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A GROUP REPRESENTING Irish businesses has said there are clear signs that the economy has picked up in recent months.
IBEC said it was “cautiously optimistic” that economic indicators will continue to get better in the second half of the year and off-set the bad figures from the start of 2013. The group said that trading has improved in recent months and said the good weather which saw heatwaves across large parts of the country in recent weeks should help.
Figures from the Central Statistics Office show Ireland officially re-entered recession at the end of June as the economy shrank for the third quarter in a row.
“It was a difficult start to the year, but there are signs of renewed economic momentum in the economy,” said IBEC’s chief economist Fergal O’Brien. However he warned that consumers remain cautious about spending money.
IBEC has called on the Government to drop plans for €500 million in tax increases to be included in Budget 2014 in a bid to increase consumer confidence and help business.
“The tough austerity programme of recent years means we now have choices that we previously didn’t,” said O’Brien. “Irish taxpayers deserve a break.”
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This feels like a co-ordinated attack, Bernie is beginning to grow in the poles
@Forest Hump: I’ve been following the ‘liberal’ US press and they have definitely ramped up the anti Sanders pro Biden rhetoric in the past few weeks. Pushing strongly for Biden/Buttigieg.
@Forest Hump: Bernie will win the whole thing. Watch this space.
@DBennie: ….and pigs will fly
@Forest Hump: You got it, man! It’s total anti-Progressive bullshit! At least someone is paying attention.
@Forest Hump:
Guess you missed this piece of investigate journalism, along with the Journal.
https://twitter.com/RedRaven1776/status/1217488312161701889?s=09
Are there any younger politicians with ability & ambition in the USA.
@MiseBean: Young Donald Trump?
@MiseBean: he might be ambitious but he has neither youth or ability going for him, he is 73.
@MiseBean: like Tulsi Gabbard?
@MiseBean: AOC?
@Al Fresco: pretty sure he meant junior
@colm connolly: that’s not what he said.
@MiseBean: tulsi gabbard. But she wasn’t included in last night’s debate
@Al Fresco: That does not matter one iota. Sorry.
This is low. Bernie is a socialist and a core concept of that is equality. No-one believes he’s a sexist based on a 30 year old sound bite. This will backfire on her.
@A2 Poster: buts it’s not for warren to gain voters it’s for Sanders to lose them so Biden can win. Sanders not a democrat so DNC don’t want him to win. Even though he’s prob the only one of Biden/Warren/Sanders that can beat Trump.
@Cormac Flanagan: how is he not a Democrat?
@A2 Poster: Dude! This is a bullshit story!
So this conversation happened some time ago and now she won’t shake hands?
She took his help and now is throwing him under the bus. Nice.
@Alan McDonald: Nah, dude this is an over-exaggerates BS story.
Why is it sexist to say a woman “couldn’t” be elected? Replace that with “shouldn’t” and it would be sexist.
Democrats will make life easier for Humpty Trumpty. Should have been Sanders last time round but I fear his age will come against him this time.
Wow! Great work buying into a bullshit, anti-Sanders story!
Nice ‘journalism!’ Who are you working for really??? CNN?!
So its men against women now. Bottom of the barrel stuff their lads, debate the real issues. Bernie is the man…uh…person. Wish we had someone like that here to vote for come February.
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