What do you think is the biggest problem in Ireland at the moment?

Witchie

That the Bridesmaidgate thread has been closed over in the Wedding Forum. What am I meant to do with my life now?

:-(

131spanner

Sponges who are happy to live off the state.

Lack of jobs.

Many criminals, including repeat offenders, being handed out lenient sentences (if any sentence at all).

d.pop

Having to pay for parking in hotels in which you are staying.
Stayed in a hotel last weekend at wedding and parked in the hotel carpark under the hotel. Spent €140 on a room and then they hit me for €10 for parking on check out.

KingOfFairview

Cantremember wrote: »

I question the scientific basis of this statement. How did you establish unusually?

did a comparative study in every other nation on Earth.

DeadHand

The disappearance and degeneration of the young, Irish male through suicide, mass emigration, unemployment, drink/drug abuse, academic underachievement and a total absence of representation.

For Forks Sake

DeadHand wrote: »

The disappearance and degeneration of the young, Irish male through suicide, mass emigration, unemployment, drink/drug abuse, academic underachievement and a total abs

I'd say he's in Carlow for the bank holiday weekend.

DeadHand

For Forks Sake wrote: »

I'd say he's in Carlow for the bank holiday weekend.

Why would anyone go to Carlow for a bank holiday weekend?

For Forks Sake

DeadHand wrote: »

Why would anyone go to Carlow for a bank holiday weekend?

emigration,
unemployment
drink/drug abuse
academic underachievement

robertxxx

Rip off double and treble taxation, spineless, money hungry politicians who are looking for any name to stick a tax on.
I really wish them bad luck and bad health to them all and to all their family's and friends.

I wish the queen was back here for good, then at least we wouldn't have to copy all the bad ideas England have and pretend to be a independent country.

on the river

Your mother

For Forks Sake

robertxxx wrote: »

I wish the queen was back here for good, then at least we wouldn't have to copy all the bad ideas England have and pretend to be a independent country.

How much does it cost to keep the monarchy in houses and funny hats per annum?

DeadHand

robertxxx wrote: »

I really wish them bad luck and bad health to them all and to all their family's and friends.

A disgusting sentiment.

thegreatgonzo

DeadHand wrote: »

Why would anyone go to Carlow for a bank holiday weekend?

Grabone voucher for a 2 night escape to Carlow?

robertxxx

For Forks Sake wrote: »

How much does it cost to keep the monarchy in houses and funny hats per annum?

At least we'd have something to show for it.

robertxxx

DeadHand wrote: »

A disgusting sentiment.

Yes it is, but that's the way this government has made me feel.

Frank Lee Midere

131spanner wrote: »

Sponges who are happy to live off the state.

Lack of jobs

Does. Not. Compute.

Frank Lee Midere

The worst thing at the moment is another fcuking property boom.

groucho marx

People whingen about people on the dole and the heat the one day we get good weather.

zcorpian88

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

The worst thing at the moment is another fcuking property boom.

The very thing that f**ked us in the first place, and they want to fix it with another one. I wonder why I'm still living here at all!

KingOfFairview

People here can't handle the pace of big-city cocks

Frank Lee Midere

For Forks Sake wrote: »

emigration,
unemployment
drink/drug abuse
academic underachievement

Wasn't that 2012. It's 2014 and we are booming again!

SCOOP 64

Jobbridge.

For Forks Sake

KingOfFairview wrote: »

People here can't handle the pace of big-city cocks

Ooh, matron!

For Forks Sake

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Wasn't that 2012. It's 2014 and we are booming again!

We're talking about Carlow here.

I think it's the way the news media too easily lets politicians get away with bad governance.

I may disagree with their political stance overall but I do like the UK tabloids "campaigns" which quite often get results.

In our media it's too often a binary choice between bland"he said, she said" reporting (Irish Times) or else the latest excuse to show a pic of Amy Huberman (Indo).

It would be nice to have a paper that hounds and harasses our politicians into doing something useful instead of coming up with excuses as to why they can't stand up to Europe.

Neon_Lights

Paying our tax.... to fund inefficient organisations, let politicians think of more ways to tax us, plug a banks balance sheet so some financial scumbags can pay themselves an exoribitant bonus, to pay some perenially underachieving scumbags to sit on their holes and drink cans ..... the list goes on .....

God knows i dont see any of it

cloudatlas

Right now. 19 cent for a shower.

Cantremember

DeadHand wrote: »

The disappearance and degeneration of the young, Irish male through suicide, mass emigration, unemployment, drink/drug abuse, academic underachievement and a total absence of representation.

