In Ireland we have a special relationship with software we see the goodness but politicians dont have a clue how to make sure they get delivery on the sanctioned software systems. There have been a few systems an e-voting system and PPARS(its a payroll system for the medical service) both cost a half a billion [...]
I was watching http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1059155 have a look at it first.
So my opinion is that we could
A. Cut jobs in the public sector
B. Cut wages
C. Do nothing
Cutting jobs is the bad solution, no one should lose their job. Cutting wages means that we can let people keep their jobs the only problem is the unions dont [...]
What is the government doing? Raising taxes trying to balance the public finances. Is this the correct decision? I hope im not the only one that thinks raising taxes is a bad idea in the long term for private sector companies. Higher taxes means lower spending in retail which means more unemployment which in turn [...]
A few very simple points about how Ireland can save money and implement strategies to make our education system more competitive. First of all in Ireland the education system is full of windows computers or mac if like my old school they have a little extra money to spend. Here is the obvious points.
1. Open [...]
If we look back to a year or even two years ago, we would see a world that looked in good shape. We were more worried about the finances of Africa than our own but now we have to reflect on how our government is in financial trouble and unemployment sky high. In my opinion [...]
The budget which was announced had many cost cutting measures but I am angry as a 3rd level student. Radical cuts to education to pay for the welfare line. Harming our future to pay for their mistakes in the present.
The Fine Fail lead government also cut the medical cards for older people which is harming [...]
Well they needed to do something. They had a major revolt in their party and in their government. What they did was increase the maximum income allowed for the medical card. It is a little embarrassing for them and it hasn’t helped their reputation which is obviously shattered by the recession.
