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37 yr old Fermanagh Native. In Athlone 📍 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
Athlone
Joined August 2009
Your annual reminder the ginger priest in the Dunnes lingerie section is Owen from Greys Anatomy in the Father Ted Christmas Special
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If more hotels in Ireland used this type of marketing, I’d be tempted to go tbh. Take a bow @hotelwoodstock_
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Genuinely think if Guantanamo Bay had a professional football team, Robbie Keane would be announced as the manager.
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@lollyfitz13 Love when men shame us for rejecting them ‘I came over specifically just to talk to you. That’s not easy for a man with crippling misogynistic tendencies to do, so I really think it’d be rude if you didn’t accept my creepy advances’ they might as well say🙄.
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First time wearing make up in 5 weeks deserved a selfie on Twitter 🤣
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This simply is not true even at face value. If a bidder turns down a social house, it gets offered to the next in line and so forth. The only way his statement would be true is if there were 1000’s of habitable empty social housing units. To be clear, Vardkar knows this.
Taoiseach: People turning down multiple social housing offers one of the reasons for homelessness
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Came home to my first written note from one of my new neighbours expecting some PA complaint. instead, I happened to tell her I can’t get a lawnmower as nowhere to store it in passing at w/end so she mowed my lawn and said I can use hers whenever I want 🥹🥹I can’t get over it 😭.
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The only good thing to come from LA fires is the resurgence of Spencer Pratt in modern culture. Lives were built on his beef with Lauren Conrad. I am living for his Tiktoks in the midst of the tragedy
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Just went to Dunnes Montree in Athlone. is it too early to crack open the vodka? Scenes of the apocalypse. People throwing 5 packs of ham, 3 loaves of bread, 8 litres of milk into their trolley. running around like supermarket sweep. Me only in to buy the chocolate milk I like.
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Glad Patrick Kielty is getting the credit he deserves. As a NI Nationalist, I have NI friends who consider themselves British and partake in Unionist culture. If a UI happened tomorrow, I’d want them to feel just as welcome and British as today. A UI has to be a Shared Ireland.
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My main concern with the Ditch is with their limited resources they’ve uncovered a a lot in a short time. I assumed the Dail was rotten to the core and Irish media were complicit but proved it.Micheál Martin is angry there’s rogue journalists who are spoiling the status quo.
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@salemmohalesh75 Her pint, she can do whatever the f*** she wants with it. Really creepy behaviour to record it. That’s the weirdo aspect of this video.
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GAA is hardly the epitome of a moral organisation respectful of women but this is a f***ing disgrace. Powerful message to send both young women and boys regarding domestic abuse. And before anyone comes at me with ‘innocent until proven guilty’, you’s are telling on yourselves.
Rory Gallagher will be joining the Naas senior footballers setup as a coach this season.
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Off out for a 2 year anniversary dinner and I don’t wanna hear any discourse about how juvenile it is marking non marriage anniversaries as it’s a *miracle* I’ve managed to be in a healthy, happy and equal relationship for 2 days nevermind 2 years tbh 🤣💚
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Anyone else intrigued to know if Fionnan Sheahan is in the Indo office today and if people are avoiding going to the coffee machine at the same time as him in case he’s like ‘did ya see me make mince meat of yer one last night?Ah I ruined him!He couldn’t get a word in edgeways🤠’.
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There’s a mad thread on Mumsnet currently about the growing trend to have 2 dishwashers? 2?! Tons of replies from people saying ‘yup…I could never go back to having one’. GO BACK?! I’ve only just had a dishwasher the last 3 months and I’m mesmerised 🤔.
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@ramencult This! It’s not about ‘omg I’m beautiful even though I’m fat!People should be attracted to me!’ Its about your body being literally the most mundane and least interesting thing about you. Your thoughts, intelligence, the life you’ve led, the dreams you have are much more important.
