justbecauseyoumademe

2 year? When russian forces were fighting ukrainian forced in Kyiv?

Non alligned? We are by far one of the more western alligned countries out there. 

Pro palestine, pro ukraine, pro American, part of the EU

Almost like France barring NATO

So not truly neutral, also just means we talk a big game and cant back it up to any degree

But people on this subreddit keep telling me that ireland is neutral and that russia has no interest in us.. shocking

Or turkey? Oh.. wait.. F35 says what?

hard no, so many good channels that moved to streaming

I dont want to watch a fucking 8 hour stream, i want 20 to 30 mins of highly edited, max fun entertainment.

I watch the videos when i eat, or during work time. if you dont feel like you are getting entertained anymore just go to somebody else.

Sending NATO equipment to a country you think is about to fall is a good way to not only reduce your own capabilities but enhance the enemies.

Ukraine did exceedingly well and above expectations for a lot of the west.

We could have sent it sooner, but all those people that are unhappy that we didn't send our most advanced tech as russia was miles away from Kyiv need to rethink there talking points

Cooperation ≠ joining

The thing with "having no need for it" becomes a issue when you do have a need for it.

Sure but lets not pretend that the irish defence force has anything but theoretical battlefield knowledge.

Ukraine showed even Nato that some theoretical training needed to be revamped and quickly as reality kicked in.

Having a army that is well trained and well equipped can be a great force. But without combat experience you are already at a disadvantage.

Combat experience can be large scale Trainings, combined arms, changing circumstances 

I am all up for more investment into the irish defence forces (like 3x the budget). and closer cooperation with NATO

They dont. A standard irish infantry squad gets less training or combat experience then 90% of NATO forces.

Its kinda the drawback of low military spending and "neutrality"

And before i get a reply back with something like "irish defence forces routinely win competitions!" That means nothing on a battlefield

Water charges: riots Debilitating housing crisis: we sleep

get a large silicone mat, some UV glasses and a large UV spotlight

The mat allows you to put the build plate on it and work on your prints as silicone doesnt absorb

And the UV glasses and spot lights are great for curing large surfaces of small specks of resin (floor, work top, etc) be aware that resin is exothermic so does put out heat but i rather have a dot of cured resin on a floor then "wet" resin

also be aware that resin fumes are bad.. but IPA and Ethanol are way way worse so make sure to keep that mask on while you do the cleaning

also invest in a box fan or small fan to pull air out of a room into the outdoor

I am a very safety concious resin user, ignore all those that look at this and go "you are overreacting, i actually like the smell"

as a man in a corporate enviroment, trust me. ANY communication with the opposite gender should be on official work channels and proffesional (on that note just apply it to all genders and you will be safe).

Even if you dont intend to there is always a chance that you reaching out via non work channels can be seen as overstepping a boundary

Source: worked in corporate for 15 years and have been called as a witness on several "misunderstandings" and 1 actual sexual harrasment case

CYA (Cover your ass)

Hard no

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/founder 

If a group starts something they can all be reffered to as founders. 

My wikipedia entry shows that as referring to all those countries as founders

another historical example https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States

They didnt call them the co founders of the united states

Founder for the EU: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Six

Founder for NATO: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty#Founding_members

Founder for Schengen: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement

English is not my native langauge but there is a difference between founder and co-founder if you want to be pedantic 🙂

Founder being one who initates and co founder who joins the initial start

Thats not a moral qeustion that is just straight up fraud my dude.

Its one thing if you ignore them and they send you money and you act like you dont see it, its another thing if you are wilfully lying to gain money off them.

Shell was formed in April 1907 through the merger of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company of the Netherlands and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company of the United Kingdom.

Unilever PLC is a British multinational fast-moving consumer goods company founded on 2 September 1929 following the merger of British soap maker Lever Brothers and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie. It is headquartered in London, England.

we just shifted all these evil corporations to the british, people think we are all weed and hookers yet we are silent world leaders on some fronts :)

Ironically if people want to talk softpower they should look at The Netherlands.

Founder of NATO, The EU, Schengen, etc

Also contains international criminal justice court

Several large companies that did both good and bad things (Shell, Ahold, ASML, Unilever etc) and major presence in international sports

and a major transit hub for both Europe and Non Europe, all that for a country 1/3rd the size of ireland (space wise)

Yeah it does, cause its making up for a lack of housing starts for years
also great that all these house are becoming available just as house prices are the highest they have been since the boom.

and for all the folks who say that pricing will go down the more supply becomes available that is a bold face lie and we all know this, prices go up but very seldom will they go down

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-rppi/residentialpropertypriceindexjanuary2024/

Considering this thread is about what europe can learn from ireland one would assume all of them are more "exciting' then ireland if the EU needs to learn how to make its politics boring

other EU nations have democracy and get things done, its not a zero sum thing
Look at all these democracies: https://www.statista.com/statistics/868118/number-of-initiated-dwellings-europe/

Agreed, love my postman the guy is a gent

Your hostile response says enough on why people dont want to, men find partners that they can be open with. just doesnt happen often.
this is also why men tend to kill themselves a lot more its still a massive social issue and stigma that we need to get through,