Proud to be Irish

allthedoyles

Well Enda Kenny is a proud man as he marched up Fifth Avenue :

Taoiseach Enda Kenny marched up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan today as part of New York’s 252nd St Patrick’s Day parade.

The Taoiseach told attendees of the progress that had been seen in the Irish economy in recent months.

“Our economy is entering its third consecutive year of growth. Competitiveness is up. Prices and costs have fallen back to 2003 levels,” he said

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http://www.irishtimes.com/news/us-support-invaluable-to-irish-recovery-1.1328703

Regardless of the economy - Its great to be Irish

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Ah good aul Enda....still lookin' for that pot o' gold!

mikom

Prices and costs have fallen back to 2003 levels,” he said

*Looks at ESB bill.

Pilotdude5

Tis all-right here I suppose. My appendix operation would have bankrupted me in America for instance.

shopaholic01

mikom wrote: »

*Looks at ESB bill.

*shudders looking at gas bill:(.

Chucken

Prices and costs have fallen back to 2003 levels,” he said


Where??

Ah Jayses I was in good form, now Im not, if he thinks that!

donvito99

mikom wrote: »

*Looks at ESB bill.

Ahem.

It's Electric Ireland to you.

Yamanoto

allthedoyles wrote: »

Regardless of the economy - Its great to be Irish

Your husband's assassination aside Mrs. Kennedy, how was the trip to Dallas?

Fr_Dougal

The deluded lying cretin.

P_1

Chucken wrote: »

Prices and costs have fallen back to 2003 levels,” he said


Where??

Ah Jayses I was in good form, now Im not, if he thinks that!

Probably the governments wages bill, can't see any other bills dropping to 2003 levels anywhere...

shopaholic01

Chucken wrote: »

Prices and costs have fallen back to 2003 levels,” he said


Where??

Ah Jayses I was in good form, now Im not, if he thinks that!

Now Chucken, if we were all to put our problems on the table ..........:D

Chucken

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Now Chucken, if we all to put our problems on the table ..........:D

Touche. :P

Hes lying though.

Either way, I am very proud to be Irish.

maxfresh

Glad to see our tax money being well spent on endas nice little junket

Chucken

maxfresh wrote: »

Glad to see our tax money being well spent on endas nice little junket

Ya, he should just stay here and not promote the country at all...on our National holiday.:rolleyes:

The Bishop Basher

The spineless little weasel with that scrawny civil service head on him might as well go over there and spin his yarns cause most of us stopped believing his bull**** here a long time ago.

maxfresh

Chucken wrote: »

Ya, he should just stay here and not promote the country at all...on our National holiday.:rolleyes:

Ye why not

uch

I Like 5 penny Ice pops

Ruu

Sure we've turned the corner.

shopaholic01

Ruubot2 wrote: »

Sure we've turned the corner.

Into a cul-de-sac.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Into a cul-de-sac.

With a "No-Entry" sign on the way back out

VEN

allthedoyles wrote: »

Prices and costs have fallen back to 2003 levels

have a word with Dublin Bus ya lying prick - @ End@

Nationalism is an outdated ideal in the age of the internet and open borders within the EU.

DEFTLEFTHAND

No not really, I don't like the Irish, I'm like one of those self hating Jew guys. I dislike my own kind.

Grand Moff Tarkin

How that chancer and his party got into power is beyond me.

Sunnyisland

For all its faults and problems Yes I am proud to be Irish.




Happy st patricks day to you all :-)

speedboatchase

I am Irish and will always be Irish. I leave pride to personal achievements. Being "proud" to be Irish is like saying I'm proud to have a nose - it's how I was born.

Wabbit Ears

Our leader in New York talking Up Ireland's economy in an attempt to portray us in a positive light for investment. Madness, whats sort of an eejit is it...Oh wait..He's doing exactl;y what he shoudl be doing..

Seriously, what, he should stand there and go, ye know what America, We're fecked!! In the crapper, On a sinking island with no hope of an underfunded lifeboat service to bail us out.

Chuck Stone

Deleted User wrote: »

Nationalism is an outdated ideal in the age of the internet and open borders within the EU.

Wait a sec there, what's all this 'Ireland's debt' business?

It's okay to make catastrophic monetary problems a national issue but reject Nationalism?

How neat.

Gosub

Anyone know if there is a book depository on 5th Avenue?

