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kazamo · 06-05-2016 1:14pm

L1011 wrote: »

Would have ensured full payment and probably had a huge impact on protests (harder to chant "we won't pay!" when you are). Happened with the household charge - marches, protests, etc all died off.

Revenue didn't want it, variable amounts owed every quarter.

L1011 · 06-05-2016 1:17pm

kazamo wrote: »

Revenue didn't want it, variable amounts owed every quarter.

Like PAYE returns, VAT returns, etc...

Revenue didn't want it as it was collecting for a limited company rather than the state in general. I would not be surprised if unpaid bills and what replaces it in 9 months (can is kicked - that's all) are collected by Revenue

kazamo · 06-05-2016 1:42pm

L1011 wrote: »

Like PAYE returns, VAT returns, etc...

Revenue didn't want it as it was collecting for a limited company rather than the state in general. I would not be surprised if unpaid bills and what replaces it in 9 months (can is kicked - that's all) are collected by Revenue

Can't compare the monthly P30's and vat returns of businesses with collecting the much larger volume of say 1.2m payments from individual's whose liability will likely change every three months.
Over the past 20 years or so, Revenue have offloaded any administration with variable amounts as they didn't want the hassle. It started with tax relief on mortgages, then onto tax relief on health insurance and so on. Even the car benefit in kind admin has been offloaded.

If Revenue do start collecting water charges, it won't be by choice. This was raised before and I think the then head of Revenue was not in favour.
They may use the excuse of collecting for a private company, but they just don't want the extra work if they can avoid it.

PeterTheEighth · 09-05-2016 10:36am

First world problems this morning. Poor Iseult and her pride and joy only have "One Megabyte" broadband.

cowboyBuilder · 10-05-2016 10:39am

Nice piece on those refugees, It's these genuine cases that I really hope get all the help they can.

Del.Monte · 10-05-2016 11:18am

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Nice piece on those refugees, It's these genuine cases that I really hope get all the help they can.

Did Pat say how many refugees will be settled in Dalkey? :rolleyes:

cowboyBuilder · 10-05-2016 11:39am

Toastmasters club ?

Nobend club ...

Roger_007 · 10-05-2016 1:46pm

Did it happen in Donnybrook?

Radio5 · 10-05-2016 5:56pm

Nice to hear Pat and Colm McCarthy being as condescending as ever to the 'country people'. Amazingly we use the Luas when we come to Dublin Colm, and having the benefit of eyesight, we are able to see that not all areas of Dublin are as fab and bustling as Grafton St. Amazing I know but you'd be surprised what us poor country folk notice on our exciting trips up to the Big Shmoke!!!

PeterTheEighth · 11-05-2016 10:42am

O'Gorman doesn't like it when he's not getting it all his own way, does he.

cowboyBuilder · 11-05-2016 10:48am

Pro lifers are awful people.

They don't have to have an abortion if the 8th is repealed ..they will have the CHOICE not to!!!

No one will force it on them!

Unlike now where a woman is FORCED not to have one.

WinnyThePoo · 11-05-2016 10:56am

PeterTheEighth wrote:

O'Gorman doesn't like it when he's not getting it all his own way, does he.

Would you blame him when he has to debate with the likes of the iona institute. Such a hateful group.

cowboyBuilder · 11-05-2016 10:59am

WinnyThePoo wrote: »

Would you blame him when he has to debate with the likes of the iona institute. Such a hateful group.

Yep, Maria Steen is a nasty little piece of work, she also uses an extreme example of a Polish baby that survived an abortion and died alone in a hospital - this baby was obviously really far into term, no pro choice person would agree with a late term abortion like this .

Harry Angstrom · 11-05-2016 11:21am

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Pro lifers are awful people.

They don't have to have an abortion if the 8th is repealed ..they will have the CHOICE not to!!!

No one will force it on them!

Unlike now where a woman is FORCED not to have one.

"Repeal the Eighth" is just an empty soundbite. What exactly is put in its place? Not everybody who wants repeal of the Eighth Amendment is in favour of unrestricted abortion, apart from the usual media loudmouths.

PeterTheEighth · 11-05-2016 1:54pm

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

"Repeal the Eighth" is just an empty soundbite. What exactly is put in its place? Not everybody who wants repeal of the Eighth Amendment is in favour of unrestricted abortion, apart from the usual media loudmouths.

What did I do.

Odyssey 2005 · 11-05-2016 4:47pm

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

What did I do.

Doesn't matter...bend over and prepare to be REPEALED

Harry Palmr · 12-05-2016 11:57am

Where the hell does Pat Kenny find thee trite shoe gazer singer/songwriters?

ButtersSuki · 19-05-2016 12:09pm

Pat has some Texan on reading the news. He's struggling with the pronunciation of a lot of Irish surnames amongst other things. It's very weird.

