Ya thats what I wad thinking. Most just want the exposure and then wait for the buyout. And why not. You couldnt compete anyway.

The danger of this technology is that we will soon be paying for goods and services this way. It also means that ‘credit’ and interest can be easily created. The whole system would be integrated. No power for the consumer and a fair chance of people being refused food at points of sale because of a fine/outstanding bill etc.

square have no idea when they will do chip and pin which is pretty much mandatory for the EU (and APAC) market(s)

Their competitors in the US are also in the same boat (i.e. they don’t have the ability to do chip and pin)

obviously they will in due course… the chip and pin virus to protect the banks is due to reach the US within the next 2 years…

well said jason.a cashless society using digital currency is a very scary prospect indeed for the average joe.

nobody advocated turning their nose up at jobs, also nobody said one company should creat 400,000 jobs. Get with the programme buddy!

You and your friends above strongly implied this. Ask yourself, why would a company want to set up shop in Ireland rather than in any other country? That we’re in the EU, that there’s good tax breaks, that we speak English? All of these are good things, but not the most important. The most important thing is that we have an available and eager workforce who are ready to do the job they need doing, and do it well with a positive and constructive outlook. Which is pretty much the opposite of what you are broadcasting. Get with the system? If the system is being overly-defensive, defeatist and consistently sour and begrudging, then no, I’d rather not. I have no idea how old you are, but before the Celtic tiger, unemployment was as usual as it was now. This overblown sense of entitlement from the boom times seems to have condensed into a sense of bitterness and a refusal to see or take opportunities when they appear. Do yourself a favour; shrug the chip off your shoulder and cop on. Very easy to slagging everything off, what are you doing I make things better? Have you created 40 jobs?

Found one role that the agency le Creme were advertising. Nothing else apart from that

I’ve mailed the PR people to ask them if there’s a link to apply for the jobs – I’ll post it up when they get back to me.

no I don’t think they’re doing enough and I’m not saying we should accept what they’re doing but I don’t think we should belittle any jobs out there. 40 new jobs is still nothing to sniff at, its 40 people who might be able to pay their bills and their mortgage now.

Helen I already said every job is welcomed, but 40 jobs is simply not good enough, even 400 jobs is not good enough, when we start hearing of job creation in the thousands I will begin to be impressed but with the current crop of gombeens in power I fear it will be a long, long time before that happens.

You’re being annoying.

Completely agree Tom.

Not a troll at all. Don’t throw out one-liners like this just because you’ve no rational answers to my previous comment. It would also be good if you could do me the decency of replying to my comment in the same sub-thread of where my comment is, rather than in the main thread. It’s the equivalent if muttering your reply behind your hand so as I don’t hear your reply but you can claim you gave one. I’ll ask you again; for all your moaning here on this article, what have you done to improve life in Ireland, economically or otherwise? Nothing “trollish” about that at all.