oceanman wrote: » maybe because very few people are feeling better off in their pockets!
LaVail wrote: » All jokes aside...Is the recession over? Things as still bad as far as I can see. Dublin must be recovering some bit but anywhere outside of it is anything but thriving. I'm drunk so I'll shut up now.
retalivity wrote: » I've only recently started buying double quilted bog roll again so yes, its over
Wanderer78 wrote: » far from over im afraid. dublin and a few other places dont seem to be doing too bad but other smaller towns, villages and even cities aint doing great. dont think irelands economy will be great for a while. deeply concerned of the amount of people in arrears with their mortgages. have a funny feeling the whole euro zone is gonna stagnate for a while. very interesting to watch the whole greece thing. at least somebody is sticking it to the imf but i have a funny feeling greece are gonna get shafted here.
Massimo Cassagrande wrote: » We had to let the third car go - it was tough, but needs must. And the kitchen hasn't been remodeled since all this madness began. We just toughed it out. The shaker Maple has really begun to grate though.
Greentopia wrote: » Yeah unemployment rate was 19% down here in Waterford last year. It has decreased since but not by much. Dublin might be picking up, not so much in some other parts.
SEPT 23 1989 wrote: » Greece will not be allowed win
LaVail wrote: » That's what I was thinking. I have many friends in trouble. No jobs, no money and mortgages to pay. I'm lucky enough to be debt free and in work but 75% of my mates are on the dole, not by choice though I might add. In my opinion Ireland as a whole wont recover for another few years yet.
blackcard wrote: » The lowest point for me was the day of the Bailout itself, our leaders slumped without hope or leadership, watching little old Ireland making headlines international headlines on Sky, BBC, CNN, Bloomers. I wondered whither Ireland. That was the day I stopped watching the news. That was the lowest point of the Bailout Years for me. What was your lowest point?
thebaz wrote: » The lowest point for me was realising that the party (Fianna Fail) who caused the mess that forced the bailout were once again the largest party - how quickly the Irish public forgave , and made them once again the largest party in the land. Hopefully they will never get into power again
Wanderer78 wrote: » yea its not nice to watch people in trouble. its been very difficult to watch all this unfold
LaVail wrote: » I work on a golf course in north Kerry and 95% of people I meet are American. Wall street traders, merrill lynch employees, bankers etc and I always ask them "how is the economy in the states" all of them reply "not as good s the rest of the world thinks" even the U.S is putting on a a facade when it comes to the economy. We are no different, regardless of what the media and government portrait.
Plates wrote: » Indeed. All our economic polices should based on the input of American golfers.
Wanderer78 wrote: » thanks for that. interesting to hear. only been to the states once, years ago. feckin recession! was talking to an american girl here while ago. said something similar.
cloud493 wrote: » Eating ****ing beans and oven chips from the tesco value range for 2 meals every day for nearly 8 months.
LaVail wrote: » I'm drunk sorry Thought I was making sense but doesn't look like it.
blackcard wrote: » I wasn't that bad. Got rid of satellite TV, no foreign holidays, got rid of the landlines phone, no new furniture but never went hungry
LaVail wrote: I work on a golf course in north Kerry and 95% of people I meet are American. Wall street traders, merrill lynch employees, bankers etc and I always ask them "how is the economy in the states" all of them reply "not as good s the rest of the world thinks" even the U.S is putting on a a facade when it comes to the economy. We are no different, regardless of what the media and government portrait.
