Irish Budget 2010

Here are the links for Irish Budget 2010. So what we have here??? Children of Ireland are ripped by child benefit cut (16 € is a big money for a family), youth got their social welfare cut as well, VAT reduced by 0.5% (what? I'm still going up the north)....and so on and so on! Ireland has no future. No more green pastures. It will become more depressing and more depressing! I have no words!

Budget Main Points
Budget Speech Video
Official Government Page

Cafe in Finglas

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SOMETHING FOR LAUGH

Half of firms have laid off staff since October

Here we go some news I found today:

"Half of Irish companies have had to lay-off workers since October, according to a survey conducted by KBC Bank. The bank says just 10% of firms have hired workers in the past three months, while two-thirds say trading activity is down." News from Independent

Every family I know, has a family member who was laid off or has working hours cut to the minimum.... Many people are leaving Ireland to go Australia. I have never seen so many advertisements about Australian Visas/Work. What is next?

Recession - helpful websites

Helpful websites which should be used in recession times:

Employment Rights:
www.employmentrights.ie
www.entemp.ie
www.citizensinformationboard.ie (one of the best Irish websites)

The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed:
www.inou.ie (Order from them book called Working for Work -everything about welfare,taxes)

Useful websites for helping with money issues
www.mabs.ie
www.itsyourmoney.ie

Social Welfare
www.welfare.ie