I posted about this initiative before but it’s seriously good
"It's a real feel-good initiative and one of the best things I've ever done."A fundraising campaign to feed hospital and emergency workers in Ireland has raised more than €330,000 in just ten days.#feedtheheroes #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/paX6r0mKcP— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 26, 2020
― consultant haste (gyac), Thursday, 26 March 2020 11:16 (four years ago) link
lads
most days i pass the aras and look not a sign of them
twont do
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 March 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link
The dogs?
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Thursday, 26 March 2020 20:48 (four years ago) link
well the dogs but id settle for himself i spose
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 March 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
I’m just in awe of his pronunciation coronaviiiiiiirusAnd that poem he wrote was lovely https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ET-7TTTWoAEsDyh?format=jpg&name=largehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/ET-7T4aXgAEPFmC?format=jpg&name=medium
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Thursday, 26 March 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
I’m legitimately considering buying a box of <classic Irish product that isn’t Tayto>. Is this wise considering I don’t know when I’m home again? Y/n
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Thursday, 26 March 2020 23:16 (four years ago) link
lyons or barrys
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 March 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
Don’t drink tea. Nah it was Manhattan popcorn but I got as far as checkout before seeing the cost of delivery!
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Thursday, 26 March 2020 23:38 (four years ago) link
never heard of it
is it like chicago pizza
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Thursday, 26 March 2020 23:58 (four years ago) link
when there's only one brand of popcorn nobody knows its name
― rí an techno (seandalai), Friday, 27 March 2020 00:08 (four years ago) link
perri
....
i mean do you mean prepopped?
kelkin
i think thats all i got without checkin
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Friday, 27 March 2020 00:43 (four years ago) link
Lads come on!https://d2wwnnx8tks4e8.cloudfront.net/images/app/large/5099274000118_3.JPGPerri popcorn is not good, though I will always have a soft spot for the brand after winning a box of their crisps as a child. It doesn’t help that the prepopped popcorn you can buy here is luxury shite that’s not half as good for twice the price.
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Friday, 27 March 2020 08:43 (four years ago) link
the professed Manhattan ignorance is a bit odd alright
― Number None, Friday, 27 March 2020 08:50 (four years ago) link
id know the bag now i see it
less analysis, more contribution there now please
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Friday, 27 March 2020 08:57 (four years ago) link
People say the crisps are good but I’ve never seen them on sale anywhere. My school’s shop used to routinely sell out of their popcorn.
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Friday, 27 March 2020 09:20 (four years ago) link
Can this Limerick man please do all the governments social distancing announcements from now on? pic.twitter.com/nBL6ZSc3HW— The Blindboy Podcast (@Rubberbandits) March 27, 2020
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Friday, 27 March 2020 12:40 (four years ago) link
Definitely one for the “I love the Irish accent 😍” crowd.
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Friday, 27 March 2020 12:42 (four years ago) link
lol
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Friday, 27 March 2020 12:53 (four years ago) link
have that then
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Friday, 27 March 2020 12:54 (four years ago) link
chrisht a man watches a movie and the whole fuckin country gets shut down
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Friday, 27 March 2020 21:18 (four years ago) link
we just got the pay cuts chat from our CEO today, so that was the cherry on top
― Number None, Friday, 27 March 2020 21:29 (four years ago) link
fucks sake, really sorry to hear NN
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Friday, 27 March 2020 21:30 (four years ago) link
best thing is, today was just the teaser. We find out the amount on Monday!
