If you were the leader of Ireland, what would you do?

Leif Johnson

Say you were the Taoiseach of Ireland. What would you do if you were in power?
I'd probably invest loads of money into other Irish cities and towns. This way, other places get a good chunk of the cake and not just Dublin.
Oh and I would ban silly town and village names. Like seriously, Nenagh in Co. Tipperary.
Sound an ambulance makes.

Miall108

Invade England

whupdedo

I'd retire with a huge pension

pablomakaveli

Deport Jedward and revoke their citizenship. It'll take years to repair the damage to our countries reputation.

MadDog76

I'd keep ALL the money in Dublin where it belongs!!!!!!! Minus my cut of course

crazygeryy

Id leave all the animals out of the zoo and put the current government into it.

tomwaterford

Make every Monday a bank holiday..,,,and bring down the price of drink

pdiddy

I’d build a wall around old Donegal
The north and south to keep them out, my god I’d build
it tall
Casinoes, chicken ranches, I’d legalize them all
We’d have our own Las Vegas in the hills of Donegal
Yeah!! Las Vegas in the hills of Donegal

Redser87

Just reminded of the Modh Coiniollach question in the Leaving Cert oral there :O dá mbéifeá i do Thaoiseach, cad a dhéanfá?

Miall108

tomwaterford wrote: »

Make every Monday a bank holiday..,,,and bring down the price of drink

Id also confiscate all hurls from the County of Waterford

shruikan2553

Float all of ulster out into the sea, and mayo, and sligo, and cork, and leitrim. Hmm, might be easier to create a list of where to keep.

Would replace prison with criminals being put onto small islands off the coast fighting for their freedom. Will replace the voice on RTE televising it.

For Forks Sake

Allow most of Tipperary to be used a nuclear testing ground.

Have Mayo cut afloat from the rest of the country.

Laois_Man

I'd do some really crazy stuff like give the rich lads loads more money, you know, the one's that make financial donations to my party, and no matter what wrong they done, I'd make sure they're all protected. And I'd give loads of top jobs to me mates. And then in the last year before an election, I'd start getting on to the banks to go a bit easier on the small guys, coz I'd need the votes of those small guys if I was to be re-elected.

That would be really mad 5hit though

Shur nobody could ever get away with that kinda stuff!

RobbingBandit

Close the borders, shut down the banks, sell our childrens organs to zoos for meat, go into peoples houses at night and wreck up the place, muah ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

keeponhurling

Cut all government hand outs by 5-10%, bring them more in line with rest of Europe.

For multiple users of free legal aid, they need to pay a nominal amount for their 3rd lawsuit onwards.
Only two free cases for person, should be fine ( and of course all their expenses refunded if the judge rules in their favour)

Tomagotchye

Well if I could...I'd build a wall up round old Donegal. The North and South, to keep them out, by God I'd build it tall!

Sam Kade

Leif Johnson wrote: »

Say you were the Taoiseach of Ireland. What would you do if you were in power?
I'd probably invest loads of money into other Irish cities and towns. This way, other places get a good chunk of the cake and not just Dublin.
Oh and I would ban silly town and village names. Like seriously, Nenagh in Co. Tipperary.
Sound an ambulance makes.

I'd ban you from ever becoming Taoiseach with your silly ideas

Newoak

Try To Take Over The WORLD, PINKY!

harry Bailey esq

If I ruled the country id do absolutely f@ck all,id be guaranteed to get re-elected.

pablo128

I would have a Cork to Belfast motor race once a year. Cars are to be road going cars, taxed nct'd etc. No extra fuel tanks or anything. Petrol must be bought in a normal petrol station, and tolls must be paid in coins.

That would bring some tourism in, and a load of rich Arabs and their Ferraris and Lambo's.

Anesthetize

- Raise taxes, including increasing VAT, PAYE and water charges
- Lower minimum wage
- Increase the dole
- Hand lots of money to property developers
- Close more hospitals
- Focus 80% of Ireland's broadband investment on Dublin
- Close all of Ireland's railways
- Increase pay in government positions

Axel Lamp

It would involve the systematic and total ethnic cleansing of the non-ethnic minority scrounging section of the Irish population generally seen in multiple dole queues, trashy TV shows glamorising their culture and Rathkeale.

Which would make me this country's Greatest Leader, however we'd probably be kicked out of the EU and subject to strict economic sanctions, but by Jesus we'd be a lot better off as a country

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tomwaterford

Miall108 wrote: »

Id also confiscate all hurls from the County of Waterford

Wait till we've the all Ireland sorted for September :pac:

Manach

My immediate though would be to take the gold reserves into "safe keeping" but as Irish gold is now likely in the EU central bank, then like the morals of this country we're bankrupt.

Miall108

tomwaterford wrote: »

Wait till we've the all Ireland sorted for September :pac:

Theres no trophy for finishing runners up Im afraid :pac:

tomwaterford

Miall108 wrote: »

Theres no trophy for finishing runners up Im afraid :pac:

TheBiz

I'd cut welfare for those with lengthy prison stays and for the rest i would set up a bi-annual basis in which they are either looking for employment or if they possess no relevant skills (growing weed doesn't make you a flourist) and I think the entire school system needs a revamp, and getting teachers to correct the junior cert is not the way forward.

I'd make all sides in any labour dispute settle their differences in a dance off.

I'd also make the Ministry Of Funny Walks a reality.

Mondays would be Hats and Canes day, and every third Saturday would be compulsory Mohawk day.

galljga1

Leif Johnson wrote: »

Say you were the Taoiseach of Ireland. What would you do if you were in power?
I'd probably invest loads of money into other Irish cities and towns. This way, other places get a good chunk of the cake and not just Dublin.
Oh and I would ban silly town and village names. Like seriously, Nenagh in Co. Tipperary.
Sound an ambulance makes.

