The fawning and kowtowing is hard to take but it’s hardly Trump’s fault. He’s a big ego and stupid hair but so what.
His company is investing here and will provide jobs. I find it strange that people take umbrage at the notion that they will seek to make money out of the venture. Government ministers spend much of their time glad-handling and ego massaging; it comes with the job (unfortunately).
They're looking for an intern on the job bridge scheme, it's a shame they couldn't have stretched to the minimum wage to employ a stores person.Overall I think its a good news story, a nice asset (& employer) in a remote area was in danger of becoming a wasteland.
I don't know why Job bridge is an issue regarding Donald??
The 3 job bridge employees that I have encountered this year at work in our ETB college/school are fabulous. (non-teachers)
They have gained so much experience from working in our College. I wish them well. I hope to see them employed as full time employees next year.
But, I don't expect to see a miracle.
Marion
There are over 200 people employed by the resort in an area with little employment.
If that guy wants a Flying Carpet for his arrival, so be it.
He got a bargain! But that was the market value at the time.
Let's hope that he maintains and increases employment in the Lodge.
Fabulous place. Beautiful beach.
Marion
I think it's incredibly sad (but typical) that Paul Murphy is running as the "anti-job bridge candidate" there are definitely abuses of the system but I'm sure a lot of people are getting good experience out of it and some are getting jobs. Surely it's got to be better than sitting at home doing nothing?
there's a huge welfare mentality though. While i have sympathy for the guys who were on the late late talking about their housing woes, a bit of me wants to scream - no-one forced you to have 3 kids under 4, it is not like their circumstances changed that much that what was a good idea then is a bad one now - having one and leaving it at that for the time being would have been more sensible.
What comes across is the accepted wisdom/sense of entitlement that 'the state' must solve everything, personal responsibility doesn't seem to come into it, or cutting your cloth to measure. So if there's a problem then the state is failing everyone.
So bringing that back to the job bridge thing - if people expect something for nothing then if there's a bit of work to be done they feel they're being made part of a chain gang. Was a lot to be said for joan burtons "full employment" idea - everyone has a job (aka work for the dole). I know allowances need to be made for carers etc. But i think the country (both place & people) would be better off if people had something to get out of bed for. Even if jobbridge is blocking some real jobs being made available, maybe it gets a lot of people 'through the pipe' of picking up experience to make them employable for 'a real job'.
Saw a documentary on RTE last night about the Trump golf course in Aberdeen and the incredible behaviour of Trump and his minions, including Grampian Police Force among others. They absolutely ruined that countryside with no consideration given to either the people living there or the natural beauty of the area. They made it their business to ruin the lives of some of the residents there too, including stealing their land, interfering with their water supply, creating banks of soil to block the views from their homes etc. Scary stuff indeed
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