie!

Fungi the dolphin distracted with nookie!

Fungi the Dingle dolphin is ignoring the tourists at the moment.

He’s rather busy with a visiting pod of dolphins.

Fungi is playing polygamist with four female dolphins.

I wonder if he’s doing it in Irish or bilingually?

Limerick - the criminal’s shooting range to have competition!

Limerick - the criminal's shooting range to have competition!

I see that a land owner in Limerick has applied for planning permission to build the country’s first underground shooting range.

The muder capital of Europe and an underground shooting range ….. now that’s more than a little ironic! :smile:

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The Pedaling Pensioner!

Eugene O'Leary - The Pedaling Pensioner

Fair play to him!

Eugene O’Leary is a 65 year old cyclist raising funds for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin.

He’s attempting to raise €250k within the next year and a half for the hospital.

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Gaeltachtaí to decline even further!

Na Gaeltachtai

The map (click to enlarge) shows the current state of the Gaeltachtaí (all-Irish speaking areas) in our country.

The ‘green’ areas will become even smaller if the current report into where Irish is and isn’t being spoken isn’t acted upon.

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