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Show posts MenuQuote from: AustinPowers on April 09, 2024, 07:50:15 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on April 09, 2024, 07:12:47 PMQuote from: Bord na Mona man on April 09, 2024, 06:24:40 PMQuote from: SouthOfThe Bann on April 09, 2024, 04:40:10 PM'thats very Irish'Or 'only in Ireland' for things that happen all over the world.
If its used once its too many
The "luck of the Irish" when something lucky happens. The luck of the Irish was used as an ironic expression of bad luck during the famine in Ireland
I believe that was a derogatory term used in the likes of the States , to tar the Irish as a lazy, and drunken race. For example , any money they got, they got through luck , they certainly didn't get it from hard work
Quote from: Gael85 on April 07, 2024, 11:01:54 PMQuote from: Wildweasel74 on April 07, 2024, 10:54:25 PMConnacht Championship very poor. 2 strong teams. 3 very poor teams and Roscommon just slightly below Galway/Mayo.
Mayo stand out team in Connacht by miles. Only team in last 20 years to perform consistently in Croke Park in championship which Galway and Roscommon haven't done. Galway even with full team rarely deliver in knockout games.
Quote from: dec on April 07, 2024, 05:57:10 PMQuote from: weareros on April 07, 2024, 05:23:30 PMAre all teachers, doctors and nurses in the South regarded as public sector?Quote from: Ed Ricketts on April 07, 2024, 03:58:20 PMQuote from: weareros on April 07, 2024, 02:16:10 PMDublin has pretty much created an all-island economy, kept north in EU single market, got EU to already approve unification, so that the process will be more seamless. It's building an energy connector to France, and supplying whole island with one grid. As I said, the North has to do its bit too and start reducing a 40% civil service workplace. And actually decide they are Irish become the last census was pretty lame with 29% Irish only. Are the 20% "Northern Irish only" unity supporters or Our Wee Country supporters? Would be nice to see more who see themselves as Irish. Even tne worst west Brit Free Stater knows they are Irish.
Where does that figure come from?
There are approx. 23,000 civil servants in the north - just below 3% of the workforce.
The public sector as a whole is about ten times larger, but still comes in at only ~27% of the workforce up here.
Meant public sector which is almost half the private sector workforce (220,000 to 595,000) compared to the South 350,000 to 2,300,000. 27% overall, correct there Ed.
That is just not sustainable in a UI and it's up to the North to ready itself for unity too and start changing that ratio.
Quote from: Eire90 on April 07, 2024, 05:44:42 PMso how does that effect things will Monaghan be in pot 4 now
Quote from: Ed Ricketts on April 07, 2024, 03:58:20 PMQuote from: weareros on April 07, 2024, 02:16:10 PMDublin has pretty much created an all-island economy, kept north in EU single market, got EU to already approve unification, so that the process will be more seamless. It's building an energy connector to France, and supplying whole island with one grid. As I said, the North has to do its bit too and start reducing a 40% civil service workplace. And actually decide they are Irish become the last census was pretty lame with 29% Irish only. Are the 20% "Northern Irish only" unity supporters or Our Wee Country supporters? Would be nice to see more who see themselves as Irish. Even tne worst west Brit Free Stater knows they are Irish.
Where does that figure come from?
There are approx. 23,000 civil servants in the north - just below 3% of the workforce.
The public sector as a whole is about ten times larger, but still comes in at only ~27% of the workforce up here.
Quote from: armaghniac on April 04, 2024, 01:29:42 PMQuote from: weareros on April 04, 2024, 12:55:55 PMEveryone wants a plan from Dublin for a UI but the biggest problem is the North has 225,000 public sector employees and 590,009 private sector while the South has 370,000 public sector and 2.3m private sector. This is not even addressing the high economic inactivity rate in North at 25%. The unemployment rate is however only 2% (a great example of joke statistics).
I've often seen this statistic about extra public sector in NI. But what is unclear is where exactly these people are? Are they teachers, nurses, social workers, police, civil servants? When there is detail then we can understand what to do, all of this discussion in big totals is unhelpful. An actual detailed account of where the extra are would be a good service.
Also, public sector employment in NI will tend to decline over the next few years, there isn't the money. There is now a reasonable availability of private employment in NI, and so the public bill will decline and the income will increase a bit.