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Ireland needs tough love. Prices here will only come down when people stop paying them.
When politicians start trying to appeal to our sense of patriotism it is time to remember the words of Samuel Johnson:
''Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel''.
2 packets of nappies in Sainsburys weekend before last, £10.50
1 identical packet in Tesco in the South on the same week, €11
15 cartons of Aptimil already mixed in Sainsburys: £8.85
15 identical cartons in Tesco in the South: €17.85
if your husband can afford to be "patriotic" at those prices, good luck to him
anyway, are we not all Irish?????
Think about what is being suggested. It hasn't been thought through. If we are going to play the patriotism card, we might as well go the whole hog and boycott all "foreign" retailers that operate in Ireland.
It is that sort of line that will ultimately discourage people from buying from them.I think Dunnes Stores/O'Brien sandwich bars are already trying to play this card, mentioning the old favourite line "because we're Irish" in their adverts.
Shop in the North.
Ireland needs tough love. Prices here will only come down when people stop paying them.
For one thing, Uk companies are not the only people running retail outlets here.
For another, imho, lofty morals & the bigger picture will not put food on the table of a normal working class family, or indeed one which has suffered job loss, this week. There are many families running on a very tight budget week to week, to ask them to spend more than they have to on patriotic grounds is both churlish & unrealistic.
And for yet another, the supervalues & local supermarkets have suddenly been able to source produce at better prices & pass these onto customers. There can be little doubt that prices have come down, special offers abound. So why weren't they charging those prices 6 months ago? Little wonder the populace feel little loyalty towards them.
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