The latest Investing Matters Podcast episode featuring Jeremy Skillington, CEO of Poolbeg Pharma has just been released. Listen here.
Sept/Octc sell off is starting to take hold. Interestingly, some US Tech are down over 40% already in a couple of months. As I said previously, I expect a significant sell off that will continue to impact here and elsewhere.
Fair enough.
As a true Republican I believe the Orange Order should be openly allowed to celebrate their identity, history and culture and would like to see them actively involved and represented in future Irish Parliament.
Serious question - why do you think the EU would fund and supplement a new country when they have never done so before and it goes against it's Articles? Surely it is for the people of the North to make the economy competitive with all other countries of the EU on a level playing ground? The days of a Unionist state being supported with handouts from friends are over. Reality has arrived.
I didn't plagiarise anything. I said if you look at the numbers (which I did and quoted them). Did you want me to cite reference the stats and where I sourced them?
The UK is England, Scotland and Wales and the North so I think you would need to consider it per capita and you will find exactly what I said stands up. I'm not here to convince you of anything Bronxville.
Hotdog - thanks but with respect the violence of the troubles is gone.
If you actually look at the numbers you will see you are voicing a widely held but incorrect assertion.
1. In fact, the Republic of Ireland has the highest murder rate making the 26 counties the most dangerous place of all on these two islands.
2. The murder rate in the Republic per capita is more than twice that of the 6 counties (since 2005)
3. You are six times more likely to be murdered in the Republic than in Wales/England.
I don't agree with your view that it is a tinder box waiting to explode. Brexit is sensitive but the reality is that despite the optimism from SF and others a UI is a long, long way away.
As an Irish Republican, there is a lot of talk re a united Ireland in recent times and personally I would like to see it. I can't see it happening in the short or even medium term. I guess it is inevitable when the Nationalist minority become the majority. This will take another 40-50 years in my estimation by the time we have sufficient numbers who then mature to voting age.
I hope there may be a growing realisation among British people living in the North that a United Ireland could deliver a better life (by having significant representation in an Irish Parliament) than being the poor relation in a stagnant Union. It would also mean Ireland becoming part of the Commonwealth. I follow Northern politics quite closely and the shift from the British, Unionist and even the Loyalist side in recent years is notable.
The good news is that the violence has ended and people can go about their day with a sense of normality. Torquay you will know better than most that for many the divisions remain. It is a failure of all three Governments that many young people today still harbour the prejudices, mistrust and hatred of their parents. I think there will be plenty of loud drums from all sides in the meantime to win the Peace.