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BILL CLINTON HAS said there is no question that Ireland’s economy will recover – the only question is “when and how”.
The former US president said that “not one” person informed about the world economy had “a moment’s doubt” that Ireland would regain its economic footing, and that the country “has a lot going” for it.
Speaking at the Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin Castle, Clinton listed Ireland’s advantages. He said we are “a great exporting nation” and “the country that built the most successful economy in Europe”, with “a diaspora that adores you” and “the youngest workforce in Europe”, adding:
I know a lot of people in Ireland are discouraged, but the rest of the world thinks you’re pretty great. You need to play on that.
In a speech which touched on many of the significant economic decisions of the Irish recession, Clinton insisted that Ireland was headed in the right direction. He said that guaranteeing and supporting the banks was “the right decision”, as it “made [business]people want to be here”.
Clinton welcomed Ireland’s focus on exports, suggesting that building stronger links with emerging economies such as India and Brazil would offer a lot of potential. He called for a greater focus on renewable energy, saying that every billion dollars spent in this field would generate up to 8,000 jobs while “paying for itself”. “If you’ve got somebody who can finance it you can guarantee a return,” he said.
He also acknowledged the power of the global Irish diaspora – and offered to host a meeting of business, cultural and political leaders in the US to explore ways of assisting Ireland’s recovery. “”I’d be happy to host a meeting like this in the US,” he said. “We’d like to do this, to bring people together and see what they can do to help.”
Concluding his address to an audience including Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, Clinton said that Irish people need to be more positive and focus on the future. “You can’t do the dozens of things [that you need to do] if you are paralysed by disappointment,” he said.
Yeah I don’t think much people (myself included) will be complying with this
@Pol Mlp: Have to agree. Two years now towing the line. Time to live again.
@Pol Mlp: made me laugh when he advised the children they may need to get the vaccine.
@Darren Mc Mahon: as if there gonna be watching that tool hahahaha
@Dave Barrett: what am I supposed to do leave elderly on their own on Xmas day with no turkey or ham I don’t think so I’ll be feeding some of the neighbours
@Marty Lawless: Well done.
@Darren Mc Mahon: I am glad you find it funny – maybe you do need a laugh – but then read this where 10% of hospitalisation are under 2 years of age and maybe this omicron variant has a new target in young children and maybe NPHET and the politicians have more up to date information.
“”It has also emerged that hospitalisation cases have increased for children under five in the fourth wave,” local media quoted Health Minister Joe Phaahla as saying.
According to the country’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), there’s been a steep rise in cases over the last seven days.
“A new trend in this wave is the increase in hospitalisation of children under five,” Wassila Jassat, public health specialist at the NICD was quoted as saying.
The NICD also said that children under the age of two account for about 10 per cent of total hospital admissions in Tshwane, the Omicron epicentre in South Africa, the report said.
“Toddlers getting sick is a cause for concern. Children below the age of two make up 10 per cent of Omicron-related hospitalisation,” Jassat said.”
Here is the source – and you can educate yourself and do some more research
@Giovanni cans: ha ha ha brilliant
@Niall Ó Cofaigh: FO
@Hugh Morris: well said!!!
When Tony/Leo/mìcheal start paying my mortgage, they can tell me who can and can’t come into my fupping house…..
@chinaski: Exactly.
@chinaski: Oooh ya big rebel ya
@Lee King Buckett: You keep bending over to grab your ankles for this nonsense there smart lad
Holihan, Martin and Varadker to resign.
@a: agree. at this point they can all f right off
@a: Why Tony Houlihan? He is only doing his job, dispensing public health advice. It’s the government that’s the problem
@Locutus Of Borg: You mean the fake modelling, face masks don’t work, antigen tests are snake oil. Schools are completely safe. That public advice?
Fully jabbed , I’m done with restrictions. Getting on with my life.
Good luck enforcing that lol
They’ll be doing well to get 20% compliance this time round. Only so many times they can tests peoples patience, NPHET away to pleasure themselves now after ensuring Christmas is shot
Utterly predictable they would have had to row back on the meaningful reopening. The living with covid strategy is in the bin.
