Eire trying to reduce public sector pay

[ianash]

Will the UK be forced to follow a similar prescription?

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/ireland/090203/...

[Eric Mc]

Bet it fails.

Ireland has been trying to reduce public sector pay for decades.

[NoelWatson]

ianash said:

Will the UK be forced to follow a similar prescription?

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/ireland/090203/...

If/when RPI goes negative, and pay deals are linked to RPI, then why not?

[mat59]

My sister in-law just started as a primary teacher. She gets about 45K euro in her first year. Here it's about £21k.

[Hammerwerfer]

Cowen gets paid more than Obama.

[BigLepton]

There is currently a popular question going around the Irish business community:

Q. What is the difference between Ireland and Iceland?

A. One letter and six months.

They have to stop spending or they will be out of the euro and taking their begging bowls to the IMF.

[69 coupe]

mickken said:

The dole is over 200Euros per WEEK and on top of that everyone unemployed can claim 560Euros a month housing allowance......clue, ....start there!! (all that is obviously tax free too!)

How much is a one way flight???

[andy-xr]

Tirty Euro