@metatrader_john @IrishTimes Be interesting to know for the US tech multinational jobs here in Ireland….how many are cutting edge tech/programming/engineering and how many are ad sales/translations/other support services.
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Pat Mitchell
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@IrishTimes Meta employs 5,000 in the UK. The majority of Meta's UK workforce is concentrated in London, which serves as the company's largest engineering hub outside of the United States. The reality of the Irish Tech boom based on Irish education system! It's mostly a front for IP TAX
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Meta to cut almost 20% of Irish workforce irishtimes.com/business/2026/…
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@LPerrins it could be argued the extent to which left leaning NGO/Quango/advocacy orgs have influence on Gov policy some depts like education are effectively implementing soc dem/green/lab policy as it stands now under FF/FG unless there really isn’t that much diff.
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Getting rid of the current government to have it replaced by Holly Cairns and Richard Boyd Barret is not a plan. Or it is a plan, but a plan for the foolish.
open.substack.com/pub/lauraperri…
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@Clearpreso I actually thought it was a good speech. The point he made that they can be in the room shaping AI with their values and humanity or not engage and be a passenger seems reasonable.
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LOL. basically saying ask not what AI can do for you, ask what you can do for AI: "The question is not whether AI will shape the world; it will. The question is whether you will help shape artificial intelligence"
Alex Kantrowitz@Kantrowitz
This is incredible. Artificial intelligence getting booed out of the stadium in any commencement speech it’s mentioned. Maybe telling college students AI was taking their jobs wasn’t the best strategy. Must watch —>
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@KeithMillsD7 Need to be fair and equal on tax to all young workers, not just grads. Maybe zero third level costs tied in to work in Ireland for a period.
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How do we stop our graduates emigrating? How about a zero income tax rate for a 5-10 year period after graduating, to help them build savings for homes?
Helen Duignan@HelenDuignan2
🚑 In the Netherlands, 2% of Medical graduates emigrate. In Ireland, 50 to 60% leave within a year. The Netherlands has approx 2% non-EU trained doctors. There are a series of notoriously gruelling exams to enter the Dutch system. Ireland has 28% non-EU/EEA/UK trained doctors. There is a one-off test, the PRES Level 3, that has cheat videos on the internet. 82% of doctors sanctioned for medical malpractice in Ireland are foreign trained. The system is broken but Sláintecare seems destined to continue with the same model - mass export of Irish graduates & mass import of foreign workers.
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@dublin_damo Looks good, a dollop of Coleman’s mustard would work well with that
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@aobrienfansite @Rory_Flanagan he looks the type of physical specimen that may need plenty of time.
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AH please Rory talked up as though he was the second coming you need to be winning races like this its a listed race not even a Group race where your drawn should not even come into it if he was as good as said
Anyway would not write him off yet but with the praise heaped on him without substance its hard not to be disappointed
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Bubble officially burst ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ALBERT
GIF
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@GerHerbert1 @Anne383280877 @Independent_ie I wonder if dept. has floated idea of means testing the state pension. That would be an interesting conversation with the politicians to put it mildly
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@Anne383280877 @Independent_ie What expertise do you think l need? I interviewed experts who gave their thoughts on retirement ages etc
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In today’s @Independent_ie l look at whether mounting pressure on the State pension system will force millennials & younger generations to work into their 70s.
#Pensions #Retirement #FutureOfWork
independent.ie/business/money…
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@emmetoliver @JP_Biz Don’t have the numbers but given the zero rate years are now long gone is their no concern at rising refinancing costs as debt is rolled over in decade ahead?
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@JP_Biz Yes debt as a % of output is the key measure, or debt interest as a % tax revenue. On both counts theres not much thats very 'scary'
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Framing of this is odd. Nowhere do we get debt ratios. Sounds bad that debt has risen from 30bn to 200bn over 35 years? However the debt-to-GNI* ratio has gone from c100% to c60%. rte.ie/news/2026/0514…
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Wags might even say that US tech (Apple/ Microsoft/Oracle more than Google and NVIDIA) and US pharma rents are most of Ireland's current tax base.
cfr.org/articles/the-l…
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@DaraghCassidy @fergalreid I’m struggling to think of any high end outlets on Dame St. presently. Not knocking it, it’s grand for a coffee,a pint,a kebab but high end it’s not.
