/éire/

some dirty brazillian on the bus gave me lice and probably smallpox

Wanked again lads

not ireland?

Are there even any Gaeltachts left alive in Ireland? I've been to the Aran islands and the extent of the Irish I heard there was people saying go raibh maith to the shopkeeper when she hands them their change.

there's a good few still, not as extensive as in the past though. the aran islands attract more tourists than the other gaeltachtaí so maybe they're more likely to speak english because of that? Any gaeltacht I've been to has been to have always been fully fluent communities.

Interesting, what would you say is the best place to go in Ireland if you want to here Irish still spoken as a vernacular? Connemara, Donegal?

I've only been to An Rinn and Connemara, but I preferred Connemara definitely, it felt a lot more natural

>Protestant
They must SUBMIT

Connemara is the last stand of implicit Irish identity.

Did you engage anyone in conversation or even just actively try to eavesdrop?

It saddens me to think of how much Irish suffering could have been averted had the Irish converted to Protestantism, instead of being beholden to some far away pedo in a pointy hat who most likely has never spared a thought for Ireland.

neck yourself
>>>/amach/

Forgive me for stating that no Pope ever spared a thought for Ireland, I now recall there were two important instances of this happening. Pope Adrian IV issued a Papal Bull, Laudabiliter, sanctioning the Norman invasion of Ireland. Pope Innocent XI financed William of Orange's campaign against the Irish Jacobites.

You're a lying (west) Brit if you think the Irish are in the wrong for not cucking out to the English. Fuck off.

I never said that cucking to another country is right I just don't think that the Irish Catholicism was worth all the suffering that we had to endure for it.

You say two things out of each corner of your mouth.

I agree with the spic that the Pope doesn't give two fucks about us and we should have abandoned Catholicism, but certainly not in favour of Anglicanism and other sola fide denominations.

Also top quality dig from Blueshirt TD about a SF supporter that cut down a FG poster:
> Mr Rock said he was "disappointed but not surprised" because Sinn Féin had a "history of making things disappear".
independent.ie/irish-news/disappointed-but-not-surprised-sinn-fin-activist-caught-cutting-down-fine-gael-poster-with-boltcutters-37209602.html

>The Irish should have become English to appease the English because muh Roman dictators
BASED "nationalists"

I didn't say "English".

Celtic polytheism. I keep telling ye lads.

Someone needs to make a "The Virgin Jesus / The Chad Dagda" image.

It's the entire premise of your argument. You're obviously very confused and ignorant, because if you knew the slightest thing about anything you presume to talk about as if you knew better than the people who actually created the Irish national culture, religion, and identity, you would know that adopting a religion that would appease England in order to save whatever ground you and your ilk wouldn't gladly hand over to their control would not protect whatever bastardised "Irishness" that remained from being subjected to English brutalisation.

The obvious parallel is Scotland, which did not preserve a Gaelic identity despite more thoroughly converting to Protestantism (the very same Protestantism that gave them and the English an excuse and impetus to further brutalise the Irish). In fact the history of Scotland's Gaels is rife with parallels to what the Irish were subjected to, with the same result.

Lastly, and most fundamentally, the PRINCIPLE of nationalism is number 1: never allow foreigners to dictate your culture. Compromise Irish is not Irish, and no matter how militant or pious you are about it, it amounts to nothing more than English provincialism.

Someone needs to batter some sense into you.

Christianity isn't Irish.

>ywn live in a world where the president of ireland is also the high druid

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Those who are not Irish are more Irish than those who are.

bump

*bumps your head off the table*

*poos on your face*

so-called tolerant left

I feel like I haven't experienced enough of Ireland for myself. I've lived in a shit town for most of my life, and the only other place I've been in recent years is Dublin which is a shitehole. I just never seem to have a natural opportunity to go somewhere like Galway or Cork.

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The Irish language would not have perished had it not been for the Penal Laws. Ireland should have become presbyterian.

>tfw no gf to sit on my face

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Why don't proddies speak Irish then?
If anglos want to say they're more Irish than the Irish themselves they should prove it.

