Claire Byrne Live (RTE1)

Pussyhands

I didn't see the show last night but saw a clip on fb with the single mother saying she opened the door of her oven because the gas went off.

People are just playing the poor mouth now.

If she's a single mother than she's 95% certain to be getting council housing. Dole + single family payments + childrens allowance.

If you're a stay at home mother then kids are not expensive. This isn't the 90's anymore. I remember having to be brought to the local town clothes store to get the expensive school jumpers. Same with shoes. Now you have Lidl selling them for a few euro. You have adverts/done deal for second hand things which people didn't have back in the 90s. The father is also probably paying something towards the kids.

I mean does anyone believe that this woman is so short on money that she has to open the oven door to heat the house yet she presumably spent money driving to the studio. Where are her kids?

Claire would be more in line to have some renters living in commuter towns on...they have to put up with insane rents + rise in living costs.

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118597921#Comment_118597921

Tied into the general public sector pay deal so it was 1% last October and another 1% this October.

Shocking, I know...

Brian Scan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118597892#Comment_118597892

And the Liveline thread.

Pussyhands

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118606753#Comment_118606753

Whoever decided to tie politicians pay to the public sector is a genius.

Well they can't cut their pay because then the public service will be cut. And sure who ever complains about payrises?

Hotblack Desiato

The real act of genius was back in the boom days when the grade TDs got linked to was "upgraded". So they did get cuts but were still ahead of where they started.

SpecialAunt

Are you seriously defending the ridiculous salaries our TD's get?

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118619488#Comment_118619488

No doubt it's a tough profession with long hours and poor job security.

How much would you think is fair all things considered?

StevenToast

Claire is hosting blind date tonight.....

...im just making that up, but its actually believable....some shìte about valentines im sure....and hair

sully123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118631836#Comment_118631836

Tied up and blindfolded date

freshpopcorn

That beef farmer sounded Drunk!

rom

Michael O'Flynn shouldn't have a penny but this is Ireland.

Beardy's been at the Kool-Aid.

Deeec

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118632208#Comment_118632208

He's slow making his point alright

Pussyhands

How can people defend FFG and say nothing can be done overnight about property when FFG introduced a 4% cap on annual rent increases in certain places. Yet now they're saying it's terrible that inflation is 5% and found half a billion overnight to combat it after just a few months of high inflation????

4% inflation a year in rent is fine but 5% inflation overall is....an emergency?

Atlantic Dawn

€4 billion a year is nothing, needs more like €20 billion to make even a small impact, the money could be accessed for Covid easily.

Pussyhands

Ah lads....the FG TD saying it can't be done overnight!

And then this lad saying houses can be built for 150k if taxes were removed....as if developers wouldn't sell them for what they'd be able to get!

Jeff2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118632270#Comment_118632270

He keeps looking to his left for some reason. Like someone is talking to him in audience.

standardg60

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118632275#Comment_118632275

Was able to purchase a property in the boom all the same, the usual farmer poor mouth

lawred2

We're a nation of stupid

standardg60

People don't seem to get that politicians are foremostly interested in getting elected/employed, end of

Atlantic Dawn

Eddie Hobbs, ffs, he will make us commute from that gem The Cape Verde Islands he wanted people to invest it.

Mervyn Skidmore

What's Eddie Hobbs doing on this?

completedit

This is the most generic political system conversation possible; real bottom of the barrel stuff.

lawred2

Are we supposed to be a low tax economy with loads of head room for more taxes?

Pussyhands

LOL.

Hobbs thinks the MNC will be gone overnight. Not a chance.

Mervyn Skidmore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118632311#Comment_118632311

Yep, I forget what politician said it but it was along the lines of, "we all know what has to be done, it's how to do and get elected is the problem."

Pussyhands

That FG TD McNeill is looking hot there sitting on the couch. A vixen!

Gen.Zhukov

I could easily see Jennifer Carroll MacNeill  being the subject of an 'RTE investigates' in the future. Nasty piece of work imo. She'd be able to smile at you, talking softly while pushing the knife in slowly.

SafeSurfer

Matt Carty hairstyle has remained unchanged since 1994. There was be a permanent hole in the ozone layer immediately above his head.

Pussyhands

Oh this fcuking fool!