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THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS Minister Charlie Flanagan has said that Ireland is firmly on ‘Team EU’.
Speaking to the European Movement Ireland (EMI) tonight, Flanagan said that Ireland and “team EU” will be ready for Brexit negotiations.
The British Prime Minister Theresa May today denied reports that a post-Brexit trade deal could take a decade.
May was tonight frozen out of a dinner where the other 27 EU leaders will discuss the process for Britain’s departure.
They have rejected all negotiations until Britain officially triggers the two-year divorce process, expected in March, but May dismissed any suggestion that it amounted to a snub.
“It is right that the other leaders prepare for those negotiations as we have been preparing,” she said.
Flanagan tonight said that Ireland will be ready for the negotiations, saying that other countries understand that Ireland has a larger stake in Brexit.
A key part of our preparations is to ensure that our priorities are heard and understood in the capitals of Europe. I’m satisfied from my own contacts with each and every Foreign Minister throughout Europe, that there is an appreciation that Ireland has a bigger stake in the outcome of the negotiations compared to other EU Member States.
“But I am confident that we in Ireland and in “Team EU” will be ready for the negotiations.”
In his speech, Flanagan also took aim at the rise of populism across Europe.
“The reality is that governments are generally faced with difficult choices – there are no easy solutions to the complex problems we all face domestically or internationally.
“I believe it will become clear to electorates that populism is an empty formula.”
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I don’t trust them with my info let alone my money.
Thats a bit ironic considering you’ve commented using your Facebook account…
Can’t do it with my Google+ acc
and google are ok?
That’s slightly dodgy now… Internet hackers would have a field day!
What’s “dodgy” about that?
Well I wouldn’t trust transferring money through a social-media site, Facebook & Twitter accounts get hacked regularly so I would definitely not be availing of this service!
Banks get hacked all the time too.
This is less dodgy than paying for something online (which this day in age I wouldn’t consider too dodgy anyway)
Hey Laura,
So there is big difference between a facebook or twitter site being hacked versus hacking a secure virtual wallet.
The term ‘hacking’ can be a real red herring sometimes as it mainly involves sophisticated ways of guessing a username/password.
Storing virtual currency has, for the most part proven to be a safe and very secure technology.
Examples:
Paypal
Bitcoin
Bitcoin in particular has been stress tested and so far has had no real problems. There have been some hacks but they were 3rd party sites which administered Bitcoins, the actual architecture of BitCoin with its SHA-256 bit encryption level has not been hacked.
In summation, I dont think it’s right to make a flippant comment about using virtual currency without knowing the details.
I would hazard a guess that Facebook will be implementing a very secure system and that merely gaining access to a persons account would not grant you access to their online Facebook wallet.
If that was the case then I’d agree with you but lets wait and see what the facts are.
Try as I might, I cannot get my privacy settings on Facebook to where I want them to be, and that’s for stupid things like photos and what music I like. The amount of hoops you have to jump through seem to change on a weekly basis.
Now, why would I ever trust them with my money?
I bet you 50 facebook dollars this doesn’t happen
This is just another step in implementing a cashless society that’s been on the cards for years.
A bitcoin style system that is transparent and secure from hackers and governments. I would love to be able to by music online without having to be tracked by visa or … But PAYG (phone) credit system where you buy in cash at a till and use the credit to buy newspapers or music without logging in breaks the brains of marketing directors & CEOs.
This is the start in a Tesco money infrastructure style system. Facebook creating money by issuing loans on to businesses it wants to succeed and holding back those it sees as a threat (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/google/the-time-steve-jobs-asked-googles-schmidt-to-stop-stealing-employees/3560).
Tracking every transaction and finding reasons to increase compulsory privatised health (UHI) insurance costs. Oh and the money laundering is will make Bank of American drug laundering seem like peanuts as no one could track billions of tiny transactions (http://www.globalresearch.ca/money-laundering-and-the-drug-trade-the-role-of-the-banks/5334205).
Too big to fail is guarenteed and it will topple the state when an anchor company in the tech industry accidentally takes out the state when it topples. This is designed to be a tax avoidance mechanism for the OECD proposal of ‘tax them where the economic activity happens’.
Bad on every level.
This is an awful idea.
They’ll be F**king waiting…
they won’t be waiting for long!! the Irish central banks transactions are handled by goldman sachs and facebooks finances are handled by guess who ; goldman sachs!!
jebus wept!!
well tis settled so.. why even apply to the courts :D
This has been on the cards for a while, they have been buying banking licences in the states for a very clever reason…..
What your current bank knows about you: —– Name, address, DOB, Money In, Money Out
What Facebook know about you: —– Every pointless thought that you felt the urge to share, your drinking habits, who you hang around with, how many relationships you have had, what crap you buy, where you work, where you holiday and how often. The list goes on.
Now who is in a better situation on deciding if you should have a loan??
I see this a good thing, might mean only people who deserve loans get them
have your say