One of our special, simple treats is a visit to the Schull Country Market in West Cork on Sunday mornings, which runs from April until September each year from 10 in the morning until 2pm.
The market isn’t very large, with about 14 stall holders selling their wares including everything from jewellery, art, games, soaps, candles, skincare products, coffee and tasty treats. There is a simple criteria for this market whereby the stall holders must manufacture 80% of what they sell.
When the weather is on your side (and even if it isn’t!) we park near the cemetery on the Colla Road that overlooks the harbour. We bring the two dogs for a walk on a little circuit, through the cemetery, down to the shore watching the boats and people swimming and then on the path that leads you back to the quayside and the market nearby.
A cup of coffee, some cheeses, fresh bread and tasty treats are bought for lunch and there is always time to browse the stalls at the market.
The atmosphere is always very relaxing as people in holiday mode mull around and I always say if you could bottle the special atmosphere at the market you would make a fortune.
On one particular sunny Sunday morning the lovely woman at the Little Red Skincare stall spotted our two dogs dragging me in different directions as Dee was trying to buy something. She gave me a bright sympathetic smile, I made some comment about the gorgeous day and she said something about much she loved being there. Somehow I knew she did.
Dee was delighted with her purchases and I couldn’t stop thinking about the very friendly woman who had served us with her warm smile and that really happy aura. What was her story I wondered, and maybe she might make an interesting podcast guest?
A quick search on Mr Google a few days later brought me to the website, a request to come on the podcast and gladly, Fiona Burke accepted my invitation.
Not only was Fiona the founder and owner of Little Red Skincare, but as usual she came with a really interesting story. Our simple conversation about her very special business opened up into a number of areas I wasn’t at all expecting.
She chatted about her early life as the daughter of the local policeman in Ennis, being bullied out of her job as an engineer by someone who felt that wasn’t the place for a woman and this leading to an unplanned life of a successful entrepreneur selling cheese at various markets around Cork.
The cheese business evolved into Little Red Skincare, an organically certified business that can be purchased online, in various stockists, or even better, in person from Fiona at Bantry, Skibbereen and Schull markets.
She also chatted about some big personal changes that she has made recently and how she has cracked the code of this thing we call life!
If you would like to listen to Fiona’s story on the Win Happy podcast click here and even better pop down to Schull in West Cork on a Sunday morning and meet her in person!
The speeches were made to open the festival and finally the lights went down and the film began.
I wasn’t fully sure what to expect of the movie, and within minutes I found myself emotionally gripped by the story and throughout I laughed and I cried, I cheered on the main characters and hoped that things would work out for them, and at the very end, and I really don’t want to give anything away of the story, I wept and had to take a few moments to dry my eyes and gather myself.
The movie was brilliant and moving, all of the talented actors and everyone involved waved the Irish and Knocknaheeney, Cork flag proudly and yes, my son did good, beyond good, brilliant.
After the movie had finished and I dried my eyes, I chatted with Daithi O’Dronai who did the music score, to see how he enjoyed it, and how he went about creating such a beautiful sound backdrop throughout the film to match the story.
I then managed to catch Brendan Canty (my son!) , the man of the moment for a couple of words before chatting with some of the very talented cast; Diarmuid Noyse, Sophia McNamara, Emma Willis and Ciaran Bermingham, a mix of established and brand new actors about their experience of working in the movie and some other projects they are involved in.
At the after party I finally caught up with the extremely humble and down to earth, Daniel Power who played the main character Christy in the movie. This superstar in the making explained his journey from rapping to acting, and how easy that transition was for him and once again it shows the huge role that initiatives like the Kabin Studio can play in young people’s lives.
A few drinks later and it was time to get to bed – this wasn’t your typical Valentine’s Day, but it was the day when an international audience fell in love with Christy, with Knocknaheeny and this special love letter to Cork city.
In an effort to capture this special night I hit the record button on my phone and have compiled this in an episode of the Win Happy podcast – I hope you enjoy it!
Christy will be showing in cinemas this summer – you are in for a very special treat.
It’s just a very simple question to ask of us, ordinary citizens of the world.
We watch the news every day and learn about even more dead men, women and children in Gaza and while it is terrible, awful and horrific we feel powerless.
We watch the news every day and learn about even more dead men, women and children in Ukraine and while it is terrible, awful and horrific we feel powerless.
