Peadar Tóibín is clutching at straws

by DatsLimerickCity

44 comments
  1. Yes. Its the abortions causing this. And not the financial stress and lack of housing young adults have been dealing with over the last 15/20 years which has left many without a opportunity to even think about having children at a time in their lives previous generations where buying 3 bed houses for 5 tins of beans and having 3 kids before they hit late 20s. That totally isnt a known issue in multiple countries across the world as unchecked neoliberalism has squeezed every last drop it can out of society and thrown a generation of people onto the fire to make the numbers go up in the short term.

  2. Ya, has zero to do with young folks having a tough time economically

  3. Even if it were statistically spot on, in any way provable, it’s still a bloody weird battle cry if you are an anti- abortion nutter, like him. I mean..yeah, Peadar, no shit? It’s just grabbing any old crap, desperate to make women have doubts and experience guilt, and to make others disapprove of us. (Next, it’ll be about how children’s clothes shops or kiddie golf places are all closing down thanks entirely to these selfish ‘females’™️.)

  4. Maybe, just MAYBE its to do with all 30-40 year olds stuck in house shares or back living with their parents trying to afford a home before they can even start a family.

  5. Amusingly, the birth rate was declining sharply until abortion was legalised, and then it kind of plateaued.

    The 2021 projections for school enrolments in 2024 was optimistically 519k. Instead it’s 558k – nearly 10% higher than forecast.

  6. There’s an entire middle class of people that earn too much for state supports and too little to afford children with the current cost of living. Figures are the outcome of economics more so than abortion laws.

  7. The reason we’re not having children is we have nowhere to fucking live!

  8. That’s because five year old now need to go straight out into the workforce if they want to be able to afford a home before they turn 50

  9. Meanwhile constant stories about how there are no places in schools.

  10. It’s not abortion, its that raising kids is too damn expensive in this country so people just plan accordingly.

    Peadar is an absolute gobshite.

  11. This must be why there is over 160 applications for 78 spots in the local school here.

  12. “Such a steep drop off in the national birthrate, guess we wont go ahead with the childrens hospital”

  13. No (affordable) houses. Jobs not paying good enough to keep up with inflation. Not even pubs open late night or cheap enough pints to drunkenly conceive a baby (This one prolly end up in abortion numbers increasing tho lol)

    It difficult enough to have a comfortable life for yourself. Babies are luxuries.

  14. Does he know how hard it is to get a child into a crèche?

  15. Peadar is entirely free to never get an abortion, whatever. And stay the fuck well away from folks who do.

    Prick.

  16. He must be high cause there are parents that still can’t get a place for school starting next year.

  17. This guy is getting serious attention on this subreddit and elsewhere on social media. Knows exactly what he’s at.

  18. Yeah cos it was better when people were having kids without the means to care for em… Sure. 

  19. Maybe we’re just not having kids because we can’t be arsed, Peadar.

  20. I hate that he’s allowed to behave like this. And worse, that there are people who still listen to him and will vote for him. He’s like an Eastern version of Ronan Mullen – two absolutely hateful individuals.

  21. Definitely not to do with the fact that young people don’t want kids anymore, can barely afford myself in this country let alone a child.

  22. No riding happening for me in my mas box room unfortunately

  23. 5 years after abortion was legalised there has been a sharp rise in the economy! #noometalksaboutit

  24. Is that a real tweet? Jesus, that embarrassing for the lad.

  25. Perhaps he should grow a vagina and pop out a few kids so.

  26. He’s completely obsessed with the womans anatomy. Proper weirdo

  27. Try actually creating affordable housing for your young adults and families, Boomer, if you want people to raise children. Young adults in many Western countries can’t afford even rent, much less to buy a home.

  28. Nobody is getting the ride cause housing fucked, peadar ya fuckin balloon

  29. It’s not that people are having abortions. They just aren’t having children. It seems to be en vogue at the moment to be child less and a DINK. But then you have to ask the question as to why couples and people are choosing not to have children. Housing crisis. Cost of living crisis. Climate crisis. War Crisis. Just a perpetual cycle of crises. People are just thinking I can’t bring a child into this world.

    As a father of 2 I find this regrettable but I completely understand why and I can sympathise with people who choose not to have children.

  30. I mean if I could afford my own house, I’d love a family but the government have made sure I’m priced out of that.

  31. So when will this be reflected in the housing figures.

    Maybe we need euthenasia as well perhaps?

  32. Literally can’t understand how any normal couple could afford to raise a child before the age of at least 35 in this country. It’s a disaster

  33. Wow, somewhere that man is out living his life probably driving.

  34. All them young people out enjoying themselves just so they can have abortions…

    They predicted a sharp drop in enrolments 4 yrs ago, demographic of country is to slow by 20%

    *He should be more concerned the effect on small or rural schools closing and an increase in unemployment*

  35. Immigration – they’re coming here for the abortions

    Traffic – people driving to the abortion clinics

    Crime – some of those unborn kids could have become Gardaí!

    Climate change – emissions from the hospital incinerators

    Peadar’s onto something here…

  36. If he was smart, he would have used this point to argue against the housing crisis.

    Instead he decided he’d rather lie about abortion, he’s a scumbag.

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