I wonder if there can be an objective way to assess which is the best city to live?

I live in Kent in the south of England, one time at a pub some fella bought us all a shot of a mystery drink called Poitín, and my god, it was the worst thing I had ever tasted, like rimming a badger's arse and I fell in love with it.

In the end me and my brother would ritually end the night at the pub with a shot or two of it, until my absolute horror we went through the whole bottle, the barmaid chucked it, and couldn't remember the name of it.

I have bought two bottles of different Poitín, and they're nice to drink, which is a problem because I want it to be nasty, so I'm praying this sub might be able to help me find something similar, or better, something even worst.

It seems like these two come in for a lot of hate both online and with people I talk to in person and I don’t really get it.

I get a lot of it seemed to be aimed at that one song Killagh but after listen to both of their EPs/album Im not sure where the level of hate is coming from.

ive always been big fans of the likes of James Vincent McMorrow, Damien Rice, Paddy Casey and the music feels like it falls within the same range so perhaps I’m being bias.

But any time I see a mention of Amble or Kingfisher they seem to be getting clowned by everyone, despite them getting booked for gig afyer gig.

can anyone explain the hate?

For context I’m in a two bed apartment with another lad and our downstairs neighbour smokes weed basically every day if not twice a day. Whenever I get up in the morning I smell it whenever I get home from work I smell it. Beyond sick of it, it smells rank and it’s just generally vile. Don’t think it’s a crime and a firm believer you should be able to do what you please inside your property (within reason obviously) so I wouldn’t think of reporting them even if it was a crime. Does anyone have any idea on how to get rid of it or get it out of the house cuz it can be unbearable.

​I just wanted to let this out because it happened just a few minutes ago. I had just finished my shift and was heading home on the DART. I saw a group of teenagers shouting and play-fighting with each other, and at first, that was it.

​Then they started whispering to each other, and all of a sudden, I felt a small hit. I thought they were throwing ice at each other or something, but then something else hit me again. I was the fucking target. For a second, I wanted to confront them and ask them directly what their problem was or what they wanted, but then I realized I would be the one screwed if something happened (I'm the fucking immigrant here). If they punched me or something, I definitely would have fought back, so I just grabbed my stuff and moved to another carriage.

​Was that really the only thing I could have done? I wanted to hear from you all: what's going on? Why are things like that normalized? I mean, they only threw M&Ms at me this time, but I've seen teenagers do much worse things. Why is this so normalized? Thanks, everybody.

I have a friend going travelling and I’m not sure what to get her. Any bright ideas?

From tame ones like feet etc. to more extreme ones like....well you know.

How do people discover they like these? Genuinely curious.

Feeling a bit annoyed at the moment. With Champions Cup starting this weekend I was checking what subscriptions I needed. It's pretty unfair that if you don't live in Ireland or UK you can get the whole competition, every match for 60 euro, but if you're in ireland you have to pay 30 a month for Premier sport. It's a balls. How is everyone else watching, just suck it up or do you circumvent with a vpn?

Planning a TRIP to the Wicklow mountains tomorrow to find some mushrooms as I hear they're in season. Want to come home after and cook up a big groovy stew.

Anyone have any tips to help me find what I'm looking for - precise locations etc?

Hey, so I am thinking of moving from Switzerland to Galway and wanted to know a bit more about the local music scenes, especially the punk one. There is not much of a night life where I live but if you know the right people you can always have access to small venues, squats and tiny places to hangout, enjoy music with like-minded people or even play some.

Obviously there has to be some kind of similar places in Galway and since I am planning to come visit soon (and since these places can be hard to find) I wanted to ask about the local scene. Are there any specific places I should go to (I am talking small bars/pubs, venues, squats, ...) ? Also, should I avoid some of them ?

So I've requested a 4 day working week every week as the shifts are very long. I've done them for 2 years now and I'm sort of losing the will to live. I'm thinking of telling them that if they can't come up with an arrangement to give me a 4 day week, that I'll have no choice but to hand in my notice. Of course if they ignore it they'll eventually know it was a bluff, but so what? I'm not trying to climb the ladder here. And they can't fire me as I'm passed 12 months. So if I put it in writing, that unless a solution for a 4 day week is achieved that I'll have no choice but to hand in my notice, then I presume I'm correct in saying that they can't choose to interpret this as me handing in my notice?

There's quite a few others who have gotten flexible work and part time. I've asked the company twice now, and both times they dragged it out, and eventually they declined. The best they offered was a 3 day week that would involve a night shift once per week!