@Munster1: look around man. Open your eyes. Compliance with any restrictions is firmly in the bin. There no longer is any public buy in or support. They can say whatever they want, people are not listening. I have less than zero intentions of abiding by this 4 household nonsense thing. Il have who i want in my house when i want thank you very much.
@Eoin Jackson: Oooooh another big rebel!!!!
@Eoin Jackson: and why is that? Because of failure after failure. There is no ‘herd immunity’ with this virus. Letting it rip will just result in hospitals full and deaths on the rise.
@Lee King Buckett: hardly a rebel now king kong. I just have zero intention of handing over power over my home to anyone else. If you want to be a cowardly roll over, you be my guest. Im sure you will get a golden star delivered to you hiding behind your couch. Theres a good little boy.
Just laying out the truth, you will be in the minority, but each to their own. I’m just stating the obvious, you will not get any compliance this time around, that ship has sailed.
@Munster1: whats the end game with no herd immunity? Hide away and bunker down forever? Let cowardice thrive? How do viruses usually burn out? Im currently waiting for my flight out of the UK. Life is as normal here. No masks in pubs or clubs. People living life, little to no restrictions. They have a less % vaccinated than we do. They also have lower case rates than we do. Why is that can you answer me? Not being smart, I genuinely am incredibly interested in the response to this?
@Eoin Jackson: viruses dont burn out, they just kill off the weak and mutate. 1.2 million in the UK have long covid, they have paying a large price for their strategy. One question that is never asked, is it possible to live with this virus.
@Munster1: funnily we seem to be paying a higher price than the UK are but that’s not the question i asked. I asked a completely different question you avoided answering. If these restrictions help reduce transmission. If the vaccine helps reduce transmission. And there’s no such thing as herd immunity with this virus as you claim. How come we have a much higher vaccination % and a much, much more restricted populace (the difference in lifestyle and freedoms is actually nearly laughable at this point), then why is our positivity rate higher and why have we more cases per head of population than the uk? I asked this question, you avoided it so i ask again.
@Eoin Jackson: I’ve no big issue with you deciding to disregard home visiting guidelines – we’re all grown ups.
My issue is with the macho announcement to the world at large on an Internet comment section. Could you not just keep it to yourself and get about your business?
@Eoin Jackson: why are we worse than the UK? Because we opened up everything going into winter.
@Lee King Buckett: oh my, you really must be a timid auld petal if you considered that a “macho announcement”. So what you are basically saying is you should not share your opinion unless it tows the official government line? Im pretty sure theres a term for that… what is it again? Hmmm, i wonder. Amazingly, you seem more than happy to frequently share your supportive opinions of such restrictions. Im guessing that’s allowable though yes? Hmmm, that term will eventually come to me to describe that kind of situation…..
@Munster1: i see what you are trying to point to and its a good effort. They created a surge. A bigger surge too as a result of how restricted they kept the population vs the rest of europe. But I remember why that was the case that we opened up so late, do you? “We do it slowly, and gradually, so when we open we stay open”.
Or something of that ilk was the common mantra. I can even remember seeing supportive posts by you on this plan. Meanwhile a lot of other people were screaming to completely open mid may. Those people were called reckless and irresponsible… also, I thought this virus was not seasonal? You know, what a lot of pro restriction minded people were yelling from the rooftops as summer was rolling. Flip flopping on that now as it suits…
@Munster1: and look I think we will leave it here now. We have a fundamental difference of opinion on Ireland’s covid response strategy, which I do not think will be reconciled so there’s not much point having much more of a back and forth on it.
@Eoin Jackson: fair enough, take it easy
@Eoin Jackson:
By any metric, the UK are doing worse than us and are losing more people.
They’ve higher case rates.
They’ve only 68.63%, of their population fully vaccinated as yet. None of what you claimed is true. You do British people no favour by minimising their losses.
@Eoin Jackson: Face school closures then.
