What is the greatest waste of money you've seen?

Aongus Von Bismarck

It’s not the greatest waste of money ever, but I’m always perplexed with Irish people who get a new car using that dreadful pcp model. It’s always to but some low-spec diesel saloon as well.

.anon.

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

It’s not the greatest waste of money ever, but I’m always perplexed with Irish people who get a new car using that dreadful pcp model. It’s always to but some low-spec diesel saloon as well.

Car-snobbery is incredibly dull and puts me in mind of Alan Partridge criticising his ex-wife's new partner's Renault Megane (a mere 90 BHP). Most people are quite happy to drive 'low-spec diesel saloons' (or even, God forbid, hatchbacks... urgh) because they do what a car is supposed to do, inexpensively and reliably. Which is often more than can be said for the average German executive car (now there's a waste of money). And being new, they offer the security of a warranty. Yes, it might be more prudent to buy second-hand, but some people like new things.

Larbre34

Any new car is a waste of money. You might as well burn 5 to 10k in cash in a rusty barrel.

El Tarangu

derfderf wrote: »

Skipped the last 10 pages, but has the Mahon Tribunal come up yet?

The Mahon Tribunal was very, very expensive, but it wasn't a waste of money. It opened the eyes of the general public to the shady business that our politicians were getting up to; I don't think that we will ever have another politician running for Taoiseach who doesn't see a problem with accepting brown envelopes full of cash from businessmen. It's hard to quantify what this is worth, but it's worth an awful lot.

Larbre34

Larbre34 wrote: »

Any new car is a waste of money. You might as well burn 5 to 10k in cash in a rusty barrel.

True but then there wouldnt be any good 3 - 4 year old ones for me to buy

rainbowtrout

Strumms wrote: »

Great, so that’s your choice... if you wish to pass up your entitlement... this being a democracy.. that’s up to you...

Not ranting my friend, although that ‘ranting’ seems to be your stance as regards anyone who has an alternative view or opinion to your own... quite tiresome but hey.

I don’t know enough about the subject to talk about it ? Well, you don’t get to decide as to who knows ‘enough’ or otherwise and who indeed may or may not talk or enter into discourse about any subject here... so I’ll take that and the rest of what you have to say with a massive pinch of salt, as usual, thanks all the same.

That's the point it's not an entitlement. Post 95 public sector pay A rate PRSI, like private sector and if they lose their jobs can claim social welfare. Pre 95 pay D rate PRSI, and it means they are not entitled to claim social welfare or state pension.

decreds

paw patrol wrote: »

NGOs

x1000

Zebra3

El Tarangu wrote: »

The Mahon Tribunal was very, very expensive, but it wasn't a waste of money. It opened the eyes of the general public to the shady business that our politicians were getting up to; I don't think that we will ever have another politician running for Taoiseach who doesn't see a problem with accepting brown envelopes full of cash from businessmen. It's hard to quantify what this is worth, but it's worth an awful lot.

If only the politicians had been treated like other law breakers and been subjected to investigation by AGS instead of that nonsense.

BeerWolf

The Children's Hospital, the extreme incompetence and no doubt embezzling of... and the White Water Rafting thing...

AndrewJRenko

BeerWolf wrote: »

The Children's Hospital, the extreme incompetence and no doubt embezzling of... and the White Water Rafting thing...

Who embezzled who?

johnmck

Adyx wrote: »

Firstly, the Irish and NI tracker apps are compatible with each other as far as I know, they were developed by the same Irish company (who also developed apps for several other countries and US states). Secondly, almost 110,000 used the app today alone which seems to be a fairly consistent figure.

Probably everyone in Wicklow. Seems like a county of grassers

Claw Hammer

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

In your opinion.

I will pay prsi all my life bit never avail of any social welfare including the state pension. Factor that into your maths

Your widow may be able to claim a pension on your PRSI!

derfderf

El Tarangu wrote: »

The Mahon Tribunal was very, very expensive, but it wasn't a waste of money. It opened the eyes of the general public to the shady business that our politicians were getting up to; I don't think that we will ever have another politician running for Taoiseach who doesn't see a problem with accepting brown envelopes full of cash from businessmen. It's hard to quantify what this is worth, but it's worth an awful lot.

I don't think it opened eyes to anything really. It confirmed a lot that was already known, but that's about it. I'm not a bash the guberment type, but why spend a few hundred million on a tribunal instead of just charging them with fraud or whatever else the had been doing.
They're just people, so treat them like people.

PhilOssophy

derfderf wrote: »

I don't think it opened eyes to anything really. It confirmed a lot that was already known, but that's about it. I'm not a bash the guberment type, but why spend a few hundred million on a tribunal instead of just charging them with fraud or whatever else the had been doing.
They're just people, so treat them like people.

The only thing the Mahon Tribunal did was make Eoghan Murphy's father rich. Otherwise, everybody knew these lads were corrupt and when all was said and done, nobody cared once they got their planning permission or road fixed.

Claw Hammer

PhilOssophy wrote: »

The only thing the Mahon Tribunal did was make Eoghan Murphy's father rich. Otherwise, everybody knew these lads were corrupt and when all was said and done, nobody cared once they got their planning permission or road fixed.

Eoighan Murphy's father was already rich before the Tribunal.

Claw Hammer

Claw Hammer wrote: »

Your widow may be able to claim a pension on your PRSI!

She should but thats also factored into the pension scheme I have.

If she sat down and worked out the payout from killing me, I would be long buried

derfderf

derfderf wrote: »

I don't think it opened eyes to anything really. It confirmed a lot that was already known, but that's about it. I'm not a bash the guberment type, but why spend a few hundred million on a tribunal instead of just charging them with fraud or whatever else the had been doing.
They're just people, so treat them like people.

Tribunals have a far lower bar to reach and arent within the criminal justice limitations or systems. You wouldnt have had the evidence to charge them