Posted in Irish journalism, Irish Times, Ireland, Politics on Jul 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Reading Donagh’s post from earlier this week, about how Fintan O’Toole is really pissed off that we didn’t listen to him and vote yes to Lisbon, I couldn’t help but think of this from Southpark.
Enjoy.
Posted in Irish journalism, Lisbon Treaty, Irish Times, Irish Society, politics/Ireland, Politics on Jun 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Oh my oh my. Last Tuesday the Irish Independent told us that the Irish people voted no because they believed that the treaty could be renegotiated. Today (Saturday), they tell us that it was because of a disastrous ‘yes’ campaign.
What could have changed in the past week?
Well, the report they said was […]
Posted in Lisbon Treaty, Irish journalism, Irish Times on Jun 20th, 2008 3 Comments »
According to the European Barometer poll, the reasons why people voted no:
Don’t understand/not familiar - 22%
Protect Irish identity - 12%
Safeguard Irish neutrality - 6%
Do not trust our politians - 6%
we will lose our right to a commissioner - 6%
protect tax system - 6%
against idea of unified Europe - 5%
protest against government policies - 4%
to avoid […]
Posted in Irish Times, muppets on Jun 20th, 2008 2 Comments »
Cheers to Gavin’s Blog for this one.
I’m just about to go to bed, but before I do, a quote from John Waters’ article in the Irish Times this morning.
There has been much said this past week about democracy and the will of the people. The people have spoken and the people cannot be wrong. But, […]
Posted in Lisbon Treaty, Irish journalism, Irish Times, politics/Ireland, Politics on Jun 18th, 2008 7 Comments »
After yesterday’s Irish Independent piece, which gave the impression that people voted No to renegotiate, the Irish Times has just released what it claims are the preliminary results from the EU Commission’s referendum poll.
you know, people really need to just wait until the thing comes out. Here, have a look.
Post-vote poll
Preliminary results from EU Commission […]
Posted in Irish journalism, Irish Times, Irish Middle Class, Irish Society, Irish Working Class on Jun 16th, 2008 8 Comments »
Indeed, the evidence from last Friday’s opinion poll in the Irish Times showed a No majority across virtually all age cohorts and social groupings. And as is evidenced from Dublin South West, turnout was unusually high in some working class areas, where there was a clear anti-treaty sentiment. (I.T. 13/06/06, Harry McGee.)
Tallies from early on […]
Posted in Economy, Irish Times, Irish Economy, Irish housing, Property, Media on Apr 4th, 2008 14 Comments »
The Irish Times portrays a schizophrenic relationship with Irish housing today (Friday), with one article assuring us that it is better to buy in Dublin than rent - and another one warning us about the ongoing property price crash.
Writing in the Finance section, Laura Slattery says that
AFFORDABILITY FOR first-time buyers continues to improve […]
Posted in Irish journalism, Irish Times, Media on Mar 7th, 2008 8 Comments »
It seems that when someone comes to this blog they are likely to read yet another attempt by us to give the print and broadcast media a bashing. It might seem to the lazy observer that such criticism is born out of a frustration that we are not getting phone calls from editors asking us […]
Posted in Irish Times, Irish journalism, Irish Economy, Irish housing, Property, Ireland on Mar 7th, 2008 5 Comments »
Global financial markets remain fragile while business and consumer confidence is slipping. Encouragingly, the ECB recently removed its threat to raise rates further and hinted that rates may fall.
I think the ECB will reduce interest rates two or three times in the coming year. This will boost sentiment towards the Irish housing market.” (”Maturing market […]
Posted in Irish Times, Irish Society, Irish housing, Politics on Dec 26th, 2007 5 Comments »
On 7 December 2006 the Irish Times asked Dan McLaughlin, chief economist Bank of Ireland for his predictions for the Irish property market for 2007. He said:
‘The year 2007 will be another strong one in terms of transactions. We are likely to see something of the order of 85,000 to 90,000 houses built again. Mortgage […]
