A United Ireland. Opening up the discussion.

[imtommygunn]

We're not all binmen up here you know 

[Aristo 60]

No, we're mostly bin lids 

[imtommygunn]

 

[general_lee]

Mostly civil servants taking turns to scratch each others arses on one of their dozen or so daily tea breaks. That's if they're not "off on the sick".

[RedHand88]

Mostly civil servants taking turns to scratch each others arses on one of their dozen or so daily tea breaks. That's if they're not "off on the sick".

I have worked in both the private and public sectors. The difference is wild!

[clonadmad]

We're not all binmen up here you know 

Regardless of what ye are

"productivity per worker is about 40 per cent higher in the Republic relative to the North"

[imtommygunn]

Regardless of that point I dunno why you are comparing a binman in carrickfergus to an intel worker in kildare as it makes absolutely no sense...

How is productivity measured?

I would say public sector balance up here skews it plus the "community workers" maybe don't help...

[Rossfan]

There probably aren't any figures on the number of people touch threatened or intimidated per month.....

[Milltown Row2]

We're not all binmen up here you know 

Regardless of what ye are

"productivity per worker is about 40 per cent higher in the Republic relative to the North"

Would the productivity of lets say someone working in an Intel type company in the North be 40% less than same worker in Kildare?

How much harder do the binmen work in the south?

[Aristo 60]

The south's bins are tiny compared to the north's. Gotta factor that in to the productivity calcs.

[clonadmad]

The south's bins are tiny compared to the north's. Gotta factor that in to the productivity calcs.

Nordies in knowing how to dispose of stuff shocker

[seafoid]

Why the awful low productivity in the 6?
Why does a Monaghan worker produce a lot more than an Arnagh or Tyrone one?
Or is it down to exceptionally high productivity in the East and South East?

It's a more advanced economy versus a less advanced economy. That makes me think of Carson.
Because 100 years ago it was the other way around,

[imtommygunn]

SF how is it measured?

[clonadmad]

Why the awful low productivity in the 6?
Why does a Monaghan worker produce a lot more than an Arnagh or Tyrone one?
Or is it down to exceptionally high productivity in the East and South East?

It's a more advanced economy versus a less advanced economy. That makes me think of Carson.
Because 100 years ago it was the other way around,

1907 two-thirds of the economic value of the entire island came from the six counties

1911 Belfast is the biggest City on the Island

2023 The Republic's economy is 7 times larger than the North's

2023 ROI exports are 11 times greater in value than the North's

[clonadmad]

Regardless of that point I dunno why you are comparing a binman in carrickfergus to an intel worker in kildare as it makes absolutely no sense...

How is productivity measured?

I would say public sector balance up here skews it plus the "community workers" maybe don't help...

I just gave you an example of how productivity is measured and it "makes absolutely no sense "