We don't want a thread on every little thing you think about the economy - superlock

old_aussie

Look out world, the rats are looking for another ship as the good ship Ireland sinks.

AND, Don't think of comming to Australia, cause we're a nation of "Little Aussie Battlers" and we don't like quitters.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/thousands-fleeing-collapsing-economy/story-fn6bmfwf-1225965652240

While horses starve and people work without wages, a village near Cork in the south of Ireland reportedly lost 30 men last weekend, all headed to England and Australia. Lucy Carne examines how the fallout of a collapsing economy in the Emerald Isles is forcing thousands to seek greener pastures.

The land of the smiling eyes was dubbed the Celtic Tiger for emulating Asia with its impressive financial growth thanks mainly to foreign investment, particularly from the technology giants Dell and Google.

Three years later and the Irish Republic is in a ruin of empty-pockets and barren banks.
Unemployment went from 4 per cent to 14 per cent. House values dropped 60 per cent.
The burst property bubble left the banks infected with bad loans, forcing the Government to prop them up. And in the final gaping wound, Ireland this year ran a budget deficit equivalent to 32 per cent of its E200 billion GDP.

"There are people who have beautiful houses and a car but no food. All their spare cash goes on the mortgage" 'We need some luck right here, luck and a miracle," the young restaurant owner says.
Luck is big for the Irish, but as the nation struggles to keep its head above water in a whirlpool of record unemployment, deficit and a disintegrated property market, any luck has long been washed away.
On a Saturday night in a plush Limerick restaurant in the nation's southwest, the room is empty but for a table of two tourists.
The glossy menus have been put in storage, replaced with typed pieces of paper offering just three simple meals.
"We couldn't keep up with the costs of buying all the produce," the young owner says. "No one is eating at restaurants. We can't even pay our staff. They're just working for nothing now in the hope money comes in soon."

In Cork in the south, horses are starving to death.

More than 20,000 horses have been dumped this year, many dying from hunger on golf courses outside the city or so emaciated they must be put down.
For this nation of horse lovers, whose people own the highest number of the animals per capita in Europe, horses were the first to be bought as a sign of wealth in the boom and the first to be scrapped when the sudden slump arrived.
In the capital, Dublin, the new poor are swarming to food banks and shelters. Two years ago the Capuchin Day Centre fed 250 people a night. Today they must serve warm meals for 520.
"There are people who have beautiful houses and a car but no food," the centre's Theresa Dolan says. "All their spare cash goes on the mortgage."

Ghandee

old_aussie wrote: »

Look out world, the rats are looking for another ship as the good ship Ireland sinks.

AND, Don't think of comming to Australia, cause we're a nation of "Little Aussie Battlers" and we don't like quitters.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/thousands-fleeing-collapsing-economy/story-fn6bmfwf-1225965652240

While horses starve and people work without wages, a village near Cork in the south of Ireland reportedly lost 30 men last weekend, all headed to England and Australia. Lucy Carne examines how the fallout of a collapsing economy in the Emerald Isles is forcing thousands to seek greener pastures.

The land of the smiling eyes was dubbed the Celtic Tiger for emulating Asia with its impressive financial growth thanks mainly to foreign investment, particularly from the technology giants Dell and Google.

Three years later and the Irish Republic is in a ruin of empty-pockets and barren banks.
Unemployment went from 4 per cent to 14 per cent. House values dropped 60 per cent.
The burst property bubble left the banks infected with bad loans, forcing the Government to prop them up. And in the final gaping wound, Ireland this year ran a budget deficit equivalent to 32 per cent of its E200 billion GDP.

"There are people who have beautiful houses and a car but no food. All their spare cash goes on the mortgage" 'We need some luck right here, luck and a miracle," the young restaurant owner says.
Luck is big for the Irish, but as the nation struggles to keep its head above water in a whirlpool of record unemployment, deficit and a disintegrated property market, any luck has long been washed away.
On a Saturday night in a plush Limerick restaurant in the nation's southwest, the room is empty but for a table of two tourists.
The glossy menus have been put in storage, replaced with typed pieces of paper offering just three simple meals.
"We couldn't keep up with the costs of buying all the produce," the young owner says. "No one is eating at restaurants. We can't even pay our staff. They're just working for nothing now in the hope money comes in soon."

In Cork in the south, horses are starving to death.

