Leo Varadkar

As a father of a child with learning difficulties i am raging at his choice of words, Opponents will use it as a stick to beat him with,
He is the gift that keeps on giving, Compare him to MM who was on the LLS last night and said much the same about SF
but in an articulate well thought out manner,

Micheal has looked the epitomy of a statesman in the last 36 months.

Leo is like some embarrassing Uncle at a wedding making a fool of himself.
 
As a father of a child with learning difficulties i am raging at his choice of words, Opponents will use it as a stick to beat him with,
He is the gift that keeps on giving, Compare him to MM who was on the LLS last night and said much the same about SF
but in an articulate well thought out manner,
Well both said they wouldn't go into coalition with each other in 2020 so I wouldn't believe a word that comes out of either mouth to be honest.
Mehole said on the doorsteps he heard people wanted rid of FG...sums him up.
As for the words Leo used.
Absolutely disgusting.
Glenn Hoddle waa sacked as England manager for something similar.
Leo should be gone.
He's a c**t of the highest order.
 

Irish economy falls into technical recession as GDP contracts for second consecutive quarter​

Latest CSO figures, however, shows personal spending on goods and services, a key measure of domestic economic activity, rose​


The disproportionate weight of savings in the Irish economy risks adding to pressure in the housing market. Photograph: iStock
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Fri Jun 2 2023 - 11:36
The Irish economy, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), shrank by 4.6 per cent in the first quarter of this year on the back of a major contraction in the multinational-dominated industry sector.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) also revised down its estimate of GDP for the final quarter of last year to -0.1 per cent, down from an original estimate of 0.3 per cent.
The revision means the economy, as measured by GDP, has now experienced two consecutive quarters of negative growth, meeting the definition of a technical recession. The CSO, however, cautioned that the decline in GDP at the end of last year was marginal and may yet be revised up.
The agency’s latest quarterly national accounts show the globalised industry sector, which is dominated by big pharma, contracted by 18.2 per cent in the first quarter. As a result, net exports posted a decline of 1.9 per cent or €900 million.


Minister for Finance Michael McGrath said: “Multinational production can be extremely volatile on a quarterly basis with large swings a pattern of recent years.”
“Indeed, given the outsized role the multinational sector plays in our economy, GDP is clearly not a useful measure of the living standards of domestic residents,” he said.

The CSO figures show that modified domestic demand (MDD), a better indicator of domestic activity, expanded by 2.7 per cent in the first quarter despite the impact of higher prices and higher mortgage repayments.
Driving this expansion was personal spending on goods and services, the main driver of domestic growth, which rose by 1.7 per cent. The CSO said personal spending in the first quarter exceeded the peak pre-pandemic level of personal spending recorded in second quarter of 2019.
The figures indicate that most sectors “focused on the domestic economy” experienced an increase in economic activity. Output in the construction sector and the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector expanded by 12 and 15.9 per cent respectively.

Activity in the distribution, transport, hotels and restaurants sector, which is heavily dependent on the consumer spending, grew by 2.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter.
Mr McGrath welcomed the increase in modified domestic demand, noting the “expansion was broad-based, with both consumer and investment spending robust in the quarter”.
“Consumer spending increased by 1.7 per cent when compared with the previous quarter, with Government supports, the easing of energy prices and an improvement in confidence all playing a role. Strong employment growth in the first quarter was also a key factor,” he said.
 

Irish economy falls into technical recession as GDP contracts for second consecutive quarter​

Latest CSO figures, however, shows personal spending on goods and services, a key measure of domestic economic activity, rose​

In fact the Irish economy has contracted for a third consecutive quarter, 9 months now we've had a budget deficit.

To put it into perspective, Without a certain 3 multinational companies we'd be running a budget deficit for the 15th consecutive year of approximately €2 billion per year.
 

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