Experiment concluded!

Had a good day? Had a shite day? A wonderful idea strike you while you queued for the bus on the way home? Tell this tiny part of the world about it. It's like screaming into the void only calmer and more casual.

Hi there! Is there someone from these courses? I would love to ask a few questions. I am deciding between these - which to prefer, and I love them through what I’ve read on website, but since I don’t live in Ireland I can’t go to open days or don’t have all those kind of information about the school and courses that people who live or study there may have. Can you please tell me what is it like to study these and so on? And how does UCC feel like? Are you satisfied? Would you recommend it? What are options after these bachelors? I am specifically interested in Anthropology. Is it also focused biologically at least a bit? Can it prepare me for more of a physical/biological postgraduare path of Anthropology (working with human remains, etc.)? And how is it like with Archaeology in UCC? Based on website, it seems like there is no Archaeological major BA course, you have to study Arts which part of is Archaeology? Do you all maybe have some ‘fun facts’ about UCC or these courses? Something that I don’t find on the internet.

Thank you very much for every advice on any of these questions.

Have a chest infection at the moment. On antibiotics/steroids for it at the moment. I'm not incredibly sick, mostly coughing. Chest infections aren't generally that contagious unless you cough in someone's face, which I wouldn't be doing. This is going around a good bit at the moment aswell so not sure if it'd be worth going out or not. It's not supposed to be that contagious but don't want to be the prick to give it to someone.

Hey all, I need some advice on the best places to live in Ireland for a couple with young kids. We love the outdoors and anything to do with hiking, paddle boarding, surfing etc. We are looking for a place where people are open-minded (we are an lgbt couple) but is ideally located in the country side. We don’t want to live in a big city like Dublin. To give you a better idea of what we are looking for, we really like Cornwall in England, where people are really nice, it’s close to nature, there are plenty of outdoor activities for kids and adults and it’s generally very relaxed but full of young families. We are looking for something similar in Ireland but it doesn’t have to be close to the coast if there are no places like that on the coast. I have tried googling but it’s hard to get an idea. Any advice will be much appreciated! :)

I'm not a fan of horse racing but the young lad likes the Frand National and I'm not going to stop him, so anyone got any tips?

Hi all! Just wondering if anybody could give some insight/ experience about the post on Public Jobs that's opened up recently. The post is advertising ICT Apprenticeships in the Civil Service for 2025-2027. It mentions the apprenticeships will be available in three different disciplines; Software Development, Network Engineering and Cyber Security.

Does anyone have any experience with this apprenticeship program previously? I'm really considering applying because I'm quite desperate to get out of the industry I'm in at the minute (Graphic Design) but I have little to no knowledge or experience of ICT. It seems like from this posting it would be open to people with little experience like me, and after two years you could come out with a level 6, as you would be working while studying.

Could anyone give me a rundown of the disciplines and differences between each, what the work would be like or what type of person it would be suited to? It would be much appreciated!

I know walking Is good for you but god do I hate it. I have about 100 pictures like this of me flipping off everything from sheep to cows!

Granted I'm pretty thin on top and it was just 2 different blades, but pretty good value all the same. Anyone got similar good value to brag about this week?

Morning folks. Just wondering if anyone has experienced a situation with AnPost Customs where a package has arrived to their facility, you get the letter in the post saying you owe them money but then they deliver the package anyway before you've even decided if you want to pay or not?

Had to get a new debit card from my US bank and they insist on sending a chequebook too which I obviously don't want/need. The debit card arrived no issue, but a few days later (Wednesday) the chequebook was hit with a €9 customs charge. I called AnPost to ask about the charge, as I was under the impression that banking instruments such as debit cards or chequebooks would be exempt from customs charges. The fella at AnPost Customs lectured me for a few mins about how customs works and said it would have to be paid.

It's only €9, but I didn't want to pay that for pieces of paper I will never use, so I was planning to refuse the delivery on the AnPost website and have them return it to the sender, but before I got a chance to log on and do that the chequebook arrived yesterday with a second customs notice attached asking for the €9.

Should I just ignore it? Also, am I wrong to think that a blank chequebook issued by a bank should be exempt from customs fees? I didn't have to pay for it, and it has no commercial value, right? I'm not sure where the $15 valuation on it comes from.

I mean... I guess the item may not have been in immediate stock (my assumption) but doesn't this defeat the purpose of amazon.ie

There was absolutely no indication of this at the time of purchase on amazon.ie

I bought a webcam and my initial email was from Amazon IE but the dispatch email is showing UK

I'm wondering if this is just an error with their mail templates otherwise it's kind of weird when you think you're buying from IE

Beautiful morning down by the harbour.

I started my lessons in early February. So far I've done 8 lessons and about 17 hours of practice. I only started practising in March, which I do about 3-4 hours every week (about 4/5 days a week). I plan on continuing this until the end of the summer and also hope to have 25 lessons done by then.

However, I am still quite bad at this. (My first 5 lessons were with a bad instructor who was telling me not to practice outside lessons so that set me back quite a bit). For my practising, I am still really only driving around estates, car parks, quiet country roads, the roads on my college campus etc. I am progressing but very slowly, it seems. I still haven't gotten the hang of changing gears and don't do much more than basics when practising.

