Standing in a line in a shop, easily noticeable there's a lot of different types bags of crisps out of stock at the till.

Woman in the shop: "You should tell someone to start stacking shelves"

Guy behind counter "You'll be lucky if there's bread in here soon"

That woman is probably the typical example of the Irish mindset now, she probably thinks Putin is Satan yet doesn't realise wheat and diesel are her problem, not his.

One thing about the wheat situation to remember is Ukrainian wheat is mostly winter wheat, I see different numbers but somewhere along the lines of 90% of their wheat is planted in the ground and won't be due for harvest until the latter half of the year. The number of crop failures will probably be higher than most years due to the obvious problem of 2 armies running around the country, its generally not conducive to an efficient farming environment, coupled on top of that is the closure of the ports, so the stores of wheat in the country sitting in silos across Ukraine are stuck there.

Ukrainian wheat is generally of a high quality and is perfect for making that lovely soft bread we like.

With the cost of wheat heading up we will probably see more farmers in places like the USA and England planting more this year. Its a hit and hope situation for farmers this year, they can plant wheat to try get a high price, but if everything settles down in the next few months and the price goes down to a level that suits a low wage economy like Ukraine, it'll cause knock on problems in other areas around the world.

You can see the wide variety of considerations to take into account looking at the situation on a global scale, I wouldn't personally be in an absolute panic, although the hysteria that grips the vast majority of people who see no bread in a shop so they buy 30 litres of milk and 400 rolls of toilet roll is the wild card that can cause problems.

I've said it for years and it's good advice in any situation, just go to a wholesalers where you can get a 25kg bag of rice or a €15 bulk bag of pasta etc and remember: bread is a shit food for plebs

Desmond Wisly, the man who crashed his truck through the gates of the Russian embassy in Dublin, was an organiser of the protest in 2019 which opposed the settlement of 130 asylum seekers in a newly constructed apartment block in Ballinamore, which has a population of around 900.

A picket was placed on the apartments after a community crisis meeting in the town attracted 450 local people.

The organisers expressed "grave concern and complete opposition" to the plan because it's "completely disproportionate to the needs of both the asylum seekers and the community at large".

The local community accused the Government of treating the refugees and asylum seekers as a "commodity" as part of a "failed" policy which favours only "the maximum bang for the buck for developers and investors".

Outside of programme refugees, approximately 90% of the asylum seekers Ireland receives fail their asylum bid but are seldom deported. Asylum seekers are allowed and encouraged to vote in local elections in Ireland.

We only went and heckin' did, guyz!

Pitch perfect selection of emoticons in his bio too.

Take that, Putler.

🔗 GeogheganCllr

Hazel Chu promises to never use International Women's Day as a mere disingenuous opportunity for self-promotion.

'Incidentally, I'm also running for the Trinity Seanad Bye-Election candidate #ChooseChu'

Fuel prices down a little in Russia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToI8g8b8970

The amount of conflicting narratives the western media have to maintain at any one time is truly astonishing.
Like a one armed juggler on a unicycle eating a banana as he keeps ten plates in the air at once.

Must be the new logo for St. Patrick's Day being revealed in Cork.

When they started illuminating buildings with snakes for St Patrick's day, it was pointed out that snakes are a symbol of what St. Patrick is purported to have banished from Ireland.

We never used to use snakes as emblems of Ireland.

The NEW Ireland does.

Let's hope this snake gets banished soon.

🔗 youtube.com

Blair watch: https://twitter.com/kennardmatt/status/1501199504384659461?s=20&t=EvBRW_Pxp5x3TR4mYpCmpQ

That phone call between Joe Duffy and the priest who threw red paint at the Russian embassy while live on the radio.

Pure theatre put on by RTÉ to incite more attacks directed against the embassy...and they got their wish a couple of days later. The producers were well aware of what they were doing bringing him on air.

https://t.me/Catholicarena/2956

'Over 100,000 Ukrainian refugees could come to Ireland'

We're getting the Roma, aren't we...

🔗 romea.cz

As we near week three in the war over who the real Nazis are, turns out it was us all along. 😱

🔗 jh_swanson

Stunning and brave levels of diplomatic skills on display from ChooseChu as she continues to feign canvassing the public for an election they can't vote and aren't interested in.

🔗 hazechu

https://www.theburkean.ie/articles/2022/03/07/the-sunday-times-irish-war-games The Sunday Times Ireland edition ups war rhetoric in the search for Russian influence operations.

Lead exposure in last century shrank IQ scores of half Americans.

Explains a lot.

https://today.duke.edu/2022/03/lead-exposure-last-century-shrunk-iq-scores-half-americans

'Wherever they are, there's trouble.'

-'Ah, you can't be saying that, man. That's incitement to hatred. You'll have to retract that'.

-'What's the end game to all this?'

Broadcast on Cork's RedFM | 08 Mar 2022.

They're not leaving many options available.

🔗 theguardian.com

One third of Irish women have thought about quitting feminism.

Broadcast on Cork's RedFM | 08 Mar 2022.

Irish farmer lists off some of the ways globalism has destroyed Ireland's food security for the benefit of multinationals.

Only 1% of Irish farms grow vegetables.

Broadcast on RedFM | 08 Mar 2022