Irish economy troubles on BBC Radio 4 now...

Possibly been on before but a search didn't find it - oh, and it's humour, BTW, in case anyone takes offence (again) :augie

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J.F. Sebastian said:
Could you explain how this is applicable to our current situation here in Ireland?
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The Irish joined for the same reason the others did a free lunch via the integral members,ie cheap loans and Euro money to improve roads and other infrastructure.
No different than credit card companys offering 0% interest and free transfers on your money only no one foresaw the banking crisis, only The Irish economy cant pay back the loans.
Its all bribes to make the EU bigger and the Euro stronger but alas supporting the Euro is becoming a very very risky option.
Bribing Pig countries looks to be the downfall of the European central bank.
 
billynomates said:
The Irish joined for the same reason the others did a free lunch via the integral members,ie cheap loans and Euro money to improve roads and other infrastructure.
No different than credit card companys offering 0% interest and free transfers on your money only no one foresaw the banking crisis, only The Irish economy cant pay back the loans.
Its all bribes to make the EU bigger and the Euro stronger but alas supporting the Euro is becoming a very very risky option.
Bribing Pig countries looks to be the downfall of the European central bank.
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Do you mean when we joined the 'Euro' or the 'European Union'?

I think it should be kept in mind that the only loans which the state is overburdened with are those of the private banks and that all the countries within the Euro equally had the same access to the interest rates and monies you refer to but unfortunately through the ineptitude of our government in relation to banking regulation and the subsequent greed of those banks we find ourselves in the situation we are in now through a blanket guarantee of bank debts without knowing the amount of those debts.

As far as state expenditure for capital projects goes over the period of the 'Celtic Tiger' quite a lot of this was funded through the exchequer without accessing european grants or loans (which is why we now have so many toll roads in Ireland) so our national debt would have been manageable if it wasn't for the bank bailout.
 
the celt said:
Cant get TV3 :blast
but have just sent a email to this bunch of fools... [email protected]

Id ask everybody else to do the same
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Just back from work and checked me emails
and guess who wrote to meself...


Dear Mr. Walsh,

RTÉ ran comprehensive coverage of the events surrounding the Cabinet meeting of Sunday 21st November.The in-depth interview with the Minister for Finance on This Week on RTÉ Radio 1, providing confirmation that Ireland would be seeking a financial rescue package, set the afternoon news agenda. Detailed analysis of the story was provided on the Six One News which had an average audience of 636,000 and there was live coverage on RTÉ One of the Government press conference between 8.30 and 9.00pm. At 9.00pm we switched to an extended edition of the Nine O’Clock News and at 10.30pm there was an extended edition of The Week in Politics. Our online news service on rte.ie ran the full Government press conference which continued for just three minutes after we finished coverage on TV.



There has been a suggestion that we in some way censored Vincent Browne’s questioning of the Taoiseach for reasons of commercial rivalry with TV3. This is far from being the case. Our news special ran for half an hour and contained a number of questions from various journalists including our own, some international broadcasters and from TV3 both Ursula Halligan and Vincent Browne whose first four questions were broadcast before we returned briefly to studio for analysis and then went to the extended Nine O’Clock News. The News Special attracted an average audience of 364,000 compared to 35,000 for Sky News’ coverage of the same event.



RTÉ One, being a mixed channel and not a specialist News channel, has to serve audience needs other than News. That said, on a night of intense national drama, it was imperative that the Nine O’Clock news went to air on time for the huge audience (average 769,000) who switched to us to find out the latest developments. To mark the seriousness of the day’s events, The Week in Politics was brought forward to 10.30 pm, broadcast live and extended, and received an average audience figure of 359,000.



RTÉ News is satisfied that it covered Sunday's events fully and appropriately.



Kind Regards,

RTÉ Information Team



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From: joe walsh [mailto:########@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sun 21/11/2010 21:19
To: Complaints
Subject: hang your heads in shame


RTE should hang their heads in shame
why cut this important broadcast short
Shame on you !!!
I look forward to your reply
a disgusted tax payer


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Have just replied asking how many complaints
they recieved
 
the celt said:
Just back from work and checked me emails
and guess who wrote to meself...


Dear Mr. Walsh,


we censored Vincent Browne’s questioning of the Taoiseach for reasons of commercial rivalry with TV3.


Kind Regards,

RTÉ Information Team
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Fixed:thumb2
 
This is very good...:aidan:aidan:aidan


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Daithi said:
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excellent! :clap
 
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the celt . .

. . all hail, Joe, for keepin' us so well informed on this catastrophe.

Was at the David McWilliams performance in Galway last night - here's a man talkin' sense.
 
WOT HE SAID

He said we should default, ditch the Euro. There are 2 categories - insiders who take all & outsiders who get their heads nailed to the floor. If we don't abandon the Euro we are going to be in hock for 50 years. He foresaw all this years ago & said so publicly. He said there were 3 reaction stages to his pronouncements. 1. Ridicule 2. Threats of violence, & 3. Agreement with you.
Those who wreaked havoc on the economy have to be isolated as quickly as possible & the electorate has to ensure that that happens.
In the U.S. those at the top who caused financial ruin were arrested & ended in jail: What happens here?
Already there are rats leaving the sinking ship here . . .why? because they will make more from their fat pensions than they would on the opposition benches.
A pity you couldn't have attended, Joe, McWilliams is outstanding.
 
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