LIVELINE Thread - (05/10/11 to 14/02/2012)

vicwatson

fryup wrote: »

communion allowance:rolleyes:

ffs only in ireland would you have such a thing, in any other country you would be laughed out the door if you asked for it

i thought it was an urban myth, i'm surprised this actually exists

and lets face it half the country is atheist anyway (or closet atheist)..communion is just an excuse for a knees up

Ahem, and Confirmation allowance too. Puke :mad:

artful_codger

communion grant, confirmation grant, childrens allowance. i'm starting to feel like Stan from Life of Brian - i wish i had a womb.

dulpit

artful_codger wrote: »

communion grant, confirmation grant, childrens allowance. i'm starting to feel like Stan from Life of Brian - i wish i had a womb.

SPLITTERS!

neris

So did that letter of complaint get done yet?

dulpit

Bad news folks, Joe tweeted a bunch of tweets around the same time, all basically said the following (this):

#jnlr #liveline #joe duffy Thanks to Liveline listeners , up again by 16,000 - 414,000 , second most popular radio programme in the country

I presume Joe will devote some time on this?

pc7

He'll ask for a €14,000 increase a €1 for each extra listener.

neris

get rid of funny friday and hed have even more listners

micropig

Luke warm tea in a styrofoam cup or €1000/applicant,


I can't decide which is worse, both are outrageous

Stripey Cat

And of course we all know that popular is the same thing as good.

neris

Coming up on #liveline join Joe & the team today as we examine the financial cost of becoming an official citizen...

From Twitter.

SEPT 23 1989

neris wrote: »

Coming up on #liveline join Joe & the team today as we examine the financial cost of becoming an official citizen...

From Twitter.

About €45,000 per head thanks to Fianna Fail and the banks

telekon

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

About €45,000 per head thanks to Fianna Fail and the banks

I wish! I think its almost €400,000 last time I looked! :eek:

Sorry to break the news to you Septy...

surferdudz

yosser hughes wrote: »

The programme today was classic liveline. Joe "the socialist" starts a topic on the communion grant and mistakenly thinks everyone will be up in arms about the decision to reduce it. When he realises that is not the case, he dismisses and argues with anyone that agrees with the cut and by the end of the programme every single person on the line is complaining about the cut.
He almost tried to use his favourite comparison of how much politicians and judges get paid and how little this grant is. That is irrelevant and he is some hypocrite to go down that road.
On the question of this being a small amount of money to save just to fritter away on paying bondholders, that is also a tangent. Two wrongs and all that. But as we are on the topic, even if we had no bank guarantee and bank debts to pay, we are still running a deficit of €20 billion a year that hasn't been dented. If we had no deficit then fine, burn the bondholders, but as we are relying on others to pay for the running of this country then it is prudent to pay our debts now if we want to continue to borrow.
This programme today and everyday encapsulates everything that is wrong with this country. Vested interests, entitlements, quangos, self-pity and hypocrisy.There are organisations and institutes in this country that exist for the sole purpose of paying and benefitting those who work in them.The benefit to the public is marginal. RTE is in this category.
I am going to leave this country and it will be for lifestyle reasons. I'm sorry I ever came back.

edit: Sorry about the rant folks. Maybe I should just stop listening to Joe. I listen a lot less these days.

well said....spot on!!

pc7

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

About €45,000 per head thanks to Fianna Fail and the banks

Yeah but I'm sure you can use the "special occasions" grant for your citizenship ceremony, its almost like a communion.

surferdudz

micropig wrote: »

Luke warm tea in a styrofoam cup or €1000/applicant,


I can't decide which is worse, both are outrageous

anyone spot the cream cakes..........

AngryBollix

We're off to a good start.

A bit of the big maggie

AngryBollix

eileen got the e-mail

miketv

He sounds very smug already.

pc7

As a surprise its going to be an unscheduled Funny Friday







joking!

SEPT 23 1989

Come on Eileen

AngryBollix

we still dont know what the e-mail is

Crazy Horse 6

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Come on Eileen

Pervert

That_Guy

Read the email!!

AngryBollix

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Come on Eileen

Yeah get on with it ye geebag

syklops

AngryBollix wrote: »

we still dont know what the e-mail is

He is shocking at introducing topics.

neris

yeah woman were get yor point you like writing and complaining now fuk off and let a real whinger on joes not upset yeah

AngryBollix

Whats in the e-mail?

miketv

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Come on Eileen

Thanks for that, I'm sure everybody else is singing that in their heads

AngryBollix

3 minutes to do what should have taken 10 seconds

neris

theres a leo vradker on twitter who posts on liveline at times. if its the real leo vradker hes more in tune with the people then joe