Competitiveness is ranked globally on 111 indicators. One of those indicators is wages. The Central banks focus in yesterday’s Q4/12 report on wage restraint is completely bogus to have it focus (headline grabber from exec summary) on one item, wage cost. Wage cost accounts for 2% of the overall measurement of competitiveness. Ireland ranks 27th in a…
Month: October 2012
The real reason Dr. Reilly added 15 primary care centres: EXPLAINED
Regina Doherty TD (Fine Gael) explains Dr. Reilly’s reason for adding the extra 15 centres (with no fixed criteria) to the first list of 20. The reason is: developers can’t profit from health in deprived areas Speaking on RTE’s Today with Pat Kenny on Thursday morning Regina Doherty TD said (use cue point number 1 below once…
Evening Press & Eircom Call Cards
what was selling when the shop in Rosslare closed – Evening Press & Eircom Call Cards See the full gallery on Posterous
same old iron same old Irish irony – Rosslare Post Box
See the full gallery on Posterous This is the post box at Rosslare Harbour Wexford Republic of Ireland. It is a Edwardian (King Edward VII) painted green. The irony is that these very post boxes were being painted gold for gold medal winners in the UK from the 2012 Olympics. But not if the Olympian was…
the five signs of stroke (politics)
1. Weakness – youmay suffer loss on Junior Ministers 2. Trouble Speaking – radio & TV interviews may be difficult to do 3. Vision – you may not see what everyone else sees 4. Headache – your 5 point plan fails 5. Dizziness – your expensive spin doctors rotate in the shape of a…