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What do you think are the two most important issues facing the nation at the moment?

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  • 22-12-2014 12:15am
    #1
    RobYourBuilder
    Registered Users Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭


    That was the question asked in all 28 EU member states by an Eurobarometer poll recently.

    The issues that Irish people are most concerned about are:

    ●Unemployment(48%)
    ●The economic situation(24%)
    ●Immigration(8%)
    ●Health and social security(19%)
    ●Government debt(17%)
    ●Inflation(14%)
    ●Taxation(19%)
    ●Pensions(4%)
    ●Crime(13%)
    ●The education system(7%)
    ●Environmental issues(3%)
    ●Housing(13%)
    ●Terrorism(1%)

    For the concerns of all EU citizens, country by country; https://i.imgur.com/JSNMOg4.png

    For the poll in full(PDF page 13 onwards); http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb82/eb82_first_en.pdf

    So what do you think are the two most pressing issues we currently face as a country?


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    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    Were fucked if it snows.


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    #3
    AndonHandon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭AndonHandon


    I'm concerned about having to get out of my warm bed to go for a piss.


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    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    Kevin McCloud wrote: »
    Were fucked if it snows.

    The cold never bothered me anyway


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    bodice ripper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    Those percentages seem to indicate reasonable priorities. Color me surprised


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    nullzero
    Registered Users Posts: 16,370 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    ****


    eyescreamcone wrote: »
    The cold never bothered me anyway

    Shortage of snow glow elsa dolls leading to mass rioting on Christmas eve.

    Glazers Out!



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    moonshadow
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    Montroseee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭Montroseee


    Unemployment and bringing the social welfare system into line with other EU countries. Taxation a close 3rd.


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    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    eyescreamcone wrote: »
    The cold never bothered me anyway

    Let it go.


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    El Weirdo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,646 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Have I got any booze?

    Have I got any smoke?

    Fuck you, Enda.


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    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,114 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Clearly it's :

    ●Unemployment(48%)
    ●The economic situation(24%)

    Is it a trick question?


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    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    Do we get a bonus if we solve it tonight?


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    IsaacWunder
    Registered Users Posts: 398 ✭✭IsaacWunder


    1. The economy.
    2. See 1.


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    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    >


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,816 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    IsaacWunder wrote: »
    1. The economy

    Stupid

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    Chucken
    Registered Users Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    donegaLroad wrote: »
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    Retire at 50?
    In the name of Jayzes :rolleyes:


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    errlloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 12,601 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    Political instability is my biggest worry (after unemployment).

    Next general election will have no clear winner. We'll end up with a monstrous coalition who will do nothing. Every party will race to the bottom in the run up to make the most outlandish of policies and tie themselves into ridiculous deals.


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    CJ Haughey
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 449 ✭✭CJ Haughey


    We are living beyond our means.


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    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,715 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    • Unemployment
    • Crime
    • Innumeracy


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    Zamboni
    Registered Users Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭Zamboni


    The biggest threat to the nation is the population itself.
    • Entitlement culture and lack of personal responsibility
    • Dumbed down population addicted to low quality entertainment and games instead of valuing education and critical thinking.


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    SaveOurLyric
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    errlloyd wrote: »
    Political instability is my biggest worry (after unemployment).

    Next general election will have no clear winner. We'll end up with a monstrous coalition who will do nothing. Every party will race to the bottom in the run up to make the most outlandish of policies and tie themselves into ridiculous deals.

    Only if the voters are dumb enough to start electing rafts of independents. Two parties should otherwise still be enough to form a government and still leave room for a handful of independents to be 'outraged' and provide pantomime fodder for Primetime and Vincent Browne.

    1) Avoiding the people being suckered in to voting for independents.
    2) Avoiding the people being suckered in to voting for terrorists-without-a-cause.


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    mfergus
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭mfergus


    This thread has too many bullet points.
    I think we should focus less on bullet points


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    Bongalongherb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭Bongalongherb


    ● Taxation
    ● Lack of weed


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    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    Climate change.
    The economy.


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    Zamboni
    Registered Users Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭Zamboni


    mfergus wrote: »
    • This thread has too many bullet points.
    • I think we should focus less on bullet points

    fyp


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    Bongalongherb
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    #27
    lanos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 600 ✭✭✭lanos


    The prospect of Mary lou being kicked out of the Dail weekly........ from the front benches


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    #28
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Whether to make Jamie's 'get ahead gravy' or Ramsey's turkey gravy for Xmas dinner.


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    #29
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,293 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    The economy, taxation and immigration.


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    GalwayGuitar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 194 ✭✭GalwayGuitar


    Unemployment and crime.


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    Chucken
    Registered Users Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Karl Stein wrote: »
    Whether to make Jamie's 'get ahead gravy' or Ramsey's turkey gravy for Xmas dinner.

    Or will the feckin turkey be thawed out on time! :eek:


    *Take it out of the freezer now...just in case*


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