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@MaudsGone @LisaMMcGee Oh my god why is this so true 🤣🤣🤣😂😂 it was the bizarre alongside the everyday. I used to go home and Mam would be like ‘did ya cycle far?’ And in my long winded story I’d never even mention ‘aye cycled by a few soldiers in hedges with giant guns but sure…’.
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When Gardai wives post pictures of ties and boots and talk about being scared of the dangerous, perilous shift their ‘hubby’ is on and how she sits at home worried sick. scene cut to the husband clearing a path for scummy fascists to storm a library. They must be immensely proud.
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@terracottapie__ I got a voicemail from my Mum saying ‘hi Sinéad, just to let you know the forensic team just left there…police still here. Hope you’re ok. Bye’-turns out they’d been burgled but I thought Dad had been murdered.She forgot she hadn’t told me the first bit🙄🙄🙄.
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Parents came to housesit when I was away and what that entailed is reorganising my whole kitchen, deep cleaning,buying rugs and picture frames, landscaping my entire garden, installing washing line,bringing all my rubbish to the skip🥺🥺spoilt rotten at 35 years old? Yes please😌.
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@TheCulinaryLens @NYCAIC @IBJIYONGI This. There is no crime in the world that would justify what he endured in a civilised society. It’s a desperately horrific story.
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@goblinology @Emma_Kelly49 Sorry but this made me smile in a very depressing news feed. Images of a giant flame thrower being used on an unsuspected predator man is giving me warm feelings 😌😅😅.
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Young lad at Holy communion prep this morning in Donegal ‘except rangers people’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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@gavreilly Using the deaths of Ukrainian people to point score against SF is nauseating. Is that the first thing he could think of when he heard the news? Mine was the poor families of those murdered like most normal people.
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ESB engineers when they’re called back tomorrow to fix the exact same electrical wires they fixed today #StormHerminia
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Don’t miss being single but miss going on Tinder when I was in Fermanagh and guessing ‘Catholic’ ‘Protestant’ based entirely on their first name and if they were wearing a gilet or clean wellies in their photos. It would be my Mastermind subject to be honest.
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@SoozUK When I was 8 years old we were having a lesson on how tea is brewed etc.I asked teacher do tea leaves grow in Ireland.I got detention for 2 weeks and had to write ‘I will not ask stupid questions’ over and over again.Had no idea if it was stupid because of course it does or….
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A lovely happy pride parade just walked by us. Then this walked by shortly after…like I cannot fathom these people whatsoever, it’s mortifying. Very obvious why they’re here today of all days #galwaypride
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@Sorrelish Saw someone say yesterday he’d rather see a starving kid than a fat kid and that sums it up for me.
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@axhleighlouise Don’t think she worked harder at all.She’s a blonde,slim,white girl who appeals to the target market of fast fashion brands as they identify with her. Yewande and Kaz could work 40 times as hard and not be as successful.Noway to measure as they’re not starting from the same place.
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Aul ones in Dunnes across Ireland today on their way to the bread aisle to get 13 Pan Loaves
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Discussing with my Mum a delivery fella who’s overcharging us a lot for a delivery next week so we’re debating cancelling him. said to Mam he’ll probably expect a tip too. Mam ‘he can expect a tip of my shoe up his hole if he asks’. I am still dying 😂😂.
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There’ll be a new training module in Templemore before the year is out entitled ‘Dealing with the Burkes’ with actors and actresses parkouring around a courtroom and trainee guards having to catch them.
There were unprecedented and chaotic scenes at the Court of Appeal as six members of the Burke family were forcibly removed from the courtroom by gardaí. It came as the Court of Appeal dismissed Enoch Burke's challenges to court orders | Read more:
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@marbieskitchen_ Mark Sloan and ‘the surge’ and this speech. Amazing acting from Eric Dane and James Picken in these scenes.
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@BrianFi92674776 @emmaphickey ‘A single word doesn’t need to be exchanged’…you mean like consent?😐.
