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blinding · 02-10-2019 12:30PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Again, that's absolutely fine. And they already are in those suburbs. If they were actually disruptive to local communities, I'm sure someone would have posted evidence by now. You just know they've been googling.

The wealthy areas want them . Put them there = Job done , Jobs a good one . Everyone happy .

Mad_maxx · 02-10-2019 07:49PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

blinding wrote: »

The wealthy people on Rte are always in favour of them in their areas .

Obvious solution = Put them in the wealthy areas .

Again, that's absolutely fine. And they already are in those suburbs. If they were actually disruptive to local communities, I'm sure someone would have posted evidence by now. You just know they've been googling.

I'm sure the people of Oughterard are delighted with themselves but they haven't exactly shone themselves in the best light these past weeks. And maybe they don't care, which is fair enough.

They made a holy show of themselves in front of the nations Liberal absolutists.

hotmail.com · 03-10-2019 05:20PM

humberklog wrote: »

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Yeah it was an interesting shift in demographics. When the jobs left, the newcomers did also. That's positive in one way, as the town didn't become a poverty drain. But how do you make out that an interaction of Brazilian, Pakistani and Irish is not multicultural?

Cool, so that's pretty much definitely the most diverse town in Ireland, in ethnic terms. I'm sure there are some problems, so whhat as far as you know are the local crises? Bearing in mind that every rural town already suffers to roughly the same extent.

I don't know of any crises. I was responding to another poster that said Dublin was the most multicultural and diverse part of the country and I don't think that that's the case. That's all. Why are you asking me about my knowledge of local crises?

I say Gort wasn't particularly multicultural as it was predominantly 2 cultures (Brazilian and Irish).

So Dublin isn't the most diverse region of the country?

humberklog · 03-10-2019 06:57PM

hotmail.com wrote: »

So Dublin isn't the most diverse region of the country?

The post I quoted from you said Dublin was the most diverse part of the country. I may have read "Part" differently than you meant.

It depends on how your measuring it. Here the 2016 census...

Table 1.2 Towns with the highest percentage of non-Irish nationals, 2016 TownCountyNumber of residents% of non-Irish nationalsNumber of non-Irish nationalsThe largest non-Irish group (number) BallyhaunisMayo2,38339.5941Polish - 159 EdgeworthstownLongford2,06232.3667Polish - 163 BallymahonLongford1,86632.1599Polish - 273 BallyjamesduffCavan2,68930.2812Polish - 311 MonaghanMonaghan7,59730.12,287Lithuanian - 1,004 SaggartDublin3,14528.9909Polish - 326 LongfordLongford10,01127.42,740Polish - 1,004 CahirTipperary3,59027.3979Polish - 340 GortGalway2,95126.6785Brazilian - 397 CavanCavan10,65626.22,790Polish - 827

humberklog · 03-10-2019 07:02PM

Made a balls of linking that but you get the gist. Also according to 2016 census going by county Galway comes out top, followed by Dublin City, then Fingal and then...Longford in at no.4:).

hotmail.com · 03-10-2019 08:10PM

humberklog wrote: »

hotmail.com wrote: »

So Dublin isn't the most diverse region of the country?

The post I quoted from you said Dublin was the most diverse part of the country. I may have read "Part" differently than you meant.

It depends on how your measuring it. Here the 2016 census...

Table 1.2 Towns with the highest percentage of non-Irish nationals, 2016 TownCountyNumber of residents% of non-Irish nationalsNumber of non-Irish nationalsThe largest non-Irish group (number) BallyhaunisMayo2,38339.5941Polish - 159 EdgeworthstownLongford2,06232.3667Polish - 163 BallymahonLongford1,86632.1599Polish - 273 BallyjamesduffCavan2,68930.2812Polish - 311 MonaghanMonaghan7,59730.12,287Lithuanian - 1,004 SaggartDublin3,14528.9909Polish - 326 LongfordLongford10,01127.42,740Polish - 1,004 CahirTipperary3,59027.3979Polish - 340 GortGalway2,95126.6785Brazilian - 397 CavanCavan10,65626.22,790Polish - 827

With respect, it is blatantly obvious that the Dublin area is the most diverse area of the country.

generalgerry · 03-10-2019 08:24PM

hotmail.com wrote: »

With respect, it is blatantly obvious that the Dublin area is the most diverse area of the country.

