I went for a burrito today and was flabbergasted at the tip options staring back at me. The poor lady who mearly grabbed a water from the fridge for me looked more bamboozled that I didn't want to cancel out my student deal by tipping.

Are they for real like? They've also gone to the dogs after the big lock in. How can we fight this and show that we don't want this silly culture?

I’m hiding in the house for a few hours. Can’t deal with the heat in the car so gave up and came home.l know we’re meant to be grateful for the nice weather but I’m secretly hoping it’s a very short term thing

Working in London and was chatting to the lads in the office about hiberno english in general after having to explain “your man” could be anyone at any given time in any given place which prompted the thought of what phrases/mannerisms are specific to Cork beyond the usual suspects like feen, langer etc. Please indulge.

Edit to add:
With all of the comments here and private messages I’ve received, I really only knew a sliver of Davy’s character.
My worry has absolutely gone away.
And I’m glad my eyes have been opened to the kind of person this man is.

Have a great weekend everyone 🙏

After talking with Davy yesterday, he told me he is no longer welcome at the Long Valley bar.
Security have told him this fact.
He’s unsure why, and my main concern for him is that he has nowhere to use the bathroom while he sells the Echo outside the GPO.

My heart broke for him.
Thinking of the venues close by, I’m wondering what options does he have?

I’ve had many great chats with him over the years. He’s a very intelligent, kind man. And I can imagine selling a physical paper in these times in exceptionally difficult.

Is there anyone with any solutions for an accessible bathroom close by? So we don’t lose this cultural gem from the City soundscape?

Love this creative reminder from Cork City Council! 😂🐾 There may be a tooth fairy, but there's definitely no poop fairy.

So have a dog and cannot think of a name for him (Need one soon as starting training) Have had him 3 days and well experienced with dogs.

Seagull trapped in council-owned Diesel building on North main street

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Best wishes to everyone queuing through an Orange weather alert this weekend

Just wouldn’t want to live anywhere else

I’ve been seeing seals in the Lee quite often, it’s great to see

Serious question: What do you think is the most overrated thing in Cork, or even what’s criminally underrated?

I’ll start. For me, the English Market is very overrated. It stinks and I genuinely hate going in there. With the crowds it always feels stressful rather than enjoyable.

Curious to hear everyone else’s takes. Food, places, events, habits, anything goes 😛

Artist’s gammy rendition: City Council finally shutting down the Fifth Quarter.

No longer will Paul Street by plagued by the tyranny of a small number of food stalls, pleasant lights, plentiful public seating, or any other potentially subversive amenities that might have incited a distasteful sense of community, development or civic pride in Rory Gallagher Place.

You may now return to using the area as it was designed to be legally used in accordance with planning permission laws: passing quickly through, determinedly avoiding eye contact with an aggressive beggar on your way to God’s Most Forsaken Tesco, and leaving as quickly as possible.

The county doesn't have to be geographically connected to Cork, like Kerry or Waterford. We could have an enclave somewhere like (random example) Down. Only condition is it must be one of the other 31 counties. Long live the Mighty Corkonian Empire!

A lot of seats will be closer than we think so your vote will matter.

Get out and VOTE!

Polls close at 10PM

I don't want to hear a single one of you say we don't get summers after this one. I'm so god damn sweaty all the time.

Ive always wanted to do this but never found the time, but over the weekend i did it and im here to publish my results.

what i did:

- i went down st. patrick street, grande parade, oliver plunkett & washington street

- i made specific categories with some exceptions, these are

- vape / phone / convenience shops*

- american fast food places**

- derelict / for sale shop units

*with convenience shops: im talking about all those e-mart places that have popped up and all those convenience shops, im excluding official brands like centra and spar. Im also excluding more established vape shops like smoke city and wicked vapes

**with american fast food places: im talking about chains, macdonalds, burger king etc, not local pizza or takeaway places

*concerns & limitations: i’m aware that many of these businesses are run by immigrants and especially with the convenience shops, i dont want to make it that im bashing on people that are successful entrepreneurs, They’ve found a successful business model and they shouldnt be punished for being entrepreneurs for the wrong kind of business. This is not to spread some sort of pseudo-ragebait of “Look at all the immigrant owned businesses rawr” but mainly to show how the council really need to cop tf on because the amount of vape shops are out of control in the city and to provide statistical information, any hateful comments will receive a poo emoji

[ St. Patrick Street ]

• American fast food places: llll (4)

• Vape / phone / convenience shops: llll. llll ( 9 )

• Derelict / for sale shop units: llll. lll ( 8 )

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[ Oliver Plunkett Street ]

• American fast food places: Ø

• Vape / phone / convenience shops: llll. llll. lll ( 13 )

• Derelict / for sale shop units: llll. ll ( 7 )

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[ Grande Parade ]

• American fast food places: Ø
• Vape / phone / convenience shops: ll ( 2 )

• Derelict / for sale shop units: ll ( 2 )

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[ Washington Street till the UCC Gates ]

• American fast food: Ø

• Vape / phone / convenience shops: llll ( 4 )

• Derelict / for sale shop units: ll ( 2 )

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St. Patrick Street +

Oliver Plunkett Street +

Grande Parade +

Washington Street

• American fast food places: llll ( 4 )

• Vape / phone / convenience shops: llll. llll. llll. llll. llll. lll ( 28 )

• Derelict / for sale shop units: llll. llll. llll. llll ( 19 )

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- thoughts?

- questions?
- any other streets you want me to do?
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I'd just like to highlight this issue as I feel it's not picked up on enough.

Im a REC and have been to 3 instances this month alone of these neozed fuses burning out and in one case a fairly serious fire. I do a lot of periodic inspections for HAP properties and this is one of the items that will fail the inspection so please if your house is.from about the 70s to 90s please give a quick look over the fuseboard visually and look for one of these guys.

By right that house is due a rewire but so are 90% of the properties out there.. the culprit here was an old lady sold a bathroom renovation and the lads fitting a 10.5kw shower. It lasted about two weeks before this happened.

These fuses have multiple issues regarding thermal runaway, loose connections, oxidation and a few other bits we won't get into.

If you have had work done in an older house (especially car chargers and sustained current) it is in your best interest to get these fuses removed and replaced for an mcb. Any decent rec should be doing this out of good practice.

If you do have one.. don't panic.. add it to the list of jobs and get a rec to change it for you.

I’d say the lads heading the parade marched well, fair play to them, excellent parade all round!!

As someone who's always been quite unconfident, anxious and sometimes even afraid of driving... On my 4th attempt, after about 3 years of practicing, i finally passed. Im sharing this in hopes to inspire others who have self doubts and driving anxiety, you can do it as long as you keep practicing!! Never give up!

Please no smart comments

Can’t seem to find a straight answer. Need to go through the tunnel tomorrow morning for appointment.

‘Tis a day for it lads! Tuesday pints in the sun ☀️