Possible reason Taoiseach went on the Beer

orourkeda

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen last night insisted he would fight on -- but his economic woes deepened as a major new report warned the country was perilously close to calling in outside help from the EU or the IMF.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/government-perilously-close-to-calling-in-imf-report-warns-2341197.html

I'd have hit the gargle too

Sykk

orourkeda has been banned.

Sea Sharp

It's inevitable. I'm predicting March 2011.

CreepingDeath

Ah sure I want the IMF to come in and give those self-serving public sector workers a good wake-up call.

darragh16

Must be hard for Cowen to be the most hated man on this Island

orourkeda

Sea Sharp wrote: »

It's inevitable. I'm predicting March 2011.

It does look that way. There appears to be little or no light at the end of the tunnel.

Even if the opposition were to gain power in the morning I doubt thing will change too drastically.

orourkeda

darragh16 wrote: »

Must be hard for Cowen to be the most hated man on this Island

It must be harder again to accept that he has nobody to blame but himself for this.

up for anything

My gone over the overdraft called in letter is going on December 2010. Happy Christmas!

gurramok

Stress drove him to drink, we all do it

Oh boy..
"Ireland is expected to post a deficit of 25pc of GDP this year, when bank losses are added -- the largest in Europe."

Greece just lost the Number 1 spot!

Hasmunch

darragh16 wrote: »

Must be hard for Cowen to be the most hated man on this Island

I think you will find that is Bertie

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056018616&highlight=hated+ireland

orourkeda

gurramok wrote: »

Stress drove him to drink, we all do it

Oh boy..
"Ireland is expected to post a deficit of 25pc of GDP this year, when bank losses are added -- the largest in Europe."

Greece just lost the Number 1 spot!

Do the irish public really appreciate the level of f*ckedness the country is in.

darragh16

Hasmunch wrote: »

I think you will find that is Bertie

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056018616&highlight=hated+ireland

Ah you can't really use a Boards poll to gague the level of hatred aimed at someone. I'd say most people would hate Cowen more than Bertie (at the moment anyway)

up for anything

Is there any truth to the rumour that there is no money in the State's coffers to pay civil service wages after October?

gurramok

orourkeda wrote: »

Do the irish public really appreciate the level of f*ckedness the country is in.

No they don't. That wake up call hasn't really happened yet.

They(the people) know things are bad but they just don't realise its worse than bad and that the country is heading towards bankruptcy Greek style.

Hasmunch

darragh16 wrote: »

Ah you can't really use a Boards poll to gague the level of hatred aimed at someone

True!

*Goes off to but The Star and The Sun to see what the people of Ireland opinions really are

up for anything

What wouldn't I give to be suffering from a tropical depression instead of a topical depression.

Ciaran500

gurramok wrote: »

Stress drove him to drink, we all do it

No we don't o_0

darragh16

Hasmunch wrote: »

True!

*Goes off to but The Star and The Sun to see what the people of Ireland opinions really are

As we know opinion columnist Terry McGeeghan is the man we can trust to tell it like it is....

biko

darragh16 wrote: »

Ah you can't really use a Boards poll to gague the level of hatred aimed at someone. I'd say most people would hate Cowen more than Bertie (at the moment anyway)

I think a poll in AH is a better estimation than just a guess.

RobbieTheRobber

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Ah sure I want the IMF to come in and give those self-serving public sector workers a good wake-up call.

I dont think the IMF could give all public sector workers a wake up call it would take them ages, much simplier to just provide them all with alarm clocks.

spank_inferno

up for anything wrote: »

Is there any truth to the rumour that there is no money in the State's coffers to pay civil service wages after October?

No... because there is this little thing called government debt!

The government earns about 26-30 billion but spends about 55 billion
(that excludes any NAMA or bank bailout money)

This has been the case for a couple of years and will be for years to come.
They made an insane agreement with the unions to withold further pay cuts in the public service.

yes we are screwed!

ejmaztec

Feck this, I'm sending this link to the two Brians! Who needs the IMF or the EU, when help is a website away?

http://www.yourmoney.ie/

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