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In all my friend groups we refer to the group as lads. With one friend group, we have a time honoured tradition of when we meet up, one has to announce ‘here we all are now, all the lads’
In Hiberno-English, the plural form "lads" is non-gender-specific, like "ils" in French. Sometimes plural vs singular forms add valuable context as well as just indicating numbers: the way "I have to wash my hand" sounds worse than "I have to wash my hands", for example.
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@ShaneMcAuliffe1 Not shocking to me at all but more shocking is after the years of exposure of these vicious evil views and rampant child abuse, there’s still Wedding, Holy Communions, Confirmations galore with priests still revered at the heart of the community.
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@Ciarabelles ‘ ‘No drama’ is a red flag as it’s usually spoken by someone who 100% is the source of drama in their relationships’.
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@FrankGreaney Judge is a former Garda. Considering the horrific details of this case heavily involving An Garda Síochána and Moody convincing the victim he was untouchable because of his occupation, Nolan should’ve recused himself at least out of sensitivity and respect to the victim.
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Holy Lord in all that is sacred in the world. Enoch Burke being compared to Bobby Sands has tipped me OVER 🫠.
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@ThatEricAlper Have more albums that I favour for different reasons but this is a perfect 10 for me, from start to finish 👍🏻
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@georgiaas00 Asda is amazing value and their own brand food development considering the price points are pretty incredible. I hope brand giants like P&G, Unilever, Cussons and Mondelez suffer this winter as a result of people switching into own brand as it’s a long time coming.
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@sianushka That’s how certain rich people clear their conscience over the unfairness and inequality which they’re enjoying the fruits of. ’just shows hard working pays off’ ‘I worked hard for everything I got’ when anyone with half a brain knows that is not how the world works.
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@raccoonstans This! Absolutely horrified at Roe VS Wade but also people tweeting along the lines of ‘beware, this may happen in U.K. and Ireland one day if we’re not careful!’ is sending me 🤪.
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See tweets now and again lambasting homeless people for refusing food offered to them. Homeless people are human beings with tastes and preferences? They’re allowed to decide what they ingest from strangers. I’m sorry your good deed story didn’t play out how you wanted 👍🏻.
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@MedievalDuffer When I was 18, got dumped at about 11pm on Christmas Eve out of the blue via a 10 word text. I had already got him a personalised chocolate car from Thornton’s so just sat on my bed, crying, eating that🤣In all seriousness, sorry to hear that lovely. Take care of yourself x.
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A reminder that Elliot Page winds TERFs up the *most* as he has spoken many times about how HAPPY and grateful he is to be finally in the body that makes sense. He’s not speaking for anyone else but himself. The replies here accusing him of being miserable and aging….
In his first UK interview for his book Pageboy, @TheElliotPage shares how it feels to get to where he needed to be to feel like he’s fully living his life and his message for anyone struggling in the way he did for so many years. 🙏. #Lorraine
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Live in a cul de sac estate and I swear to god please can we make visitors beeping the horn when they’ve already said goodbye to the people of the house a social faux pas? What is this custom? Not even limited to daytime social hours, 2am or so.
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@caracoffey2601 Do not go back to this counsellor. And I’d be reporting her to IACP. Incredibly harmful response/mindset and obviously voicing her personal views. Horrendous.
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Went to breakfast on my own this morning and obvioisly looked fly as f*** as the waiter brought me the Polish menu version and started speaking Polish. No big Irish head on me today. Krakow native now 😎
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@GrantSana My controsverial take is some people don’t fully think about having kids as an option and just do it as a natural next step and they get very angry that some people have weighed it up and decided against it🙄🙄🙄.
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I’d much prefer landlords just admit they’re landlords as it’s a passive income and a no brainer investment especially in a Housing crisis where tenants are desperate. I cannot stand those who really do believe they’re answering Irelands call and have hearts of gold 🥹.
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@BelTel @LoughErneResort are times that tough you’ve had to take money from a fascist party? Really deplorable stuff, the fact you’ve brought racist, anti LGBTQ+ people to Fermanagh and surrounding areas today all for the money.
