Denis O'Brien Wants More Privatisation

DUMBOBLONDE

I see that in an article yesterday in the Daily Mail, our "good friend" Denis O'Brien wants many more government entities privatised. (CIE, docks, Dublin bus and so on)

You see, he has the interests of the average man at heart. He wants to reduce costs, and provide a better service to the public.

Wait a minute, is this the same man who made about a 1/4 of a billion from his mobile licence and then done a runner so as not to pay any tax. I assume he wants the same type of deals again, namely massive public assets given away for peanuts to private interests. Not bad work if you can get it.

He truely has some neck.

A brief summary of public/private parntership deals:

the public pay the costs and the big boys run off with the profits. Great business.

thelordofcheese

DUMBOBLONDE wrote: »

I see that in an article yesterday in the Daily Mail,

This is where i stopped reading.

This thread is now about breakfast rolls. Is there anyone alive that doesn't like a good breakfast roll?

Jimbo

Until Denis O Brien starts paying taxes in this country, his opinion on how the country should be run should be kept to himself.

CHD

2 egg, 2 bacon, 2 sausage, 2 rasher, 2 pudding one black one white............

DUMBOBLONDE

thelordofcheese wrote: »

This is where i stopped reading.

This thread is now about breakfast rolls. Is there anyone alive that doesn't like a good breakfast roll?

CHD wrote: »

2 egg, 2 bacon, 2 sausage, 2 rasher, 2 pudding one black one white............

Quip, quip, quip. Thats all you lot can do.

Does anyone have any opinions these days or do they merely trot out standard responses like lemmings??

thelordofcheese

CHD wrote: »

2 egg, 2 bacon, 2 sausage, 2 rasher, 2 pudding one black one white............

Ohh good call. I'm hungry now....

Fried mushrooms on a breakfast roll? Yea or Nay?

Kinetic^

CHD wrote: »

2 egg, 2 bacon, 2 sausage, 2 rasher, 2 pudding one black one white............

I'm racist when it comes to pudding so 2 white pieces of pudding for me. KthxbyeZ!

manicmonoliths

Seeing as how 99% of what the government touches goes to sh*t, you'd think the general people would come round to the idea of a little privatisation.
As for him making obscene profits, why the hell else would he be in business? The fact that he's smart enough to be earning that much shows that he knows what he's doing.

Anyway back on topic, you can't beat a breakfast roll really! Those rolls remind that everything will be alright in the world.

AckwelFoley

i love how irish people have an inbuilt hate for any one successful.

"our friend" created many business's and employment within our economy.

I respect any man that can be sucessfull in the face of a nation of spiteful bastards.

kthanxbi

CHD

thelordofcheese wrote: »

Ohh good call. I'm hungry now....

Fried mushrooms on a breakfast roll? Yea or Nay?

Nay.Theres no room left.

CHD

DUMBOBLONDE wrote: »

Quip, quip, quip. Thats all you lot can do.

Does anyone have any opinions these days or do they merely trot out standard responses like lemmings??

quip, quip gibbilldy gobboldy gook.

Tis After Hours.

AckwelFoley

DUMBOBLONDE wrote: »

Quip, quip, quip. Thats all you lot can do.

Does anyone have any opinions these days or do they merely trot out standard responses like lemmings??

Ironic much?

cosidering your leftwing "phone into joe duffy to moan" opinion is far from anything original.

thelordofcheese

CHD wrote: »

Nay.Theres no room left.

We're gonna need a bigger roll.....

CHD

Get one of those big French sticks.

horseflesh

snyper wrote: »

i love how irish people have an inbuilt hate for any one successful.

"our friend" created many business's and employment within our economy.

I respect any man that can be sucessfull in the face of a nation of spiteful bastards.

kthanxbi

Yes, it seems Irish begrudgery is alive and well!!!

Flamed Diving

I personally cant see the attraction with breakfast rolls. they make me feel ill.

AckwelFoley

What time is the man united kick off tomorrow?

thelordofcheese

Flamed Diving wrote: »

I personally cant see the attraction with breakfast rolls. they make me feel ill.

I didn't think this was even possible.... are you sure you're nothing thinking of something else?

Flamed Diving

4pm i think.

Flamed Diving

thelordofcheese wrote: »

I didn't think this was even possible.... are you sure you're nothing thinking of something else?

Rich, carby foods aint my thing. I used to like em, but i grew out of it.

thelordofcheese

Flamed Diving wrote: »

Rich, carby foods aint my thing. I used to like em, but i grew out of it.

Hmm how very odd, but i shall respect your opinion. More Rich Carby foods for me!

Flamed Diving

Its strange, but I used to hate fish and now I love it. I guess peoples tastes change with age.

The Daily Heil is a rag.

DUMBOBLONDE

snyper wrote: »

i love how irish people have an inbuilt hate for any one successful.

"our friend" created many business's and employment within our economy.

I respect any man that can be sucessfull in the face of a nation of spiteful bastards.

kthanxbi

Any man can be successful if he has mates in the government who gives him government licences for peanuts.

