Liveline thread 09/04/2013 to 19/7/2013

miketv

Interesting they are discussing the license fee on Moncrieff with 270 people jailed last year for not paying, something you'll never hear on Duffers show!

artful_codger

jetfiremuck

What part of a hiring embargo does this woman not get ffs. Why doesnt her son set up his own volunteer fire dept.nenough already

Itssoeasy

Any more plugs from this woman of places her son has worked ?

rollcall

If I heard my aul one ring Joe about me, she would need an ambulance!

Itssoeasy

jetfiremuck wrote: »

What part of a hiring embargo does this woman not get ffs. Why doesnt her son set up his own volunteer fire dept.nenough already

Hiring embargo it seems.

pc7

Just tuning in is he moaning he cant be a fire man? Listen buddy you can't always get what you want!

Lapin

"As a Mother".


What the hell difference does it make whether you are a mother or not.

How does that determine that your son (who worked in an off licence) is qualified to put out fires and rescue cats from trees ?

Itssoeasy

You know in fairness to the guy on at least he had the stones to ring up himself unlike the other fella.

JonathanAnon

Those fekn monatariums..

Tisserand

I can't understand why somebody would train for a job with a view to getting a job in the public service, with the embargo in recruitment. It's like training to be an auctioneer, a banker or a construction worker. Where would you be going.

syklops

rollcall wrote: »

If I heard my aul one ring Joe about me, she would need an ambulance!

Mine would need a flippin undertaker.

IvyTheTerrible

Whatever about the legitimacy or otherwise of the argument, it's all invalidated by having your mammy on arguing for you.

"My mom thinks I'm cool"

gjc

rollcall wrote: »

If I heard my aul one ring Joe about me, she would need an ambulance!

Ive often wondered what level of crazy you'd have to be to ring in to Joe?

europa11

Itssoeasy wrote: »

A degree in journalism in Scotland ? And he is bitching about not getting a job in the brigade ?

And he had a book published...

Itssoeasy

pc7 wrote: »

Just tuning in is he moaning he cant be a fire man? Listen buddy you can't always get what you want!

Good Rolling Stones song.

pc7

Does Joe have a batch of 'english' accent callers to ring in?

europa11

The IMF?? The ECB???

Jesus wept Joe, it's only a couple of fire brigade jobs. Get a grip.

pc7

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Good Rolling Stones song.

I was humming it to myself as I typed!

Busted Flat.

Token English person rings in, Joe is international.

pc7

Listen Joe I wanted to be a millionaire but hey that hasn't worked out for me

artful_codger

200 vacancies? probably due to the ridiculous voluntary redundancy scheme where people took big payoffs and retired.

JonathanAnon

unions = shower of self serving b*stards.

And Joe, well he's just plain rude..

gjc

Busted Flat. wrote: »

Token English person rings in, Joe is international.

global!

Lando Griffin

If I was overcome by fire I would much rather that mothers son save me than some road sweep or bin man.

pc7

Whatever happened all the bin men in the councils that are no longer needed now that they sold off the bin collection service?

gjc

pc7 wrote: »

Whatever happened all the bin men in the councils that are no longer needed now that they sold off the bin collection service?

Leaning on a shovel somewhere?? Scratching their *****

Tisserand

I shudder to think of who within the existing public service will be applying for the job. I know that redeployment must take place because of the recruitment embargo, but in my experience of working in a large organisation, the people or 'excesses' who are deployed are the people who are poor performers where they already are, good people wont' be moved. Or am I just being cynical?

europa11

Had to laugh at Joe a little back there when he said "It's not what you know, it's who you know"

So Man-o'-de-peeple got his foot on the RTE ladder through hard work, sweat and tears did he?

And there was foolish me thinking Dear old Uncle Gabriel had some small hand in pulling the Student Union head from Ballyer into the Montrose honeypot :rolleyes:

pc7

europa11 wrote: »

And there was foolish me thinking Dear old Uncle Gabriel had some small hand

Is Gay really his uncle?????? :eek: