Cork city has gone to the dogs.

[Crusty Ring]

We Corkonians don't need more shades. We police ourselves.
Not being smart but I've never noticed the slightest bit of trouble in town.

Nobody excused you of that m8

 

[PussyinBoots]

Nobody excused you of that m8

Matlock got there before you with that comment.

 

[Crusty Ring]

In the top 5 imbecile moves by this Fine Gael government, shutting down Templemore has to be up there.

I train with a fella who's a guard and they reckon we'd have between 1500-2000 extra members now if they didn't shut it down. clowns

 

[Kimeartimmyboy]

It's the way they've always sorted things out. No guards, no solicitor's letters, no law just bare fists and some purchases from the gardening tools section.

Until they have to call an ambulance for treatment and transport to a local ED where friends and relatives will proceed to abuse staff members for not doing a good enough job. That's generally all "outlaws", not just the Travelling community

 

[jimmym]

Anywhere you look basic services such as GP places, school places, Garda numbers are all in a worse state after 13 years of these ? in office.

Lol that's ignoring projects like the Event Centre. (Any minute now).

(Fianna Fail are a total rabble under the personality cult of Martin b4 I'm accused of bashing one party).


We are a very strange country in that we blame the opposition for the failures of those in power.

We can expect hate speech laws, the ramping up of Integration (currently costing 6 million a day!!!) and much more when we vote these arch incompetents back in ?

As you have said yourself it is the lack of a decent opposition party that sees them secure, SF biggest mistake was trying to be a bit of all things to everybody,
They may have kept the woke voter onside but they have pissed off the long term SF voter who have now moved elsewhere,
If Labour had a decent leader they would make progress,

 

[Kimeartimmyboy]

As you have said yourself it is the lack of a decent opposition party that sees them secure, SF biggest mistake was trying to be a bit of all things to everybody,
They may have kept the woke voter onside but they have pissed off the long term SF voter who have now moved elsewhere,
If Labour had a decent leader they would make progress,

I keep saying this, but the "long term/traditional SF voter", who over the past year or two has abandoned the party due to "woke", clearly spent too much time buying bodhrans from Port Laoise or Sniper At Work calendars for the kitchen instead of understanding what the party stands for, and more importantly, has stood for over the past 2-3 decades(long before FG abandoned the red cheeks and comb overs of their base).

Part of the rise in SF support from young people, arose from a block with no intention of following their parents down the same old beaten and failed track. People who viewed the world differently and wanted an alternative. And there it was, ready made. With an edge to boot.

 

[jimmym]

Michael Martin has Fianna Fail hovering around 18%, close to their 2011 nadir of 17.8% of the vote.

This despite being part of a 'successful' coalition.

How he is still leading that party is beyond me ?

Yet his personal rating among the public seems high,

 

[Stacky]

Cork City Council pays out twice as much in compensation than its budget for footpath repairs.

They give out about 1 million annually in compo versus over €400,000 on repairs.

They simply have no idea what they are doing in City Hall.

 

[Stacky]

Yet his personal rating among the public seems high,

The Govt has also go very lucky as this time last year there was serious talk of a recession which has now evaporated while inflation, energy costs and interest rates are now down or falling.

He does come across very well compared to Simon Harris but at the same time you have to question their overall delivery record and excuse's for non-delivery.

You stand on your record.

 

[jimmym]

Back on topic, Walked passed the bus station 8am , three homeless lads in there, They didnt seem to be doing anything out of the way
but still not a good look,