Ireland's "Peaceful Protestors" - Pest Control?

SweetChaos · 11-10-2014 11:22pm

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Above link was posted by Dublin Says no page and they say they dont edit anything

Dougal: I'm no good at judging the size of crowds Ted, but I'd say there's about seventeen million of them out there.

Haha indeed while the great soon to be great unwashed were in the city center they were installing meters left right and center today so jokes on you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7edeOEuXdMU

Beaner1 · 11-10-2014 11:27pm

omega man wrote: »

100k? Was there seriously that many?

I just dont get all this disgust over a water charge. Why arent these same people up in arms over other taxation such as the usc etc?

I don't know about the rest of you but that's where all of my bloody money is going along with income tax and prsi, not on a fecking water bill ffs. Sorry if I'm missing something here....

Because usc is an income tax. These people are protesting because it's the first but if austerity they've actually been dealt thus whole recession.

SweetChaos · 11-10-2014 11:30pm

Chucky the tree wrote: »

What's the point in protesting when nearly all the meters are installed, Irish Water has been set up and huge money has already been pumped into it? Seems like a stupid waste of time that is about 3 years to late.

They piggy backed on another protest and claim the numbers were all for the water kinda sad really

omega man · 11-10-2014 11:37pm

Chucky the tree wrote: »

What's the point in protesting when nearly all the meters are installed, Irish Water has been set up and huge money has already been pumped into it? Seems like a stupid waste of time that is about 3 years to late.

Reluctantly I have to agree with this. Is there other motives behind many of the persons/groups behind these protests I wonder?

The vast majority of people I know are more concerned with working harder to keep their jobs, paying their mortgages/rent, the cost of health insurance, child care etc etc, not water charges.

Banjo String · 11-10-2014 11:39pm

Chucky the tree wrote: »

What's the point in protesting when nearly all the meters are installed , Irish Water has been set up and huge money has already been pumped into it? Seems like a stupid waste of time that is about 3 years to late.

Some folk are just so uniformed it's laughable.

Andy-Pandy · 11-10-2014 11:40pm

I'm coming to this thread late so I have no idea about the direction it's taken up until this point. I think we should have been paying for water for years. Its a valuable resource that due to lack of funding is being wasted due to awful infrastructure. If Irish water eventually deliver a good, clean, and efficient water supply then surely it's money worth spending.

SweetChaos · 11-10-2014 11:41pm

Banjo String wrote: »

Some folk are just so uniformed it's laughable.

Well show us the numbers back up your claim

Banjo String · 11-10-2014 11:42pm

SweetChaos wrote: »

http://s29.postimg.org/eyft8ornb/10518697_980185205341320_3538329777909011464_n.jpg

Above link was posted by Dublin Says no page and they say they dont edit anything

Think you need a sarcasm battery recharge.

SweetChaos wrote: »

Haha indeed while the great soon to be great unwashed were in the city center they were installing meters left right and center today so jokes on you

On a Saturday

Barely There · 11-10-2014 11:43pm

omega man wrote: »

Is there other motives behind many of the persons/groups behind these protests I wonder?

Hmmmmm.

Would any of these groups be political parties trying to shore up votes before the next GE I wonder?

SweetChaos · 11-10-2014 11:43pm

Banjo String wrote: »

Think you need a carcass battery recharge.

On a Saturday

carcass battery recharge ? I dont know what that even means

Yes on a saturday

coolemon · 11-10-2014 11:45pm

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

I'm coming to this thread late so I have no idea about the direction it's taken up until this point. I think we should have been paying for water for years. Its a valuable resource that due to lack of funding is being wasted due to awful infrastructure. If Irish water eventually deliver a good, clean, and efficient water supply then surely it's money worth spending.

It is already paid for. That is the point.

Banjo String · 11-10-2014 11:45pm

SweetChaos wrote: »

Well show us the numbers back up your claim

You are obviously 'out of the loop'

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/two-thirds-of-homes-have-yet-to-get-a-water-meter-1.1947192

Banjo String · 11-10-2014 11:48pm

SweetChaos wrote: »

carcass battery recharge ? I dont know what that even means

Yes on a saturday

Posted on a phone. (yep, predictive text)

Yeah, on a Saturday....

Do GMC Sierra work Saturdays? Not to my knowledge.

mickydoomsux · 11-10-2014 11:49pm

coolemon wrote: »

It is already paid for. That is the point.

We're not paying enough for it which is why it's leaking all over the shop and full of cryptosporidium in certain areas.

Barely There · 11-10-2014 11:51pm

coolemon wrote: »

It is already paid for. That is the point.

Course it has been.

That's why we have such a large budget surplus.

SweetChaos · 11-10-2014 11:52pm

Banjo String wrote: »

You are obviously 'out of the loop'

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/two-thirds-of-homes-have-yet-to-get-a-water-meter-1.1947192

Ah indeed they still have 9 months in which to install them would have been sooner and cheaper if it was not for crusties and bored housewives costing the state thousands in delayed works gardai and fake ambulance and fire brigade call outs

For Forks Sake · 11-10-2014 11:52pm

coolemon wrote: »

It is already paid for. That is the point.

