It’s almost as if the pouch scheme in Northern Ireland was introduced by Paul Given from the DUP and not Sinn Fein. Honestly, does Simon Harris not have the first clue on what happens an hour up the road?
GrandFated on
Jesus Harris is legit an actual fucking idiot.
dmullaney on
“All the cool kids are doing it” – the guy running the country apparently 🙄
I swear to god, we need to introduce an official Bean an Comhairle, to properly oversee government proceedings.
Yet again having to defend the current crop of gowls as opposed to the crowd I’d prefer to see in government.
SF roaring at the moon about how this money could have been designated towards mental health initiatives. It is a bloody mental health initiative!!!
Talk about looking to be reactive rather than proactive and try and stop one of the root causes of the surge in mental health issues amongst children, at it’s origin. Pure populist politicking, and I’m beginning to lose my patience with them.
Any-Shower5499 on
Stupid statement from all parties. It’s a good use of a couple of million (stupid from SF) and SF aren’t the only party in the north (stupid from FG)
Humble_Ostrich_4610 on
He’s got a point, if SF weren’t sending letters about it up north, they should STFU about it here. If they want to lead a Government they need to grow up and be better.
Pointlessillism on
It’s just gross and depressing to see a minor mental health initiative get turned into some stupid political football.
It’s nasty when ML did it and it’s equally shit to see Harris doing it.
Not much hope for us if we start doing stupid culture war shit over stuff like this.
Cautious-Hovercraft7 on
SF opposed it up North, don’t let the truth get in the way of spin
Reflector123 on
It is a giant waste of money.
Just ban phones in schools. Job done
tearsandpain84 on
Ban smart phones for anyone 35 or under, allow them one hour of supervised access to teletext.
senditup on
Am I missing something, or could classrooms not simply have a cardboard box that they put the phones into?
islSm3llSalt on
“The scheme in the North cost £250,000 for pouches for 10 schools” wtf? If we have an average of 500 students in each of those schools, that’s 50 euro per pouch. Doesn’t that seem excessive? Especially for bulk pricing?
BICEP_Pool on
We need phone pouches
Envinyatar20 on
SF taking L after L. Do Mary Lou and Michelle actually talk to each other about policy at all?
Jacabusmagnus on
Life comes at you fast.
BigDickBaller93 on
Ive used these at concerts before, what a colossal waste of money, a teenager gets through this in 30 seconds tops and itll be unusable afterwards
Cant believe these yondr things blew up as big as they are.
YurtleAhern on
Just a quick Google shows them as $25-$30 per pouch, for a neoprene sleeve with a magnet? And our shitehawks in Dublin will be paying €50 for it? Shitehawks! Shitehawks everywhere. They’ll probably end up in the same shed as the voting machines making a mint for some politicians cousin to store them.
miseconor on
Has nothing to do with SF in the north. It is a DUP initiative and to be fair, only cost 250k.
“Under Stormont rules, only matters that are significant or affect more than one government department go to a meeting of the four-party Executive for approval.
This was not required in this case, so the other parties — Sinn Féin, Alliance and the UUP — were not asked to approve it.
Sinn Féin has not commented on the pilot phone pouch scheme in the North. It has been asked by The Irish Times for its view.“
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It’s almost as if the pouch scheme in Northern Ireland was introduced by Paul Given from the DUP and not Sinn Fein. Honestly, does Simon Harris not have the first clue on what happens an hour up the road?
Jesus Harris is legit an actual fucking idiot.
“All the cool kids are doing it” – the guy running the country apparently 🙄
I swear to god, we need to introduce an official Bean an Comhairle, to properly oversee government proceedings.
https://preview.redd.it/16gkt6nfewsd1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a67cb9ca7bb8b1da83169b56813766bc38a3b13
Yet again having to defend the current crop of gowls as opposed to the crowd I’d prefer to see in government.
SF roaring at the moon about how this money could have been designated towards mental health initiatives. It is a bloody mental health initiative!!!
Talk about looking to be reactive rather than proactive and try and stop one of the root causes of the surge in mental health issues amongst children, at it’s origin. Pure populist politicking, and I’m beginning to lose my patience with them.
Stupid statement from all parties. It’s a good use of a couple of million (stupid from SF) and SF aren’t the only party in the north (stupid from FG)
He’s got a point, if SF weren’t sending letters about it up north, they should STFU about it here. If they want to lead a Government they need to grow up and be better.
It’s just gross and depressing to see a minor mental health initiative get turned into some stupid political football.
It’s nasty when ML did it and it’s equally shit to see Harris doing it.
Not much hope for us if we start doing stupid culture war shit over stuff like this.
SF opposed it up North, don’t let the truth get in the way of spin
It is a giant waste of money.
Just ban phones in schools. Job done
Ban smart phones for anyone 35 or under, allow them one hour of supervised access to teletext.
Am I missing something, or could classrooms not simply have a cardboard box that they put the phones into?
“The scheme in the North cost £250,000 for pouches for 10 schools” wtf? If we have an average of 500 students in each of those schools, that’s 50 euro per pouch. Doesn’t that seem excessive? Especially for bulk pricing?
We need phone pouches
SF taking L after L. Do Mary Lou and Michelle actually talk to each other about policy at all?
Life comes at you fast.
Ive used these at concerts before, what a colossal waste of money, a teenager gets through this in 30 seconds tops and itll be unusable afterwards
Cant believe these yondr things blew up as big as they are.
Just a quick Google shows them as $25-$30 per pouch, for a neoprene sleeve with a magnet? And our shitehawks in Dublin will be paying €50 for it? Shitehawks! Shitehawks everywhere. They’ll probably end up in the same shed as the voting machines making a mint for some politicians cousin to store them.
Has nothing to do with SF in the north. It is a DUP initiative and to be fair, only cost 250k.
“Under Stormont rules, only matters that are significant or affect more than one government department go to a meeting of the four-party Executive for approval.
This was not required in this case, so the other parties — Sinn Féin, Alliance and the UUP — were not asked to approve it.
Sinn Féin has not commented on the pilot phone pouch scheme in the North. It has been asked by The Irish Times for its view.“
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2024/10/05/sinn-fein-border-hopping-on-criticism-of-mobile-phone-pouches-spend-says-norma-foley/ “