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Irish mothers are taking extreme measures to ensure their kids don't eat meat today

Heathens, all of you.

TODAY IS GOOD Friday, and this is enemy number one for Catholics everywhere:

Christmas dinner ... #roastham and seriously the best I've ever eaten!!!! #homemade #holidayfood #Christmas2015 Instagram / vavaloy Instagram / vavaloy / vavaloy

Mothers across Ireland are, as always, militant about meat consumption on Good Friday, and this year more of them than ever are taking steps to prevent their children from eating it.

Warning notes, manipulation, sabotage – we’ve seen it all.

This mam who left a ‘no meat’ note AND made sure her kids got a mass in

To all of you – Do not eat today! Only to be consumed after today! It’s Good Friday. 3pm be at the chapel!

This mam who outlawed smokey bacon crisps

This mam who left a hastily scribbled note on the ham

This mam who denied her own flesh and blood a chicken sandwich

This mam who actually picked the chicken out of a chicken curry

memmeh Facebook / OMGWACA Facebook / OMGWACA / OMGWACA

Think my memmeh wins for the most ridiculous lengths gone to in an attempt to keep me a good Catholic… I took my leftover chicken curry out of the fridge for lunch to find that she’d gone through it and removed every. Single. Piece.

This mam who put not one but three (printed) notices around the house

mamcollage Facebook / Laura Martin Facebook / Laura Martin / Laura Martin

And all the mams refusing to speak to their children for eating meat

Keep fighting the good fight, mams.

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Written by Valerie Loftus and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Jul 24th 2016, 6:47 PM

    Does this mean our insurance premiums will keep rising?

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    Jul 24th 2016, 11:25 PM

    as long as insurers make big profits and pay fat executive salaries then yes

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    Jul 24th 2016, 11:56 PM

    Who do you think is going to foot the bill for this payout to board hold.. I’m mean policy holders

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    Jul 24th 2016, 6:51 PM

    That’s good news. Those with policies are lucky to get payments.

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    Jul 24th 2016, 6:50 PM

    It’s one less player in the market.. So probably yes.

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    Jul 24th 2016, 9:03 PM

    I didn’t get refund when setanta collapsed. Just paid out 670 then it collapsed following week and had to insure myself again. Nightmare it was

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    Jul 24th 2016, 7:04 PM

    I thought all the insurance companies were supposed to be gouging massive profits from people? This doesn’t suit the narrative……..

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    Jul 24th 2016, 7:14 PM

    This isn’t about suiting any “narrative”. It’s concrete fact that car insurance companies are “gouging massive profits from people” and to suggest otherwise is lying as it’s a very personal impact considering people know exactly how much they’re paying…

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    Jul 24th 2016, 7:25 PM

    Apparently most insurers are running a loss on car insurance. They have to make it up with home insurance etc. The fact that people are suing when any kind of accident happens and the courts hand out ridiculously high settlements, is what is driving (excuse the pun) our premiums up.

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    Jul 24th 2016, 10:34 PM

    Insurance companies should change their underwriting criteria. They should load judges policies with €65,000 per annum to cover loses from ridiculously high settlements for bogus claims

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    Jul 24th 2016, 11:26 PM

    insurance companies are tidying up nicely, but they want you to think differently

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    Jul 24th 2016, 7:22 PM

    Nice to see somebody getting money we had Setanta Insurance for one month when it went bust and nothing back even though we done it through a broker

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    Jul 24th 2016, 8:35 PM

    I was in the same boat Donal…Great to see the policy holders with Enterprise are getting a refund..

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    Jul 24th 2016, 8:52 PM

    I’ve 3 weeks left on my policy. I wonder what that’s worth.

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    Jul 24th 2016, 10:55 PM

    21/366th of your original premium

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    Jul 24th 2016, 11:39 PM

    Roughly €23. Huge inconvenience though.

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