What’s the crack with gyms needing covid certs?? Never heard of outbreaks from gyms
@LFC_MAD94: called divide and conquer. There is no public health reason for it. Vaccinated doesn’t mean no spreading the virus. Pure discrimination of people who exercise right bodily autonomy. And the Irish? They laught at another violation of this right… rest Europe march against this 2g policy since they know what that means…
@LFC_MAD94: My 2 sons and 3 of their friends all caught it in gyms over the past few months. The amount of gym users that don’t wipe down equipment after use is quite high, before covid and still now. Gym staff nowhere to be seen.
@Raymond Scott: will you ever get the fk off the stage. The pure shittery you talk here day in day out. Have you no job?
@Raymond Scott: 2g? That’s nonsense.
We are the laughing stock on Sky News.
@Ashling Visser Bishop: as per
@Ashling Visser Bishop: couldn’t give an absolute s hit what anybody has to say on that pathetic news channel. One of the worst.
Gonna need to increase the gardai capacity to enforce that
@Peazel: Unfortunately that is probably what we’ll see. A huge pouring of police resources into this and not out protecting the streets (or even answering the phones).
As if
Remember the reason behind our ridiculously slow reopening compared to the rest of Europe “when we open we want to stay open”…. Look where we are now.
@Anthony: what closed? I think it was night clubs only or did I miss something?
Yes, there are some new restrictions on numbers and closing times but many things have remained open compared to the beginning of the year.
Feck sake HSE government make us suffer cause of shiyte management. It will be same next Christmas. The trolley crisis has closed nightclubs. Omicron to house parties instead.
I’m sorry, I’ve towed the line so far. However, I draw the line at limiting Xmas for my children. The time we have with them truly enjoying the magic of Xmas is so limited. I have no interest in nightclubs or pubs but will not be deterred from making this Christmas magical for small people, as it should be.
@Joanne Holland: And it’ll take five other households visiting you to make it magical? Okay.
@Joanne Holland: small people…is that code for…Christmas elves!? OMG they’re real…i knew it!
Whose going to stick to these guidelines, nobody cares anymore, are tge guards going to check how many peoole you are visting, give us a break what a joke
@mark o donovan: No and pubs will just close their doors.
Let in who they know and carry on as normal.
It’ll get worse if anything now with people leaving the pubs at 12.
What a load of nonsense. A complete waste of time and money. We’ll be paying for this forever more. Just open up and leave it open.
The night clubs should have been open all summer
delighted to see so many all agreeing that they will do as they please and are done taking direction from the govt
Says who?
They can fk right off
@Paul Dolan: Oooh another big rebel!!
@Lee King Buckett: yes and I’ll live my life well
@Paul Dolan: Great. Do you have to announce it in a super macho way on an Internet comment section?
@Lee King Buckett: yes and at least I’m not ashamed to reveal my real name unlike you
@Lee King Buckett: you keep chipping away with the same stuff hiding behind your fake profile aiming digs at strangers that you know nothing about. And you want to call other people macho? How ironic
@paulruddell: cheers Paul
Are members of Nphet and the Government going to take a reduction in pay for the duration of the restrictions? I think not
Yeah, sure.
2 wasps can’t share a can of coke at one time, 9 donkeys can stand in 9 fields at one time, talking French will give u skin failure, but have a meaningful Christmas
I’ve already nailed the front door shut, stay out the lot of ye.
They can go f off, its that simple!!!
Well 4 households isn’t too bad. Most families are under four households. Aren’t they?
Only an advisory so
I don’t really have an issue with covid passport for gyms etc but I don’t want to be queueing at 6am waiting to get it checked just to get a workout in…
@Adam Rekio: Shouldn’t be an issue for gyms with fixed membership. They should just check the cert on the first visit and mark you off then. It’s not dated so there’s no need to check it on every visit.
Great- it might keep some unwanted relatives at home and stop them eating my quality street and mikados. You know who you are. Now feck Orf.
Maybe this is it, maybe there will be no alien invasion or meteorite, what if this is it, a pandemic that mutates, twist and turns until eventually all that’s left is silence
@Paul Carew: merry Christmas
Verbal diarrhoea
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