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Updated at 4pm
SIXTY NEW JOBS are on the way in Dublin over the next three years at Horizon Pharma — a specialist biopharmaceutical company.
The Taoiseach opened the firm’s new ‘Global Corporate Headquarters’ in the Baggot Street area of Dublin this afternoon.
The new jobs will be in areas like research and development, supply chain and finance.
“Ireland’s reputation as a leading location for business and investment in the life sciences sector is further boosted by this announcement of 60 new highly-skilled jobs for Horizon Pharma in Dublin,” Enda Kenny said in a statement
“Attracting companies like Horizon Pharma to establish and create jobs in Ireland is one of the Government’s key missions as we work to secure the recovery and ensure that more people begin to feel the benefits in their daily lives.“
Horizon Pharma plc markets a portfolio of products to combat arthritis, inflammation and rare or ‘orphan’ diseases.
“tribute’s were paid to the Irish people”……………The Irish people who have been bullied into paying bankers and bondholders debts stood over and supervised by you Noonan…you have watched over a generation of youth leave the country,a country where the old and the disabled are paying the price for others folly.With your soundbites and glib remarks you should be proud of what you and your cronies have done..jackass!!
The old are paying?
Are they indeed???
There was a story here in the last day or two which said that in Dublin alone, a family is being made homeless every two days. So austerity is delivering results? Depends what you consider a result..
Due to illness I have time on my hands, if there is one thing I notice lately is the deep simmering anger amongst commentators on this site and others. People give out about how the Irish are not reacting to austerity, however there is a growing anger in this country in relation to the ruling elite and the disparity between them and the people they serve. A word of warning, do not misjudge apparent apathy to real anger that has been proved in the past. I for one am so angry with these self served politicians that cannot walk the streets with their false smiles and promises because the electorate do not believe them anymore.
I wouldn’t take the comments on this site as representative of anything. The hard right and the hard left with hardly anyone in between. Good for a bit of comedy but you couldn’t claim it represents any bit of reality.
Are u real , am I , why are we here .?
How many people are still out of work? How many more people are homeless? How many are currently defaulting on their mortgages? Does this mean we can stop paying our Universal Social Charge. Boom, Boom, Boom my arse.
Now there’s an understatement !
I could have came out with that statement and I ain’t no politician
Of course property prices are on the increase.
It’s a simple law of demand and supply scenario.
The supply is there and foreign investors are buying Irish property by the dozen.
Please someone explain how this useless fat baldy b@$t@rd got into office. From his McCarthyite behaviour of phone tapping of journalists, his bullish stance in the hepatitis C scandal not to mention his bully behavior to Bridget McCole and her family. This man is some piece of work. Do the Irish have short memories?. Wtf.?
I thought he revealed the wire tapping by the previous Fianna Fail government, not carried it out.
I think Tristan needs to brush up on his facts…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_phone_tapping_scandal_(1983)
Tristan he is an establishment goon……he was chosen for the job a year or so beforehand, he even was out and about TV shows and radio shows to gather some public support…..a fair snake alright !!
Tell that to the dead ,the distraught ,the future nervous wrecks, and remind the bankers that are terrorising people at the mouth of Christmas with demand,s and threat,s
What idiot said there is a property boom anyway
Property prices have increased about 20% this year in Dublin.
Hmmm. Dunno why I got the red thumb. I just stated a verifiable fact.
I know commenting on here I shouldn’t rely on facts. Or knowledge. But hey. I’m a maverick.
Facts can hinder moaning !!
Same crap as the 80′s….’careful now’…’we have to tighten our belts’….’steady as she goes’ etc. All the while the Michael Noonans of our land and their ilk capitalise on our nations misery by snapping up properties at bargain basement prices.
I don’t understand how anyone ever voted this evil fool back into the Dail. What he did to Bridget McCole and her family was nothing short of disgusting. Anyone who voted for this man should be ashamed of themselves. I realise that’s quite a lot of shame for quite a lot of voters. What punishment did this disgusting piece of work get for his actions once back in power? Ministry for finance. Go figure.
But but buy..you mean you lied?..where’s the 1500 jobs a week
The Minister for Finance is in Brussels for a Eurogroup meeting, who said Ireland is “proof” that austerity packages ‘deliver results’.”