Go to Greece.

galljga1

Anesthetize wrote: »

- Raise taxes, including increasing VAT, PAYE and water charges
- Lower minimum wage
- Increase the dole
- Hand lots of money to property developers
- Close more hospitals
- Focus 80% of Ireland's broadband investment on Dublin
- Close all of Ireland's railways
- Increase pay in government positions

So pretty much business as usual.

daheff

I'd make the weather like a caribbean climate. Beer gardens all round..be great stuff.

Oh & I'd expel Mayo

Ken.

I'd sack all the wasters in the HSE and minimum double the wages of the nurses.

we'llallhavetea

legalise weed and buy shoes n stuff

mikemac1

Send the navy to Rockall and claim all rights. We are the closest nation and the UK and Denmark and Norway can fook off.

I'd also sink a few Spanish trawlers to stop them stealing fish

Phil Mitchell

Build 10,000 new prison places
Stand up to Europe. Do not adhere to any regulations that is detrimental to Irish people.
If you are a drug addict that fails a manditory drugs test, you WILL have your children put into care.
Take free bus passes away from heroin addicts.
Increase sentences for people committing crimes on public transport.
Zero-tolerance for being drunk and disorderly.
Introduce an ID card for alcohol purchases. Commit a violent crime and it gets cancelled. No ID, no purchase.
Abolish the blasphemy laws.

somefeen

I'd impose a Cork tax.

Everytime someone from Cork talks about Cork they pay a few cents.
The money earned goes into improving Cork so Cork people can talk about Cork more and generate more income from the Cork tax. Eventually the Cork tax will make Cork the most developed county in Ireland and Cork people will spread the word and people from outside Cork will talk about Cork and then we can also start to charge them for talking about Cork until the whole country is run entirely by Cork people and non-Cork people talking about Cork and paying the Cork tax making Cork more Cork than Cork is now and Cork will become the real capital and we will all Cork cork cork cork

pablo128

I would ban the importation and sale of Renault cars.

fleet_admiral

I would seize the assets of the catholic cult then outlaw it altogether. I would then use the proceeds to build a decent public transport system

For Forks Sake

pablo128 wrote: »

I would ban the importation and sale of Renault cars.

You'd have hundreds of mechanics out of work straight away.

pablo128

For Forks Sake wrote: »

You'd have hundreds of mechanics out of work straight away.

When I worked as a mechanic I fcuking hated the sight of them.

Be grand though, plenty of work now replacing BMW diesel timing chains!:pac:

TheBeardedLady

Swan about the place all swan-like and shizzle.

Agricola

I would have lots of noble, well intentioned ideas designed to bring about a fair(er) and (more) equitable society. Then, after years trying to implement it, I would retire a broken husk. You can't beat the system maaaaan.

Leif Johnson

Oh two more things. I would turn the whole of Co. Leitrim into a gigantic theme park, along with restaurants, hotels, bowling alleys, cinemas etc. At least it would have a use as a county.
I would also ban ginger-haired people from the country as well.

RGarvey

Make the country less god damn conservative.

ygolometsipe

- Arm the Gardai (Year 1)
- Pardon all the bankers.
- Give the church new powers.
- Train the Gardai with Arms (Year 2 or 3)
- Expand water charges to include rain water.
- All presidents of Ireland receive an 80% pay increase.
- Raise taxes.
- Give the GAA new powers.
- Countynap fermanagh - putin style.
- Create a new government body to cater for the privileged people in my constituency.
- Give superman new powers.
- Crack-down on crime statistics.
- Give the president new powers.
- 0.0001% tax cut for everyone over 18 and under 65 millimeters.
- Outsource Prisons to Libya.

Eutow

Introduce National I.D. cards like the rest of Europe.

Reverse the stupid minimum pricing for drink that the government plans to introduce.

Cut the number of TDs to 80

Abolish the Seanad

Legalise abortion

After myself, the Taoiseach is directly elected

Complete separation of church and state

Abolish the Good Friday and Christmas Day ban on the sale of alcohol

Supporting FF, FG, SF, & Labour and being members of said organisations is now punishable by forced relocation to spike island. Any person trying to escape is shot

The legal profession completely changed so instead of being the money gravy train it currently is, it actually serves and protects all law abiding people

Local government with real powers and national government focusing their efforts on national policy

RayM

Call a referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment.
Bring Ireland's abortion laws in line with the rest of the civilised world.
Ban religious organisations from all involvement in state-funded education.

Anesthetize

Reduce retirement age to 26.

diomed

Build another ring motorway outside the M50 about 30 kilometres outside.

diomed

Eutow wrote: »

Introduce National I.D. cards like the rest of Europe.

I agree.

martingriff

Eutow wrote: »

Introduce National I.D. cards like the rest of Europe.

Reverse the stupid minimum pricing for drink that the government plans to introduce.

Cut the number of TDs to 80

Abolish the Seanad

Legalise abortion

After myself, the Taoiseach is directly elected

Complete separation of church and state

Abolish the Good Friday and Christmas Day ban on the sale of alcohol

Supporting FF, FG, SF, & Labour and being members of said organisations is now punishable by forced relocation to spike island. Any person trying to escape is shot

The legal profession completely changed so instead of being the money gravy train it currently is, it actually serves and protects all law abiding people

Local government with real powers and national government focusing their efforts on national policy

Need referendums for those. Was the reason we kept the Senad was because it was a way for checks and balances