If it was being sufficiently funded, would the infrastructure require the massive upgrades that are needed. Yes it was being paid for , but to nowhere near the levels necessary.

Banjo String · 11-10-2014 11:55pm

SweetChaos wrote: »

Ah indeed they still have 9 months in which to install them would have been sooner and cheaper if it was not for crusties and bored housewives costing the state thousands in delayed works gardai and fake ambulance and fire brigade call outs

So.. Long story short, you didn't have a scaldy baldy notion as to how many meters have been installed

(why am I not surprised)

end of the road · 11-10-2014 11:56pm

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

I'm coming to this thread late so I have no idea about the direction it's taken up until this point. I think we should have been paying for water for years. Its a valuable resource that due to lack of funding is being wasted due to awful infrastructure. If Irish water eventually deliver a good, clean, and efficient water supply then surely it's money worth spending.

"if" being the most important word. as its ireland, no doubt it won't happen and the lot will be about giving a job to government cronies as per usual, wait it all ready is

Banjo String · 11-10-2014 11:56pm

SweetChaos wrote: »

So Dublin corporation wasnt installing meters today?

They were

Have you figures and numbers to back your claims (your rules btw)

coolemon · 11-10-2014 11:56pm

For Forks Sake wrote: »

If it was being sufficiently funded, would the infrastructure require the massive upgrades that are needed. Yes it was being paid for , but to nowhere near the levels necessary.

Then they should divert funding from elsewhere rather than commodify a human right.

They can start with trimming and selling the weaponry of the defence forces. Hundreds of millions spent on Piranha armoured cars alone.

mickydoomsux · 11-10-2014 11:59pm

coolemon wrote: »

Then they should divert funding from elsewhere rather than commodify a human right.

They can start with trimming and selling the weaponry of the defence forces. Hundreds of millions spent on Piranha armoured cars alone.

Nah, let's shave €20 a week off the dole and state pension for a couple of years instead.

It's all just diverting funds and that won't infringe on anyones human rights.

end of the road · 11-10-2014 11:59pm

mickydoomsux wrote: »

We're not paying enough for it which is why it's leaking all over the shop and full of cryptosporidium in certain areas.

no, thats due to incompetents. no matter how much we pay that would have happen

mickydoomsux · 12-10-2014 12:00am

end of the road wrote: »

no, thats due to incompetents. no matter how much we pay that would have happen

Can I borrow your machine that let's you observe alternate timelines?

SweetChaos · 12-10-2014 12:01am

Banjo String wrote: »

They were

Have you figures and numbers to back your claims (your rules btw)

Nope just what was was put up on the page looking to get thugs oh I mean locals to harass any workers that now come into any estate.. hysterical

Ye are just closing the door after the horse has bolted to late

Gatling · 12-10-2014 12:01am

coolemon wrote: »

Then they should divert funding from elsewhere rather than commodify a human right.

They can start with trimming and selling the weaponry of the defence forces. Hundreds of millions spent on Piranha armoured cars alone.

Lol sell the army 2 chances of that ever happening ,
We could cut all over seas aid .
And we haven't spent 100's of millions on mowags

end of the road · 12-10-2014 12:02am

SweetChaos wrote: »

Ah indeed they still have 9 months in which to install them would have been sooner and cheaper if it was not for crusties and bored housewives costing the state thousands in delayed works gardai and fake ambulance and fire brigade call outs

and it would have been for free if siemens offer to do it for free had been taken up instead of giving the contract to dennis. fair play to them. hope they make it as difficult and as costly as possible so the pro gambling debt tax supporters can enjoy paying more

generalmental · 12-10-2014 12:02am

omega man wrote: »

Interesting points. As you mentioned social welfare recipients, is it not the case that many such people are protesting now because their pockets are actually being hit whereas many other tax payers are being hit much harder by a more unfair usc as I said previously and therefore aren't compelled to protest over water rates?

As I see it people being destroyed by USC should be out protesting as loud as the rest of the country.
The only reason they are paying USC is because of a failed entity called Anglo Irish bank plus all the others. But our wonderful government can write of 100 million worth of debts so an already rich person can buy a private water company to then charge the majority of people in Ireland to get some water, maybe it`s just me but something stinks to high hell about that.

Banjo String · 12-10-2014 12:05am

SweetChaos wrote: »

Nope just what was was put up on the page looking to get thugs oh I mean locals to harass any workers that now come into any estate.. hysterical

Ye are just closing the door after the horse has bolted to late

Lol. Talkin from hoop so..

coolemon · 12-10-2014 12:06am

Gatling wrote: »

Lol sell the army 2 chances of that ever happening ,
We cut all over seas aid .
And we haven't spent 100's of millions on mowags

What was the price per unit for a mowag?

There are about 100 of them.

Ireland's "Peaceful Protestors" - Pest Control?

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