We watch the news every day and learn about even more dead men, women and children in (just add a another war torn location) and while it is terrible, awful and horrific we feel powerless.
The locations keep changing, and because of someone’s agenda somewhere, rooted in religion, hatred, ideology, power or greed the net result is the same – innocent people lose their lives or their limbs, and at a time when we seemingly have carefully constructed international institutions to protect against these things from happening, they are meaningless.
Not only is this terrible, awful and horrific news part of our everyday digest, we have accepted that we are powerless and there is nothing we can do.
Many of us continue to get upset at the news of even more deaths and many of us just can’t bear to watch anymore so we consciously stop reading, looking and listening and get on with our own lives because after all, there a limit to how much of this we can consume without drowning in darkness.
Some are extremely vocal on social media calling out the horrors and many of us stop because we don’t want to come across as a broken record, we want to enter the US for holiday or work, or we just believe that it is utterly pointless.
Some take to the streets in protest, and most of us look on and wonder why bother because it is too much effort, we are too busy, we don’t care enough or we just honestly believe that these efforts are utterly pointless because nothing seems to make a difference.
Maybe this is true and we can’t make any difference, but maybe that’s not the case and we absolutely can but we just haven’t quite figured out what it takes to make that change happen.
So, a genuine question – is there anything that we can do (that will make a difference)?
I was more than surprised at the Cork Chamber annual dinner this year that the General Manager of Mercedes-Benz sitting next to me, Liam Mullane was also a hard rock guitar hero!!
After a couple of hours of exchanging polite corporate pleasantries over a couple of drinks and roast beef, we got down to the real business and quite accidentally discovered our mutual love of rock music.
I think I told him that I found these formal events to be quite boring and that my best time ever in that very hall was to see a Thin Lizzy gig (my first convert ever!!) in 1980.
With surprising enthusiasm he told me that his favourite guitarist was Gary Moore who actually played with Thin Lizzy and from there the conversation took off.
In truth we never really know who we are talking to and what their background is – as well as listening to wonderful stories about the world of luxury car sales, I also heard about his rock and roll dreams and when big decisions needed to be made, and how sadly these dreams had to be put in the back burner.
He now runs a prestigious business but he still plays his guitar.
The next time you are sitting next to someone at a corporate function, never make an assumption that you know their story!
The chat that night was so interesting I asked Liam to guest on my Win Happy podcast so you could hear it also.
Whether you want to learn some sales tips from an expert or you want to listen to a passionate guitarist talking about music, this podcast is worth a listen!
Greg
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Recently I have had the pleasure of meeting (virtually!) and doing some business with a very wise man, Kevin Fahey.
Each and every time we would have a chat he would leave me with some pearls of wisdom and when I learnt that this positive, always pushing forward, optimistic businessman was 75 I just had to ask him to come on my podcast.
Kevin is the CEO and Founder of Peer to Peer coaching company, Essence of Leadership.
Kevin came from a family farm, he went into the Irish clothing manufacturing industry and after a board room battle he found himself at home, unemployed.
Never a man to stand still Kevin started off a successful training company and was once labelled a Positive Psychopath by one of his clients. Like so many other businesses the recession that followed the Celtic Tiger crash, had him once again wondering where the next few bob was going to come from.
He talks about very dark days and struggling at times to lift himself from the bed in the morning, but he did, one foot at a time.
Kevin reinvented himself, and with all of his collective wisdom and experience he remodelled his business following the simple principle that often the wisdom that we are searching for actually sits within us. He explains why and how peer to peer coaching is so powerful, in particular for business owners and senior managers.
As I have been very recently grappling with a big birthday number, we also chatted about ageism and moving into “wisdom” and based on his energy and drive I think I am just a young fella still!
Kevin talks so much sense and I hope you can take the time to listen to our chat – you will be better for it, I promise.
Greg
The Win Happy podcast is available on all podcast Apps and on Spotify.
My podcast, a real passion of mine, has been a really brilliant vehicle that helps me to meet some very unusual people.
I often get asked, where do you find such unusual guests?
Sometimes it might be someone that I meet somewhere, sometimes it will be someone that I end up interacting with online and the very odd it will be a podcast booking agent who wants you to have their client on the show.
With me, the main criteria is that I find them really interesting, and I get a sense that they are choosing to Win Happy or they might be helping others to do just that.
