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Why would anyone from Ireland call it Boxing Day???

Why not? Who cares?
Why would someone who's not religious call it St Stephen's day?

because its not boxing day, this is the first time i've ever heard people talkinga bout this...maybe for the northern lads its a bit different i guess

i'd be more worried about the amount of Brits on the boards over LL the west Brit 

I'm living in Dublin too long,thats the problem I got dragged down to your level..

My Level? i dont thinking living in Dublin has you supporting an English soccer team

Why would anyone from Ireland call it Boxing Day???

i'd be more worried about the amount of Brits on the boards over LL the west Brit 

when is the Gaaboard free for all taking place online?

That would be mad craic 

it would be a dream come true....LL i'll be waiting int the long grass 

when is the Gaaboard free for all taking place online?

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No your telling me to stop asking the private sector to offer up solutions and that we should all bury our heads in the sand and pretend we don't have a major budget black hole.

The simple fact is 1.3 MUST be saved, do you accept this fact?

I know it must be saved. How about the Government take the tough decisions the say they need to take and introduce a fair Tax system. How about they act like a Government in a Country in crisis and show some leadership. Take back corrib. Chase tax exiles. Stop paying bonuses to failed exectutives and claim back bonuses paid for jobs badly done. Take those who really carried out economic treason and deal with them (eg. Bertie Ahern) instead of accusing starving people who shop in the north of being treasonous.

To be honest I couldn't care less where it comes from. My point is that the people who work in the private sector are blaming the people in the public sector and visa versa while the people who are to blame are pulling the strings and stoking the flames to divert from themselves. We need to pay and we rightly should but not untill those responsible are made and seen as responsible.

it takes more than that Zap and the quicker we move the better...i work for a company that was hit in Q3 last year with a major drop in sale, revenue etc and once these figures were announced they had a meeting the next day and in that meeting - full salary freeze not matter what, pay cut for some, all travel was cut, any expenditure cut (couldnt even get a notepad at one stage), all recruitment stopped. In Q1 of this year they cut 10% of staff, expenditure and travel freeze stayed in place and the pay freeze too.

Over the last few days it was announced we are rehiring again and unless has an unexpected drop there will be a pay rise and a bonus paid next year....travel and expenditure still need to be approved by senior management but my point is last year we were all in shock between lay offs, wage cuts etc and now due to that quick action the company saved millions and are now back on a safe footing......this has hapened all over the private sector and the companies that didnt act quickly are gone.going out of business and this is why the private sector expect the government to do the same as they did and get this turned around quickly by making the tough decisions now

the public v private battle was always going to happen, the private sector took wage cuts, pay freezes and lost jobs (166k in a year) as the companies they work for have no money to survive. while the public sector wont accepts cut in wages, jobs and I woul dlove to know if there is actually a pay freeze in place for people who get promotions - all theis why their employer is broke......so this battle was always gonna take place.

And why can shops in Newry sell things for half the price of shops in Dundalk?

Because taxes are higher in Dundalk to pay for the best paid public servants in Europe. That's why.

VAT in Newry 15%, VAT in Dundalk 21.5 % ....profits in Newry ?% Profits in Dundalk ?x2 % perhaps.
Any higher wages in Dundalk ( and all the 26 Cos) were more than necessary to pay for houses which were selling for about 3 times their real value as Bertiebolix and his Galway tent mates continued to ride their goldrush with abandon and to hell with the future.
Mind you they must pay some tax in Dundalk if it pays all the public Service wages 

And when FF were wining and dining the builder, FAS were spending billions on foreign trips and our man McLoone did nothing other than look for pay rises every year and saying nothing until a national paper expose the who scam....McCloone gets a national strike today and still claims a salary 6 times the average industrial wage...yes i guess it was only the builders and governments fault

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As far as I recall he didnt respond to the point at all but went on to refer to public service people working on flood relief.
Anyway Tankie how do you or I know what was the occupations, (and what percentage) of the eejits stuck in traffic jams.
And why can shops in Newry sell things for half the price of shops in Dundalk?

On TV3 he said it was not public servents but yes on RTE he just didnt answer the question.

In regard to Dubdalk - Well wages would be a starting point for the highe costs...followed by the high cost to do business to the councils having such high wages bills for its staff but then we havea higher tax..which is also paying a wage bill...

If they stay out till the new year we'd have the 1.3 billion savings thats been suggested. Then we could sack the lot of them and recruit people who cared about the country and pay them a performance related wage. Back on our feet come paddys day.

i second this plan...leave them out, cut the salary and we are sorted.....but lets be honest these lads are looking at a 3% cut as this government dont have the balls for it.

Taxi driver on Joe Guffy earlier talking about Coppers and a few other clubs and pubs in Dublin being flat out last night. He said it was like Christmas Eve....he even said that he overheard a  few punters in the back of his cab saying that they hoped that the strike would be on a different day next time as Monday night wasnt the best night to be going out!!

I know this is going to probably get up everyone's noses, but my teaching friends were going daft in Coppers last night. I can see where the private sector anger is coming from, but the private sector were laughing at anyone who took a public sector job a couple of years ago.

Really? i worked in a semi-state company for a year and had to leave as i couldnt deal with the fact hard work is not rewarded and to get a propmotion it had more to do with who you knew and nothing to do with the work you put in....so now the place has thousands of lazy overpaid people...

Our man McLoone was asked about the 6k tail backs heading into Newry today and he said it had nothing to do with the public service...the man is a sham!!!

Another day planned for 3rd December? They must be running out of Turkeys up North.

great news, will all they time these lads are taking off + a 12% cut in salary we will be back in the black in no time at all

There's people doing shifts of strikes in the office block I'm in. What is the story with that? Surely you're either on strike or working?
Also heard there's big queues into Newry today, don't know how much truth there is in that but doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

a friend of mine works in a school and they only have to strike for 15mins in a rotation basis upto 10am - i asked what the reason for this was and apparently they got verbally abused  (some Pat Kenny style looper went off on them about how they are a disgrace and over paid) the last time they striked so they decided that they will not spend the day there....she is currently in Dundrum Shopping centre doing her christmas shopping at the moment....