Ireland politics (Part 1)

[myboyblue]

@Tassotti

rural Ireland is not ready for a shirtlifter taoiseach

Yerra if its ready for shirtlifting marriage, its ready for anything.

[Tim_Riggins]

Did they still think they could get Flanagan? I was quite surprised to read in the Phoenix recently that Michael Ring and Flanagan were pro Leo. Don’t think Ring has announced yet though?

[Juhniallio]

I think Ring would be perfect for Leo. A rural old stager who’s been shafted for years by Kenny.

[artfoley]

@flattythehurdler

What FG did, Tim, is take the easy route every single fucking time. The easy short term route to employment, a corporate tax haven.
They effectively have sucked whichever corporate cock was waved in their direction, and swallowed it all.
They have been very very lucky in inheriting an English speaking well educated workforce, with a population small enough to make a few hundred jobs here and there a very worthwhile trade off for screwing the rest of Europe.
They have done little to encourage indigenous industry. At some point, the mnc’s will drift away. We’d better hope it doesn’t happen quickly.
We don’t even have a train or dart to out capital airport

They’ve also displayed a stunning ability to turn every open goal into an own goal e.g. gardai, NAMA etc

[artfoley]

@Tim_Riggins

Did they still think they could get Flanagan? I was quite surprised to read in the Phoenix recently that Michael Ring and Flanagan were pro Leo. Don’t think Ring has announced yet though?

Leo is very fond of ring so I’d expect Michael to reciprocate.

[Tassotti]

[Matty_Hislop]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0S8UycMf9g&feature=share

[JonSnow]

I like your moxy

[anon70480284]

I like yours too

[flattythehurdler]

I just did.
I’m calm again.
I was a bit ott.
Apologies.

[flattythehurdler]

How is it, that when I looked to shift to Ireland, the accountant in Ireland told me I’d be insane?
One law for the mnc’s, everyone else gets screwed I was informed, and told to leave my money and business in the UK.

[flattythehurdler]

This, genuinely is how I picture you, always have.

[Tim_Riggins]

I can’t answer that question.

I have no idea what industry you’re in
I have no idea of what the comparable tax breaks are like in your industry

I do know personal tax is higher in Ireland, and if you’re self employed that would certainly make you think twice.

However what you stated doesn’t hold up to objective fact. That’s just a tired own trope about the Irish economy. There are lots of faults with it but it is just plain wrong to say “nothing was done”.

[Tassotti]

Ireland isn’t a proper country at all

[flattythehurdler]

I was hoping to just move my “hq” to Dublin.
She said I’d get danced on.
That is my first hand experience two months ago. It would have meant moving some money also.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@flattythehurdler

I just did.
I’m calm again.
I was a bit ott.
Apologies.

That’s no problem, old pal, I was a bit injudicious myself in my use of language. All in a days internetting.

[Tassotti]

You are a credit to the internet

[ciarancareyshurlingarmy]

Both of you are a credit.

[Sidney]

@Fagan_ODowd

LV

What’s LV’s policy on crime? Will he play it coolio and sort things out or will Dublin remain a Gangsta’s Paradise under him?

[myboyblue]

Stark scenes on the news. While the Greeks continue to riot, we have one of the most vibrant economies in the world.

Thank you Enda.