http://www.independent.ie/national-news/lenihans-budget-plan-is-revealed-1484723.html How can a country which has experienced one of the biggest booms ever be in so much trouble? We literally are up shit creek without a paddle. Borrowing from pension funds, raising income tax, banking system on the brink of collapse, job losses on an hourly basis, food/drink and petrol prices going through the roof............ madness. I'm going abroad for a while and I cant bare thinking about what I'm going to return to. On that note my cousin is in Sydney and a mate is in Melbourne at the minute and both are saying the Aussies are screaming for workers over there
Well, Ireland has one of the poorest wealth distributions in Europe. Much of our growth was based on people spending money on over inflated stuff like 140 euros for a pair of runners or 6 euros for a coffee. We have little or no exports..and so forth. But thats the nature of capitalism, boom and bust. Btw I couldnt get that article you linked, link was broken
Should be working now mate. Agree about our mad spending. If only we had of saved the €200 instead of buying those Diesel jeans
didnt the comptroller and auditor general issue a report saying the civil service is grossly over staffed recently and when ya are a first time td your on 100k basic.thats where the cuts should all start leave alone the gardai and medical staff and cut back on needless pen pushers.a lot of it is greed too and in terms of tradesmen etc your now in an enviroment where only the good ones will survive.wouldnt mind clearing out to australia myself but im up to my eyes between my mortgage etc and also have twins on the way