The protests in Ireland are not about just fuel! They are about the distance between Ireland on this graph and every other modern and developed economy. Ireland is second wealthiest but gets waaaaay less than any other country for that wealth. By a golden mile. That visual gap in this graph? That’s what people are protesting. It’s a lack of infrastructure and the everyday enshittification of services, the economy, and the additional difficulty of trying to live, relative to peers in any other country. It also highlights why people don’t get uniformly listened to! - because there is no government architecture to engage meaningfully across this huge gap. That gap is a three hour drive to work in traffic, a 14 month wait for an MRI, buses that don’t arrive, trains that don’t exist, schools that have no places for your kids, houses that are unaffordable, pubs that close before midnight, €12 sandwiches, expensive fuel. People feel this gap, even if they can’t explain it precisely. And that builds into resentment, and ultimately protest. Fuel just happened to be the next thing that could be pointed to, today.

You know its been a rough few days when the @TheNational are providing the soundtrack to a @SecondCaptains audio bed. 100% suitable mind you.

I thought it was only Americans that didn't get irony?

Eddie Jones: brutality is the hallmark of our (England's) game. Doesn't just apply to rugby Ed. #ENGvTGA

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Genius again, Joe

Check this out from Dermot Morgan via @RTEArchives training methods may have changed over the years @ProperChurch @jamieheaslip 💪😂

A mighty cheer went up from the Hero of Crumlin. He had banished the awful title belt because it was haunted.

This is bang on the money.

"Wait, so this is both their home venue AND their neutral venue?"

Perfect x.com/pyjamas_black/status/1…

Listening to the delayed reaction of my Japanese neighbours to @jfootballteam to the last 2 goals, damn slow streams! #WorldCup #BELJPN #topbins

I went down to dealz this morning to get a going away card for Joey and they were doing a special 2 for 1 on going away cards so I gave the other to Jordi #weekendmade

I was conversing with Sean this morning and he said what a fantastic win over the weekend, I said yes, it was amazing doing the double, Sean said no i'm talking about Carlow beating Kildare, I said oh

As a man, adopted in Ireland 30 years ago where the 8th possibly protected me, I (and my family) are supporting the YES vote. We must make sure the women of Eire are protected and have a choice in their lives. #men4yes

Rest of world: don't do anything crazy plz UK: fk u we used to own u watch this *does backflip *money falls out of pockets *cracks head open

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