RTE Radio 1: Late Debate

I'm getting annoyed now, this clown clearly clueless, his part time staff are getting reduced PUP payments not half albeit many getting equivalent of JSA allowance €203 per week.

touts wrote: »

The economy is absolutely bollixed when the business life support systems are shut off. Can't really blame someone for wanting to hang on to the PUP for as long as possible maybe even October or November rather than return to a job that could cease to exist in a few weeks.

I know the Hospitality sector well Touts, posted a detailed opinion on the relaxing restrictions thread. There is not only very little incentive to return or work in this sector, there's genuine concern by existing and indeed former employees about viability of their employers. The industry is and will continue to be on its knee's, there will not be any sense of normality when it reopens, also rarely mentioned is the fact that by default, any restrictions, curtailment of restaurants, bars etc will equal a reduction of staff needed or being rehired.

I'm certainly not doubting there are abuses with PUP but it galls me to hear these "concerned Employers" suddenly crying and whinging now when they dropped staff like bad habits at the start of this. If they were so concerned, why didn't they retain staff on wage subsidy schemes??

touts wrote: »

This Limerick Soviet thing always amuses me. When I first heard of it I imagined a sort of self declared independent communist state where private property was confiscated and run by the people etc. Instead it was a two week general strike where a few trade union gangs looted some shops and homes (mainly to settle scores). But the left wing academia and media have called it a "Soviet" to make it sound like some sort of great socialist uprising.

I'd never heard this story, as an aside, excellent program on the Path to Partition on BBC 2 earlier, 2 part documentary, not sure when next episode on, worth a watch

I think politicians missing the point re PUP and EWSS. Few if any hospitality workers were even offered EWSS and the majority of Aviation workers on PUP, including pilots. EWSS is propping up businesses that either never closed or are trading, it's debatable whethersome of these business are even viable. Its an open secret that 50% of fixed costs of many businesses were covered by various grants, now it's been suggested lump sum grants upto €30k for businesses reopening shortly. I somewhat baffled given I seriously doubt many of these businesses will last till the end of year.

Michael Healy Rae on tonight, this should be incomprehensible

Dempo1 wrote: »

Michael Healy Rae on tonight, this should be incomprehensible

Can he not even take his hat off indoors? Is that not rude?

California Dreamer wrote: »

Can he not even take his hat off indoors? Is that not rude?

MHR's flat cap is his brand. He thinks that if he wears it, ordinary voters will reckon that he's an ordinary man like themselves, instead of the multi-millionaire that he is.

Jaysus there’s Fitzmaurice slobbering around the place again.

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Did you get that from the ‘Irish Marketing Institute’.?

LOL, did you hear about Mc Sharrys newspaper interview this morning, a FF senator also aghast at SF data collection practices, didn't hear her name, a few hours later MM confirms FF did the exact same thing, quite funny all the same.

Story will die a death now that Leo also confirmed FG were at it

I live in the slieve bloom mountains, it a protected environmental area. My own cottage 200+ years old and now renovated.

I recall a neighbour up higher than me, family site etc, they had to put a flag pole up on their site at a specific length , with a marker flag for 6 months prior to receiving planning, if anyone objected, no planning would be granted. I'm not making this up, it happened and I believe it still does.