– yes – it delivers results alright – unemployment , Emigration , low wages , workers rights erodes , zero hour contracts- but he is getting away with it . there is no point bin name calling him here – tho it is tempting to call him a blatant liar and a##licker to his bosses in EU – who have used Ireland to prove that a failed policy ” works ” – well it does – for the bankers’.
Surely it is time to physically throw these people out
And put in who ?? FF who fcuked us or SF who haven’t got a clue ??
SF haven’t had a chance. Can they do any worse? Only one way to find out..
what proof is that that sinn fein havent got a clue Dab….
surely they could nt do any worse for a start and i would safely say pearse doherty has forgotten more about finance than anyone in fg or lab ever knew
Are we not capable of forming a party – is it necessary to accept thes e crooks as being all that is available ??.
I have by no means bought into the governments bs in general, but I think the point made about crediting the hard work and determination of the general public has some merit.
I also get no small bit of satisfaction when I see these positive figures and think back to the placards of the Greek protesters in Athens, knocking the “weak” Irish public, when it is we who have survived this catastrophe, and the so called birth place of democracy is only plunging towards something which is far from that.
You make a good point but unfortunately you can’t equate the two and Greeks problems were very different – you see they actually had a very serious current budget deficit which we didnt really in grand scheme of things. We just decided to take one on by bailing out banks with taxpayers money. Accepting for a moment that maybe we’d no choice (I don’t) then yes we’ve managed to survive this disaster reasonably well, especially if you’re relatively well off. Unfortunately this govt had choices about cuts & taxes and they chose to hit the most vulnerable and ignored any suggestions to take a bit more from those that could most afford to assist in the crisis, even temporarily. I do think sections of society are angry and rightly so!
It’s great to see how upbeat Noonan is. He thinks he’s fecking Santa Claus with his spreading of hope to all in the season that it is. Don’t be fooled into breaking bad on the old credit card. January will soon be upon us as will the statement on account. Normal service will resume.
The Irish must be the gloomiest, prophets of doom in the entire world! Everything is wrong with the gov. The last crowd fcuked us and this crowd reneged on promises yet we are exiting the troika and the country is improving slowly but improving. Some of the posters here would need to lighten up and get a grip on themselves!!
Bah humbug
May depend on whether you think we live in an economy or a society??Maybe you should “get a grip” and take a walk down Diblin, Cork, Limerick’s increasing food queues, take a look at the new homeless families seeking shelter each week … Yes some economic indicators have improved, but the Trickledown economic policy is more of a drip. This government had choices about how to make cuts/taxes and it chose methods that have contributed further to the misery of the most vulnerable in our society. They ignored any calls to ask high net worth or high earners to temporarily contribute more to help us get out of the mess. The result – improving Economy, dis-improving society!!
If we’re getting off d ground. Noonan is well up at cruising speed at a whooping 39000 ft
You know what? I’m sick of Noonan and his mealy-mouthed mumblings. He hasn’t a clue. Or maybe he has! His presentation of the soft shoe shuffle about housing tells me he is under instruction.
The fact is that Dublin and Ireland are two different places especially when it comes to housing. The same is true for London and England. Where there is a mass population congregated in an area that can only accommodate less than a mass population, it doesn’t matter about banks, loans, income or anything else when it comes to demand – it will always be dominant.
For the rest of the country, it is and will continue to be painful. Wake up and smell the feckin shamrock!
Although it may not be boom time there are possibile ways to ease the burdens on the less well off. Ireland is generating more Electricity than it needs, and is planning to export its surplus electricity. Since there is already a surplus, it would cost nothing if the government implement a scheme where low income families and individuals can get free electritcity.
And also a scheme to give low income families 50″ plasma televisions.get real !
Electricity isn’t like butter. You can’t just give the surplus away for free.
If Ireland had a surplus of 50” plasma televisions, then yes. But Ireland does not produce surplus plasma televisions, it produces and plans to export surplus electricity; so those on low incomes will just have to settle for free electricity instead.
I really don’t think you know how electricity works.
The things you say on the journal are pure tripe, I’m beginning to think you’re the new Harry Price!
