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A lot of things gone into melting pots tonight.
Down 8
Ros Meath Cavan 7
Laois 5
Kildare Galway Westmeath 4.
Us and the herrings play tomorrow.

More bad news for the 3 bucks in the latest Red C poll - FG and Lab both up 3, FF no change but SF down 4
As the Church found out Irish people don't like organisations which cover up sexual abuse.

Oul firm Final Ros v Kerry

Some Independents pressing ahead to forge an alliance -
http://www.shannonside.ie/news/local-politicians-among-those-attending-independent-alliance-meeting-today/

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. Cork, Dublin or Kerry for me are the only real contenders. All Joking aside the likes of Roscommon are not that far away, they have what many don't have - some top notch forwards coming through.

We have a few but are young and a bit green yet.
Now if we could improve defence and midfield and learn the art of quick ball out of defence and men running into the gaping holes in the wing forward areas..........

Who are the teams with a realistic or half decent chance of Sam this year?
The 5 last winners plus Mayowestros ( Kerry, Dublin, Donegal, Cork and scraping the barrel Tyrone).
I didn't know Sinn Féin was "an international terrorist organisation" but if a 15 year old from West Ros says so......sure it must be true.

Probably think th oul bad pitch will even things a biteen. Although the wind tunnel pitch looks like no man's land in WW1 lately.

Do those superannuation monies cover the entire cost of public service pensions?

Each public body pays their own I believe. Make more sense if it was all centralised.
20 odd years ago I was a temporary clerical officer in the payroll office of a Council. In that particular body then the contributions were about twice the pensions.
I'm not in an office role in my current organisation so don't know the current situation.

I imagine JP and the Connacht Treasurer will want it in Tuam but if it's Galway CB's choice....Wind tunnel.

JP won out. Tuam 6 pm.

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Hearing the pension levy described as a "cut" is laughable – it's called contributing part of your defined benefit pension. .
That lack of change is almost entirely down to the unions and the inertia of the govt to challenge the public sector unions.

Pension "levy" is a mechanism to save the public purse some money( as one of the Head honchos of the Dept of Finance told me -I used to have friends in high places  ). None of the saving goes to any pension fund.
Public service pensions are paid out of the Superannuation monies deducted from current public service Employees.
If I got €450 last week and €425 this week - that's a €25 cut no matter what it might be termed officially.
It is not  "the public sector unions" job to reform the public service - their job is to represent their members' interests.

[whinging public sector workers]

that gravy train gonna keep on rollin, strap in tight Ross, wouldn't want u falling off.

The gravy train will always roll, you just want someone else on board.

You couldn't be farther from the truth. I have enough to feed my family and pay my bills and I'm happy with my lot. What does vex me is whinging public sector workers giving it the "poor me". Country is in the shit and the public sector is one of the main reasons. No accountability,  no reform, very little pay cuts and no job losses. And now they want pay rises. Poor them indeed.

Define "very little"

What an ill informed incorrect bigoted anti worker anti public service neo liberal right wing rant from Mi Kehunt.
Not surprised as he had a problem last week with a worker being entitled to a lunch break.
I thought we had left 1913 behind us but there are still a few William Martin Murphys around who still can't get their heads around the idea that working people both Private and Public Sectors should be paid more than a pittance or indeed anything at all.

Little pay cuts indeed - average cut 7.5% ( dressed up as a "Pension Levy") throught deductions 2009 - average 7.5% in pay cuts to rates 1/1/2010 in addition to the across the board cuts  of reduced PAYE credits, The Universal Social Charge and the imposition of PRSI on the first €127 per week.
Then there were the reductions in money, terms and conditions of Croke Park and Haddington Road Agreements.

I am not a FG supporter. My heritage would be FF , my inclination Social Democrat.
No matter who was in the last 4 years would have been implementing awfulness after the FF/McCreevy/PD Builder Banker running wild era.
As for Election promises - I stopped believing them with the tooth fairy.
The comment you quoted was as it reads and nothing else.
Next election...... A vote for Naughten is a vote for FG in effect, a vote for Fitzmaurice is a waste in the real world,I won't vote FF or SF, a vote for John Kelly while a decent man and the nearest to my views is also a waste as he won't get near a seat..... So what do I do???

Is Robinson still excluded from the Leaders' debates?

So Ireland was bad and Gaelic football was bad till we got a load of immigrants in???
You do spout some sh1te a Shyfín

Only you are special enough to take that from the above.

I agree. Syf was making sense there

Ah here Seaf ... any more of that and I'll get Sheehy after you

that gravy train gonna keep on rollin, strap in tight Ross, wouldn't want u falling off.

The gravy train will always roll, you just want someone else on board.

Hunt is the man who wants free privatised water
Fox and Lynch think SF will abolish all taxes and provide free public services.
Meanwhile SF cover up and keep sexual abuse in house.
Micky Martin says F F won't join a Coalition with FG or SF but expects to be Taoiseach.
Then there are the Loony loolah left and the Lucyloolah right.
No wonder FG/Lab are rising.
The Greens will probably have a great General Election too as they will make such perfect sense compared to the latter two sets of clowns.