Which industry has the biggest laugh at their customers' expense?

Car industry, with decades of misleading advertising showing happy families on wide open roads.

Energy providers anyone

The massive Irish expat community in Cuba may disagree with you.

The Seanad.

That reminds me, homeopathy.

Modern vacuum cleaners. The hair detangling thing is a great idea, but a laser so you can see invisible dust? An electronic display showing exactly how much gack was collected? All perfectly good reasons to price a Hoover at 800 quid of course.

I have a happy little fifty quid Henry and he has been perfectly hoovery and reliable for six years. I can live without knowing how many ounces of skinflakes he sucked up.

Go screw yourself, you can go live-in the inner city flats cos you love them so much.

You don't get to tell somebody who doesn't agree with you where to live. Cheeky bugger.

Another champage socialist I bet . Always lecturing others. ’We the great Oirish people, we are so generous with other people's money , with our 92 rooms in the Phoenix Park but none for you’. Life of the party 🥳

You don't represent Irish people， you are conceited and arrogant and you are just some header on Boards lol.

This is what I don't get. There's a lack of GPs and Consultants but these GPs and Consultants are absolutely minting it. Some don't even work evenings or weekends unlike other countries. They will take long breaks at Xmas etc.

I guess they have set up so many barriers to entry to keep their numbers limited and fees high .

The system of having to go through a GP to get an appointment with a consultant is legal corruption in my book, it's mostly a massive waste of time. Most patients will have a general idea of the issue already. Yes it's a skin problem, yes your back hurts , yes you have breathing issues, no we can't do anything for you here, we will write you a letter and charge you 50 quid.

In other countries I have lived in you can book an appointment with the hospital departments directly if you want. You can drop into different GPs and hospitals to get the best service.

Because it's part of a universal health system you are their valued customer and private and public hospitals are happy to see you, they both make money from treating you.

And the fee is fixed as long as it is through the universal public health system . GP visit 7 Euro, Hospital appointment 15 Euro. Meds...FREE.

Yeah it's hard to adjust to the absolute rip off and shambles that is the Irish Health Service , where even a private appointment could have you waiting months. A public appointment could be years later!!

Bratislava Vienna is the best

In what country was it €7 to see a doctor?

It's all Edward Bernays fault!

Civil Servants and Public "Workers".

The vast majority do the minimum amount possible with no requirement to perform, and still get guaranteed jobs and golden pensions and non-merit pay raises.

All this while providing mostly worthless services to their customers.

Dont believe me?..try contacting the RTBand see what level of service you get.

And it's not just since the energy crisis.

What must the real price of a unit of electricity be ?

You have multiple companies willing to sell you that unit.

But each and every one of them have their own overheads like any other retail, marketing, call center, IT, legal, HR etc.

So how much is added on to the wholesale price of a unit of electricity to allow all these competing companies to pay for the above and also make a margin?

The whole annual switching thing they promote in Ireland for these markets is silly when only a couple of suppliers control the infrastructure e.g. energy, broadband, healthcare plans, car insurance.

Prescription meds are completely free in the North of this country.

You haven't heard of the 'quiet quitting' trend pervasive across all industries then? You clearly haven't heard about the current working conditions in the public service either.

It's a bit difficult to just the level of service of any public body, until you also look at the level of funding they get and the level of demand for their services. Maybe if landlords stopped expecting the RTB to be their own personal legal advisors, maybe then they might have more time to do their jobs?

I broadly agree with you but having ice on tap would be a huge bonus for me.