However male raccoons and sentient trees are in.

God, I'd read about that but must have blacked it out. Just awful.

Ugh, the lack of choice for parents who don't want a Catholic education is infuriating. The Catholic schools are supposed to provide for children of other/no faith, but it's lip service only. The kids just end up doing their homework quietly while the religion class goes on around them. I'm sure you and the Discover…

Yep. See also the mass unmarked grave of almost 800 babies from a children's home in Tuam that was covered in the Irish media recently.

I think it's something to do with the church's monopoly of education. It's almost impossible to get your child into a primary school here without a baptismal certificate, and primary school teachers spend more time learning to teach religion than science. I have taught Religion in various schools in the Republic (not…

I have sworn no allegiance! *paints face blue and hefts claymore*

I would straight up LOVE to see the queen do this. It would almost make me vote to stay in the UK.

Summer Rain? <Liza Lemon eye rolling.gif>

I need you to describe exactly how your dog has a temper tantrum. I need that.

Or in the UK and Ireland.

My personal favourite is from a religion class I taught in a Catholic school:

Who does that!?!?

I am very glad to hear that! Well done for taking her to a specialist. My SO's mother has Parkinson's, so I have a bit of an idea of what it is like. I hope she continues well.

Vampire.

I completely agree but I just want to say that treatment for Parkinson's is constantly developing and the condition can absolutely be managed for some time. Quality of life does not disappear with diagnosis.

I thought of that too. I wonder if he wasn't getting the correct treatment for it. :(

You have to leave some names for everybody else you know.

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Same with the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin. Think they've all been chopped off now tho.

I have to admit, I was genuinely impressed he used 'should've' rather than 'should of'.