More than 20,000 horses have been dumped this year, many dying from hunger on golf courses outside the city or so emaciated they must be put down.
For this nation of horse lovers, whose people own the highest number of the animals per capita in Europe, horses were the first to be bought as a sign of wealth in the boom and the first to be scrapped when the sudden slump arrived.
In the capital, Dublin, the new poor are swarming to food banks and shelters. Two years ago the Capuchin Day Centre fed 250 people a night. Today they must serve warm meals for 520.
"There are people who have beautiful houses and a car but no food," the centre's Theresa Dolan says. "All their spare cash goes on the mortgage."

Still love Ireland though!

Tiocfaidh Ar La!

HornyDevil

So, whats your point you Wollongong fecker

Stained Class

Ah..........so what, your amazing post is too long & eejity to be arsed with..

Ardennes1944

dont worry im going to germany

Bobeagleburger

Gucky wrote: »

Still love Ireland though!

Tiocfaidh Ar La!

Our day has come. We're fúcked !

zero19

I would and my fcuk go to Austrailia, Canada is the way to go apparently.

I nominate this thread for We don't want a thread on every little thing you think about the economy - superlock

Reportsies on the way

o1s1n

I wouldn't dream of going to Australia. Don't want any dingos eating my babies.

sollar

Load of old tripe i think.

califorNia

old_aussie wrote: »

Look out world, the rats are looking for another ship as the good ship Ireland sinks.

AND, Don't think of comming to Australia, cause we're a nation of "Little Aussie Battlers" and we don't like quitters.

What the feck are you on about? Australia is a nation built by Irish convicts. Pull your head out.

flynnlives

Sorry but the rats arent the ones leaving!!
Anyone with an ounce of sense is leaving, why?!
Cause the rats are the people that have driven this country into the ground.
These rats are known locally as FIANNA FAIL

Arts student

Considering that Fianna Fail are already at an all time low of 13% before the budget comes out, can you contemplate Fianna Fail's support dropping into the single digit zone, or possibly even hitting the floor altogether? This budget is going to anger and frustrate a lot off people and has been described in places as possibly the most draconian budget in the state's history.

So are Fianna Fail finished for good after the 7th of December budget?

CreepingDeath

With any luck, yes.

Wazdakka

Write your own bloody college paper!

Biggins

Finished for good, no.

Hampered for a while (not long enough!), yes.

Celly Smunt

you know whats going to be really frustrating? after doing 4 years of art college you are going to work in mcdonalds

No, I'm sure they'll still get around 25% of the Dáil.

Mr Freeze

Biggins wrote: »

Finished for good, no.

Hampered for a while (not long enough!), yes.

What he said!

They will only be out for one term and walk back in no problem in the next election.

Penn

pmcmahon wrote: »

you know whats going to be really frustrating? after doing 4 years of art college you are going to work in mcdonalds

In fairness, that was happening to a lot of them before the recession too

mikemac

They'll be back after a term or two.

They have a lot of young candidates, an opportunity to reinvent the party.
If such a thing is possible

Son Of A Vidic

pmcmahon wrote: »

you know whats going to be really frustrating? after doing 4 years of art college you are going to work in mcdonalds

Well that'll be a result, at least they'll have a job and an income.

gandalf

Given the countrywide organisation they have no, unless there is a split in the party then yes they will be finished as a political entity in their current form.

However given that between 13% to 20% still feel they deserve their vote after the absolute carnage they have made of the economy after 13 misspent years in Government anything is possible.

leeroybrown

No. You'd be surprised how short people's memories become with time. Five to ten years of blaming other parties for the country's problems and they'll suddenly become a viable alternative again. The kind of FF politics that ruined the country will only be finished after we've reformed our electoral system to make national politics about running the country, not about fixing local issues and greasing the wheels.

Dravokivich

It's happened before, it'll happen again...

brianthebard

pmcmahon wrote: »

you know whats going to be really frustrating? after doing 4 years of art college you are going to work in mcdonalds

When did arts degrees become four years?

Anyways, I don't think FF will be wiped out like smaller parties have been in the past, FF are an institution.

dsmythy

They'll be back.

Biggins

Dravokivich wrote: »

It's happened before, it'll happen again...

So say we all...

Ardennes1944

it wont happen again if we dont let it. its not like they can return without us. be sensible guys

Duggy747

The damage is pretty big to them but those slimy bastards will be back. Nothing a bunch of fresh faces and a friendly campaign wouldn't do to fix people's memories of their shenanigans.

The current lot should be taped onto the walls of Leinster House as a reminder to other politicians of what happens when you screw around with the country.