Truthvader wrote: » Seems no point in pursuing this. Either deliberately or due to some education gap you do not appear to understand the matter. Suffice to say at this stage that stupidly bleating that money will come from "sale of stock" ignores the issue as to who is rightfully entitled to the proceeds of "sale of stock". The "sale of stock" money rightfully belongs to someone else. Workers are not in fact less deserving but already rank in priority as a preferential creditor so are already favoured Maybe do the bit of reading you foolishly advised me to do before posting nonsense
Truthvader wrote: » Grow TF up. Debenhams went bust, They couldn't pay their rent. What is your solution? Force the owners of shops to give them away to Debenhams for free? Pay the workers forever even though the business is gone. Take money rightfully due to other creditors and give it to the workers? Business's fail. The backers, bankers and investors lose their money. The workers lose their jobs. Its a sh1t situation for all. The workers are already entitled to statutory redundancy and should be using that time and money to look for another job (or become a capitalist because apparently its really easy and you get loadsa money forever). Lightweight agitators like Coppinger do no-one any favours by persuading them they are entitled to money they are not entitled to. Just using them for personal publicity
Truthvader wrote: » OK simple question. The workers want more money. Whose money do you think they should get?
smurgen wrote: » Thank God someone is tackling the pressing issue of the day.https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1304106068168060929?s=19
Bowie wrote: » You're slipping and sliding all over the place. I appreciate you are learning as you go but it would be best practice to know the details before wading in. It's 'whose money' now rather than 'what'. The same money to be derived from the sale of stock. Why the need to pitch the idea of sides with the workers being the less deserving? Tax paying workers are the blood of the economy. They shouldn't be scorned or discarded when on hard times IMO.
tobsey wrote: » You do realise that the staff are to be given their statutory redundancy. As in what they are entitled to in law. The company had more debts than assets and therefore is being liquidated. The assets will be sold and the staff will get their entitlements, but other creditors are going to lose money.
Bowie wrote: » Varadkar was wrong. It was pointed out.Its what they are entitled to thats being negotiated. I'd imagine if more money goes one way others will get less.
blanch152 wrote: » If you are entitled to something, you are entitled to it, you don't have to negotiate for it!!!! What they are negotiating for is for something in excess of their entitlement. In your rush to accuse Leo of something else (what's new) you are misrepresenting the facts.
Truthvader wrote: » Give up. Bowie simply does not understand the process or alternatively is wilfully pursuing argument he knows to be false
Bowie wrote: » Negotiations are because one side disagrees with another. So they discuss it and negotiate a deal. LV said there was no money. There is. He was wrong. Why did he tell lies? Is he thick or lying? These are the questions.
Brendan Bendar wrote: » Lookit, a chara, there is always “money there”. If my daughter came up and said she was planning a two year trip to Colombia to do some bird watching and needed €25k to keep her going, I’d tell her I hadn’t the money (for that). There’s always ‘money’ but what you are prepared to spend it on is a totally different matter. A person might have the money but might not spend it on a high spec Beemer while the windows and heating in the hacienda need replacing. Try and think these things through, compadre.
FrancieBrady wrote: » Is Leo negotiating on behalf of Debenhams then? Because they upped the offer by a million, obviously they are prepared to trade. Why is Leo saying there is no money?
Bowie wrote: » Negotiations are because one side disagrees with another. So they discuss it and negotiate a deal. .
Bowie wrote: » Except you don't know the details on this. They are fighting for what they are entitled to. .
Bowie wrote: » The workers want money they are due.
Bowie wrote: » Its what they are entitled to thats being negotiated.
blanch152 wrote: » Let's just look carefully at what you have said on this. Entitlements are what you are due, they have been fixed by statute, a contract of some other piece of law. You don't have to negotiate on this. You get it, and if you don't get it, you go to court and the court awards it to you. If you are negotiating, it is no longer about your entitlement or your due, it is about what you can seek and get at the expense of someone else, in this case, creditors and others.
Bowie wrote: » He is siding against the workers and lying to do it.
Bishop of hope wrote: » Nice award for Simon. Proof that Irish govts brexit stance is, well regarded in Europe. Lead by FG of course.https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/simon-coveney-wins-european-business-press-award-1.4352517?mode=amp
Yurt! wrote: » Coveney represents the better face of the FG tradition IMO. A huge mistake allowing Leo take over, who is a man who has a deeply cynical and partisan approach to politics.
Bowie wrote: » Leo was wrong. He either lied or is a fool. As to what the workers are due, there is disagreement. Simply saying one side is wrong doesn't cut it. They are negotiating.
christy c wrote: » Said this before, I think Coveney would have more substance, but he would still come in for the same criticism as Leo. For example, he would have been going in after a stint as housing minister, it would be used as ammunition any chance people get.
Bowie wrote: » All criticism is policy and attitude based. If he behaved like LV he'd get the same criticism. Couldn't see Coveney quoting 'mean girls' and sending foolish bratty tweets. Or as in the Debenhams workers issue making false statements.
dundalkfc10 wrote: » https://twitter.com/FineGael/status/1305213489888276481?s=19https://twitter.com/JoeEDwyer/status/1305249846983569409?s=19 Wonder why the missing years? Rewriting History now to suit their agenda
Deleted User wrote: » What missing years?