A lost generation, even without the unemployment and emigration.

rolliepoley

Snobbery.

K.Flyer

Our useless F#@ked up Joke of a judicial system that provides practically no deterrent to the half wit scum bags and criminals who are allowed to run rings around it.

road_high

Welfare and entitlement culture. These are the ones having more kids as well so it's becoming even more of a vicious circle really. Something will have to give

takamichinoku

130 posts in and no mention of the backwards laws against a certain topic, is there a rule against talking about those laws?

BikeQueery

The closed shop culture of politics and policing. Austerity. The erosion of socialist values by external neo-liberal forces. Scaremongering.

Iwasfrozen

High welfare and an entitlement culture, not paying off our debts fast enough, socialism.

KingOfFairview

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

High welfare and an entitlement culture, not paying off our debts fast enough, socialism.

How is socialism the worst thing about Ireland you absolute

Piliger

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

High welfare and an entitlement culture, not paying off our debts fast enough, socialism.

Very different concepts conflated indiscriminately.

sillymoo

Witchie wrote: »

That the Bridesmaidgate thread has been closed over in the Wedding Forum. What am I meant to do with my life now?

:-(

I know I was looking forward to discovering what would happen! And now it's deleted!

pauliebdub

The brain drain, I genuinely think that most of our best and brightest leave the country so we are screwed in two ways - smart enterprising people who can start companies and create jobs move abroad - secondly the gob****e schoolteachers and shop keepers who are left behind end up screwing up the country and screwing the people.

Our tax rate is also astronomical without the excellent public services seen in countries which have a similar tax regime.

Iwasfrozen

KingOfFairview wrote: »

How is socialism the worst thing about Ireland you absolute

Our government is spending a lot more than it's taking in, that means covering the gap by borrowing money. These loans have to be paid back with interest which means even less money available for spending which means more loans to cover the gap in the long run.

It's a vicious cycle, spending more than it takes in is the most dangerous thing a government can do and it's endemic in western countries.

padma

Social welfare for big business. Big multi nationals using Ireland as a tax haven..brainwashed people willing to accept jobbridge is necessary to give people confidence..labour party endorsing and encouraging a work for free scheme...1 quarter of the island wanting to burn the tricolour every year on bonfires...sectarianism..discrimimation towards travellers..the unemployed..the sick..the elderly..list goes on.

131spanner

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Does. Not. Compute.

I don't quite catch your drift, so likewise

Tedddy

One off housing.

myshirt

Youth unemployment & suicide.

The biggest issue I believe. We should be ashamed of ourselves.

any1butdublin3

Dublin GAA football

Joe Brolly not getting enough air time on RTE

Umaro

sillymoo wrote: »

I know I was looking forward to discovering what would happen! And now it's deleted!

Gutted! I'd been looking forward all week to its conclusion.

thomur

People who have never lived anywhere else and are always running Ireland down

BikeQueery

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Our government is spending a lot more than it's taking in, that means covering the gap by borrowing money. These loans have to be paid back with interest which means even less money available for spending which means more loans to cover the gap in the long run.

It's a vicious cycle, spending more than it takes in is the most dangerous thing a government can do and it's endemic in western countries.

Typical nonsense from the clueless. Acquaint yourself with the budget and the breakdown of costs. Welfare has nothing to do with our financial problems, which doesn't stop the imf making policy demands. See my post above on that.

Iwasfrozen

BikeQueery wrote: »

Typical nonsense from the clueless. Acquaint yourself with the budget and the breakdown of costs. Welfare has nothing to do with our financial problems, which doesn't stop the imf making policy demands. See my post above on that.

Highlight the words social welfare in that post you quoted. Go on. Look for it because you'll find it's not there. I'm talking about government spending overall not just social welfare.

While you're at it. Point out where I'm wrong because "acquaint yourself with the budget" doesn't work I'm afraid since I could just as easily say the same to you.

Piliger

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Highlight the words social welfare in that post you quoted. Go on. Look for it because you'll find it's not there. I'm talking about government spending overall not just social welfare.

While you're at it. Point out where I'm wrong because "acquaint yourself with the budget" doesn't work I'm afraid since I could just as easily say the same to you.

Health, social welfare, education, gov services etc. etc. etc. spending too much on all of these things when we just don't have the money.

sillymoo

Umaro wrote: »

Gutted! I'd been looking forward all week to its conclusion.

I know! Had arranged plans so I could check it tomorrow!