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@fergalreid I wouldn’t call Dame St touristy. Besides, in many cities the touristy areas have all the high-end shops.
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I think this is a bit overwrought. O’Connell St is dodgy and Dame St is touristy. Tenants follow (or don’t).
Economicopoly@Economicopoly
This development, like Clerys...pitched as A Grade building & location but cannot get A grade tenants and likely A grade commercial rents. Another example of disconnect between macro economic data and lived reality in Ireland. Neoliberal banal Dublin may have cannibalized too much of what made it attractive for too many people. Better policy makers would strike a more sustainable balance. @SineadOS1 @laoisedebrun @Nick_Delehanty
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@AnMailleach Can u imagine what it will be like when the next general election looms on the horizon. Drunken sailors will look on in awe.
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@fergalreid Why was it drained in the first place, it was a perfectly nice water feature as it was.
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I'm not being funny and I know a lot of this arises from the council refusing to reinforce George's Dock but could we not just... flood it again? And just let it be water? Put in some pontoons, offer a concession for "urban kayaking" or the like. Job done? Am i missing something?
RTÉ News@rtenews
The businessman behind a proposal for a 'giant' moving digital statue in Dublin’s docklands says it has the potential to become one of Ireland’s biggest attractions and is calling for the city council to support his project rte.ie/news/primetime…
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@Wowa1_ @DavidCarvi14183 @ChrisPoole___ Quick ground, sharp track and a fairly brutal season opener in the John Durkan. I do like the Henderson and Pauling horses though and some scope for improvement with them also
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@JackJHoward01 @WalterRacing1 It will be interesting to see where they go with him but they say Willie is a creature of habit
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@Mitchell4Pat @WalterRacing1 When you’ve got the like of I Am Maximus you would be happy with just him🤣but after yesterdays performance it was so impressive so I would love to see him campaigned differently next year.
If they do take him the route you was suggesting I still wouldn’t see this issue imo
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What’s the price for him to win the National?
Road To Cheltenham@RoadCheltenham
🌟 GAELIC WARRIOR is in a class of his own.
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@JackJHoward01 @WalterRacing1 Actually you got me thinking, he doesn’t appear to be too fond of Leopardstown judging by his performances there!
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@JackJHoward01 @WalterRacing1 Id be very surprised if DRF, Gold Cup and Punchestown is not the post Christmas plan next couple of years all been well. in addition they are not short on Grand National prospects
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@ExCllrRedmond Given the litany of incompetence that comes before them you would think the PAC would have stopped being shocked a long time ago.
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When you spend other people’s taxes, you don’t care about value for money.
Irish Independent@Independent_ie
‘Shocking incompetence’ – electric buses worth tens of millions sit idle for year-and-a-half due to lack of charging points buff.ly/UxvhiCq
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@Moray_Smith @jacobt19066 @jacknaughton_ FtF has fairly low mileage on him but u would think he would need soft/heavy in the going description like at the DRF to be more competitive.
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@jacobt19066 @jacknaughton_ Fact To File will be 10 next year and his best days will be behind him so, like this year, the race may not take too much winning. Fingers crossed he nails this one.
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Typical end of season stuff, but Gaelic Warrior looking every inch a real champion. Can he come back next year as a 9yo and run to the same level? If so then he'll be pretty unstoppable.
Big IF though according to the ages of recent Cheltenham Gold Cup winners - the last 10 have been younger, but who among the younger horses looks a real threat at the moment?
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@JoeNorrisGYTO Seems to handle all going types as well which is a fair tool to have in the kit.
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I love this horse!
GAELIC WARRIOR all class. Looks unbeatable now.
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@bpowell13 @John1986ire @theracehorseguy Yielding lovely ground according to JJ after the last, groundsmen did a great job on it.
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@John1986ire @theracehorseguy That was slow side of good yesterday John. And piled the water on overnight and this morning. Beautiful jumping ground. Correct
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You know what I find amusing …
They pulled out fact to file at Cheltenham because of the ground and made a massive scene about it yet he runs today on even faster ground 😂
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