Are irish families similar to british ones?

summerskin

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4578518/Average-family-earns-39k-Modern-Family-season-3-dvd-study.html

Sorry I can't post any quotes from the article, computer/firewall troubles.

£39k a year(€47k approx, 2 cars, 2 kids, 3 laptops, in bed by 10.30pm.

That's the supposed average UK family. Is the average irish one much different, in your opinion?

Lots of it rings true for me and my family, though the income seems low to me, although reading the comments it would appear there are couples where both are working and still don't make £39k between them, which baffles me somewhat.

bluecode

There are plenty of couples in Ireland where both work and don't earn more than €47k between. I doubt they have two cars though.

I imagine they would be slightly worse off than the British family. They have the NHS and lower prices for cars etc.

Ireland is still an expensive place to live.

jlacey

in current climate, not surprised!!

super_furry

I think in Ireland you'd need a fair bit more than €47k to be running a household with two kids and two cars.

the keen edge

More or less the same; we're better at laying tarmac though.

SEPT 23 1989

Irish family would have more gargle

Dozen Wicked Words

Irish families tend to have less British people in them.

seantorious

Irish families tend not to read the sun.

Where To

Irish people watch more British TV than British people watch Irish TV

summerskin

I just find it hard to believe that a family with two earners would bring in less than 39k, as many obviously do in order to make this the average.

I must be really out of touch...

harney

dooferoaks wrote: »

Irish families tend to have less British people in them.

The BNP might have something to say about that

Shivers26

Gross income would be considerably higher and I stress gross. Husbag is a civil servant so the amount of levies on his wages are sickening. Both of us work full time.
We only have 1 car between us (it's all we need). Other than that, we are about the same as what is detailed in the OP.

summerskin

Shivers26 wrote: »

Gross income would be considerably higher and I stress gross. Husbag is a civil servant so the amount of levies on his wages are sickening. Both of us work full time.
We only have 1 car between us (it's all we need). Other than that, we are about the same as what is detailed in the OP.

The figure in the OP is the gross figure though, so you'd be way better off.

Helix

5 hours of TV??? ON AVERAGE??? wtf

Immaculate Pasta

I fucking hate that term "quality time". Sounds so generic and fake.

IM0

the average family are tucked up in bed by..

I actually thought it said something else there for a sec

davet82

seantorious wrote: »

Irish families tend not to read the sun.

80,000 copies on average a day would say otherwise :rolleyes:

Helix

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

I fucking hate that term "quality time". Sounds so generic and fake.

plus based on those numbers, quality time includes watching tv. because otherwise the figures don't add up if they're in bed before 10.30

IM0

davet82 wrote: »

80,000 copies on average a day would say otherwise :rolleyes:

no prizes for guessin where you work so

ejmaztec

Where To wrote: »

Irish people watch more British TV than British people watch Irish TV

That's mainly because RTE is encrypted and also sh1t, whereas all of the UK channels are freely available on satellite.

I think RTE is restricted to Ireland because even RTE is so embarrassed with it's offerings, they don't want anyone outside Ireland to know how bad it is.

JohnMarston

The average family:

* Eats a meal together 5 times a week
* Has two takeaways a month
* Has two hours and 55 minutes of quality time together each day
* Goes on one day trip a month
* Goes on two family walks a month
* Plays sports twice a month
* Go to the cinema once a month

* Goes on one bike ride together a month

Yeah, no. Not in Ireland as far as i know. Or i missed a lot of stuff.

* Owns two cars - one of which is a blue Ford

Anyone?

summerskin

JohnMarston wrote: »

Yeah, no. Not in Ireland as far as i know. Or i missed a lot of stuff.



Anyone?

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All of the above, pretty much. except neither car is a ford and we do sports at least 8 times a month.

OneArt

Who the f*ck wakes up at 7:44am on a weekend!?

summerskin

people with kids. that's a lie in right there, pal.

SEPT 23 1989

summerskin wrote: »

people with kids. that's a lie in right there, pal.

Middle of the day if you have young kids:D

davet82

IM0 wrote: »

no prizes for guessin where you work so

shut up or i'll hack your phone :cool:

Shivers26

On further inspection of the article......

We definitely don't watch 5 hours of tv together each day. I don't get in from work til after 6 and then a dinner has to be organised before the tv goes on.

We definitely don't argue about what to watch. I gave up on that one a long time ago.

Our car is a grey Ford.... creepy

I definitely don't get up at 7.44am on the weekends. The husbag often does. If he is awake, he is up.

I wonder what is classed as 'quality time'. Last year my young lad who was just turning 13 asked for a laptop for Christmas and his reason for it was so 'we can spend more time together as a family' - sad sign of the times.

4zn76tysfajdxp

IM0 wrote: »

no prizes for guessin where you work so

The world's biggest newsagents.

RADIUS

Shivers26 wrote: »

Gross income would be considerably higher and I stress gross. Husbag is a civil servant so the amount of levies on his wages are sickening. Both of us work full time.
We only have 1 car between us (it's all we need). Other than that, we are about the same as what is detailed in the OP.

You call him Husbag?

Lucky guy.....

brummytom

I don't know many families like that at all. Particularly eating as a family. My family did before I moved, but we were in the minority.

marketty

I was under the impression that the average british family was like the gallaghers on shameless and the average irish family was like the byrnes on glenroe. my mind has just been blown

ScumLord

So is this thread about which of us has the most stuff and money?

RADIUS

ScumLord wrote: »

So is this thread about which of us has the most stuff and money?

Well clearly the Brits, since they took all our stuff.


*Gets 'hand me down' coat

Seanchai

summerskin wrote: »

Are irish families similar to british ones?

Your British self certainly has an obsession with spending a lot of time on Boards.ie looking for those "similarities" in what you like to term your "British Isles". That's when you're not getting all defensive about criticisms of the British monarchy or of British colonial rule in Ireland, or just having a massive chip on your shoulder about the Irish people and living here. Perhaps if you're that disgruntled with the Irish you could move home again? Or else marry FrattonFred, your soul mate in most of those posts?

Any chance of a thread about how the British are so European now with all those EU laws that they have to abide by? Or how, when they're not implementing EU laws, they ape US popular and media culture from morning to night? But such "similarities" wouldn't suit your British nationalist politics where Britain is so unique and so separate from the rest of Europe. Indeed.

ejmaztec

RADIUS wrote: »

Well clearly the Brits, since they took all our stuff.

...and we didn't even get a lousy t-shirt:(

9959

Seanchai wrote: »

Your British self certainly has an obsession with spending a lot of time on Boards.ie looking for those "similarities" in what you like to term your "British Isles". That's when you're not getting all defensive about criticisms of the British monarchy or of British colonial rule in Ireland, or just having a massive chip on your shoulder about the Irish people and living here. Perhaps if you're that disgruntled with the Irish you could move home again? Or else marry FrattonFred, your soul mate in most of those posts?

Any chance of a thread about how the British are so European now with all those EU laws that they have to abide by? Or how, when they're not implementing EU laws, they ape US popular and media culture from morning to night? But such "similarities" wouldn't suit your British nationalist politics where Britain is so unique and so separate from the rest of Europe. Indeed.

I note you state your location as Beal Feirste, Eire.
What next,
Lisbon, Spain.
Toronto, USA.
Oslo, Sweden.

No matter how tightly you close your eyes and concentrate, like Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz', Belfast or Beal Feirste as you so charmingly name it, is part of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Good luck to you, hands across the border, and all that jazz.
I wish you well.