Irish Current Affairs

Inspried by a post an another thread, I 've thought for quite a few years that if Sinn Fein were serious about wanting a United Ireland, they would simply do their own version of this and drive it around Brexitland UK saying how much NI costs them every year.
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Saddleworth2 said:
Can anyone explain the Irish growth in GDP per capita over the last few years? Is it simply down to the rate of corporation tax or are there other factors at play. These questions sparked from discussions on the UK 6th richest country thread and @inbetween post. For those living in Ireland, can you say that your standard of living has kept track with that amazing growth line? Genuinely interested as part of the question how the hell does the UK get itself out of the stagnation it is in.
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I guess it is all about multinationals pharma, tech , medical devices. The low Corporation rate helps, but also a highly educated workforce, generally hard working and companies make a lot of money by having a presence here- it helps too that we are the only English-speaking country in the EU. Plenty of downsides though, everything is so expensive. Here is an example- my daughter is about to go to Sweden for a year via Erasmus, accommodation on campus including utilities and wifi is €447 per month- in Galway it would, be around €1100 or €1200 if you can find anywhere.
 
Paul lakes knee said:
I guess it is all about multinationals pharma, tech , medical devices. The low Corporation rate helps, but also a highly educated workforce, generally hard working and companies make a lot of money by having a presence here- it helps too that we are the only English-speaking country in the EU. Plenty of downsides though, everything is so expensive. Here is an example- my daughter is about to go to Sweden for a year via Erasmus, accommodation on campus including utilities and wifi is €447 per month- in Galway it would, be around €1100 or €1200 if you can find anywhere.
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Thanks mate. It’s an astonishing gap between Ireland and Uk for gdp per capita. What is driving the high prices? Demand vs supply? It’s pretty amazing that Sweden is way less costly. Does that apply to Guinness as well?
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Thanks mate. It’s an astonishing gap between Ireland and Uk for gdp per capita. What is driving the high prices? Demand vs supply? It’s pretty amazing that Sweden is way less costly. Does that apply to Guinness as well?
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Price gouging by cnuts that's what is driving the high prices!- things seemed to go mental after Covid. There is a lot of unadulterated greed too. It is common that a student signs a lease for a room in a house but has to vacate their room on Friday so that the landlord can put it on Airbnb for the weekend- that is a disgrace. A pint is around €6 in my local
 
Paul lakes knee said:
Price gouging by cnuts that's what is driving the high prices!- things seemed to go mental after Covid. There is a lot of unadulterated greed too. It is common that a student signs a lease for a room in a house but has to vacate their room on Friday so that the landlord can put it on Airbnb for the weekend- that is a disgrace. A pint is around €6 in my local
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Hmmmm. That’s poor. €6 is not bad over £6 in Edinburgh city pubs. Do you think the average family feels better off than say 5 or 10 years ago?
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Hmmmm. That’s poor. €6 is not bad over £6 in Edinburgh city pubs. Do you think the average family feels better off than say 5 or 10 years ago?
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That's a really interesting question. I think there are a lot of middle earners who are really struggling- people on relatively good salaries who live pay cheque to pay cheque- the colder weather will come in soon and energy bills will be nuts again, the weekly shop for most people has increased so much in the last year or so too. And forget about buying a house if you earn less than a combined 100K a year, whilst rents as I mentioned are sky high too. Not surprising that so many twenty-somethings emigrate.
 
Paul lakes knee said:
That's a really interesting question. I think there are a lot of middle earners who are really struggling- people on relatively good salaries who live pay cheque to pay cheque- the colder weather will come in soon and energy bills will be nuts again, the weekly shop for most people has increased so much in the last year or so too. And forget about buying a house if you earn less than a combined 100K a year, whilst rents as I mentioned are sky high too. Not surprising that so many twenty-somethings emigrate.
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Bloody hell. And there was me thinking you had it a lot better than Scotland. Sounds pretty familiar albeit my daughter just bought a flat at a reasonable price so maybe property prices are a little more sensible here. What troubles me is the lack of visible investment in our infrastructure outside the SE. Our roads are little short of a disgrace and our rail system not much better. I did a road trip round Ireland a couple of years back and one of the things that struck me was how good your roads were (outside those with grass running up the middle ;-)). Signs of investment all over the place - new bridges. We generate more electricity than we can use from renewables and yet our bills are eye watering.
 
Paul lakes knee said:
Price gouging by cnuts that's what is driving the high prices!- things seemed to go mental after Covid. There is a lot of unadulterated greed too. It is common that a student signs a lease for a room in a house but has to vacate their room on Friday so that the landlord can put it on Airbnb for the weekend- that is a disgrace. A pint is around €6 in my local
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Am in Stockholm at the moment.
Lager is just short of £10 for 500g, not a Pint.
You can get cheaper pints for "after work" deals, but they usually end at 7pm and are still over £7 a pint...
 
Platt Lane 59 said:
Am in Stockholm at the moment.
Lager is just short of £10 for 500g, not a Pint.
You can get cheaper pints for "after work" deals, but they usually end at 7pm and are still over £7 a pint...
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Yeah, her ma went over with her to get her settled in last week- a glass of wine was north of 10 quid!
 
Just saw on the news that the Irish open golf tournament is being help next year at Doonbeg, Trumps golf course.
What's that all about?
Yous"d think the organisers could have found somewhere else to play it, its not that we do have a shortage of courses
 
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