Texts and Emails Wednesday 19 May 2010

A don’t rock the boat campaign ran during last election. Targeted at builders. If only the masterminds used the power for good rather than greed.
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I can’t believe they are being forced in to the local partnership, given the closure of the Dublin inner-city partnership today due 2 irregularities.
Tom
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Talking to a Longford housing manager about housing maintenance he says they needed someone with my skill set but could not take anybody on because of the job embargo.
Alec
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GOOD PROGRAMME, PITY TO SEE THOSE GUYS IN THE SITUATION THEY ARE IN, CREATE JOBS AND USE THE BEST RESOURCE WE HAVE . . . PEOPLE WILLING TO WORK.
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Irish school system only good for academics and priests.
Tom
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The Browne show is now unashamedly the TV twin of village magazine. Again a totally unbalanced commie panel. Subjectivity banned under broadcast act!
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Why are you having the people on the show that are trying to help. Where are the politicians? All of those young people had gone on courses that went nowhere.
Patricia, Cavan.
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Vincent I’m not from lower socioeconomic background. I’m a Nurse with an honours degree and barely have a temporary job nursing and just been told our temporary contracts may not be renewed shortly.
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I wonder would you ask a group of lads from Blackrock the same questions about drugs and crime that you asked those lads. Not all working class people are into these things. And what class are the bankers who have destroyed the country.
Ann.
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What a waste of good young men in Bray and getting paid to do NOTHING. Crazy nation. No wonder the country is bust.
Bobby, Dublin.
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Was talking to a few young people today who heard about march for right to work and they said they'd be at next one.
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Most of those young men would make good Gardai!
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Get you’re hair cut.
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How many of them bothered wit a leaving cert or education when things were good?
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Vincent is the first journalist I’ve seen getting out of his comfortable studio to talk to the real people suffering in this recession. Well done Vincent.
John.
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Start party. Young party unemployed party peoples-parliament.com for more.
Tom, Kerry.
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What a rubbish interview, Vincent stop putting words in their mouths, typical blaming d government for everything, go and do something for yourselves.
Nora.
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Vincent do u want 2 entertain yourself or make good TV? Miles too long. Viewers switched off.
Jack, Waterford.
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Please, please do more of these interviews around the country! Ask them all WHY they can't go and make jobs for themselves! Or organise local events... Classes... Partnerships and companies. We're well educated with time on our hands and it's time to lift ourselves out of this mess.
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Has anyone ever seen any stats on what percentage of jobs FAS have got for people looking for work even when times were good? For the past number of years have tried to get info but could not. In some areas the same people get on the FAS courses. Where is the equality and accountability?
Mary, Kerry.
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This country is fked. God help those kids.
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Fair play to Vincent. He’s a legend. We need more exposure like this to highlight just how bad an bleak the future is for the youth off today. Very sad.
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Would it not pay you better to address the real issue with these men: "hang around with me mates!". None of these men have any third level education, none of them said that they are sending out C.V.'s and they don't seem to have any sense of the fact that things as they knew it are over. Some of them inadvertently admitted being in trouble with the law. And tell them to stop blaming the government. While they may be to blame this time, the primary responsibility for themselves is themselves.
Patrick, Clondalkin.
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Vincent - great to hear ordinary workers speak - at last.
Mike, Wexford.
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Most of those young men would make good Gardai!
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V your great with the kids u give a great view of all sides the lads were great V, I love u, very fair.
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How can you beat your child to death and get 4 years. She should be deported back to her home country rather than our tax paying to feed and house her. Typical PC cop out.
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As I watched tonight, I kept thinking of the same word, conscription. They would learn a trade, learn discipline and independence.
Anthony.
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I worry dreadfully for this country. The divides are many and wide but the majority need to realise we are all technically in the same boat and its sinking and the captain and his crew are taking the yachts to safety.
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These yobs are giving a very bad impression of Bray.