On my most recent podcast I chatted to a really nice guy, Bob Grant, a clinically trained relationship expert and founder of Relationship Headquarters. He had reached out to me directly via email because the theme of the podcast resonated with him.
I love that and when I saw what he did I thought brilliant, you are definitely a perfect Win Happy guest!
For over 20 years Bob from Atlanta, Georgia, has been helping successful women to find lasting relationships with men through his very unusual programmes.
What a perfect job to have I thought, and then I wondered how difficult could that be?!!
It turns out it is quite the challenge…
Bob chats about the unique challenges that these successful women have, and how his programmes help them to overcome these challenges and fulfil their dreams.
Men and women are very different, and a woman’s “success” can cause a particular set of circumstances because of the roles we are normally programmed to have in our relationships.
I loved our conversation and I did my best with Bob to try and imagine being that woman !
Former U.S. President Donald Trump greets to his supporters, as he arrives from his second civil trial after E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of raping her decades ago, outside a Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 25, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
I wrote the title of this blog post with some tongue in cheek and quite honestly out of total hope that he will lose this election and we will start to see the end of this very scary phase of our lifetime.
Today the final votes will be cast and hopefully tomorrow we will get the great news that Kamala Harris has beaten Donald Trump by a significant margin.
Whatever about being gone, what has Donald Trump taught us and what will his legacy be?
For one he has left the United States in tatters with people at each others throats about who they support in the election – this has gone on since he first ran and he chose hatred and fear and division as being his winning cards.
That hatred and division will linger on for a long time.
What else did he teach us?
Clear simple messaging
I wrote a blog post in September 2016 about his first election run, and before he won I wrote about the power of his simple ‘Make America Great Again‘ message.
In a time poor world where people are slow to go deep on any topic he pushed that out over and over and “they” bought it in their millions.
Politicians
He poked a hole in the establishment and traded his “celebrity” status as a successful businessman as good enough to break through the political wall of established names such as Clinton.
Racism
Racism is alive and well in the United States (and so many other places) – he said out loud the disgusting things that no one should ever say and he gave permission to racists to join in on the party.
What was that about “great people on both sides”?
Schoolboy bully
The schoolboy bully who would mock the poor kid with the disability or the huge glasses or the strange accent was always scolded and told never top do that again. This adult did it and too many people laughed.
Are we still bullies?
Media
He came to the scene when media had stopped being neutral and if you happened to be a Fox News consumer then you were delivered his hateful message with bells on and … anything that your opponent did would be twisted.
It is now possible to get powerful media on your side if they are convinced they can make money on the back of it.
I hear my brother justifying some of the things that Trump has said and done – I ask, where did you come up with that from?
Power
He reminded us about the danger of powerful people who exact revenge on anyone that talks out against them, even if this revenge results in them receiving death threats.
We saw how his power muzzled “principled” Republicans and suddenly many who openly declared that he was unfit for office were kissing his feet and became surrogates for his hateful rhetoric.
We saw this power threatening the lives of election officials.
We now know how Adolf Hitler came to power nearly 100 years ago.
Incredibly his running mate JD Vance said that Trump was a modern day Hitler!
Cowardice
This is the thing that troubles me most about Donald Trump – he taught us how easily people were manipulated and just how cowardly they are.
Politicians whose lives were threated on January 6th because of Donald’s actions just sucked it up – in a democracy that bangs on about “the rule of law” they decided to buckle and allowed one of the most dangerous men on this earth to resume where he left off.
Rule of Law
So many of his “crew” have found themselves in trouble with the law, spent time in prison, were disbarred – and yet over and over there is always another fool willing to sell their souls just to be close to the power.
And while he has been indicted, been found guilty of serious crimes both as a businessman before he took office and since he has been in office he continues to slither away.
He knows (like so many other criminals) better than anyone how to manipulate the law – Roy Cohn, the lawyer for the Mafia, taught him those tricks many moons ago.
If he is found guilty he screams “Witch-hunt” and his supporters believe this is true, never the witnesses and the juries!
Ignoring the signs
When his Chief of Staff says he is unfit for office, his Attorney Generals, the staff that worked closely with him who all said he is too dangerous, people conveniently ignore this information and justify their choices for some other piece of rationale.
We learn that people believe what they choose to believe regardless.
Covid !!
