Archive for March, 2009

Why not compare prices by website for products across EU. Pick top 200 products and show on which products we are bring ripped off. Similar comparison for goods per major retailer. This post was submitted by Donal.

Cork has a new terminal at very high cost. Why not sell off the previous terminal to the private sector and introduce competition as well as generating some cash + prospect of more tourists visiting Munster Region. This post was submitted by Donal.

Make it possible for people to reduce further their electricity and heating bills and the carbon tax for the country as a whole Make the night time tarif compulsory so we can actually use electricity at night time and pay less for it at the moment there is no incentive to do this We have…

Start with the wealthiest Irish citizen. Tax them the difference in wealth between them and the 2nd wealthiest Irish Citizen. Then take the 2nd wealthiest citizen and tax them the difference between them and the 3rd wealthiest Irish citizen. Then take the 3rd wealthiest Irish citizen and tax them the difference between them and the…

Confiscate the land needed for capital development projects,required to build our motorways both north and south.Pay a nominal fee,a minimum re-location fee,if need be. prices paid to date have been too high.Its in the national interest.Call it nationalisation or whatever,its needed now and fast-track all planning requirements.After all there are plenty of engineers,architects and projects…

government is too big. it’s unsustainable. scrap the senate (appointments don’t serve as a democratic alternative). cut the Dail in Half making two fully elected chambers, four year terms. second chamber elections two years after first chamber elections. after that, allow non penal personal bankruptcy that will put responsibility back towards the lenders. peace This…

Abolish 5 bank holidays. Cost per unit / hour go down, productivity goes up, tale home pay unchanged. International investors more interested? This post was submitted by Paul.

Would it be possible to introduce a €10 charge on medical card holders for GP visits / callouts in order to deter the hypochondriacs and abusers of the medical card system from making unnecessary visits. The yearly welfare benefit/pension/unmarried mothers allowance etc. could be upped by say €60 in order to make it cost neutral…

The other day, I went autograph-hunting with my son. We’d seen the rugby team at our local hotel, and nothing would come between a six-year old and the prize of an autograph. So off we went. The image of a giant Paul O’Connell bending down, while on his knees, to sign a tiny little man’s autograph book will stay with me for many years.

We do not need a bad bank. We already have eight of them (or seven if you believe what Eugene Sheehy says about AIB being able to survive all of this). Bad banks are of no use. They are like bad shops. We need one good bank. And we need it to be targetted at…