I only caught part of it, I assume he's a guest?

tampopo · 19-05-2016 8:41pm

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Pat has some Texan on reading the news. He's struggling with the pronunciation of a lot of Irish surnames amongst other things. It's very weird.

I only caught part of it, I assume he's a guest?

Yeah, he was on from 11.45 or so.
Very peculiar!

BarryD · 20-05-2016 9:48am

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Pat has some Texan on reading the news. He's struggling with the pronunciation of a lot of Irish surnames amongst other things. It's very weird.

I only caught part of it, I assume he's a guest?

Some C&W singer whom I've never heard of in my sheltered existence

Canadel · 20-05-2016 12:37pm

For an educated and mostly well spoken man, I really do not understand why he chooses to put on the D4 affectation. Infuriating listening to what is otherwise composed, balanced, informative broadcasting.

ButtersSuki · 20-05-2016 12:45pm

Canadel wrote: »

For an educated and mostly well spoken man, I really do not understand why he chooses to put on the D4 affectation. Infuriating listening to what is otherwise composed, balanced, informative broadcasting.

He occasionally throws in condescending and patronising tones for free too.

:D

koutoubia · 20-05-2016 10:16pm

Canadel wrote: »

For an educated and mostly well spoken man, I really do not understand why he chooses to put on the D4 affectation. Infuriating listening to what is otherwise composed, balanced, informative broadcasting.

His pronunciation of LIDL (Lie - dil) and Aldi (ALL di) is so forced its almost cringeworthy.

Canadel · 20-05-2016 10:46pm

koutoubia wrote: »

His pronunciation of LIDL (Lie - dil) and Aldi (ALL di) is so forced its almost cringeworthy.

Yeah, I listened to a short segment on the grocery sector a week or two ago and had to switch over. "ALL-di" wasn't even what annoyed me most. That may genuinely be the way he pronounces it. "Grew-ceries" was the problem. There is no way a well spoken person with proper enunciation instinctively says "Grew-ceries" instead of "Gro-ceries".

I mean, it doesn't devalue his credibility as a broadcaster, or the importance of what he says. But it's annoying to anyone who really could not give a sh*t about South County Dublin and the expectations of certain circles based there. Tuthfully it's just rather pathetic carry on from a middle aged man.

Penny Dreadful · 21-05-2016 9:39am

BarryD wrote: »

Some C&W singer whom I've never heard of in my sheltered existence

Me neither but I did learn that he is a Republican (maybe that's mandatory if you're from Texas?), supports the right to bear arms (like guns and stuff not an actual bear's right to have arms), thinks Sandyhook wouldn't have been as bad if the teachers and other school staff had brought their guns to school with them that day and is also a good friend of the Donald.
It was a peculiar guest slot I thought.

PeterTheEighth · 21-05-2016 10:29am

Penny Dreadful wrote: »

It was a peculiar guest slot I thought.

Getting him to read the news, complete with smart ar$e remarks, was completely inappropriate. Especially given the lead story was about that EgyptAir crash.

ButtersSuki · 21-05-2016 11:21am

Penny Dreadful wrote: »

thinks Sandyhook wouldn't have been as bad if the teachers and other school staff had brought their guns to school with them that day

Because...... 'Murica

ButtersSuki · 21-05-2016 11:36am

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Getting him to read the news, complete with smart ar$e remarks, was completely inappropriate. Especially given the lead story was about that EgyptAir crash.

I was quite surprised by it. Has he (Kenny) ever done that before? As in allowed a guest to read the news?

brooke 2 · 21-05-2016 12:50pm

koutoubia wrote: »

His pronunciation of LIDL (Lie - dil) and Aldi (ALL di) is so forced its almost cringeworthy.

What is THAT about?? His ego, I imagine!! Lidl have even joked about the manner in which some Irish mispronounce their name. On April Fool's Day they announced that they were changing from Leed-l to Lid-l to make it easier for people to say it!! Not content with his hacking of the aforementioned name, he is now calling Aldi 'Alldi'!!

23-05-2016 10:40am

brooke 2 wrote: »

What is THAT about?? His ego, I imagine!! Lidl have even joked about the manner in which some Irish mispronounce their name. On April Fool's Day they announced that they were changing from Leed-l to Lid-l to make it easier for people to say it!! Not content with his hacking of the aforementioned name, he is now calling Aldi 'Alldi'!!

The Irish pronunciation is pretty close to the way Germans and Austrians pronounce it, and is the same as in their own TV ads.

The UK have gone their own way pronouncing it Lidell* and Oldee and the TV ads there seem to reflect this.

It seems Pat has started to ape those mispronunciations.
* Lidell not Leedell

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