but sure lookit, could be much worse and I'm confident I won't lose my job so can't overly complain
― Number None, Friday, 27 March 2020 21:35 (four years ago) link
people have been saying lookit far too often for my comfort recently but lookit, it is what it is
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Friday, 27 March 2020 21:37 (four years ago) link
#Breaking: Dept for Foreign Affairs is warning Irish nationals in the US on short-term visas, who risk losing employment, financial security & health care due to the Covid-19 to return to Ireland— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 27, 2020
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Friday, 27 March 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
sorry to hear that nn, hope its short and as painless as possible
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Friday, 27 March 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
It must be admitted that the English people are at present doing their utmost to justify the low estimate in which their rulers hold them.— James Connolly (@ConnollyEbooks) March 28, 2020
― extremely Dutch coughing sound (gyac), Sunday, 29 March 2020 23:39 (four years ago) link
A headline appropriate for any day of any year between 1171 and today. pic.twitter.com/il6F4V7xXd— Liam Bright (@lastpositivist) April 1, 2020
― silby, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
looks like we're going to be grand lads
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-more-striking-evidence-bcg-vaccine-might-protect-against-covid-19-1.4222110
― Number None, Monday, 6 April 2020 18:13 (four years ago) link
still not worth it tbfh
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
id swear the mane aul cunt public health nurse who gave it me out the letterkenny road broke it off in the bone
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
I assumed the UK had a mandatory BCG vaccination programme but apparently that was only from 1953 to 2005 - still covers an awful lot of the population!
― Did somebody just say eat? (Tom D.), Monday, 6 April 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
self fp-ed bcz at first glance i read the URL as "bog vaccine"
― mark s, Monday, 6 April 2020 19:05 (four years ago) link
its the first time the anniversary of the gfa falls on gf btw
― plax (ico), Friday, 10 April 2020 10:52 (four years ago) link
There yah have it folks. pic.twitter.com/ijhM8OsHrz— Fleggy McFleggerson (@FleggyM) April 10, 2020
― calzino, Sunday, 12 April 2020 11:53 (four years ago) link
I'm not sure if everyone's seen the Lainey Doyle thread:
I don't understand the British media. I really, really don't.Basic things: Ireland and the UK started this pandemic with roughly the same number of ICU beds (6.5 per 100,000 for Ireland, 6.6 per 100,000 in the UK).If anything, the UK was slightly better off. pic.twitter.com/owhHMUZccU— Lainey Doyle (@laineydoyle) April 12, 2020
Something interesting but unsurprising in the comments is someone saying that the North has followed the Republic rather than GB, and is doing better because of it.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 12 April 2020 12:14 (four years ago) link
excellent thread
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 April 2020 13:53 (four years ago) link
(xp) Irish Sea has come in useful too, I imagine. Also, no Rangers games, so no need to go to Glasgow every other weekend.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 April 2020 14:23 (four years ago) link
What a bunch of fucking idiots. pic.twitter.com/WIkCLD6NIc— Daithi K. (@tvcritics) April 21, 2020
there's been a bit of Irish anti-lockdown idiocy it seems.
― calzino, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 15:49 (four years ago) link
just drop a giant glass dome over them, sorted
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
same rent a ghoul crowd as have been on the wrong side of everything else this past ten year
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
is that john waters (not that john waters) in the middle?
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
And Gemma O next to him
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
Reading up on him, he seems like a real piece of work, this Waters character... and he has a daughter with Sinead O'Connor!
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
hes a cunt
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
as close as we have to a peterson, but id argue worse tbh
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
this guy has been very good imo
Some interesting weaponizing of Ireland's death rate going on by very ignorant people."Ireland have the 9th highest death rate per capita".Do we now.— Danny Boy (@Care2much18) April 22, 2020
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 10:00 (four years ago) link
short story
we're doing much better than it looks on death per capita than the various comparisons would seem to show
though we wont really know anything til next year earliest
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 10:01 (four years ago) link
what do we make of the government's current "stop being naughty or we'll extend the lockdown" approach?
tbh they're going to struggle to keep people in check for the bank holiday weekend let alone beyond the 5th
― Number None, Monday, 27 April 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
i think it leaves them a little wriggle either way
experts will advise a lockdown for further with some limited exceptions
tabloids and twitter will demand freedom
they dont need to show cards for now but prob wise to flag that both options are open
― kim rong un (darraghmac), Monday, 27 April 2020 19:20 (four years ago) link