Liveline Thread 27/03/14 to date

An Claidheamh

Anyone remember that episode of South Park when Kyle's parents send him to Kenny's house to purposefully get the chicken pox while he was still a young boy?

Bet that woman wish she thought of that!

NickD

Roger_007 wrote: »

This woman is getting on my wick....!

I hear you!! She is a pain in the hole.

neris

is there a life lesson to learn. yes joe there is.

Dont get sick the week of the leaving and htfu

Harry Angstrom

Cop on to yourself missus. It would be far worse if he had a terminal illness.

Lapin

Life lessons are all very well and saying it's just another year is well and good.



But I don't want my daughter under my feet for another 12 months Joe.

Mike Guide 69

Ah i can picture it "The Joe Duffy Centre Of Incubated Suffering Leaving Cert Children Examination Centre", one mask each please!!!

yop

"Teachers volunteer".... heee heee

Lenin Skynard

This has been well and truely discussed now. It's just dead air and repeating earlier points. Move on!

NickD

My mates mam died in the middle of the LC, he finished his exams.

HeidiHeidi

But then the exam centre would be in Dublin and they'd be in cork or Mayo or somewhere, and that'd be the next liveline programme sorted.....

signostic

the Mammies are wading in today on Joe`s return..:eek:

sudzs

Roger_007 wrote: »

This woman is getting on my wick....!

They're all getting on mine.

snubbleste

zzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz

Harry Angstrom

Poor diddums are not with their friends anymore :rolleyes:

neris

put on 1 centre in the country for the kids who missed the june papers. then u know whats going to happen is that mary from bantry will be on whinging that the exam centre is in athlone/dublin/galway/anywhere that isnt bantry and she has get little johnnie to the centre and sort out accomodation

yop

They'll get over it, plenty have, plenty more will. Grow a set, no one dying and get off the phone.

An Claidheamh

The media really do need to have a blackout regarding the Leaving.

It really does add to the stress.

I think students need to realise that they CAN repeat it. It isn't the end of the world.

I always shudder when RTÉ news stalks students coming out of English Paper 2 on the first day.

NickD

Feck's sake it's chicken pox, your kids can do it next year, be grateful that you have so little to worry about and get over yourself

Roger_007

Next caller......."Joe, my daughter is due her period the first day of the exam.....what can you do for us....":eek:

signostic

If you miss one of 2 subjects in the LC you don`t have to do the entire thing the following year just the subjects you missed ...am I right?

HeidiHeidi

neris wrote: »

put on 1 centre in the country for the kids who missed the june papers. then u know whats going to happen is that mary from bantry will be on whinging that the exam centre is in athlone/dublin/galway/anywhere that isnt bantry and she has get little johnnie to the centre and sort out accomodation

Oi! That was my point! (Not quite so eloquently put,mind you!)

Degringola

Well he managed to drag that out for a good half-an-hour. Well done, Joe, well done!

signostic

Pat Mustard???

pc7

3 minutes before we hear entitled!

snubbleste

2004!!

An Claidheamh

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Poor diddums are not with their friends anymore :rolleyes:

The friends will split up after many have to repeat the first year of college anyway.

Or go to a grinds school to repeat the Leaving.

dvcireland

Broken arm won't stop student finishing her exams

http://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/news/broken-arm-wont-stop-one-student-finishing-her-exams-27643949.html

snubbleste

Oh it's ok, it's a pension

le la rat

Surprised discrimination against sick people wasn't said

SEPT 23 1989

the state is getting very nasty with people

NickD

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

the state is getting very nasty with people

Sign of how screwed we are?

An Claidheamh

le la rat wrote: »

Surprised discrimination against sick people wasn't said

Or the Troika.

baldbear

Oh ohh looks like half the country will be getting letters.

SEPT 23 1989

NickD wrote: »

Sign of how screwed we are?

i am hearing horror stories of the antics they are getting up to with people

neris

i got a letter few months back saying id been over paid for social welfare in 2004. i had to laugh. letter went to bin

Lenin Skynard

The bould Mary Hanafin maybe?

snubbleste

neris wrote: »

i got a letter few months back saying id been over paid for social welfare in 2004. i had to laugh. letter went to bin

They can deduct it from your earnings!

ThisRegard

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

the state is getting very nasty with people

Or maybe just cracking down on over payments and other things like that that cost the state money?

NickD

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

i am hearing horror stories of the antics they are getting up to with people

Yeah, we got a letter saying that we were overpaid by 3 grand :rolleyes: my neighbour was overpaid by 5k. Nice.

Dan Jaman

There should be a time limit on trying to clawback overpayments, in both directions. Once that's elapsed, then it's evident that the parties involved aren't really bothered by it, and it should die off.

yop

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

the state is getting very nasty with people

Bankers are people They are sound, no nasty towards them boys :P And the poor County Councillors and MEPs who didn't get in

Agreed though, hammering the small people.

SEPT 23 1989

If he has a row with them they will make things very awkward for him

Lapin

Joe's researchers are wearing out the Google.

snubbleste

Dan Jaman wrote: »

There shoud be a time limit on trying to clawback overpayments, in both directions. Once that's elapsed, then it's evident that the parties involved aren't really bothered by it, and it should die off.

You can only claim tax for four years.

pc7

That was a good point by Joe, what the hell is going on!

baldbear

There are loads of people who were out of work and collected an extra week dole when they got jobs.

Looks like there is no more low hanging fruit.

Harry Angstrom

I wouldn't mind seeing the likes of Ray Burke getting a letter requesting to pay back a portion of his pension for having been involved in corrupt activity while in office.

SEPT 23 1989

ThisRegard wrote: »

Or maybe just cracking down on over payments and other things like that that cost the state money?

its scraping the barrel there must be very little left

snubbleste

Mary Hanafin

CarrickMcJoe

Joes researcher must tell all callers to say....and the girl who was dealing with me was lovely or the guards were great.