We should have became Celtic-Christians.

Explain Scotland then.

What did you nick name yer wily lads

the big fellow

visiting dublin from canada lads

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the bigger fellow

Lloegyr

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Was not me.

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Evening lads. Two questions for you:

1. Why do Irish people (especially the media) get so bent out of shape about vulture funds when it's a perfectly rational course of action for a bank to sell off non-performing loans?

2. Why are RTÉ seemingly intent on making "The Mighty Dubs" a thing?

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Vulture funds can get really aggressive about getting people to pay back loans they may have defaulted on ages ago. There are a bunch of really bizarre stories floating around of the lengths some of these guys go to to get those debt payments.

>Vulture funds can get really aggressive about getting people to pay back loans they may have defaulted on ages ago
People should pay their debts. Banks have been bending over backwards to facilitate people in difficulty, but many of the mortgages sold off were held by people who refused to engage with the banks.

>Why are RTÉ seemingly intent on making "The Mighty Dubs" a thing?
Anti-duck propaganda.

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>get so bent out of shape about vulture funds
I remember reading up on it a few months ago, but I don't fully recall the reasons.
Something along the lines of they are just worried about the bottom line, and the state would arguably be financial better off if they held on to them for a longer period of time, not to mention the people that have the loans won't be thrown out of their houses etc.
Could be wrong though. Governments here do have a track record of selling things off to make a quick buck though, with little thought for the future.

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Vulture funds aren’t necessarily a bad thing, but they are supposedly more likely to repossess home. However, they are also more likely to cut you a deal than a bank is, as they buy these loans pretty cheap and want a return quickly instead of taking the time to repossess and remarket a house.

A bank can’t be seen making a lot of deals for defaulters because then more and more people would try and avoid paying to get a “discount”, so instead the bank instead sells down bad loans to a vulture fund who are better equipped to manage negotiations and repossessions.

>Something along the lines of they are just worried about the bottom line, and the state would arguably be financial better off if they held on to them for a longer period of time, not to mention the people that have the loans won't be thrown out of their houses etc.
There is strong regulatory pressure on banks to minimise non-performing assets. And the banks (and by extension, the state) are indeed losing money on these sales to vulture funds, but only if you are comparing the sale price to the overall value of the loans. This is value that the banks are never going to be able to recover themselves. For Irish banks, selling the loan to vulture funds is the only viable option to recover even a fraction of their losses. This is because, even when abiding by the law, Irish banks can't aggressively pursue non-performing mortgage holders themselves because it would be a PR disaster due to Ireland's lingering opposition to the eviction of even the most shiftless and irresponsible homeowners.

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What was the consensus here on the Ryanair pilots anyway? I assume we all agree that any worker who strikes is overly entitled and a product of Celtic Tiger Ireland and that workers unions should be made illegal?

>but they are supposedly more likely to repossess home
One of the weaknesses of our banking system is that opportunistic mortgage holders know that the likelihood of being evicted by their bank is almost zero. When one of the main threats that compels somebody to pay their mortgage is removed from the equation, it leaves the system vulnerable to unscrupulous opportunists

>A bank can’t be seen making a lot of deals for defaulters because then more and more people would try and avoid paying to get a “discount”, so instead the bank instead sells down bad loans to a vulture fund who are better equipped to manage negotiations and repossessions.
Good point. Although it must be said that banks have become more accommodating since the recession because getting any money back is better than getting none back. Plus it's better PR than repossessions and sales to vulture funds.

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>What was the consensus here on the Ryanair pilots anyway?
Their demands are reasonable. Ryanair treats their staff like shit.

>I assume we all agree that any worker who strikes is overly entitled and a product of Celtic Tiger Ireland and that workers unions should be made illegal?
This isn't the Luas strikers we're talking about, user.

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>I assume we all agree that any worker who strikes is overly entitled
Probably.
>workers unions should be made illegal
Less probable.

You sound more knowledgeable on the topic that 90%+ of the population, I imagine, including myself. Thus I'm sure your logic is perfectly valid and flawless.

