Cashless society?

We had a call on today's show from Christine, who, among other things, was complaining about this initiative from a city business group which is aiming to make Cork a cashless town. At first I was inclined to dismiss her, but after a bit of thought I realised that she's got a point. We are being [...]

2018-12-01T09:55:46+00:00 September 22nd, 2015|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , , , , , , |

Get on with it

The latest economic monitor report produced by Cork City Council tells us that unemployment in Metropolitan Cork increased by just 1.2 per cent between the end of 2009 and the end of 2010. There was a boost of 3.7 per cent between quarter three 2010 and quarter four (probably largely due to seasonal employment). [...]

2011-05-03T16:19:21+00:00 May 3rd, 2011|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Bail and bail outs

This was written yesterday, before we had all the figures. For a proper analysis of those see www.irishtimes.com, where they have people who know about maths! The concept of bail is an odd one. It’s a bit like a hostage situation really, except the Government is the kidnapper and it’s the family who pays up. If, [...]

2010-09-30T09:29:00+00:00 September 30th, 2010|Categories: Opinion|Tags: , , , , |

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