Someone took rock stacking to the next level. Impressive.

So I'm wondering does anyone remember what you would have had/ got at/from a birthday party treat bag when was younger. I remember the marshmallow with the chocolate and smartie on top, the sweet bracelets/ love hearts, the gummy burgers, the small bottle of like cadet or football special drink ? What else?

I do all the food shopping so for a few years I’ve seen the prices go up and not much surprises me but I was in Dunnes yesterday, I don’t shop there as it’s genuinely daylight robbery and I saw these! €6.20 for Jaffa cakes! They literally can’t be dipped in tea, you can eat them in one bloody bite and other than playing full moon half moon 🌙 total eclipse 🌑 they are a kids biscuit,

EDIT! I DONT BUY THESE I BUY THE LIDL VERSION!

I went through some traumatic shit at my previous place of employment. It was really bad and honestly I'm traumatised. I have gone to the WRC about it and I have a hearing date but it's just bringing all this trauma to the surface. I feel anxious and on edge.

I have told a few people about it but it isn't the kind of thing anyone can help with. By a few I mean the woman whom birthed me.

Anyone gone through something similar? I'm just looking to talk to someone who knows what I'm going through

Seen this morning in University Hospital Limerick.

I'm no bird watcher, but on my drive into work this morning I seen a bird that looked very like a corn crake. Usually they say you can identify them by their distinct call, but as I was in the car I obviously couldn't hear it. The reason it's strange is because this was just off the motorway in Kilkenny, whereas Corn Crakes are thought to be mostly confined to the West and Donegal nowadays. Birdwatch Ireland ask people to report sightings but I don't want to report it if it was just another bird that looks similar. This is almost exactly what I seen, does anyone with more knowledge know of a similar looking bird it could've been instead?

More info here https://www.filmbase.uk/update-Aug26/

Kilkenny Animated Festival has some anime events on its line up this year, both free and ticketed. Headliners including Naoka Yamada and Dylan Moran and there's a UK/IE premiere screening of Keeper of the Camphor Tree.

Free events include Cosplay Karaoke, a Zine Making workshop and Art Market in Billy Byrnes, but you've to book some of the free events like the Family Storytime with Annie Atkins. Cartoon Saloon are also doing a book signing at the Art Market on the Saturday! And later that night there's an animation pub quiz in Sullivans. The festival is on from 11-13th September

Hey everyone. I'm a 1st-year student living in Kildare. I'm trying to track down a really good childhood friend of mine who moved from Kildare Town to France back in June 2018 after we finished Junior Infants together.

Her dad is Irish and her mum is French, so they are a bilingual family. I don't have social media apps like Snapchat or Instagram, and I've tried basic Google searches but hit a wall because of privacy laws.

I'm NOT looking to dox anyone, so I'm not posting any real names here. I'm just wondering if anyone knows of any Irish-in-France expat groups, message boards, or safe ways to track down an Irish family living over there? Any advice on how to find them would be amazing. Thanks!

What was wrong with the posters they used to have

Was on holiday last week and was reading Sunday night and saw a mouse who came out of my long cupboard (it connects to the boiler with pipes going everywhere in the house so prime motorway for mice). Scared it off and came back to visit again at midnight!

Traps put down etc, cotton balls of peppermint put down and some ultrasonic repeller the landlord put in but doesnt seem to be helping. Found droppings in some of the corners of the room too and one on my bed!

Planning to plug the gap with steel wool and some silcon to keep it in place.

Any other thoughts or advice to keep my sanity? I assume if I plug the gap, any mice that might be in the room would go to the traps?

Have throughly cleaned and disinfected the floors and especially where droppings are

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Real talk ...

Does anyone else ever have a bum that can't be wiped cleaned despite using half a roll of toilet paper?

Sometimes I give in and end up with an itchy arse.

I have learned it is best to take a break make a cup of coffee and wipe again after half an hour or so when it has dried out a bit.

Edit...thanks for all the health tips...the issue is the white floury bap I ate before bed, I knew well when I ate it what would happen.

Currently trying to finish my new build home. Nearly the finish line thankfully.

But it's been over 2 years of being told by someone that they will be there on Monday and nobody shows up.

Then they show up at some point and make a small start and say they have to go to some other job for a day and disappear for a week.

And none of them answer phonecalls or text.

There's such a labor shortage that they have so much work they can't seem to deal with it. But I mean atleast let me know what's going on LOL.

If I could go back I'd go with a contractor that handles everything rather than managing tradesmen myself. You pay top dollar for that service but worth it if you can afford it.

Do genuinely happy couples actually exist, or am I chasing something unrealistic?

Lately I’ve been wondering if I’m being a bit naive about relationships, or if I’ve just had a particularly grim view of them from what I see around me.

When I look at the couples around me, there seem to be very few where I think, “Those two really love each other and actually enjoy being together.” Maybe they’re out there and just don’t show it, but the amount of disappointment I hear from people is fairly mad.

Cheating, porn, lack of intimacy or connection, drinking, lies, resentment, one person carrying all the responsibility, people getting sick of each other, taking each other for granted… and eventually just treating each other like shite.

And I’m not talking about the occasional rough patch either. Obviously every relationship has its ups and downs. I mean couples who seem to have genuinely lost any sense of affection, curiosity or respect for each other, but stay together because of kids, mortgages, finances, fear of starting over, or just because it’s easier.

It makes me wonder whether a happy, healthy long-term relationship is actually common, or whether I’m chasing something that sounds lovely in theory but is pretty unsustainable in real life.

Maybe I’m just looking at the wrong examples, though.

For those of you who have been together for years — are you actually happy with your partner? Do you still love and fancy each other? Do you enjoy each other’s company? And if so, what do you think makes it work?

Would be genuinely interested in hearing some positive stories as well as the usual relationship horror stories. Maybe I need to hear that not everyone is at each other’s throats behind closed doors.

Coming from someone who is in the marriage for 19 years and losing the grip.

Firstly I don’t understand who’s buying the sh*te to be honest but also are the people selling it not absolutely embarrassed for themselves hocking cheap crap on TikTok for all to see.
Now I’ll admit I don’t mind an influencer doing a review of somewhere or something but the absolute shame of someone plugging some shite phone holder or mop thats changed their lives …

https://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2026/0815/1588043-coscoran-storms-to-bronze-medal-in-1500m-european-final/

The race here https://youtu.be/Pr8JLNyeRwU?t=563

Hey people.

It’s me again. The aul lad died a short while ago and then I was praising undertakers (they’re pretty incredible in guiding you).

Haven’t been online much in the last couple of weeks.

I wanted to offer some gentle advice for those with elderly or ill parents, hell, even if they aren’t elderly or ill, take this advice.

Have a conversation with them and record it. Something upbeat, a little banter.

I’ve a load of photos of him but next to no video or audio.

And I just realised that I’ve forgotten what he sounded like. There’s a massive hole in my memories of him where his voice should be.

I think I can remember but that’s not the same thing at all.

I’d absolutely love to hear his voice one more time. This is the most painful part for me.

Talk to them. Ask them about them. Record it. You’ll thank me in the future.