Comments on: The good ship union adrift at sea?

By: Mark Kearney

Mark Kearney — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:28:34 +0000

What? Ireland is swirling down the bowl because of the unions? Good grief.

By: Des Groome

Des Groome — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:49:15 +0000

I would actually go so far as to say that IT WAS the unions that brought the country to this state- I didnt hear Union Jack and his bearded colleagues shouting stop when the increments were loaded on at the end of 07 the same as every other year, in spite of the fact that we knew revenues were falling and our banks hung out.

By: Mark Kearney

Mark Kearney — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:26:30 +0000

Wasn’t the unions that fucked the country was it? People need to cop themselves on to where we are what a state the ‘republic’ really is in, blaming the unions is bad 1970’s comedy, talk about missing the point.

By: Des Groome

Des Groome — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:29:21 +0000

Hi James,
events are moving since you wrote this piece- the media are now finally pursuing a different narrative ; the new pantomime villians in a sense are OConnor et alia. This will alll help to soften the public ire fi=or further cuts. IF our boys have the balls to put the mother of all budgets together and IF the back bench all hold firm.
MCCarthy was good on MAtt Cooper this morning – he suggested the media have a responsibility to explain economic events better to their listeners/viewers.

By: Conor

Conor — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:26:13 +0000

I wouldn’t have used a nautical analogy in your post. I think oncology might be more appropriate, and the sooner the Irish move away from these malignant neoplasms, the better.

ICTU and the rest of them are like one big tumor slowly killing us off.

We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, yet communism is still alive and kicking in Ireland.