Comments on: Newstalk Nation Survey- Would you participate?

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:14:04 +0000

Why when everyone is expected to make cuts and accept extra taxes,when the semi state bodies chiefs are not to have there salaries reduced.(it is not as though they are well run or efficient)
The politicians who may have taken cuts in their salaries still are better paid than other politicians in the EU.
How can the man in the street respect them,how can they wonder why they got so few votes,it is a case of set an example.

By: liam

liam — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:41:11 +0000

i am totally fed up with the way this government has treated the people of ireland,non nationals included with contempt. every day there is new reports of their failings ie education, health,homeless,crime,disablity i could go on and on. then tonight i watched prime time to see how far down the list of priorities the mentally ill are, along with the ignorance of people blameing immergrants for our woe’s. they are entitled to make a living as much as any one, i was one myself in the early 80’s. the government has failed us and it is in our power and interest to remove them from office. the sooner the better

By: positivenote

positivenote — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:24:30 +0000

this Newstalk Nation is just a way of creating ‘Tabloidy’ headlines and generating information to fill the airwaves by Newstalk. I have been an avid listener for years, but the morning show is getting more and more bias in their commentary and self-publicising their own programing is another pet-hate of mine visa via The Emergency

By: kieran

kieran — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:29:34 +0000

louis walshe is the master of media/ocrity.he criticizes amoral hypocritical bankers,yet he normally speaks the cant of some commercial bankers and inflicts the mediocre upon us regularly .he promotes the slavish adoration of the dull.he profits from uncritical adherence to so called celebrity standards

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:17:46 +0000

It’s a fair point that effectiveness and veracity of such a poll can be questioned.

But I think it’s a healthy exercise for people to realise that they’re not alone in realising that sacrifice is ahead.

Does it lessen the pain if you know you’re not alone? Whether we like it or not, most of us in the private sector are going to feel this pain.

And Jack O’Connor line seems to be that cutting wages, particularly public sector wages, will not make the situation any better. As if there was a choice in the matter. Addressing the staggering deficit in public expenditure isn’t optional. It isn’t something that is under review pending action.

It is the concrete wall we are all hurtling towards – and being under the delusion that there is a choice over whether or not the brakes need to be pulled is something only someone in a cushy public sector office could have thought of.