Country about to go Bankrupt and the goverment which is only in power by 2 seats is putting a 4 year plan together,there will be a new goverment by march and we will be years trying to sort this mess out and still nobody will go to jail ****ing joke,now wheres that tv licence better pay that before i end up in jail.
It really dosen't matter who is in power right now, we need to show the markets we have a plan to cut 15b. If we don't and our cost of borrowing stays at 7/8 percent then we won't be able to borrow come March/April and we will have no choice but to dip into the IMF..............at that point we will be well and truly fcuked. No matter how bad we think it is now, it could easily get worse and fast. Brian Lenihan is doing the right thing as things stand right now imo
The 6 billion budget will devastate any chance of growth in the economy,were ****ed,we will need IMF and the EU to get out of this.
Go to Jail for what exactly?? The EU (Germany &France) will intervene before we get near the IMF. Wouldn't be surprised if Merkel proposes some sort of quantitive easing a means of debt forgiveness for the countries in debt! On Lenihan, spot on! The man takes a lot of stick but he's doing as best as he can! Seen him on BBC last night and he came across well under fire
sad times ahead for a lot of people, mate of mine lost his job and so did his partner, have **** all money between them and the binman wont collect his bin now, t.v cut off and soon heating he reckens. like myself he worked for himself as a sparks (im a tiler) but had a trade, cos he worked for himself he gets no dole and she gets 195 a week dole. theyve asked the banks to put there mortage on hold and where told no, asked the goverment for help and were told no, so id say there going to haveto move back with there parents after 7 years living with each other, feel so sorry for them, the help that should be there is gone. i just thank my stars i got a job in a factory
I think we should all bail out of ireland now !!!! especially anyone with a trade because they would get into australia fairly handy
The big question is when will we ever stand on our own two feet again. We are borrowing a huge amount just to run the country, all that will have to be paid back at some stage
Thank god myself and the missus are working but the amount of young people around who can get nothing is unreal. My youngest brother just qualified as an equine dentist and can't get a sausage, few other youn lads and lasses around can't get anything either, it's fcuking heartbreaking to see so many people out of work young and old, and not much hope of things looking up either
Just listening to the radio on the way home & some guy from Bloomberg was tlkin about the Irish economy will go bust in the next 60days max and the government will have no out as there is no more money left in the country and EU needs to step now to stop the hemorrage escalating!! Then another was on to say that there is enough to see us through to the first quarter of next year that's it. Who the fook do we believe anymore!
Nobody can say with any certainty Darren what will happen, they are all just giving it their best guess. One thing I'm sure of is that all these cuts that are being made are useless unless there is growth in the economy and there isn't much hope of that either,
not being smart but i was in a similar position(not as desperate thank god).tell him get to his nearest community welfare officer....helped me tenfold....he prob already tried it...best of luck to him
this christmas will be cancelled for so many familys, its a terrible situation the whole country is in, because of the banks, and badly managed finance, we are all expected to cut back, some of us cant. jobs are so hard to come by, and employers are aware and in some cases knowing how desperate the situation is, are paying the bare minium, and taking the Piss, we need a few miracle's over the next year or so.
The Irish Government is a joke...The country as far as I can see will never be the same again....I'm a panel beater(unqualified) been workin at it all my life and have never really done anything else...I'm screwed because noone is willing to give me a chance because i'm unskilled as they say....Tried to set up my own business but the bank laughed me back out the door yet i'm trying to get off the social...like come on, does this country or the people in it actually want the dole ques to get smaller or do they just want to borrow more money and get us in bigger holes????? Opinions!!!!
Its public knowledge we need to go back to the markets in January/February. Thats why they're front loading the 15bn so the markets will back us!! The Government need to get off their hole and encourage more business to set up in Ireland!! Be it extra tax breaks, subsidised wages for a period or whatever The banks have nothing directly to do with our current situation Pam, But the EU/IMF can't actually make any cuts! They basically tell the Govt to make cuts or we won't lend to you! The Govt has final say on where these cuts will be Tbh the Germans won't let the Euro callopse so we should get through this, but will be a lesson for the future! The problem in Ireland is the obsession with property! Higher prices/Demand for property fuelled the boom which caused people to look for higher wages to pay for this which in turn increased the cost of living! If you think things are bad now, just wait another year or two when household mortgages start defaulting - thats when we're really in the sh*t The Government reduced taxes/Increased spending for years to buy votes! If JSA/JSB was linked to inflation it would be around the €135 mark! PS pay/ staff levels wouldn't have spiralled if they weren't trying to be generous! I remember years ago, my parents watching the budget wondering what will be cut! Nothing about higher/consistant taxes
the banks have a large part of our current mess, im not into politics, but the millions thats being pumped into nama certainly have not helped. correct me if im wrong
I've read this is a few other places. What you basing this on? The dole numbers have remained fairly consistant for a couple of years now, why is next year suddenly some sort of starting point?