As for you, I have to laugh. It is your pocket that he has picked and yet you applaud him. Goner.

FlutterinBantam

Makes me chuckle when people defend the fookers who are slowly choking the lifeblood out of the state and laughing, while they enjoy unsackable jobs and generous pensions, for questionable productivity.

Frikken goons in the 3rd level are now looking for more taxpayers money even though they pay themselves astronomical salaries,for poncing around the world on junkets.

thebman

snyper wrote: »

i love how irish people have an inbuilt hate for any one successful.

"our friend" created many business's and employment within our economy.

I respect any man that can be sucessfull in the face of a nation of spiteful bastards.

kthanxbi

He didn't get to where he is by paying his workers well or by putting money in his network. Minimal investement, get a customer base and sell it off.

Yeah we should admire the greedy, tax evading bastid.

Don't worry if you like and admire him that much, he'll be getting more of your money soon as the digital top boxes for RTE are being sold by one of his companies so you'll get your chance to give him more money without the privatisation of the buses.

BTW do you think he'll leave the non-profitable routes running because he is such a decent guy?

suckslikeafox

Flamed Diving wrote: »

The Daily Heil is a rag.

And whats more a rag without boobs, the very worst kind of rag

SV

where would I get a breakfast roll at this time of the night?


dying for one now! chips will just not cut it..

xOxSinéadxOx

i've never tasted a breakfast roll

i71jskz5xu42pb

manicmonoliths wrote: »

Seeing as how 99% of what the government touches goes to sh*t, you'd think the general people would come round to the idea of a little privatisation.

Agreed. Anybody who has ever had to put up with the piss poor service provided by CIE/Dublin bus & the glacial rate of change in those organisations would surely welcome a privatisation. Could the service be any worse? The Health service - there's another one the government is doing a bang up job on.

The only thing the government does well is collect taxes. Let them keep that and privatise as much else as possible.

jimbo78 wrote: »

Until Denis O Brien starts paying taxes in this country, his opinion on how the country should be run should be kept to himself.

If I were a betting man (I'm not, tis a terrible vice and would ruin me) I'd bet that Denis O'Brien has paid more tax in this country than you. By your logic I guess that means he's more entitled to an opinion than you?

AckwelFoley

Did that match finish 1 all?

brianthebard

ClioV6 wrote: »

where would I get a breakfast roll at this time of the night?


dying for one now! chips will just not cut it..

chip bagutte ftw!

SV

brianthebard wrote: »

chip bagutte ftw!

you might be on to something then!

ohhh..only another hour and chip baguette greatness is mine..

The tax man

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

i've never tasted a breakfast roll

Are you some internet bot that's developing taste emotions

genericgoon

As long as they sell them wholesale.

javaboy

DUMBOBLONDE wrote: »

I see that in an article yesterday in the Daily Mail, our "good friend" Denis O'Brien wants many more government entities privatised. (CIE, docks, Dublin bus and so on)

snyper wrote: »

Ironic much?

cosidering your leftwing "phone into joe duffy to moan" opinion is far from anything original.

Daily Mail=Left Wing? Although I do remember them being very sympathetic to the Roma kids who drowned in Italy recently. I guess they'll just don any hat to sell a few more rags.


Anyway back on topic i.e. breakfast rolls. This Denis O'Brien chap, is he any relation to O'Brien's sandwiches and do they do breakfast rolls?

I look forward to DUMBOBLONDE's next topic.

Hal1

ClioV6 wrote: »

you might be on to something then!

ohhh..only another hour and chip baguette greatness is mine..

What kind of chipper / breakfastroll shop is open at that time of night? your hardly gonna cook / fry them yerself are ya?

SV

Hal1 wrote: »

What kind of chipper / breakfastroll shop is open at that time of night? your hardly gonna cook / fry them yerself are ya?

Sunday night is good in Carlow!
plenty of chippers open..plus tesco 24 hrs.

Have to say...it was pretty much greatness all around.
Tomato ketchup was a must though

AckwelFoley

Thread delivers

kowloon

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

i've never tasted a breakfast roll

Terrorist no doubt.

FlutterinBantam

snyper wrote: »

Thread delivers

Unlike the AH Mods.

Hal1

ClioV6 wrote: »

Sunday night is good in Carlow!
plenty of chippers open..plus tesco 24 hrs.

Have to say...it was pretty much greatness all around.
Tomato ketchup was a must though

That place must be awesome , what about the 'johnny be bads' hanging around the local establishments though. :pac: You must be one of them?

Fratton Fred

Doesn't Denis O'Brien still own large chunks of Irishjobs.ie, Communicorp (Newstalk/98FM etc etc) and Digiweb (probably owns one or two TD's as well:eek:). His companies must be paying a fortune in taxes. Plus he bunged the FAI €1m to pay O'trappatoni's wages.

still, I hear he likes tomato relish in his breakfast roll, a man after me own heart:D