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OLD MOORE’S ALMANAC is 253- years-old and has been predicting the future both rightly and wrongly for generations.
In 2016, their in-house psychic predicted that 2016 would be a year that would not be remembered fondly.
And it wasn’t wrong.
Brexit, Trump and the death of various music and screen icons have seen the year labelled by some as one to forget.
The magazine has one of the highest magazine circulation in the country with a print run of 47,000 copies,
Here are some of the predictions for 2017:
Although many of the predictions are vague, the people behind the almanac have claimed they got a lot of 2016 correct.
Clinton/Trump
According to ‘Old Moore’ last year, “Hilary Clinton was the one to watch,” which she undoubtedly was despite her loss. However, on Trump, it is predicted he “will be bored very quickly with protocol and also he will have heart issues/ health issues and marriage jeopardy”.
Panama Papers
Old Moore also said the following of 2016:
Many people who act like they are upstanding will be busted avoiding taxes, hiding money and being involved in corruption. It’s the fun kind of scandal where people get their comeuppance.
The Panama Papers were leaked documents proving that politicians and celebrities have been using tax havens to avoid paying taxes in their own countries.
Pizza
In happier news, the almanac predicted the rise of the delivery drone, saying there would be, “Drone delivery experiments…drone delivery pizza!” Domino’s in New Zealand began autonomous delivery of pizzas from its stores to select customer homes.
Enda
As for domestic predictions, Old Moore predicted that “Enda has a political crisis. Irish election gets global attention.” While it wasn’t particularly global news, even Enda would tell you the Government formation ideas were far from ideal.
Living and working in Canada earning $90,000 plus bonuses. How. Is this relevant to Ireland.
@James Fox: At the least, we could have the Euro equivalent in brackets beside it. $90K is around €62K to prevent others having to look it up.
@Longlin: With all of these it’s worth looking at the monthly take home, which when added and converted is about €41k
Median wage of these weekly journals is approx 70k a year salary ! Can we have a few more part time corner shop workers on €9 an hour and maybe a Carer / social welfare recipient paying extortionate rent for parity !
@Ríain HenC: they have to be the ones that get in touch. You’re not paid to do this feature I presume
@Ryan O’Rourke: exactly. If nobody with a low salary gets in touch with them first we won’t be able to read about it here. Against popular opinion these stories are not made up but real people.
This is the best one so far! Canada! Dollars, 31 on $91k, Dungeons and Dragons…brillant, I have my fingers crossed for the Afghan Shepherd next week.
@John Murphy: in fairness D&D is a bit of craic
Once I saw the headline I knew the negativity would just flow through the comments ,with the 1st 3 comments being as expected can’t wait to see the rest
@flexfinn: Incredible foresight.
$2,200 for a 2+2 in Toronto is VERY good value.
@B Collins: yup, a relative of mine is paying $1900 for a 2 bed basement in Ajax. I paid $1350 a month for a 2 bed basement in North Toronto in 2017. Things are worse there than here!
@Jen Mc: tell that to all the moaners on here, lol. Only they can change their own situation rather than expecting the government to pull them up
I want to be a Performance marketing manager
@Genera L Consensus: your performance just isn’t good enough I’m afraid
@Genera L Consensus: nobody ‘wants’ to be a performance marketer…
Not saving nowhere near enough for the money they’re making. If the plan is to every buy a place anywhere they need to up their game. I was saving more than that while renting on less than half their salary.
@Daniel Murray: where in Killinaskully?
@Daniel Murray: The numbers don’t add up. Their outgoings appear small yet they only have 6-900 dollars a month. There’s at least another 1.5k being spent somewhere
It’s a piss take.
@John Killeen: Not necessarily, you could have individuals that are high on life taking part. It might only really represent one percent of people but the other ninety nine couldn’t be bothered taking part in this.
Spend some money on a visit to a gastroenterologist. A specialist will identify exactly the triggers.
Where’s the relevance for us folks living in ireland ?
@Declan Holden: so when they return home for xmas next year you know how much you can tap them up for. Useful information comes in all guises.
Performance Marketing… ugh! making sure we’re all firmly engaged with cr@p we don’t need.
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