Irish People being threathened by their Government

Problem in Irish politics is multi-seat STV PR. The result is that populist parish pump politicians get in (think Lowry, the Shinners, most of Labour, or Healy-Rae), with an inevitable Left wing cute hoor bias resulting.

There really is a need for a strong right of centre party to stand up to the unions, the church and the bankers and to pull Ireland out of the mire.
 
celebtastic said:
There really is a need for a strong right of centre party to stand up to the unions, the church and the bankers and to pull Ireland out of the mire.
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I'd be interested in hearing how "standing up to the Church" (I presume you mean the Catholic Church) is supposed to cure our economic woes. The political & media establishment that presided over our recent & current disaster is, if anything, generally quite hostile to the Catholic Church.
 
Leper said:
Of course the Irish people feel threatened by our government. Only on Sunday a government spokesman indicated that the robbery of peoples' bank accounts in Cyprus was fair and just. Do our government know what they are doing? I dont think so. I dont trust them and feel nobody in their right mind trusts them either. Unfortunately, the government before this lot were worse. So we dont even have a choice.
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Enda Kenny said that Cyprus was getting a great deal. Michael Noonan supported the EU stance and a spokesman for Labour this morning on the Pat Kenny show said that he didn't see anything wrong in taking money from someone who has €200k but not smaller sums (in Cyprus). He also suggested that the €100k bank guarantee was really only there for when banks go completly belly up but otherwise it was not guaranteed.
 
Michael Noonan/Enda Kenny seeing somethinhg positive in the Cyrus deal is very telling of these 2 individuals.


A marked contrast to their election manifesto and their previous rantings.
 
cork said:
Michael Noonan/Enda Kenny seeing somethinhg positive in the Cyrus deal is very telling of these 2 individuals.
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Why are the Taoiseach and Minister for Finance commenting on Hannah Montana :D ?

cork said:
A marked contrast to their election manifesto and their previous rantings.
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2 years after the election and you cite the manifesto :rolleyes: ? Looking forward to a windfall from the Easter Bunny ;) ?
 
So the Garda Sergeants who walked out from the conference are to be disciplined for their protest on the instructions of a government minister. More threats.
 
Tintagel said:
So the Garda Sergeants who walked out from the conference are to be disciplined for their protest on the instructions of a government minister. More threats.
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They should all walk out out next time in solidarity. It is such a pity that we have to wait 3 years for the next election. I hope that we never see the likes of Fine Gael and Labour ever again.

This government think that they are smart taking a hard line approach to everything. Big mistake.
 
IsleOfMan said:
I hope that we never see the likes of Fine Gael and Labour ever again.
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And what do you hope for ? Presumably not Fianna Fail, so a coalition of Sinn Fein and the United Left Alliance ?

Be careful of what you wish for.
 
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