Ireland's small business association, the SFA (bad choice of acronym!) are trying to grab headlines at the moment with their latest madcap idea. The SFA's Patricia Callan was on morning radio today advocating that Ireland's minimum wage should be slashed by 1 euro.Why?Seemingly doing this would somehow "save the economy".So who exactly is paying a minimum wage anyway?Who is on … [Read more...] about SFA Are Out of Touch With Reality
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Heading West Again
Image via WikipediaI'll be leaving for Ennis shortly, as I have to go and collect a load of books that I'd left in my grandfather's house. Of course I'm running an hour or two behind schedule, but it's a Saturday, so I should be forgiven!I left a lot of Spanish and French books with my grandfather a few years ago, so I've really no idea what is actually there. I suspect there's … [Read more...] about Heading West Again
Lisbon Treaty Vote – Results Today?
Image by Philipp Klinger (Away at least till 23rd june) via FlickrAccording to BreakingNews.ie the exit polls on the Lisbon Treaty vote were "too close to call", so we'll have to wait until the counting is done to know what way it went.I was reading Donncha's post while sipping my coffee this morning and while I cannot agree with his choice I would have to agree with his … [Read more...] about Lisbon Treaty Vote – Results Today?
Mayo Echo – Neanderthals?
Image by 八 creatività e follia ♫♪ via FlickrIt's 2008.At least I think it's 2008 in most of the country.Unfortunately it looks like some parts of Mayo are stuck in some kind of time warp.I'm usually proud to be Irish, but when I see the kind of junk being pumped out by the Mayo Echo I cringe. If this were supported by any part of government I'd probably switch my citizenship … [Read more...] about Mayo Echo – Neanderthals?
Dell Marketing – Inventing Domain Names!
Image via WikipediaI always applaud inventive and innovative marketing techniques. I think they're great.But when the marketing department of a multinational starts inventing domain names you have to wonder what they're at!Chris from Sensorpro spotted a Dell advert publicising dell.co.ie I suspect someone got Ireland and the UK confused, as we don't have a co.ie extension!In … [Read more...] about Dell Marketing – Inventing Domain Names!