Babbling 'brook

The Dept of Finance repeatedly warned the Cabinet about the dangers of the overheating economy but were ignored, as far back as 1999. They probably should have been stronger, although as a company we had a very frustrating encounter with Cowen when he was Finance minister, after one particular budg...

Just a tiny procedural point to be rectified when they take a broom to our constitution and get rid of the rubbish. I don't mean to be confrontational, but what "rubbish" is it that you're referring to? I don't agree with many of the policies adopted by Labour in the recent General Electi...

Donald wrote:Good win last night in the football and hurling. Very promising start to the league for the Dubs in both codes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtSIxNFsXh0

It was a disappointing game to say the least, but i'd like to thank the Cardiff fans for their most sporting and warm companionship for the game - how I enjoyed the cries of 'you cheating micks'...lovely, just lovely. Some shocking stuff on their official supporters club twitter last night too. :ro...

leinster80 wrote:http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0214/politics.html

Enda finally gets his five-way on valentines night!

Will they be assuming the "Pentagon" position

Point of reference: I have never voted for Fianna Fail, and there is no way I am about to break the habit now. But... Someone above asked if anyone could give one good reason to vote for them. I heard one yesterday that made a bit of sense. If Fianna Gael go into government with Labour, and Fianna ...

And in the latest news, FG say they would consider going into government with the Greens. They must have thought they were getting too far ahead in the polls and decided to lose some popularity points. :shock: The laughable bit was when Cuffe said that the Greens would be good because they have the...

Think i've said before there really are only two viable options IMO. . .FF or FG. . . .now back over to the election thread. . . . And as long as enough people keep thinking like that the country will always be the banana republic it is now! Spot the Labour voter with a comment like that ! Beats me...

O' Leary's service was slow again, should have been taken off earlier. However is was Darcy's missed tackle that lead to France's only try that cost us the game. It was all those penalties at the breakdown, seven in our own half, that cost us the game... allied to the 19 handling errors. The scary ...

You have to presume that by Socialite parties, Sheepshagger means Fianna Fail. After all, in the history of the State, no other party has done so much to implement Socialite principles as Fianna Fail. The nationalising of speculative capital particularly was a stunning piece of Marxist-Leninism. Ev...

Think i've said before there really are only two viable options IMO. . .FF or FG. . . .now back over to the election thread. . . . And as long as enough people keep thinking like that the country will always be the banana republic it is now! Spot the Labour voter with a comment like that ! Beats me...

Good news... the recession is over. I mean it must be right, the Dart & Bus have put up their fares Yep as opposed to the revolutionary idea of cutting costs (cue the union vs banker debate, we should probably have a seperate on going thread for that!) The fall-off in bus users over the past tw...

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How do you negotiate with the private sector ? I also didn't realise that runaway salary rises were a problem in Southern Ireland :lol: (i jest, i jest). Seriously though , did I miss someting in the papers IBEC were in wth the Unions as part of the Social Partnership process, fom day 1 That maybe ...

Didn't take Labour long to come out with some populist nonsense. No sooner do they get official backing from Siptu then Gilmore is saying he'll look to negotiate with the private sector for a three year pay freeze. Is he that stupid or are they only interested in looking after their union buddies? ...

People who say nothing when you're drawing up or developing something. A design/plan is formulated, emails are sent back and forth asking if everyone is happy, meetings are held, no objections etc.... Last email is sent out for the go/no go decision.... no objections Budget signed off...... no issu...

Got caught by one along the quay's going out of town just before you come up to heuston station. It was 1 am and i was Doing 36km in a 30km Zone. I thought these were made to save lives. Pulling people for 36km is bleedin money racket.... :x I am gonna check it out on street view. I hope your right...

Have the clubs also got an allocation , got an e mail from my AIL club saying they had some ?. Clubs got them last week. E-mails went around. Allowing 8 purchases was a bit much, given that they effectively restricted the previous sale to upgrades. Anyone hanging on to get a few extras together was...

They're still there.... Wasn't Gilmore a "Stickie" (along with Mr. Wabbitte) in the old days ? Of coursethey were stickies, hence why they claim they won't strike a deal with SF. Both sides despise each other. Not really. They delivered a budget proposal before the budget. This is forming...

One for Lewy.... Piz Buin or Blockbusters ?