The United States had one of the worst death rates in the world. He responded to the danger slowly, for politically motivated economic reasons he wanted to keep everything open and to make matters worse he successfully managed to make this huge health crisis a divisive political issue.
This was a time when you needed leadership and what did the United States get?
People died unnecessarily while he was busy arranging for his signature to be on each welfare cheque.
I mention the grifter later on..
For Sale!!
We know he is “for sale” and whether that is pardons for money or favours for money it just gets conveniently ignored.
The poor newly elected Ukrainian leader, Zelensky having to deal with Trump when vital aid that had been approved was being withheld in exchange for “dirt” on his opponents son.
It was proven but the cowards all looked away, again!
Pardons
We learnt that this has become a scheme to give a pass for people who committed crimes on your behalf – how is this even possible.
The Supreme Court
He was able to manipulate the whole process around judges to the extent that Roe versus Wade was reversed and they effectively gave a huge “pass” for the actions that a President might take while in office.
This incredible ruling was designed for the huge legal quagmire that Trump finds himself in because of his actions but yet it will now apply to any President that follow.
On what planet is that sane?
Duped
He taught us that people are extremely gullible – he managed to convince the devout Evangelicals that he was a religious bible holding man.
Ah Jesus (sorry for taking your name in vain) ….really??
Grifter
Taking God to another extreme he produced “Trump” bibles and sold them for profit along with all of the other grifts.
If people are that stupid can you blame him?
World Safety
He taught us once again about the huge role that the United States plays in the state of affairs around the world. After today hopefully Israel can be sorted out.
Many Americans don’t and never will have a passport – he doesn’t give a fiddlers about anything outside of America and many people love this approach that he has taken. God love us when Ukraine could have been handed to Putin in exchange for favours.
Climate Change is a Hoax
He taught us that if you say it is a “hoax” enough times people will believe you, and you can then make it a political agenda item to win votes, In the meantime the fires and hurricanes get ignored
Immigrants
We can try our best for desperate people who leave their homes out of necessity or in search of a better life – America is the land of opportunity after all, and immigrants were the backbone of this multicultural country.
He taught us that it is much better to say “there is no room at the inn” and to mock them and create fear in people saying they are rapists and murderers.
When he says this people applaud. When he says that they eat cats and dogs they applaud,
I remember the children being separated by their parents and put in cages.
X Factor
We know he has this, whatever it is.
This is a dangerous weapon in the wrong hands.
Us
Finally he taught is about ourselves – who are we and what do we believe in?
Is it ok to look past this horrible evil person because he has a policy that suits us?
Do we think that a President or any person in power should be a role model for our children?
Do we fight with our friends and families because of our beliefs?
Do we fight with strangers because of our beliefs.
Trump has taught us that we are fickle, easily manipulated and yes, many of us are capable of looking past the facts, supporting him and losing ourselves in the process.
While we laugh at the outrageous things he says and does he taught us many serious lessons.
People are petrified about the results of this election and for good reason.
On the latest #WinHappy podcast I chatted with Sally Smart of Smart Productions in Schull in West Cork.
We sat in her workshop which was a large room sitting above the ground floor theatre area, known to many kids as “The Loft”.
This is where Sally paints, plans the different productions, where the kids are invited to build the sets and bring their ideas to life on the stage below.
While the whole place feels a bit chaotic you feel that it is a creative space where kids can freely experiment and express themselves.
I can honestly say that Sally is one of the most fascinating people that I have met who has lived the most unusual life and I was gripped by her story. Her mother wanted her family to live simply and sustainably from the land in their Cornwall home and her father was a complex character who suffered from severe mood swings that clearly impacted the family and Sally.
Frustrated by a world that supressed her creativity Sally “ran” away to Australia, she lived alone on a deserted island for 9 months, she fell in love with Gus, an Aboriginal man. They lived and travelled together with their children across the desert in the station wagon that she had bought with their two children. She made clothes to earn income along the way.
Sally is headstrong and determined and she lives and stands by her principles in everything that she does.
In part 1 you can hear the first part of her story as well as the racism she experienced in Australia and the personal risks that she took in her early days travelling and living alone.
Sally returned to Cornwall for family reasons and to work through some of the trauma that she had experienced in her early life. This resulted in the end of her marriage.
Instead of settling down, typical Sally bought a camper van and took off around Europe with her three girls – she continued to make and sell clothes. She home schooled her children with visiting interesting places being part of that education.
