Comments on: Pre-Snip plus other news and views from the last few days http://www.irishelection.com/2009/07/snipers-plus-other-news-and-views-from-the-last-few-days/ Coverage of Irish Politics, News and Current Affairs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Mark Coughlan http://www.irishelection.com/2009/07/snipers-plus-other-news-and-views-from-the-last-few-days/comment-page-1/#comment-121104 Mark Coughlan Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:43:46 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=8951#comment-121104 Conor, Yes, I wrote this post with manatees. Thanks for the mature comment. I mentioned electricians because their strike was the first strike of what is looking like strike-season. How it was handled is therefore relative - you may think differently, so be it. Also, you seem to believe that this Snip report will be received in the same way as the last one, citing Michael Taft's post. Again, so be it... last time 'round we had the pressure value of emigration and the crutch of EU funding to lean on then, it's not the same. The quotes were used because it was a round up of what was known so far. Mark Conor,

Yes, I wrote this post with manatees. Thanks for the mature comment.

I mentioned electricians because their strike was the first strike of what is looking like strike-season. How it was handled is therefore relative – you may think differently, so be it.

Also, you seem to believe that this Snip report will be received in the same way as the last one, citing Michael Taft’s post. Again, so be it… last time ’round we had the pressure value of emigration and the crutch of EU funding to lean on then, it’s not the same.

The quotes were used because it was a round up of what was known so far.

Mark

]]> By: Conor McCabe http://www.irishelection.com/2009/07/snipers-plus-other-news-and-views-from-the-last-few-days/comment-page-1/#comment-121067 Conor McCabe Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:48:46 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=8951#comment-121067 What a very strange post. first we get this: "The An Bord Snip Report will be the most important document delivered to Government in the last, and next, 20 years." and then we get nothing that's actually in the report, simply a bunch of quotes from Irish journalists talking about the (as of then unpublished) report. Then, you bring in the private sector electricians pay award in relation to (an as of yet unpublished) report on public sector! Did you use manatees to write this post? What a very strange post. first we get this:

“The An Bord Snip Report will be the most important document delivered to Government in the last, and next, 20 years.”

and then we get nothing that’s actually in the report, simply a bunch of quotes from Irish journalists talking about the (as of then unpublished) report.

Then, you bring in the private sector electricians pay award in relation to (an as of yet unpublished) report on public sector!

Did you use manatees to write this post?

]]> By: Irish Left Review · Watch that Space: Progressive Economy Blogs the An Bord Snip Nua Report http://www.irishelection.com/2009/07/snipers-plus-other-news-and-views-from-the-last-few-days/comment-page-1/#comment-121059 Irish Left Review · Watch that Space: Progressive Economy Blogs the An Bord Snip Nua Report Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:44:47 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=8951#comment-121059 [...] on Irish Election Mark Coughlan thinks that the ‘An Bord Snip Report will be the most important document delivered [...] [...] on Irish Election Mark Coughlan thinks that the ‘An Bord Snip Report will be the most important document delivered [...]

]]> By: Barry http://www.irishelection.com/2009/07/snipers-plus-other-news-and-views-from-the-last-few-days/comment-page-1/#comment-121017 Barry Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:59:19 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/?p=8951#comment-121017 Maybe I am overly cynical but will it be necessary to publish the report at all? Its supposed content is being leaked so that whenever it is published, presumably to coincide with the decisions on what will actually be snipped, we will be told to feel relieved that not all the proposals were implemented. OTOH, it is widely reported that the leaks are coming from within the various Depts that will be affected. This presumably is because they want to reduce the pain. The country is now run by leak.... Maybe I am overly cynical but will it be necessary to publish the report at all?

Its supposed content is being leaked so that whenever it is published, presumably to coincide with the decisions on what will actually be snipped, we will be told to feel relieved that not all the proposals were implemented.

OTOH, it is widely reported that the leaks are coming from within the various Depts that will be affected. This presumably is because they want to reduce the pain.

The country is now run by leak….

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