Extra Bank Holiday and other compensation for Covid

As I said ...always 😊 and again , nail on the head !

Very bitter post maestroamado, reminds me of a comment many years ago from a certain high management figure that clerical officers shouldn't be able to afford a car lest they get ideas above their station.

So what if someone chooses to spend their money on a nice car, chances are it's on PCP and they don't actually own it...

Not sure if serious.

It's celebrated on the 17th because that's the date he supposedly died. I don't know how long we've been celebrating it but the 17th is synonymous with St Patrick's Day. Tradition is important.

The whole world celebrate it on the 17th. Would you suggest that we celebrate it on a different date to everyone else or "make" everyone else change to suit some agenda we have around tourism?

The difference is detailed in my post.

I'd like to see the detrimental effect having St Patrick's Day on a Tuesday or the like has anyway. Every street in Ireland is full for a portion of the day with parades and the like. Many pubs are full. It's a popular week for people to take off because they only lose 4 days holiday as opposed to 5. Usually coincides with Cheltenham too.

What's intriguing about these alledged magical €20 million tourism boost a BH would generate is how will hospitality staff be feeling having to work presumably on this new BH , I guess it's business as usual, F**K hospitality staff

You clearly don't know how the hospitality sector works.

War broke out at the FG parliamentary party meeting tonight, Leo promising the sun moon and stars, serious unease at his late late show approach, something for everyone in the Audience ( if you work in the public sector of course)

At this juncture, I'd be surprised if government proceed with anything other than a BH, which incidently, I would welcome.

Your 15 years should better help you understand exactly how it works for most hospitality staff, they'll work the BH, there'll be arguments over what their BH pay should be, alternatively they then, might get an extra day off, weeks later (if they are lucky), but more than likely not. My own near 30 years in the business taught me that.

Good night 😏

When they were on the PUP, they got every bank holiday "off"... did you prefer that? 🙄

I neither work for the HSE nor own a car so I've no reason to be on the defensive.

Many taxpayer-funded services have been outsourced to "charities", mostly religious, as long as the State has existed and some for quite a while before that. Many (not all) of these staff have similar T&Cs to public servants with similar duties, but are paid less. So we get a half-assed service, badly managed, state pays the bills but has little control, no financial transparency as to where the "charity"'s funds really go, the staff aren't being paid what they should, and the service users are regarded as charity cases not people with rights and entitlements.

I use inverted commas around "charity" because charitable giving is a voluntary act, paying taxes is not. Taking taxpayer funds and giving them to these bodies is not charity.

Everyone gets shafted - except the Catholic Church which has always regarded vulnerable children and adults as fair game and a captive audience for preaching... or worse.

Your point was quite clear, snide, demeaning and silly , quite an achievement for a one like comment, didn't fly over my head at all.

I'm sure the hospitality staff that are left are tickled pink all together.

If you don’t want snide and demeaning points you probably shouldn’t make them yourself either.