28 years ago she visited a friend in West Cork with her three daughters in the camper van that they were all living in. For the sake of the children Sally decided to put down roots and after many years she was able to explore her own passion for theatre and productions.
Six years ago Sally’s vision was realised and created a safe place called “The Loft”, where with her help kids can express themselves creatively, in a way that she was never able to.
Ayoola, her own daughter, who is now a successful actress was one of the very first to benefit from Sally’s teaching, spirit and encouragement. They are now collaborating on a number of interesting projects.
Sally’s perspective on children and the need for creativity in their development is very interesting and what she is doing is so valuable. Away from parents in a safe environment she provides all of the children with an opportunity to get involved, have fun and learn.
We wish her luck and hope she can hold onto “The Loft” as it is a lot more than a warehouse in the middle of a West Cork village.
In part two you can hear the wonderful Sally Smart chatting about her West Cork adventure.
I just received this correspondence from one of those software services that I am signed up for about a change in their terms and conditions.
The change is to do with renewal of software services each year.
The payment for the service happens annually and as a matter of course (if you have been careful when you signed up for the service and passed over your credit card details) you should receive an email alerting you to the fact that the service is up for renewal AND if you so choose you can renew.
This prompts the questions:
Did I use the service?
Did it do what it was supposed to?
Do I still have that need?
Is it worth the renewal fee?
Do I renew?
I’m sure this is a crucial moment for that service provider, a time when many users may ask these simple questions and make the decision to continue or possibly terminate the service.
A confident service provider should have no issue at this time and be quite content that those customers who are getting value for their money will happily renew.
A service provider that isn’t confident in the value of their service might instead not give people the option of renewing with a nice friendly email and instead prefer an auto renewal payment system.
They might even change their terms and conditions and issue a notice like the one I just received:
Dear Greg,
We’re writing you to inform you that our terms and conditions have changed. The main change for you is that as of August 29th, manual renewal will not be available anymore. That does not change anything for your current subscription; you are currently still on a manual renewal plan.
What this means for your next renewal:
You will need to manually renew your subscription once more on your next renewal date. After that, your renewal will be automatic, and you will be able to use Yoast’s powerful SEO features without any interruptions. Please pay attention to the renewal emails and follow the instructions. Plus, you’ll receive a 10% discount on your next renewal.
Check the new Terms of Service here to see what else has changed.
Thank you for being a valuable member of the Yoast community. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our support team (simply by replying to this email).
Warm regards,
Bla bla bla …
Why are they offering a 10% discount on the next renewal?
“Auto renewal” is quite simply a goldmine for these service providers – it is easy money to be extracted from customers when you remove that opportunity for them to actually think about what they are paying for and make a decision about renewing.
If you do opt to stay with that service provider do you protect yourself by setting a calendar appointment in your diary to remind yourself that renewal date is coming and then if you choose you need to log in to cancel the account to avoid automatic charge? – that is a lot of hard, inconvenient work. Worth a one off 10% discount?
Instead of being delighted with my 10% discount “special offer” all I want to do is cancel my subscription!!
You weren’t to know it but if you found me to be cranky, a bit short or if you received a sharp response to an email then it actually had nothing to do with you.
I apologise…
Isn’t life like that? Often what you experience in an interaction with someone at any moment in time may not have anything to do with you, but everything to do with something else that might have happened.
In my case it was my car tax.
The Warden
I wondered why a parking warden was patrolling Ballincollig village when there was no paid parking, maybe it was to do with a time limit?
When I returned to the car there was a slip on my car – I was being fined for not displaying an up to date car tax disc!!
Sure enough, it was out by months.
I was sure I had paid it – when that notification email comes in I’ll pay it there and then or else there is a real risk that I will forget.
When I came home I checked my emails and sure enough I had paid my car tax in December with weeks to go before it was due. Once it was paid I would have forgotten about it until the disc arrived by post and then I would place it in the disc display of the car.
I clearly had never received it, and maybe with it being a December transaction it could easily have got lost in the Christmas postal chaos.
National Motor Tax Office
I rang the number listed for the motor tax people, listened for the different options and eventually I was in a queue – you are number 8 in the queue. 5 minutes later I was still at number 8. An hour later I finally spoke to an operator and explained how I never received my tax disc and as a result I was now in receipt of a fine from Cork City Council Parking division.
