Comments on: Irish budget cuts praised by British Tories but criticised at home

By: IMF: Britain's unemployment lower than expected | Left Foot Forward

IMF: Britain's unemployment lower than expected | Left Foot Forward — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:21:16 +0000

[...] to the lower than expected unemployment. The Conservative party opposed this approach while many right-wing figures praised Ireland’s policy decisions which appear to have raised [...]

By: Election Focus - Sinn Fein | Left Foot Forward

Election Focus - Sinn Fein | Left Foot Forward — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:29:25 +0000

[...] Foot Forward suggests Ireland’s difficulties in coming through the economic downturn, with the harsh measures taken by Dublin, make Sinn Fein’s dream of a united Ireland unlikely to progress in the near [...]

By: Irish budget is "charter of exploitation" | Left Foot Forward

Irish budget is "charter of exploitation" | Left Foot Forward — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:26:52 +0000

[...] Foot Forward outlined last week how the Irish budget was praised by Daniel Hannan MEP as well as the think tank, Reform who [...]

By: Anon E Mouse

Anon E Mouse — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:57:58 +0000

Liz – Nice point well made…

By: Liz McShane

Liz McShane — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:45:11 +0000

Anon – what border?! Been down south loads inc Tipp.

By: Incoherent Tories « Left Outside

Incoherent Tories « Left Outside — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:26:27 +0000

[...] But of course I can never bring myself to agree with the Tories too much. Given the Tories allergic reaction to the mainstream economic opinion on the benefits of stimulus spending it seems foolish to suggest that if they were in power we would see a glut of countercyclical spending. In fact we would still have been treated to a Government reaction and economic collapse like that seen in Ireland. [...]

By: Anon E Mouse

Anon E Mouse — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Liz – Never been there I’m afraid. My family’s from the other side of the border – Tipperary – but I got friends from the North, worked there once or twice and to be honest, religion aside(which I have no time for), people to me seem to be the same the world over.

Have a good weekend woman (I just know that ‘woman’ bit will grate!) and I’m sure we’ll be disagreeing again next week.

By: Liz McShane

Liz McShane — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:57:36 +0000

Co. Down

By: Anon E Mouse

Anon E Mouse — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:55:03 +0000

Liz – Where abouts in Ireland are you from?

By: Liz McShane

Liz McShane — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:14:06 +0000

Oops forgot to add the link – here it is:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bertie-ahern-the-teflon-taoiseach-who-came-unstuck-804034.html