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A popular estate agent in Athlone, boasting about houses going for 15% and 30% over the asking price. Absolutely anxiety inducing stuff for someone who will in the future be looking to buy in the area.Nightmare #housingcrisis #athlonehousingcrisis #irelandhouseprices @RoryHearne
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@Rubberbandits You always always caveat all advice with ‘I’m not a professional. this is only MY experience’. Very unfair article and I hope it doesn’t deter you speaking about mental health 🙂.
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@BettyJa08291909 @AllisonPearson She probably should’ve concentrated more on her interview tbh than the ethnicity and nationality of her competition. How did she know these people were Chinese from glaring at them?Hopefully the interviewers smelt the stench of racism from her when she walked in 👍🏻.
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@ashalinggg Yup my management company of apartments I live in regularly put threatening letters about ‘it’s been noted clothes have been seen drying on balconies’ and basically saying it brings shame to the apartment block, freshly laundered clothes drying 🙄.
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@NadineDorries DUP walked away from GFA effectively REFUSING peace. Please tell me this is one of your interns who has your password tweeting. .
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@NFeirteir @planetjedward The fact they’re tweeting this in a foreign language, i.e English is 1/20393939 examples of how Colonialism is not a single incident in time.
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@Ciara87C I know Bali is ‘mainstream’ but there’s a tiny Island Gili Trawangan off it I visited that has no roads, no cars, electricity cut out completely for half the time I was there which is common and is 3km squared and there’s an Irish coppers-alike nightclub AND an Irish pub.
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@GrantSana I’ve just read the article there…the bit about Taig and the speech bubble…there are no words.
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@AnMailleach What part is ‘made stuff up’?!! That’s a serious allegation against a fellow journalist tbh. I really hope you’ve proof of Troy being state schooled.
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@cryskttlty It’s the comic sans font for me. Definitely googled ‘how to write a casual sounding friendly letter definitely not from a professional property company, just two friendly dudes’.
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My Da had been a polling clerk for 20 years. Mostly in Enniskillen but also been to Belfast many times to count and met the main NI political players over a chipper sandwich. He does it purely because as a NI WC Catholic of 67, the right to vote is an absolute privilege to him 🥹.
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@elwrighty_then @aarjanistan This story just keeps getting odder? The fact he actually prescribed a 100 year old man to walk around a garden 100 times? And how did they come up with £1 a lap. alike tooth fairy finances.
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Sale Agreed on my dream wee house as of this morning 😌💚 I’m both so excited and so bloody terrified in equal measures but apparently that’s v normal?!🥴Thanks everyone for their lovely support so far, v much appreciated. Also aware this is just the start of the shenanigans👍🏻🤣
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@RealPBourke @DublinAirport Once got off a very long journey from Washington. got confused where I’d parked my car in blue long term- 5am in winter.fella who worked there saw I was alone and stuck,gave me a lift in work van to go find it.he made sure I went and got a coffee before driving home.Sound lads!.
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@wednesdaysadums Will never understand the pure begrudgery of certain Irish people who absolutely despise seeing people, especially younger generation, having fun. It’s an Olympic sport for some.
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@BrianLeonardFR Remember seeing an interview with a couple in Repeal who had to travel to England for an abortion due to foetal deformity,then had their babies remains UPS’ed back to them a few days later.I don’t really know how you’d ever stop screaming in anger over the state of that.
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FYI these bath boards are €8.99 in Aldi middle aisle currently! Been wanting one for years but not a chance am I paying €30 odd. (Disclaimer cowboy bath grouting completed by previous owners of the house and I have yet to fix it)
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@road2profifa @TheBrooksyHD @NeighNeigh12 Agree, start with one tiny thing and work on that for a week. Even just changing a daily packet of crisps to a piece of fruit and don’t worry about anything else that day. Even if it takes 2 weeks to implement. then work on doing 2k of steps. Mix it up, one steps a time 🙌🏻.