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A lot of the motivation for selling down bad loans is to minimize their capital allocation requirements for losses. Basel accords requires banks to hold a certain amount of cash to account for loan losses, so holding on to these bad loans also means they need to hold onto a lot of cash to offset it, by law.

Selling to vulture funds frees them from that requirement while also giving them more cash in the present. The alternative takes time and money to convince people payback that debt.

Widespread repossessions by banks are also bad for reputation, and also take time and money to remarket the asset - while still likely selling the house at a loss. The severity curves for these events show that on average a bank only makes 40% of what’s owed to them by the time they resell the house.

It doesn’t make any sense for banks to hold onto bad loans for longer than 6 months, as they typically write them down for a total loss at that point anyway. A vulture fund is useful to the banks as it alleviates some of the damage a default does. They also keep banks being able offer reasonable mortgage rates, as the bank has a place to turn to if they need to recoup some loss on defaulting loans, instead of having to absorb all the damage.

They are dead right, fuck tight arse Jew Michael o'leary

Excellent post. When we have politicians coming out of the woodwork to complain about banks selling loads to vulture funds, it really goes to show the ignorance (and entitlement) of the populace that they represent.

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Pilots get paid pretty nicely. There is demand everywhere for them, they can work at any airline they want as long as they have enough hours. Ryanair has traditionally been a place to rack up hours so you can get a higher rank and higher pay at a proper airline. Regardless, these guys are making six figures.

It’s the cabin crews’ demands that need to be recognized. They are only paid for the time the aircraft is in the air, if they need to stay on the aircraft to clean - they aren’t being paid. They also have to buy their own uniforms, and their “benefits” only cover them in Ireland, even if they operate out of other jurisdictions in Europe. They are pressured into selling those raffle tickets and other products, with underperformers being disciplined. It’s not a healthy environment and they are being paid very poorly.

Not every worker, but the ryanair pilots are definitely over-entitled. The whole fucking point of Ryanair is that it's affordable, if the pilots demand higher pay the ticket prices will go up and once again only the rich bourgeoisie motherfuckers will be able to fly

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Done nothing all day and still feel wrecked. Fuck life.

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Living the life.

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Do you have any personal or professional goals you are working towards

You feel it too, don't you?

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Nada.

I don't know how to choose any goals in the short term either. My only goal is limited by yearly deadlines and still months away.

I like having a physical, creative, and intellectual pursuit outside of uni/work.

These are my current goals, mostly long term:
Physical: sub 25min 5k time
Intellectual: reach B1 fluency in German
Creative: writing (I can’t think of a long term goal for this, I just write short stories in my free time)

Then I can plan my activities around these thing, or also waste time on the internet if i’m not feeling it.

What do you do in your free time?

This is your rightful king according to Patrick Pearse. Say something nice about him.

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Looks like a sound lad

Only if Germany won WW1.

>in your free time
Not much, I mostly walk around the vartry, waste time on Jow Forums.
I've been studying german, only completed a2.1 so far though.

>gets depressed and kills himself
Undoubtedly /árrí/.

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My willy is growing when I look at pictures of Eva Greene

tired

Shall be glad to know that the intelligent folk over at r/ireland once more agree in relation to the sale of loans.

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>I like having a physical, creative, and intellectual pursuit outside of uni/work.
You seem far too well adjusted for /éire/.

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kissing my dog and hugging him

Fucking hate dogs. They're stupid, they're violent, they bark at everyone and they shit everywhere. They're the knackers of pets.

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Good post

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What about cats?

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It’s mean a lot to hear that, but it wasn’t without effort

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how much does it cost to freeze your sperm?

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Mmhm cum-sickle

Significant upturn in the homo levels these past few weeks?

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seems about normal

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Irish Water is putting estrogen in the taps and making YOU pay for it.

Poor cup grip.

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We're all cute girls here, right?

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Yes

this is what happens when you remove the westbrits

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Just as long as we don't turn into /balt/.

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