Another Irish car dealer goes bust – thank you Green Party!

What has happened to car dealerships in Ireland?, they are now closing down weekly, two weeks ago it was Belgard Motors and today a liquidator was appointed to EP Mooney a family owner dealership in business since 1971.
Well I’ll tell you what happened, another Green Party cock up, and do you know what they don’t [...]

Anglo commences legal action against David Drumm

An international news story. I though I would bring you the Dow Jones News Wires version. There is nowhere that David Drumm can hide without this story following him. In once sense I feel somewhat sorry for him, he is afterall a young man and may never work again after his brief stint at the [...]

More public sector inefficiency causes loss of jobs at Budget Travel

Yet again a government quango causes the loss of jobs.
In the old days when those in business were respected by government departments and the public service, everyone worked together to ensure the survival of companies whether they were big or small.
Today that is different with regulations and rules rigidly enforced, no leeway and no assistance [...]

Violence at lighting of Christmas Tree in Belfast

Today I sang a Christmas carol in frustration of the yobs in Belfast who have spoiled what should have been a happy family event.
Christmas time, mistletoe and wine, children singing, skinheads on wine.
With lovely intentions, they lit up the tree, it symbolises hope for them and for me.
Christmas time, skinheads on wine, fighting for Jesus, [...]

Roof blown off apartment block – Lots of hot air about Nama

Property Management company Wyse are busy today managing the clean-up of Carrickmines Manor, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines located on Dublin’s southside close to Leopardstown Racecourse.
The reason – the roof blew off the recently constructed block. Builders Pierce are on site investigating the incident. Residents have been evacuated. 
News story from RTE:

Roof blown off Dublin apartment block
He is [...]

So when is “professional misconduct” manslaughter

Today’s tragic story is about a woman let down by the health system. She has a routine proceedure and dies a short time later.
She was incorrectly diagnosed.
The young mother had a cyst on one of her ovaries but her consultant diagnosed it as polycystic ovarian syndrome.
Irish Independent news story:
Husband tells of wife’s ‘painful’ death following [...]

Cots recalled worldwide due to toddler & baby deaths

This is awful.  If you own one of these please go to the shop you purchased it from as soon as you can and demand a refund.
It is simply unacceptable that you get a “repair kit” and can then rest easy.
 
 
 
 

Story in the Irish Times:
Parents warned on faulty cribs
JOANNA ROBERTS  Irish Times
Irish consumers who own [...]

Brian Cowen tells unions “You’re wasting your time”

As someone who has seen a huge drop in income over the last 18 months I can’t stand the sight of public sector workers who are striking because they won’t share the pain that I am most others are feeling.
My kids go without many things that they would easily have got two years ago such [...]