blanch152 wrote: » Hypocrisy enshrined in a single post, well done.
blanch152 wrote: » They went and purchased their own from a private supplier, much like Louise O'Reilly is trying to get the HSE to buy equipment from a friend of hers.
Bowie wrote: » I've no bile for Harris, nor would I dismiss anyone suffering from Covid19 to score points. I see your standards rise and fall depending on who is getting the abuse. Great. Hopefully it's a good deal. When Denis O'Brien gets all those contracts are we to believe nobody in FG is aware of who he is? Is that your point with the O'Reilly thing, she knows a contractor? What are you suggesting?
FrancieBrady wrote: » Far as I know all she said was 'she had a contact'. That has now become a 'friend' or a 'consignment found on the side of the road'...nudge nudge wink wink. The spin is in.
satguy wrote: » How many more SiteServ's will it take,, How many more sweet deals will FG give their inner circle before we grab our pitchforks. And at the cabinet table, the FG wide boys will eat the others for a snack. And will FF and the GP have to leave the room, when jobs for Dinny are being discussed ??
christy c wrote: » I asked you a few questions about the private hospitals this morning- any chance of some answers?
smurgen wrote: » It's a terrible deal. The private hospitals were price takers in the current situation and would have been lucky to keep the lights on. Government could have gotten away with paying them a fraction of the reported numbers yet again their suspiciously weak negotiation skills come to the fore.
satguy wrote: » You mean this
satguy wrote: » Isn't there a big 5G phone licence that was to be awarded,, It is now on hold due to the virus outbreak. Maybe FG might change our tax laws so that the boss does not have to fly off to Malta,, ya never know, tax laws are only for schmucks.
Shefwedfan wrote: » Fuel is already taxed at the moment. For over 10 years the government has handed electric and hybrid grants, all sorts of incentives, no Vrt on imports for electric and people continue to buy diesel. Look at motor forum and people going on about what a great drive it is, petrol is far superior to diesel anyway
You have a lot of negatives in that post, commuter hubs like M3 parkway are available, smaller towns don’t need luas but the major cities need to look at options.
Electric cars start at maybe 5k or less now.
The transition is easy, the problem is people don’t want to do it
christy c wrote: » No, I mean the conspiracy theory I replied to this morning and asked some follow up questions.
satguy wrote: » Conspiracy Theory?
Bowie wrote: » Great. Hopefully it's a good deal. When Denis O'Brien gets all those contracts are we to believe nobody in FG is aware of who he is? Is that your point with the O'Reilly thing, she knows a contractor? What are you suggesting?
christy c wrote: » Will I take it that you're not going to answer and spew more rubbish instead? Edit: maybe they gave Dinny a head start on the 5g so that we would all contract coronavirus and then have to use his hospitals?
christy c wrote: » Yes, did you see my post from this morning? You're just copying and pasting things you dont like.
blanch152 wrote: » So, you support deals for contacts so long as they are Sinn Fein contacts but not FG contacts. Glad we cleared that question up, we are now in Animal Farm territory.
blanch152 wrote: » There is at least one SF councillor who believes it was all caused by 5G masts.
satguy wrote: » Yes I did, you got annoyed when I pointed out that when we had the hospital bed crisis, and the trolley crisis,, Harris had no funds, as it was mostly poor people that found themselfs on trollies and died. Rich people had medical insurance,, but now so many people are sick,, Rich in their 70's FG voters. Now we need beds,, lots of people are sick, including lots of rich FG voters. Now there is money for private beds,, and as it turns out people need not have died during the hospital bed crisis, and the trolley crisis after all. We had money,, lots of it..
blanch152 wrote: » Nonsense, pure nonsense. Think about it for a minute. If only the public hospitals were taking Corona virus patients, wouldn’t people be paying whatever was asked to go to a private hospital with their. back problem or their bad kidneys. The economics of supply and demand aren’t understood at a basic level by Sinn Fein.
smurgen wrote: » Go on explain the economics of it to us. What would private hospitals do to private patients that presented with Corona ? Turn them away? Or refer them to public facilities where they'd pay the government?
smurgen wrote: » Seems like the care home owners are starting to point the finger. This is going to get very interesting. "Home owner Lucy Flynn said she asked if it was possible to do blanket testing of the residents and staff at a time when eight to nine residents were presenting with symptoms of Covid-19 three and a half weeks ago. However, she said that offer was refused by the HSE. She described the scale of death in the home as “devastating and heartbreaking” and said it might have been avoided if residents and staff had all been tested earlier. “If that had happened, we would be in a far different place to where we are now,” she said.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/owner-describes-death-of-seven-residents-in-nursing-home-as-truly-heartbreaking-1.4234601
blanch152 wrote: » So Sinn Fein support private nursing home owners, but oppose private hospital owners, go figure.