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After hearing the people on your show giving out about walking around for 90euro a week should have a week in my life, I am 18 and go to college 5 days a week and work on the weekend, for working the 2 days I don’t even get 90 euro, I have to pay for travel as well as my loan weekly.. If I don’t work 1 week I be lucky to get to college.. They should stop complaining about what they are getting as they are lucky, I have less I go to college and work and not just walk around and can manage on 83 euro.
Shauna.
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The government are bringing out water charges and maybe more how will people b able 2 pay them when there's no work.
Evelyn.
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They live in a very littered area of bray. Would they spend some time cleaning their own area?
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How can you have an intelligent discussion about youth unemployment without mentioning the impact of the opening of our borders to the new EU accession states? Our de facto open door immigration policy is a luxury that we can’t afford.
Brian, Walkinstown.
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I’m unemployed but I don't sit around doing nothing. I spend every day tending to my chickens. They’re Rhode Island Reds and I have 100 of them. Their great layers and I sell my eggs to the locals. They’re free range hens so I have to round them up in the evening back to their pen.
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Bunch of lads should stick together meet up early wk support each other and do maybe different things in community like gardening.
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Hopeless interview. I never saw Vincent Brown look so disinterested and awkward. He didn’t even address the young men by the names. A well prepared journalist would have had their names on his clipboard.
John.
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My hubby was self employed, work dried up n all we got from social was €68pw with 2 kids and mortgage.
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On last nights programme truth about travellers was totally stupid. Instead of interviewing the travellers interview the people that have to live beside them! It is an outrage that their voices were only heard. They are corrupt ignorant people that don't deserve any media attention at all. It's only an act that we've been seeing throughout the four episodes!
Kathleen, Cork.
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I think that young people are making excuses all the time. I am 19 and am working full time after being on the dole. I got up of my backside and looked.
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Hi Vincent I love you program your very caring man.
John, Galway.
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Very relevant topic tonight. Long overdue.
Ned.
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Not one of them have hardly tried for a job, have they used one job agency, tried other methods, cant blame politicians for them not trying. As they all said they hang around with there mates, not put a suit on and try their hardest. There are jobs out there, I work in recruitment and I see it everyday.
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Ask Sean Fitzpatrick for all the millions he stole with the money maybe we cud have more courses for the young and the long term unemployed people.
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Vincent those young men spoke more sense than all the jackasses in the Dail.
William, Clonmel.
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Vincent is a legend. An intelligent man who represent all classes.
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The best place to be at the moment is in college. Having a leaving cert is vital in getting a job in this economic climate.
Ciaran, Galway.
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Vincent the government don’t care about the working class in this country they only care about banks.
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The only solution to nationalise the banks, vote left wing & liberal parties.
Rick, Kilkenny.
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Jim O Hara is retiring from Intel Ireland Leixlip and the last time he changed his job was when he left digital in the eighties just before they went under guess what happens next you fill in the gaps job losses are inevitable for early 2011 in the older factory in Leixlip.
Regards, a worried man.
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My god that’s embarrassing listening to Vincent Browne interview. He’s a joke how did he get the job.
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We should use the billions of euros used 4 bailing out banks to provide a jobs stimulus to kick start economy.
Kieran McNulty, Tralee.
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How can these young people get a job? Look on the FAS website, most of the jobs are WPP1/2, these jobs offer no salary. They are supposed to be offered to graduates to give them work experience. But I have been offered these positions, as I am a highly qualified construction technician, but I’m 55.
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The companies offering these positions are using the current climate to offer jobs with no salary. This is a totally unacceptable situation that needs to be addressed. Please look at the FAS website, jobseeker section.
Tim Murphy.
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My heart goes out to these unemployed people and 10's of thousands like them around our dear little isle. Politicians would want to wake up to the fact that these are not just 'figures' or ‘statistics’; they are real people, somebody's son, husband etc. Wake up! Patriotism is fine, if you have something to strive for.
Nick.
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Thank u 4 giving a voice to people that are referred to as stats.
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