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FINE GAEL’S DEPUTY director of elections has said that reforming the Seanad would not affect the powers of the Seanad.
Regina Doherty told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that plans by a pro-Seanad group Democracy Matters to reform the Seanad would be a “waste of money”.
“The reason we haven’t tried to reform the Seanad is because recreating a second Dáil does absolutely no favours for the people of this country except give a second chamber that does the exact same as the first, which would be a complete waste of money.”
Doherty says that the Seanad’s excercising of its power, which has only been done twice in 75 years, means that it is not a necessary part of the democratic system in Ireland.
During the debate, Democracy Matters chairman Gary Murphy was asked by Morning Ireland host Gavin Jennings to “name one significant thing the Seanad has ever done”.
He responded by saying that it “offers an alternative viewpoint” and accused the government of being “deeply sceptical” in their handling of the Seanad.
Speaking after the debate, Doherty said that the inability of Murphy to offer a significant achievement of the Seanad exposed “the credibility gap” of the No campaign.
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“Primarily used in farming as a fertiliser”. No, no it isn’t.
@shake n’ break: dead right it isn’t ——Makes me wonder what kind of a bo***x wrote that
@shake n’ break: what would it have been doing on a farm?
@john doe: Don’t ever buy your spuds off those lads John, while they’re putting liquid nitrogen in their tea to cool it down because the kettle boiled too hot, farmers use it to replenish nitrogen in the soil between harvests as it’s probably the single most important element in farming outside of H2O.
@shake n’ break: yes it is.
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/5-reasons-why-you-should-consider-using-liquid-nitrogen/
@shake n’ break:
The containers in the photo look like AI sperm sample tanks.
@Gavin Cronin:
You fertilise with liquid nitrogen to grow frozen vegetables for the supermarket. Also give it to cows and they make ice cream.
@Gavin Cronin: the stuff in your link is a solution that contains nitrates, like a liquid form of fertiliser. Liquid nitrogen is -200d/C and used to store semen and embryos on farms.
@shake n’ break: As a fertiliser ??
It’s a cold case
@Peter Jo: it’s say whoever lost that stuff thinks you’re a real comedian mate
@Peter Jo: bravo.
@Patrick Agnew: I bet you’re there life and soul of a party.
@Patrick Agnew: I’d say you’re great craic to be out with down the local and have an amazing sense of humour. Lol
My god, they better be careful. That’s stuff would be friesian!
I hope the thieves dip their Mickies in it.
Hope the see you next Tuesday’s get around in a circle and all edge in closer to have a good look at the container just as its being opened.
Put my finger in liquid nitrogen a few years back. It was extremely painful, wouldn’t recommend.
@Crocodylus Pontifex: what inspired you to do that?
@Crocodylus Pontifex: So did i…..THE WIFE
@D Mems: Ice cream was served over a bowl of the stuff. I was after a few glasses of wine, it was bubbling away. Had to try it.
Used as a. Fertiliser? Who writes this garbage?
@Gavin Cronin: Despite the headline that isn’t Liquid Nitrogen. It is a liquid nitrate fertiliser. A COMPLETELY different thing.
@Gavin Cronin: From your link: “Omex material is UAN (50% urea, 25% ammonium and 25% nitrate).”
@sean o’dhubhghaill: gavin is trying to look smart all over this comment section but is looking more like an idiot, the lad obviously skipped science in school!
There is some confusion here. It seems to be an unfortunate name they have given to a convenient liquid fertiliser rich in nitrogen. It’s not liquid nitrogen that you’d have in a lab. Using liquid N2 wouldn’t make much sense as it would evaporate too quickly for nitrogen fixing bacteria to even notice it was there.
@Chloë Johnson: I still think you are confused! That picture is an insulated flask used for storing bull semen in straws which is filled with liquid nitrogen, which used to be the gas nitrogen, which has been distilled from plain old air!
@Martin: using liq N2 for cooling samples makes a lot more sense than as a fertiliser! I was wracking my brains trying to understand why a farm would need it, thanks for clearing it up! But the article (and many comments) still seem to confuse a certain similarly named fertiliser with very very cold N2
@Martin: maybe you went a bit far explaining liquid nitrogen to a chemist though
Dr Evil and his henchmen stole it and he will now demand €1 million dollars in cold hard cash to have them returned mwhahaha
@Michael Patrick Newell: Log off, Michael. Thanks.
@Michael Patrick Newell:
cash will do, he can cool and harden it himself ;)
Don’t open them yokes in the livin van, mikey.
@John Mulligan: Halting site frozen over, Met Office perplexed.
Since when was liquid nitrogen a commonly used fertiliser. Surely they’re for storing straws for AI?
There looking for an over zelous AI man, with loads of cows.
Smoke and mirrors stuff
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