Time for healing in our country

What would we call the day ?

Do away with the USC.

That’ll improve a lot of people’s wellness.

I agree, but the USC won’t be done away with I don’t think. I’d say that’s a permanent tax.

you might have a government reduce it or change its banding but I’d be flabbergasted if in my lifetime the USC is abolished 100% and politicians have alluded to that.

id say whatever government party who would reduce or in time do abolish it would get a seriously positive response from the electorate. For quite a time.

the USC however generates just over 5 billion for the Irish economy per annum and I guess with the manner in which money is being thrown around to fix the world’s problems as well as supposedly our own… it’s here to stay…

the USC was implemented in 2010… 13 years ago. So already it’s a ‘long term’ measure… and many politicians using more or less slight of word to indicate it’s here to stay…

You couldn't expect members of FF and FG to pick up rubbish?

OP if you want a day off get on to HR and explain your position, non alcohol related of course.

No need to wait for nanny-state to lead the way.

You're an employer: give your employees a wellness day. Lobby your fellow employer-association (for whatever industry you're in) to do the same.

How the hell can you lump RT being given the boot in with all that other stuff - were you banned from the other thread?

Anyway we already got St. Brigid's Day

A national day of ‘healing’ is imo the very last thing the country needs .

“Wellness” 🖕

Willya fcuk off with that shyte.

A national day of celebration to see the back of that prìck.....

You can throw the bankers and politicians in too , fine by me, all the criminals too,

plenty of people who work in banks are decent people too you know? Or you just mean the ones at the top?

all the groups will do, criminals , politicians, senior bankers, scumbags, travellers, , all the drains on society,

did I miss anybody ? Throw them in too.

you could call it Tony day but in the spirit of it, you arent allowed to visit your parents or travel abroad on this day off

We all need healing after listening to Tubridy for so long.

I know where I'd tell you to shove it if you promoted it near me. 'Wellness' is all airy fairy nonsense. Toughen up and get on with things. Even linking Covid and RTE shows how removed from real life some people can be.

Would it be of a Monday?

That's true and Im trying to avoid nowadays for my own personal well being

Agree to a point. "Wellness" is one of those words like "Sport" that includes so many things that it becomes essentially meaningless. I mean "Sport" includes everything from MMA combat to lawn bowling. Two things that have pretty much nothing except for breathing in common.

Similarly "Wellness" can mean anything from a good diet and a meditation practice - to all kinds of airy fairy woo and crystals.

Throw in words like "holistic healing" and it just gets worse. "Holistic" just being a fancy smancy word for simply saying that you focus on every aspect of your well being rather than simply focusing on one single thing like diet.

Certainly do not see much point in a single day off for any of the good "Wellness" things. Most of the things that will benefit your overall well being are things you would really want to be doing daily for years. Not taking a single day off to sit around and holistically say "oommmmm" in a cross legged position with a tofu falafel wrap in one hand.

I've basically realized that if there is any news worth knowing someone will tell me about it. Or someone on the many podcasts I listen to while running/training/etc will be discussing it. Or a cursory glance over the thread titles in the Boards "Current Affairs" forum tend to give me a general overview of what's going on.

So best to stay away from specifically news shows and media really which as you say tend to be rather biased. Especially if you consume any american news media which seem to be entertainment shows posing as news media rather than specifically news shows.

Immediately thought of this...

That's good because most of the Civil Service take Mondays off anyway. For a bit of healing.

I can't wait to see your evidence for this.

National Sex Day 👍️