Sean O'Rourke Today Show

neris

fair play to this mother coming on and talking so calmly and to sean for letting her talk and not butting in every 2 seconds unlike some other interviewers

citykat

Coveney is some man for the ahs.

Brendan Bendar

Not the Reggster, Sean couldn’t lay a glove on her this morning.

Excellent display.

neris

abortion talk again ..............yawn

Michael Ring and Eamon O Cuiv, the last men in the world I would put in charge of a planning strategy.

"We need to get people out of the city".


Yiz need to face facts lads people want to live in the cities, trying to push them to Drumshambo isnt going to bloody work.

zell12

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

Michael Ring and Eamon O Cuiv, the last men in the world I would put in charge of a planning strategy.
"We need to get people out of the city".
Yiz need to face facts lads people want to live in the cities, trying to push them to Drumshambo isnt going to bloody work.

It does work in other countries like Netherlands, France etc. Some government depts have decentralised successfully to Kerry, Leitrim etc. It's simply a question of proper planning

zell12

zell12 wrote: »

It does work in other countries like Netherlands, France etc. Some government depts have decentralised successfully to Kerry, Leitrim etc. It's simply a question of proper planning

It can work very well, Iv lived in NL, the population density is much higher than Ireland.

I work here in Kildare now and a good chunk of my team are from Kerry / Mayo / Galway because people move to cities for work.
We need to face this and allow Cork and Galway to develop properly, this will encourage people to stay in the West/South.

This would require proper planning though.

O Cuiv is concentrating on building one off houses in the country which causes more traffic when Galway city (where they will all drive in to work) is already a traffic mess.

Ring is yapping about Drumshambo, I work for multi nationals usually and they have little interest in moving to Drumshambo because the population isnt there.

Quintis

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

I work here in Kildare now and a good chunk of my team are from Kerry / Mayo / Galway because people move to cities for work.

How many travelled solely for work and how many travelling for college/further education and stayed working in the area after?

I think a lot of people are moving to study and then staying around where they studied after

Callan57

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

It can work very well, Iv lived in NL, the population density is much higher than Ireland.

I work here in Kildare now and a good chunk of my team are from Kerry / Mayo / Galway because people move to cities for work.
We need to face this and allow Cork and Galway to develop properly, this will encourage people to stay in the West/South.

This would require proper planning though.

O Cuiv is concentrating on building one off houses in the country which causes more traffic when Galway city (where they will all drive in to work) is already a traffic mess.

Ring is yapping about Drumshambo, I work for multi nationals usually and they have little interest in moving to Drumshambo because the population isnt there.

Ah yea but there are the few old votes in the one off houses my friend! :rolleyes:

It's a classic Catch 22 ... no jobs in rural areas so people won't locate there and no industry will set up there because there isn't the population base.
I think we should follow the Netherlands and move the entire administration capital to the Mid West and let Dublin remain the cultural capital.

Joe_ Public

Sebastian Barry says we are living in a golden age for Irish writing. This is the party line we forever get told. So I ask myself where are the Heaneys or Kavanaghs or the Flann O’Briens or McGaherns or Brian Moore’s?

There are some good Irish writers - Barry himself, Banville, Toibin, Enright. But golden age? Don’t think so. A golden age for publishing more like, the shelves being ever more stuffed with abject and hyped mediocrity.

thedudeinthehat

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Sebastian Barry says we are living in a golden age for Irish writing. This is the party line we forever get told. So I ask myself where are the Heaneys or Kavanaghs or the Flann O’Briens or McGaherns or Brian Moore’s?

There are some good Irish writers - Barry himself, Banville, Toibin, Enright. But golden age? Don’t think so. A golden age for publishing more like, the shelves being ever more stuffed with abject and hyped mediocrity.

Judging by the amount of marian keyes and cecilia ahern books I see being read on my daily train ride here in Germany, I think he was referring to golden age in the financial sense.

padd b1975

Victoria White is unbelievably shrill and preachy here, bordering on rude.

5rtytry56

padd b1975 wrote: »

Victoria White is unbelievably shrill and preachy here, bordering on rude.

Just Grating.

Anyone hear Paddys report from Cavan district court.