I walked from O'Connell Street to Wicklow Street today for the first time in about 18 months and I was pretty shocked. I don't think I heard one person speaking English. We truly are becoming a minority.

dxhound2005 · 03-10-2019 08:39PM

generalgerry wrote: »

I walked from O'Connell Street to Wicklow Street today for the first time in about 18 months and I was pretty shocked. I don't think I heard one person speaking English. We truly are becoming a minority.

There is no danger of English speakers becoming a minority. That is not a proper sampling method to decide. Go to a game in Croke Park or the Aviva and you will get a different experience.

hotmail.com · 03-10-2019 09:27PM

generalgerry wrote: »

hotmail.com wrote: »

With respect, it is blatantly obvious that the Dublin area is the most diverse area of the country.

I walked from O'Connell Street to Wicklow Street today for the first time in about 18 months and I was pretty shocked. I don't think I heard one person speaking English. We truly are becoming a minority.

Maybe try to get out more?

And anyway, isn't Irish supposed to be our national language.

03-10-2019 09:45PM

generalgerry wrote: »

I walked from O'Connell Street to Wicklow Street today for the first time in about 18 months and I was pretty shocked. I don't think I heard one person speaking English. We truly are becoming a minority.

There must be nearly 50 people per square-metre per minute on that stretch of road at peak times. I'd be surprised if you managed to hear anything coherent at all.

Do you imagine all the foreigners are walking back and forth between McDonald's of O'Connell Street and AIB on Grafton?

And as has been pointed out, the first language of this country is not English anyway. Is minic a chualas daltaí ag caint trí Ghaeilge i dtimpeall TCD, b'fhéidir gurbh é sin a chuala tú a stór.

03-10-2019 10:48PM

generalgerry wrote: »

I walked from O'Connell Street to Wicklow Street today for the first time in about 18 months and I was pretty shocked. I don't think I heard one person speaking English. We truly are becoming a minority.

Have you ever been abroad yourself Gerry? it is said it broadens the mind.

signostic · 04-10-2019 09:26AM

no one from Met Eireann coming on today?

:pac::pac:

Callan57 · 04-10-2019 09:40AM

Simon Coveney is very impressive this morning ... clearly very well briefed & totally in command of his brief & has no need to name call or insult individuals.

blinding · 04-10-2019 09:42AM

Callan57 wrote: »

Simon Coveney is very impressive this morning ... clearly very well briefed & totally in command of his brief & has no need to name call or insult individuals.

Hopefully he did not tell a sovereign Independent Country how to conduct their Democracy like Leo the Plank .

04-10-2019 02:35PM

Callan57 wrote: »

Simon Coveney is very impressive this morning ... clearly very well briefed & totally in command of his brief & has no need to name call or insult individuals.

Probably the most intelligent and effective Foreign Affairs minister this country has had since Seán McBride, and they gave him the Nobel Prize.

It's probably just as well Coveney didn't get the Taoiseach's job. Obviously Varadkar is still the man in charge, but he's not as heavily involved, and that may be just as well.

04-10-2019 02:48PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Probably the most intelligent and effective Foreign Affairs minister this country has had since Seán McBride, and they gave him the Nobel Prize.

It's probably just as well Coveney didn't get the Taoiseach's job. Obviously Varadkar is still the man in charge, but he's not as heavily involved, and that may be just as well.

I think Coveney has and is coming across very well. He’s measured, considered, steady and doesn’t rise to the bait. I’m impressed. I also think it’s the smart move to have him front and centre on Brexit - not just because of the above but because there’s an “escalation route” up to Leo, which gives a way forward in the case of a major argument. Not that I think that will happen with Coveney at the rudder. My Dad said, when I first got a job that had me managing people, “surround yourself with good people”. Leo must have been listening to his Dad, when it came to Coveney. (Shame about some of the rest of them, though!)

blinding · 04-10-2019 03:38PM

Didn’t Leo get the job for his Photo Shoot Stuff .

padd b1975 · 07-10-2019 09:42AM

Seán getting prickly at the prospect of RTÉ being decentralised.

07-10-2019 10:38AM

padd b1975 wrote: »

Seán getting prickly at the prospect of RTÉ being decentralised.

