This covered it quite well I thought.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/01/brexit-trump-trade-hanoi
Brexit, for once some facts.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/01/brexit-trump-trade-hanoi
The only comfort, if it could be called that, is that the sufferer is mostly unaware. Although my wife recollects that her mother was extremely frustrated at the early stages,when she still had plenty of cognitive function.
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It does but they all moved to Silicon Valley for the money.
.or had achieved sufficient grades to be considered for admission as a student, Staff selection was a lot more rigorous
Not at all credible to true believershow credible is this?
Having to accept USA food standards (the legendary chlorinated chicken and bromine-based dough conditioner, among others), is a fundamental loss of control.
With China-USA trade talks going in the direction of more imports by China, we will also end up being in direct competition with China for USA agricultural production. That will help with availability and prices, obviously.
I lost count of the times when some new appointee was introduced at a Management meeting, and a voice ( usually mine) sighed and said "Oh Lord not another Graduate!"
Life expectancy in the job tended to be weeks rather than months.
The sad thing was it wan't the fault of the Graduates, they were given no training or guidance, and with no experience of what a rat race a multi national company is, and how much wider the role they were expected to fill was than what they had been led to expect, it was a waste of their talents and optimism.
Sadly the best of them quickly realised their mistake and left
And that is one of the faults of British Management, a lack of foresight.
Taken from the Irish Times of today.... It illustrates,if anything were needed to do so,the folly of allowing the UK to dictate the fate of its regions. The figures for Scotland and NI say all that needs saying.
"Residents of Cork, Limerick and Waterford are living in the third-richest region across the European Union, according to a new report from Eurostat.
This puts them behind the residents of part of London and Luxembourg but ahead of those in Dublin, which ranked in fifth place.
According to an examination of regional gross domestic product (GDP) per person across the EU, the average is €30,000 per person. Some regions – inner London, for example – have a GDP per capita of as much as 626 per cent of this, while others, namely Bulgaria, have a per-person percentage of just 31 per cent.
The Republic, with its GDP swollen by the impact of multinationals, performs particularly strongly in the study, with the southern region, encompassing the midwest, southeast and southwest, ranked in third place. This places it behind one part of London and Luxembourg, in the study, as the region with the third-highest GDP per capita.
Residents of this region have a GDP per capita of €74,700, or 220 per cent of the EU average, when adjusted for purchasing power. The region is home to multinationals such as Apple, Boston Scientific and Regeneron.
Meanwhile, the eastern part of the country, covering areas including Dublin, Kildare and the midlands, lags behind in fifth place, with GDP per capita of €64,000, even though the population-heavy region contributes more than half of the Republic’s GDP.
Economically disadvantaged
The figures also show how the Republic’s northern and western region, which includes the border counties, such as Donegal and Monaghan, and those in the west, such as Mayo and Galway, are more economically disadvantaged.
The GDP the region generates is far less, at just €24 billion, accounting for just 8.2 per cent of the country’s income.
This means that residents of the region actually have a GDP per person that is below the EU average, at just €28,400. This puts them on a par with residents of Normandy in France (€28,100), Lancashire in the UK (€28,200), and Brandenburg in Germany (€27,800). However, it is higher than Northern Ireland (€27,200).
When we consider the cost of living in the Republic, or reassess the figures for “purchasing power parity”, GDP per capita shrinks by 11 per cent across the State.
Residents of inner London have the highest average earnings across the EU, with a GDP per capita of €209,900 per person – or 626 per cent of the EU average when adjusted for purchasing power – based on total GDP of €245 billion.
This contrasts sharply with east and northeast London, which has a GDP per person of just €24,200, and southern Scotland, where it is as low as €21,600.
Luxembourg is next, with a GDP per capita of at €92,600, which is equivalent to 253 per cent of the European purchasing power average, The lowest GDP per capita is in the northwest region of Bulgaria, which has GDP per person of just €4,600, or just 31 per cent of the price-adjusted EU average."
"Residents of Cork, Limerick and Waterford are living in the third-richest region across the European Union, according to a new report from Eurostat.
This puts them behind the residents of part of London and Luxembourg but ahead of those in Dublin, which ranked in fifth place.
