Cork city has gone to the dogs.

[Kimeartimmyboy]

As you have said yourself it is the lack of a decent opposition party that sees them secure, SF biggest mistake was trying to be a bit of all things to everybody,
They may have kept the woke voter onside but they have pissed off the long term SF voter who have now moved elsewhere,
If Labour had a decent leader they would make progress,

I keep saying this, but the "long term/traditional SF voter", who over the past year or two has abandoned the party due to "woke", clearly spent too much time buying bodhrans from Port Laoise or Sniper At Work calendars for the kitchen instead of understanding what the party stands for, and more importantly, has stood for over the past 2-3 decades(long before FG abandoned the red cheeks and comb overs of their base).

Part of the rise in SF support from young people, arose from a block with no intention of following their parents down the same old beaten and failed track. People who viewed the world differently and wanted an alternative. And there it was, ready made. With an edge to boot.

 

[jimmym]

Michael Martin has Fianna Fail hovering around 18%, close to their 2011 nadir of 17.8% of the vote.

This despite being part of a 'successful' coalition.

How he is still leading that party is beyond me

Yet his personal rating among the public seems high,

 

[Stacky]

Cork City Council pays out twice as much in compensation than its budget for footpath repairs.

They give out about 1 million annually in compo versus over €400,000 on repairs.

They simply have no idea what they are doing in City Hall.

 

[Stacky]

Yet his personal rating among the public seems high,

The Govt has also go very lucky as this time last year there was serious talk of a recession which has now evaporated while inflation, energy costs and interest rates are now down or falling.

He does come across very well compared to Simon Harris but at the same time you have to question their overall delivery record and excuse's for non-delivery.

You stand on your record.

 

[jimmym]

Back on topic, Walked passed the bus station 8am , three homeless lads in there, They didnt seem to be doing anything out of the way
but still not a good look,

 

[jimmym]

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This message for Fine Gael was brought to you by Stacky.


Energy prices remain double what they were prior to 2022. In spite of wholesale drops to those levels. Savings have not been passed onto the consumer.


Costs on grocery shopping continue to rise.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1835641707909541955

The ECB cutting interest rates has jack shit to do with the government

Re grocery costs, once they went up they were going to stay up, What becomes normal stays normal, Reminds me of when People were relieved
when fuel prices went down from 2 eu to 1.80, They forgot 1.80 was still a massive jump from where it was,

 

[fed up]

Back on topic, Walked passed the bus station 8am , three homeless lads in there, They didnt seem to be doing anything out of the way
but still not a good look,

I was driving down Sullivan's Quay last night at about 7pm and it was lovely to see people sitting out on the benches.
A few yards up and this lad was slugging from a bottle of vodka with cans scattered around him too.

The clown was shouting down his phone making others feel uncomfortable who then got up and left the area.
Felt like getting out of the car and putting manners on him.

 

[Crankycorner]

Supermarkets used the war in Ukraine as an excuse to gouge the shit of things. Look at the record profits the they're posting.

A 100 gram bar of Lindt chocolate €1.89 in Paris. The same product €4.25 in Irish shops. Lol then you have a blueshirt shill here telling us we've never had it so good.


Lol the minister with responsibility for Retail Business Neale Richmond was going to look into it last year and prices 'were sure to come down'. lol

Reports of price gouging ‘to be presented’ to supermarket industry

Government ‘fully expects’ to see grocery prices coming down, says Minister ahead of retail sector meeting

www.irishtimes.com

The facts are peoples wages aren't worth anything like what they were and costs for 'luxury' items such as heating and food have skyrocketed. That people are so stupid as to be bought off with a tenner here or there in the budget is depressing.

Dan, I need to lie down. I agree with absolutely everything in that post. Think I might need counselling.

 

[Stacky]

Re grocery costs, once they went up they were going to stay up, What becomes normal stays normal, Reminds me of when People were relieved
when fuel prices went down from 2 eu to 1.80, They forgot 1.80 was still a massive jump from where it was,

That is it and shops etc are happy to cash in and profit. Inflation has fallen but the prices for basics remain in post C-19 area.

Hotels have had a poor summer here apparently but they have simply been ripping us off for years

Fuel prices are now at about €1.62 for diesel and immediately something blows up in the middle east prices go up straight away while at the same time fuel companies tell us that they buy fuel 6 months ahead.

The Government via vat do have more power that they ever admit or are ever going to use because of vested interests and lobby groups.

Local authorities sit on land banks for years thus depriving the citizens of potential homes etc.

It takes them years to even refurbish vacant homes.

 

[jimmym]

Supermarkets used the war in Ukraine as an excuse to gouge the shit of things. Look at the record profits the they're posting.

A 100 gram bar of Lindt chocolate €1.89 in Paris. The same product €4.25 in Irish shops. Lol then you have a blueshirt shill here telling us we've never had it so good.


Lol the minister with responsibility for Retail Business Neale Richmond was going to look into it last year and prices 'were sure to come down'. lol

Reports of price gouging ‘to be presented’ to supermarket industry

Government ‘fully expects’ to see grocery prices coming down, says Minister ahead of retail sector meeting

www.irishtimes.com

The facts are peoples wages aren't worth anything like what they were and costs for 'luxury' items such as heating and food have skyrocketed. That people are so stupid as to be bought off with a tenner here or there in the budget is depressing.

Look at magazines in shops, You see the sterling price 2.50, Euro price 6,