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The Daily PollTODAY IS GOOD Friday, which you are probably acutely aware of if you were able to nab it off work and are starting your four-day weekend.
Roman Catholics abstain from eating meat today. It’s one religious tradition that has survived in Ireland among a wider audience, including lapsed Catholics and people of other or no faiths.
So we’re asking: will you eat meat today?
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I’m just glad to hear that the resident trolls entire account catalog has been blocked from source IP address. This will make The Journal comments section a nicer place to visit.
“TDs attend Dáil” – brilliant! Had me going there!
I love these, brilliant spoofs and pranks that get everyone every time!!
I’m only surprised that some po faced puritan type is not campaigning to have April Fools Day pranks banned, as they are bound to upset someone or other
And to all those who like me call today their birthday – have a good one. The best thing is – it’s a date everyone remembers !!!
@Gerry Kelly: it’s my birthday today….ah come off it, April fools, pull the other one, just trying to get a free pint…..No really, it’s my birthday! …
And no mention of Guinness introducing the two euro pint in Dublin pubs from today April 1st or no mention of Michael Healy ray’s introduction of a Joe brolly licence charge of 500 euro fee a year for carrying brolly s in public
Of all of them, I’d really want The Nuke vs The Power to become a reality
@Ian McDonald: it’ll probably happen sometime in the near future I suspect after this ..
Our government April Fool’s:
The cabinet was updated on the plans by Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan. While Ministers were told on Tuesday that the cost to the State would increase in the short term due to the impact of introducing a second “parallel system” as part of the pact, the indicative future cost could fall from about €123,000 per applicant to just under €50,000 and just to put in on context:
In 2024, Ireland’s expenditure on accommodating international protection applicants, commonly referred to as Direct Provision, experienced a significant increase. By October 11, 2024, the state had spent approximately €748.87 million, averaging €2.63 million per day. If this spending rate continued for the remainder of the year, the total expenditure for 2024 would be projected around €960 million.
Oireachtas
This marks a substantial rise compared to previous years:
2023: €651.75 million
2022: €356.55 million
Oireachtas
2021: €190.86 million
#freeluas
In fairness that chocolate mint toothpaste could conceivably be a new product. I could see that having a novelty factor. I mean it’s fairly close to mint toothpaste. Needs to be a bit more daring, like bacon toothpaste to really make anyone falling for it feel like a jackass. But then again it’s really a marketing ply. Speaking of which I thought the paints one was good.
Amy Huberman to release own wine collection called Amy Wineman.
One, is of the opinion no pranks as regards this individual, would all agree!
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