According to an examination of regional gross domestic product (GDP) per person across the EU, the average is €30,000 per person. Some regions – inner London, for example – have a GDP per capita of as much as 626 per cent of this, while others, namely Bulgaria, have a per-person percentage of just 31 per cent.
The Republic, with its GDP swollen by the impact of multinationals, performs particularly strongly in the study, with the southern region, encompassing the midwest, southeast and southwest, ranked in third place. This places it behind one part of London and Luxembourg, in the study, as the region with the third-highest GDP per capita.
Residents of this region have a GDP per capita of €74,700, or 220 per cent of the EU average, when adjusted for purchasing power. The region is home to multinationals such as Apple, Boston Scientific and Regeneron.
Meanwhile, the eastern part of the country, covering areas including Dublin, Kildare and the midlands, lags behind in fifth place, with GDP per capita of €64,000, even though the population-heavy region contributes more than half of the Republic’s GDP.
Economically disadvantaged
The figures also show how the Republic’s northern and western region, which includes the border counties, such as Donegal and Monaghan, and those in the west, such as Mayo and Galway, are more economically disadvantaged.
The GDP the region generates is far less, at just €24 billion, accounting for just 8.2 per cent of the country’s income.
This means that residents of the region actually have a GDP per person that is below the EU average, at just €28,400. This puts them on a par with residents of Normandy in France (€28,100), Lancashire in the UK (€28,200), and Brandenburg in Germany (€27,800). However, it is higher than Northern Ireland (€27,200).
When we consider the cost of living in the Republic, or reassess the figures for “purchasing power parity”, GDP per capita shrinks by 11 per cent across the State.
Residents of inner London have the highest average earnings across the EU, with a GDP per capita of €209,900 per person – or 626 per cent of the EU average when adjusted for purchasing power – based on total GDP of €245 billion.
This contrasts sharply with east and northeast London, which has a GDP per person of just €24,200, and southern Scotland, where it is as low as €21,600.
Luxembourg is next, with a GDP per capita of at €92,600, which is equivalent to 253 per cent of the European purchasing power average, The lowest GDP per capita is in the northwest region of Bulgaria, which has GDP per person of just €4,600, or just 31 per cent of the price-adjusted EU average."
To bring a raw graduate into "management ", is and was folly. I like many others cut our teeth in more technical roles,and then assumed or had responsibilities thrust upon us. A favoured ploy of ours was to have the formal interview and then invite the candidate to view the technical facilities accompanied by a few colleagues. Their knowledge and engagement with the equipment was much more revealing than a carefully spun PR interview...and formed part of our selection process.
Ahhhhhhh..ha...ha..ha
Dan Dan please stop it.... i`ve got sore sides...it`s not the 1st april yet!!
Next thing you`ll be telling us all is Irish beef is safe..lol!!
27 cattle test positive in Co. Monaghan `Angel Dust` case
A further 27 cattle from a Co. Monaghan farm have tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol, also known as angel dust, after further tests were carried out by the Department of Agriculture.
Last month, the Department said that it had launched an investigation after an animal, which was processed through ABP Clones, tested positive for the growth promoter after a random sample was taken as part of the National Residue Control Programme.
The Department has confirmed that 27 animals, which were on the holding as part of the overall herd, tested positive and were destroyed.
A common stunt by Irish farmers to boost the animals weight to get it to slaughter....for more MONEY!
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/27-cattle-test-positive-for-angel-dust-in-co-monaghan-case/
Why are you laughing?Ahhhhhhh..ha...ha..ha
Dan Dan please stop it.... i`ve got sore sides...it`s not the 1st april yet!!
And are you saying the auhorities were wrong to do these test?
You seriously need to think before you post, just looking for something to score Brownie points against the Republic is a pretty pathetic viewpoint.
Are we to suppose the NI farmers are any more Honest?
Come on now, are you making that claim?And you wrote this
"A common stunt by Irish farmers to boost the animals weight to get it to slaughter....for more MONEY! "
So how come this was the first incident since 1999?
Be careful what you claim on the evidence of ONE farmer Tommie
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