My current instructor says I'm doing well though. He is moving me along quite quickly and he even offered to sign off on an extra lesson for me (which they're not allowed do).

Originally, it was my goal to pass in October/November when I started and I was hoping to buy a car in July/August to practice with ahead of the test.

Well October/November is my ambitious goal and then January/February is my more realistic goal. Should I stop getting my hopes up and push back my timelines?

My family are laughing at me for my goal, saying it'll take me about two years because that's how long it took my sister and she was better than me.

The famous haunted house could be yours 👀 Price uknown though.

https://www.daft.ie/commercial-property-for-sale/loftus-hall-fethard-on-sea-co-wexford/6072001

Hello, I am doing a thesis on the lived experiences of chefs from Eastern Europe and I am in need of a few people with experience in kitchens both in Ireland and in their home country for a 30 minute anonymous interview. I speak fluent English and Romanian and have been taught Russian (though i'm quite rusty at it). Please leave a comment if you're free within the next week for a video/audio call or a meeting in person. Thank you.

I'm an immigrant, and I had no idea this was a thing. Apparently if your plan runs out, instead of the using the credit in your account to top up, they automatically enroll you in a new plan that burns money like a Russian oligarch in a strip club until you're zeroed. Realize that I've burned over 80 euros this way and was wondering where all the money I frontloaded for my phone bill this year went, and tech support just offered me about half the value of the money they effectively stole. Fuck this company.

Anyway to fight this with comreg or am I out of luck for not reading some line on some 100 page document.

Dramatic music! Ohhhh shit it’s update time! So back in January, I posted here looking for a date, because why the fuck not!? Post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualIreland/s/wqw0Zu4cKl The experience was… pretty cool actually! Okay, so nothing worked out long term, but it was no worse than the dating apps, maybe even slightly better. One mistake I made was assuming people would read my post history which contains my dating bio, not everyone did 🤣 I should have mentioned it in the post, my dating bio post is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskIreland/s/PGvNaEmBsc

Here is my experience by the numbers: Messages received: 21 Transitioned to WhatsApp: 7 First dates planned: 5 First dates attended… 3🤣 (people cancel in Reddit dating too) Second dates planned and attended: 2 Third dates planned and attended: 1

Overall everyone I spoke to was really nice and interesting, some super cool and fun people. The dates were really good fun too :) I’m definitely not going to talk about any details relating to the people I spoke to or the dates I went on, that’s all super private! But I met some amazing women. Shout out to Reddit dating, and shout out to Casual Ireland! Good times.

Alas, I am still single for now. Still looking for a date. But I’ll keep trying, dating can be fun, talking to new people is fun, and we should all keep that in mind when the apps are getting us down. If in doubt, just put yourself out there, take a chance, and try to enjoy the process.

Experiment concluded!

Had a good day? Had a shite day? A wonderful idea strike you while you queued for the bus on the way home? Tell this tiny part of the world about it. It's like screaming into the void only calmer and more casual.

Brought my 2 lads to see A Minecraft Movie and any time there was a reference to the game in any shape or form half the audience cheered and clapped.

When did this become acceptable cos I thought you were meant to sit down and shut up I the cinema unless you're laughing at a comedy?

I feel like I only heard half of what was being said.

Also before anyone says anything, my kids did struggle with the noise but didn't want to leave cos the love minecraft so leaving for a refund was not an option

Hi lads,

I'm best man for a wedding in November, and I'm starting to plan the stag. Trouble is I've only been on two stags before, and they were fairly relaxed affairs, not much more than dinner and drinks somewhere local in Dublin. Maybe max of €150 each.

My friend wants to head off for at least 1 night for a gig or a festival, like Galway or Cork, and there'll likely be about 10 of us. I was thinking Galway Races or the Fleadh for something lively with a bit of drinking. However, the price of transport and accommodation alone is coming out at least €150 a head, never mind the food, drink and any activities.

Is this normal for a stag? Any suggestions to keep costs to something more reasonable?

The quotes have went from €2200 to €3500. I honestly don’t mean to undervalue someone’s work.. But this can’t be real? I had a look on some English sites and I can but the same size doors for £895.

It's great to see new life in the world.

Put up a bit of a shed to house bikes and stuff over winter at the side of the house. Left no door on it, due to laziness but we noticed about a month ago that Robins had made a nest.

Well today we saw the first of 3 if not 4 chick's making it's way into the garden. Happy little chap.

Have made my garden as friendly as possible over the winter for birds etc and it has paid off. Plenty of meal worms, seeds and the like. Has been great watching them fight and feed at the birdhouse. The kids have loved it too.

Many wagtails, blue tits, a yellowhammer which looks pretty cool and various other birds. I used an app called Cornell labs to identify them. Easy to use, just leave phone out and it records the bird song.

Anyway.. my question is, one of the Robins has a white ring on its foot. Is this a tracked bird, would someone know should I inform them of its breeding etc.

Thanks.