Louise McSharry

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Sure is.

Well, let's go back to Ireland and talk about, I think a lot of people will have heard about this planning dispute in Meath that has been going on for decades, but resulted in a house being demolished.

And people seem really divided on this one.

Yeah, yeah.

No, I mean, I think that everybody is kind of in agreement that you shouldn't be allowed to just do what you want in terms of like, well, you know, because I think they... Now, I'm going to double check this, but I think that they...

attempted to get planning permission a couple of times it was rejected and then they basically were like fuck it we're just going to build a house anyway I think most people are in agreement that that's not not okay you shouldn't just do that you shouldn't just be able to just build an absolutely enormous it's a huge house absolutely enormous house you know do whatever you want just because you want to and you've been told that you can't

But I think the issue is that it's really difficult at a time when we have a housing shortage to see a big, beautiful home being knocked down.

And I think it's what people perceive as the waste of it that they're struggling with.

And I can understand that, even if you agree in principle that like there needs to be, you know, repercussions or maybe the house needs to be taken away from them or whatever.

But I mean, legally, I don't know if you can do that if the person owns the land or whatever.

But I can understand why it would kind of evoke upset in people.

Yeah, yeah, I mean, I completely understand it.

Okay, let's talk about a story from Russia now.

Now, obviously, Russia, questionable actions happening there all the time, no doubt about that, but this one really got me.

In Russia, women who don't want to have children are being sent to psychologists.

I mean, it's giving the hand, it's like it's Gilead, like it's crazy.

They've also over over the last few years, they've tightened abortion rules.

They have passed bills to make so-called child free propaganda illegal.

Like, sorry, are men being asked if they want to have children?