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The Daily PollGROWING UP, DID you want to be a doctor or nurse? Were you an aspiring novelist or teacher? Or did you crave stardom?
According to a new survey, only one in 10 people in Ireland are working in the job they wanted as teenagers.
Last month’s study by The Open University found that some 90% of people asked never got their childhood dream job.
The majority of the 1,000 adults surveyed felt they weren’t sufficiently equipped to pursue the career they aspired to as children.
Nearly a quarter said they didn’t have the necessary qualifications to secure their dream job, while nearly 19% cited a lack of confidence.
We’re asking: Do you have your childhood dream job?
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I took a trip to the Saltee Islands earlier in the year. The boat leaves Kilmore Quay for the islands everyday and is very busy in Summer months. The skipper/owner of the boat refused point blank to give me a life jacket – he keeps them in a box which looked padlocked to me (I could be wrong about the padlock) and said he would hand them out “if there is an emergency”. I was horrified but apparently he is within his rights – he is only obliged to carry jackets for everyone on board but is not obliged to hand them out. Despite a very rough crossing with high swells we travelled to and from the Saltees without jackets. What’s the point in all this “wear your lifejacket” campaign when the law allows someone to run a scheduled service for passengers and refuse them a jacket???
I would not get on that boat!
We shouldn’t have Deborah!! – but I was with famly and we didn’t want them to miss out on the trip after driving a long way to get there and looking forward to the day. The other passengers on the boat (some foreign, some Irish) felt the same. So we all crossed our fingers and gritted our teeth. But you’re right – if everyone refused to go ahead with the trip it might lead to a change of attitude on behalf of the skipper. It’s a very popular trip and as far as I know he is the only operator on the route.
Anyone even thinking about getting in a boat without one needs their head looked at, just as important as a car seat belt
or a helmet on a bike
Anyone that falls into Irish Waters, would it not work in the English Channel.
Dude on the left looks like he never took a swimming lesson in his entire life.
. . . and the guy on the right looks like he’s in about 2ft of water!
We have boats for years, no one gets on without a life jacket, end of story
If you fall in wearing trousers, you can turn it into a life jacket.
I suppose pulling up alongside them in your boat singing the safe cross code to them wouldn’t go down too well?
Check out the RNLI Respect the water campaign on you tube. It really drives the message home.
Start practising the Wim Hof method and bathe away. Feel great after a dip. Problem solved.
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