How about abolishing the USC Patricia…give the ordinary PAYE worker a break for a change as opposed to “low income” people…we all know who you really mean by “low income”…
the government implement a scheme where low income families and individuals can get free electritcity.”-
—–u get nothing Free in a neoliberal /fascist country
Kris O Kay Kay. Yes, I am feeling quite generous this evening so I would like to abolish USC also. Right now I want to prioritise free electricity for low income people.
But the USC goes towards subsidies and other social welfare benefits for low income families? If you abolish that then low income families will suffer.
You’re quite entertaining, I’ll give you that.
Jean Paul. Thank you for the information. On foot of what you say, I am now willing to dispose of USC entirely. Once low income families have free electricity that means less subsidies will be required. There will no longer any need for anyone to suffer once my proposals are implemented.
If it was anyone else I’d think you were messing. Unfortunately, having seen your other posts, I know you’re not.
Would an unemployed family this Christmas prefer free electricity or children’s allowance and the dole?
No food but at least we can watch tv?
I know I know. I’m worse to be engaging you.
That is all!
Is that so you can leave your lights on?
Your taking the piss with your free electricity, pay your own feckin bills!
Jean Paul Vally, please dont be so nieve, the USC does not go towards subsidies and other social welfare benefits for low income families, it goes straight to bail out the banks and bondholders,
Sure, just what a broke country needs,more jobs that is,not free handouts.
Thank you John Meade. It appears that a lot of people in the country believe that low income families are too well off, and that the poor Banksters and Shareholders are more deserving of their largesse.
You should be more worried about just staying above ground Michael……
Great to see everybody being so upbeat, sure just keep talking good news down, that’ll help..
Bryan, where exactly do you see the good news in this story apart from the fact that we the Irish people have been the persons responsible for progress so far with our acceptance to every bloody budget that has been thrown at us? Please enlighten me as this story makes me nauseous.
…oh yeah and don’t forget if people start warning about us creating a property boom that you need to jump up quick & tell those talking it down to “commit suicide” – Bertie Ahern
I hate his voice. Rob Kearney on the other hand makes me wet
Dislike my comment all you want. To Kearney naked. That is all
*Rob
Ridiculous
Free electricity for Patricia and anyone else who wants a State funded family.
I’m sorry guys but if you want to have kids, you should really have your own income. The banks are not the only ones that robbed all our money. Why do some Irish people feel entitled to start a family, when they have no job and no income?
This sense of entitlement that the State should hand you everything?
You’re lucky enough to get a children’s allowance.
If you don’t have an income, don’t have kids!
Oh property boom…. We need another one of those :-/
Here we go AGAIN – Kenny, Noonan et al asleep AGAIN. This time they’re at the wheel not FF, but the pattern will be the same – over stimulate false demand with investors (aka many ordinary people who should have more sense) and have first time buyers queuing for family homes at exorbitant prices! Then…you shrug your shoulders and blame “supply & demand”. Central bank & Honohan will roll in behind the government denials of a problem and the regulator will say strong things to banks but do nothing . And the banks will lend to buy to let investors knowing that if it all goes bank, that the little old taxpayers will bail them out. …And we’ve learned what exactly???
An 80% capital gains tax on investments in “family homes” would sort this out.
Noonan I hope you die, because you want my parents and older people in Ireland to die due to your last budget. You’re a fupping can’t of a man. Im ashamed to be irish because of you.
Is the Irish Army immune to austerity, repossessions etc? If not, we might see some cojones displayed by representatives of an emasculated race, drowning in its petty squabbling.
Don’t care moving in April.Vegas baby
But wait Minister, last year you were predicting the economy could take off like a rocket:
http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/our-economy-could-take-off-like-a-rocket-says-noonan-26833197.html
I’m confused(!!) – What this is really about of course is preparing us all for “Bailout 2 – More Austerity for Some, Generous Perks for Others”
He’s doing his bit too to stoke the reemerging property bubble I see – yep, buying and selling overpriced, poorly built shoe boxes will get us back on our feet alright… after all, it worked out so well last time!
The sad thing is he’s partly right – most people haven’t learned a thing!
My response is with thanks to http://www.theemergency.ie
https://vine.co/v/hF31BTFZTYg
Noonan’s quote has been taken out of context. He was actually talking about his pilates class.
Noonan is a puppet……as much use as wet fart !!!
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