She told me what I needed to do:
Fill out an RF134 form
Get it signed by the Gardaí
Post it to the local motor tax office with a letter
Write to the fines people appealing the fine demonstrating that I had in fact paid my car tax on time
“Hold on. Why do I need to go to all of that bother and do all of that running around because you never posted me the disc I paid for?” I asked
“I know it’s really frustrating, but that’s the system” was the reply I received.
Brilliant…
An Gardaí
Ballincollig with a large population has a large very modern, fancy Garda station but much to my surprise it was closed when I popped down and I would have to wait until 2pm on the day I called for it to open. I popped into the shopping centre for a cuppa and a sandwich instead of heading home and waited until 2pm.
The station was still closed and I waited with another lad “That place never openson time“.
I rang the buzzer and knocked on the door, nothing. I went around to their car park where there was another buzzer, lots of cars parked up but no one answering.
I range the phone number four times and eventually it was answered – God love anyone who had an emergency – the woman who answered the phone told me they were short staffed and I should go to the station in Togher.
I explained to her that I had been waiting for 45 minutes and simply needed to get a form signed. She asked me to wait and let me into the station and signed the form.
She explained to me the dire situation with staffing. Hmmm, this is not good.
There is no such problem with the Cork City Council Parking department – when I came home the fine had efficiently arrived in the post!!
It reminded me of my poor buddy who received a parking fine for his car that he had reported stolen a few days previous. Thieves do not display parking discs and the Garda stolen car system and parking fine system don’t talk to each other!
At least now I had my RF134 form and the confirmation payment email – surely that was enough to successfully appeal the fine?
Motor Tax Office
This will make you giggle.
Armed with the RF134 form and an explanatory letter I popped around to the Motor Tax office with my envelope.
I kid you not – there was no post box outside, nor a letter box BUT there was a notice on the entrance door that said “for your convenience we have located the post box inside“!!
How is that for my convenience??!!
I went to a post box.
Cork City Council Parking Division
I sent off the confirmation email about payment with a letter of explanation with my “appeal” letter.
In the meantime my tax disc arrived from the Motor Tax Office.
A few days later I received a letter to say my appeal was under review. Could I forward a copy of the RF134 form (I wouldn’t expect people to ordinarily keep a copy but I did take a photo of it) and a copy of the tax disc.
This was encouraging and even better I had the option of emailing them.
I sent my email with the relevant copies and with brutal efficiency I received a reply.
My appeal was not successful BECAUSE the RF134 form was dated after the fine.
Ah come on!! The only reason I knew the tax disc was out of date was the receipt of a fine. This was the whole point.
“A current tax disc” was not on display. That is the rule. (however they do make an exception if the RF134 is dated differently).
BUT …in the manual days you went to the motor tax office, you paid the fee, they handed you a disc and you put it on display.
Surely, the whole point is that you pay your car tax and that is why fines exist?
Even better the email to me pointed out that there was a time limit for paying or else the fine would increase from €60 to €90.
As angry as I was there was no point arguing any further.
According to the documentation you could pay online,
I logged on (in the most cranky mood ever) and popped in my details, the reference number and the car reg.
“Ticket not found, please try again“
and again, and again, and again, Brilliant, their system isn’t working.
I tried their phone payment system today and it worked and ….to my surprise the Cork City Parking Fines system works so well that my fine had been upgraded to €90 !!
I emailed and rang their office to look for a refund of €30.
I explained – It was not my fault that their system was down and as a result had now paid €30 extra.
“Well no one else had a problem paying” I was told (lovely!)
“The reason you got that response was because you had paid already” I was then told (her rationale for the computer system not working)
“Why would I try to pay on the online system if I had paid by phone” I asked
The efficient Parking Fines Department sent me an email saying of course…there was nothing that they could do!!
My money is hard earned and handing it over like this is unfair.
Lessons to be learned?
Our Gardaí are understaffed
The legislation hasn’t changed in line with changes in systems
Cork City Council Parking Fines department are super efficient
Cork City Council Parking Fines department and fairly uncompromising and unsympathetic
We were probably better off when we paid our car tax manually and when the rules did end up catching people out who hadn’t taxed their vehicles.
And the biggest lesson of all …try not to to be a bear with everyone else in the meantime.
Apologies to Dee, a couple of my work colleagues and the two dogs, it was nothing to do with you!
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