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Bf asked where did I want to go for my birthday meal and I said Bonjardim. The realisation on his face when he realised it’s a restaurant in Lisbon🥳🤣in 12 hours time I’ll be tucking into Piri Piri chicken, slurping on a cute half bottle of Mateus on a little street 🥹🥹🥹 🇵🇹
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@faithfulpundit @sianushka Totally agree with this statement. It’s very expensive being poor and the richer you are, the easier it is to get richer by investments, interest, being able to pay for things up front annually and get discounts, buy high quality goods that last years so low pay-per-use etc etc.
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@glennpolley I’m an obsessive greys anatomy fan and everytime I watch a scene with him I think ‘they’re going to send me to some KIP’.
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@ActingTheGom I always think of Michael and this testimony when I hear of anything regarding the Catholic Church in Ireland. One of the most powerful and, more importantly,honest moments in Irish TV history.Considering Varadkar was mere feet away listening and still went on to do what he did….
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@Nurseborisbash My Mum used to take home lone geriatric patients clothes and wash them. Some vulnerable had no pyjamas and she used to go and buy them some in Dunnes which is insane as we were on a very tight budget growing up. She hated seeing them in a flimsy gown as if they’re nobody’s child.
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@JohnConnorM @OwenJones84 My mum is in exact same situation in NI. Hospital worker. 65 with underlying conditions. Got the first vaccine a week ago which I convinced her to get for protection. now her second jab has been cancelled and she’s very upset and confused.
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En route to Athlone. Car is so filled to the brim with wine, beer, Denny meat, biscuits and leftovers, as well as tank full of cheap Nordie petrol, I had to put the car into sports mode to pull out of a junction.
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Had a ton of housework to do including hauling the leftover carpet into the attic so naturally hopped on the bus and came to the pub 👀
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I accidentally picked the table under the giant tv and they’ve just changed the channel to Sports so now I look like a giant pick me girl who wants maximum male attention whilst drinking pints and reading my book 🫠 #helpme
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@Noah_Halpin @roisinmurphy Absolutely sick of transphobes using women’s oppression as a shield over and over again. It’s so sinister to poison the well. She’ll do a post soon enough of how hard it is getting ‘abuse’ from men online because she’s a woman but also from fellow women? 😃.
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After months of interrogation of every aspect of my life and being a bit offended at some of the details asked for tbh,I got my very own Mortgage Approval In Principle this morning!🎉 Considering logging out and enjoying this🤣yes need to find a 🏡but feck it,it’s a win for now😌
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@PostPunkPodge I don’t believe all female schools are the problem.I am so glad I got my education away from men and their problematic nature until I was 18.suspect all males schools did create an echo chamber of toxic masculinity but lots of misogynistic pricks come from mixed school background.
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@lollyfitz13 Internalised misogyny is rife when a female doesn’t believe you ffs. I don’t expect fellow females to blindly believe but it’s extremely easy to believe anything like this as it’ll have happened to ALL of us in some form, textbook repetitive stuff globally.
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@hnnhwr Also those parents would then handpick specific friends children who were deemed the chosen ones to live with their kids in college and it ensured a lot all lived/socialised in the same bubble and ended up marrying within the same social bubble etc. Social engineering.
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@aoifegracemoore @newschambers My favourite responses were the angry ‘our wedding is now called off now @newschambers for the 4th time, hope you’re proud of yourself!🤬’ type, as if he was Taoiseach Richard Chambers, setting the restrictions.
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@ctcantwell This is truly awful Carmel. I’m glad she has such supportive family such as yourself who hear her pain. I hope she gets some peace before it’s too late. Take care 💜.
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@newschambers ‘Domestic violence is a criminal offence and Ibec respectfully submits that it is simply not appropriate to bring criminality into the employment relationship.” What a horrific statement.
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@GerryMcBride @SharonHorgan Was in a border rural pub in Blacklion, Cavan on NYE years ago and national anthem played. I was there with an English ex and he didn’t stand up as he was confused what was happening. His life flashed before my eyes in that moment as he was already on thin ice obviously.
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