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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)
-   The Barbie (https://britishexpats.com/forum/barbie-92/)
-   -   4 Corners programme on Ireland (https://britishexpats.com/forum/barbie-92/4-corners-programme-ireland-751434/)

iamthecreaturefromuranus Mar 14th 2012 6:53 pm
Re: 4 Corners programme on Ireland
 
Originally Posted by Bernieboy (Post 9954027)
Me too pal:thumbsup:
:rofl:

commonwealth Mar 14th 2012 10:56 pm
Re: 4 Corners programme on Ireland
 
Originally Posted by Ballys (Post 9953965)
How about a return to a united ireland under the control of London,not Brussels as Eire is at present;)
You mean Berlin und Frankfurt?

king kong Mar 16th 2012 11:48 am
Re: 4 Corners programme on Ireland
 
Originally Posted by knockoff nige (Post 9951762)
Your post suggests that this isn't really an irish backpackers issue but a skill level problem when hiring Irish bricklayers and a worth ethic issue when employing English.

I can't argue with that as I'm not in the industry, but I'm sure you'll agree that posting 'No Irish' in your ad is a no no. Thats the only issue I have with this. It sends out a ridiculous message that the Irish are hopeless.
i stated british which at present includes norn iron too ,i wasnt refering to the english . The irish are far from hopeless , they are just as inexperienced as a fresh brit off the boat . The problems the irish are having is the face so many young irish have had to leave because their government along with others in europe have turned their economy into mush .Its all about numbers and australian sub contractors are fed up because obviously they have had to get rid of a fair few for the reasons i stated .
In regards to work ethic the irish suffer just as badly for drink related , marital ,cat dead excuses as the english and the rest of the peoples that make up the british isles

the troubadour Mar 18th 2012 4:39 pm
Re: 4 Corners programme on Ireland
 
Originally Posted by Budawang (Post 9951316)
There's something seriously wrong with the world's financial system when bondholders, those people and institutions who invested in the banks, are let off the hook. Talk about moral hazard.

Capitalism is supposed to be a system based on risk and reward. It seems that for investors there's guaranteed reward without risk and for taxpayers there's guaranteed risk without reward...

If our (crony) capitalist system isn't fixed, this will happen again and again.
Quite. Business has far too much influence in government these days. Funny how socialism is acceptable to the financial sector when it comes to other people's money to cover their losses to bail them out, but then on the other hand some of their herd continue to mouth on about greater freedom.
If that inept/corrupt sector doesn't warrant the tightest regulation in order to control their folly, which looks like returning like nothing happened,then it will be difficult to know what it would take.

DC10 Mar 18th 2012 7:46 pm
Re: 4 Corners programme on Ireland
 
Originally Posted by the troubadour (Post 9960321)
Quite. Business has far too much influence in government these days. Funny how socialism is acceptable to the financial sector when it comes to other people's money to cover their losses to bail them out, but then on the other hand some of their herd continue to mouth on about greater freedom.
If that inept/corrupt sector doesn't warrant the tightest regulation in order to control their folly, which looks like returning like nothing happened,then it will be difficult to know what it would take.
But when you really boil it down, the losses came about because govts wanted bankers to keep the plebs happy with endless credit in lieu of improved productivity. Don't ever believe that the man in the street wasn't complicit to the boom which ended in 2008. We all had a good time, esp. in Britain.

IvanM Mar 18th 2012 7:57 pm
Re: 4 Corners programme on Ireland
 
This time it is different and will only ever go up!
Originally Posted by DC10 (Post 9960468)
But when you really boil it down, the losses came about because govts wanted bankers to keep the plebs happy with endless credit in lieu of improved productivity. Don't ever believe that the man in the street wasn't complicit to the boom which ended in 2008. We all had a good time, esp. in Britain.

Amazulu Mar 18th 2012 8:02 pm
Re: 4 Corners programme on Ireland
 
Originally Posted by DC10 (Post 9960468)
But when you really boil it down, the losses came about because govts wanted bankers to keep the plebs happy with endless credit in lieu of improved productivity. Don't ever believe that the man in the street wasn't complicit to the boom which ended in 2008. We all had a good time, esp. in Britain.
This is exactly what I was saying at the beginning of this thread. Governments and banks are to blame, but the people who took on these debts also need to shoulder some of the blame for getting their asses into this situation.

DC10 Mar 18th 2012 9:31 pm
Re: 4 Corners programme on Ireland
 
Originally Posted by IvanM (Post 9960481)
This time it is different and will only ever go up!
Aussies wouldn't even know about the first half of that truism :rofl:

Amazulu Mar 18th 2012 9:34 pm
Re: 4 Corners programme on Ireland
 
Had a look at some online Irish property websites - Dublin, Gallway.

All I can say is, that if there has been a property price crash there, then I would hate to see what prices were 2-4 years ago. Still seems pretty expensive to me - SE England prices.


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