Just heard bits of that conversation on the office radio. Who was the guest who was criticising RTE and its unnecessary, sprawling D4 campus.? He was dead right, whoever he is.

sligojoek · 07-10-2019 10:45AM

John Moran.
I think he's a retired senior civil servant

jd · 07-10-2019 10:55AM

sligojoek wrote: »

John Moran.
I think he's a retired senior civil servant

There's a bit more to him than that!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-a-moran-63866720/?originalSubdomain=ie

07-10-2019 10:56AM

sligojoek wrote: »

John Moran.
I think he's a retired senior civil servant

Oh. Him. Yeah he's a retired civil servant. He's the guy who came back to head up the Dept of Finance after a successful career running a juice bar in the South of France. Despite all the raised eyebrow, he made a huge success of his time as the country's most powerful civil servant.

He probably deserves more credit for getting Ireland out of its financial crisis than most members of the Government 2011 - 2016. RTE and the Government should need his advice on this. He doesn't come across a likeable character and he grates on a lot of people but he's no eejit.

padd b1975 · 07-10-2019 12:24PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Oh. Him. Yeah he's a retired civil servant. He's the guy who came back to head up the Dept of Finance after a successful career running a juice bar in the South of France. Despite all the raised eyebrow, he made a huge success of his time as the country's most powerful civil servant.

He probably deserves more credit for getting Ireland out of its financial crisis than most members of the Government 2011 - 2016. RTE and the Government should need his advice on this. He doesn't come across a likeable character and he grates on a lot of people but he's no eejit.

Very refreshing to hear some policy suggestions from someone who doesn't have one eye on the ballot box.

Brendan Bendar · 07-10-2019 12:28PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Oh. Him. Yeah he's a retired civil servant. He's the guy who came back to head up the Dept of Finance after a successful career running a juice bar in the South of France. Despite all the raised eyebrow, he made a huge success of his time as the country's most powerful civil servant.

He probably deserves more credit for getting Ireland out of its financial crisis than most members of the Government 2011 - 2016. RTE and the Government should need his advice on this. He doesn't come across a likeable character and he grates on a lot of people but he's no eejit.

Lot of those kind of dudes on this platform,Ty:

07-10-2019 04:16PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Lot of those kind of dudes on this platform,Ty:

Is that a hint?:eek:

Must listen back to the full interview. In fairness to SO'R, I'd doubt he gets too upset at RTE criticism. Maybe because he had a journalism career before RTE.

OTOH, Finucane, Tubridy and Duffy are wont to prickle when RTE is criticised without prior warning. An unfortunate analogy, but the fattener-pigs don't bite the hand of a man with a bucket of swill,

Brendan Bendar · 07-10-2019 05:57PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Is that a hint?:eek:

Must listen back to the full interview. In fairness to SO'R, I'd doubt he gets too upset at RTE criticism. Maybe because he had a journalism career before RTE.

OTOH, Finucane, Tubridy and Duffy are wont to prickle when RTE is criticised without prior warning. An unfortunate analogy, but the fattener-pigs don't bite the hand of a man with a bucket of swill,

No, quite the opposite

pinkyeye · 07-10-2019 08:06PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Is that a hint?:eek:

Must listen back to the full interview. In fairness to SO'R, I'd doubt he gets too upset at RTE criticism. Maybe because he had a journalism career before RTE.

OTOH, Finucane, Tubridy and Duffy are wont to prickle when RTE is criticised without prior warning. An unfortunate analogy, but the fattener-pigs don't bite the hand of a man with a bucket of swill,

I don't think there's any need to liken humans to fattener pigs.

Callan57 · 09-10-2019 10:04AM

I think this phonein with the Minister for Finance has become pointless ... this morning was clearly all activists ringing in reading off pre-prepared statements. In most instances there was no actual question asked or answered.

Beechwoodspark · 09-10-2019 10:05AM

Callan57 wrote: »

I think this phonein with the Minister for Finance has become pointless ... this morning was clearly all activists ringing in reading off pre-prepared statements. In most instances there was no actual question asked or answered.

The first guy was straight from central casting. Angry entitled lefty

dulpit · 09-10-2019 11:29AM

Oh, I forgot that the budget phone-in was today, I always avoid it, such a waste of time. Like someone said, the callers are just activists with prepared statements.

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

The first guy was straight from central casting. Angry entitled lefty

Fun fact, central casting is a real business: https://www.centralcasting.com/

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