Ireland 2010 - 2011

[spidermom]

I suspect that we will have adapted to any changes by then, (what choice do we have) because we adapt very well, at home, and abroad, to changes. There will however be changes that we will find difficult to absorb, but we will, but not before our rep as the friendly, helpful people has disappeared.

The last time I watched a soccerl match dinasaurs still stalked the earth.

GEEZ didn't think we had been the land of the cead mile failte for a while now

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not too sure soccer(L) was played in prehistoric times!!!

[TheIrishRover]

We will look like Belgium if anyone knows the country well. High unemployment, social and urban decay, the social fabric destroyed and too many illegal immigrants.

[spidermom]

https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...k/geos/be.html

THIS IS BELGIUM!!!


https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...k/geos/ei.html

THIS IS US!!!!


Now wouldn't put the CIA as the arbitor of all that is true, but compare the figures!!
(GDP etc)

[Oppenheimer]

On Death and Dying

Denial - we have only passed this point (2008/2009)
Anger - We are entering this phase and I expect it will last until beyond the local elections and may be beyond L!sb0n 2 (note I spelt that word as a swear word!)
Bargaining - we will enter this phase, this Summer and really be in the middle of it by the start/middle of 2010 and we will start to live with the expectations of an economy that is not in constant party mode but needs to take it down a gear or two.
Depression - this will be the summer of 2010 when we realise that Uncle Sam does not own or bequeath all the jobs on the planet.
Acceptance - we realise well if we are not going to be helped I better get off my ar5e and help myself....and off we go....hopefully in a more sustainable, post teenage kind of way!

[Defeated Romanticist]

Fianna Fáil's dastardly plan to bankrupt the country shall be nearing completion. By 2011 the world will be so bankrupt that we wont be able to afford to hold a general election. Permanent government!

[Twilight]

We will look like Belgium if anyone knows the country well. High unemployment, social and urban decay, the social fabric destroyed and too many illegal immigrants.

I spend a lot of time in Brussels, and it is a beautiful cosmopoliton city. I can't say anything about the rest of the country as I rarely leave the city, but I have not heard of anythng bad going on. On the contrary. Where did you get this info from?

[Marlowe]

Unemployment at about 15%.
More pay cuts across all sectors, deep ones this time.
Deep cutback on capital spending, as the Govt. finds it difficult to borrow on the international market.
Protests on the streets.Probably turning violent
Increased crime.
Exporters to really suffer, as Britain and America remain deep in a slump.
Increased funding for soup kitchens.
High inflation, as a result of the stimulus, still low or negative growth
The possibility that we should be seeing be seeing green shoots, if not things will get very bad..

I crack 3:30 for the marathon, and the local makes a come back, as people get out to escape the pain. Entertainment services always do really well in long recessions.

Seems like a reasonable summary ,if a little optimistic