If the US or Spain want to compete with Ireland on tax, they are welcome to. Why should we apologise for being competitive? The City of London has similar tax arrangements, and yet that hyprocrite David Cameron frown at Ireland doing it. The right wing in the USA want lower taxes AND higher subsidies for all corporations, but when Ireland offers lower coporation tax, and no subsidies, the same Americans whinge and whine.
Personally I don't believe the location of this data center has nothing got to do with our low corporate taxes btw, and everything got to do with our cool windy climate.
That is why people always say, "It is cold in here: turn on the lights!"
Except they don't.
Because the bulbs only heat the ceiling above them. Let's face it, bulbs are not an efficient form of heating.
But in Ireland, we never had a Florida situation.
We never used hanging chads. We just used simple paper and pencil.
The minister responsible for introducing e-voting did so because he was seduced by slick sales guys into buying something the state didn't need. It also gave his party an opportunity to give storage contracts to supporters.
I'm glad that his successor, )John Gormley, leader of the Irish Green Party) has scrapped this waste of money.
The e-voting machines were used in two constituencies in Ireland for one election.
The results came out minutes after the polls closed rather than the usual 1 to 3 days.
However, this was considered a drawback. We like a bit excitement in our election counts, and this sucked the excitement right out of it.
If you had decent public transport you'd have less need for cars.
But some reason investment in public transport is deemed "socialism" and investment in roads is deemed "progress".
"The IRA just wanted Northern Ireland under Irish rule rather than British. That is all. They didn't want to convert the world to extreme forms of Islam"
But that is not what British mainstream media reported at the time. They reported that the IRA wanted to enforce communism and republicanism on the whole of Ireland and Britan.
Obviously the university thing is a strange anomoly.
However, it still stands that all children are BORN equal. A person's birth can increase or decrease their chance of going to university, but not ensure or prevent it.
Everyone has equal access to university. There are no college fees, so it is often said that university is free (as in beer) in Ireland.
(Of course one does have to pay the price of books, travel, food and actual beer)
I'll resist the temptation to suggest that's probably because they can spell the word properly.
But you didn't resist.
And by the way, TCD and NUI are no 'better' than UL. Just older.
It's often good to have an upper house where some members are not overly concerned about keeping their seat, but this can be achieved without hereditary peers. It can be done using a party list system, for example.
In Ireland, our Taoiseach (Prime Minister) can appoint 11 members of the upper house (The Senate/ An Seanad) directly. Another 3 will be elected by the graduates of Trinity College Dublin (who just elect the same people again and again for decades). 3 are elected by the graduates of the National University of Ireland. (I myself went to a different university in Ireland, so I have no vote). And the remaining 43 are elected by members of the lower house and local councils.
This means that the public don't vote for the Senate.. they vote for those who vote for the Senate (or the public has to graduate from one of the above universitys).
This brings senators outside the normal popular political system, into a system where they will be generally supportive of the governing party in the lower house, but not populist, and not afraid to criticise the lower house.
Whilst still conforming to the republican ideal that everyone is born equal.
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You are confusing Denmark and the Netherlands.
We've a good wind supply though.
If the US or Spain want to compete with Ireland on tax, they are welcome to. Why should we apologise for being competitive? The City of London has similar tax arrangements, and yet that hyprocrite David Cameron frown at Ireland doing it. The right wing in the USA want lower taxes AND higher subsidies for all corporations, but when Ireland offers lower coporation tax, and no subsidies, the same Americans whinge and whine. Personally I don't believe the location of this data center has nothing got to do with our low corporate taxes btw, and everything got to do with our cool windy climate.
Exactly. Slashdotters are forgetting that Apple has customers in the EU.
And because AFAIK data held on EU customers must be held on servers within the EU, for data protection reasons.
The area of forestry they are felling in Ireland is 300 acres, not thousands of acres. I know because I walk my dogs there sometimes.
They were on 10% in Sunday's election, I think.
Where I live, in the EU, there will be soon a law mandating stores that sell bulbs to take them back for recycling.
Isn't that what the story in the link is mainly about?
That is why people always say, "It is cold in here: turn on the lights!" Except they don't. Because the bulbs only heat the ceiling above them. Let's face it, bulbs are not an efficient form of heating.
It is interesting to note that the Pirate Party sit with the Greens in the EU parliament. (Sitting together effectively means they act as one bloc)
The cost of storage of the machines is a valid concern too. It was costing a couple of million per year.
But in Ireland, we never had a Florida situation. We never used hanging chads. We just used simple paper and pencil. The minister responsible for introducing e-voting did so because he was seduced by slick sales guys into buying something the state didn't need. It also gave his party an opportunity to give storage contracts to supporters. I'm glad that his successor, )John Gormley, leader of the Irish Green Party) has scrapped this waste of money.
What the fuck would be good about e-voting? It is far more expensive than paper ballots. And the count process is not as exciting.
The e-voting machines were used in two constituencies in Ireland for one election. The results came out minutes after the polls closed rather than the usual 1 to 3 days. However, this was considered a drawback. We like a bit excitement in our election counts, and this sucked the excitement right out of it.
Wave power?
Wrong. Cuil.com says "cuil" means "knowledge". Any gaelic speaker I know, and my dictionary, says "cÃil" means "rear".
Why is "planning" considered a bad word? Why is investment in public transport considered akin to socialism but investment in roads considered not?
If you had decent public transport you'd have less need for cars. But some reason investment in public transport is deemed "socialism" and investment in roads is deemed "progress".
Because politics is becoming more tribal. Why? Because it is easier to be tribal than to consider the issues.
On the other hand the IRA killed far more people in the UK than Islamic terrorists have. So why the disproportionate response?
"The IRA just wanted Northern Ireland under Irish rule rather than British. That is all. They didn't want to convert the world to extreme forms of Islam" But that is not what British mainstream media reported at the time. They reported that the IRA wanted to enforce communism and republicanism on the whole of Ireland and Britan.
Cuil means "back" or "rear" in Gaelic.
Obviously the university thing is a strange anomoly.
However, it still stands that all children are BORN equal. A person's birth can increase or decrease their chance of going to university, but not ensure or prevent it.
Everyone has equal access to university. There are no college fees, so it is often said that university is free (as in beer) in Ireland. (Of course one does have to pay the price of books, travel, food and actual beer)
I'll resist the temptation to suggest that's probably because they can spell the word properly.
But you didn't resist.
And by the way, TCD and NUI are no 'better' than UL. Just older.
It can be done using a party list system, for example.
In Ireland, our Taoiseach (Prime Minister) can appoint 11 members of the upper house (The Senate/ An Seanad) directly.
Another 3 will be elected by the graduates of Trinity College Dublin (who just elect the same people again and again for decades).
3 are elected by the graduates of the National University of Ireland. (I myself went to a different university in Ireland, so I have no vote).
And the remaining 43 are elected by members of the lower house and local councils.
This means that the public don't vote for the Senate.. they vote for those who vote for the Senate (or the public has to graduate from one of the above universitys).
This brings senators outside the normal popular political system, into a system where they will be generally supportive of the governing party in the lower house, but not populist, and not afraid to criticise the lower house.
Whilst still conforming to the republican ideal that everyone is born equal.