- FF’s popularity is at an all time low. Hopefully an election will be called soon to get them out
- Better bargains out there
- Variable mortgage rates are down
- Nice to see developers suffer a little
- Loads of people get to see wonderful Ulster countryside in search of cheap goods
- Ryan Tubridy and Gerry Ryan were embarassed into taking a paycut
- Bertie had to take a whopper reduction in his pay.
[quote=“larryduff”]- Obama is in charge. Looks to know what he is doing and at least has a strategic plan to get out of this mess
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Is that a bi-product of the recession though?
Would he not have been there anyway?
Falling Home Prices
More Family Time
- Pat Spillane has being removed from the post of Sunday Game anchor, in turn removing the greatest single threat to the future of the gaa.
[quote=“farmerinthecity”]Is that a bi-product of the recession though?
Would he not have been there anyway?[/quote]
Farmer this is about mindless, baseless optimism. Rational thought is neither required nor welcome.
cheaper oil
[quote=“farmerinthecity”]Is that a bi-product of the recession though?
Would he not have been there anyway?[/quote]
The green shoot is that he is in power for recession and not some evil gobshite. Fair criticism probably.
If that is the case then you could have anything in there.
‘Nadine from Girls Aloud exists’ could be one.
[quote=“farmerinthecity”]If that is the case then you could have anything in there.
‘Nadine from Girls Aloud exists’ could be one.[/quote]
Fair comment. I’ll edit my post
-80s style is back in the clothes shops
-Lager sales are suffering while Guinness sales are up
-There’s something else to talk about with the stranger at the bus stop other than the weather
-More seats on the bus in the mornings to work
-Children wont be growing up like spoiled brats
-The humble batch loaf is once again king of the bread aisle instead of some Italian flatbread shite
-British chain high street stores are losing their place on “Irish” shopping streets
Didn’t mean for you to do that!
It’s amazing what a bit of bullying can do!
-Farmer can actually make other posters “climb down” during a recession!!
No climb down. Just correcting a mistake
- Greater public outcry when things are just blatantly poor value like FAI charging 75 euro to watch a match in Croke Park
More people reading books apparently
more people on internet forums
Yes but Jeremy Clarkson’s efforts are also selling well so that’s a mixed blessing sadly.
-Less timewasters in the boozer of a Friday/Saturday night.
IBM to create up to 200 research jobs in Dublin
CIARA O’BRIEN
IBM WILL create up to 200 jobs in Dublin over the next three years at a new research centre.
The €66 million development in its Smarter Cities Technology Centre, which will be located at IBM’s Mulhuddart site, will be assisted by the IDA.
The centre aims to design systems that will help cities manage and connect transport links, communications infrastructure and water and energy networks.
As part of the centre’s work, a team of experts will collaborate with city authorities, universities, and businesses, as well as experts from IBM Research and the company’s Software Development Lab in Ireland, to develop and commercialise ways of making city systems more connected, sustainable and intelligent.
The announcement was made yesterday morning by Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Batt O’Keeffe, on his first official day in his new portfolio.
“The decision taken by IBM underscores the Irish Government’s commitment to providing an environment where industry and academia can collaborate to create economic growth through innovation and through research,” he said.
“This particular project illustrates how IDA Ireland, working with globally integrated businesses such as IBM, can help create the Irish smart economy while also assisting highly innovative companies such as IBM to achieve their business goals.”
The new jobs will be highly skilled positions in research and development and software development.
Batt O’Keeffe - the man who can. Only one day into the role too. Like a Batt into Enterprise, there’ll be jobs when the morning comes.