ManMade

I'm struggling to think of anything that costs the same now as in 2003.

Maybe houses but come on enda there's more to living in Ireland than houses.

Grand Moff Tarkin

Chucken wrote: »

Ya, he should just stay here and not promote the country at all...on our National holiday.:rolleyes:

How much money has it cost the Irish tax payer for Enda and the lads to go all over the world on their annual jolly just to promote the country?

Money that would be better spent on schools, hospitals and one thousand other small vital things.

admiralofthefleet

Enda needs to realise that the usa and american companies couldnt care less about Ireland. all their companies want here is profit.

Chop Chop

Chucken wrote: »

Prices and costs have fallen back to 2003 levels,” he said

He's a fúcking spoofer so he is.

Jijsaw

speedboatchase wrote: »

I am Irish and will always be Irish. I leave pride to personal achievements. Being "proud" to be Irish is like saying I'm proud to have a nose - it's how I was born.

You should be grateful for your nose, Voldemort didn't have one

HondaSami

Is that Enda in the green wig holding the Irish flag?

Stojkovic

Grand Moff Tarkin wrote: »

How that chancer and his party got into power is beyond me.

Because Fianna Fail raped and pillaged the country. We'd have voted Zig and Zag to oust those gangsters FFS.

sfwcork

Sure arnt penny sweets still the same price

Grand Moff Tarkin

Stojkovic wrote: »

Because Fianna Fail raped and pillaged the country. We'd have voted Zig and Zag to oust those gangsters FFS.

Zig and Zag would have done a better job than the current shower,

dr.bollocko

Every year we send most of our ministers off to other parts of the world on St. Patricks day. The intention is to use St. Patricks day as an opportunity to raise Ireland's profile and encourage investment.

He's hardly going to say it's all shoite in Ireland and everything's still total crap in that environment.

LETHAL LADY

With me shillelagh under me arm, and a twinkle in me eye, leave that rosey cheeked adonis alone. I ♥ Edna.

DanWall

He needs a medical check up, we cannot have someone with alzheimer's running the country

bonzodog2

Gosub wrote: »

Anyone know if there is a book depository on 5th Avenue?

There might be a grassy knoll ?

Nodin

bonzodog2 wrote: »

There might be a grassy knoll ?

There was certainly a knob there.

Basil Fawlty

I for one think hes doing a great job. New York was the best possible place for him to go due to the Irish connections with the city. Brian Cowen went to Vietnam for petes sake. From a marketing point of view the choice of desination for most of the ministers has been excellent and the work of Tourism Ireland with turning landmarks green is remarkable.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21809504

Grand Moff Tarkin

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Every year we send most of our ministers off to other parts of the world on St. Patricks day. The intention is to use St. Patricks day as an opportunity to raise Ireland's profile and encourage investment.

He's hardly going to say it's all shoite in Ireland and everything's still total crap in that environment.

The country is up to its eyes in debt and the clowns are still going away on these jollies in the name of raising our international profile. There is precious little investment heading this way at the moment and we will not see much for another few years at least .It makes more sense to cut our spending by only sending the president away at the most in the name of raising our profile.

dr.bollocko

No it doesn't.

Grand Moff Tarkin

dr.bollocko wrote: »

No it doesn't.

Two million spent by Enda and the lads on their junket says otherwise.

Rasheed

Grand Moff Tarkin wrote: »

Two million spent by Enda and the lads on their junket says otherwise.

Have you any figures on what revenue these junkets earn though? Not just in companies basing themselves here but encouraging people to holiday here etc.

They've spent two million in worse ways.

IvySlayer

Grand Moff Tarkin wrote: »

How much money has it cost the Irish tax payer for Enda and the lads to go all over the world on their annual jolly just to promote the country?

Money that would be better spent on schools, hospitals and one thousand other small vital things.

I hate this argument.

No-one died because he went to America, no-ones education is a worse off cos he went to America.

Zebra3

Rasheed wrote: »

Have you any figures on what revenue these junkets earn though? Not just in companies basing themselves here but encouraging people to holiday here etc.

They've spent two million in worse ways.

If anything seeing a tool like Edna would put people off coming here.....

Sergeant

Zebra3 wrote: »

If anything seeing a tool like Edna would put people off coming here.....

Unlikely. It was the lads you get misty-eyed about who maimed and slaughtered people who dragged the name and reputation of this country through the gutter.