Inflation

Inflation is a serous problem, every week some random homeless person asks me for money,

Have you got a euro?

For the first time I was asked for 2 euro?

WTF???

I just moved on said no as per usual

He asked another 4 people nearby

I suppose the price of hash drugs and drink is going up too

You can eff off giving me 1 euro

This is not 2020

Is 2 euro now the going rate for beggars?

We are in the EU , we had to take in our quota of Ukrainians, its not really a choice, Poland is not a very rich country, they took in over a million Ukrainians, I see little difference between fine Gael or Fianna Fáil re economic policy's , ff is slightly more Conservative Re northern Ireland policy

I read an article it says the easiest way to combat inflation would be to reduce duty on certain country's imports eg steel etc from outside the EU and to make changes in the whole structure of supply chain in global products

For you about €120

i always buy tinned peaches in lidl...the price has always been 99c...today it was 1.49...that's a 50% increase!

All restaurants/pubs are turning into a farce now. The portion sizes for meals now are a joke. I feel like im getting half of what would have been on a plate 3 years ago and then paying extra for it aswell. starters then and desserts the same. 7 or 8 notes now for a dessert. a 'slice' of cheesecake/pie/cake is now a sliver. The service then is gone backwards too are it looks to me like they are just hiring people and just not training them - sitting for ages waiting on a menu - waiting an age to get served - having nearly to go to the till for each course to say 'we are ready now - can you take the plates etc'. For me they have reached the stage where people are just going to stay at home

Do you get an actual electricity bill, in your name? Or does the landlord simply empty the box every so often? If its the latter, then it sounds like its the landlord's own 'metering system'. I knew some students once upon a time who were in a similar situation. They just figured out how to remove the box such that the coins when inserted would simply fall out onto the floor. But they were clever enough not to milk it, and the landlord mustn't have been taking readings, so the sudden reduction in his takings (that's a euphemism for thieving b4$t4rd's ill gotten profits) was explained away as 'just being economical, boss". Of course, they were technically stealing, so not a course of action I'd recommend.

I think in houses shares its usually rent, utilitys, eg each person pays an equal share of gas, electricity every 2 months when the bill comes , I doubt if theres many people using old esb meters that would take 1 euro coins where the money would go into a metal box.

Its time to move energy supplier before winter and use the credit offers from them to help.

true, but we re clearly overly exposed to international markets, and its clearly obvious access to such markets is gonna remain uncertain and erratic, further exposing us to possible uncertainties, its time to become more energy independent, and off shore wind is our only true solution