Minister Micheál Martin stresses EU role in safeguarding and creating jobs

[Ah Well]

Irish Press Releases - Irish Press Releases Minister Micheál Martin stresses EU role in safeguarding and creating jobs

I particularly love the final para from the Man in charge o' Lisbon;

The Irish people have much to gain by ratifying Lisbon and I have every hope that the 2nd of October will become another landmark day in the highly positive story of Ireland’s EU engagement, which has helped to transform our country during the past 36 years.

Delicious ... coming from a Party who have been in power for the past 12 years and where are we at the mo?

In a tank such as this (and prob there to stay for quite a while as well)

[Ah Well]

Lisbon and the Irish Economy are joined at the wrist seems to be the plan of attack by the Gov indeed;

MEP says Lisbon vital to economic recovery | Ocean FM

[Lord Deputy of Listowel]

“Minister Micheál Martin stresses EU role in safeguarding and creating jobs”
Really?
Perhaps he ought to convey that sentiment to the 1900 Dell employees whose jobs are now being relocated to Poland.
What planet does he live on?
One can only despair at the sheer ineptitude of this woeful administration.

[Ah Well]

“Minister Micheál Martin stresses EU role in safeguarding and creating jobs”
Really?
Perhaps he ought to convey that sentiment to the 1900 Dell employees whose jobs are now being relocated to Poland.
What planet does he live on?
One can only despair at the sheer ineptitude of this woeful administration.

Absolutely ... but this seems to be the tenet of the present Gov strategy/push on Lisbon -> you need to vote yes for our economy/to save/to create jobs

Fupping laughable from a shower who have run this country for 12 years and look at the end/current result

[atlantic]

MM should set up a college for spoofology and spinology ,he is about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike ,going forward.The bluffer makes me cringe every time he opens his mouth.

[FutureTaoiseach]

Again the elites refuse to fight Lisbon on Lisbon, preferring tired, meaningless old cliches about being 'at the heart of Europe' for its own sake. In the no side they will find an opponent that will be more than happy to fill the information-void the elites are relying on to help them railroad Lisbon through.

[CookieMonster]

Minister Micheál Martin - vote yes to save MY job.

[Lord Deputy of Listowel]

In this County alone, thousands of manufacturing jobs have disappeared during the past decade. Listowel for instance, which at one time could boast of 5 manufacturing facilities is now down to just one such establishment.
As regard Tralee, BERU is now the only manufacturer, and they’re on a 3 day week and the future is uncertain.
So it begs the question, what benefit has EU membership bestowed on us?
Damn all, as far as I can ascertain.

[Freeborn John]

Irelands economic success was based on being a relatively low-cost english-speaking country. Thanks to maastricht It has now become a very high cost country unable to use exchange rate or interest rate flexibility to restore competiveness with all the pain falling on lost jobs and wage cuts. Ireland has a lot of foreign direct investment and trade with the US and UK but is locked into a monetary policy set with continental economies in mind that are structurally different from the irish econony. The result is that EMU has made ireland the most unstable econony on earth permemently doomed to oscillate wildly between low interest rate fueled booms and busts in the interest rate sensitive construction and finance industries. Lisbon will do to Irish democracy what Maastricht has done for the economy. It means negative equity for your vote.

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In this County alone, thousands of manufacturing jobs have disappeared during the past decade. Listowel for instance, which at one time could boast of 5 manufacturing facilities is now down to just one such establishment.
As regard Tralee, BERU is now the only manufacturer, and they’re on a 3 day week and the future is uncertain.
So it begs the question, what benefit has EU membership bestowed on us?
Damn all, as far as I can ascertain.

Yep, I know Listowel having frequented it quite regularly in recent years ... ya got Kerry Coop and pretty much feck all else major there

the requirement of voting yes for our "future" to Lisbon will make feck all difference to Listowel ... and damn well pretty much the same story elsewhere in this country too