The classy bird that broke the landlords window. I had my head in my hands.

Brendan Bendar

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

Anyone hear Paddys report from Cavan district court.

The classy bird that broke the landlords window. I had my head in my hands.

They don’t give a bollox Dave.

That one even got a ‘loan’ to pay for the damage.

Do you think that ‘loan’ will be repaid???



These people are laughing at us.

dulpit

What irked me was the lady saying she couldn't get a house because they look out for the foreigners first, and then went on to say how they treat her when abroad on her holidays. And gave a shout out to her partner in prison... :rolleyes:

Brendan Bendar

It’s totally crazy that this stuff is allowed to continue.

There has to be vested interest involved in this underclass screwing the taxpayer week after week.

Who are they, I wonder.

Prison holds no fear for these people, only one thing will work.

Hit them in the pocket.

elperello

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

Anyone hear Paddys report from Cavan district court.

The classy bird that broke the landlords window. I had my head in my hands.

Journalism at it's best.

tayto lover

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

Anyone hear Paddys report from Cavan district court.

The classy bird that broke the landlords window. I had my head in my hands.

Cavan is a mad place altogether -

http://www.dailyedge.ie/road-is-in-****e-pic-of-the-day-759525-Jan2013/

elperello

elperello wrote: »

Journalism at it's best.

Im still surprised Paddy gets away with broadcasting it.

djemba djemba

How long has Des Cahill being a broadcaster. Surely long enough to know to clear his throat before coming on air.

neris

tayto lover wrote: »

Cavan is a mad place altogether -

http://www.dailyedge.ie/road-is-in-****e-pic-of-the-day-759525-Jan2013/

fcuk sake, is that was passes as "newsworthy" now a days

Quintis

neris wrote: »

fcuk sake, is that was passes as "newsworthy" now a days

It's the thorough, detailed investigation that makes it newsworthy...

neris

neris wrote: »

fcuk sake, is that was passes as "newsworthy" now a days

Its the daily edge for gods sake.

Also a normal day in my beloved home, yes, the road is most likely in ****e :pac:

lawlolawl

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

It’s totally crazy that this stuff is allowed to continue.

There has to be vested interest involved in this underclass screwing the taxpayer week after week.

Who are they, I wonder.

Prison holds no fear for these people, only one thing will work.

Hit them in the pocket.

The vested interest is the legal system itself, specifically free legal aid.

Judges and court officials move in the same social circles as solicitors so the entire thing is "I scratch your back, you scratch mine".

Callan57

lawlolawl wrote: »

The vested interest is the legal system itself, specifically free legal aid.

Judges and court officials move in the same social circles as solicitors so the entire thing is "I scratch your back, you scratch mine".

.. and drag it out for as long as you can while the meter keeps ticking & the fool of a taxpayer keeps paying!

Paddy you bleedin ghoul you :eek:

Hanging round graveyards for valentines day

Brendan Bendar

lawlolawl wrote: »

The vested interest is the legal system itself, specifically free legal aid.

Judges and court officials move in the same social circles as solicitors so the entire thing is "I scratch your back, you scratch mine".

Exactly as I thought.

serfboard

Anyone hear the debate today about one-off housing?

Fianna Fail TD Cutehoor O'Gombeen (surprisingly not his real name, but I didn't bother committing it to memory) from Cork was debating with Frank "Bungalow Blitz" McDonald formerly of The Irish Times.

McDonald was very poor IMO, and O'Gombeen was easily able to counter his points. When the FF TD was saying about people living in one-off houses in the country, all McDonald had to say was: "Where do they work, and how do they get to work?" but he couldn't manage it.

Quintis

serfboard wrote: »

Anyone hear the debate today about one-off housing?

Fianna Fail TD Cutehoor O'Gombeen (surprisingly not his real name, but I didn't bother committing it to memory) from Cork was debating with Frank "Bungalow Blitz" McDonald formerly of The Irish Times.

McDonald was very poor IMO, and O'Gombeen was easily able to counter his points. When the FF TD was saying about people living in one-off houses in the country, all McDonald had to say was: "Where do they work, and how do they get to work?" but he couldn't manage it.

Came away thinking I don't want to live in the country or a city....