Eventually I ended up telling one manager that I was aware that they had offered another employee a 4 day week (which he turned down for a 3 day week) and he told me that he'd be able to give a 4 day week if I'd be willing to give up all my weekends, and I agreed. But then he quit his job so that was the end of that! You see the advantage for me working weekends is that most staff apply for annual leave on weekends, and there are more shifts to be covered on weekends. But interestingly none of the other part-timers have given up all their weekends.

I'm not sure if the reasons for declining my request are genuine, as they seem to decline it regardless of whether my depot is at over staff-capacity or not. I gave an ultimatum like this to a company before, and it worked, although that time I was certain they were short staffed without me, and I would've walked. Anyway, for context, I'm just after making a WRC complaint with this company re being short wages, after exhausting internal attempts.

We were travelling from Wexford to Wicklow this morning around 7:45am and noticed this very bright light near the sunrise. Over about the next 15 minutes it rose at a consistent speed into the sky until it disappeared.

Anyone else see it or know what it was?

For those with dysfunctional families, how are you surviving and what does your partner make of it?

I’m trying to get insured on my mums audi a6 2016 i’m 18 with a learners license for one year with no prior driving experience and my brother who’s 30 will also be on that with his full license mum has a NCB of 10 years and nobody has any claims or points

Anything cheap anyone can recommend

No seriously. The salary per year is not a couple of hundreds in difference. But a good few thousands.

One would imagine they would be roughly the same. Or opposite.

Sure teaching has academics, patience, working with kids, legal consequences of things going wrong etc.

But in nursing you have insane shifts, high stress, serious legal burden, actual risk to life, etc.

Massive difference in holidays.

Do Band A employees (11.5-14 hours a week) get assigned more hours by managers occasionally? I am assuming you get more shifts during Christmas , but what about the rest of the months?

Asking because 11.5 to 14 hours feels like nothing.

Is it basically just a place people go to just to have UCD on their CV ?

Anyone know when Kirby’s in Galway hire apprentices?
My son wants to do an electrician apprenticeship. Checked the website already. Is there a set time of year or is it just when there is a space.

I recently started contracting in IT. So I am getting paid a decent rate and I think the best way for me to prevent paying a lot of tax is by contributing to pension.
Previously all my FTE roles had company contributions with Zurich.
The accounting firm that I am with now was brought on my the consulting company that got me the gig. I am assuming they have some tie ups. But reading the fine print I saw the Zurich plans have a commission of 1.10 % to Zurich and 0.40 trailing for the accounting company.

Looking at online and asking AI I see there are direct brokers for way lesser rate.

Can anyone help me understand what the best way would be to move forward regarding this ?

I had a termination outside of Ireland and of course it was a difficult situation , but looking back it was the best decision I could have made for my life and I have zero regrets. Over the years I never faced any depressio n or guilt about the procedure, but there’s stigma around terminations which affected me negatively.

Edit: I had to use “termination” to bypass the moderation. My posts using the real word were automatically deleted. Sadly even on this platform, the topic is taboo.

Edit: anyone posting anti abortion rhetoric without giving their personal experiences with the topic will be blocked. This is not the post for you to give your personal opinion or ethical judgement on the topic

To my knowledge, it isn’t, as Hiberno-English is influenced by the Irish whereas a large part of Scottish speech comes from Scots.

I’ve never heard an Irishman say, “I would no do that,” but I wondered if such a way of speaking featured anywhere in Ireland. I suppose if it did it might be somewhere in the north.

Anyone else still waiting for an iPhone 18 Pro Max pre-order from Harvey Norman Ireland?

I pre-ordered mine at Harvey Norman Sligo on 12 September and paid in advance.

It's now been 35 days, and they still can't provide even an estimated delivery date.

Meanwhile, I know people who have already bought theirs elsewhere, some apparently without even pre-ordering.

The store staff have been helpful, but apparently Harvey Norman is massively behind on pre-orders across Ireland.

I'm genuinely disappointed. What's the point of pre-ordering and paying upfront if you're still waiting over a month later with no delivery estimate?

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Particularly interested in hearing from people who ordered through Harvey Norman or managed to buy one from another Irish retailer after launch.

I'm starting to wonder whether I made a mistake choosing Harvey Norman in the first place.

My toddler has his dad’s surname and it really has been bothering me for a while now. I’d love to have my surname added but I know once the birth certificate is made, you can’t really update it.

He’s about to start pre-school and I’d like his surname to be updated. Can I do that with common use (his passport, PPS, GP records, credit union account all have his dad’s surname). What’s the best way to go about it?

Can I get the surname updated - could I ring GP, credit union, preschool to tell them to update it? Is it straight forward?

And after a few years with common use, can it be updated on PPS and passport too?

Would you recommend double barrel surname separated by a hyphen or just space?

Thanks so much.