maringo wrote: » TBH I think Joan Burton is reforming the welfare system and bringing in schemes to help people get back to work. Unfortunately some employers will exploit any avenue to get workers for free if they can get away with it. But if the schemes help some people to get work thats good. Heard on radio 1 business programme this morning that 60% of people who went on the Jobbridge scheme got jobs out of it so I don't knock it although it mightn't be perfect. I think JB is doing her best in the circumstances. My daughter is availing of one of the schemes and I'm hoping it will open opportunities for her and get her off benefits which she hates having to take.
Forest Demon wrote: » At last at bit of fight from the Irish people. I hope we see more of this.
Nodin wrote: » ....where are we all getting the "eirigi" notion from?
humberklog wrote: » Nasty lot that Eirigi.
3ndahalfof6 wrote: » Maringo / harango, to close for comfort, is it you JB, is it,
Chucky the tree wrote: » It's a shame people who wanted to hear the speech weren't allow because of a small element of bullies.
My name is URL wrote: » You're right, and sorry if I appeared 'rowdy'!.. just don't like that sort of drive-by post insulting an entire town full of people =p
frankosw wrote: » On the dole are we poppet?
Zebra3 wrote: » :rolleyes: It's a shame that people who want to fed their kids can't because her and her buddies on their fat salaries impose cutbacks and tax hikes to serve the interests of foreign banks.
tayto lover wrote: » You couldn't believe a word they'd tell you anyway. No credibility left in that party.
Chucky the tree wrote: » Clueless.
Chucky the tree wrote: » Clueless. Still shouldn't stop people from being allowed too see it if they want.
Zebra3 wrote: » ^^^^^ :rolleyes:
Deleted User wrote: » What an odd thing to assume. Oh sorry, I just assumed that you might have watched the news at some point recently. It's hard to know how far back to go when explaining this because you seem to be full of questions. Anyway, the island of Ireland isn't all under the same jurisdiction. In the part known as "Northern Ireland" there's been a bit of a kerfuffle rumbling on for quite a while about whether it should remain under UK rule or be independent or join the rest of the island so the island is part of one country independent of the UK. So then, I don't know how much you know about how governments operate but many (maybe all) towns and cities and the like have local governments. In the case of Belfast (which is in Northern Ireland) this local government is Belfast City Council. Recently it voted to have the flag of the UK only fly on specific dates rather than year-round. Some people weren't happy about this and have been protesting since the decision was made. These people are commonly known as "flag protesters". The most famous "flag protester" is a lady who was recorded shouting in the door of City Hall early in the protests. Unfortunately the original video is no longer on Youtube, the ones on now cut in after she repeatedly shouted "Shame!" and "Shame on yis!" and only catches when she shouts "No surrender!". The video below, in an attempt at comedy, edits that video to make it seem as though the lady is trying to break down a door with an axe, much as Jack Nicholson's character in the film "The Shining" did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTvFC7QNc0Q The lady mentioned above, it's probably fair to assume, is what's known as a "Loyalist" or a "Unionist". Now maybe it's only because I've lived in Dundalk all my life but I happen to know that Dundalk in recent history has been something of a "stronghold" of "Republicans" and "Nationalists" who generally are in opposition to "Loyalists" or "Unionists". In what was supposed to be an throw-away and jokey comment I thought it somewhat ironic that a crowd from a town like Dundalk would be unable to come up with a decent chant and instead ended up using a phrase that was memorably used by a "Loyalist" or "Unionist" protester quite recently.
doolox wrote: » Until the present shower are put out of office and a proper government is put in power. Like the French do on a regular basis, we need a new republic and a new constitution put in place to recognise that the present set-up has failed miserably in providing stability, jobs, protection and proper ways to lead good lives for a lot of our people. Ireland does not provide for the weak in our society. If you are young you have no job and no hope of getting one. If you are uneducated likewise and now fees are being brought in and increased to exclude even more people. If you are in the private sector no hope of getting a loan for a proper place to live as most jobs in private sector are contract or in danger of being lost.. A range of fees and service charges are being introduced with little or no account being taken of ability to pay, past impositions and taxes which were originally set to include these costs or what will happen to jobs depending on the money thus taken from general circulation. Any wonder people are angry,
John.Icy wrote: » 1 in 4 children in Ireland are obese. For **** sake people, the country could do with less food! Jesus...I hate this food argument during the recession. Ireland is a stupidly fat nation, and one of the massive complaints of the people is they can't eat enough. And by that it means they can only afford a regular sized meal, not their usual gluten portion. But go ahead Zebra and all who want to continue overfeeding their children. Will be a sad day when all the youth start keeling over from heart attacks. So many overweight young ones. The stats are frightening. But no, let's complain about some people bull****ting about not having food. God some people talk as if we were in Africa. Skin and bones with no food. Bloody hardly! Fat, obese and lazy nation more like it. I for one welcome if the majority of the country can't afford as much food as years gone by...what's the stat? Something like over 40% of Ireland is overweight? Shocking this is what people give out about...abit of food. Malnutrition doesn't exist in Ireland, gowaay out of that. Unbelievable...anything to give out about the Government. Bunch of moaners!
doolox wrote: » Until the present shower are put out of office and a proper government is put in power.
eviltimeban wrote: » Who do you suggest?
frankosw wrote: » The only politician willing to do anything about the dole scroungers and benefit frauds.
John.Icy wrote: » See? Your claim was totally moronic to the extent you had to reply in such a manner. How does it feel being completed destroyed? Although, I'm sure you're happy either way seeing as you have a permanent following of dole munchers/ anti government/ pro Luke Ming Flanagan fools. Don't bring up a point of feeding in Ireland if that'll be your response. Try be factual.
Speaking at the launch of Barnardos’ Children’s Budget 2013, CEO Fergus Finlay, said that successive budgets have eroded critical supports for at risk families leaving many unable to put food on table or properly heat their homes: “The Department of Social Protection itself recently did research which shows 1 in 10 people are now living with food poverty. Unsurprisingly the people most affected by this are those we know have shouldered the heaviest burden in recent budget cuts: people who are unemployed, those on low incomes, families with 3 or more children and lone parents.”
