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The US dominated world sucked in a lot of ways,

Agreed

but at least it was stable.

Highly debatable.

I must give Sionnach a go. I have it installed but never got around to it. Thanks for the nudge!

Buntús Cainte is available online for free as far as I know (Youtube, and some of the language apps have the audio course included). I really like that one too and I have all three books/CDs. It's a bit dated in some ways, but the blas on the speakers is fantastic.

I like the Gaeilge Gan Stró series because they're modern and include good audio to listen to. I find it easier to just listen to the audio until it sounds familiar and then read the chapter after that.

I saw an Irish teacher online recommending something for retention that works well for me: basically when I hear something on Irish radio or TV that sounds familiar but I don't know what it actually means, I write it down and look it up later. I remember those well and they're usually useful and current.

Fair play OP, ádh mór leis. Some great replies too.

Nobody should have to show papers or ID to "protesters" to attend a medical appointment or access essential services. The violent language such as putting guns to peoples heads (as one of them said on national TV), a sign calling for hangings, etc is not normal protest.

It's also not a good look for the organisers to be asking for taxpayer subsidies while also having a record of not paying tax.

Ideally the government would have us on so much solar that, like Spain and other countries, we would be well shielded from the impacts of this illegal war. Unfortunately farmer and haulier reps have consistently decried and voted against climate action in Ireland. They are to blame for this aspect of the disaster and are holding others to ransom for their own errors.

I don't support the government and think the social contract is so badly broken that the same government cannot (or will not) right the wrongs done. I sympathise with the farmers who are trying to clarify that the anti-immigrant element are hijacking their cause. Protests should be disruptive, but these have crossed a line and I don't support them or their demands. We need to transition away from fossil fuels, not subsidise them.