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    Impact of Climate Change

    It’s been over two weeks since we’ve had rain. The canals in Venice are drying up. Lake Garda is way below normal water levels for this time of year. And in Spain they had frost late last year which caused a shortage of vegetables...
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    Middle Age is Over

    So the characters in Sex And The City sequel “And Just Like That,” are on average the same age as the characters were in “The Golden Girls,” when it first aired. Also, J-Lo is the same age as Victor Meldrew was when “One Foot In The Grave” premiered. As is Ice Cube. It seems that people are...
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    Coincidences

    I was reading the Echo there and came across this: National Geographic reported that your odds of being killed by a meteor are 1 in 1,600,000. So, the odds would seem infinitesimally small that a meteor, which had been flying through space for more than four-and-a-half billion years without...
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    Google CEO’s email to staff telling them 12,000 Are Being Laid Off

    Googlers, I have some difficult news to share. We've decided to reduce our workforce by approximately 12,000 roles. We've already sent a separate email to employees in the US who are affected. In other countries, this process will take longer due to local laws and practices. This will mean...
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    Argos Retreats from Ireland

    Argos is set to close all of its stores in Ireland. The UK retailer has more than 30 stores in Ireland and plans to close all of them by the summer. Some stores will shut in March as their leases come to an end, with the remainder to close their doors by June 24th. It is believed around 400...
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    Maxi Jazz RIP

    Maxi Jazz, lead singer of British dance act Faithless, dies aged 65 Tonight, God is a DJ 🥲
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    Terry Hall RIP

    Too Much Too Young :cry:
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    Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area

    Please remove it and post again
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    Fundraiser for Statue Of Michael Collins in Patrick’s Street

    They’re trying to raise €105K to build and erect a statue of Michael Collins in Patrick’s Street. Here is the link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/statue-of-michael-collins-in-his-home-city-cork?qid=151498417d8acf167eb2926a5a0f7384
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    Winding up cab drivers

    What’s your preferred way to wind them up? Jumping in one at the airport and asking them to go to the Cork Airport International Hotel? They love this after they’ve waited hours for the flight. Or how about eating chips and curry in the back of the cab on the way home and whispering to your...
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    Marina Market to go BANG?

    https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/marina-markets-future-doubt-council-25558682
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    Rainwater For Energy

    We should charter a couple of supertankers, fill them up with rainwater during the current deluge and then exchange them with Qatar or Saudi Arabia for LNG
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    Mansplaining

    Group defends hiring man as period dignity officer https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-62563165
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    Say what you want about the Brits

    But they’ve produced some good bands
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    AIB Going Cashless……Again.

    The last time they went cashless we all had to bail them out. I hope this doesn’t happen this time. https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/0719/1311026-aib-to-turn-70-branches-cashless-expand-an-post-deal/
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    Dear Deidre PROC Styleeee!

    DEAR DEIDRE: MY mistress dumped me because I couldn’t go to her mother’s funeral. I wanted to be there but it was logistically impossible, and she said that was a deal-breaker. Now I feel angry, confused and depressed. I love this woman and was about to leave my wife for her. My lover and I...
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    R Kelly gets 30 Years

    In the slammer
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    Peaceful Transition Of Power

    So with the polls showing an increase in support for SF, is it fair to say that our democracy is one of the strongest when it comes to the peaceful transfer of power? As in, if every third person believes that SF are best suited to governing us, shouldn’t we accept the democratic mandate of our...
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    The Echo Goes Full Norrie

    “Parts of the city without no water supply or low pressure following overnight works “ https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/parts-of-the-city-without-no-water-supply-or-low-pressure-following-overnight-works_arid-40880609.html :lol!::lol!:
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    Cathal Coughlan: RIP

    Shocking news. He was and still is, a leeside legend. https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/leeside-in-mourning-after-microdisney-frontman-cathal-coughlan-dies_arid-40879646.html
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