lol, nicely put!

Ha !! Make sure u have good waterproofs on, Begrudgy. There’ll b a lot of sh*t thrown !!

Like Priory Hall was insured !

Like Homebond insurance for houses with pyrite!

He has some neck on him and I hope the pyrite and Priory Hall lobbies throw that comment in his face. I know that he made a promise last week to meet with them, but given his track record I reckon that will be yet another broken promise.

maybe this will help you gerry,, a copy of the treaty,,, and their is nothing good in it for our people,, http://cdn.thejournal.ie/media/2012/03/20120302fiscalcompact.pdf

here is food for thought, in the ESM treaty, each country shall have the amount of votes as stated in annex1, so in this case,, Germany(27.1%) and France(20.4%) combined hold 47.5% of the vote in the ESM, add Italy(18%)to that and the total is 65.5% of the vote,,, DO WE REALLY WANT THIS TO HAPPEN

3 contries out of 27 holding 65.5% of votes!! That is scarey, what chance do we have against them. Do people really believe that they wouldnt be prepared to sacrifice 4 million people to keep their own citizens happy and maintain the Euro. Vote No and No again and No everytime, regardless of how often they ask.

While I dont agree with looking for disturbance money to move a mile up the road (actually they have a neck) but you cant blame ordinary workers for looking for the same entitlements given to the public sector during FFs age of decentralisation.

“Champagne socialists” is right, Frank2521. Easy for them to be against austerity on their pay cheques. It seems they were bought & paid for by the most cunning of all – Bumbling Bertie.

@Rodrigo detriano

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t David Begg on a salary of over EUR200,000? Some salary. They’ll still have their job after the referendum?

No wonder his hair is always immaculate ..

It’s easy to fight austerity on E200k a year, Sheila. To make them sit up & take notice, people ought to withdraw their subscriptions. Take away the money. B-B-Bertie played them well. Pay them enough & they’ll stay on board. Whatever one’s view, it is important to go to the polling booth & register your vote where it counts. Even if you spoil your vote. U made your feelings known.

@Declan Carroll

I will be voting, not sure which way yet, but I do believe in using ones vote. Too many people fought for it and many women died for it. I fought during the Presidental election to have the right to vote for whom I wanted on my ballet paper. I/we won. Always fight for what’s right, what’s true and honest.

Unless the Government give me huge reasons, not promises as to why I should vote ‘yes’ I’m afraid it’ll be ‘no’. Sending leaflets to homes explaining about this treaty is going to irritate many. There are people who cannot read, they need someone to explain it honestly, if a debate is needed let the chairman be there to help, not for entertainment reasons. There are people with reading/learning difficulties. There are many with dyslexia. I will not be reading the leaflet, it will be put straight into my green bin.

We don’t have much time left to try and understand it, so I’d advise the Government to get off their fat asses and start telling us the truth about what this treaty means to Ireland, truthfully, honestly!

Spot on. As it stands at the mo, I’m going to spoil my vote. We’ll see how it pans out towards the end. Yes – it is important to get off one’s butt, get to the polling station & cast your vote – yes/no/spoil. Register it where it counts. Anyway – have a nice day !! Sláinte.

Sheila – dont put it in the bin, send it back to An Taoiseach, Dail Eireann. That is what I am intending to do with every piece of literature I recieve from Kenny & Co LTD while they are in office.

Short term austerity is better than perpetual austerity

@Caroline. I agree with you, but will the unions and rest of us be able to stomach the deeper cuts and increased taxes in the short term?

Speaking for myself, if my family have to suffer a short sharp shock of austerity to balance the books and get our economy moving on a competitive footing I will take that.
If my family have to suffer perpetual austerity to cover the gambling losses of European banks and FF ineptitude, I will take to the streets

Caroloine
Well said, I will survive short term austerity ,but not what they have planned for us in the long term …

@thomas,, this is the problem with the whole deal thats being offered,,, scaremongering about getting another loan or bailout,, it pure rubbish and ppl should be held to account for this,,, getting access to loans will never be a problem, if ireland in the future were refused a loan from the new ESM it would inplode the euro,,, their is nothing more sure,,, and i take offence to the fact that citizens of our country are being scared into making this rubbish come true,,, I, for one will be voting no,, and will be fighting for a vote on the ESM and article 136,, it is our right and it is our ppl’s right to actually know whats really going on, instead of this scaremongering