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Irish Jobs Call

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Friday March 07, 2003 16:24author by Ailin

An extra ten percent will be added to the unemployment rate in Tipperary Town following the loss of 150 jobs in the Pall Ireland plant, the local branch of Republican Sinn Fein stated today.

Geraldine MacNamara from St. Michael’s terrace, a member of
the RSF Ard Comhairle said that over one thousand people in the town are already unemployed.

“Tipperary Town is already a jobs black spot,” said Ms. MacNamara.

“These latest losses, when the company end production of medical products in Tipperary, will have a devastating effect on the area.

“The Pall Ireland losses are the latest in a series of closures and cutbacks by multi-national companies. The time has now come to seriously question the tax incentives given to major corporations.

“We are seeing these huge corporations take advantage of the tax breaks to establish here but then relocate to third world countries. While these multi-national corporations are lured here with low tax rates, the indigenous industries are almost ignored and refused similar tax incentives. Yet the Irish owned companies are providing more stable and secure employment.

“There is now a compelling argument for a more favourable tax approach towards Irish indigenous industry. It is only by linking jobs to the local economy that employment can be safeguarded.

“Indigenous industry deserves to be supported in a more imaginative way by industrial development policy. The time to overhaul industrial policy is long overdue – our over dependence on “fly by night” multi-national corporations must be tackled and reduced and Irish jobs fully
supported.”

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Issued on Friday 7th March 2003

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Don't expect RSF to fix it.
author by Mikepublication date Fri Mar 07, 2003 17:54author address author phone

RSF talking about jobs? What a joke. It's a fact that RSF and their backward leftist/marxist economics would destroy this coutry's job-creating abilities.

Good Point
author by Paddy Xpublication date Sat Mar 08, 2003 00:28author address author phone

RSF has a point. Relying on subsidizing multinationals(welfare for the rich) as a means of developing Ireland is a policy doomed to failure. The MNCs will move to the area with the lowest wage rate. Such dependency on U.K. and U.S. capital will inevitably depress Irish wages-if it is successful. Better to focus creatively on indigenous activity to meet the material needs of the people. It makes more economic sense.

Economics
author by ExPatpublication date Sat Mar 08, 2003 03:04author address author phone

Glad to see RSF are embracing 1950's Irish economic thinking. Maybe they could setup a creamery co-op that would employ a thousand people to make more and more butter which we could store for ten years before selling to the Russians for below cost.

If you want to be elected to the local council at least try to come up with some sort of original campagine (that doesn't included killing people).

Twats.

I agree with Paddy
author by Seaninpublication date Sat Mar 08, 2003 05:43author address author phone

We can't rely on MNCs in the long term. The Irish economy is dangerously exposed to the risk of being left high and dry by global manufacturers.

The Emergency
author by Independantpublication date Mon Mar 10, 2003 01:20author address author phone

I'm going to breed free-range hampsters.


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