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1. #GREECE: European leaders are meeting for crisis talks on Greece as banks in the country look to be closed until Thursday.
2. #ALCOHOL: A major study has found alcohol use among pregnant women in Ireland is prevalent, with 45% admitting binge drinking during their pregnancy.
3. #PROPERTY: Limerick had the biggest jump in house prices of any Irish city in the last three months and now Dublin prices are actually dragging the national average down.
4. #REMEMBER: Today marks the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings which killed 52 people and injured hundreds more.
5. #HOMELESS: Services for the homeless in Dublin have said there is a massive shortfall in funding, despite assurances from Minister Alan Kelly.
6. #ADMISSION: Bill Cosby admitted drugging a woman to have sex with her, court documents unsealed yesterday have revealed.
7. #NOT RUNNING: Labour party TD Pat Rabbitte will not be contesting the next general election, he announced yesterday evening.
8. #HSBC: Six employees of the British bank have been fired after they filmed a mock Islamic State-style execution video during a team-building day and posted the footage online.
9. #MIGRANT CRISIS: The Irish navy’s flagship LÉ Eithne has finished its mission in the Mediterranean, having helped rescue thousands of migrants.
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Imagine not being from Cork. It must be absolute shite.
In corner shop in Tooting with a NZ friend who wanted to buy clothes pegs, he asked the Pakistani shop owner if he had any, of course when he was saying pegs it sounded like pigs, so after asking several times for what sounded like closed pigs and my friend making gestures like he’s pegging something to a line the shop owner was getting visibly angry and nearly pushed him out of the shop while shouting in another language. My friend was totally confused until I told him it was his accent that caused the poor shop owner to nearly explode. I nearly burst my sides laughing
Kiwi counting to ten.
One Two Three Four Five Half a dozen Seven Eight Nine Ten
A friend from Auckland asked another male friend if he would like a minstril once……it didn’t sound like minstril. Safe to say he politely refused.
Give yourself a green thumb Ailbhe
What do Kiwis have between 5 and 7?
(It’s the way they say it….)
PC crowd banned this too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4qtuGmyZoI
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