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End of Sudocreme in Ireland

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    #32
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,728 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    I know how it’s spelled but am I the only one who calls it sudocream?


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    #33
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,698 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    bfa1509 wrote: »
    That's her can of 100% botox

    At least that is still made in ireland (for now)


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    #34
    StupidLikeAFox
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    Montage of Feck wrote: »
    I would rather see my fellow countrymen do well first though not that I have any ill will for the Bulgarians. This was a quality product developed and manufactured in ireland to the highest standards, it's brand name is now being pillaged for the sake of increased profits.

    Its a fair point, sad to see this go. But ireland has benefitted hugely from globalisation - through the 50s and 60s it was through manufacturing/assembly. Now its more higher tech stuff like pharmaceuticals and tech. Its not much comfort to those who lost their jobs today, but you have to take the good with the bad in a globalised economy


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    #35
    Larbre34
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    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    I know how it’s spelled but am I the only one who calls it sudocream?

    No, every calls it soo-doh-cream. Or they should anyway, its taken from soothing cream.


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    branie2
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    Anyone feeling sore about it?


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    #37
    Larbre34
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    branie2 wrote: »
    Anyone feeling sore about it?

    Butt hurt.


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    #38
    OneEightSeven
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    I put Sudocrem in my brother's Brylcreem one evening. It's a thicker substance, so I put it on the radiator to melt it slightly and then mixed it in. I'm still in primary school and he's in secondary school, so he gets up for school 40 minutes before me. The next morning I wake up to a load of commotion, my mother busts into my room giving out stink and my brother had to wash his hair out under a tap and make it to school in time.


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    #39
    osarusan
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    Wikipedia says that the Sudocrem name came from the Dublin pronunciation of 'soothing cream'.

    'Soodin' cream'. That's funny if true.


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    #40
    forumdedum
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Moving production to Bulgaria.

    A new spot


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    #41
    cgcsb
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    I had to laugh they had some englishman bargain basement looking ceo type on the news saying they had to move to Bulgaria because their site here was too small. While also in the same breath saying they had a much larger operation in Waterford. And never mind the fact if you really needed a new site for industrial jobs in this country, the Ida would basically hand you one for nothing.

    Why not just be honest and say you want to get bigger profits by slashing workers wages and only way you can do that is move somewhere that has high unemployment and low wages.


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    #42
    whisky_galore
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    It has been hundreds of years since a country of Ireland's size could look after itself.
    Wasn't even a viable strategy in the 1930s and 1940s here.
    Makes more sense for us to specialise in dairy, beef and export that and import fruits and vegetables.

    All well and good until changing tastes, environmental concerns and countries that may compete to produce those cheaper begin to chip away at that. No sense putting all your eggs in the one basket.
    Let's not depend on FDIs either, they'll happily bugger off overseas when it doesn't suit them here anymore.


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    #43
    Darc19
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    KevRossi wrote: »
    Strange company. I used to send jars of it abroad to friends in Germany and France when they had babies, it's absolute wonder stuff and you can't get it's equivalent anywhere. They missed out a huge trick on marketing over the past few decades.

    How?

    They are moving because they simply cannot produce enough and no room for expansion.

    The Bulgarian facility has the capacity to double output.


    I blame Madonna. Ever since she endorsed it, sales have skyrocketed


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    Darc19
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    Jellybaby_1 wrote: »
    I have regularly asked if Ireland actually manufactures anything much any more, in particular our essentials? Does anyone know? It became very apparent with the onset of Brexit everyone was wondering if we could still get the same products. Then when the pandemic hit there were shortages and I know it was mainly panic buying, but I wonder if mammy Ireland can actually look after us anymore! Just a short walk around the supermarket will tell you where most of our products and vegetables come from. :(

    Walk around a pharmacy dispensing room anywhere in Europe and you will see made in Ireland on a huge number of products.

    Horses for courses.

    Medicines are high value and easily transportable, thus an island nation is not disadvantaged.

    Food is bulky, low value, thus transport costs are high per unit value


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